Chapter 38 The resentment has come to this point.

It was already dark, but the Dali Temple was still brightly lit.

Just because there was a sudden clue in a long-pending case, most people stayed to deal with it and tried to close the case within seven days.

"Jiang Shaoqing, I found it."

The subordinate ran into the room excitedly. Seeing the sleeping child sprawled across the table, he immediately lowered his voice, "It's just outside the capital. We can't confirm the exact location until we're there. Please advise us on what to do next."

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone." Jiang Keyu quickly glanced at the records. "This case is of great importance, and I must be present in person. Pick a few brothers who can easily leave the capital, and come with me tomorrow."

"yes."

After his subordinates left, Jiang Keyu rubbed his brows, rested for a while, then carefully picked up Jiang Chengyou who was sleeping beside him and prepared to go home.

"Dad." Jiang Chengyou called out in a daze.

"Yes, Daddy's here." Jiang Keyu wrapped him in her coat and patted his back. "Go to sleep."

Jiang Chengyou turned over in his father's arms, changed to a more comfortable position, and continued to sleep.

It's really late today, Jiang Keyu thought as he boarded the carriage for home. Sui Sui would probably be asleep by the time he got home, but...Ayuan hadn't seen Jiang Chengyou come home, so she must still be awake.

If he leaves Beijing tomorrow to investigate, it will take at least two days, and he won't be able to take care of the child. He must inform her about this, but how should he start?

On the way back, Jiang Keyu only thought about this question, but still couldn't get an answer.

After Song Baoyuan returned home and coaxed her daughter to sleep, she sat in the yard waiting. Liu'an had come back in advance to inform her that her husband would be back later today, but she didn't expect it to be so late.

But that's true, I have to go to the palace and handle official duties, so I'm very busy.

When Jiang Keyu sent her son back to the room, she saw her figure and said "as expected" in her heart, then walked past her.

They were both aware of each other's existence, but only used their peripheral vision to test each other.

After putting Jiang Chengyou on the bed, Jiang Keyu stayed with him for a while, making sure he was asleep before leaving.

When he went out, Song Baoyuan was sitting outside. Jiang Keyu guessed that she might want to wait for him to leave, see Chengcheng, and then go back to rest.

But he slowed down his pace and approached, saying in a deep voice, "I have something to tell you."

Song Baoyuan seemed to have expected this and was not surprised at all. She stood up and said, "I have something to tell you, too."

Three steps apart, their shadows were long and thin in the moonlight, overlapping with the shadows of the trees.

They were silent for a long time, as if each was waiting for the other to speak first.

"I……"

"I know what you're going to say."

But when Jiang Keyu spoke first, Song Baoyuan couldn't wait to interrupt him because she didn't want to hear it again, especially from his mouth.

Jiang Keyu was stunned for a moment, and really couldn't guess how she knew that.

Song Baoyuan put her hands behind her back and pinched her palms. "It's none of my business if you want to marry someone else, but I want to take Chengcheng and Suisui away."

What? Jiang Keyu's eyes paused for a moment, and it took her a while to react. "What are you talking about?"

"I can't control who you like." Song Baoyuan tried her best to remain calm, but once she said it, she couldn't control herself and raised her voice, "But Chengcheng and Suisui are my biological children. I will never allow them to call that person mother!"

"Who?" Jiang Keyu felt depressed.

He was already exhausted after a day of hard work, and now he was being questioned for no reason. Even though he tried his best to remain calm, he felt a little anxious. "Didn't you hear me when I promised Chengcheng that he wouldn't have another mother?"

Song Baoyuan turned her face away and said, "You don't have to hide it anymore. I had anticipated this day, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon."

"You..." Jiang Keyu paused, feeling it was ridiculous and laughable. "Am I such an untrustworthy person in your eyes? If you think I was just saying it casually in front of the child, then I made a promise to my father, don't you know that?"

"Don't worry! I was the one who proposed the divorce. Daddy can't blame you for anything!"

Song Baoyuan clenched her palms, "I just want to take Chengcheng and Suisui away. From now on, neither I nor the children will disturb or interfere with your life."

"Where on earth did you hear that rumor?!"

"One more thing."

Song Baoyuan just wanted to finish what she wanted to say quickly, afraid that he would interrupt her thoughts and she would not have the courage to distance herself from him.

"Except for the selfish motives behind having you marry me, Daddy has always been sincere to you. Once you get what you want and everything returns to normal, please stop resenting him."

Jiang Keyu looked at her in disbelief, "When have I ever resented him?"

"If not, then why did you cry for your mother, and for my mother, but didn't shed a single tear in front of Daddy's spirit!"

"Because there's no one else!"

Jiang Keyu gradually lost control of her emotions. "Mom and Dad are gone now. If I cry like you again, who will support this family?"

Song Baoyuan was slightly stunned, her eyes flickering, and she choked and murmured, "You just do... You just resent him for marrying me, you just do..."

"I don't."

"You have!"

When our eyes meet, we can see a stranger in each other's eyes.

Song Baoyuan's stubbornness is like a knife, peeling open people's hearts bit by bit, making them bleed.

Jiang Keyu was inexplicably relieved because the darkness could hide his red eyes.

After a while, he turned his back.

Song Baoyuan took the opportunity to raise her hand and wipe away the tears that were about to fall from the corner of her eyes. "Now that things have come to this, we don't have to..."

"Yes!" Jiang Keyu turned around suddenly, "I blame him!"

It was like a heavy stone was suddenly thrown into a calm lake, and the ripples that appeared were just like Song Baoyuan's eyes at the moment, which could not calm down for a long time.

"Yes, I blame him!" Jiang Keyu stepped back repeatedly, her eyes full of confusion. "I blame him. I blame him for being willing to support me but not trusting me. He insisted that I would only be responsible for your life if I married you!"

"Why does he want to negotiate and trade my lifelong marriage and my long life like everyone else?"

"You blame him for letting me know that I was just a tool he raised to provide you with lifelong protection!"

The outburst of emotions made him seem on the verge of losing control, but at some point it also allowed him to relieve the burden in his heart.

Tears blurred her eyes, making it difficult for Song Baoyuan to see his appearance, but it made her more open-minded and indifferent. "If you want to blame someone, blame me!"

"It's my fault! I shouldn't have liked you, and I shouldn't have let him know that I like you! He was afraid... afraid that after he died, there would be no one in this world who would plan for me, so he made such a mistake... It's all my fault!"

Like him?

Jiang Keyu was stunned.

His wife was young and naive when she married him. He thought she was obeying her parents' orders, so he became his wife without knowing what was going on.

For six years, he could feel his wife's politeness, obedience, and tolerance... but he never noticed the existence of "love".

But she actually said in person that she liked him?

How ridiculous.

"It's my fault." Song Baoyuan lowered her head, and only after the silence did she realize how embarrassed she was.

Jiang Keyu was speechless, her mind went blank, and she temporarily lost the ability to think.

Song Baoyuan just wanted to end it all as soon as possible, completely, and put an end to it, so she said in her calmest tone -

"But don't worry, it won't happen again."

She turned and left.

Jiang Keyu was left standing there, lost in thought for a long time.

This situation seems familiar.