Chapter 170 Jiang Wang is Gone
Lin Shuangyu is now starting to empathize with Si Yuan.
I know how painful it is for a girl to have scars.
Those scars... those scars were like brands, constantly reminding her of her miserable situation and everything she had lost.
From being the darling of the Lin family, to now being reduced to hiding like a rat in the gutter, covered in wounds...
Song Yan's gaze fell on the scars, but his eyes remained unmoved: "An accident. Car accident scenes are chaotic, and accidents are inevitable."
"An accident?" Lin Shuangyu scoffed, not believing it at all. "Song Yan, do you think I'd believe that? Or is this just you using this opportunity to avenge your good sister out of personal motives?"
She gripped the collar of her trench coat tightly, trying to hide the humiliation.
"Don't think I don't know you hate me on her behalf!"
Seeing her agitated expression, Song Yan smiled slowly: "Shouldn't you be? Don't act like you're so innocent."
His face darkened, and he warned, word by word, "Whether it's an accident or not, you should cherish the fact that you're alive. Follow the rules, stop trying to cause trouble for Si Yuan, and stop acting on your own. Otherwise, I don't mind really getting you into a car accident."
Song Yan used to disdain the power of those in positions of authority, but after the Song family was severely weakened by the pressure from the Jiang family, he began to realize the importance of power.
Sometimes, problems that can be solved with power or authority shouldn't be wasted on empty efforts.
Lin Shuangyu looked at Song Yan's coldness, a flicker of fear and disbelief in her eyes. Could this be the same gentle and refined Song Yan who used to say such things...?
Lin Shuangyu was indeed scared and subconsciously wanted to gloss over the situation, quell the matter, or perhaps find a way to save face.
So he said, "We were engaged for two years, after all. Why say such harsh things?"
She lowered her eyelashes, her long lashes concealing the panic in her eyes, while a sliver of self-deceiving luck still lingered in her heart.
It's impossible that he went to great lengths to get himself out of prison just to get revenge on Jiang Wang, right?
Some of them are probably because of past relationships.
Song Yan was taken aback and paused for a moment.
Then, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, a sneer of utter contempt escaped his throat.
"Otherwise what?"
He took a half step back, reducing the distance between them, and looked down at her: "To tell you the truth, Ji Song is only willing to help you because of Si Yuan. Lin Shuangyu, can you stop being so naive? Get this straight, no one in this world will bother with you anymore."
Si Yuan... it's Si Yuan again...
Even Ji Song did it for Si Yuan.
Lin Shuangyu blinked numbly, his previously maintained confidence collapsing instantly, leaving only a chill that penetrated to the bone and spread throughout his body.
From beginning to end, she was nothing but a clown, with not even a shred of decency left.
Song Yan withdrew his gaze and left without looking at Lin Shuangyu again.
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Si Yuan returned home and did not go to work in the afternoon.
She couldn't wait to tell Jiang Wang what had happened at the hospital that day.
Jiang Wang holds a high position and wields great power; he's ruthless enough to investigate whether Song Yan's words are true and to confirm whether Lin Shuangyu is truly dead...
She didn't know how long she waited, until she fell asleep on the sofa, until it was late at night, when someone covered Si Yuan with a thin blanket.
"Jiang Wang!"
Si Yuan woke up with a start and looked over, only to see Zhang Ma instead.
It's not Jiang Wang.
The confusion of just waking up from a dream was instantly replaced by astonishment.
She sat up straight, instinctively clutching the thin blanket around her, her voice still nasal: "Where's Jiang Wang? Hasn't he come back yet?"
With a somewhat embarrassed and apologetic look on her face, Zhang Ma replied softly, "Madam, I asked Mr. Zhang's assistant this evening, and the assistant said that Mr. Zhang left for Spain early this morning and is expected to stay for a week before returning."
"Spain?"
Si Yuan murmured and repeated it, the light in her eyes instantly dimming.
How could he go to such a far place without telling me anything?
Si Yuan didn't believe it, thinking that something urgent had happened to Jiang Wang.
She hurriedly grabbed her phone from the coffee table, opened her chat with Jiang Wang, and refreshed the page several times, but there was no message from him.
She then messaged Jiang Wang's assistant.
The assistant replied to the message very quickly.
"Madam, Mr. Jiang is doing well; it's just a normal business trip."
Everything is normal... so why didn't they tell me?
It wasn't like this before.
She stared blankly at the screen, her heart feeling as if something was blocking it, causing a dull ache.
In the past, even if he was just going to a neighboring city for a half-day meeting, he would inform her the night before, send his location before departure, and report that he had arrived safely. She used to laugh at him and complain that he was clingy.
She even sometimes thought he was being exaggerated.
But now, he has gone far away across the ocean, across half the globe, and hasn't even said hello to her.
There was no prior notice, no parting instructions, not even a word of explanation; it was as if she were just an insignificant stranger.
A tremendous sense of disparity swept over me.
"Madam, it's getting late. Why don't you go back to your room and rest?"
Si Yuan didn't speak, sitting there blankly, somewhat lost.
Seeing her like this, Zhang Ma didn't say anything more.
She could only quietly turn on the living room floor lamp, leaving a dim wall lamp for her, and then slowly retreated out.
Si Yuan was suddenly left alone in the living room.
She clutched her phone, staring blankly into the corner.
Did he really forget, or... did he simply not want to tell her?
Once this thought popped into her head, it grew wildly like a vine, entwining her heart and making even breathing a suffocating pain.
Even if a child who has been abandoned is found again, they will still be afraid of being abandoned again.
Jiang Wang has been very, very good to her over the past year, so good that she has gradually become a healthy and happy Si Yuan.
She almost forgot that she had already been abandoned by her family once.
It turns out that in this world, no one will stay with you forever... What did she do wrong?
She didn't know how long she had been sitting there until the sky outside the window brightened again, and her phone screen suddenly lit up with a new message popping up.
It was Meng Huaizhi.
"There's a key new project in the south of the city that needs someone to lead it. It'll take about a year. Can you go?"
Si Yuan's gaze fell on the two words "South City," and her fingertips paused slightly.
Nancheng, a coastal city, is thousands of kilometers away from here. It's a city she's never been to before, both unfamiliar and distant.
Taking a break?
An idea slowly began to emerge in Si Yuan's mind.
It's better to leave gracefully than to be abandoned.
Leave gracefully before he returns.
Leaving Jiang Wang might give their tense relationship a chance to breathe.
Once you clear your mind, you might be able to figure out exactly what went wrong in this relationship.
She stared at the screen, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "Give me three days to think about it."
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