Chapter 154 We've met before

Si Yuan felt that Jiang Wang was acting very strangely tonight.

He rarely drinks too much and loses control.

Could it be that Ji Song said something that made him so unhappy?

Si Yuan withdrew her hand, cupped his face in her hands, and asked, "Jiang Wang, tell me what happened?"

Jiang Wang slowly raised his eyes, looking at Si Yuan with a hint of sadness in his gaze.

"sorry."

"What?"

"Back then, I knew nothing; back then, I failed to protect you."

Si Yuan was taken aback.

So that's why...

Si Yuan smiled and said, "I don't blame you. Those things have nothing to do with you."

"But I never asked you about it back then, and I didn't even try to find out anything about you..."

Back then, when Jiang Wang learned that Si Yuan had left the country without a word, he felt that he was worthless in her eyes, and that everything was just an act...

He was too arrogant and didn't take their relationship seriously enough.

Si Yuan hugged him for a long time before saying, "Back then, we were just... so I can't blame you, no matter who I blame."

Jiang Wang's gaze, which was resting on Si Yuan's shoulder, darkened. He didn't like hearing Si Yuan say that.

"No...it wasn't a chance encounter. We've met before, so why don't you remember anything?"

Si Yuan's hand paused on Jiang Wang's back, her smile freezing on her face: "We...have met before?"

Jiang Wang was quite drunk, but his eyes held a stubborn clarity as he gripped her hem tightly: "Yes, I've seen you before... When I was very young, in the garden of the old house, you were wearing a white dress, your eyes were bright, and you gave me a piece of candy..."

His voice was slurred and incoherent: "I've always remembered you, remembered your eyes. We should have grown up together... but you don't remember anymore."

Si Yuan listened, completely confused, and her brows furrowed slightly.

Besides her parents, her childhood memories consisted only of the cautiousness she felt after being adopted by the Song family. She didn't remember anything Jiang Wang said.

"Jiang Wang, you've mistaken me for someone else, haven't you?" She tried to pry his hands away, her tone a mix of amusement and exasperation. "We only met in high school, have you forgotten?"

"I haven't forgotten!" Jiang Wang shook his head violently, his body becoming even more unsteady, but his eyes darkened. "High school was our reunion... I searched for you for so many years, and when I finally found you, you left again..."

His voice grew softer and softer, filled with deep grievance and resentment. He rested his head on Si Yuan's neck, and his breathing gradually became steady.

Si Yuan looked down and found that he was so drunk that he had passed out and fallen asleep.

She sighed helplessly, helped him lie down on the bed, and covered him with the blanket.

Looking at his sleeping profile, Si Yuan didn't think much of it. He was so drunk, it was normal for him to talk nonsense.

The next morning, Si Yuan was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, the frying pan sizzling and the aroma filling the air.

Jiang Wang walked in with messy hair and still a little sleepy eyes, but his eyes lit up the moment he saw her.

He hugged her from behind, resting his chin on the top of her head, his voice hoarse from just waking up: "It smells so good, what did you make, honey?"

Si Yuan turned to look at him and saw that his expression was clear, completely different from last night. She couldn't help but tease him, "Hmm, you look normal again. So, what did you do last night?"

Jiang Wang nuzzled her neck and said casually, "I went to the underground boxing gym and taught Ji Song a lesson."

"You went to that kind of place again?" Si Yuan frowned.

"Who told him to always be in your way?"

Si Yuan recalled hearing in high school that Jiang Wang always went to underground boxing gyms, and every time he came back, he was covered in bruises and couldn't attend classes for several days.

She turned around and poked his chest: "Don't go to places like that again, it's not safe." Let's eat, I'm hungry!

Si Yuan smiled, nodded, and served him a bowl of porridge.

After breakfast, Si Yuan returned to her studio and carefully revised the design drawings.

This is HC Art Installation Company's first work after landing in China, and it is also the exhibition hall design for a national-level competition. She is very serious, and you could say that she is extremely careful with every stroke.

Sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting smooth lines onto the blueprints.

Si Yuan was drawing intently when a news notification suddenly popped up on her phone screen with a particularly eye-catching headline.

[The wife of the chairman of the Lin Group was forcibly sent to a mental hospital due to mental abnormality.]

Lin Shuangyu's mother?

Si Yuan paused, her pen poised.

She clicked on the news, which said that Lin Shuangyu's mother had been diagnosed with severe schizophrenia and had violent tendencies after multiple diagnoses, and had been forcibly hospitalized to ensure public safety.

Si Yuan stared at the screen, her eyes calm and unwavering.

She remembered that Ji Song had promised Lin Shuangyu to protect her mother, but it seemed he hadn't succeeded.

She wanted to kill herself, and although there was no way to hold her accountable or subject her to legal punishment, it would be no less painful than that.

Jiang Wang walked in and saw her staring blankly at her phone. He went over and put his arm around her waist: "What's wrong?"

"Lin Shuangyu's mother has been sent to a mental hospital." Si Yuan looked up at him. "Did you do this?"

Jiang Wang raised an eyebrow, his tone frank: "It's her own problem, the diagnosis certificates are all genuine. However, I did give her a push, preventing her from having the chance to cause trouble again."

He pinched Si Yuan's cheek and smiled, "I can't swallow this."

Looking at the lingering coldness in Jiang Wang's eyes, Si Yuan suddenly understood.

No wonder he was able to calmly say "stop" when he knew he couldn't sue Lin's mother; he had been waiting for this all along.

She swiped her finger across the screen, closed the news notification, and returned to the design, saying calmly, "This is for the best, it saves us from future trouble."

Jiang Wang looked down and saw her draft drawing, then asked, "Don't you think I'm ruthless?"

“That’s how you deal with bad people.” Si Yuan looked up and smiled. “Besides, she should have paid the price for her actions.”

——

Song Yan leaned against the headboard, his fingers swiping across the news on his phone screen, his eyes showing no emotion.

He had just had his stitches removed, and the wound on his arm was still wrapped in gauze, making his movements slightly slow.

Assistant Qi stood aside and whispered, "Mr. Song, judging from the situation, it should be Jiang Wang who did it."

"Hmm." Song Yan responded, tossing his phone onto the bedside table. "He's ruthless than Ji Song."

Ji Song's plan was to protect Lin's mother to stabilize Lin Shuangyu, but Jiang Wang directly undermined the situation and sent Lin's mother to prison.

However, this way, any unsavory things that might have implicated them would be completely safe.

"It's better to lock her up." Song Yan looked out the window at the sky, his tone indifferent. "It'll save her from saying anything out of line and causing trouble."

"Mr. Song, what... what should we do about the company now?"

"The Song family won't fall so easily. Do what needs to be done. Notify the management to hold an office meeting tomorrow."

Lying here like this makes no sense.

He looked at the wounds on his body and slowly smiled.

This injury was worth it; Si Yuan is no longer so averse to herself.