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Ethan Jiang held my hand as we fell asleep.

I turned over and imperceptibly withdrew my hand from his palm.

I don't know how long had passed, but in the darkness, his phone suddenly rang.

In just half a second, he hung up.

"Serena..."

I kept my eyes closed and didn't answer.

He gently pushed me, "There's an urgent matter at the company.

I'll go for a bit.

If it's quick, I can be back in the morning."

I mumbled a sleepy "hm."

and said, "Be safe."

He leaned down, kissed me, got dressed, and walked out of the bedroom.

After a while, the sound of the front door closing came from outside.

I put on some clothes, went downstairs, and hailed a taxi.

The driver asked me where I was going.

"Jiangbei Xincheng high-end community."

This was the delivery address in Ethan Jiang's shopping app.

Sitting in the car, I opened the short video app and entered the girl's nickname: Only Love Sunset.

Some time ago, Ethan Jiang changed his nickname to Serena's Sunset.

He said that "Ra."

was the "Ra."

in my name, Shi Ran.

Another lie.

The girl loved sharing her life - shopping, traveling, dining out, gaming - almost several posts a day.

I clicked into the game settlement screen she posted.

Seeing her ID "Summer."

I suddenly remembered that when I asked Ethan Jiang to play the game with me before, there was a "Summe."

in the team.

She played a healer, but I was always killed by monsters.

Looking at the statistics, I didn't receive a single heal, not even a splash.

I felt a bit puzzled and typed: If you can't play support, don't play it.

It's a waste of resources!

She replied after a minute: Sorry, the network was a bit laggy just now.

Ethan Jiang, who usually didn't speak, suddenly defended a stranger: It's just network lag.

Did you have to say that about others?

I even argued with him for a few sentences about this.

It turned out that I was just a part of their play.

The driver drove very fast.

When I arrived near the high-end community of Jiangbei Xincheng, Ethan Jiang's car had not yet appeared.

The sky was gloomy.

After a few rumbles of thunder, heavy rain poured down.

At this moment, my phone rang.

It was Ethan Jiang.

"Serena, did you get startled awake?"

I said, "How did you know?"

"I understand you so well.

What about you do I not know."

Ethan Jiang's tone was gentle, "I saw the weather forecast saying it would rain heavily.

I've already closed the doors and windows at home in advance.

Sleep with peace of mind.

Don't worry about water getting in."

Our new home was right by the river.

Every time it rained heavily, I always worried about leaks.

Every time there was a storm, Ethan Jiang would pay special attention to the situation at home.

He even left in the middle of an important meeting once to go home and check.

I began to suspect that I was being too paranoid.

Maybe he really did go to the company to deal with an urgent situation.

Until a familiar car silently appeared in my sight.

A petite figure holding an umbrella quickly walked out of the community gate.

She was wearing a fitted nightgown and slippers, jogging in the rain.

The girl came to Ethan Jiang's car, and Ethan Jiang lowered the car window.

The two smiled at each other in the rain, and then Ethan Jiang got out of the car.

I held my breath, watching them embrace in the rain, then gaze at each other affectionately.

The next second, they started kissing passionately, as if the surrounding storm and world didn't exist.

A few minutes later, Ethan Jiang gently lifted the girl's waist and picked her up.

The girl naturally wrapped her arms around his neck, and the two walked into the community gate in an embrace.

I sat in the car, watching all this through the curtain of rain.

The sound of the rain seemed to be amplified a million times, roaring in my ears.

That girl and Ethan Jiang disappeared into the community and never reappeared.

Ethan Jiang didn't return home until evening.

He brought me a bouquet of red roses and Zhen Ji seafood congee.

"An apology gift for our anniversary."

I said, "Didn't sleep all night?"

"There were a lot of project matters.

No time to sleep."

He rubbed his brow, "I'll pack my things and go to the airport.

You should rest for a bit after finishing the congee.

You already have dark circles."

He left by taxi.

I went downstairs to retrieve the voice recorder and took the opportunity to throw that bouquet of roses into the trash can.

The cleaning auntie fished out the flowers and shouted behind me, "Such nice flowers, and you don't want them?"

I turned my head and smiled, "Mm, don't want them."