Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Twin Sisters
Chapter 30
"Damn it! I didn't see your boyfriend's true appearance that night. What a shame!"
After having lunch at a restaurant near the company, Ruan Yan, Liu Mengmeng and others chatted in the open-air cafe downstairs.
Liu Mengmeng said excitedly, "Those people in the sales department are usually so arrogant and pretentious, but when they talked about your boyfriend, their faces were all twisted with jealousy—"
"That's too much! What's there to be jealous of?" Ruan Yan, still recovering from the shock Jia Yanyuan had given her that night, couldn't help but tinge with disdain. "It's not like I have three heads and six arms, able to soar to the heavens and into the earth."
"Hey, hey, hey, you're being a bit boastful now," Liu Mengmeng pouted. "Everyone says he's handsome and stylish, with luxury cars and watches, and he's so impressive. You can tell at a glance that he's an industry elite."
Heaven and earth can bear witness to this; she had no intention of showing off. "If you say it's a 'rumor,' then it must be as exaggerated and mysterious as possible."
"But those people in the sales department usually love to make fun of people. This time, they were so jealous that they couldn't find any flaws. This means that at least in their eyes, your boyfriend is still pretty awesome." Liu Mengmeng said with envy.
Ruan Yan shrugged: "Maybe."
Liu Mengmeng suddenly stared at her, her eyes burning with rage. "Xiao Yanyan, I've noticed that you rarely mention your boyfriend in front of us. He doesn't even exist in your life. This shouldn't be the case with such an outstanding boyfriend."
After being reminded by her, Ruan Yan realized that she had indeed never mentioned Jia Yanyuan on her own initiative.
Liu Mengmeng turned around and asked the people around her: "Xiao Tiantian, right?"
Zhao Tian then said, "Well, if you hadn't told me that night, I would have almost forgotten that you had a boyfriend."
Not to mention them, even Ruan Yan herself often forgets this matter.
She laughed dryly: "Maybe I don't see him often, he's busy with work."
"I understand that," Liu Mengmeng nodded. "Successful people, of course, don't sit around all day. They have to do serious work."
Then he hugged Zhao Tian again and said in a dragging tone: "Ah, I also want to fall in love. When can you give me and Tiantian a few tall, rich and handsome men to play with?"
Zhao Tian smiled and glanced at her: "Don't drag me into this. If you want to play, go play by yourself. I'm not interested."
"Don't count it, just give it all to me. My range is very wide anyway, from ninety-nine to just learning to walk!"
Ruan Yan stuffed a puff into her mouth: "You seem quite proud of yourself."
"I have to go back to drawing!" Liu Mengmeng mumbled, "Without Xiao Yanyan's face, I can only rely on work to make progress..."
"I want to work hard, I want to become stronger! Don't let anyone stop me!"
"If you work harder today, you'll touch more male models tomorrow!"
A few people arrived at the company laughing and joking.
As soon as I walked out of the elevator, Liu Mengmeng gave me a wink.
Ruan Yan followed her gaze and saw Zhuo Zhongsen leaning against the railing at the door with a look of loss on his face.
Liu Mengmeng mouthed the question to them: "What happened to him?"
Ruan Yan shook her head and walked straight past him without much concern.
Unexpectedly, two days later, Zhuo Zhongsen suddenly came to her to "question an explanation".
After get off work that day, she had just separated from Liu Mengmeng and Zhao Tian when Zhuo Zhongsen suddenly appeared and blocked her way.
"Is there something wrong?" Ruan Yan was quite dissatisfied with his behavior.
Zhuo Zhongsen said in a bad tone: "Did you say something to Lin Lin?"
Ruan Yan crossed her arms calmly and said, "I say a lot to her every day. Manager Zhuo, please tell me which sentence you are referring to."
"Stop pretending. It's you, it must be you. You saw us at the bar that night," he said with a dissatisfied look on his face. "You said bad things about me in front of her, so she...she suddenly changed her attitude towards me!"
He was almost able to get Lin Lin, but after just one weekend, her attitude towards him changed drastically. She didn't answer his calls or reply to his messages. After work on Monday, she even asked him not to talk to her about anything other than work anymore.
The change was so fast, something must have happened in between, and the most likely suspect was Ruan Yan, who caught them being intimate that night.
Lin Lin's attitude towards him changed drastically?
Hearing him say this, Ruan Yan felt a little happy.
"Ruan Yan, I admit that I did take better care of you at first because you were new, but I didn't pursue you, nor did I ever get together with you. Isn't it a bit too much for you to talk nonsense in front of Lin Lin?"
"Manager Zhuo, you're really wronging me. Why do you think Sister Lin Lin is angry because someone said something in front of her?" Ruan Yan didn't want to take the blame. "Couldn't she just ignore you because she finds you boring and overly suspicious and can't stand it?"
"Ruan Yan! Don't think you can be arrogant and conceited just because you have a rich boyfriend!" Zhuo Zhongsen said angrily. "You drive a million-dollar luxury car, but you make your girlfriend squeeze into the subway every day to go to get off work. It doesn't look like your relationship is that good."
Ruan Yan said calmly, "Don't worry about my relationship with my boyfriend. You should deal with your own relationship problems first before interfering in other people's business."
"Ruan Yan," Zhuo Zhongsen said with a gloomy face, "Don't mess with me."
Ruan Yan chuckled and ignored his threat: "I'm so scared, Manager Zhuo."
She was already in a bad mood, and he was trying to provoke her, so she didn't want to save face for him anymore.
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned and left, leaving Zhuo Zhongsen alone standing there, helpless and furious.
In order to pursue Lin Lin, he has put in a lot of effort during this period.
He had previously learned by accident that Lin Lin had a good family background. Her mother was an authority in cardiac surgery, her father was a leader of a state-owned enterprise, and she herself graduated from a top university.
As long as he can cling to this high branch, he will be able to cross the class barrier and will no longer be looked down upon because of his original family.
Therefore, he pursued Lin Lin very hard. She was conservative and slow to warm up. He pursued her relentlessly and finally their relationship made a breakthrough. But who would have thought that just when it was almost the final step, she suddenly wanted to draw a clear line with him.
No matter how you look at it, it's Ruan Yan who's causing trouble.
Looking at Ruan Yan's attitude at this time, he was even more certain that it was her who did it.
He stared at her back sinisterly. He couldn't let go of anyone who stood in his way of climbing up, no matter who it was.
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Ruan Yan has been in a bad mood these days, and even the thick-skinned Liu Mengmeng can see it.
"Xiao Yanyan, what's wrong with you? You're always absent-minded and lose focus all the time."
Ruan Yan picked up the ballpoint pen that had rolled under the table at some point and said, "Nothing, maybe I didn't sleep well."
"Did you..." Liu Mengmeng carefully observed her expression, "have a fight with your boyfriend?"
"No," Ruan Yan rubbed her brows, "I've been watching TV series lately, and I often end up watching them until midnight without realizing it."
Liu Mengmeng thought she just didn't want to speak for the time being: "Really? If you have anything you want to talk about, I'm always available."
Ruan Yan smiled at her and said, "Okay."
After that night, Jia Yanyuan did not contact her again.
She had actually expected that after returning home, he would be able to figure out her attitude a little bit if he thought about it more. As arrogant as he was, he would feel his self-esteem was hurt, and he would probably leave her alone for a while out of spite.
She didn't take this matter to heart.
Speaking of quarrels, she and Lu Peishi had a somewhat unpleasant argument that night.
Every time she thought of the cold words he hurled at her, she felt upset.
She didn't know when she started to care so much about his attitude and thoughts.
Originally, she didn't care about all of this. Whether he hated her or looked down on her, she always laughed off irrelevant people's opinions. But why did she take it so seriously this time?
I can’t figure it out. I can’t figure it out.
Ruan Yan walked into the bathroom in the subway station. The mirror reflected an expressionless face, but her drooping eyebrows showed a hint of worry.
After washing her hands and preparing to go out, she suddenly felt someone fall down beside her. There was a heavy thud on the ground, which scared Ruan Yan.
She hurriedly squatted down and asked the other party about the situation.
"Are you okay? Are you okay?" She didn't dare move the other person's body for fear of causing secondary injury.
There was no one around. Ruan Yan raised her phone to make a call and was about to go out to call for help. Just as she was about to stand up, the other party responded: "I suddenly feel dizzy. It might be hypoglycemia."
The voice is weak.
Ruan Yan hurriedly and carefully laid the person flat on the ground.
The other person was a young girl with pale cheeks and lips.
She quickly lowered her head and rummaged through her bag, finally finding the half box of candy she had looted from Liu Mengmeng in the afternoon.
After stuffing a few pills into the other person's mouth, people came in one after another. Ruan Yan hurriedly asked them to notify the staff.
Everyone was very enthusiastic, some were fanning, some were handing out water, some were asking questions, and some were evacuating the crowd that came later.
Ruan Yan stood on the outskirts of the crowd and saw a subway worker running towards her from afar, holding a paper cup in his hand.
The girl's symptoms were quickly relieved and she returned to normal.
Ruan Yan breathed a sigh of relief and left the remaining candies to her.
I vaguely heard someone suggest that the girl go to the hospital for further examination, but she refused: "It's okay, I just stayed up late to work overtime recently and didn't eat much..."
Ruan Yan left before she finished listening to the rest of the words.
Wen Ying was at home in the evening, and she wanted to go back early to have dinner with her.
Having someone to accompany you for a meal is not only lively and warm, but the food also tastes especially delicious.
However, Aunt Wang was too strict in her words and deeds. No matter what she said, she refused to dine with her at the same table, nor did she allow Xiao Wen to do so.
Ruan Yan usually eats alone every night, but today with Wen Ying there, her mood also improved.
"I'm going to Zurich next week to inspect a project. I may be out of the country for more than a month. You have to take good care of yourself. Call me anytime if you have any questions." Wen Ying instructed her.
"Don't worry, sister. I can definitely take care of myself. As for you," Ruan Yan picked up a piece of shrimp with her chopsticks, "over there, without my supervision, you mustn't work too hard and forget to eat and sleep again. Rest when you need to. I will call you regularly to check on you."
Wen Ying laughed: "Got it, my caring little housekeeper."
Ruan Yan continued to eat. "Sister, when I was tidying up my drawers a few days ago, I found a few photo albums at the bottom. I had never seen them before. There was a short woman with her hair in a bun. I took several photos with her. Aunt Wang said she was my aunt."
She asked Aunt Wang about this young aunt, but Aunt Wang hesitated and only said that she had lived in Ruan Mansion for several years, and knew nothing about the rest.
Wen Ying bit into a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs and hummed, "She's your mother's youngest cousin."
"Did she live with us before?" Ruan Yan asked.
Wen Ying nodded: "Yes, when you were about eleven or twelve years old, she moved here and lived for a while."
"Did she move away later?"
"Yes, she returned to her hometown to live."
Ruan Yan tilted her head. "Well, if that's the case, she and I should have a good relationship. But how come she hasn't come to see me once since I returned to the Ruan family?"
Wen Ying didn't know how to start. Jiang Xinlan was originally kicked out of the Ruan family by the angry Ruan Xingkun.
The situation at that time was very ugly, and Ruan Xingkun once announced that the two families would have no further dealings from then on.
In addition, Ruan Yan seemed to have had a disagreement with Jiang Xinlan because of Jia Yanyuan's matter, which was four or five years ago.
Later, Jiang Xinlan did not dare to attend Ruan Xingkun's funeral.
"She... is old, and it's not convenient for her to move around." Wen Ying reluctantly found an excuse.
Ruan Yan asked again: "Does my mother have a good relationship with her?"
"I'm not sure about this." Wen Ying really didn't understand. Jiang Xinlan suddenly appeared several years after Jiang Shuyu passed away, and lived in the Ruan family under the pretext of taking care of the young Ruan Yan.
Jiang Xinlan's words were sincere and hit Ruan Mingkun's heart directly. Ruan Yan, who was in a sensitive stage, really needed a caring elder to take care of her, accompany her growth, and fill the missing maternal love. Jiang Xinlan, who was related to Ruan Yan by blood, was very suitable, so Ruan Mingkun agreed to let her live in.
Who knew that this little nod would actually lead to a wolf entering the house, and later on the entire Ruan family was thrown into chaos and filled with foul smells.
After Ruan Mingkun kicked her out, he forbade the family to mention this person's name again. Until now, the Ruan family has tacitly kept silent about Jiang Xinlan.
It’s not that I can’t tell Ruan Yan about this, but I can’t explain it clearly in just a few words. It would be better to explain it to her slowly when I have time.
Ruan Yan didn't pursue the matter any further. She just hummed and changed the subject.
"Sister, I heard from Aunt Wang that you got along very well with my mother back then, right?" There was a gleam in her eyes.
"Well, she has always been very attentive and considerate to me. Our relationship is more like that of good friends. To me, she is a very special person." Recalling Jiang Shuyu, her eyes were full of tenderness.
"Do I look like her?"
Wen Ying looked at her and said, "They look very similar, especially the eyes and nose. They look like they were carved from the same mold."
Ruan Yan smiled and said, "That's a pity. She didn't wait until I grew up. Otherwise, if I were to go out with her now, many people would say we were sisters."
Wen Ying paused: "Actually..."
"how?"
"Actually, you have a twin sister." Wen Ying said.
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