132 The illusion of perfection
In the VIP ward of the hospital.
Under Jiang Yao's patient words and comfort, He Man finally fell asleep.
Jiang Yao looked at her with an endlessly tired sleeping face, smiled slightly, gently pulled out her clenched hand, and helped her fold the quilt before leaving the hospital bed.
In the living room in the suite, He Yancheng sat quietly on the sofa, his face was very bad.
And Shi Xiao, who was sitting diagonally opposite him, almost since He Man was rescued, her spirit was in a trance, as if she had lost half of her mind.
Squeak β
There was a slight sound from the other side of the door, and He Yancheng and Shi Xiao both looked over there in unison, and saw Jiang Yao coming out of the inner room.
He Yancheng's face was even worse, and Shi Xiao almost couldn't hold back his tears, and hurriedly lowered his head.
"You come out with me. He Yancheng said in a deep voice, very dissatisfied in his tone.
Jiang Yao nodded obediently, and after closing the door lightly, he went out with He Yancheng. During this time, he didn't look at Shi Shi and smiled, completely taking her for air.
On the quiet corridor, He Yancheng looked at Jiang Yao sternly with a majestic gaze.
"Lawyer Jiang, I have always valued you and am very optimistic about your work ability. He Yancheng said, "I also thought you were a smart person, with both IQ and EQ." But today's events, you really impress me. β
Jiang Yao chuckled, ignoring the ridicule in He Yancheng's words, and just said, "No one wants an accident to happen." I can't just watch Miss He, she ......"
"You also know that she is Miss He!" He Yancheng raised his voice and shouted, which immediately caused a lot of echoes in the corridor, "If you don't know the situation, you should always know how many catties and taels weigh, right? But when I choose a son-in-law, I can't use a rural village that once crawled out by serving women. β
It's not the first time Jiang Yao has heard such ugly words.
Those who know his background will use such words to evaluate his past, and what Chen Yunsi said in the past is even more excessive than this.
It's been so many years, Jiang Yao has been crawling around in Vanity Fair, and he has long become invincible.
"Chairman, all my actions today are all because I am afraid that Miss He will lose my good youth on impulse. He continued to lower his profile and said, "As for what you're worried about, it's not going to happen." Because all I want is that Miss He can be happy. β
In the first half of this string of words, He Yancheng listened to it very satisfied. But the appearance of the last sentence made his eyes squint dangerously, and he was once again full of vigilance.
"Jiang Yao, Jiang Yao, your appetite is really big. He Yancheng said angrily.
Jiang Yao frowned on his face, as if he had been wronged and did not refute it. But in fact, he agreed with He Yancheng's words very much in his heart.
His appetite is indeed big, so big that he wants to swallow the He family as fast as he can.
"Chairman, I am well aware of the gap between me and Miss He. Jiang Yao said, "Please rest assured, I will definitely manage my feelings well." I will deliver the resignation letter to your office early tomorrow morning. β
After speaking, Jiang Yao bowed to He Yancheng with an apologetic face, and then left.
He Yancheng stood in place for a while.
He has always been used to strategizing, and it is rare that he is irritable because of today's events, so he asked his subordinates for a cigarette, and while smoking, he wanted to calm his mind.
The fire in his heart seemed to be slightly extinguished because of Jiang Yao's decision to resign.
But what happened today, he will definitely not give up! Especially Lin Yunchu and Bai Xing'er, they both challenged his authority and had to pay a price.
And Shi Xiao wanted to know too much about Jiang Yao's actions today because he couldn't bear to leave with his life, or because he had feelings for He Man in his heart. Therefore, she kept lying on the door panel, listening carefully to the conversation between Jiang Yao and He Yancheng.
When she listened to Jiang Yao's answers, Shi Xiao felt that her heart was dead.
She's not smart, but she's not stupid either.
She could fully hear the meaning of Jiang Yao's words: I love He Man, but I know that I am not worthy of her, so I choose to bury my love in my heart.
But if this is true, then why did Jiang Yao still come to provoke himself, and why did he make so many beautiful vows to himself?
They are in the dressing room today, still kissing, how come they are now, and they have become the person he loves deeply.
Shi Xiao can't accept it, can't accept it at all!
She was so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe well, and she urgently needed to find Jiang Yao and ask things clearly: what is she smiling in Jiang Yao's heart?
Pull open the door, Shi Xiao is about to rush out regardless of it.
But as soon as she opened the door, she collided with He Yancheng, who was about to come back after smoking.
He Yancheng saw that her eyes were red and her face was not very good, thinking that she was already uncomfortable staying up late, so he said, "Let the driver take you home." I'm here with the vines. β
This is exactly what He Man wants, she nodded and was about to leave.
But at this time, He Yancheng just added: "During the period when Manman is hospitalized, you don't have to come to visit her." Save her from irritating. β
Shi Xiao was stunned for a moment, only to feel that his heart, which was already in pain, had been stabbed again.
She laughs when she is really disgusted!
Is it true that everyone around her is hypocritical to her? How did she get to this point!
"Lao He, why did you marry me?" Shi Xiao asked him this question for the first time since he got married.
He Yancheng was slightly stunned, stared at Shi Xiao for a few seconds, and then retracted his gaze and said, "Go home and rest." β
"No!" Shi laughed, not wanting to be dismissed so easily, "You tell me, did you marry me because I resemble your deceased wife? β
He Yancheng wrinkled his eyebrows and was silent, and the irritability that had just dissipated in his heart was about to rekindle.
"If you don't speak, that's acquiescence. Shi Xiao chuckled, "You are really a person who is as affectionate as the sea." No wonder you are so protective of He Man, even if she splashes me with water in public without reason, you can have no reaction to this. β
"What do you want to say?" He Yancheng asked her rhetorically, obviously losing patience, "I married you, when did I treat you badly? Treat your mother badly? Your mother spends money like water, whose money is it spent? What is the big thing going on Manman, you are in a bad mood, you just hit the muzzle of the gun." If I didn't defend you, you just messed with me, right?"
Trouble?
When Shi Xiao heard this word, he couldn't help laughing at himself in his heart.
She is indeed making trouble unreasonably, wanting to prove that she is not unloved and disliked by everyone.
But in fact, because of family changes, because of marrying He Yancheng, Shi Xiao no longer loves herself, she does everything just for a momentary pleasure.
"Stay with your baby girl. Shi Xiao shook off such a sentence, and then left quickly.
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In the bar, the music is loud.
Shi Xiao sat on the bar and drank cup after cup, and dialed Jiang Yao over and over again with the mobile phone in his hand...... But the result was the same, Jiang Yao didn't answer the phone, and finally turned off the phone directly.
Shi Xiao felt that her sky had fallen, the earth had moved, and her world was about to collapse.
She slapped the bar table hard and asked the bartender to serve her another drink, the strongest of the wines.
The bartender had a somewhat conscientious conscience, and when he saw that she was a young girl drinking like this, he was afraid that something would happen, so he advised her that nothing could be solved and that she should stop drinking like this to kill her sorrows.
But Shi Xiao was irrational anymore, she took out a wad of banknotes and threw them on the table, yelling to continue drinking.
The bartender had no choice but to prepare for her.
But when the liquor was served again, someone stopped Shi Xiao and prepared to take a sip.
Shi Xiao was very unhappy, and she opened her mouth to scold this nosy person, but she saw an acquaintance - her college classmate and class president, Chen Fang.
"Why are you?" asked Shi Xiao impatiently, reaching out to snatch the glass from his hand.
Chen Fang twisted his body, poured wine into his stomach, and then said to her: "That's how the wife of a wealthy family enjoys nightlife? β
"I want you to take care of it, are you bothered? The squad leader hasn't done enough, hasn't he?" Shi Xiao shouted, already anxious.
Chen Fang didn't care about her, smiled, and said: "You also said that I am the class leader, I care about my old classmates, can't you? β
Shi Xiao felt that he was unlucky to get home, and even if he wanted to borrow wine to drown his sorrows, someone wanted to stop him in every possible way!
"Neurotic!"
She gritted her teeth and cursed Chen Fang, then threw a few hundred-yuan bills on the table and staggered down from the high chair.
Chen Fang grabbed Shi Xiao's arm and didn't let her go.
"What are you doing, believe it or not, I'm shouting indecent!" Shi Xiao tried hard to break away from Chen Fang's hand, but to no avail.
Chen Fang looked at her red and swollen eyes, and knew that she was crying fiercely.
Although she can't be 100% sure that her sadness has something to do with He Yancheng, their marriage always brings her pain.
"I have something to say to you. He said solemnly, "I'll delay you for a few minutes." β
Shi Xiao didn't want to listen to it, and she wasn't in the mood to listen to it, but Chen Fang didn't care about her wishes and dragged people to a quiet private room.
Before, Chen Fang talked about He Yancheng with Lin Yunchu in the bar, and also talked about Shi Xiao's deformed marriage.
After Lin Yunchu listened to it at the time, he didn't express his opinion for a long time. And after Chen Fang said it, he felt inexplicably guilty, and smiled at an explanation when he felt that he owed it.
After all, they were classmates and had been together for four years.
"What the hell do you want to do?" Shi Xiao became more and more irritable, "Do you want to stir up an affair with me because I am now Mrs....... He?"
"Xiaoxiao, how did you become like this?" Chen Fang asked with a wry smile, "Do you regard all the people who really care for you as the target of your attack?"
Shi Xiao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt sour in her eyes, but she was very stubborn and still didn't want to be seen as weak and incompetent.
Seeing her like this, Chen Fang sighed, and couldn't bear to say anything more, so he pulled the person to the sofa and sat down, and he said what he had to say.
He Yancheng's wife was brutally killed in order to ransom He Yancheng.
At that time, He Man was just over 100 years old, and He Yancheng didn't know what terrible people he had offended, so he was detained. The gang threatened to ask for money and power, so they demanded one life for another.
So, He Yancheng's wife resolutely went and was abused to death.
Since then, He Yancheng's business has been going smoothly, but he has never continued to do so, and he has a good reputation for loving his wife deeply.
"What are you talking to me about?" Shi Xiao asked, but he already had a vague bad premonition in his heart.
Chen Fang frowned and said bluntly: "You know what I mean. If He Yancheng really loves his wife as much as rumored, why should he trade her life for his own life? He Yancheng is a person with a secret, and this secret may be very dirty. β
Shi Xiao shuddered when she heard this, and couldn't help but tremble slightly, she asked, "Then do you think he married me, maybe not to mourn his wife, but for other purposes?"
Chen Fang did not answer, looking noncommittal.
However, when he said this to Lin Yunchu that day, Lin Yunchu thought that things were definitely not as simple as everyone saw.
He Yancheng's image as a Confucian businessman is maintained too perfectly, so perfect that it makes people feel a little fake.
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When Lin Yunchu and Bai Xing'er returned to the coral waterfront, it was nearly ten o'clock.
They didn't expect Liang Yutong to be waiting for them in the living room.
"You're back. Liang Yutong got up from the sofa and said.
Bai Xing'er glanced at the time and immediately asked, "Why haven't you rested yet?"
Liang Yutong smiled and replied, "Xibao has already slept." I'm waiting for you to come back because I saw a lot of news about your relationship with Yun Chu, saying that you are the most mysterious fiancΓ©. And also...... And the matter of seats, I read the report said......"
"Yes, Ah Luo gave me the seat of Third Young Master Lin. Bai Xinger bowed his head and said, "Teacher Liang, I'm sorry." I didn't expect ......"
"Why do you say I'm sorry?" Liang Yutong asked rhetorically, feeling that she had misunderstood what she meant, "Xing'er, I don't blame you for inheriting Weichen's seat. I think this matter is actually a troublesome matter, and Luo Jiatang is quite xenophobic. I'm afraid Luo Yunzhen will have to be busy, otherwise you will be in trouble at that time!"
Bai Xinger nodded, but it was a little perfunctory.
Because she didn't care if she would get into trouble at all, she only cared about how much this matter would affect Luo Yunzhe.
"The dust hasn't settled on it. Lin Yunchu stepped forward and hugged Bai Xinger's shoulder, "Let's talk about it again when we come back." Xiao Er is tired, let her go and rest. β
Liang Yutong looked at their expressions and felt that there was some subtle friction between these two people, and if he wanted to tell them, he could only pick a time to talk about it.
After Liang Yutong left, Bai Xinger immediately broke away from Lin Yunchu's arms and silently went up to the second floor......
Late at night, Bai Xinger had a dream.
She dreamed that she was back when she was a child, Bai Yi and Zhang Zhirong took her to Berlin for a vacation, and there was a very large green meadow behind the house.
It was their amusement park, and she often chased and frolicked with her other friends.
But there was a boy who sat under a big tree and watched them play games every time, with an envious smile on his face.
Bai Xinger had seen this boy many times, and finally one day, she couldn't help but run over and ask the boy why he didn't play with them?
The boy smiled shyly, not daring to look into Bai Xing'er's eyes, and could only tell her that he had a heart attack and couldn't run and jump like other children.
Since then, after Bai Xinger finished playing with her friends every day, she would come to the boy and describe to him what they had done that day.
Bai Xinger would also dance ballet for boys, and the boys were fascinated by it every time.
The afterglow of the setting sun always shines on them through the big tree, giving them a soft glow and making their smiles eternal.
The boy found Bai Xinger the day before the operation, but he did not tell her that he was about to have the extremely dangerous operation, he only said that Bai Xinger would definitely be the best ballet dancer in the future, and he would go to see every one of her performances.
Two people hooked up and hanged themselves, and they were not allowed to change for a hundred years.
However, the years have passed, not to mention that the miss of the years is an irreparable pain.
The boy in the past grew up, but he couldn't find Bai Xinger with all the hard work, and when he found it, it was already a sea of vicissitudes.
"Ah Luo, it's so dangerous over there!, come back quickly!" Bai Xing'er shouted at Luo Yunzhe.
Luo Yunzhe turned his head sadly, looked at his beloved girl with infinite love, and asked her, "Why not me? I love you more than him." β
Bai Xinger couldn't find the right words to answer.
In the next second, Luo Yunzhe jumped and fell into the abyss.
Bai Xinger screamed, woke up from the nightmare, and sat up directly.
Her forehead was covered with sweat, and her heart was beating so fast that it was almost jumping out of her heart...... The dream just now was very real, especially when Luo Yunzhe left her, the guilt and heartache were enough to kill her!
And Lin Yunchu, who was beside her, woke up when she shouted "Aluo" for the first time in her sleep.
He sat quietly beside her, watching her frown in pain, clutching the quilt with both hands, very uncomfortable.
Lin Yunchu wanted to wake her up, but he wanted to make sure again, whether she would continue to call Ah Luo.
Luckily, she didn't shout, and unfortunately, she woke straight from the nightmare.
"I woke you up, didn't I?" Bai Xing'er wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his heart palpitated, "I'm fine, don't worry." β
With that, she lay back down and took deep breaths, trying to relieve her tension and fear.
Lin Yunchu looked at her, didn't say anything, silently lay back beside her, and held her hand.
Bai Xing'er felt the slightest heat flow into her body, and her heart gradually calmed down...... It's just that because of this dream, she and Lin Yunchu never fell asleep anymore.
They lay upright on the bed, each looking at the ceiling above their gaze, as if they were in a fixed position.
I don't know how long it took, Lin Yunchu asked Bai Xing'er: "Will we always be sideways with Luo Yunzhe?"
Bai Xinger wanted to say "no" to him, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say it. Because now she doesn't know if she can let go of her debt to Luo Yunzhe.
Perhaps, when Luo Yunzhe has her own happiness, she will become at ease.
"Xiao'er, are you willing to believe me in this matter?" Lin Yunchu turned his head to look at her.
In the darkness, his eyes were shining, as if he was a beacon guiding the way in Bai Xinger's life.
"I believe it. She said.
Lin Yunchu exhaled, stretched out his hand and hugged the person into his arms, and told her: "I will use all means to repay Luo Yunzhe's deep friendship for you." He has just ascended to the position of hall master, and he needs to establish his prestige, and N.X will support him unconditionally. β
"The ...... of the Beginning"
"Silly girl, it's nothing. Lin Yunchu smiled, "He has taken care of you for a year, and it is not too much to ask me to repay him." I just hope you don't feel bad and guilty about him anymore. β
Bai Xing'er heard this, and she still felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, she felt that her indecision and mother-in-law were hurting these two excellent men.
This is not the way to go.
Since she has decided that Lin Yunchu is the person she wants to spend the rest of her life with, she has to have another kind of emotional feedback to Luo Yunzhe.
"If this seat is really given to me, I want to do something for Luojiatang. She said.
Lin Yunchu was stunned for a moment, a little surprised.
He didn't expect Bai Xing'er to have such consciousness and courage, and he was indeed much more mature than before.
"Good. Lin Yunchu agreed, "No matter what you do, I will support you." β
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A day later, it was the day when Lin Yunchu and Bai Xinger set off for Guangyang.
At first, Bai Xinger thought that Lin Yunchu would be called by the police for questioning to help understand what happened to He Man. But the police did not come to the door, and they spent the day very peacefully.
Before leaving, Bai Xinger still had some doubts about this trip to Guangyang.
Lin Yunchu repeatedly stated that they were just going to get back the things they had left with distant relatives before, and put them on the coral waterfront, without mentioning the diary.
When they arrived at the airport, Baker checked them in, and they sat in the VIP lounge and waited for their flights.
"I don't have any impression of Guangyang's relatives. Bai Xinger said, "But at that time, our family was defeated, and our relatives avoided us, and they were the only ones who were willing to help." β
"Didn't you see them when you handed them over to keep the things?" Lin Yunchu asked.
Bai Xinger shook his head and replied, "It's all handled by my mother." At that time, my dad had just been arrested, and we were in exile, so where could I take those things with us? However, I vaguely remember that they seemed to have come to Hai'an in person to get their things. β
After Lin Yun heard it for the first time, he felt that the roster might really be among them.
After thinking for a while, he decided to wait for Guangyang, if he found any clues, he would immediately contact Shen Ronghe to deal with it.
After all, he has Bai Xinger by his side and must not do anything dangerous.
At this moment, a message suddenly appeared on the radio: "Mr. Lin Yunchu, please come to the VIP negotiation room quickly, your friend is waiting there." Mr. Lin Yunchu, please ......"
"Your friend?" Bai Xing'er wondered, "which of your friends?"
Lin Yunchu was also puzzled, and Baker came, and said with a bad face: "Mr. Yu, Chairman He has brought someone over." Said that I must see you and Miss Bai. β
Lin Yunchu and Bai Xinger glanced at each other, ready to get up and go to meet this father who "rejuvenated the teacher and asked for guilt".
In the negotiation room, He Yancheng sat in the center, and there were six well-trained bodyguards standing behind him.
"Chairman He. Lin Yunchu took the initiative to say hello, "I don't know if you deliberately chased you to the airport, is there something important?"
He Yancheng still maintained the gentle smile he usually wore on weekdays, and said to Lin Yunchu: "Fourth Young Master, I came to pick you and Miss Bai in person, hoping that the two of you can go to the hospital to give the little girl an explanation." β
"Explain?" Lin Yunchu repeated these two words playfully, "On the day of the ceremony, when Mr. He came to me, I had already explained it very clearly. β
He Yancheng stared at Lin Yunchu for a while, and then shifted his gaze to Bai Xing'er.
He smiled and said to Bai Xing'er: "I haven't congratulated Miss Bai on becoming the most beautiful person in the ceremony." It is estimated that now the whole of Hai'an City knows that you are going to marry the fourth young master, right?"
Bai Xinger was slightly afraid of He Yancheng's way of questioning with a knife hidden in his smile, and he didn't respond for a while.
And He Yancheng seemed to want to see her like this, so he smiled even more, and then said: "You said that if at this time, I would introduce Miss Bai's life to the public, what would happen?"
"Chairman He, please don't do anything that loses your identity. Lin Yunchu said sharply, "He Man's matter, I have repeatedly proven that it has nothing to do with me, why are you still so aggressive?" β
He Yancheng snorted disdainfully, stood up and said: "I only know that my daughter is not dead or alive now, and I still want to see you! What do you say if you don't go to her hospital bed, I, as a father, will definitely not let you go!"
"What do you want me to say?" Lin Yunchu asked rhetorically, "Let me be responsible for her?" Chairman He, I'm afraid you don't know one thing yet, that is, Xiao Er and I have already received the certificate. She is not my fiancΓ©e, she is my legal wife, Mrs. Lin. β
Bai Xinger was shocked, and immediately clenched Lin Yunchu's hand, wanting to ask him when this happened?
But she weighed that He Yancheng was opposite them, and she had to be of the same heart as Lin Yunchu, so she didn't speak.
"Got the certificate?" He Yancheng bit these three words, and his originally gentle and calm appearance began to become a little hideous, "That's right, Miss Bai won't be afraid that others will know about her past." β
"If you insist on using your private power to attack Xiaoer's public opinion, then I will accompany you to the end. After Lin Yunchu finished speaking, he took Bai Xing'er's hand and was about to leave.
He Yancheng immediately ordered someone to block their way.
And Beck's side was also prepared, and the people with him and He Yancheng's men were deadlocked, and the two sides suddenly became tense.
"Lin Yunchu, I just want you to give my daughter an explanation, do you have to do it so desperately?" He Yancheng asked through gritted teeth.
Lin Yun didn't reply at first, and replied: "What I haven't done, I have no obligation to give any explanation." Besides, I don't want my wife to think that I'm not in a relationship with other women. β
"You!"
"Chairman, something is wrong!" He Yancheng's secretary suddenly rushed in, "The eldest lady can't think about it again, crying and shouting to see Lawyer Jiang, this is ......"
"Shut up!"
He Yancheng angrily blocked the secretary's words.
In the final analysis, the biggest purpose of him coming over to pester Lin Yunchu was to be afraid that He Man would empathize with him because of the Tiantai incident and fall in love with Jiang Yao!
Therefore, he wanted to use Lin Yunchu to stabilize He Man first.
"Lin Yunchu, I'll say it one last time, I only want you to give my daughter an explanation, and the rest will never be reluctant. He Yancheng had to take a step back, "But if you resolutely disagree, Tiance will fight with N.X!"
"Yun Chu, why don't you go for a trip. Bai Xinger squeezed Lin Yunchu's hand, "I'll accompany you." β
Lin Yunchu looked at her and finally nodded.
However, he didn't agree because of He Yancheng's persecution, he wanted to see what kind of medicine Jiang Yao's gourd was sold.