Chapter 4: Since it's already heartless, why bother leaving emotions behind?

  The train arrived at the station. She stood up with her frail body, straightened her back and got off without looking back. She couldn't fall into the past again and never get up.

  The place to get off is Central, which is the political and economic center of Hong Kong with high-end shopping business districts. The bustling streets on both sides are lined with towering skyscrapers, forming a magnificent and beautiful urban landscape.

  This used to be her usual haunt, cruising into the upscale shopping mall in her red Ferrari, living a life of luxury, every brand store clerk knew who she was. Now, walking among the crowd, she felt so small, like a grain of dust in the desert, if she didn't work harder to keep up with the times, she would be trampled underfoot.

  Shen Xiangyu clenched the wedding ring she had received at her wedding, and when the instructor asked her to count her belongings, she saw the ring and told herself it didn't belong to her. This was her purpose for coming here - to sell this ring that she once treasured most, and to do so openly and honestly.

  Since he is so ruthless, why should she still be sentimental? Some memories should also be cleaned up in time. From now on, she will move forward with all her might.

  Four years have passed and she no longer has anything to cherish about it. Selling it, getting the money, might still have a practical impact on her current life.

  However, just as he walked out of the bus, another tall figure also walked out of the same bus. The man wore a simple yet elegant casual outfit, with an air of elegance like a leopard. His noble face had sharp features, like a perfect creation of the gods, with sword-like eyebrows that were full of spirit and energy, and a straight nose bridge that presented a delicate line like a carved statue.

  A pair of glasses with golden frames concealed a pair of dark, mysterious eyes. He looked refined and elegant, but no one knew that beneath his refined exterior lay a profound heart, hiding the dangerous aura he was born with, yet unable to conceal the icy coldness that came with him since birth.

  Withdraw your gaze and walk towards the luxurious private car parked behind the bus. The tall figure gets into the luxury sedan, "Drive."

  Shen Xiangyu arrived at a relatively formal pawnshop, the hall's layout was similar to that of a bank, divided into several pawn windows, the only difference being that there was no glass.

  It turned out that pawnshops were like this, and it was her first time coming. She walked up to window number three, where she was greeted by a young man.

  "Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"

  Shen Xiangyu put the box tightly grasped in her hand on the table and asked without looking at it again, "How much can this be worth?"

  The man opened the box and saw a diamond ring inside. He looked at the pale-faced woman in front of him with some incredulity and asked, "Miss, is this ring yours?"

  With his years of work experience, he could see the value of the ring at a glance, and from the woman's dress, it was inevitable that he had some doubts.

  "It's really mine, if you can't afford it here, then please return it to me, I'll go somewhere else." Shen Xiangyu's tone gradually became harder, she could naturally hear the implication in this man's words, thinking that the ring was stolen by her, and couldn't help but feel some indignation.

  The man heard her tone, he had seen many people like this before. If she wasn't a thief, then she must be the mistress of some rich person who had been dumped and was now trying to pawn off something for cash. It seemed that she belonged to the latter category. After thinking about it, no matter what, it wasn't worth going against his own commission, so he opened his mouth and said: "Miss, please wait a moment, this is jewelry, we need to have it appraised by an expert before we can give you a suitable price."

  Shen Xiangyu hummed softly, and after the man made an internal call to notify, the appraiser walked out carrying a box, put on gloves in front of the customer, and began to inspect. This master was an old hand, and it only took a few short minutes to complete the appraisal.

  "Is the lady really selling this ring?" The appraiser took off his glasses and continued to ask according to procedure: "Although it's a limited edition from 2004, if you want to pawn it, in terms of price, because of this ring..."

  "Let's just talk about the price." Shen Xiangyu interrupted the other party, and the appraiser weighed it for a moment before saying: "One million."

  Although she knew that the original price of this ring was more than ten times its current value, 100,000 yuan could completely change her current environment for the better. Since it was something that should have been discarded long ago and still had some use, why not? So, she agreed without hesitation.

  The appraiser and the man were both surprised, quickly labeling the diamond ring, taking it in, and then the man handed over 100,000 cash to her. Taking the money, she showed no hesitation, stood up quickly and left the pawnshop.

  Shen Xiangyu was thinking about what to do next in her heart, she wanted to go find a house and have a place to settle down. As she walked slowly along the road to the nearby bus station, just as she arrived, she saw the bus leaving.

  "Driver, wait!" She ran onto the road, trying to catch up with the bus, but seeing that it had already turned a corner, she stopped and caught her breath.

  "Honk!" The loud and piercing horn sound scared Shen Xiangyu half to death, only then did she realize that in her haste to chase after the bus, she had actually run onto the road.

  She quickly retreated to the side of the road, just in time to see a silver-gray Lamborghini speeding by with a hair-raisingly close distance that almost crashed into her.

  In the midst of the crowded train, the man inside inadvertently glanced over, their eyes meeting for only a brief second.

  But at this moment, the air suddenly froze, and the wind blew over her short hair, covering half of her face.

  Her face was deathly pale, and she stood on the street like a wooden chicken. With just one glance, she could tell that the man in the car was her ex-husband, Lu Qi Rui!

  The contours under his black hair were deep and introverted, with a straight nose bridge, and the sensual lip shape that was slightly thin and upturned, this man looked more handsome and mature.

  Suddenly, she spun around and turned her back to the sports car that had just whizzed by. Was she still afraid? Afraid he would see her in this state, she clutched her chest tightly with both hands, a deadly breath suppressing her, asking herself at the bottom of her heart if he had also seen her just now, and if he had recognized her.

  How could he recognize her now, she was no longer the fashionable and beautiful Shen Xiangyu of the past. She no longer cared about her makeup for his sake, nor did she have a head of long black hair that reached her waist. With time passing, her face no longer had any sweet and delicate makeup, but was instead bare-faced. Her long hair had been cut off when she entered, leaving only a short bob that reached her ears. The current her had completely lost the shadow of her past self.

  He furrowed his brow, pressed the horn to remind the woman in front who wasn't paying attention to the road, then stepped on the gas and quickly drove past. Just as the car whizzed by, he caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of his eye, but before he could get a clear look at her face, his phone rang. Through the rearview mirror, all he saw was a tall, thin figure in the distance, and he pressed the answer button on his Bluetooth headset.

  "Yes, I'm Lu Qi Rui. What's up?" A thick voice came through the phone and added after a pause: "Send it to my company."

  Then, he took off his Bluetooth earbuds from his right ear and tossed them forward, only to see the originally furrowed brow becoming even more deeply creased.

  The pawnshop just called, saying that they received a wedding ring he bought several years ago. Since it was a limited edition, each purchase had a corresponding code for the buyer, so he knew who it belonged to. Calculating the time, she should be released from prison and back by now...