Xiao Xin stood at the door for a while, then turned and walked into the living room.
He sat on the sofa, picked up his phone from the coffee table, and casually browsed through it.
A news link with the name "Fu Yan" suddenly caught his eye.
Xiao Xin's fingers twitched slightly, and he still clicked on the link.
The video is set against the backdrop of Fu Yanbin's press conference, where Fu Yanbin sits politely on the stage, answering questions from reporters in turn.
Having shed his youthful air, Fu Yan sat on the stage in a suit and tie, a distant and polite smile on his face, answering reporters' questions one by one, like a seasoned veteran of the business world.
Xiao Xin stared at her phone, her eyes and ears seemingly shutting out the outside world, her gaze fixed solely on Fu Yan, trapped within the small screen.
As he looked at it, his eyes involuntarily stung, and a hot tear suddenly fell onto the phone screen, blurring his vision.
Xiao Xin wiped away her tears and stared at her phone screen for an unknown amount of time until Jiang Yuqing suddenly walked out from behind Fu Yan.
Jiang Yuqing smiled faintly as she took the microphone from Fu Yan and spoke a few words confidently and generously to the media before handing the microphone back to Fu Yan.
Xiao Xin raised his hand and wiped away his tears. He clearly heard Jiang Yuqing talk about cooperating with the Fu family.
What kind of mischief is this hypocrite up to now?!
Xiao Xin was so angry that his fingertips went numb, and he wished he could jump into the screen and punch Jiang Yuqing a couple of times.
What happened to the promise not to touch the Fu family again?
Without thinking, Xiao Xin immediately dialed Jiang Yuqing's number.
As soon as Jiang Yuqing stepped out of the backstage area, his assistant handed him his personal phone number.
Jiang Yuqing looked at the familiar number, took the phone and put it to her ear: "Hey, you're being so proactive today, did you miss me?"
Xiao Xin felt nauseous listening to this, her voice filled with anger: "What do you mean? Didn't you say you'd let the Fu family go?"
Jiang Yuqing laughed: "Heh, you saw it?"
"..." Xiao Xin's fingers tightened slightly as she gripped her phone, her clenched teeth trembling slightly.
Jiang Yuqing stopped laughing and said seriously, "The Fu family is in crisis. I'm offering help at this critical time. How can that not be considered letting the Fu family off the hook?"
Xiao Xin laughed in exasperation: "Hmph, a weasel paying respects to a chicken."
Jiang Yuqing: "I just wanted to play a new game."
Xiao Xin: "What trick are you up to now?"
Jiang Yuqing sat in the chair her assistant had brought over, tapping her index finger lightly on the armrest: "I told you yesterday, I want Fu Yan..."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Xin's eyes reddened with anger, and she laughed bitterly, "What exactly do you want?"
Jiang Yuqing remained calm and said slowly, "Xin Xin, how about we make a bet? Let's see if Fu Yan chooses you or me after he regains his memories?"
Xiao Xin's heart tightened, her chest heaving with rapid breathing: "You..."
"Don't rush me, I haven't even mentioned the stakes yet." Jiang Yuqing knew without a doubt that Xiao Xin was getting impatient.
He continued, "If Fu Yan chooses you, how about I turn myself in?"
Xiao Xin felt a lump in her throat and her choked up.
Jiang Yuqing's bet, seemingly to make Fu Yan choose, was actually to make Xiao Xin choose.
Jiang Yuqing is gambling, gambling on whether Xiao Xin will choose He Yunzhou or Fu Yan.
After a long pause, Xiao Xin gritted his teeth and uttered, "Murderer..."
"Hahahaha..." Jiang Yuqing's hearty laughter suddenly rang out from the phone.
Xiao Xin felt a chill run down her spine as she listened, as if her whole body was enveloped in coldness.
Jiang Yuqing laughed until her stomach hurt and tears streamed down her face.
The assistant standing next to him was seeing Jiang Yuqing laugh so uncontrollably for the first time, and he felt a chill run down his spine.
After laughing, Jiang Yuqing noticed that Xiao Xin, unusually, didn't hang up the phone. She continued speaking into the receiver, "Even if I'm a murderer, what can you do to me?"
Xiao Xin's breathing became more and more rapid, as if a ghostly hand was scratching at his heart, and the itch spread to every part of his body.
Yes, what can he do to Jiang Yuqing?
As Jiang Yuqing spoke, she added, "Xin Xin, go and find out how many people in City A can stand against the Jiang family?"
"How about it, want to bet with me?" he said.
Xiao Xin didn't speak; a dull ache was shooting through his head.
Jiang Yuqing couldn't hear anything, so she said in a low voice, "Xin Xin, since you're not saying anything, I'll take that as a yes."
He hung up the phone as soon as he finished speaking.
"Jiang Yuqing! Go to hell, go to hell..." Xiao Xin completely broke down and threw her phone away.
The phone hit a vase not far away, and the vase shattered with a crisp sound.
Xiao Xin curled up into a ball, burying her head in her knees, crying silently, "I'm going to kill you, kill you..."
"I'll kill you..."
Hearing the noise in the kitchen, Bai Xiyan hurriedly opened the door and came out.
She wore a long dress with an apron over it and walked to the sofa in the living room.
Seeing Xiao Xin huddled up on the sofa, she patted his shoulder tenderly and asked softly, "Child, what's wrong?"
Upon hearing Bai Xiyan's voice, Xiao Xin's out-of-control rationality was temporarily pulled back.
He suppressed his pain, kept his head buried in his arms, and said, "Auntie, I'm fine."
Hearing his tearful voice, Bai Xiyan didn't ask any further questions. She patted Xiao Xin's back comfortingly and said, "Don't cry. There's nothing that a good meal can't solve. If there is, then have two meals. Eat a few more of Auntie's cooking, and you'll feel better."
"Yes, thank you, Auntie," Xiao Xin said in a muffled voice, her head down.
He's an adult and should be able to control his emotions, but Jiang Yuqing's words always drive him to the brink of collapse.
Bai Xiyan rubbed his head and said, "Go wash your hands, tidy up and get ready to eat. There's only one more dish to go."
Xiao Xin didn't want to expose her vulnerable side to her elders, so she lowered her head and replied with an "okay."
Bai Xiyan felt relieved after hearing his answer and walked towards the kitchen.
Xiao Xin only dared to look up when she heard her footsteps leaving.
Not far away, on the ground lay a cell phone that he had smashed to pieces, surrounded by scattered shards of a vase.
Xiao Xin wiped away her tears, got up to wash her face in the bathroom, and then returned to the living room to sweep up the broken pieces of the vase on the floor.
He picked up his phone from the shards of glass and tried tapping the screen, but nothing happened.
He tried to turn it on again, several times, but to no avail; it seemed to be completely broken.
As Xiao Xin stared at the shattered glass of his phone screen, his heart shattered into pieces as well.
This phone isn't worth much; he bought it secondhand, and its performance isn't very good either.
I bought it because it was cheap.
Xiao Xin had used this phone for two years. He felt heartbroken, not because the phone was broken, but because he suddenly thought of his relationship with Fu Yan, which was just like this shattered screen, already ruined and beyond repair.
It seems like his relationship with Fu Yan is completely over...
Perhaps, this broken relationship was meant to be.
It's just that we've returned to square one.
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