Chapter 64: We Are Both Wanderers
Get in the car.
Halfway through the journey, she suddenly said to the driver, "Turn around and go to the company."
Ruan Yue looked at her doubtfully: "Sister, aren't we going to eat?"
"I left something in the office and need to go get it."
Jiang Tingwan spoke calmly, but her fingertips unconsciously stroked the edge of the phone.
Ruan Yue nodded obediently and didn't ask any more questions.
When they arrived downstairs of the company, Jiang Tingwan did not let Ruan Yue follow him upstairs, but said in a gentle voice:
"Wait for me downstairs, I'll be down soon."
Ruan Yue smiled slightly: "Okay."
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Jiang Tingwan closed the door and opened the file sent by the private detective.
Talia's profile is clean.
His mother is Chinese, his father died young, he has an older brother, and his family background is so ordinary that it is almost deliberate.
So normal.
She dialed the number, her voice calm.
"Send someone to keep an eye on Talia and Ruan Yue 24 hours a day. Also, help me collect DNA samples from them."
After hanging up the phone, she leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes.
Angry? Not really.
More of confusion.
And there is a ridiculous sense of unreality.
There aren’t many loopholes in this game, but what’s the purpose?
After Ruan Yue came back, he was neither greedy for money nor fought for power. He was not even very interested in the Jiang family's business and would rather be an intern.
If it was just to take revenge on the Jiang family, then why was the person drugged twice always her adopted daughter?
The DNA sample has been sent to the most authoritative institution, but it may not be possible to extract it from the coffee cup, and it will take two days to get the results even with expedited processing.
She hoped she was just overthinking it.
Considering Jiang's mother's secretive attitude, perhaps this matter shouldn't be investigated further.
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Ruan Yue sat on the sofa, looking down at her phone.
At this time, Zhou Luoyao hurried into the hall, holding a file bag in his hand and looking anxious.
"Second Miss Jiang?"
She walked over quickly and said, "This is the research data on the multinational group that President Jiang wanted. I should have delivered it in person because of the confidentiality level, but something happened at home. Can you..."
Seeing her anxious expression, Ruan Yue paused for a moment and took the file bag.
"Let me pass it on to you."
Zhou Luoyao breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you!"
After saying this, he left in a hurry.
Ruan Yue looked down at the file bag in his hand, his fingertips gently stroking the wax seal on the seal, as if thinking about something.
More than ten minutes later.
Jiang Tingwan calmed down.
When she went downstairs, Ruan Yue was still sitting quietly in the hall waiting for her.
"Feel sorry."
Jiang Tingwan walked closer and said apologetically, "I have a client to meet with at the last minute. I'm afraid we can't have dinner together tonight."
Ruan Yue looked up at her, without any complaint in her eyes, and said softly: "It's okay, sister will be busy first."
Jiang Tingwan smiled faintly, but the tenderness in her eyes was no longer there.
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"Miss Jiang uses my rooftop as a bar?"
Shen Guan stood at the bottom of the platform, looking at her with a smile.
Jiang Tingwan raised her eyes, feeling somewhat helpless.
It's not like she really has a client to meet.
Lu Zhaoye has a happy family and will not understand her.
Although Xie Duo is an illegitimate child, his family relationships are simple and he may not understand her situation.
As for Jiang Shixu...
I guess you can see through her thoughts at a glance.
And observe.
The ultimate winner of the Shen family's internal strife that lasted for more than ten years is probably the one with the most experience in "betrayal".
She sat on the high platform of the rooftop, holding a glass of whiskey in one hand and supporting the table with the other, looking down at him: "You have a great view."
"Danger." Shen Guan stretched out his hand.
He bent down and hugged her with his arms.
Some of the wine in the glass spilled, and the cold liquid slid down his collarbone and into his collar.
Jiang Tingwan glanced at him calmly and said, "You did it yourself, I won't compensate you."
Shen Guan didn't let go, still holding her vaguely: "What happened?"
Jiang Tingwan lowered his head and said nothing.
Shen Guan raised her chin: “Let me guess—is it related to your family affairs?”
"Wow, you're so smart. You know all this."
She said it calmly, not surprised that he could tell.
"Don't I know you? If it was a work matter, you would have found Jiang Shixu a long time ago."
Shen Guan chuckled.
"As for the things that make you sad...it's even more impossible for you to go to those two idiots Lu Zhaoye and Xie Duo."
He is right.
Those two people would probably just drag her to confront someone, and she wasn't ready for that.
"We are both wanderers in this world, Mr. Shen."
Jiang Tingwan sighed and rested her forehead on his shoulder, like a proud swan suddenly looking for someone to snuggle up to.
Shen Guan was startled for a moment, then gently stroked her hair: “Who deceived you?”
Jiang Tingwan didn't say anything.
"It's your sister, right?"
In the Jiang family, only Ruan Yue is close to her.
Shen Guan felt the wetness on his shoulder.
Jiang Tingwan's tears flowed silently.
She was not only sad for Ruan Yue, she was also thinking -
Why couldn't she even grasp this bit of warmth?
To say there were no waves would be a lie.
She had been suppressing her emotions until now, and only now did she dare to let herself show her vulnerability.
These tears were like sand in one's hands, like trust lost. She hated being betrayed after giving so much.
She has always left herself a way out for everything since she was young and strived for perfection.
If she doesn't do her best, she will feel uncomfortable.
This is not a bad thing, because it actually motivates her to do better.
But now, her efforts were tainted, like white paint mixed with a drop of black ink.
Her obsessive-compulsive disorder made her unable to help but stir things more and more until the entire pure white was contaminated.
This feeling suffocated her.
Shen Guan didn't say anything, just accompanied her quietly.
a long time.
Jiang Tingwan was about to leave his arms, but he picked her up.
"Jiang Tingwan,"
Shen Guan put her on the bed in the lounge, his voice low.
"Whatever it is, just get some sleep."
Jiang Tingwan let out a long sigh, "...Thank you."
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Hillside villa.
The woman sat on the edge of the balcony.
The man stood in the courtyard on the first floor, staring at her gloomily.
"I really don't understand..." His voice was so low, like a blade scraping across the ice, "What on earth do you want to do?"
The woman didn't answer.
The night wind blew through her long hair, covering half of her face and leaving only a section of her jaw exposed.
The next second——
She jumped down from the second floor.
The man stepped forward as usual, stretched out his arms, and caught her steadily.
But the woman didn't even look at him. As soon as her toes touched the ground, she pulled herself out of his arms and walked towards the villa gate without looking back.
The man stood there, his knuckles clenched white, staring at her receding back, the sound almost squeezed out from between his teeth -
"So you approached me on purpose just for her?"
The woman's footsteps did not stop, and her back quickly blended into the night.
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