So she quickly said, "The address you gave me before was wrong. That's not your home at all, right? That's why this happened..."

Jiang Yan widened her eyes, looking at Shen Ru in disbelief, and interrupted her in an unfriendly tone.

"What do you mean my address is wrong? Then how come it's not my home? Come with me."

Jiang Yan suddenly took the initiative, pulling Shen Ru into the car. She seemed to want to prove something, and the car drove away with a purpose.

Now it was Shen Ru's turn to be confused.

Where are you taking me?

"Didn't you say that wasn't my house? I'll show you."

Halfway through the journey, the two had this brief conversation, and then they didn't say much more. The atmosphere in the car became very oppressive, as if their destination wasn't home, but a funeral.

Having no other choice, Jiang Yan spoke first: "Since we're here, why don't you tell me what happened to you?"

Shen Ru came here today to explain things to Jiang Yan, so she didn't keep her in suspense and said directly, "The address you gave me before... whether it's real now or not, I thought it was fake at the time, so I didn't dare to give it to Qiwei."

After saying only a few words, Jiang Yan turned to look at her.

Before she could speak, Shen Ru continued, "Yes, you were right before. I had already teamed up with Qi Wei. He asked me for your address, and then he wanted to go find you. I was the one who told him that last time."

There's a very clear element of "what's the use of trying" in these words.

Jiang Yan nodded slightly, then turned her gaze forward and focused on driving.

Shen Ru didn't care about anything else anymore.

“At that time, you became suspicious of me. I didn’t want to help Qiwei anymore, but he came to me again and made some demands… You know me, I am a person.”

Jiang Yan nodded again.

Shen Ru said, "So I eventually agreed to help him, but something felt off when we met that time. I felt the address you gave me was fake, so I didn't dare give it to him. But he kept urging me, and at that time I also encountered some problems, so I impulsively..."

"Originally, this matter would have been over and done with, but unexpectedly, Qiwei turned around and gave the address to that person named Han Mingrui, and then..."

Shen Ru quickly explained the whole story, and even the parts that were unclear were put together by Jiang Yan, who already knew the truth, so she didn't ask any further questions.

"Thirty million? You can't possibly come up with that." After listening, Jiang Yan finally came to this conclusion.

Shen Ru gave a rather pathetic smile.

She opened her mouth, about to say something, when Jiang Yan had already stopped the car.

"We're here, look."

They arrived at an ordinary villa area, with the same house number as the one Jiang Yan had given to Shen Ru.

Shen Ru still seemed unable to believe it, and as soon as the door opened, she barged straight in.

Two pairs of commonly used slippers were placed at the door. Jiang Yan even handed a spare pair to Shen Ru with practiced ease. The entryway was spotless, but there were still some sunflower seed shells in the living room, revealing a sense of everyday life at a glance.

Shen Ru still didn't believe it, so she opened the bedroom door again.

The bedding hadn't even been laid out yet.

Jiang Yan seemed a little embarrassed, since it was inappropriate for outsiders to see the unmade bedding, so she gave a dry explanation.

“I left in such a rush this morning, and Heng left even earlier, so this is…”

None of that matters at all.

Shen Ru ran to the bathroom again, where all kinds of utensils were available, and there were even dried water stains on the sink.

The kitchen doesn't look very active now, but the oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar have all been used. If you ask carefully, you can smell the aroma of food that has been cooked...

Everything proves that people do live here.

"Sister-in-law, what's going on?"

Someone suddenly appeared, and Shen Ru immediately looked over.

This is a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance; he doesn't seem to have anything special about him.

Jiang Yan only gave a brief introduction.

“The villa is too big and needs someone to manage it. This is Lao Bai, and there are a few others, but I won’t introduce them to you one by one.” Then, pointing to Shen Ru, he said, “This is my friend. We have some things to discuss. You can go now.”

Old Bai responded and turned to leave.

However, this turn of his head prevented Shen Ru from seeing the admiration on his face.

Who would have thought that all these everyday items, this realistic atmosphere of daily life, were all hastily arranged starting last night and were just completed before Shen Ru stepped into the villa.

Since we anticipated that Shen Ru would take some action, and since this whole series of events started with the address, having Shen Ru come and see for herself whether the address was real or fake was more effective than anything else.

Shen Ru truly did not expect to witness such a scene.

If that's the case, then the address is correct at all, so why...?

Shen Ru was completely confused.

Jiang Yan's question left her even more bewildered: "Why do you think the address I gave you is fake?"

Shen Ru didn't know how to answer.

Seeing her like that, Jiang Yan had no choice but to say again, "I admit that I did suspect you before, but after so many years of relationship, I really don't want to believe that you and Qiwei would have any collusion. If you want to come to me, I can't turn you away... If you had just told me directly, we could have worked together to find a solution, and things wouldn't have come to this point, right?"

"No, stop talking..." Shen Ru couldn't listen anymore.

Every word Jiang Yan said made her feel extremely uncomfortable. If she could, she would wish that none of this had ever happened.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching Jiang Yan pour her water and bring her fruit, Shen Ru felt increasingly complicated, with a hint of inexplicable panic in her heart.

Jiang Yan sat down next to her, and the two looked at each other in silence.

Finally, Shen Ru asked, "But why? Qi Wei and the others told me that this is not your and Qin Yiheng's address at all. They also said that they were beaten up, so they took it out on me. Although I don't know the specifics, they don't seem to be lying to me."

Jiang Yan also offered an explanation for this.

“I knew they came looking for me, but I wasn’t home that day. Only Yiheng came with a group of his brothers, and that’s probably why they misunderstood.”

"brother?"

Shen Ru didn't know much about the two of them, especially Qin Yiheng.

I only learned from others that Qin Yiheng was a good-for-nothing who didn't have a proper job and relied on Jiang Yan to support him...