Chapter 85 Yu Xiaowan, you win
Xiao Shi let me go and looked at me seriously.
"If you say I don't hate the Jiang family, that's a lie. During those years in college, I hated the Jiang family to the core."
"But later I realized that people can't live in hatred forever. I now have my own career, a house, a car, and everything. My mother is by my side, and you are by my side too. I think this kind of life is enough."
I looked at Xiao Shi, feeling somewhat conflicted.
The reason why I asked him whether he hated the Jiang family was because I remembered that he helped Tian Rong. If he had not helped Tian Rong secretly, Tian Rong would definitely not be able to defeat Wang Yingzhi.
To be honest, I sympathize with Lan Yan's experience. If I were Xiao Shi, I would also resent Wang Yingzhi. What she did to Lan Yan was really too much.
I'm afraid that the reason Xiao Shi helped Tian Rong was because of his mother.
In fact, I really wanted to confirm this, but when the words came to my lips, I didn’t say them.
"Then will you take action against the Jiang family?" I hesitated for a moment and looked up at him.
"Won't."
Looking at Xiao Shi’s calm eyes, I thought I was overthinking it.
We stared at each other for a moment before I asked him if his phone had been repaired.
"It's done."
"I don't know who is so wicked to do such a thing." I said casually.
Xiao Shi said that he created the software to get revenge on a client who refused to cooperate with him again.
"This person is really childish."
"That's right. Xiaowan, it's getting late, go upstairs and rest."
I nodded and said yes.
Xiao Shi sent me back to my room and went to the guest room himself.
I lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling in a daze.
Now I believe in Xiao Shi's feelings for me, but why do I still feel...
Just then, the cell phone rang somewhat abruptly.
I looked up and saw it was an unfamiliar number. I was a little confused, but I picked up the phone anyway.
"Hello."
There was no sound on the other end of the phone, which made me very confused.
"Hello."
Still silent.
It felt like a harassing call. I checked the time and it was exactly midnight. They really picked the time, making it like The Ring.
With a light sigh, he hung up the phone.
At night, for some reason, I dreamed of Jiang Ruohe. Jiang Ruohe stood in front of me with a scarlet face. He stretched out his hand and grabbed my neck, calling me heartless.
I shuddered and woke up. It was already light outside. I reached for my phone and saw that it was already past seven o'clock.
I quickly threw back the quilt, got out of bed and washed up.
After going downstairs, Xiao Shizheng came out of the kitchen and asked me why I didn’t sleep a little longer.
"Why didn't you call me?" I looked at him a little embarrassedly.
"I wanted you to get some sleep. Breakfast is ready."
I sat at the dining table. Xiao Shi brought me breakfast and asked me to eat first. He sent a portion down to Lan Yan and took the opportunity to see if her condition had improved.
Thinking of the scene last night when Lan Yan pinched me and pressed me into the bathtub, I still felt a little scared. I looked up at Xiao Shi and nodded in agreement.
After breakfast, Xiao Shi came up from the basement and I asked him if his mother was feeling better.
"I'm feeling better now. I heard my girlfriend was coming over, so I wanted to come up and see her, but I was afraid I'd scare you again..."
I moved the chair away, stood up and said it was okay, and asked the aunt to come up.
"How about this, I'll go down with you to see her."
Xiao Shi said, "I'm afraid you'll remember those unpleasant things."
I walked over to him and said it was okay.
Xiao Shi nodded and said yes, took my hand, walked to the secret door and opened it.
When we arrived at Lan Yan's room, Lan Yan was sitting on a chair, muttering something nervously. When she saw Xiao Shi and I coming, she stood up hurriedly with more excitement in her eyes, but she was worried that she would scare me, so she subconsciously covered her face with her hands.
Seeing this made me feel a little sad, so I hurried over and stood in front of her.
"Hello, Auntie. I'm Yu Xiaowan, Xiao Shi's girlfriend."
Lan Yan looked up at me, and seeing that there was no fear in my eyes, he slowly put down his hand.
I smiled at her and hugged her. She trembled and choked up.
"I finally saw my son find his happiness."
After a while, I let go of Lan Yan, took her hand, and said that the basement was too dull and we should go upstairs to talk. At first, Lan Yan was reluctant to go up, but after some persuasion, she agreed.
When Lan Yan is not sick, he is really no different from a normal person. We sat on the sofa and chatted for a long time. Until around ten o'clock, Lan Yan felt a little sleepy, so I helped Lan Yan back to the basement.
When I came up, I saw Xiao Shi answering the phone and heard him making arrangements for an important meeting in half an hour.
After he hung up the phone, he looked at me and said he had to go back to the company.
"Okay, I'll go to work with you."
"You are sick, so you should rest for two more days." Xiao Shi looked at me.
I nodded and said okay. Xiao Shi wanted to take me home, but time was tight, so I asked him to go to the company quickly and I could take the bus back by myself.
Xiao Shi kissed me on the forehead. In a week, the company would have its annual holiday, and he would make time to spend with me.
After Xiao Shi left, I took a taxi, told him my home address, and planned to go back. Just then, my cell phone rang.
I looked down and saw it was Kailin calling, so I picked up the phone.
"Yu Xiaowan, do you have time? Let's meet."
I was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said okay.
Kailin gave me an address and hung up the phone.
I asked the driver to take me to the place Karin mentioned, which was a cafe.
I looked up and saw Karin sitting quietly at the second-floor window waiting for me, so I walked in.
After sitting down, Kailin ordered two cups of coffee.
"What do you want from me?" I looked up at her.
Kailin didn't answer, but reached out and picked up the coffee on the table and slowly tasted it.
After a while, he looked up at me.
"I want to tell you about Xiao Shi. Do you know Xiao Shi? Actually, he is..."
"Do you want to tell me his true identity?" I interrupted Karen.
Kailin was stunned for a moment.
"He is Jiang Ruohe's half-brother." I said again.
Kailin was surprised, put down the cup of coffee in her hand, and asked me how I knew.
I said that Xiao Shi told me himself.
Kailin was a little surprised and said that she didn't expect Xiao Shi to tell me this on his own initiative.
"Now that you know, you should understand that he is with you just to use you and take revenge on the Jiang family." Kailin looked at me.
"Why are you so sure he's using me?" I looked up at her.
"Isn't it?"
I said, "He didn't use me, nor did he think of dealing with the Jiang family."
That’s what Xiao Shi told me last night, and I believe him.
Kailin chuckled, with a hint of mockery in her eyes.
"Yu Xiaowan, you don't understand Xiao Shi at all."
"Then how do you understand?" I asked back.
Kailin's face fell.
"At least more than you know."
After that, neither of us spoke and just drank our coffee quietly.
I know Kailin has always liked Xiao Shi, otherwise, she wouldn't have left France and come to China. Even though Xiao Shi was indifferent to her, she was still so persistent.
She has asked me to leave Xiao Shi more than once or twice. I think she came to me this time just to make me doubt Xiao Shi.
Sure enough, after finishing the cup of coffee, Kailin looked at me again and told me to leave Xiao Shi.
I put down my coffee cup and told Kailin that I couldn't agree to her request.
If Xiao Shi likes Kailin, I will let him go without saying a word.
Just last night, I thought about breaking up with Xiao Shi. But in the end, I didn't say it out loud, especially after knowing what happened to Lan Yan, I really couldn't bring myself to break up with him.
Kailin gave me a resentful look and stood up from the sofa.
"Yu Xiaowan, why are you so stubborn?" She glanced at me and turned away.
Watching Kailin leave, I felt like I should have said this to her. Xiao Shi clearly had no feelings for her, so why didn't she just turn around and find someone who truly loved her?
I didn't leave immediately, but sat on the sofa for a while, sighing about some things, and then got up and left.
When I left the cafe, I saw Caiqing on the side of the road. This time she was alone, no, there was a ragged man lying next to her, begging for money. The man was holding Caiqing's trouser legs and not letting her go.
People passing by, looking at Caiqing's outfit, guessed that she came from a wealthy family.
"Just give him some money. It's true that the richer people are, the more stingy they are."
Cai Qing ignored the passerby and lowered her head to ask the begging man to let go. The man refused and looked at Cai Qing with a pitiful expression.
Several people around stopped and started talking, asking Cai Qing to pay.
Cai Qing snorted, looked down at the lying beggar, and looked up at the person who accused her.
"If he were a real beggar, someone without limbs, I would definitely give him some. But he's a healthy person who could have supported himself with his own abilities, but he's trying to survive like this. I really can't afford to give him any."
"I have no feeling below my waist, that's why I'm begging," the man whispered.
I took a closer look. He was crouching on a homemade scooter, his legs straight, looking like someone with a disability. But I'd seen news reports before that some beggars are actually normal people, begging during the day and passing as normal people at night. Some beggars have even bought several houses. This kind of thing is something we have to be wary of. I think Caiqing's point makes sense.
Cai Qing laughed.
"You really lost all of that feeling in your waist, didn't you?"
Seeing the man nod, the next second, Cai Qing stepped directly on the man's legs in her snow boots. The man frowned, and I knew he was pretending.
Seeing that people around him were staring at him, the man endured it and didn't let himself show it. He looked at the people around him with some grievance and said that he was really disabled, otherwise he would not come out to beg.
A few sharp-eyed people saw that the beggar was pretending and did not say anything. Instead, they watched as if they were watching a show. Those who did not know the truth cursed Cai Qing for being vicious and asked her to come down quickly.
"He's already in this state, don't bully him." A student said to Cai Qing, and took out her pocket money from her bag, intending to put it into the man's bowl. A hint of surprise flashed in the man's eyes.
"You still want to pretend, right? Fine." Cai Qing came down, squatted beside the man, smiled at him, then took out a syringe from her bag, pointed it at the man's leg, and stabbed it hard.
Then with a scream, the man stood up from the scooter and ran away without even taking the begging bowl.
Cai Qing bent down and took out the money given by Fang Gang's student from the bowl and handed it to the student.
"Don't be easily sympathetic to others. Some people will take advantage of your sympathy to do illegal things."
The student took the money, lowered his head, and said thank you to Cai Qing.
"It's okay. I was just like you before. I just need to be more careful next time."
Looking at Cai Qing like that, I think she must be a good girl. It seems that she and Jiang Ruohe are a good match.
"Xiaowan." Caiqing saw me, called me, and walked towards me.
I smiled at her and said that I had just come out of the coffee shop and saw her punishing the fake beggar. I really thought she did a great job.
Cai Qing smiled a little embarrassedly.
"It's nothing. The main thing is that I was cheated by a fake beggar before. That time I almost..." Cai Qing paused.
It seemed like she had some bad experience. I didn't ask and thought Caiqing would not continue this topic, but she looked up at me and told me about the past.
Caiqing said it happened when she was in sixth grade, at the age of eleven. One day after school, she saw a beggar begging at the school gate. The beggar said his son had leukemia and his wife had run away with someone else, and he was in urgent need of money. Caiqing felt very sympathetic and gave him the piggy bank in her schoolbag.
Some days later, when Caiqing was getting out of school, it happened that the family driver had something to do that day and was a little late when he came to pick her up.
She waited for the driver at the school gate, and saw the beggar from last time. The beggar said that he came to thank Caiqing this time, and that because of Caiqing's help, his son's condition was under control, and that his son wanted to see this sister.
"At that time, I really believed him and went with him. I even bought some things to give to his son. But he led me to a remote place and took off his disguise. I realized that his son was not sick at all. He became a beggar just because he thought it would be easier to make money."
The man threatened Caiqing, locked her in a dry well, and then extorted money from Caiqing's parents.
"I was locked in that dry well for two days. The panic I felt was so intense. Even now I feel a little scared when I think about it."
Cai Qing said that two days later, the police and her family found her.
"I still remember that when my brother saw me like that, he burst into tears. He was so excited that he took out a knife and said he wanted to kill the beggar. Since then, I no longer have sympathy for others easily."
I felt a little distressed looking at Caiqing. I couldn't believe that she had such an experience.
Cai Qing looked at me, patted me on the shoulder, and smiled at me.
"It's all in the past. Just take it as a lesson."
I nodded, and she asked me if I had eaten, and I said no.
"Come on, I'll treat you to a meal." Cai Qing took my hand.
"There's a clay pot chicken restaurant nearby that's pretty delicious." Cai Qing said.
I looked at Caiqing without saying anything. I just didn't expect that I could get along so well with my ex-husband's girlfriend.
The two chatted a lot while eating, but no one mentioned Jiang Ruohe. After eating, the two walked out of the store hand in hand happily.
Caiqing said that her car was parked nearby and she would take me home.
I nodded and agreed. As we walked side by side, we suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind us. We turned around and saw that Caiqing's left arm had been cut by someone. I looked and saw that it was the beggar who was just exposed by Caiqing.
After he stabbed Cai Qing, he looked at Cai Qing with resentment.
"I told you not to mind your own business." He swung the fruit knife towards Cai Qing again. I hurriedly grabbed his wrist, but he turned his hand away and the tip of the knife scratched my neck.
Seeing this, Cai Qing kicked him in a vital part, and while he was in pain, she snatched the fruit knife from his hand and kicked him several times.
"Xiao Wan, are you okay?"
Caiqing looked at me apologetically and said that she was the one who implicated me this time.
"I'm fine, just a minor injury."
I took out my phone and called Yan Yun. Yan Yun came over soon. He was stunned when he saw Cai Qing. Then he turned to look at me.
"I'll have this guy taken back first. I'll take you and your friend to the hospital."
Caiqing and I were sent to Mu Yan by Yan Yun. When Mu Yan saw Caiqing, he was extremely anxious and asked her what had happened.
"I'll bandage you first, and then you can tell me later." He said again.
Mu Yan brought Cai Qing into the treatment room. After a while, they came out. Cai Qing told Mu Yan not to worry, as it was just a minor injury.
"That's impossible. I promised you that I wouldn't let anyone bully you." Mu Yan looked at Cai Qing's arm with heartache.
"It's my fault."
"Brother, you're here again. It's not your fault. I'll be more careful next time."
Mu Yan wanted to say something but was stopped by Yan Yun.
"Doctor Mu, is there another patient here?"
Seeing Yan Yun pointing at me, I hurriedly said that it was nothing serious, just a minor scratch.
"Yes, yes, yes, brother, Xiaowan is also injured." Cai Qing looked at me and quickly asked Mu Yan to help me take a look.
Mu Yan came over and looked at the wound on my neck. Coincidentally, his assistant came in and said the wound was not deep. He asked his assistant to take me in for anti-inflammation. Just bandage it and it will be fine.
His assistant took me into the treatment room, cleaned my wound with a cotton swab, and when she was about to put gauze on me, she suddenly covered her stomach and looked at me with a pale face.
"Sorry, I might have eaten too much just now. My stomach hurts badly. I'll take a pill first."
The assistant walked to the desk, opened the drawer, and searched for her medicine.
"Hey, that's strange, where's the medicine I put here before?"
At this time, Mu Yan opened the door of the treatment room, glanced at his assistant, and asked him what was wrong?
"My stomach hurts a little."
Mu Yan came in and asked his assistant to go to the pharmacy to get some medicine.
"When I had gastritis before, I put some stomach medicine in this drawer, but it seems to be gone."
Mu Yan rolled his eyes at her.
"Why didn't you tell me it was your medicine? When I was packing up yesterday, I saw the unfinished medicine and thought it was useless, so I threw it away."
"Didn't you have a day off yesterday?" Zhili looked at Mu Yan with some doubt.
"An additional surgery was performed tonight. It was for the patient with a fracture who came in last night." Mu Yan said calmly.
"Oh. Oh. Oh."
Mu Yan glanced at her.
"What are you talking about? Hurry up and go to the pharmacy to get the medicine. We'll be performing surgery on Mr. Zhang in half an hour."
The assistant nodded hurriedly and went out.
Mu Yan came over, cut the gauze and put it on my neck.
"Just don't get it wet."
"Thank you." I looked up at him.
Coming out with Mu Yan, Yan Yun was asking Cai Qing about the situation at that time. After asking, Yan Yun said that he had to go back to the station and told Cai Qing not to worry, they would definitely punish the suspect according to the law.
"Xiaowan, do you want to go with me?" Yan Yun looked at me.
I nodded and said okay, looked at Caiqing, and said I would leave first and let her take care of herself.
"Xiao Wan, I'm really sorry for getting you into trouble this time." Cai Qing apologized to me again.
"I'm fine."
When Yan Yun and I came out of the hospital, I saw that he looked very worried, so I asked him what was wrong.
Yan Yun shook his head and said it was okay. He took out his cell phone and called Yang Ru, saying that he would not take leave to go back in the next two days and would wait until the Chinese New Year to go back.
After Yan Yun hung up the phone, I asked him why he didn't go back.
"The office has been busy these past two days, so I decided not to ask for leave. It just so happens that Yang Ru said her company will have its annual leave in a week, so she doesn't have to ask for leave."
"By the way, did you not go home last night?" Yan Yun asked me.
"Um."
"No wonder."
I came back to my senses, looked depressed, and asked him how he knew.
"I went to see Han Liang at night and heard about it."
Yan Yun looked at the time and said he had to go back to the institute.
I nodded and said I had to go home too.
When I entered the room, I saw that housekeeper Chen was also there. There were a lot of supplements on the table, and Aunt Liu was sitting on the sofa with gauze wrapped around her legs.
"I told him not to endure it, but he insisted on enduring it. As a result, he is so angry now. If Xiaowan doesn't come back, I will..." Aunt Liu and Butler Chen were whispering to each other, and before they finished speaking, they looked up and saw me.
I hurried over and asked Aunt Liu what was going on.
"While cleaning this morning, I accidentally broke a glass on the coffee table. I was unlucky enough to fall and got stabbed by the glass shards."
"Since you were injured, why didn't you call me?"
"It wasn't a big deal, so I called Butler Chen and asked him to take me to the hospital. The master knew I was injured and asked Butler Chen to buy me some gifts."
Aunt Liu looked up at Butler Chen.
"Thank the master for me. Butler Chen, you still have things to do, so hurry back."
After Butler Chen left, I looked at Aunt Liu with an apologetic look on my face.
"I'm really fine, I was just stabbed by a small piece of glass." Aunt Liu looked at me and told me not to blame myself.
"I'll help you up there to rest."
Aunt Liu looked at me and shook her head.
"I'll just sit on the sofa for a while. Xiaowan, you should go upstairs and have some rest." Aunt Liu looked at me with some anxiety in her eyes.
I didn't think too much about it and said I would go upstairs to change into a cotton coat and come down to accompany her later.
I went up to the second floor, opened the door and entered the room. A strong smell of cigarette smoke wafted out of the room.
I was stunned for a moment and looked down. There was an ashtray on the coffee table, and it was full of cigarette butts.
What, what is going on?
Suddenly a hand stretched out from the wall and pulled me in.
Before I could react, I was pushed against the wall. I heard the door close and looked up to see Jiang Ruohe's decadent face.
I was stunned and surprised, wondering why he was here.
"Yu Xiaowan, you win."
Jiang Ruohe suddenly kissed my lips.
I looked at Jiang Ruohe in some surprise and began to struggle with my hands, but Jiang Ruohe forcibly restrained me and made me unable to move.
I don't know what happened, but he kissed me so forcefully. My nose felt a little sore, and I slowly closed my eyes, gave up struggling, and put my arms around Jiang Ruohe's neck.
Jiang Ruohe suddenly trembled, let go of me abruptly, and quickly took two steps back with a trace of regret in his eyes.
I looked at Jiang Ruohe blankly.
At this moment, Jiang Ruohe looked up, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
"Tell me, if Xiao Shi knew that you were so easily seduced by my ex-husband that you wanted to get close to me and have sex with me, what kind of expression would he have?"
My face turned pale.
"Yu Xiaowan, you are such a bitch."
He gave me a cold look, opened the door and prepared to leave.
I quickly turned around and looked at him.
"Jiang Ruohe. I'll give you one last chance, you..."
Before I could finish my words, the door slammed shut.
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