Xirong Ziye paused, and his expression changed immediately before he coughed several times.

Even if Xirong Ziye coughed badly, Bai Yaoyao held back her words of comfort and the urge to pat his back. She stood there coldly as she said, "Xirong Ziye, don't come to Country A in the future and don't find me. You know how love cannot be controlled by a person. It comes when it wants to."

Xirong Ziye held onto his chest, trying to calm his emotions. He wanted to hear her talk. Even if it hurt him, he wanted to hear her voice. It was better than not being able to find her.

Now, he could at least see her and know that she was doing well.

"Xirong Ziye, I'm here to clear things up. The day you abandoned me was the day my love for you died. Frankly speaking, even if I did not fall in love with someone else, even if I forgave you and returned to you, can we return to the past? We can't. I have no trust for you, nor do I have the pa.s.sion to love you anymore. The heart that was working so hard to love you has died. Looking at you will only remind me of the past and not make me happy. Since we once knew each other, we should just give each other our blessings for their lives, right?"

Xirong Ziye shook his head. "Yaoyao, I'm afraid I cannot do that."

"Xirong Ziye, you need to do it even if you cannot. Just like how you became the President. When people thought you couldn't do well, you had to. When I left you, I thought I would not be able to live on anymore, but I'm living well now and have walked out of it. Nothing's impossible."

Hearing her words, Xirong Ziye's heart became riddled with guilt and self-blame. "Yaoyao, can we really only become strangers?"

Bai Yaoyao nodded her head. "Yes, Xirong Ziye. To be honest, I don't feel good seeing you. For each other's sake, you should go back and be the president of Country E, and I should live my life. That's for the best."

…

Yun Bilu sat in the car and kept peering up. She said anxiously, "It's been ten minutes now. Why isn't Elder Sister Yaoyao coming out yet? Is Xirong Ziye bullying her?"

Huang Yize pulled her arm and chuckled lightly. "You should tone down your brash personality and be more mature."

"How can you say that? Don't you know how Xirong Ziye treated Elder Sister Yaoyao in the past?"

"The past is the past, and it does not represent the present. In the past, when I got you to arrange some information, I wanted to train your temperament, but from what I see now, you haven't improved at all."

Yun Bilu turned her anger towards Huang Yize. "So you did it on purpose!"

Huang Yize grabbed Yun Bilu's slender hands immediately and said, "Stop throwing a tantrum, or others will see."

Yun Bilu made a funny face at Huang Yize. "So what if they see?"

"They will think that you're bullying me."

"Me? Bullying you? I cannot even win you in a spar!"

Huang Yize tightened his grip on her hand and coaxed, "Didn't you say that you will become my equal someday? I'm looking forward to that day."

Huang Yize's words could energize Yun Bilu immediately. "Okay, I will continue to work hard."

As both of them were messing around, Yun Bilu did not feel bored and anxious. Time flew by, and Bai Yaoyao finally exited the hospital.

Yun Bilu immediately left the car and asked, "Elder Sister Yaoyao, how was it?"