Chapter 7

The sound of someone can be heard in Wen's apartment room. Then it is shown that Wen is sitting on the floor of his room and leaning on the wall without any light. His face is a bit flushed as there are several cans of beer around him as he frowned while looking at his phone.

It has been a week or so with the fiasco at the company and it didn't take a genius to know that he isn't taking it well. After being called again and again by his sister he decided to leave his room and go out for a walk to find a secluded place to hopefully clear his head. However the people around him made sure that he didn't have a semblance of peace as they would talk behind his back.

He then reached a convenience store as he thought about something to buy but of course the cashier, the staff and the rest of the people there would have also seen the video. It didn't help that the cashier openly mocked him for stirring trouble at the company.

He could still remember the gazes of the people around him and the frustration and anger he felt. Even though this was all the fault of the man known and Huan and his newlywed wife Lin, the people all are accusing him for acting like that when it was in truth because of them that he is in such a state to begin with.

As he was walking he saw cans of beer in the freezer. In any other instance he would have just disregarded it and went on his way as he never wanted to drink that as he knew its effects. But due to the state he was in at the moment he couldn't just go away.

And then he decided to buy a few cans of beer which he took to his room and drank. At first he was a bit put off by the taste but soon he stopped caring as he started to enjoy it as his mind got a bit fuzzy. But unfortunately for him it seemed like his mind is far stronger than he had thought as he still remembered the things that happened and has an almost clear mind.

He saw that his phone had stopped getting missed calls from his sister which relieved him a bit. But then he got a call from Xiao Lin which greatly irritated and angered him. He however just picked up the call and wanted to end it.

"Hey Wen, what the hell is this? Why did you make a scene in front of that company? I never pegged you as the type to cause more trouble to people that you are worth. Even if you are my ex-husband, it would still reflect poorly on my family as well. Are you able to hear me?" Lin said to him through the phone.

"Yeah, well I don't care." Wen said to her a bit drunk.

"Are you drunk? Well what do you know? The guy who always said that he wouldn't do something like that is doing it? I thought you at least had some kind of redeeming quality but it seems I was mistaken. So, while I would give you no mind your position is really pitiable. My offer still stands. I can get you a job which will surely improve your situation." Lin said to him through the phone as it only made him angrier.

"No thanks. I will never be taking your help." Wen said to her in anger.

Then he cut the call in anger before throwing his phone away. He then looked at the can of beer in his hand and then left his apartment to get some more.

After that he used the rest of his money to buy more beer and decided that no matter how much he tries no one is going to help him. He was also drinking one which he had just finished before chuckling to himself.

"Well this is a very hilarious situation. My own family thinks that I'm not worth anything, the woman I had honestly come to see as my wife has made my life a living hell alongside her new husband and my reputation among the people have also been dragged through the mud. And now I'm drowning myself in alcohol which I had promised myself I wouldn't do." Wen said to himself as he chuckled.

He then slowly got up as he wanted to go to the bathroom. He slowly made it to his bathroom and completed his job. But he then saw his reflection in the mirror above his washbasin as he looked at his own reflection as his face can be seen clearly due to him putting the light on.

His hair is disheveled, his eyes are droopy, he has dark circles under his eyes and his skin also doesn't seem to be in good shape. All in all, he looks very miserable. He also looked at a photo near the washbasin which was of himself and Lin. It was the only physical photo he has of himself since he wasn't someone who was very keen on taking pictures of himself.

He took the framed photo and looked at himself in it as he could see the contrast between himself 3 months ago and the him that he is currently now as a dry chuckle escaped his mouth as he looked at himself.

"How did things come to this?" Wen said depressed as he looked at the washbasin.

He then threw the photo into the trashcan before he exited the bathroom. He then went back to drinking his beer when he noticed his phone. After he stopped taking calls a week ago it stopped but a day ago it started again with the frequent callers being his sister, father and mother. But he never took those calls as he kept on ignoring them as he drank more beer.

He then took another can and opened it and brought it to his mouth to drink it.

*Cough Cough Cough*

Then he suddenly started to cough as he was surprised by it as he started to cough more as he covered his mouth using his right hand. Then he felt something wet on his hand and he looked and his eyes widened when he realized that it's blood on his hand. His blood to be exact.

But he wasn't able to think more as he started to get more coughs as he started to cough more violently as the can of beer fell from his hand and spilled on the floor. He lost his balance and fell on the floor and kept on coughing as his throat and chest hurt as he coughed up more blood.

The coughing only stopped after almost a minute but his hands were now covered in his blood. His mind is a bit foggy but he recognised the sound of his phone's ringtone as he looked at it. His left hand went towards the phone before he stopped abruptly.

'Why am I even trying? No one is going to come help me anyway. They'll just make fun of me or insult me again.' Wen thought to himself before he went back to coughing violently again.

He kept on coughing more before he finally stopped but this time his eyes were half-lidded as the energy was fully spent as there is now more blood in his hands and the floor as he didn't have any more energy left. But most of all he could feel his heartbeat slowing down to an extent that he isn't able to feel it.

And then in a few seconds his eyes closed and his heart beat one last time before it didn't again. The heat left his body after a few minutes as he lay there on the floor of his own room in the apartment surrounded by beer cans and with his hand covered in his blood and the floor around his head also being covered in his blood as he lay there motionless as the man known as Chen Wen has died.