Rebirth (1)

As night fell and winter was approaching, the park was no longer as lively as it used to be. Even the strollers were unwilling to stay, and the crowd dispersed early.

Hua Shu sat alone on an ice-cold bench, holding a piece of strawberry cake in her hand.

Her eyes were staring at the neon lights on the opposite street, her gaze distant and desolate.

The cool incandescent road reflected her thin figure, and her entire body was shrouded in a cold that could not be dispelled.

Today was Hua Shu's thirtieth birthday. She had originally planned to have dinner with her boyfriend of five years after work, buy him a cake, bring him to the house she had just bought, give him a surprise, and then eat the cake together. This should have been a happy day, but to her surprise, it was filled with sorrow and irony.

After work that day, Hua Shu waited outside her boyfriend's office, but what she saw was her boyfriend and the Vice President's daughter hugging each other as they got into a car. They couldn't wait to kiss each other in the car. When she knocked on the car window and stood in front of them, the woman looked at her mockingly.

The man, on the other hand, did not feel guilty at all as he broke up with her.

He said, "Hua Shu, you're prettier than Liwen, but you don't have money, power, or education. You can't help me with my career. When I'm with you, I'll always be an unknown employee.". 

"Even in my life, being with you is the same as always. I'm already tired of it. But Liwen is different. She can give me everything I want. Whether it's career or life, you can't give me anything."

He also said, "Liwen's parents have already agreed to let me be with Liwen. I'll pick up my parents for the New Year in a few days. When the two families meet, we'll discuss the wedding date. I won't inform you about the wedding date. I know you're short on money. I won't invite you. Just treat it as if we don't know each other in the future!"

Hua Shu only felt a buzzing in her head. She only regained her senses after the adulterous couple had left for a long time.

In that instant, sadness and desolation surged into her heart, but most of what she felt was laughter and irony.

Hua Shu was an orphan with no one to rely on. She had dropped out of school at the age of 13 and started working to survive.

She was afraid that her boss would think that she was too young, so she would do all kinds of dirty work with all her might. She had been struggling at the bottom of society, living a frugal life.

Naturally, she could not compare to the daughter of the vice president of a large company.

She thought that even if she did not have money, as long as they lived a healthy and ordinary life together, they would still be happy.

However, she did not expect that this was just her wishful thinking.

They had been in love for five years, but he had never mentioned getting married, nor had he brought her back to his hometown to meet his parents. She had always thought that it was because she did not have money or a house, and it was not the right time.

But now, she realized that he had never been true to her and had never intended to marry her.

And she was like a fool. She had spent more than ten years of her savings to quietly buy a house, preparing to give him a surprise.

She even imagined that after she married him, they would live together in that small but warm house, and they would spend the rest of their lives together.

Hua Shu felt that she was truly pathetic and laughable. Her heart was filled with bitterness and desolation.

The number of pedestrians on the street decreased. Hua Shu ate the cake one bite at a time. Her eyes were red, but she refused to let her tears fall. Just like that, she swallowed her tears and sorrow along with the cake, one bite at a time.

Life would not stop for anyone. Hua Shu knew very early on that the most useless thing in this world was tears, so she would not cry.

No matter how bitter and tired she was, no matter how sad and heartbroken she was, she would not allow herself to cry.

Furthermore, she would never allow herself to cry because of a scumbag. Even if she was sad, she would never allow it.

After eating the cake and calming herself down, Hua Shu patted her frozen face and got up to head back to her new home.