Chapter 24
As dusk settled over Nanjing, gray clouds melted slowly into streaks of pink and amber, the fading sunlight pouring through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse.
The entire space felt too quiet.
Too empty.
Sheng Yu rested against the white couch with his head tilted back, fingers pressing hard against his temple as exhaustion settled heavily beneath his skin.
Three days.
It had already been three days since he suddenly hugged Lin Yushen.
And somehow, the memory still irritated him endlessly.
Because that moment had forced him to realize something he hated admitting—
He was losing control.
Little by little, the calm restraint he had spent years maintaining was beginning to crack apart.
His emotions no longer listened to him.
His body no longer listened to him.
Sometimes it even felt as though he had become a stranger trapped inside himself, forced to helplessly watch while unfamiliar feelings consumed him whole.
"Hey… Yu-er, are you still there?"
