Chapter 114 You Shouldn't Have Went to Si Yuan
Si Yuan smiled when she heard this.
She bluntly exposed her: "Acting? When it comes to acting, isn't your Song family the better at it? You always put on an act as if you're doing it for my own good, but what you do makes me suffer, and now you accuse me of being heartless?"
"I didn't want to go home the day I returned to China, but you came to pick me up. Your mother's eyes immediately welled up with tears when she saw me, and now what?"
"I can no longer distinguish between what is real and what is fake in you."
Song Yan's face flushed red from the sting of those words.
Si Yuan's words were so harsh, does she not consider him her brother at all?
He was already somewhat dissatisfied with Si Yuan because of Yu Qingfang's hospitalization, and when he heard her say that, he shook off her hand.
What are you saying?
Using too much force caused Si Yuan to lose her balance and fall backward.
Just as Si Yuan was about to fall, she bumped into an embrace from behind.
The familiar scent of cedar instantly enveloped her, and a pair of warm, large hands firmly supported her waist, pulling her closer into their arms.
She was slightly taken aback at first, but then her heart gradually calmed down.
She knew it was him just by the smell.
Jiang Wang didn't look at her, his gaze fixed on Song Yan, his tone carrying a hint of nonchalant coldness: "Young Master Song's strength is much more decisive than in the business world."
Ignoring Jiang Wang's provocation, Song Yan hurriedly looked at Si Yuan.
Just now, he didn't expect Si Yuan to be pushed so far away by him, and she almost fell.
He was going to help her up too.
Jiang Wang beat him to it.
Song Yan's eyes showed some worry: "Xiao Yuan, are you alright? I was just..."
"Not on purpose?"
Jiang Wang raised an eyebrow and continued his words.
"You didn't shake people off on purpose, but your mother came to Si Yuan's house to scheme against her and got so angry that she fainted. She then insisted that Si Yuan did it on purpose—Young Master Song, you're quite adept at playing the double standard."
Song Yan looked up and met Jiang Wang's gaze.
"What does our family's business have to do with you?"
Jiang Wang: "Do I need to remind you? Has Si Yuan already severed ties with you?"
"I've said it before, it's none of your business!"
Si Yuan pulled Jiang Wang back, looked up, and coldly stared at Song Yan: "If you were really worried about your mother, you wouldn't be wasting your time here with us."
Song Yan paused in his breathing when he saw Si Yuan grabbing Jiang Wang's finger.
Those hands, they used to only hold my hand.
"Si Yuan, just now..."
Jiang Wang stepped forward, shielding Si Yuan behind him, and the oppressive aura emanating from him instantly enveloped Song Yan.
"Si Yuan doesn't want to hold what happened earlier against you, but I don't. If I see you touching her again, the Song family's current assets probably won't be enough to compensate us."
Song Yan's face darkened completely, and his knuckles turned white as he clenched his fists.
Seeing how Jiang Wang was protecting Si Yuan so tightly, the guilt he felt was instantly washed away by jealousy and resentment.
But when he opened his mouth, he found that he had neither the ability nor the reason to refute it.
Si Yuan glanced at him coldly and gently tugged at Jiang Wang's sleeve: "Let's go, I don't like the smell here."
Jiang Wang understood, reached out, took her hand, and turned to walk out.
Song Yan was stunned for a moment.
What I just did.
How could I have pushed her away again?
He didn't intend for things to turn out this way from the beginning...
But why do I always end up making her unhappy?
When did I become so unable to even make Si Yuan smile?
In the ward, Yu Qingfang had just woken up.
She was grabbing the nurse and demanding, "Where is my son? I want to tell him what Si Yuan did to me, what she did to me, her adoptive mother!"
The nurse was startled by her agitated appearance and quickly reassured her, "Please don't get agitated. Mr. Song just left. You need to rest now..."
Yu Qingfang wouldn't listen to a word, struggling to get out of bed, her eyes filled with resentment: "No, I have to find Si Yuan! That brat, I've raised her for over ten years, she can't treat me like this! She can't!"
She didn't see the ward door being gently pushed open a crack.
Song Yan stood outside the door and heard her words clearly.
The last bit of color drained from his face, and he leaned weakly against the wall.
It turns out that his mother really did go to make things difficult for Si Yuan.
Moreover, she never truly reflected on her mistakes from beginning to end.
——
The back seat of the car.
Jiang Wang placed the first-aid kit on his lap, holding a tube of blood-activating and stasis-removing ointment between his fingertips, while massaging Si Yuan's wrist.
He's always been talkative.
But this time he didn't speak; his lowered eyelashes concealed the emotions in his eyes, and he focused solely on applying the medicine.
Si Yuan certainly noticed.
He seems a little...unhappy.
She paused for a moment, then broke the silence, saying, "Why did you come back so suddenly? Didn't you say you were going to stay in the capital for two more days?"
Jiang Wang paused, and when he looked up, the coldness in his eyes had not completely faded.
But he softened a little the moment he met her gaze.
Jiang Wang's voice was a little hoarse: "Aunt Zhang called me and said that Yu Qingfang was making a big fuss and even hit you."
His fingertips returned to the red mark, applying even less pressure: "With such a big incident, what would you do if I didn't come back? Are you really going to stay there and waste your time with them, waiting to suffer more injustices?"
Si Yuan's heart felt as if it had been gently bumped by something.
Seeing the undisguised heartache in Jiang Wang's eyes, she suddenly reached out and wrapped her arms around his waist, burying her face in the crook of his neck.
The familiar scent and warmth enveloped him, finally allowing Si Yuan's long-tense nerves to relax.
“I wasn’t wronged,” she said in a muffled voice. “I overturned the thermos and talked back to her.”
Jiang Wang chuckled softly, reached out and hugged her back, gently patting her back: "I know you're amazing."
He paused, his voice turning somber, "But no matter how capable you are, don't try to hide it from me again."
"Because I don't want to drag you into these messy things."
"No matter how messy your affairs are, I'll willingly get involved, understand?"
Si Yuan nuzzled against his neck and softly hummed in agreement.
——
In the hospital corridor, Song Yan was still leaning against the door of the ward.
The nurse, who had just come out, couldn't help but remind him, "Mr. Song, you should go in and take a look. Your mother is still inside making a scene, wanting to see that Miss Si."
Song Yan closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, all that remained in his eyes was exhaustion.
He pushed open the door, looked at Yu Qingfang who was still lying in the hospital bed and kept talking, and said to comfort her: "Mom, don't look anymore, I've already let Xiaoyuan go."
Yu Qingfang suddenly looked up at him, her eyes filled with disbelief: "What did you say?"
"I raised her for over ten years, and she made me so angry that I ended up in the hospital. You're just going to let her go like that?"
“We wronged her first,”
Song Yan's voice carried a hint of helplessness, "From the moment you took Lin Shuangyu's side, and from the moment we ignored her during her most difficult time, we have no right to ask her to do anything anymore."
Yu Qingfang was stunned, then trembled with anger: "Have you been bewitched by that girl? The Song family is about to be ruined, and you're still taking the side of outsiders!"
Song Yan did not refute her further, but simply walked to the bedside and silently looked at her.
He knew his mother wouldn't listen; her selfishness and stubbornness were ingrained in her very being.
"Mom, you shouldn't have gone to see her."
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