Chapter 233 Yao Yao, Break Up with Him
Outside the music room, rustling sounds could still be heard.
Jiang Xingyao knew that Jin Qingyu had been busy with something outside all this time.
He had cleared away the withered rose bushes, and it seemed he was going to plant flowers there. Jiang Xingyao didn't care much. In order not to be affected by him, she even installed an opaque curtain in the music room to block out all the noise outside.
The piano music started as usual. Jin Qingyu glanced at his watch outside the window. It was nine o'clock. She was an hour later than usual today.
Jin Qingyu pursed his lips slightly, suppressing the urge to ask, and continued turning over the soil in the small garden.
He has already ordered the rose bushes, and they should be delivered in the next couple of days. Once he has planted them and returned to the capital, Yao Yao should be able to see the roses in full bloom.
There's also a small swing. In a few days, his cast will be removed. Then he'll build a swing for Yao Yao next to the flower bushes, just like at Wangshan Manor.
If Yao Yao doesn't want to go back to Wangshan Manor, then he'll build her a new manor.
When Jin Qingyu finished his work, the piano music inside the house stopped. As soon as he returned to the living room, he saw Qin Jiangnan on the sofa. His expression changed, and he said irritably, "What are you doing here playing tricks on me so late at night?"
Qin Jiangnan didn't even glance at him, and didn't make a sound.
Jin Qingyu took a step closer to him and said again, "Still not going to talk? What new trick have you come up with? Are you deliberately playing the victim in front of Jiang Xingyao?"
"Are you blind? Can't you see I'm really in pain?" Qin Jiangnan finally snapped impatiently, glancing at the mud on Jin Qingyu's trousers. "You've been really patient lately. Jiang Xingyao and Shen Mingsu are together, and you're still here planting flowers? Did you sign up for some gardening course?"
"What did you say? Yao Yao is with that guy surnamed Chen? Who told you that?" Jin Qingyu's face stiffened for a moment before he couldn't help but question him.
Qin Jiangnan said, "Do I need to say anything? I saw it with my own eyes today. The two of them were eating alone in a private room and they were even holding hands."
"Jin Qingyu, weren't you so capable before? How did you let that guy surnamed Shen take advantage of you?"
He glared at Jin Qingyu, his tone a little strange, it was hard to tell whether it was disappointment or something else.
Jin Qingyu was no longer listening to what Qin Jiangnan was saying. He only remembered the sentence that Jiang Xingyao and Shen Mingsu were together. Reason told him that something might be wrong, but jealousy was burning away his reason.
Jin Qingyu ignored Qin Jiangnan and strode upstairs.
Jiang Xingyao had just finished practicing the piano for the day. She turned off the light and was about to leave the music room when the door was pulled open from the outside. In the dim light of the corridor, she saw a tall figure enter, and then she was pinned against the cold wall.
The scent of ebony enveloped her senses. After a brief moment of panic, Jiang Xingyao quickly calmed down: "Jin Qingyu? What are you going to do now?"
In the darkness, the man didn't speak, but simply bent down and sniffed her head, neck, and shoulders, as if he were deliberately looking for something.
Breath sprays onto exposed skin, stimulating a slight itch.
Jiang Xingyao shoved him: "Speak up, what's wrong with you?"
Jin Qingyu asked, "Yaoyao, where did Shen Mingsu touch you?"
Just from hearing those words, Jiang Xingyao knew that Qin Jiangnan must have told him about what happened today.
She said coldly, "What's it to you? Jin Qingyu, have you forgotten that we're already divorced?"
Or do you not know what divorce is? Marriage is a matter of personal freedom, and each person is independent of the other. Don't you understand?
She placed her hands on Jin Qingyu's chest, using all her strength to try to push him away, but the man was like an iron tower, completely unmoved.
On the contrary, Jiang Xingyao herself was so exhausted from using too much force that she could barely use her wrists.
Jin Qingyu didn't answer Jiang Xingyao's questions. With his uninjured hand, he easily wrapped both of Jiang Xingyao's wrists and pressed them above her head: "How did that guy surnamed Chen coax you?"
He said he likes you and wants to take care of you?
"What does this have to do with you? Jin Qingyu, what gives you the right to question me? Let go!" Jiang Xingyao shouted, but she felt slightly uneasy inside.
Although Jin Qingyu seemed to have toned down his personality and removed his thorns in front of her during this time, she always remembered what kind of person Jin Qingyu really was.
Now that the other person seems to be a little out of control, Jiang Xingyao inevitably thinks of some bad memories from the past.
She had finally managed to leave the Jin family, finally escaped the cage Jin Qingyu had carefully built, and finally found a job. She absolutely could not let Jin Qingyu go crazy and take her back to be some kind of caged bird.
Jin Qingyu lowered his head. In the darkness, his eyes were still level with Jiang Xingyao's. He stared at Jiang Xingyao's face and said, "Yaoyao, you are too naive. That's why there are always those shady things that want to covet you and deceive you."
It's my fault for not keeping a close eye on my Yao Yao, which allowed those with ill intentions to take advantage of the situation.
He likes you, but has he done anything for you? A simple "I like you" is no different from an empty promise.
A pampered young master who has never lifted a finger to do housework is unlikely to be able to take care of you.
As for protecting you from the wind and rain, he can't do that either. Didn't you see that before? Back in the Shen family, in his own company, he couldn't protect you. What's the point of having someone like that?
"Listen to me, Yao Yao, take out your phone and break up with him."
A low, husky voice sounded in Jiang Xingyao's ear, like the whisper of a demon. Warm breaths pattered on Jiang Xingyao's skin, as if they could seep into every inch of her skin, sticky and damp.
He kept telling Jiang Xingyao how bad Shen Mingsu was, but he seemed to have forgotten that in the very example he gave, the person who caused Jiang Xingyao the deepest harm was clearly him.
Those memories she didn't want to recall were brought up by Jin Qingyu himself, and Jiang Xingyao's throat became dry and itchy, and tears almost uncontrollably rolled down her cheeks.
She's already divorced, so why can't she escape Jin Qingyu and those past memories?
Jiang Xingyao tried her best to restrain herself, but she still couldn't suppress the low sobs that came out of her throat. The faint sound reached Jin Qingyu's ears. He was slightly stunned before reaching out to turn on the light and saw the tears that were about to fall on Jiang Xingyao's face.
Jin Qingyu said, "You like him that much? You even cried when you broke up with him? Jiang Xingyao, how could you be so heartless?"
You've only known him for a short time, and you're already so devoted to him? Isn't even a single ounce of your heart available to me?
His hoarse and aggrieved voice sounded almost unlike Jin Qingyu's. In those two sentences, Jiang Xingyao actually had the illusion that he really loved her.
But this thought only flashed through her mind before Jiang Xingyao sarcastically suppressed it.
When she was completely devoted to Jin Qingyu, he always treated her, his wife, as a decoration. Now that she has finally removed him from her heart, he suddenly seems to realize that there is no such thing as a coincidence in the world.
Jiang Xingyao felt that Jin Qingyu was just making a fuss because his own toy had suddenly disappeared and he couldn't accept it. Once his patience ran out, he would treat her as if she were nothing again, just like before.
Jiang Xingyao remained silent for a long time, and Jin Qingyu's expression gradually darkened. He then reached out and began to grope Jiang Xingyao's body.
Jiang Xingyao suddenly snapped back to reality: "What are you doing?"
"Where's your phone? Take it out and break up with him!" He didn't want to get entangled with Jiang Xingyao; he just wanted to get rid of this major worry as soon as possible.
Jiang Xingyao raised her foot and stepped on his foot: "Get out of here, Jin Qingyu, give up on that idea, I won't listen to you."
The slippers didn't hurt at all as they stepped on the instep, but Jin Qingyu still stopped. He stopped searching for his phone and just stared at Jiang Xingyao, asking, "Are you sure?"
Jiang Xingyao turned her head away, completely ignoring him.
Jin Qingyu suddenly released Jiang Xingyao and said, "Yaoyao, I'm giving you one last chance. Break up with him, and I'll pretend nothing happened."
"You're dreaming! Jin Qingyu, stop pointing fingers at me. I'm warning you, don't threaten Shen Mingsu, and don't make me hate you." Jiang Xingyao shoved Jin Qingyu aside and left the music room without looking back.
She had to remind Shen Mingsu to either team up with Jin Yanzhou or find someone else, at least to be wary of that madman Jin Qingyu.
Jin Qingyu stared at Jiang Xingyao's retreating figure until it disappeared, his eyes filled with darkness. Qin Jiangnan came over and said, "You didn't go crazy for Yaoyao, did you? I'm warning you, don't bully her."
"What? You've cried enough, and now you're rushing to be a lapdog again?" Jin Qingyu laughed.
Qin Jiangnan scratched his head in frustration: "When did I cry? I was just being stubborn. It's all your fault. If you hadn't interfered, I might have already caught up with Yaoyao. How could that guy surnamed Chen have gotten away with it?"
You still haven't told me what you just did? You didn't bully her, did you?
"No, how could I bear to bully Yao Yao?" Jin Qingyu said ambiguously.
Qin Jiangnan suddenly raised his voice: "You're not really going to target that guy surnamed Chen, are you?"
"No." Jin Qingyu said firmly. He looked at Qin Jiangnan and said, "I have to go back to China in a few days. Please take good care of Yaoyao for me."
"What do you mean by 'for you'? Even if you didn't say it, I would still take good care of her."
Wait, you'd be so kind as to hand him over to me? What are you suddenly doing back in China? Jin Qingyu, you can't really be going after that Shen guy, can you?
"If Jiang Xingyao really chooses him, be careful it doesn't backfire; she might really ignore you from now on," Qin Jiangnan said.
Jin Qingyu remained noncommittal. He knew perfectly well that Qin Jiangnan could understand this, and even if he didn't do anything to the man surnamed Shen, he would still find a way to make him give up on Yao Yao.
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