Chapter 40: "Even wounds can grow flowers you love."

"The day you broke up, I stayed here drinking with him all night. I finally accepted the fact that you left, but when I got home, I found that his dog was missing."

"His world has completely collapsed."

He Yanxun took a sip of his drink and saw the enormous Long Island Iced Tea in front of Qiao Xu.

"Drink slowly, this stuff has a strong aftereffect. If you get drunk, your man might kill me."

Qiao Xu chuckled: "It's alright, I drink it all the time."

"No, what were you thinking, stealing his dog?" He Yanxun raised an eyebrow and asked, his words carrying a hint of schadenfreude.

Qiao Xu: ······

“When I got back that day, I saw that the apartment door was not closed, and Cherry ran into the hallway, afraid that she would get lost.”

"I put it back, but it kept sticking to me, so I had to take it with me."

He Yanxun laughed: "Really good, really fucking good."

"Qiao Xu, you haven't been in a relationship in the past few years, have you?"

Qiao Xu took a sip of her drink and said indifferently, "I don't have time to talk."

He Yanxun rested his hand on the back of the chair: "After you broke up, he went back to the Xu family and caused a scene. When I saw him again, he had a cut on the inside of his left arm, which was bloody and made my scalp tingle."

Qiao Xu was stunned for a moment.

She didn't even notice it on the inside of her left hand.

They had had an ambiguous relationship, yet she hadn't even noticed.

Judging from her expression, He Yanxun knew she hadn't seen it.

That's true, how could that dog let his little darling see such an ugly wound?

It's not ugly, it's even grown flowers.

It truly lives up to the lyric, "Even wounds can grow flowers you love."

"Then he..."

He Yanxun said, "Before Uncle Xu passed away, he had already paved the way for A Si's future, with various funds, stocks, real estate, bank vaults, and Swiss bank accounts and deposits."

"After you left, it was no different for him than if he were just barely clinging to life."

“When he arrived in Los Angeles, he started his own business while studying, and he gave up everything from the Xu family.”

He Yanxun gestured to the bartender to pour him another drink.

“He knew it was your mother who forced you to leave. He even arranged your father’s treatment, surgery, and all the follow-up arrangements.”

"You didn't know, did you? The apartment you used to live in is also registered in your name."

Qiao Xu was stunned; she didn't know.

No wonder Xu Si'an took her ID card once before.

She didn't think much of it at the time.

"Ah Si didn't know that the doctor who performed the surgery and treatment on Uncle Qiao was a member of the Shen family, and even more so, a sycophantic mistress of Shen Zhiwei."

Qiao Xu suddenly realized that her brain capacity was not quite enough.

"The Shen family?"

"Then why is he still with Shen Zhiwei...?"

He Yanxun smiled: "Shen Zhao, the adopted son of the Shen family and Shen Zhiwei's nominal older brother."

"The abortion surgery report released a few days ago shows that the child is Shen Zhao's."

Qiao Xu almost choked to death on this melon.

"Does Xu Si'an's brother know about this?"

He Yanxun was speechless: "Your focus is a bit strange. Aren't you interested in Xu Si'an?"

Qiao Xu smiled and said, "It won't stop me from enjoying my gossip."

"Do you think Xu Shiran wouldn't know something that even your man could find out?"

"It's just a man's pride getting in the way."

He Yanxun grinned mischievously: "Let me give you another piece of melon."

"Um?"

"Shen Zhiwei's hymenoplasty was also performed on her by her mistress."

“That day, A-Si was drugged when he returned to the Xu family. They tried to force Shen Zhiwei, that piece of trash, onto him, but he refused. He even cut himself to leave.”

"Xu Shiran snatched up the last newly added M."

Qiao Xu's eyelids twitched; He Yanxun was also a chatterbox.

"So, how has he been doing abroad these past four years?"

After asking the question, she regretted it a little.

How could it possibly be okay?

"fine."

"It'll be better if you keep busy."

"You don't know this yet, do you? He is one of the original shareholders of Xuxing."

Qiao Xu: ······

She knows nothing.

Qiao Xu finished her entire cup of Long Island Iced Tea and heard the wind chimes at the door ring.

Xu Si'an and another man appeared.

He Yanxun cursed under his breath, "Damn it."

He slammed his hand on the table and looked at the man wiping glasses in front of the counter: "Did you call him here?"

Yu Chuan chuckled: "Si An is what I call him, not Si Shen."

Qiao Xu smiled broadly: "Are you gay?"

"I'm gay, I'm straight, totally straight."

Yu Chuan laughed out loud: "Sorry."

"Smile!"

"It's funny, whether a bottom is straight or not is not important at all."

He Yanxun smashed the empty wine glass next to him onto Yu Chuan.

"Qiao Xu, your old WeChat account is still pinned to the top of his WeChat. Take a look at his phone when you have time."

"Oh, by the way, remember to take a look at that scar he used to prove his innocence."

Qiao Xu: ·······

Xu Si'an stood behind her, leaned down, and rested his chin on her shoulder: "You dare to follow anyone? Aren't you afraid of being sold to some remote mountain village?"

“I know him.”

Xu Si'an gently pecked her neck: "That won't do either, he's not a good person."

"Xu Si'an, I'll f*** your grandpa."

Upon seeing the man who had just finished making a phone call at the door, He Yanxun instinctively wanted to run, but he was too slow.

The moment my buttocks left the chair, someone pressed me back down.

"A-Chuan, could you pour me a glass of water? Thank you."

Si Shen stood there, his hand resting on someone's shoulder.

Xu Si'an gently ruffled Qiao Xu's hair: "Want to drink more? If not, let's go home."

Qiao Xu shook her head: "I'm not drinking anymore. I'm going to the restroom and then I'll leave."

"Hmm, do you want me to go with you?"

"Need not."

Xu Si'an sat down in Qiao Xu's seat, and Yu Chuan asked, "Want to drink?"

"Water, we need to drive."

The ice water was placed in front of Xu Si'an. "Si'an, you shouldn't tell Ah Xun any secrets in the future. His mouth is like a big leaky sieve."

Xu Si'an chuckled: "It doesn't matter, what he knows isn't a secret."

He Yanxun looked disgusted: "He's the one who doesn't know how to talk, I'll give him a hand."

"He could have easily gotten his wife back by pretending to be pitiful and acting miserable, but he just wouldn't listen."

He mimicked Xu Si'an's tone when he first returned to China: "Even a simp wouldn't fawn over her."

Hehehe...

Xu Si'an laughed and raised an eyebrow: "Senior brother, shut your mouth."

Si Shen smiled, his dark eyes full of doting: "Okay, we'll block them when we get back, I guarantee they won't be able to make a sound for three days."

He Yanxun is like a firecracker, ready to explode at the slightest touch.

"Fine, screw you, let go, I want to go home."

"I send you."

"No need, my butt hurts when I sit in Mr. Si's car."

Yu Chuan was struck by He Yanxun's humor: "Seriously, Shen, you don't have money for a hotel room?"

I'll transfer some money to you.

"Damn you guys, you're all like dogs, I don't want you anymore."

Yu Chuan and Si Shen are neighbors, He Yanxun and Xu Si'an are childhood friends, and Si Shen is Xu Si'an's senior.

They've been hanging out together since college; Yu Chuan only started opening this bar later.

Xu Si'an said without hesitation, "It makes you think we have to be the same. Only Ah Shen likes someone like you."

Si Shen released his shoulder: "Let's go, let's meet another day."

He Yanxun was dragged and pulled away from the bar.

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