At that time, he could still feel the suffocation of choking, but he held her in his arms, and she just leaned in his arms, not even breathing.

His throat was filled with a sweet taste. Fu Jiunian turned his face away and couldn't help but spit out blood.

"Jiunian!"

Was it Papa Zong or Mama Zong's scream? Fu Jiunian's vision turned black and he fainted.

*

He quietly floated in the ward.

Xia Ling watched Fu Jiunian, who had fainted.

When she predicted her own death, she made the decision to bury her body in the sea.

She found someone to leak her illness to Fu Jiunian, and then chose a date to let Fu Jiunian know the result.

Xia Ling had calculated everything, but she didn't expect Fu Jiunian to come back so quickly!

She watched him wake up, watched him kiss her corpse, and then watched him close his eyes. Tears flowed down her hair.

She also rubbed his soft hair, wanting to tell him not to be sad. She would wait for him in the next world.

But she was already dead. Fu Jiunian couldn't hear anything, so she could only watch.

She had long prepared for all the future events.

Only at this moment she was unable to resolve Fu Jiunian's disaster.

"I love you, Jiunian."

Even if, when your true consciousness wakes up, I am an insignificant existence to you.

Even if, when you wake up, I am no longer needed by you.

But at this moment, I love you, as much as you love me!

...

Tears rolled down her cheeks.

The puppet said, "Host, you are crying."

Wiping her tears, Xia Ling's eyes turned slightly red.

"My eyes are a little uncomfortable; you are seeing things."

The puppet said again, "Host, it's time for us to leave."

Although it didn't quite understand why the heavenly dao decided on Xia ling's death, it didn't stop her from leaving. However, the Puppet had to seize this opportunity to go back.

A white light burst in front of Xia Ling's eyes.

*

In the human world, the most painful part of life and death was not the moment when the person you loved left you.

It was the long-lasting longing that began after she died.

Three months after Zong Li left, Fu Jiunian's new energy project exploded in the international arena. His exclusive technology allowed the Huadian Power Corporation to rise from the top in the country to the top 500 in the world.

When the new rankings were released, Fu Jiunian looked at his own ranking and heaved a sigh of relief.

With a net worth of 4.3 billion US dollars, he joined the top 10 richest young people in Asia. He was ranked ninth on the world's richest 20 billionaires under the age of 35.

He finally maintained his ranking at the same position as Zong Li.

"Ah Li, look, I've already reached your position."

As he spoke softly, Fu Jiunian put down his phone and stood in the sea-view room. His gaze went past the bay window and looked towards the sea.

He walked past the big bed and placed his palm on the soft bed, as if he could still feel the warmth of a woman's body.

He remembered that she asked him to apply sunscreen on her.

Fu Jiunian still remembered how silly he looked at that time.

But he couldn't help laughing. Thinking back to that incident, Fu Jiunian could still think of that evil woman. She looked calm and composed, but in his heart, he was probably already in a daze because of his stupidity.

Fu Jiunian walked to the window, and his deep eyes looked at the sea not far away.

There were still many people coming to the Maldives every year, but this beach was always the quietest. It was bought by Fu Jiunian, and it still retained the appearance of many years ago.

A gentle breeze blew the white gauze, caressing Fu Jiunian's face.

"Ah Li, ever since you left, mom and dad have been unwell. I'm taking over all of Huadian now."

"Do you know? Every time I think about the little things that happened with you, I really want to go back and start all over again. This time, it's my turn to love you. You don't have to worry about so many things, you're only responsible for happiness."

"At that time, I was too young and didn't know how to love you. Now, I understand, but..."

Fu Jiunian couldn't finish his sentence, so he changed the topic.

"You asked me to live, and you told me a hundred things, and I'm trying my best to do them."

"To help take care of your parents; to take care of the golden retriever; to take care of yourself, to help you live a happier life every day, to help you live on, to help me not miss you so much..."

"If I can do a hundred things, can I still find you?"

"Yesterday, I talked to my parents on the phone, and mom said, 'I saw a very beautiful long dress. If you were here, you would definitely like it.' I asked her to buy it for you. If you like it, you can send it to me in your dreams tonight, okay? Let me see you..."

"Oh right, you told me that if I met a girl named Ruan Liluo, I had to stay far away from her. I met a...strange girl. There must be something wrong with her brain. I asked my subordinates to give her a very good job, and then sent her abroad to work."

"Ah Li, I'm so obedient. Do you have any rewards?"

Fu Jiunian was still a little bitter, so he stopped talking.

Before Zong Li died, she told him everything.

She left a letter for him. She said that she had won Fu Jiunian's bet, and Fu Jiunian needed to help her do a hundred things.

Take care of her parents, love her memory, take care of the golden retriever, and live well.

She didn't want him to fall in love or get married again, but before he died, she left a frozen egg in an egg bank overseas. If Fu Jiunian wanted, he could take out the egg and find a surrogate. Then she could give birth to the crystal between him and Zong Li.

In the letter, she said that she would give the power to decide the birth of the child to Fu Jiunian.

Perhaps she was afraid that he would lose his business, so she wanted to give him some sustenance.

But in fact, as long as the child didn't come out of Zong Li's body, even if it was her own child, Fu Jiunian didn't like it at all.

In order to prevent Papa Zong and Mama Zong from wanting this child to be their sustenance, Fu Jiunian hid the matter.

To him, Zong Li was the only one, and no one could replace her.

...

The days passed by over a long time.

Finally, Papa Zong and Mama Zong passed away one after another. The two died at the age of 78 and 80.

In front of the hospital bed, Mama Zong advised Fu Jiunian to be more open-minded.

After so many years, everyone had recovered from the pain of Zong Li's death. Only Fu Jiunian had never let go of a single day.

Fu Jiunian replied gently and then dealt with the future generations of Mama Zong.

He was in his early 40s, which was the time for a man to have a successful career and be in the prime of his life

But he directly handed over the Huadian consortium to a long-chosen successor.

Then, he funded a surfing competition in the Maldives.

Stepping on the orange surfboard, he suddenly fell off the surfboard and was swept into the endless waves.

When the search and rescue team rescued him, they found that he was holding a sealed urn of ashes in his arms, and there was a written suicide note at home.

All of this was not an accident, but suicide.

The news of Fu Jiunian's death spread, and the entire business world was shocked. All the headlines were commemorating this financial tycoon, and they also kept reporting on his legendary life.

And when talking about his legendary life, the most talked about was his handsome and devilish appearance, as well as the quality of being in love.

After he lost his wife, he never married. His only romantic experience was with the heiress of the Huadian consortium, Zong Li.

Speaking of Zong Li, the experiences related to Zong Li were dug out again. He was talented, handsome, and more capable.

But compared to those years ago, now the Huadian consortium was one of the top 500 companies in the world.

The media couldn't help but sigh. No matter how outstanding Zong Li was, the best investment he made was to marry Fu Jiunian, the unremarkable illegitimate son of that year!

Fu Jiunian had more than tripled the scale of Huadian's business empire.

And now, compared to Huadian, the Fu Corporation was nothing.

Back then, the Fu Corporation was also the number one in the country.

After Fu Dicheng passed away, the financial group was handed over to the new heir. First, he ignored the opinions of many shareholders and married a woman with no status or family background, Ruan Li. Then, because of his mother, he offended Fu Jiunian so Fu Jiunian started a business annexation.

It was originally a war between two financial groups. The new successor only lasted for less than half a year before the Fu group went bankrupt.

Then, the Fu group was annexed by Fu Jiunian.

...

Fu Jiunian, whom Xia Ling had predicted, reached the top of the business world after she left.

And their past became a legend that people talked about.