Chapter 23 The other party is here
Chen Congyu did not reject Xue Mingrui's mention of her and Jiang Xilin's past. She had to face it eventually, at least Jiang Xilin was not around now.
She would not doubt the truthfulness of Xue Mingrui's words. She believed Jiang Xilin's feelings and reactions at that time, but she did not feel relieved at all.
After all, the more serious you are, the more likely you are to trample on someone's sincerity, and the consequences will be difficult to bear.
Shen Congyu thought of his current situation and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"I know him. He must have hated me these past few years, right?"
How could Xue Mingrui tell her the truth?
She said tactfully, "Brother Jiang has been working very hard these past few years, especially in the two years after you left. I didn't see him very often, but every time I saw him, I was surprised. He seemed like a completely different person, very tired and gloomy. But fortunately, his current girlfriend... can be considered his mentor."
The image of Jiang Xilin and Duan Ke together also appeared in Shen Congyu's mind. They were indeed a good match.
Shen Congyu smiled: "That's great."
Xue Mingrui tried to see a hint of reluctance on her face, but found none. She asked carefully:
"Sister Cong Yu, do you still have feelings for Brother Jiang?"
Chen Congyu was not surprised by her question.
She said: "I am married and he has a girlfriend now. Besides, he hates me. I am satisfied that we can live in peace now."
Xue Mingrui: "Actually, you should know Brother Jiang very well. He is a soft-hearted person who doesn't take any hardship."
"The situation is different now, Ruirui. I can only take it one step at a time."
Xue Mingrui hesitated for a second before finally saying, "Anyway, if you need anything, you can come to me. I'll help you in any way I can."
Chen Congyu felt very relieved. Xue Mingrui was Jiang Xilin's friend. She had hurt Jiang Xilin, but Xue Mingrui still treated her as a friend and had not changed. In fact, this attitude was enough.
The two of them tacitly ended the topic related to Jiang Xilin and talked about other things. The meal lasted nearly an hour.
When we were finally cleaning up the dishes, someone knocked on the door again. This time it was indeed Jiang Xilin.
He was drunk, and Yuan An sent him here and took Xue Mingrui away at the same time.
Jiang Xilin sat down on the sofa. Shen Congyu went to the door to see him off. He quietly pulled Yuan An and asked in a low voice, "He's already drunk, why don't you just send him back home?"
"Brother Jiang said he wanted to come to your place."
Chen Congyu opened his mouth but said nothing.
After the door closed, Xue Mingrui pulled Yuan An aside and asked worriedly, "Is it really okay for them to stay together when Brother Jiang is drunk? Brother Jiang shouldn't be treating Sister Cong Yu well right now, right?"
After their conversation that morning, Yuan An had a clear idea of what was going on. He told Xue Mingrui, "It's not good, but there's nothing we can do about it. This is just the way they get along now."
On the other side of the door, Chen Congyu poured a cup of warm water and placed it in front of Jiang Xilin. She was about to throw away the trash when her arm was suddenly grabbed and pulled by Jiang Xilin.
In an instant, Chen Congyu fell into his arms.
She subconsciously tried to stand up, but her arm was firmly held by Jiang Xilin.
"you……"
Jiang Xilin asked: "What did you talk about with Ruirui?"
Shen Congyu pushed his hand away, “Nothing.”
Jiang Xilin remained unmoved, "Didn't you scold me?"
"What did you do to deserve my scolding?"
Jiang Xilin stared at her profile and said quietly, "For example, forcing you to do something you don't want to do."
"I have my own purpose."
There was another sentence that Shen Congyu didn't say.
If she didn't have a purpose, she wouldn't pretend to be good-tempered and have a good attitude.
"If that's the case," Jiang Xilin said slowly, holding her waist and pulling her closer to him, "don't always act like you're being forced."
The man's breath approached, and Shen Congyu felt hot, which also meant that this posture became dangerous. She reached out to support Jiang Xilin's shoulders, not wanting to get closer to him.
"I don't."
Jiang Xilin: "What does that mean? Excuse me?"
Although he asked this, Shen Congyu looked at him and clearly saw the mockery in his eyes.
It seemed as if he was mocking her for being too pretentious.
Chen Congyu's back was stiff, his fingers clenched inch by inch, he moved closer to him awkwardly and kissed his lips.
Jiang Xilin stared at her for a moment, held the back of her head, and became the active one.
His style was completely different from Chen Congyu's gentle style. Chen Congyu soon couldn't keep up with his rhythm. His breathing was so hot that it felt like her lips and tongue were about to be melted.
Later on the sofa, Jiang Xilin grabbed Shen Congyu's waist with his palm. She couldn't dodge and had to be passive.
He couldn't let go and kept pinching Jiang Xilin's clothes until they were wrinkled beyond recognition.
In the end, in order to block the sound, Shen Congyu bit Jiang Xilin's shoulder.
The harder she bit, the harder she bit.
The living room was quiet for a long time, and Jiang Xilin patted Shen Congyu's lower back.
She got off his legs and shrank to the sofa next to her.
Jiang Xilin took off his sweat-soaked shirt and prepared to take a shower, but then he thought about what happened last night and asked Shen Congyu to change rooms.
Chen Congyu closed his eyes and calmed his breathing, "No money."
"If you're serious I'll suspect your husband of abusing you."
Jiang Xilin said casually, smoothing his hair, and didn't notice that Shen Congyu shook.
She huddled closer, tugged at the hem of her dress, and said, "Isn't this just to save money and return it to you?"
She didn't look at Jiang Xilin, so she didn't know that his eyelids were drooping and his eyes were gloomy.
He scoffed, "To get to this point... have you ever calculated how long you'll have to save money?"
"I'll try my best." Shen Congyu pursed her lips and said, "I think it's good to live here. I won't change houses."
She wished Jiang Xilin would be more disgusted and come to her less often.
Unfortunately, Shen Congyu's wish was dashed. Jiang Xilin seemed to know what she was thinking and said, "It's okay not to change. This isn't too bad. I've lived in even shabbier houses before."
We lived in poverty before, but compared to now, it’s nothing.
When they lived together a few years ago, the house they lived in was even smaller than this one, a walk-up apartment. Often when Jiang Xilin came back from shopping, he not only had to carry the bags, but also had to carry her upstairs because she was too tired to walk up the stairs.
The bathroom is also worse than here. The water heater makes it necessary to shower quickly when one person is showering, so almost every day Shen Congyu showers first and goes to bed, and Jiang Xilin waits until very late to shower.
I don’t know how many uncomfortable and compromising places there are.
But because he was there, I got used to it.
The two fell silent in tacit understanding, thinking about the past at the same time.
Jiang Xilin took off his clothes and went to the bathroom.
When he heard the door close, Shen Congyu sat up straight and went to get some paper to clean up.
Probably because she didn't rest enough and it happened again, Chen Congyu felt very uncomfortable. She waited until she went in to take a shower and used up all the hot water before she dawdled out of the bathroom.
There was no sign of Jiang Xilin in the living room. She opened the bedroom door and found that he was not there either.
Gone. Although he didn't know how he left, Shen Congyu still breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart.
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