Yu Chen stared stupidly at Xia's face as he followed the woman out.
He also looked at her for a moment and opened his mouth, as though about to say something. But he seemed to think better and turned around to walk towards the garage.
Chen recovered from her trance and rushed forward and grabbed Xia's sleeve, saying, "Listen....Xia I .....I....."
But Si Xia cut her off, "I know. I'll give you your space now. I won't smother you."
Saying this he pulled on his sleeve and left, the woman looking very worried and turning around quite frequently until Xia called out, "Let's go Chang."
She then hurried off.
But Yu Chen heard and saw nothing of this. She had suddenly remembered where she had seen Xia this way. From where the memory was coming. The two words, 'I know.' had instigated it.
The memories kept flooding into her mind.
That party. The decorations. Yuan Zuan pregnant. Their talk in the washroom.
As she was going through them, a sentence wedged itself into her mind.
It was not said by Xia, rather, by Ni Yang, "You'll only get this one more chance to change your life. Don't waste it. You won't get any more."
Chen's knees gave away and she slumped on the cold yard among the snow.
Was this it? Was this all she had changed? She had been so determined, but had the outcome not really changed? Had all she done only resulted in a few stolen moments of happiness?
As her mind threw all these questions, Yu Chen broke down.
Xi Hua and Huo Zenghai drove to Si Xia's bungalow.
Just outside the front gate, they passed a black Mercedes and Hua leaned out of the window, saying, "Hey, wasn't that Xia? I don't think it was Chen with him."
Huo Zenghai frowned, "Don't be silly. Xia doesn't like to drive anything else than his Ferrari. And who would be with him so early in the morning."
Xi Hua muttered as Zenghai parked the car, "Maybe I imagined it."
They headed inside and towards the house.
Xi Hua suddenly stopped dead and pulled on Zenghai's sleeve. "What?" He asked.
Hua said nothing, she only pointed a little way off the front door.
Zenghai followed her finger and was horrified to recognise Yu Chen sitting in snow.
Her head was bowed and snow was also beginning to settle on her shoulders and hair.
The two rushed upto her and Hua flung herself down on her knees, hugging Yu Chen.
"Oh my god Chen!!!! What are you doing!!!?!?" She exclaimed as Huo Zenghai squatted down and brushed off the snow settling on Chen's shoulders.
Yu Chen looked up upon hearing Hua's voice. She blinked and said, "Oh hey Hua. Sorry for running out like that."
Xi Hua burst into tears upon hearing this, "You're not the one who needs to apologise. Come on. Let's go home."
Chen was clearly trying to stop the tears from streaming down, but they refused to obey.
She finally gave up and nodded, "Yeah."
As the two helped her up, Yu Chen heard a bark coming from the house.
"Wait!!!" She exclaimed.
Huo Zenghai stopped, looking surprised.
Xi Hua tugged forward, looking angry.