Chapter 581: Unknown Origin
He looked at the woman in front of him who was covered in thorns, and all the anger in his heart suddenly dissipated.
He couldn't beat her.
It’s not because I can’t convince you, but because I can’t bear to let you go.
The anger in Chi Wenyan's eyes gradually dissipated, replaced by a deep sense of fatigue.
He stared at her for a long time, so long that Ji Wan frowned uncomfortably.
Then, she heard him speak slowly in an almost hoarse voice.
"He's not some unknown person."
Chi Wenyan's Adam's apple rolled.
"Feng Lou is my father's illegitimate son. He is my half-brother."
"Bang—"
The goblet in Ji Wan's hand slipped and rolled several times on the expensive carpet, and the red wine spilled out like a pool of glaring blood.
She froze completely, the sarcasm and indifference on her face instantly frozen, leaving only the shock and astonishment that could not be concealed.
The air was dead silent.
Time seemed to stretch infinitely at this moment. The only sounds left in the living room were the intertwined breathing of the two people and the glaring pool of red wine on the carpet, silently accusing the absurdity and intensity of what had just happened.
younger brother……
Feng Lou, is Chi Wenyan’s younger brother?
This realization exploded in Ji Wan's mind like a thunderclap, shattering all her rationality, all her sarcasm, and all her defenses.
What did she just say?
Check him out with another man?
Saying there is something fishy going on between them?
Ji Wan's cheeks were burning, not out of shame, but out of guilt.
She opened her mouth, but her throat was so dry that no sound came out.
The man in front of him no longer had any anger on his face, only a dead grayness.
The exhaustion of being misunderstood by those closest to him and exposed by the most painful past almost overwhelmed him.
"You...you..." Ji Wan's voice was shaking, "Are you telling the truth?"
Chi Wenyan pulled the corners of his mouth, and that smile was uglier than crying.
"Didn't you spend tens of millions?"
"Why, that old ghost who claims to be omnipotent didn't help you find this?"
His tone was still stinging, but the tip of the sting was no longer directed at her, but at himself, with an almost cruel self-mockery.
Ji Wan's heart was tugged fiercely.
pain.
She looked at him and finally understood the complexity in his eyes that she had never understood before.
It wasn't impatience towards her, but a deep-seated pain.
Chi Wenyan slowly walked to the window, his back to her, his voice low and hoarse, as if coming from the distant past.
"My father, Wen Zhenghua, had a son with a woman he kept outside."
Every word hit Ji Wan's heart.
"He made a will before he died." Chi Wenyan paused, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, as if he was suppressing something.
"All the shares of the Wen family, the real estate under their name, the cash in the account, everything."
"I left it all to Feng Lou."
"Not a cent. Not even one cent."
boom--
Ji Wan felt dizzy.
She knew that there were many grudges among wealthy families, but she never thought that reality could be more absurd and hurtful than drama!
This is no longer preference, this is naked humiliation and abandonment!
"Why?" Ji Wan blurted out, her voice trembling and filled with anger that she herself didn't even notice. "You are his biological son! You are the rightful heir to the Wen family!"
Chi Wenyan's shoulders shrugged slightly and he let out a low, suppressed laugh.
"Because Feng Lou can act."
"He told my father that I was ambitious and had been waiting for his death so that I could inherit the family business."
"He said I wished his illegitimate son would disappear from the world."
"My father believed it."
"Until his death, he believed that I was the cold-blooded, unfilial son who only cared about his family's wealth."
Chi Wenyan turned around, his eyes were red, but he stubbornly refused to let any tears fall.
He looked at Ji Wan and said word by word, "So, you're investigating me? Suspecting that I'm having an affair with a man?"
"Ji Wan, am I so unbearable in your eyes?"
The last sentence was like a heavy hammer, hitting Ji Wan's heart hard.
All her defenses and spikes collapsed at this moment.
She finally understood how cruel her suspicion and temptation were to this man.
That was like pouring salt on his wound that had already scabbed over.
"sorry……"
Ji Wan walked quickly to him, not caring about the coldness on his body or the stiffness between them that had not yet dissipated.
She reached out and grasped his arm tightly.
"Chi Wenyan, I'm sorry."
There was a strong nasal tone in her voice, and she could no longer control her tears, which rolled down her cheeks.
Chi Wenyan's whole body stiffened.
He looked at the tearful woman in front of him, and suddenly found an outlet to vent his grief and grievance.
He lowered his eyes, and his long eyelashes hid the emotions surging in his eyes.
"It's all over."
"When I was young, I did hate and resent him."
"It doesn't matter now."
He said that it didn't matter, but his clenched fists with bulging veins betrayed the true pain in his heart.
"How can it not matter?"
Ji Wan suddenly raised her head, her tear-red eyes filled with heartache and anger.
"That scumbag! He's not worthy of being your father!"
"Feng Lou is not a good person! Why do they treat you like this?"
She was like an enraged lioness, doing her utmost to protect her partner.
Chi Wenyan looked at her in a daze.
Watching her get angry for him, cry for him, and feel unfair for him.
The heart that had been frozen for many years suddenly cracked at this moment.
Ji Wan stood on tiptoe, stretched out her arms, and hugged him tightly.
She buried her face in his chest, her voice muffled but with an unprecedented firmness.
"Chi Wenyan, listen to this."
"We don't want any of those bastards from the past anymore."
"From now on, you have me."
Chi Wenyan's body was as stiff as a stone.
The body temperature of the woman in my arms was transmitted continuously through the thin shirt.
The words "From now on, you have me" were like a thunderclap that split open his heart that had been sealed for many years, and were also like a warm current that soothed his already broken soul.
Slowly, slowly, he raised his arm.
The hands that had just been clenched into fists with bulging veins were now trembling slightly as they gently fell on Ji Wan's back.
Then, tighten.
He held her whole body in his arms, with such strength that he almost rubbed her into his bones and blood.
He buried his head in the crook of her neck and took a deep breath.
It smells all like her.
A sweet, warm, and comforting taste.
"Ji Wan."
His voice was very hoarse, with a strong nasal tone and a hint of imperceptible fragility.
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