In the third month of my cold war with my movie star boyfriend, Julian Cole, we were invited to a variety show that required us to call the person we loved most. Out of spite, he called his assistant, Lily, sending the internet into a frenzy of shipping them. I, on the other hand, dialed an unknown number, calling my mom in another world, which led to mass ridicule online. Julian sneered. "You're an orphan, where did you get a mom? Hiring someone to pretend just to save face, you really have no bottom line!" I didn't speak. Amidst his mocking expression, I rushed to the window and jumped. The System had just said: As long as I die in this world. I can go home and reunite with my mom. 1 "Hiring someone to pretend just to save face, you really have no bottom line!" [Host, as long as your body dies in this world, you can go home.] Two voices rang out simultaneously. I stared blankly ahead, lost in thought for a moment. Julian, however, thought I was looking at him and scoffed disdainfully. "What? Don't tell me you don't even have a person you love most? Is your life that much of a failure?" Julian's words drew a round of laughter from everyone present. Only I couldn't smile. He wasn't wrong. Since coming to this world and accepting the mission to conquer his heart, I had practically revolved around him. To complete the mission quickly and go home to cure my mom. I didn't bother making friends and could only rely on him. Like a fragile dodder flower. I was even mocked by the internet as "Earth's Strongest Chewing Gum." In the years Julian loved me most, he liked to hold me and promise: "Star, I will be with you for a lifetime. We will never be apart." I believed him. Until the first time I caught him kissing Lily. He explained impatiently, his eyes fixed on Lily, whose cheeks were flushed with shyness. "We just lost a game, can you stop being so suspicious? We are innocent, don't think of us so nastily." We had a huge fight. Then three months ago, I caught them coming out of the bathroom in bathrobes. I couldn't deceive myself anymore. He didn't explain either. Instead, he deliberately put his arm around Lily. "Argue, argue, argue, you only know how to argue. Can't you learn from Lily's obedience?" At that moment, I finally realized. It should end. This mission. I couldn't do it anymore. Fortunately, the System didn't force me to complete the mission and readily agreed to cancel it. It even promised to cure my mom as originally agreed. With that. I had no more worries. Snapping back to reality, the System's voice rang in my head again. [Host, your mother asked me to tell you she misses you very much.] My nose stung, and my eyes quickly reddened. Yes, I have people I love. I have a mom. I miss her very, very much too. "I want... to go home." I mumbled unconsciously, my voice choking up. Julian paused, a trace of intolerance flashing in his eyes, but he remained stubborn. "Chloe Vance, your acting skills are getting better and better..." I pretended not to hear, stood up, and walked quickly to the window. Amidst the panicked cries of the crowd and the sound of live broadcast equipment toppling over. I jumped straight down from the windowsill. Julian, I don't want you anymore. Five years of feelings, I don't want them either. I just want to go home. 2 When I woke up, the smell of disinfectant filled my nose. I thought I was back. But before I could be happy, a familiar voice shook my heart. Regrettably, I didn't die. "Chloe, you threaten me by jumping off a building just because I called Lily? Didn't I just say a few words to you? Wasn't it you who started the quarrel?" "If you really wanted to die, go to a higher floor! The third floor won't kill you. What are you pretending for?" Julian's eyes were bloodshot. I stared at him blankly. Before I could speak, I was interrupted by Lily, who suddenly entered the room. Her face was covered in tears, looking precarious. "Chloe, I'm sorry. Julian was just angry with you and wanted to make you jealous, so he called me. I won't appear again, won't disturb you anymore." After saying that, she looked at Julian with teary eyes, full of struggle and reluctance. Finally turned to leave. But before she could take a few steps, Julian grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. Julian looked unhappy. "You did nothing wrong, why leave? Don't cry, I'll make Star clarify for you." He turned to look at me, his gaze gradually turning cold. "Star, because your jump was live-streamed, Lily is now being cyberbullied by the whole internet. You must come out and explain for her. She is innocent and shouldn't be implicated by you." "Because of your matter, Lily gets called a mistress wherever she goes. You have to apologize to her. You were wrong in this matter, I can't spoil you." I wanted to laugh a little. But felt these entanglements were no longer important. I threw the phone to Julian, my face calm. "Mm, post whatever clarification you want." "I just want to go home now." The System responded immediately: [Host, very soon.] I closed my eyes again, driving them away: "Get out, all of you get out." 3 Julian paused, didn't leave. Then skillfully unlocked my phone and quickly posted the clarification statement. When handing the phone back to me, his eyes were complex. "Star, after so many years, your lock screen is still that photo." I didn't speak, glanced at the screen. It was a photo of Julian and me holding a cake, smiling brightly, full of love. I was a bit dazed. That year he wasn't a movie emperor yet, running extra roles and being a stunt double every day. Finally, it was my birthday. He used all his money to buy me an expensive and exquisite cake. "Star, thank you for being willing to stay with me. In the future, I will buy you the most beautiful and expensive cake every year. We must always be together." Later he became famous and fulfilled his promise. But I don't know when the cakes and gifts became cold and sharp. In the mouth, the sweetness was gone. Only endless bitterness remained. I lay in the hospital for a week, thinking about how to die every day. On the day of discharge, Julian came to pick me up. Many fans blocked the hospital entrance and started cursing when they saw me. "Chloe Vance, go die! Why didn't you die jumping off the building!" "Pretending and plotting against others! Really enough of a green tea b*tch!" "You even slandered Lily as a mistress? I think you look more like a mistress! Don't know how many sugar daddies' beds you climbed!" In one ear and out the other. So many years, I was used to being scolded. Julian thought I was big-hearted, good-tempered, and highly tolerant. Praised my broad-mindedness more than once. But in fact, I was numb from discomfort, pained to the point of keeping a straight face. Finally shaking off the fans, Julian's car stopped in front of me. The passenger window rolled down, revealing Lily's slightly red cheeks. "Chloe, get in quickly. Your haters are coming again, don't let us get scolded together hahaha." She stuck out her tongue, smiling like a cat that stole cream. Julian wasn't angry at all, smiling at Lily, his eyes full of unconscious softness. The passenger seat that used to be exclusively mine had changed style. Small cosmetics, a vanity mirror, and Lily's favorite lop-eared rabbit and snacks were placed there. These were things Julian didn't allow me to bring into the car. Claiming it would damage the car or be easily misunderstood if photographed by paparazzi. But thinking about it now. It all depended on whether he loved or not. But. It didn't matter. I stepped back two steps. Hailed a taxi and went back to the small apartment I rented. 4 I sold most of my property and donated it to charity. Before getting ready to cut my wrist with porcelain shards, the doorbell rang. Outside stood Julian with a not-so-good expression, followed by red-eyed Lily. "Chloe Vance, do you have to throw a tantrum with me? I really don't understand what you're unhappy about again!" Saying so, he sighed, looking at me deeply. Seeming a bit helpless. "Forget it, today is your birthday. I won't hold it against you. I bought you a cake and came specially to celebrate your birthday with you." Lily blushed slightly, stammering a happy birthday to me. My gaze fell on the necklace she was wearing. Lily touched it, smiling sweetly. "This was given to me by Julian. I liked it the first moment I saw it. He said it was just a trinket, so he gave it to me." Julian nodded too, entering the room and sitting down on his own. "It was old anyway, just sitting there. Since Lily likes it, let her have it. I didn't like it anyway." I stiffened slightly, stunned for a moment. This necklace was a couple's item bought when Julian and I first got together. More than two thousand dollars, not expensive, but he cherished it particularly back then. "I will keep it well for a lifetime! This is the witness of our love, with special meaning. If I lose it, punish me by never seeing you again, okay?" Every year on his birthday, he liked to wear that necklace with me. Starting last year, he stopped wearing it. I didn't ask much. Just didn't expect it to appear on Lily's neck.
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