Chapter 193: Poor Memory

Listening to Xie Yanchuan's words, Jiang Wanning felt incredibly shocked.

Perhaps she had never imagined that Xie Yanchuan, who looked so bright and handsome on the outside, actually had such an unknown past.

There was a moment of silence. Jiang Wanning moved her lips and was about to say something when a soft female voice suddenly came from behind them.

"Huh? Isn't this Yanchuan?"

The conversation between the two was interrupted, and they turned their heads almost at the same time and looked in the direction of the voice.

A graceful, charming woman stepped out of the car behind them and walked towards them. "It's been a while since I last saw you back. Why didn't you say hello in advance? I could have the servants make some of your favorite dishes for lunch."

Jiang Wanning looked at the other person and her expression calmed down a little.

The other person looked familiar. She thought carefully and seemed to have seen her at the last engagement party. She was the woman who was with Xie Kaiwen at that time.

This should be the aunt Xie Yanchuan mentioned just now, Liu Zhiyi.

The moment their eyes met, the latter smiled at her: "Wan Ning is here too."

Gentle, kind, and even gives people an inexplicable intimacy.

If she hadn't known it in advance, Jiang Wanning would never have been able to connect her with the vicious mistress who stole someone else's husband at the first place.

Jiang Wanning opened her mouth, trying to reluctantly respond to the other party's greeting.

Just before he opened his mouth, he became speechless again when he caught a glimpse of Xie Yanchuan's suddenly cold eyes beside him.

She followed the latter's gaze and noticed at this moment that there was a little boy about thirteen or fourteen years old following behind Liu Zhiyi.

The little boy looked timid and hid behind Liu Zhiyi. He looked somewhat like the latter, but his features were more like Xie Kaiwen.

This is a child whose parents can be guessed by anyone who sees him.

Liu Zhiyi obviously noticed this as well, and a rare moment of embarrassment flashed across her beautiful face: "Yanchuan, this is Jinheng."

"According to your father's wishes, our first meeting should have been more formal. I didn't expect that we would actually meet here today."

Liu Zhiyi's words undoubtedly confirmed Jiang Wanning's previous guess.

Xie Yanchuan, who was standing by, sneered noncommittally, "You guys are really impatient."

Xie Yanchuan actually always knew that Xie Kaiwen and Liu Zhiyi had an illegitimate child.

It was just that they were afraid of his madness in the early years, and because of the barrier of Mr. Xie, the two of them kept him hidden and didn't dare to bring him home.

Until recent years, Xie Yanchuan rarely came back home due to work reasons, so Liu Zhiyi took the initiative to bring Xie Jinheng here. Unexpectedly, she ran into Xie Yanchuan here.

Hearing Xie Yanchuan's obviously sarcastic words, Liu Zhiyi's face turned pale for a moment.

But before she could say anything, a cold voice came from behind them.

"Xie Yanchuan, is this how you talk to your elders? Have all your good manners been eaten by dogs?"

Everyone turned around and saw Xie Kaiwen standing in front of the villa's gate, staring at them with an angry look on his face.

Without Mr. Xie present, he was very timid and serious towards his son.

"Hey, Kaiwen, look at you. The child finally came back, why are you saying these things to him?"

This somewhat familiar peacemaker's attitude made Jiang Wanning inexplicably think of Xu Moli.

It seems that people like them are best at and accustomed to using such tricks.

"It's so cold, I bet Wan Ning is frozen. It's not a good place to talk outside, why don't you all go inside first? I'll ask Aunt Xu to make some ginger tea, and you can stay for lunch too."

Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Zhiyi made another effort.

As the woman spoke, she was about to walk over and affectionately grab Jiang Wanning's arm.

Jiang Wanning couldn't help but look at Xie Yanchuan again.

Seeing that the latter just lowered his eyes and did not respond immediately.

She suddenly realized that Xie Yanchuan had actually been tolerating these two people for her sake.

After all, it was her first day back home as a "new bride", and the man probably didn't want her to suffer any unnecessary condemnation or grievances because of him.

Otherwise, if he had had the temper he had before, he would have turned the table over with these two people.

only......

Jiang Wanning narrowed her eyes.

Liu Zhiyi, this "soft persimmon", may have chosen the wrong person.

If it were in the past, when Jiang Wanning had not experienced such disgusting things as Shi Wang and Xu Moli, perhaps she could really tolerate them for a while for the sake of the so-called "education".

But at this moment, she was obviously no longer the same as before.

Seeing that Liu Zhiyi's hand was about to touch her arm, Jiang Wanning took a half step back without hesitation and dodged away.

Then he said to Liu Zhiyi with a smile: "No need, Aunt Liu, I don't like ginger."

This simple name seemed to instantly make Liu Zhiyi look a dozen years older, and at the same time, it also lowered her status and position.

Coupled with Jiang Wanning's obviously contemptuous attitude, it seemed that she was no longer Xie Kaiwen's wife, but a servant of the Xie family who could be manipulated at will.

The smile on Liu Zhiyi's face froze instantly. "...What did you call me?"

Because of her cousin and Mr. Xie, Liu Zhiyi had no official status in following Xie Kaiwen for all these years.

However, in front of outsiders, she always treated herself as the legitimate eldest lady of the Xie family. With Xie Kaiwen's unintentional indulgence, few people in the circle would fail to give her face.

After such a long time, not only others, but even Liu Zhiyi herself has tacitly accepted this identity.

Apart from the fact that Xie Yanchuan would sometimes retort to her, which Liu Zhiyi felt was insignificant, she had never expected that Jiang Wanning would have such an attitude towards her today.

After all, at the quick glance at the engagement party that day, this girl looked very delicate and tender, and she seemed very easy to control.

But she didn't expect that when they met again today, the other party had already shown his sharp claws towards her.

Before Liu Zhiyi could even react, she heard Jiang Wanning continue what she had just said, saying seriously, "Is there anything wrong with calling you Aunt Liu?"

"I remember Yan Chuan accidentally mentioned to me before that he lost his mother when he was young, and it was thanks to you that he took care of him at home..."

"Oh, that's not right." At this point, Jiang Wanning seemed to suddenly realize something and changed her words: "Look at my memory. You are his aunt. I should call you aunt."

"Aunt." She paused and smiled sweetly, "No need for lunch. Xie Yanchuan and I came here today mainly to revisit our old place. I've been with him for so long, but I've never seen the place where he lived as a child. I'm really curious, so I asked him to bring me here."

"But now that I've seen it, I feel it's just so-so. It's not even as big as the swimming pool in my backyard in Beijing."