Shi Xi looked at the tall, slender man standing at the entrance of her villa and wondered what he wanted to do there.
Given that she had just had a falling out with him that morning, Shi Xi chose to ignore him and was about to close the door when the man suddenly grabbed her arm.
"Jiang Feng..."
Clearly, He Xiangdi wouldn't let him get away with it so easily.
Shi Xi turned around and looked at him. The door was half open, and a beam of white light shone on He Xiangdi's handsome face, making his pale complexion stand out even more. She didn't know how long he had been standing outside.
He Xiangdi stood there, staring at Shi Xi without moving.
He was dressed very lightly, wearing only a black turtleneck sweater and no coat.
But a gust of cold wind blew by, and he was fine, while Shi Xi sneezed.
"Let's go inside and talk." He Xiangdi let go of her hand and subtly moved to the side to shield Shi Xi from the cold wind.
Damn it, you're making me look weak.
They're both clearly the dominant ones.
Noticing his action, Shi Xi inwardly complained, but calmly nodded and let him in.
The two sat down on the sofa. Shi Xi had her back to the door, while He Xiangdi chose a spot facing the door.
"Xiao Wanjun's background isn't as simple as the information suggests," He Xiangdi paused, then said, "He's from the Jin family."
This is what he found out. When Xiao Wanjun joined Oriental Entertainment, he filled out a detailed personal information form, but he wrote that his parents were deceased and his family was poor.
Shi Xi looked slightly surprised.
But in his heart, he thought to himself, "Not just."
Xiao Wanjun's background is incredibly convoluted and bizarre—
It combines the tropes of arranged marriage (√) and love after marriage (x), running away with a baby (√) and a rich heiress only loving a poor boy (√).
In short, it's the story of his mother abandoning her wealthy husband for true love, eloping with a poor boy while pregnant.
If Jiang Fuhai were here, Shi Xi would probably say to him: "Daddy, he's not some poor kid."
"That's fine too." Shi Xi began to use the art of deception.
Completely surprised by Shi Xi's response, He Xiangdi frowned and looked at him.
For a moment, no one knew whether he genuinely didn't understand what he meant or was pretending not to.
Based on his understanding of Shi Xi, it was probably the latter. Shi Xi was always a smart person who understood things immediately, so it was impossible that he didn't know what those words meant. He was just pretending to be stupid.
"You know what I'm talking about." He Xiangdi looked at Shi Xi, "The Jin family was behind the Jiang Sheng Construction incident."
"You agree, right, young master of the Jin family?" He looked towards the doorway, his tone full of undisguised sarcasm.
"...Jiang Feng."
Upon hearing this, Shi Xi slowly turned her head and saw Xiao Wanjun, who had arrived at some unknown time.
The other person stood outside the door, carrying a bag of vegetables and meat, looking more flustered than ever before.
Shi Xi immediately understood He Xiangdi's purpose in coming here—to further solidify his breakup with Xiao Wanjun.
Xiao Wanjun stood outside the door but did not come in for a long time. He was like a child who had made a mistake and did not move without the permission of an adult.
They were so well-behaved it was unbelievable.
Instead, Shi Xi spoke first: "Since you're here, come in."
Xiao Wanjun then realized what was happening, slowly opened the half-closed door, and walked in with a nervous expression.
He Xiangdi found it unbelievable that Shi Xi still maintained such a gentle attitude even now; her phoenix eyes behind her glasses were like a cold pool.
He felt that Shi Xi was acting as if she were possessed by a ghost, and her IQ was almost dropping to a negative number.
After placing the ingredients in the kitchen, Xiao Wanjun calmly looked at He Xiangdi and asked with obvious displeasure, "What are you doing here?"
He Xiangdi gave him a cool glance and said, "You've come to distinguish right from wrong and to seek justice."
"Oh." Xiao Wanjun casually pointed in a direction. "Then you should go to the courthouse; it's more suitable for you."
Xiao Wanjun sat down next to Shi Xi, naturally putting her arm around his waist. She felt no remorse for having mistaken him for someone else. "Now that the injustice has been redressed, President He should leave."
"This isn't your home." He Xiangdi looked at Xiao Wanjun, his phoenix eyes narrowing slightly, and warned coldly, "It's not your place to make decisions."
As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them looked at Shi Xi at the same time.
A long silence fell over the air.
Stared at by two deathly gazes, Judge Shi Xi immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Not wanting the atmosphere to freeze any longer, he picked the easy target and spoke up.
"Alright, He Xiangdi, you can go now."
Soft persimmon. He Xiangdi: "..."
...
After He Xiangdi left reluctantly, Xiao Wanjun's unease, which had been hidden beneath her calm demeanor, finally surfaced.
He would rather Shi Xi be furious and question him, lash out at him angrily, and curse him... But now, Shi Xi's expression was too calm, and he couldn't figure out what the other was thinking at all.
Xiao Wanjun held Shi Xi tightly by the waist, and after a moment of silence, he looked at Shi Xi and said, "I didn't intend to hide it from you this time..."
He had already made it clear to the Jin family that he and Jiang Feng did not have the sugar daddy/sugar baby agreement, canary/training, master/servant or any other messy relationship they thought they had; they were in a normal romantic relationship.
"Yes, I know," Shi Xi said gently.
You wanted to tell me this morning, but I didn't take it seriously at the time.
Shi Xi broke free from his embrace, stood up, and looked at Xiao Wanjun, whose face was full of guilt and confusion.
"Jiang Sheng Construction has escaped its predicament, so you don't need to blame yourself too much," Shi Xi said. "The Jin family is the Jin family, and you are you. What they did has nothing to do with you."
He was going to leave this world eventually, and he didn't want Xiao Wanjun to be trapped in this shadow... A great beauty should have her own brilliant life.
But he was destined to be absent from the second half of his life.
"It's getting late, you should go home." Shi Xi turned her gaze away from Xiao Wanjun.
Xiao Wanjun was stunned on the spot before she could even feel happy.
go home?
Is Shi Xi trying to get rid of him?
Gentleness is a double-edged sword. He once loved Shi Xi's gentleness and tolerance the most, but now that gentleness has turned into a not-so-sharp knife, severing their bond little by little.
He chose to deceive because he was afraid of losing that tenderness, but in the end, he lost that tenderness because of the deception.
In the end, deception always comes at a price.
Xiao Wanjun remained silent, staring at Shi Xi with a chillingly obsessive and dark look in his eyes.
Shi Xi didn't turn her head, but instead looked down at the floor. "Get some rest. I'm still waiting to watch the movie you made."
Hearing this, Xiao Wanjun regained her composure, and a hint of surprise appeared on her face. "Shall we go to the cinema together then?"
\"……good.\"
Shi Xi made a big promise.
"Do you like popcorn?" Xiao Wanjun asked with a smile, looking at Shi Xi's retreating figure with her dark eyes.
\"like.\"
"Then let's buy a bucket."
"...We'll talk about it later," Shi Xi said dismissively.
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