Chapter 174 I Know Everything

The light in the car was poor, but Jiang Xilin could still see that Shen Congyu's lips were tightly pursed, and she was still tense.

The corner of his clothes was repeatedly squeezed in her hands. He was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and held her hand in his palm.

When Yuan An came back to drive, Jiang Xilin asked Shen Congyu: "Do you want to go back to your residence?"

Chen Congyu's eyes stagnated slightly and he nodded.

The car drove out of the basement, and the light from outside poured in, illuminating Shen Congyu's situation more clearly.

Jiang Xilin saw the red marks on her neck, which looked like fingerprints.

His breathing suddenly slowed down and he held her hand tighter.

He retracted his gaze and asked the original case, "Where are the people?"

"He has been taken away. He was also told about his mother's situation. He was very excited."

Jiang Xilin looked down at Shen Congyu again and explained the situation to her, "Chen Yao's mother is missing, and he is anxious to go back now, but I will trap him in Haicheng. No one can help him. Doesn't he like coming to Haicheng? Then let him stay as long as he wants."

When saying these words, Chen Congyu's eyelashes only trembled at first, and she remained calm.

After three days, Chen Congyu finally returned to her familiar routine. Yuan An sent them back to her residence and left.

When they got out of the car, Jiang Xilin was still holding her.

Because it was a weekday, she didn't meet anyone else on the way from the garage to upstairs. She was put on the sofa and sat down. Jiang Xilin found the medicine box and applied medicine to the red marks on her neck, hands and feet.

Jiang Xilin didn't ask her what Chen Yao had done in the past three days. She didn't want to speak, so he applied the medicine to her bit by bit in silence.

It was obvious that she had lost weight in just a few days. The thin skin on her wrists and ankles was close to her bones, and the irregular red marks were eye-catching against her fair skin.

The more Jiang Xilin looked, the more the emotions in his heart became fuller.

After applying the medicine, Jiang Xilin cleaned up, washed his hands, and sat down next to her again.

"Would you like something to eat?"

Shen Congyu stared at him for a few seconds, then shook his head.

Jiang Xilin felt like there was a nerve pulling at the back of his head, getting tighter and tighter.

He asked her again: "Do you want to rest now?"

Chen Congyu still shook his head.

"Well, I have something to tell you."

The distance between them was close, and Jiang Xilin lowered his voice and said clearly enough, "I found the nanny who took care of you abroad two years ago. There was more than one."

The color in Chen Congyu's eyes finally showed a focused reaction.

Jiang Xilin saw it and continued, "I learned about the matter between you and Chen Yao from them."

Chen Congyu's lips trembled uncontrollably.

Jiang Xilin: "I know everything you've been hiding from me."

Jiang Xilin didn't say a more direct and specific sentence, but it was enough for Shen Congyu to understand.

Her eyes quickly turned red and tears welled up, falling silently in large drops.

She had never cried like this in the three days she had been persecuted by Chen Yao.

Listening to Jiang Xilin's calm words, she burst into tears.

It was the first time Jiang Xilin saw her cry like this. She seemed completely dominated by sadness. The full emotions surging from the depths of her heart spread to every part of her body.

The next second I couldn't breathe.

Jiang Xilin looked at her and felt that she was about to faint from crying because she couldn't catch her breath.

He reached out and took her in his arms.

I quickly felt the dampness and heat in the crook of my neck. It felt a little hot.

Chen Congyu cried for a long time, and Jiang Xilin kept this posture until her mood slowly changed.

She straightened her back, revealing her red eyes.

"When did you start to doubt it?" Chen Congyu asked hoarsely.

Jiang Xilin said: "It's not important. Why don't you say it?"

At this point, Chen Congyu was able to let go.

Now that he already knew what she had tried so hard to hide, there was no need for her to hide it anymore.

"I don't want to talk about those things. If possible, I even hope I can lose my memory and forget about them. So how can I tell you? What will you think of me?"

It was similar to what Jiang Xilin guessed.

He said, "Since I already know everything else about you and Chen Yao, this is not a big deal."

"Really? If I had told you how he treated me over the years when I first returned to Haicheng and you first mentioned him, you would have thought I deserved it for choosing a man like this."

Chen Congyu was listless, and even talking about the things that had once made her extremely angry could not arouse her emotions.

His words were filled with self-mockery, "If I had really told you that at that time, you would have thought I was playing the victim, right?"

Jiang Xilin looked at her face. It was obviously very familiar, but he always felt strange at some moment.

Her guess was correct.

If she had done so in the beginning, it would have fitted into his mental image of her, a pity ploy to get him to go easy on her.

He might not believe it either.

But Jiang Xilin didn't say these.

He handed her the tissue and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore."

Chen Congyu covered her face with a tissue, her eyes aching.

She didn't say anything, so Jiang Xilin just sat there quietly, without urging her or saying anything else.

When Chen Congyu calmed down, she said she wanted to take a shower.

During the few days she stayed at Chen Yao's place, Shen Congyu didn't dare to take off her clothes to take a shower, worried that there were surveillance cameras in the bathroom. She only wet a towel and wiped her body a little bit at a time.

She felt very uncomfortable now and wanted to wash away every trace of Chen Yao's scent as soon as possible.

She took a shower with hot water to relieve some of the discomfort. She turned up the temperature and the small bathroom was shrouded in heat. She didn't turn off the shower until the skin on her hands became wrinkled and white.

Jiang Xilin was still there. The wound on his forehead was a little painful, perhaps because it had gotten wet. She couldn't help but reach out to touch it.

Jiang Xilin saw this and stopped her.

"Come here, I'll apply some medicine on you again."

Shen Congyu walked over quietly, and then remembered to ask: "I haven't been to work these days. Do you know what happened at the magazine that day?"

Jiang Xilin helped her sit down and said, "I've asked for leave for you."

"Thanks."

"Don't go for the next few days. I'll ask Ruirui to come and accompany you. Let's go to the hospital tomorrow to have another checkup to avoid leaving any scars."

Shen Congyu blinked quickly to stop the tears.

She swallowed back a sob and asked, "Where's my phone? Did you get it back?"

Jiang Xilin was sure that she had not been paying attention at all on the way home. Her cell phone and household registration book had long been taken back from Chen Yao by Yuan An, and were placed by Yuan An at the entrance as soon as she entered the house.

He went over and took it back and handed it to her.

After he applied the medicine to her, Chen Congyu charged her phone, and countless messages and calls popped up.

Chen Congyu replied to Xue Mingrui and Wen Song to assure them of their safety, and briefly explained the situation to the people at the magazine.

After doing this, she looked at Jiang Xilin again.

"Chen Yao has locked me in the room these past few days, keeping an eye on me. I don't dare eat anything he sends me, and I keep waking up in the morning. I've been waiting for you to find me."