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Chapter 147 Goodbye, Cheng Zheng

A morning has passed.

Lin Shuyao's body was filled with Cheng Zheng's scent.

Her mind was filled with countless flashes of white light, and the lingering shockwaves washed over her limbs and bones again and again. She was so exhausted that she couldn't even lift a finger.

Close your eyes, your thick, long eyelashes resting quietly.

"Sweetie, go to sleep." Cheng Zheng gently stroked her rosy cheeks with his fingers, his dark pupils still filled with intense desire. Endless energy surged within him, and he had taken her many times that night. Afraid of hurting her, he could only try his best to restrain himself.

He leaned against the headboard and looked down at her sleeping face for a while.

With a small face the size of a palm, a pert nose, and lips as delicate as flower petals, her baby is so well-behaved and beautiful.

Just one glance was enough for him to feel a restlessness within him.

Cheng Zheng suppressed his thoughts, got up, took clean clothes and a towel, and went to the guesthouse's bathhouse to take a shower.

On the way back, I also brought two thermos flasks of hot water.

His precious baby loves cleanliness, and he was so tired that he definitely didn't have the energy to get up and wash her. He poured hot water into the basin, added some cold water, tested the water temperature with his hand, and found it was just right. Then he took out a clean towel, wet it, wrung it out, and used it to wipe her down.

Lin Shuyao didn't utter a sound during the whole process, sleeping soundly and letting him do whatever he wanted.

Cheng Zheng changed the water several times, washed her, and took out a tube of ointment. He put some on his fingertips and gently applied the ointment to her. Lin Shuyao felt a cool touch in her dazed state, which felt very comfortable. She hummed unconsciously.

"Relax, sweetheart," Cheng Zheng coaxed her softly, slowing his movements even more.

After successfully applying the medicine and changing her into clean clothes, Cheng Zheng finally felt a little sleepy. He took off his clothes, lay down in bed, and held her as they slept together.

The two of them slept in each other's arms until evening.

Lin Shuyao opened her eyes groggily, tilting her head slightly. In her line of sight was his well-defined face, thick black eyebrows, light double eyelids, and a high nose. She stretched out her finger, her fingertip tracing his face along with her gaze.

Cheng Zheng had been awake for a while, but his eyes were closed. When he felt her touch, he parted his thin lips slightly and kissed her fingertips as her fingertips slid to his lips.

"Hmm...you're awake?" Lin Shuyao rested her chin on one hand, leaning to the side as she looked at him.

Cheng Zheng opened his eyes and met her fair and rosy face. He raised his arm, hooked his neck around her neck, pulled her down into his arms, and kissed her forehead.

"Baby, you've been awake for a while now."

"What were you doing just now? Peeking at me?"

"Yeah, look how good-looking you are." Lin Shuyao didn't deny it, pressed her face against his neck and rubbed against him a couple of times, and put one arm around his chest, hugging him affectionately.

Cheng Zheng couldn't help but smile, his arms tightening around her as he gently kissed her cheek, calling her "baby, darling." He felt like he was eating honey, and he loved her terribly.

Lin Shuyao, too, nestled even closer to him, dependent on him. He draped one leg over her, holding her tightly in a possessive posture. Their attraction was purely physical; they wanted to merge into each other's bodies.

Cheng Zheng found her lips and probed inside. The two intertwined, Lin Shuyao moaning and snuggling into his arms. Cheng Zheng's large hands caressed her delicate skin...

They lingered together for a long time before finally separating.

"Baby, it's time to eat something. Look how hungry you are." Cheng Zheng got up, grabbed the clothes from the bedside with one hand, and prepared to dress himself first before helping Lin Shuyao dress.

"Waaah, I don't want to get up, I don't want to be separated from you... Don't separate..." Lin Shuyao hugged his arm, pressing her chest against his. She had bought a train ticket to Guangzhou for 10 pm tonight. Today would be their last day together. They would never see each other again, and even if they did, it probably wouldn't be like this.

"...Cheng Zheng, let's not break up, okay... Waaaaah..." As she thought about it, Lin Shuyao felt like her chest was stuffed with a wet cotton ball, so uncomfortable that she felt like she was suffocating, and her eyes gradually filled with tears.

Cheng Zheng assumed she was just staying in bed, so he hugged her and coaxed her gently, "We're not separated, baby. Once our marriage application is approved tomorrow, we'll get our marriage certificate and then we can live together forever, every single day."

"But we have to get up now. You haven't eaten in a long time, and I'm afraid you'll starve."

Lin Shuyao's eyes were red and moist, her little face pressed against his arm, clinging tightly to him: "I'm not hungry... Waaah... I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry... Hug me again..."

She didn't want to leave at all. She didn't even know who else would pamper her like this after leaving him. Actually, there might be someone, but what if they weren't as handsome as him? What if they didn't have his physique? What if they weren't her type?

Last night, she saw his physique after he took off his clothes. His fair skin, broad shoulders, long legs, narrow waist, smooth muscle lines, and sexy vein distribution made her immediately clench her fists. He was also looking at her with that cold and handsome face, above her, his eyes deep and unfathomable, as if he wanted to devour her, making her heart pound.

But after tonight, he would no longer belong to her.

Thinking of this, Lin Shuyao's tears flowed even more fiercely.

"Don't cry, sweetie, let me hug you." Cheng Zheng's heart was breaking. She was such a sweetheart. He pulled her into his arms, placed his big hand on the back of her head, and gently comforted her. His expression was one of tenderness and doting that he had never shown before.

If someone familiar with Cheng Zheng were there and saw this, their eyes would probably pop out of their sockets. Who would have thought that this cold and domineering man in public would have such a side to him in private?

Normally, she speaks with absolute certainty, sparing no words, but in private, she calls me "baby" and "darling," even using reduplicated words—you'd never guess that!

It took a while of coaxing to stop Lin Shuyao's tears.

She looked at him with red eyes. Cheng Zheng helped her get dressed. After getting up, Lin Shuyao still took a shower. She was leaving tonight and would be sitting on the train for a whole day and night without a place to shower or wash her hair.

While she went to take a shower, Cheng Zheng started packing his things.

When she came back after washing up, Cheng Zheng had already tidied everything up and was sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for her.

"What do you want to eat, baby?"

Lin Shuyao paused in drying her hair, then thought for a moment and said, "Let's eat somewhere nearby. I'm not actually that hungry."

"Okay, there's a state-run restaurant nearby, let's eat there."

The two went downstairs one after the other and met outside.

After dinner, the clock struck eight o'clock in the evening.

It was getting late, and the two of them had been spending a whole day and night together. They were also going to get their marriage certificate the next day. Cheng Zheng looked at Lin Shuyao and said, "Let's go, baby. I'll take you back to your dorm."

"Okay." Lin Shuyao obediently followed beside him.

"Are you tired? Do you want to take the tram?" There is a bus and tram from here to Factory 306. After a long day, Cheng Zheng was worried that she would be too tired to walk.

Lin Shuyao was indeed having trouble walking; her legs were aching.

But this was the last stretch of road the two of them would walk together.

She couldn't bear for it to end so soon.

"Let's walk back." Lin Shuyao took Cheng Zheng's arm, her face nestled against his shoulder, completely ignoring the surprised looks from the occasional passersby. After all, no one dared to be so bold as to stick so close to their partner on the street.

Lin Shuyao didn't care, and Cheng Zheng indulged her.

The wind was a bit chilly, and the streetlights were dim, casting long shadows of the two people.

He was warm and smelled of sunshine, which was very pleasant. Lin Shuyao took a deep breath.

The road wasn't as long as she had imagined; the dormitory building was just ahead.

Standing downstairs, Lin Shuyao looked at the two shadows intertwined on the ground, and her eyes welled up with tears.

Cheng Zheng noticed that she seemed a little down. Actually, he didn't want to be separated from her either, so he patted her head and said, "Baby, how about we stay at the guesthouse again tonight and you don't go back to the dormitory? Okay? After we get the marriage certificate tomorrow, we'll go straight to get our marriage certificate."

Lin Shuyao wanted to agree, but if she didn't leave tonight, she would have to go with him to get the marriage certificate tomorrow. She had already deceived his feelings and didn't want to deceive him into marriage as well. If she ran away after getting the certificate, it would be even more cruel to him.

"Never mind, we're already downstairs at the dorm, I'll just stay there."

Cheng Zheng thought this would work too. He had taken her many times yesterday and today, and her body was so delicate that she needed time to rest: "Okay, I'll pick you up at 8:30 tomorrow morning."

Thinking about breaking her promise tomorrow, Lin Shuyao felt as if something was slowly tightening around her heart. After a long while, she finally replied, "Okay."

Cheng Zheng: "After we get our marriage certificate, I'll take you home to meet my parents. Baby, do you have any other requests regarding the bride price?"

Lin Shuyao shook her head: "No. You've given me more than enough."

Houses, bankbooks, watches, jewelry... far exceed the value of the bride price.

Cheng Zheng paused, then asked cautiously, "Should we go see your father?"

"No need," Lin Shuyao refused without even thinking. "I have no feelings for him."

The female lead's biological father is a good-for-nothing.

Despite all the major events that have occurred during this period, he hasn't even shown his face.

Even when she was dating Cheng Zheng, and Cheng Zheng's parents disagreed, her biological father never came out to stop her.

Although she was a fake daughter, this shows how unreliable and irresponsible Cheng Huaiguo is. He's like a coward, always hiding in his shell, as if he thinks that as long as he doesn't come out and face the issues, these things won't exist.

Cheng Zheng didn't say anything more. He reached out and brushed the hair from her shoulder behind her back, then nodded. "Okay, then we won't see them. After we get married, we don't need to have anything to do with them. Go back and get some rest. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."

Lin Shuyao looked up, forcing back the tears welling up in her eyes, and forced a bright smile onto her face. "Okay. Cheng Zheng, goodbye."

She released his arm and turned to walk into the building.

The moment she turned around, it felt as if something had been forcibly ripped from her body, leaving her feeling empty. The wind rushed in through the opening, making her shiver with cold.

"Baby." Cheng Zheng looked at her slender back and felt a strange unease. He called out to her, and Lin Shuyao slowly turned around to meet his eyes.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

Cheng Zheng waved to her, a smile playing on his lips: "See you tomorrow."

Fool.

We'll never see each other again tomorrow.

Lin Shuyao felt a pang of sadness and couldn't help but run towards him, throwing herself into his arms, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist, and burying her face in his chest.

Cheng Zheng was knocked back half a step by her bump, then reached out and hugged her, resting his chin on the top of her head: "Baby?"

"It's nothing." Lin Shuyao buried her face even deeper, listening to the pounding of his heart and smelling his clean, pleasant scent. She closed her eyes sadly, her voice muffled, "I just wanted to hug you."

Cheng Zheng pulled her closer, gently patting her back with his palm: "After tomorrow, we can live together every day and won't have to stay in the dormitory anymore. Be good, go back, it's cold outside."

Lin Shuyao hugged him for a while, then reluctantly let go. She took a step back, tilted her head back, and, by the light of the streetlamp, traced his cold and handsome profile one last time.

Goodbye, Cheng Zheng.

She smiled at him, turned around, and walked into the building step by step. With each step, her eyes grew hotter and her nose throbbed with tears. When she reached the dormitory entrance, her tears finally broke free and streamed down her face uncontrollably.

The tears were scalding hot, rolling down her cheeks and dripping onto the back of her hand, burning her skin.

She hid by the window and secretly looked down; Cheng Zheng's figure was turning and leaving downstairs.

He left, and she, too, was leaving.

Lin Shuyao's eyes were blurry with tears. She sobbed as she pulled out her luggage, which she had packed earlier under the bed. She checked it one last time. The money, the letter of introduction, and the train ticket were all there. She raised the back of her hand and wiped away her tears forcefully. She picked up her luggage bag and walked out of the dormitory building.

It was late autumn in northern Beijing, and the wind was howling. Her thin and lonely figure looked like a light butterfly in the night, as if it might be blown away by the wind at any moment.

She left in a hurry. Although she had bought a ticket to Guangzhou, she was actually quite uncertain about what to do next and what the future held.

As she left, she passed the gatehouse, where the gatekeeper asked her where she was going so late. Lin Shuyao made up a reason and then took the last tram to the train station.

The train station was filled with people carrying large and small bags. The air was thick with the salty smell of coal smoke and sweat. Lin Shuyao checked her ticket, boarded the train, found her berth, put her luggage away, and sat down by the window.

ten o'clock.

The whistle sounded, the train jolted violently, and its wheels began to slowly slide along the tracks.

The platform outside the window slowly receded, becoming a blurry dot of light, and finally blending into the vast night.

Goodbye, Cheng Zheng.

Lin Shuyao looked at the dark night outside and silently said goodbye in her heart.