Chapter 29: So Close

When Jiang Le woke up, the morning light had already filled the bedroom through the gauze curtains. She moved slightly and felt the even breathing of the person next to her.

This was the first time she saw Jiang Congyue sleeping beside her, his profile looking particularly soft in the morning light.

Jiang Le's ears felt slightly hot as she replayed everything from last night. She stood up gently, afraid to wake the people around her, but was stopped by a hand as she got out of bed.

"Where are you going?" Jiang Congyue's voice was hoarse with a hangover. His eyes were not fully open yet, but he had already grabbed Jiang Le's wrist accurately.

Jiang Le was stunned, surprised that Jiang Congyue woke up so quickly.

Jiang Congyue exerted a little force and pulled her back onto the bed, his arms naturally wrapping around her waist. "Please, lie with me for a while longer."

"Are you asking me to skip work?" Jiang Le laughed.

"Well," Jiang Congyue nestled his face in the crook of her neck, his voice muffled, "Isn't it right to accompany your girlfriend?"

These three words made Jiang Le's heart skip a beat. They had never had such a clear definition of their relationship before. She turned to face Jiang Congyue and looked her in the eyes seriously. "Are you sure?"

Jiang Congyue finally opened her eyes, her eyes clear and bright, unlike someone who had just woken up. She gently stroked Jiang Le's cheek, "I've never been unsure."

These words were like a key that opened the last line of defense in Jiang Le's heart. She leaned into Jiang Congyue's arms, listening to his steady heartbeat, feeling more at ease than ever before.

For breakfast, Jiang Congyue was too lazy and finally ordered takeout. The two of them sat at the dining table. Jiang Congyue skillfully opened the lunch box and pushed the shrimp dumplings that Jiang Le liked in front of her.

"What are your plans for today?" Jiang Congyue asked, pouring a cup of soy milk for Jiang Le.

Jiang Le was about to answer when her cell phone suddenly rang. She glanced at the caller ID and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Congyue noticed the change in her expression.

"Lin Yueying." Jiang Le answered briefly and picked up the phone.

Lin Yueying's voice on the other end of the phone was unusually serious. "Jiang Le, I need to see you about my brother's little honey."

Jiang Le and Jiang Congyue looked at each other and said calmly, "Talk now."

"It's inconvenient to talk on the phone. See you at the usual place in an hour." Lin Yueying said and hung up the phone.

Jiang Le looked up and asked what Jiang Congyue meant.

"What's the matter? Is there any problem you need me to solve?" Jiang Congyue asked with a smile, as if she didn't hear what they were talking about.

Jiang Le's expression shifted slightly, then he put down his phone and continued eating his breakfast. "No need, I can go by myself."

Jiang Congyue smiled slightly, "Okay."

An hour later, Jiang Le met Lin Yueying in a coffee shop in the city center. He was wearing a neat black suit today, and his face was no longer as frivolous as before, but rather solemn.

"Just tell me, what's going on?" Jiang Le went straight to the point.

Lin Yueying took out a document from her bag and pushed it in front of her, "Take a look at this first."

Jiang Le opened the file and found a woman's information and photo inside. When she saw the photo, her pupils shrank slightly. She suddenly raised her head and looked at her with a bad expression.

"You're investigating me?"

The photo was of a girl wearing a white dress with floral patterns, smiling happily, and seemed to be holding someone's arm.

The person in the photo is none other than Li Xin.

The owner of the arm in her arms was Jiang Le.

Lin Yueying shook her head slightly, raised her hand to move the photo away, revealing the information underneath. "Su Wen, 25 years old, is a woman my brother met three years ago."

She spoke calmly and pointed to the photo on the right side of the profile. It was the woman who bumped into Jiang Le yesterday.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Le suppressed his anger and tapped the table with his fingers intermittently.

"I wanted to investigate this woman's background, but I accidentally found out that her bank account had received a large transfer, so I followed the clues and investigated further." Lin Yueying flipped through the pages.

The next one is an unfamiliar face.

She continued, "This woman is the one my brother was determined to marry, and that huge sum of money came from her."

"What does this have to do with me?" Jiang Le was a little impatient. She didn't have time to waste listening to these trivial matters.

Lin Yueying raised her hand, signaling her to calm down. "Similarly, this woman's bank account also received a large transfer."

Jiang Le frowned.

"And this transfer came from Li Xin." Lin Yueying pushed the photo towards Jiang Le. "I continued to research this child and unexpectedly found the Yuancheng Sunshine Welfare Home. Mr. Jiang, this name sounds familiar to you, right?"

"And Li Xin, this girl, seemed to have had a close relationship with Director Jiang before she died."

"What do you want to say?" Jiang Le finally set his gaze on Lin Yueying's increasingly crazy face.

"Su Wen seems to be deeply obsessed with you. In her mad moments, she often mutters your name, saying things like 'Le Le, save me.'" Lin Yueying grinned and continued, "She's made it so clear now. Is Director Jiang going to cut ties with her now?"

Jiang Le felt uncomfortable. "Li Xin, I don't have much experience with her, let alone Su Wen. Okay, I'm leaving."

When she turned around, she heard Lin Yueying say with a smile, "I hope Director Jiang is not lying. After all, she stole Lin's business secrets, and it's hard not to suspect that this matter is related to Director Jiang. If that's the case, it would be like letting a wolf into the house, and my brother would be guilty of a serious crime."

Jiang Le chuckled softly, so this was what it was all about.

If her guess was correct, whether true or false, Lin Yueying would eventually make it true.

provocative.

"How about this, Mr. Jiang and I join forces to completely bring down my brother. With our friendship, the cooperation between Jiang and Lin will only reach a higher level in the future." Lin Yueying smiled and seduced Jiang Le.

Tsk, why do these two siblings talk about friendship with her? She doesn’t seem to have any deep friendship with them.

Jiang Le chuckled and waved his hand, saying, "Sorry, that's not necessary."

When Jiang Le walked out of the coffee shop, the afternoon sun stung her eyes and made them hurt slightly.

Lin Yueying's words were like fine needles, piercing into the memories she tried to bury.

Li Xin.

That name that hadn't been mentioned for a long time, and the Sunshine Welfare Home in Yuancheng...

She got into the car but didn't start the engine immediately. Her fingers tapped the steering wheel unconsciously, and her eyes fell through the windshield on a point of nothingness in the distance.

Su Wen, Li Xin...

After a moment of silence, he unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the car, and walked silently towards the pharmacy.

When Jiang Le opened the door, he smelled a familiar fragrance. Jiang Congyue, wearing an apron, poked her head out of the kitchen with a spatula in her hand.

"Are you back? I tried to make your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs according to the tutorial." She said with a smile.

Jiang Le stood at the entrance. Although they were only a few feet away and could reach each other with his hand, it seemed as if there was an insurmountable chasm between them.

"Li Xin is the Captor, and also the current Su Wen..." This should have been a rhetorical question, but the answer came before it was uttered, and it turned into a plain statement.

It turns out that everything started with Li Xin.

"So Li Yan, is this the replacement you found for me?" Jiang Le lowered his head in frustration, slightly bent his back, unwilling to look into her eyes.

Jiang Congyue took two steps forward, held her face in his hands, and patted her gently twice. "If Yanyan heard this, she would definitely be angry with you."

Jiang Le pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled.

Knowing he couldn't fool her, Jiang Congyue hugged her and replied in a low and affirmative voice, "Yes."

"Is it because of the scar on your lower back that you always prevent me and Li Xin from meeting?" Jiang Le raised his head and looked at her intently, as if he wanted to snatch the answers to all his questions from her eyes.

"Hey," Jiang Congyue wanted to use force but ended up carefully stroking her hair, "Baby, how come you are so smart? I can't hide anything from you."

"But the scar has disappeared." Jiang Le stroked her lower back and said softly in her neck.

Jiang Congyue, who was usually calm, suddenly took a breath and froze. He wanted to take a step back, but was held tightly by Jiang Le.

"Jiang Congyue, you've hidden so many things from me. No matter how smart I am, I can't guess everything, and I can't guess everything."

"I can give you the right to keep it secret from me, but the price cannot be that you get hurt."

Jiang Le raised her eyes, with a sinister look in them. She suddenly grabbed Jiang Congyue's hand and took her upstairs before she could react.

Jiang Congyue panicked, because no one knew what would happen next better than she did. She could only follow Jiang Le's force, trying to ease the atmosphere, and said with a smile: "Le Le, don't be anxious, we have something to talk about."

But the depressed man ignored her gesture and dragged her deeper without saying a word.

Finally, I pushed open the innermost door in the corridor. The room was no different from the master bedroom, except for one more thing.

It was an iron chain tied to the end of the bed.

Jiang Le pushed Jiang Congyue down with a sullen face, and his men quickly fastened the chain around her ankles.

Jiang Congyue still had time to tease, "Haha, the black one is a bit ugly. Actually, I prefer the blue one."

Then, she was completely thrown onto the bed.

Jiang Le casually took out two pills from his pocket.

"Baby likes to play this kind of fun." Jiang Congyue looked at the white pills in her hand, smiled and wanted to hook her hand.

But Jiang Le grabbed her hands and forced the pill into her mouth. Afraid that Jiang Congyue would not swallow it, she pinched her face and kissed her.

This kiss was unusually passionate and lingering, with a bit of anger. Jiang Le kept pushing the pills in, but Jiang Congyue refused to comply.

The bitter taste of medicine wafted through their mouths, causing both of them to frown. However, the bitterest thing now was not the medicine.

In the end, Jiang Congyue swallowed the pill.

After separating, the two looked at each other silently.

Jiang Congyue smiled bitterly, "I just slept for a little while today, and you caught me in the act."

"No, it's because you never refuse my requests," Jiang Le sighed, pressing their foreheads together. "You let me go to see Lin Yueying alone, but you're telling me that you want to deal with Li Xin on your own.

"Didn't you say that playing isn't just about making one person happy, but about making us all happy? Similarly, love shouldn't be something that only one person has to bear all the responsibility, right?"

"Jiang Congyue, I don't want you to work so hard. You don't know how to love yourself. How about I take over? I know how to love you."

"Go to sleep." Jiang Cong covered Jiang Congyue's eyes and said softly.

In the past, all her pain came from thinking Jiang Congyue was too perfect and worrying about gains and losses, but Jiang Congyue only lived a few years longer than her.

She crowned her as a god with her selfless love, forgetting that she was just a mortal.

Jiang Congyue understood before her that she was not the distant moon in the sky, but the happiness that was within reach.

They all want to be happy.

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