Chapter 378 The protective and devoted woman VS The soft-hearted man who harbors a grudge 36

They're so close; they've probably been together for a long time, who knows how long.

If he hadn't happened to stumble upon it today, he probably would have remained completely in the dark.

He squinted at it.

The man looked familiar; if I remember correctly, I had seen him once before at her shop.

They've known each other for so long...

Fu Chengyan drove the car out of the residential area while calling Jiang Zhiyi.

The phone is unreachable and no one answers.

He kept hitting without stopping.

A few minutes later.

"Hello? What's wrong?" Jiang Zhiyi had already entered the stairwell and was about to go upstairs, so she had time to answer his call.

He called so many times today, he probably has something urgent to tell her.

"Where are you now?" he asked.

"I am at home."

"I'm back. Come over today...come over now." He didn't say much, hung up the phone, and sent the photo of the man he had just taken to his secretary.

"Check an individual."

On the other hand, Jiang Zhiyi originally didn't want to go, but after thinking about it, she decided to go anyway.

I might as well make things clear to him today, so as to avoid further trouble later.

She went home first and tidied up, doing all the chores that needed to be done around the house.

About two hours later, she took a taxi there.

Upon entering the villa, she found the downstairs hall quiet, without even a nanny in sight, so she went straight upstairs.

When they arrived at the bedroom upstairs, Fu Chengyan was standing in front of her dressing table, casually fiddling with her jewelry.

Hearing her make a sound, he didn't even look at her. He casually pointed to a gift box on the table and said, "You're back? Here's a gift for you." Then he went to sit on the sofa and smoked.

Jiang Zhiyi walked over, opened the gift box, and saw a necklace inlaid with pink diamonds.

She looked at her wrist again; the bracelet Ji Chen had given her today was also a pink diamond one.

That's quite a coincidence.

Jiang Zhiyi was pondering how to bring it up and remained silent for the time being.

"Your bracelet is nice, did you buy it at the mall?" Fu Chengyan suddenly asked.

Jiang Zhiyi glanced down, subtly hiding her hand behind her back, and said, "Yes, I bought it a few days ago."

He nodded. "It looks good... What have you been up to these past few days? Why didn't you answer the phone earlier?"

"I didn't do anything special, just the usual things, running between home and the shop. I wasn't looking at my phone just now, I was busy at home."

After she finished speaking, Fu Chengyan did not respond.

An eerie silence suddenly fell over the room.

"What's wrong with you today? Is work abroad not going well?" She had a feeling that something was off about him, and the words she had just prepared to suggest breaking up were now impossible to utter.

Fu Chengyan chuckled softly, "There was an auction in China the day before yesterday. I originally wanted to buy you a gift, one that you always like. However, the secretary in charge was in a car accident on the way, and by the time we arrived, the item had already been sold. I tried to find someone privately, but no matter how high the price, the buyer wouldn't budge. Afraid that you wouldn't like it, I had to buy another one abroad myself. Coincidentally, I noticed that the bracelet you're wearing now looks exactly the same as the one we missed at the auction..."

Jiang Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately turned to look at him, her hands unconsciously clenching.

What does he mean by saying that? What does he know?

"What a coincidence! You must be mistaken. It's definitely different... I just bought this randomly at the mall, how could it be the same as something at an auction..."

She explained without changing her expression, but her words sounded somewhat forced, and even her voice carried an uncontrollable sense of guilt.

“Really?” he asked.

Jiang Zhiyi's chest heaved. She paused, then asked him, "Otherwise what?"

Fu Chengyan stared at her coldly, his gaze so sharp it seemed to pierce her flesh.

"The second young master of the Ji family..." he said with a smile, but the smile sent chills down one's spine.

"He's really willing to go to great lengths to please you. Does he like you a lot?"