CHAPTER 323: THE HIGH PRICE OF SUCCESS

At that time, she and Ye Feimo were deeply in love. The first time she was unfaithful, her heart was broken. For days, she couldn’t look Ye Feimo in the eye. Later, when she saw that he hadn’t found out, she became bolder, but she still didn’t dare to let him know and always hid it well.

Thinking back on all those events, Han Bi’s eyes welled up with tears. She had worked hard for two years and had only a little fame, which was already very difficult. If no one supported her, she didn’t know when she would ever get a chance to succeed. On top of that, a fellow actress from the same company freely humiliated and hit her. She couldn’t bear it.

Looking back now, she regretted everything. If she had just gritted her teeth and gotten through it without taking the shortcut, maybe she and Ye Feimo would be a couple envied by everyone.

It was really tough back then. She had to manage her relationship and her career while facing all kinds of difficulties and pressure. She was an eighteen-year-old girl. How could her delicate shoulders handle all of that? She was always silently suffering.

She didn’t want to live that kind of life, so when she chose to be unfaithful to Ye Feimo, she was mentally prepared to give him up.

Even so, many famous male artists at the time showed interest in her and wanted to have a relationship with her, but Han Bi rejected them all. She still couldn’t bear to leave Ye Feimo.

She held on to the humble idea that as long as Ye Feimo didn’t find out, she could stay with him for another day. She kept this going until the very end, and the hurt grew deeper and deeper.

At that time, she was so good to Ye Feimo. She was so afraid of being poor, but when Ye Feimo lost his watch, she spent all her savings to buy an identical one. She gave Ye Feimo better food and clothes than she had for herself.

Whenever she had time, she and Ye Feimo would go out and do things that any young couple would do.

She was a moderately famous actress with a poor guy, and if people in the industry knew about it, they would laugh their heads off. But she didn’t care. She even thought that if Ye Feimo never found out, she would keep it a secret from him. When she became famous enough that she didn’t have to entertain people, have dinner, or sleep with others and could have her own choices, she would marry Ye Feimo and live happily ever after.

She just didn’t expect that one wrong step would lead to another, until he finally left her decisively.

How could a person with his personality tolerate his girlfriend... Han Bi thought back on the past, crying and laughing. She was so stupid back then. Even though it was difficult and she was under a lot of pressure, she was very happy when she was with him. It was as if she had taken off her glamorous celebrity coat and was just Ye Feimo’s girlfriend.

She was so happy back then.

Feimo didn’t smile often, but sometimes when she really wanted to see him smile, he would.

She wished they could have stayed that way forever.

Now, she was successful and famous. She didn’t have to do those dirty deals anymore. She could freely choose the jobs she wanted to do. She had enough money to live a comfortable life for the rest of her life. Even if she never got married, she would never have to worry about money.

But where could she find the happiness she had lost?

She had already lost her innocent heart.

And she had also lost her happy heart.

Where could she find it again?

"I regret it, Linda. I really regret it," Han Bi said tearfully, hugging her shoulders, with her head resting on her knees. Her long, thick hair covered her face. Her face was streaked with tears, and she looked like an abandoned child.

"Han Bi, what are you saying?"

"I regret it. I shouldn’t have listened to you back then..." Han Bi cried. If she hadn’t listened to Linda and had listened to Cai Xiaojing and waited patiently for two or three years, her life would have been completely different.

It really would have been completely different.

If she had waited for two or three more years, she would have still become successful and been taken seriously, and she wouldn’t have lost Feimo.

Cheng Anya thought highly of her back then. Maybe she and Ye Feimo would have had a smooth relationship. Cheng Anya would have liked her very much, and she would still be the same person she was before, not someone whose face had been disfigured by ambition and fame.

But could regret change any of this?

"Han Bi, are you blaming me?" A cold look and disappointment flashed in Linda’s eyes. Han Bi silently drank her wine. She didn’t know who to blame. Linda said, "Han Bi, if it weren’t for me, would you be where you are today? Would you be a glamorous international superstar? You would probably still be a struggling second-tier actress. With your temper back then, it’s a miracle you even made it to the second tier."

Han Bi smiled faintly and, in the face of Linda’s accusation, said, "If I hadn’t listened to you back then, Cai Xiaojing could have made me famous. At the very least, Feimo is the CEO of Anning International. If I had stayed with him, it wouldn’t have mattered whether I became famous or not."

It was just one wrong step back then.

She couldn’t deny that she regretted her lapse in judgment because of Ye Feimo’s identity, but she never denied her love for him. Cheng Anya always thought she didn’t love Ye Feimo, but she didn’t understand at all.

Linda gave a cold laugh. "Han Bi, this is your fault. You didn’t recognize who he was. Who can you blame? You should ask yourself, if Ye Feimo wasn’t the Second Young Master of Anning International, would you still be this regretful? If Ye Feimo was poor, would you have been willing to endure hardships with him? You were a moderately famous actress back then. Were you never worried about being with him and having the media laugh at you for being with a poor guy? Han Bi, stop lying to yourself. You couldn’t have done it. The reason you regret it so much now is only because Ye Feimo is the heir of the Ye family. You regret not seizing the opportunity."

"Shut up!" Han Bi tossed her hair back and looked at Linda with cold eyes. "You’ve been with me for a few years. You should know better than anyone how much I love him. If you hadn’t told me that I had to become famous before I could go back to him and that Mrs. Ye would never accept me otherwise, and you even told me to play hard to get with him, if it weren’t for you, I would have gone back to him in the second year. There was no Wen Nuan back then, and maybe Feimo would have forgiven me, and we would have been together already."

Linda’s expression was sullen. Han Bi’s accusation made her furious. She had worked so hard for her, but today she was complaining about her. "Han Bi, are you blaming me? This was all your choice. I made you lose Ye Feimo, but I also made you successful. Don’t forget, you were the one who said you wanted to make a name for yourself. You were the one who said you wanted to be an international superstar at all costs. You said it yourself. I helped you achieve your dream. Is it fair for you to blame me for your love life, which you should have worked on yourself?"

"Enough. I don’t want to fight with you about this. I’m so tired. Just leave me alone," Han Bi said, raising her hand to signal Linda to stop. The more she talked, the more depressed and heavy-hearted she felt.