Chapter 400 Chapter 400 Guilt and Heartache
When the two finished their meal and left, it was already past seven in the evening, and the sky was as dark as if covered by thick ink.
Shen Qinghuan drives.
Su Nanli sat in the passenger seat.
He tilted his head to look at Shen Qinghuan who was driving seriously, his eyes darkened slightly, and he smiled casually and said, "Miss Shen, actually, it was Ah Yu who first told me about you and asked me to find you to design my new house. He didn't let me tell you that he was the one who put the whole thing together."
"You said he clearly couldn't let go and clearly liked me, but why didn't he know how to cherish me? Now he regrets it!"
Sunanli seemed to be gloating.
Shen Qinghuan's fingers tightened around the steering wheel, but her face remained expressionless. She said, "I gave him chances, many times."
She was speaking to Su Nanli, but more importantly, she was speaking to Jiang Yu. She had given him a chance and she did not regret it.
"Mr. Su, we're right in front of the gate of your residential complex. Do you need me to drive in?"
She changed the subject subtly and didn't want to mention Jiang Yu at all.
They are friends and relatives, but not lovers.
Su Nanli was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing, and said jokingly: "Miss Shen, I can finally confirm now that you will not remarry A Yu, otherwise you wouldn't reject him so much."
"No! Mr. Su, I didn't reject him. Although he and I are no longer husband and wife, we are still family. If it weren't for my grandparents, I might have been sent to an orphanage."
She never denied the kindness shown to her by the Jiang family, or more precisely, by Grandpa Jiang.
Su Nanli was stunned again. She obviously didn't expect Shen Qinghuan to be like this. She made a clear distinction between family affection and love. They were completely unrelated.
“After hearing what Miss Shen said, I feel that I am narrow-minded.”
"Mr. Su is too modest!"
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Half an hour later.
Shen Qinghuan parked the car steadily on the road outside the building.
She turns off and walks out.
From a long distance away, she saw the man standing under the streetlight with one hand in his pocket. Shen Qinghuan hesitated for a moment, but still walked forward. Some things can't just be talked about, she has to do it.
Unity of knowledge and action. When your actions and cognition are consistent, there is nothing to be afraid of.
The dim light from the street lamp slanted down, stretching the man's shadow long. His handsome and picturesque face was hidden in the darkness, so dim that it was difficult to see the look in his eyes.
Shen Qinghuan took a deep breath, walked to a place a few steps away from Jiang Yu, stopped, and then politely greeted him: "What are you doing here so late? Why don't you go home and rest?"
Jiang Yu lowered his eyes, his thin lips curled slightly as he said, "I don't know how I ended up driving here, but I was just about to leave when I turned around and saw you."
Shen Qinghuan: “???”
Is it such a coincidence?
She twitched the corners of her mouth slightly, her smile a little awkward, "So now you..."
Before Shen Qinghuan could finish her words, Jiang Yu suddenly interrupted her and asked inconspicuously, "Do you want to go for a walk together?"
As if worried that Shen Qinghuan would find an excuse to refuse, Jiang Yu quickly said, "If you're afraid of the cold, I can take off my coat and let you wear it."
Shen Qinghuan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the car! It's a bit cold outside, and my car is parked on the side of the road."
After she finished speaking, she took Jiang Yu into her car.
One driver's seat and one passenger seat.
Inside the carriage, the heating circulates continuously, like a warm spring day.
Shen Qinghuan lowered her eyes, her gaze focused on her white and tender fingers, her pretty eyebrows slightly furrowed. She wanted to say something, but she didn't know where to start, let alone what to say.
It seemed like there was never much topic between her and Jiang Yu.
"By the way, is Uncle Jiang feeling better now?" Shen Qinghuan suddenly asked.
Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment. In fact, he hadn't visited his father in the hospital since returning from this business trip, but his mother would send him messages from time to time, always mentioning his father. She said that his father was now completely unable to take care of himself and had to wear diapers every day. She also said that when his father was angry, his mouth was crooked...
Seeing the words his mother sent him, even through the phone screen, he could feel the strong sarcasm and indescribable gloating on his mother's face.
His mother also told him that Li Mingzhu had never visited his father once.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Yu collected his thoughts and said calmly, "I've been very busy since I came back. I haven't been back to see him yet, but my mother will send me messages or video calls."
"He suffered a cerebral infarction and acute stroke. His condition is not very good now. He still cannot take care of himself and needs someone by his side."
After Jiang Yu's simple words, Shen Qinghuan immediately guessed Jiang Zhenlin's current situation.
For a moment, she didn't know what to say. Should she say that he brought it upon himself? But that man was Jiang Yu's biological father after all. If she asked him to say that he was pitiful, she would only think that there must be something hateful about pitiful people.
The two fell silent again.
In the narrow compartment, the silent air continued to flow slowly with the warm current.
Jiang Yu raised his eyes and looked at Shen Qinghuan.
He was filled with only guilt and heartache towards her.
"If you feel tired, you can hand the studio over to someone else, or just transfer it."
With the assets under her name, she can live well without working.
Shen Qinghuan smiled brightly and said, "I don't feel tired. It's quite fulfilling." In fact, she also wanted to say that it is better to be busier. Many past events will be gradually forgotten in the busyness.
Jiang Yu hummed softly, his dark eyes filled with indescribable emotions. He stared intently at the girl in front of him, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
"Actually, I don't have anything to talk to you about. I just want to talk to you."
"By the way, wasn't your biggest wish to study abroad in Europe and America? Now that you have the time and freedom, when do you plan to realize your dream?"
As he talked about the past, he suddenly wanted to reach out and touch the soft ends of her hair, but in the end, he held back because he was afraid that his reckless behavior would push her further away.
Shen Qinghuan was stunned, and the corners of his mouth trembled slightly.
This was her wish when she was sixteen. She vaguely remembered that Jiang Yu asked her if there was anything she wanted to do or any wish she wanted to fulfill. She told him that she wanted to study abroad.
Many years passed in a flash, and she even forgot her wish, but he still remembered it so clearly.
After a moment of silence, Shen Qinghuan curled the corners of his lips and said softly, "Maybe later! I've been too busy with work lately."
Jiang Yu: "Yeah."
He didn't ask any further questions. She could obviously leave right now. After all, she could go anywhere she wanted.
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