Chapter 54 See? I know him better than you do.
When the scent of ebony mixed with a faint fragrance of freesia entered Jiang Xingyao's nostrils, her nose felt a little sore.
She felt like a complete fool for believing Jin Qingyu's words.
Jiang Xingyao didn't want to talk, but Jin Qingyu continued, "I brought you the cake you wanted. Do you want to get up and eat some?"
He tugged at Jiang Xingyao's blanket again.
Jiang Xingyao slapped his hand away: "Stay away from me, Jin Qingyu. If I hadn't seen this today, how long were you planning to lie to me?"
So, all this time you've been saying you're meeting clients, but you've actually been spending time with Jiang Cancan, right?
“You’ve misunderstood Yao Yao. Today was truly an accident. I was discussing business with President Gu at the club, and she happened to be working there as a waitress. It was just a coincidence. If you don’t believe me, I’ll take you to the club tomorrow to ask,” Jin Qingyu said.
He casually opened the box containing the cake, and the sweet aroma of cream filled the entire room: "Why did you suddenly decide to buy a cake today?"
The man asked the question casually, but when the words reached Jiang Xingyao's ears, they felt even more ironic.
How could she possibly say that she bought the cake to share her joy with Jin Qingyu?
How presumptuous of you, Jiang Xingyao.
How foolish of her to not only believe he had reformed, but also to foolishly think that he truly cared about her.
The cake was exactly the one Jiang Xingyao had ordered—a pink, heart-shaped cake sprinkled with white sugar pearls.
Every feature was exactly as she had described.
Jiang Xingyao couldn't tell whether he had simply taken the cake he bought for Jiang Cancan back and given it to her.
The thought of "taking it out" nearly caused Jiang Xingyao to break down.
"Yaoyao, calm down. What happened today was really an accident," Jin Qingyu was still trying to explain.
He sat down next to Jiang Xingyao.
The scent of freesia clinging to my body was pervasive.
But he seemed oblivious to it, and kept rambling on about how wronged he was.
Jiang Xingyao's chest heaved as she said, "An accident, does that mean you and she just bumped into each other by chance, you didn't interact at all, and even the scent of her perfume on you was just carried by the wind, right?"
"I…"
Jin Qingyu frowned and looked down, and sure enough, he smelled the fragrance of freesia on his sleeve.
I don't know when Jiang Cancan got on top of it.
Jin Qingyu wanted to say that this was indeed an accident.
Jiang Xingyao suddenly sat up.
She pointed towards the door and said, "Jin Qingyu, get out. I don't want to see you again, and I don't want to believe you again."
"Yaoyao..."
"Get out! Get out of here!" Jiang Xingyao interrupted him.
The smell of freesias gave her a slight headache.
It felt like it could pierce her heart through her nasal cavity, causing her heart to pound uncontrollably.
Jiang Xingyao glanced around, her gaze landing on the opened cake.
The shape of a heart is like a silent irony.
Jiang Xingyao grabbed the cake and threw it at Jin Qingyu.
She'd had enough.
She was fed up with him using sweet words to keep her hanging on while he was entangled with Jiang Cancan outside.
More than that, she hoped that Jin Qingyu hadn't been lying to her and that they were only living together because of her mother's situation.
Instead of giving her hope only to shatter it, as we are doing now.
It ripped her heart out again and again.
Jin Qingyu didn't react in time, and the cake hit him squarely in the chest. His already unpleasant expression darkened completely: "Jiang Xingyao, can you calm down? Can you stop being so unreasonable and making a scene without even knowing what's going on?"
Being unreasonable? Her?
Jiang Xingyao found it laughable.
She threatened again, "Get out."
Jin Qingyu frowned, as if his patience had run out. He finally stopped arguing with Jiang Xingyao and turned to leave.
With a loud slam of the door, Jiang Xingyao felt a strong pang of fear. She clutched her chest and it took her a long time to recover. Tears streamed down her face.
I could almost still hear the hum of the car driving away; Jin Qingyu had left.
When Jiang Xingyao woke up in the morning, Jin Qingyu was not in the room. Lin Ma said that he had not returned home all night.
The brief moment of warmth felt like an illusion.
Everything seems to have returned to its original state.
Her husband started staying out all night again, leaving her all alone in the vast Xiyuan Garden.
Jiang Xingyao contacted the psychologist again to inquire about Qu Xinting's situation, asking when Qu Xinting could be taken away.
The psychologist couldn't give a definite answer, only saying that Qu Xinting's problem was very serious.
Jiang Xingyao leaned back on the sofa, looking somewhat dejected.
At noon, Lin's mother brought over a packed lunchbox: "Madam, it's time to go to the company and deliver lunch to the master."
Jiang Xingyao glanced at the lunchbox Lin Ma was holding: "Throw it away, he doesn't need it."
After all, he's entangled with Jiang Cancan again, and who knows where he's off celebrating right now? Jiang Xingyao wouldn't want to make a fool of herself.
There was a lot of commotion yesterday, and Lin's mother could probably guess that her husband and wife had another argument.
She didn't say anything, and took the lunchbox back to the kitchen.
Jiang Xingyao did not go to the company to deliver lunch, but at one o'clock in the afternoon, Assistant Xu suddenly came to Xiyuan.
"What are you doing here?" Jiang Xingyao gave Assistant Xu a cold look, assuming that Assistant Xu had received instructions from Jin Qingyu again.
But Assistant Xu asked, "Madam, is Mr. Jin home?"
"Isn't he at the company?" Jiang Xingyao asked.
Assistant Xu said, "President Jin hasn't been to the company all day. There are still many contracts waiting for him to sign, and he has an international meeting this afternoon. Isn't he at home?"
Jiang Xingyao shook her head, and Assistant Xu's expression immediately turned serious: "What should we do? The matters at the company really can't be delayed. I've called President Jin several times, but he hasn't answered. Does Madam know where he might be?"
Assistant Xu's anxious expression didn't seem fake.
Jiang Xingyao said, "Are you sure you're looking for the right person? I think if you want to find your CEO Jin, it's easier to ask Jiang Cancan than me."
"Madam, have you misunderstood something? This relationship with Secretary Jiang ended a long time ago. A couple of days ago, I even had Secretary Jiang removed from the work group. I heard that Secretary Jiang has been working as a waitress at some club these past few days, supposedly to pay off her debts."
He Shao had approached President Jin several times about this matter, but President Jin ignored him. "Madam, did you have a fight with President Jin yesterday? Why don't you give him a call?" Assistant Xu said.
"Is everything you said true?" Jiang Xingyao asked.
Assistant Xu quickly took out his phone: "I certainly wouldn't dare to say something like this. Madam, look, President Jin explicitly forbade anyone in the company from contacting Jiang Cancan that day."
With Jin Qingyu's attitude so obvious lately, how could Assistant Xu not understand his meaning? Regardless of whether he loves her or not, he has always been on his wife's side.
Jiang Xingyao stared at Assistant Xu's phone screen, her expression slightly dazed.
Assistant Xu then said, "Madam, that meeting this afternoon is really important. Could you please help me contact President Jin?"
"I'll give it a try." Jiang Xingyao still called Jin Qingyu, but after the phone rang for a while, there was only silence in response; no one answered.
Assistant Xu became even more anxious: "Where could President Jin have gone? Young Master He also said he hasn't seen him."
"Don't worry, he's a living person, he can't possibly be lost," Jiang Xingyao said.
After thinking for a moment, she said calmly, "Why don't you call Jiang Cancan and ask her?"
A perfectly healthy person disappearing so inexplicably—no matter how certain Assistant Xu was, Jiang Xingyao was somewhat skeptical that he wouldn't go looking for Jiang Cancan.
Assistant Xu remained confident: "Madam, I know President Jin. He would never go to see Secretary Jiang. He has already completely severed ties with Secretary Jiang."
"Whatever you want," Jiang Xingyao said.
Assistant Xu then asked, "Madam, could you help me find President Jin?"
Jiang Xingyao wanted to refuse, but Assistant Xu continued to ramble on and on, talking about how important the meeting that afternoon was and how she might have misunderstood Jin Qingyu.
In the end, Jiang Xingyao was finally unable to withstand it.
He went out with Assistant Xu.
The two searched everywhere Jin Qingyu might have gone, but couldn't find him.
The car was parked on the side of the road, and Assistant Xu sighed dejectedly, "Where could President Jin have gone? He never neglects his work before, why is he like this today..."
Jiang Xingyao listened to his constantly worried voice.
A sense of unease began to rise in my heart.
Just as Assistant Xu said, Jin Qingyu really values his work above all else.
Has something really happened?
Jiang Xingyao thought for a moment, then told Assistant Xu which club Jiang Cancan was at, and asked him to drive there directly.
The car stopped at the entrance of the club. Assistant Xu got out of the car first, then turned around and opened the car door for Jiang Xingyao.
But when he reached the car window where Jiang Xingyao was, he seemed to see something and froze on the spot.
Jiang Xingyao looked out the car window at the entrance of the club.
There stood Jin Qingyu, his clothes disheveled, and Jiang Cancan, dressed as a club waitress.
The two stood very close, even closer than when they were at the cake shop entrance. Jiang Xingyao saw Jiang Cancan stand on tiptoe, as if she wanted to straighten Jin Qingyu's tie.
Outside the car window, Assistant Xu's face was stiff to the extreme; he didn't dare to turn around and look at Jiang Xingyao's expression.
Just now, he was confidently saying that President Jin and Jiang Cancan had no relationship anymore.
But now…
Assistant Xu felt that he seemed to have gotten into trouble.
Just as Jiang Cancan's fingers were about to touch Jin Qingyu's tie, Assistant Xu quickly walked over and said loudly, "Mr. Jin! Madam has been looking for you for a long time."
Both of them were startled by Assistant Xu's sudden appearance.
Jin Qingyu suddenly looked up and saw Jiang Xingyao staring at her with a pair of cold eyes through the car window that was half-rolled down.
Jin Qingyu's expression stiffened slightly. He lifted his foot and walked directly towards Jiang Xingyao, with Jiang Cancan following behind.
Jiang Xingyao's expression was icy. Her gaze swept over the man's slightly open collar, and she looked at Assistant Xu: "See? I know him better than you do."
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