It hurts her so much, more painful than any other hurt she has ever experienced in her life.

"You lied to me, you lied to me, you lied to me..." she kept repeating these words.

She recalls the past few days, those blissful days that felt like a dream, so sweet and warm. Yet, they turned out to be deceiving, causing immense pain in her heart.

"Jun Huang, you deceived me!" She cried out in a hoarse voice.

ThirdYoung Master Jun looked down on her tear-streaked face, mocking her hysterical appearance with his thin lips curving into a sneer:

"I deceived you? Ye Lu, from the beginning, I made it clear to you that if you wanted to play a game, I would play along. But I warned you, not to regret it in the end! Have you forgotten?"

Ye Lu was stunned, remembering the day when he carried her into the car during her interview. She had threatened him then, to have a share of his assets, he had to be with her.

Indeed, he had agreed to play this game with her back then.

She just wanted to create opportunities to spend time with him, to slowly influence him, to make him accept her. Little did she know, while she never treated this as a game, he, on the other hand, had all the while been merely playing around.

"You’re a real expert at this game, able to act so convincingly, treating me so nicely, so gently, making me believe that you loved me." Ye Lu laughed bitterly.

These past few days, she believed she had achieved the highest happiness in the world.

She even thought that these were the happiest days of her life.

"You know, I really thought you were the man who loved me, pampered me, would take care of me, and let me no longer worry about my harsh life. I wouldn’t have to strive anymore, you would bear all the hardships for me, and forever take care of me and the children, making me happy."

But it all just turned out to be a beautiful dream.

Now that she has awoken from the dream, her life remains harsh as ever. She’s still alone, struggling to keep going, bearing everything by herself, taking care of herself and her four children. Why is the harsh reality of life so ruthless, not allowing even a tiny bit of illusion?

What is happiness? It’s just a dream. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Is it your excellent acting, or am I just too naive?" She gazed at him tearfully, how could she not tell that he was merely acting? At this moment, she felt like an absolute fool.

She played a good scene on the stage, but when the show ended, she still couldn’t extricate herself from the play.

"They say only women in love act foolishly. Yet you’re so naive. You thought that you could easily get what you wanted. There’s no such easy gain in this world. You got too involved in the game and failed. Your inability to accept this defeat shows that you simply can’t afford to play such a game."

On Third Young Master Jun’s sighing face, was an expression of indifference, without a trace of being moved.

"But I am indeed an expert at this game. You can’t outplay me."

Ye Lu laughed bitterly, yes, how could she ever outplay Third Young Master Jun? She invested heart and soul, and he was watching by the side, he never got into character, only she was dancing alone foolishly, thinking it was a shared dance.

To him, these few days were just a woman who offered herself up for free to play with, and he had happily obliged.

"I just want to ask you one thing, Jun Huang, was all of it really just an act?" Her voice trembling as she asked.

She felt like she must be going crazy, to be humiliated like this and still ask such a question, she despised herself.

But, she truly couldn’t believe, that he had no feelings for her at all.

Both Old Madam Jun, Yuanyuan, and Yiyi said that he had feelings for her, didn’t they? He even wanted to marry her once, didn’t he?

After all these years, it took her so long to fall in love again, please don’t just abandon her like this? She’s really in so much pain!