Now that Sheng Yi has asked herself, President An should say a proper goodbye!

"Miss Sheng Yi."

Dao An’s voice came through.

It was a formal tone, also ready to discuss serious matters.

As soon as Sheng Yi saw Dao An’s stern face, she understood that she must have asked the right question: "Dao An, are you really leaving? Where are you going? Is it a foreign country?"

Every question hit the mark.

It seemed unnecessary for Dao An to say it again himself.

He just nodded, "Yes, Miss Sheng Yi."

He always consciously kept a polite distance from Sheng Yi in his words, so much so that Sheng Yi felt embarrassed to jokingly inquire about his departure. Just now, after hearing Yuanyuan and Dao An’s conversation and then hearing Dao An admit he was leaving for overseas, for some reason, Sheng Yi felt a sudden heaviness in her chest.

Especially since Dao An hadn’t formally informed her of his departure.

If... she hadn’t overheard just now, hadn’t asked about it, would Dao An have gone abroad without her knowing?!

Hey, at least it’s a significant friendship.

"Yiyi," Gu Yuan called out.

Gu Yuan wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she saw a fleeting moment of disappointment on Sheng Yi’s face.

Sheng Yi looked at Gu Yuan, "Ah? Yuanyuan, what’s up?"

Gu Yuan said to Sheng Yi, "Dao An is going to M Country to develop, leaving these days, and this meal actually serves as our formal farewell to him because..."

The first part was said.

Sheng Yi was already feeling quite stifled, and those two words, ’because’, made her heart feel as if it was being squeezed. She picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork from her bowl, chewed it slowly, and asked softly, "Because of what?"

Gu Yuan’s gaze was locked on all the expressions on Sheng Yi’s face.

Before she could say why, Dao An spoke himself—

"Because this trip abroad has an indefinite return date."

Sheng Yi’s chewing stopped, she felt the sweet and sour pork in her mouth suddenly turn sour, and she slowly looked at Dao An, as if unable to react right away, "...Ah?"

This was an obviously dazed and shocked reaction.

However, Sheng Yi quickly adjusted, forcibly lifted the corners of her mouth, and with a big, carefree smile asked, "An indefinite return date means you don’t know when you’ll come back home?"

Dao An saw the surprise appear on Sheng Yi’s radiant face, but it quickly vanished, and then it was replaced by a bright smile.

Regarding his departure, besides that brief surprise, she had no other reaction.

The most she might feel, probably, was happiness for him.

He nodded at Sheng Yi and said, "Yes, once I arrive in M Country, many things will have to start from scratch, whether it’s my career or life. An indefinite return date means uncertainty about future developments, and once everything stabilizes, perhaps I’ll settle abroad."

"Settle down too?"

The originally smiling Sheng Yi’s voice suddenly raised a pitch.

Dao An said, "That’s something for the future, nothing is certain now."

"So it’s possible?" Sheng Yi asked.

Dao An nodded, "Yes."

Sheng Yi put down her chopsticks, chewed the sweet and sour pork in her mouth twice more and swallowed it, and then asked a very fatal question for herself, "So you’re saying you’ll eventually settle down and build a career abroad?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

She wanted to say get married and have children but felt it was too direct and inappropriate, so she said settle down and build a career.

After all, it means the same thing.

The latter is obviously more tactful.

Dao An saw Sheng Yi asking him with a curious face if he would settle down and build a career abroad. His first reaction was to tell her: No.

But he was clear that there was no result between them.

His development abroad was undecided.

Nothing can be said for certain.

Unable to provide her with the most stable life, he naturally wouldn’t make promises lightly. Unless he stayed in the home country, but what would be the point of that? To watch over someone who doesn’t like him and then watch her marry and have children with another man, Dao An couldn’t do it, he feared he would try to take her away.

"Dao An, will you really settle down and build a career abroad?" Sheng Yi asked again, anxious after not hearing an answer the first time.

To avoid appearing too odd or abrupt, she asked with a playful smile, acting very gossip-like.

Afraid that Dao An would notice her feelings and then distance himself from her...

Gu Yuan calmly ate her food, occasionally glancing at Sheng Yi’s expression and then continued to eat calmly.

Dao An answered, "Perhaps, if everything goes well over there, settling down and building a career is not out of the question, but these are not in the plan for now, the focus remains on work."