Chapter 6: He is Outstanding
Ye Xue stayed with Yun Xinyu for a few days before leaving, saying she had found a place to live. Yun Xinyu continued her ordinary, uneventful life.
In the media, news about the Luo Group flooded every platform.
It was said that Luo Fan had just returned to China and initiated a sweeping overhaul of the companies under the Luo Group. Employees with questionable hiring backgrounds or negligible contributions were dismissed, while many talented individuals were recruited, intensifying job competition.
All Luo Group’s domestic enterprises flourished, expanding rapidly. Their assets multiplied severalfold, and President Luo Fan’s personal wealth soared.
Public speculation about Luo Fan’s appearance grew fervent. Some argued his refusal to appear in media without sunglasses meant he was either hideously ugly or bizarre-looking.
Others insisted he merely valued privacy and that his avoidance didn’t imply unattractiveness.
Gradually, rumors about his poor looks vanished. Instead, a consensus emerged: he was undeniably handsome.
His alumni identified him as their school’s three-time reigning "heartthrob," a claim later corroborated by countless graduates.
Soon, he was hailed as the nation’s "ideal husband," a status that even boosted his alma mater’s reputation.
Whenever Yun Xinyu encountered news about him, her emotions tangled—sometimes swelling with a peculiar pride, as if witnessing a cherished acquaintance achieve greatness.
Of course, pride inevitably gave way to lingering sorrow.
These reports seemed to incessantly remind her: she could no longer match his stride.
He was no longer the uncomplicated boy of the past but a formidable CEO commanding vast enterprises and billions.
She was no longer the confident, remarkable Yun Xinyu but an aging single woman grinding through life, her dreams still distant.
They walked diverging paths—how could their worlds ever intersect again?
She admitted she missed him terribly, that she still loved him.
But reality dictated she was merely Yun Xinyu—ordinary Yun Xinyu—while he was Luo Fan, untouchably eminent.
What claim did she have to declare her love?
What audacity let her hope he remembered her?
Her only choice was to forget. She had to forget…
But what if she couldn’t?
If forgetting proved impossible, she would simply live on—cloaked in yearning, dreams, and memories.
Perhaps this was the agony of unrequited love.
She conceded to feeling defeated yet wondered: maybe she wasn’t so inadequate?
She wasn’t so bad, was she? She had a job, dreams, youth—she wasn’t worthless, right?
Yet such thoughts always crumbled beneath reality’s cold weight.
She truly wasn’t good enough. Not remarkable enough. No excuse existed to seek him out, meet him, or whisper:
"I miss you, Luo Fan."
(End of Chapter 6)
