Chapter 25
Selfish.
The word lingered heavily in Jiang Li's mind as he stepped into the enormous lobby of Shen Biotech. Bright white lights reflected against polished marble floors while employees in tailored suits walked past him with hurried footsteps and quiet conversations.
Yet Jiang Li barely noticed any of it.
His thoughts remained tangled elsewhere.
On Shen Yu.
Always Shen Yu.
And the more he thought about him, the more suffocating the guilt inside his chest became.
Because he truly had been selfish.
From the very beginning.
How many times had he secretly followed Shen Yu just for the comfort of seeing him from afar? At the time, Jiang Li never stopped to consider how invasive or unsettling it would feel if the man ever discovered it.
Seeing him had simply become enough.
Enough to calm him.
Enough to make lonely days feel bearable.
And then there was the night at the club.
