Love You Till the End

Chapter 722 - 719: What Happened Three Years Ago (Part 1)

Chapter 722: Chapter 719: What Happened Three Years Ago (Part 1)

Ye Zi stood up to leave, but unexpectedly, her hand was grabbed, and she fell onto the bed unprepared, enveloped in the man’s embrace.

"You, weren’t you asleep?"

Ye Zi guiltily lowered her head, refusing to look into his eyes, as if she’d been caught doing something wrong.

"Don’t talk, sleep."

Qin Jin held her in his arms and then closed his eyes again. Perhaps feeling reassured with her by his side, his breathing gradually steadied, and he soon fell back asleep.

Ye Zi cautiously looked up, and only when she was sure he was asleep did she slowly close her eyes.

Perhaps because she had something on her mind, she couldn’t fall asleep. It was three in the morning, and she was still counting stars in the night sky outside the window.

At this time, Qin Jin woke up and saw that she hadn’t fallen asleep, which furrowed his brows.

"Can’t sleep?" he asked.

Hearing his voice, Ye Zi drew her gaze back, looked at him, and pursed her lips: "I’m not tired, don’t want to sleep... Did I disturb you?"

"No."

"Then you continue to sleep..."

"If you want to ask something, just ask. Don’t keep it inside," Qin Jin said gravely, seemingly aware of what she was thinking about.

"I..." Ye Zi hesitated, unsure whether to ask or not.

"Speak."

"Then, can I ask about the matter with your sister..." Ye Zi tentatively began.

"Hmm."

"You said you were investigating Gu Liancheng. Does it have something to do with the car accident three years ago?" Finally, Ye Zi mustered the courage to ask the question.

The atmosphere suddenly became very heavy, and Qin Jin’s eyes darkened significantly, making it impossible to discern his emotions at that moment. He silently gazed at the crystal light above for a long time.

Knowingly having asked a question that shouldn’t have been asked, Ye Zi tightly clutched the bedsheet, nervous and uneasy...

Just when she thought Qin Jin would not answer her question, he suddenly spoke: "I hope not."

The surface meaning of these four words was obvious: it might be, it could be, it should be, even it definitely is.

Ye Zi understood as well.

She nodded softly: "I understand."

"Do you want to know what happened back then?" Qin Jin slowly curved his lips into a smile, which, despite being a smile, held not a trace of warmth.

"I..." Ye Zi didn’t know how to respond.

"I’ll tell you," he chuckled lowly, with a hint of bitterness and complexity.

Ye Zi bit her lip and said nothing, quietly resting on his arm, listening to him recount the events of three years ago.

"My sister has loved designing since she was young, with a special fondness for jewelry design. Like other girls, she dreamed of one day creating her own unique ring."

"However, her path in design has not been smooth. Given the Qin Family’s sizeable business, the elders in the family wanted her to take over the family enterprise and were opposed to her pursuing a career in jewelry design, subjecting her to repeated setbacks."

"But she wouldn’t give up or admit defeat, vowing to change everyone’s view of her, and so she never gave up on herself, even remaining an unknown junior designer three years into the field."

"Even if her designs never made it to the market and her drafts got rejected at the final stages of review, she still persevered."

"Until three years ago, when she designed a ring that passed all levels of approval as soon as the draft was released. She wanted this ring to be one of a kind, so she decided to craft it herself."