Chapter 17
Lin Shengxi's expression grew serious upon hearing this, and he sat up straight. "It's true there aren't many people coming and going there. There's actually one person whose frequency overlaps with Brother Yan's, but the surveillance over there can't be checked; they only say he was wearing a mask."
Jiang Suizhi glanced at him calmly: "So the clue is broken?"
"That's not right." Lin Shengxi scratched his head. Even now, he still hadn't figured out how to put it. He could only ask vaguely, "Brother Sui, do you usually read novels?"
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"It's the kind where wealthy parents throw tons of money and say, 'Leave my son alone.'
It was obvious that Jiang Suizhi didn't read novels. He was usually so busy that he hardly checked his phone. No one had ever said such things to a mother-order person like him. On the contrary, those people would only give him more money and beg him to do them a favor.
But that doesn't mean he's brainless.
After Lin Shengxi's reminder, he suddenly realized that Jiang Yan's status determined that there was never a shortage of girls of all kinds around him. He had high standards and cared more about spiritual compatibility.
From the few words he mentioned, that person should be outstanding, confident and outspoken, so he would not disappear so easily and be impossible to find.
Jiang Yan was clearly planning to get married and was clearly pregnant. Why would he leave if nothing special happened?
Jiang Sui's expression turned even darker. "You mean, someone let her go?"
Lin Shengxi touched his nose. "I wasn't sure if the masked person was the real one. After all, no one saw her interact with Brother Yan. It's just that the last time she appeared, Uncle Jiang had been there, and someone saw them coming out of a private room."
Unlike Jiang Yan's cautiousness, Jiang Suizhi was too familiar with his father, who had always been very conceited and arrogant.
But he felt that money alone was not enough to make the man leave.
Unless there are other chips.
For example, Jiang Yan.
"There's one more thing." Lin Shengxi lowered his voice. "Brother Sui, think about how Brother Yan and this person were related. If they were good, did she show up after Brother Yan got into trouble?"
He probably didn't show up, otherwise Jiang Sui would not have been asked to look for him personally.
"If they haven't shown up, then either their relationship is just average, or... there's something else they're hiding." He felt a bit embarrassed. "Brother, if someone from your family is involved in this, then you need to give me some clues so I can investigate further."
"knew."
After get off work that day, Jiang Suizhi made a rare trip back to the old manor.
After Jiang Hechang brought him back a few years ago, he did not ask him to live with them, so he had been living in Jiang Yan's house. Except for coming here during the holidays, he had never set foot here at other times.
Today, the servants of the old manor were very surprised to see the young master return. They hurriedly ran to prepare: "Master, the young master is back."
Soon, a man came up from the underground wine cellar. His eyes fell on Jiang Suizhi for a second before moving away. "What brings you here?"
The father and son only meet twice a year, so they are not really familiar with each other.
In Jiang Sui's previous imagination, Jiang Hechang should be a ruthless and selfish man who only cares about interests and family. Later, from just a few words, he also noticed some of this person's arrogance and indifference.
There is nothing else.
Because Jiang Hechang never made any concessions except in company matters, and never asked about his private affairs at other times, and didn't care even if he didn't return home.
However, Jiang Suizhi was not a person who valued family affection very much, and he had never desired such a thing.
He said simply: "How did you make her leave?"
Jiang Hechang paused in pouring the wine, frowned and looked up: "What tone are you using to talk to me?"
"Do I have to act out some kind of fatherly and filial scene with you before I can ask?" Jiang Suizhi sat not too far from him, not afraid at all. "It seems that the Jiang family doesn't have such a rule."
This time Jiang Hechang didn't say anything.
Jiang Sui also remained silent. Neither of them was the type to be hysterical or unreasonable. As long as they heard something, whether they could say it or not depended on the other person.
After a long while, Jiang Hechang took a sip of wine and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Nothing." Jiang Sui took off his glasses. "I'm just curious to what extent you can push Jiang Yan to obey you, so that I can be mentally prepared."
"Are you mocking me?"
"So you didn't deny it."
The father and son confronted each other for several seconds before Jiang Hechang snorted coldly, "I forced him? If it weren't for me, what status would he have? His surname is Jiang, and he's the son of the Jiang family. This is what he should do. That woman can't bring him any benefits. In the Jiang family, your petty love and affection are meaningless."
Jiang Suiyi pinched the frame of the mirror, his figure was unexpectedly calm: "So you didn't even let her come to Jiang Yan's funeral."
"What are you questioning me about?" Jiang Hechang slammed his wine glass down on the table. "She's already dead, and they haven't even gotten married yet. What's the point of me not letting her come? Don't you know what a funeral is like?"
Even Jiang Suizhi had never seen such a simple funeral, with only less than ten people.
There are also several personal assistants.
Given Jiang Hechang's personality of wanting to be the best in everything, Jiang Sui still can't figure out why.
"You didn't interfere?" he asked.
"I gave her some money." Jiang Hechang said with a hint of sarcasm, "Does your brother think this is some kind of heart-wrenching love? It was only tens of millions. She hasn't shown up since then."
Jiang Suizhi wanted to ask him if he knew that person was pregnant.
But when the words came to his lips, he felt that it was meaningless. Even if she was pregnant, what could it matter? In Jiang Hechang's eyes, the child might be a burden just like himself in the past.
Jiang Sui then asked, "What's her name?"
"What do you want to do?" Jiang Hechang slammed the table, his neck red from the shock. "Whether it's your brother or that woman, they're all in the past! You can't have anything to do with either of them anymore! Do you want to become your brother's next?"
As soon as the words fell, the whole house fell into silence.
After a long moment, a chuckle rang out in the quiet air.
Jiang Hechang subconsciously raised his head, but his gaze froze.
His unfamiliar little son slowly stood up from the chair and approached him step by step. Over the past few years, he had thought that he had erased his previous gangster mentality, but now he realized that some things are engraved in a person's bones.
It cannot be eliminated or cleared away.
Those eyes seemed to be looking down from a high position, with a bit of contempt when looking at people.
"Do you think I am you?" Jiang Sui said lightly.
"What did you say?"
"What's her name?" Jiang Suisui answered the question irrelevantly.
Jiang Hechang was furious, and even more so, he felt overwhelmed by his youngest son's gaze: "How would I know her name! Le Qing or something?"
After getting the answer he wanted, Jiang Suiyi didn't continue to waste time with him.
When he turned around, he saw Jiang Yan's portrait still on the first floor. He raised his hand to cover it up: "You are so cowardly and incompetent. Who are you trying to appease by putting a photo here?"
He didn't look back when he heard the sound of a wine bottle breaking on the ground behind him. After walking out of the manor gate and getting into the car, he pressed his hands heavily on the steering wheel and let out a very suppressed low moan from his throat.
There are not so many coincidences in this world, and even less so many car accidents that happen at the right time.
He always understood why Jiang Yan tried every means to protect that person when he didn't have real power. When it comes to money and power, many people are calculating.
He chose to return to the Jiang family to obtain the money and power in order to fulfill his original promise to Jiang Yan.
After all, Jiang Yan is his only relative.
So he wouldn't let that person out there.
Jiang Yan took out his cell phone and sent the name to Lin Shengxi. Just as he started the car, someone knocked on the window. He took a look before lowering the window.
"I thought this car looked familiar," the old man outside the window said, leaning on his crutches and smiling. "He's back with me. Dinner isn't even served yet. Why don't you eat before you leave?"
Jiang Suizhi said calmly, "No, he won't be able to eat when he sees me."
"Your father has a temper like that. There's no such thing as an overnight grudge between father and son." The old man said earnestly, "Don't always go against him. Come back more often when you have time and spend some time with me."
This man is Jiang Suizhi's biological grandfather, but they are not close relatives. Compared with Jiang Hechang, who would get angry after just three words, his grandfather never gets angry. He is also the only person in the Jiang family who can talk to Jiang Suizhi for a long time.
"Next time." Unfortunately, Jiang Suizhi didn't get close to him. "I'm leaving now."
After watching his car drive away, Grandpa Jiang shook his head and sighed.
Jiang Suizhi really had something to do. Due to his past friendship with Lin Jian, he had no free time to go to the photography exhibition after receiving the invitation.
It was just on his way back today, so he could go and take a look at Lin Jian's photography exhibition. Even if he couldn't understand it, it would be a sign of respect for the invitation.
Not many people visit photography exhibitions these days, and since the initial period has passed, there are only a few people in the exhibition hall.
Jiang Suizhi thought he didn't have much artistic talent, so he strolled around absent-mindedly, thinking about that person the whole time.
He stopped in his tracks for a split second until his peripheral vision caught sight of a photo, his gaze sweeping over accurately.
They were two children he had never seen before. They were holding a big bag and looking back at the camera. Snow was falling all around them, but the two children were dressed very thinly, and their little faces were red from the cold.
Jiang Sui's pupils trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but take a step forward.
The two children seem to be about the same age, but they only look 20% alike. However, the little girl looks 50% like Jiang Yan.
Three years old… How old should a three-year-old be?
He didn't have this common sense, but he couldn't suppress the thoughts in his mind. His hands, which had just calmed down not long ago, suddenly began to tremble slightly again. It took him a long time to remember what he should do.
I would like to ask Lin Jian where this photo was taken.
But when he took out his phone, he found that the message on his phone had exploded.
Jiang Suizhi has always kept his private life and work separate, using two mobile phones at the same time. The matter he asked Lin Shengxi to check was also a private matter, so he used a private mobile phone. This phone normally would not have any red dots, but today it rarely had two digits.
The moment you click on it, you'll see countless exclamation marks.
In fact, the two of them are not much different in age, but Jiang Suizhi feels that Lin Shengxi seems to be always energetic.
Lin Shengxi: Is there any typo, bro?
Lin Shengxi: Is it Yueqing? This Yue, this Qing?
Lin Shengxi: I know her! I saw her a while ago. Those two kids are also hers!
Jiang then ignored all those messy emotions and grasped the key word - child.
He called directly and asked, "What do the person and child you are talking about look like?"
"That's easy! Wait a minute." Lin Shengxi directly forwarded him the video he had seen that day. After all, he didn't have any other photos of Yueqing. "That's it! Those are the two children receiving IV drips!"
Since many people only watched the first half of this video after it was released, except for Lin Shengxi who spoke passionately on the microphone, other people's comments were full of criticism.
Jiang Suis expression grew increasingly gloomy as he read a few of the popular comments.
"You said you knew him?"
Lin Shengxi answered honestly, "I don't know her that well, but she's been a little strange lately."
After a few seconds, he realized something and stammered, "Brother, you're not saying that Yueqing is, is Brother Yan's ex-girlfriend..."
Although he didn't know, Jiang Suizhi was already 80% certain that the two children were Jiang Yan's.
"Impossible." Lin Shengxi denied the possibility without hesitation, but after a pause he whispered, "But, they do look quite similar."
Jiang Suizhi was now upset: "Like you didn't notice?"
Lin Shengxi was wronged. "How would I know Yue Qing had a relationship with Brother Yan? She used to be so-so, how could Brother Yan like her?! And I was ready to show you my phone twice. The first time, I said you might be destined to be together! You rejected me twice and said the office is not the place for me to play with my phone."
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