Chapter 42: You're just a pawn
"Of course it's ......" Chu Wei blurted out almost subconsciously, but before the word "child" could be spoken, he was silenced.
What he cares about the most is really the child?
I don't know when it began, his life seemed to be dominated by others, he was like a snooper squeezed into Jiang Xuan's life, and asked his assistant to monitor her every move. He would even want to appear as soon as she was helpless, like a savior who had come down and pull her up from the mud.
He began to feel upset because of Jiang Juan's misunderstanding, and he would whimsically want to explain to her clearly, all these subtle changes affected Jiang Wan at the same time, but also affected him.
"Of course what?" Chu Yin's cloudy eyes turned slightly due to old age, and his gaze fell on Chu Wei's face, just catching his hesitant expression.
"Kid." Chu Wei did not shy away from looking directly at the old man, two extremely simple words rolled out from between his thin lips, and his tone was full of light and breeze.
When Jiang Juan entered the Chu family, it was a transaction from beginning to end, she gave birth to the child, and he gave Rui Ou to her, and there can only be interests between them, and there can be no feelings. For him, Jiang Juan is just a high-quality surrogacy machine.
Chu Wei seemed to be trying to convince himself that he was used to working and living according to the original plan, and like this simple deal, he would not allow anything to happen that was beyond his control.
"The purpose of everything I do is the same as yours - to keep the Chu bloodline." Chu Wei didn't bother to explain more to Chu Yin, so he left the study without waiting for Chu Yin to ask anything more.
Jiang Huang waited below until his feet were sore, so he simply found a place to sit down, and just took out his mobile phone to swipe Weibo for a while, when he heard the sound of the door closing in the study upstairs.
"It's not annoying that God has been talking mysteriously for so long...... It's best to cancel today's outing. Jiang Wan swiped his fingers on the screen, his eyes swept busily with the flickering pages, and when he heard the sound of Chu Wei going downstairs, he didn't even raise his head and muttered to himself.
Chu Wei came down the stairs and stared at Jiang Juan for a while, his eyes were slightly unnatural compared to before.
"Let's go......" Chu Wei saw that Jiang Juan was playing so hard that he hadn't noticed himself, and cleared his throat a little embarrassed and said.
Jiang Juan was obedient when he heard this, put down the phone and got up from the sofa by himself, not noticing the slightest change in Chu Wei's body.
"Is there anything urgent?" Jiang Juan leaned on the passenger seat, looking at the building flashing outside the window, he only felt dizzy, and he didn't know what kind of illness this Chu Wei had committed.
The man didn't speak, but the speed of the car slowed down noticeably.
Jiang Juan pouted and rolled his eyes, if it weren't for Chu Wei's grinding, he wouldn't have come out until noon, the sky was not good today, even at noon, the sky was not bright, there was a fog outside the car window, only the tall buildings could see the shadow, Jiang Juan tilted his head and looked out, only feeling that the sky outside was too depressing, and he was afraid that he would faint if he took a deep breath.
"Get out of the car." Before Jiang Juan could enjoy this rare foggy day, the car stopped steadily in front of the foyer of a five-star restaurant, and when she reacted, Chu Wei had already gotten out of the car.
Jiang Juan was still following behind Chu Wei at first, he walked very fast, Jiang Juan was pregnant and bulky, and he didn't bother to catch up with him, and he was far behind. The more Jiang Juan walked, the more angry he felt, and he didn't say anything about bringing himself out for no reason, still have this attitude?
"What the hell are you bringing me out for?" Jiang Juan lowered his head and sighed, and roared at the man's back.
"Eat." The man responded lightly, and his steps subconsciously slowed down.
Jiang Juan sneered when she heard this, sure enough, no one could guess Chu Wei's thoughts, running so far at noon just to invite her to a meal?
When the two sat down at the table, Jiang Juan relaxed a little, this restaurant seemed to be newly opened, after all, she knew a lot about the local restaurant, but she had never heard of it.
The man's bony fingers swept over the menu, Jiang Juan sat opposite, boredly observing the people at the tables around him, although it was a time period with a large flow of people at noon, but maybe the consumption here was too high, and the restaurant was sparsely populated, but it was not crowded.
Jiang Xuan's gaze turned around, and it just fell on Chu Wei's face, he was looking at himself.
"Something to say?" Jiang Juan asked subconsciously, in her memory, Chu Wei had never invited her to dinner for no reason, and if she wanted to come this time, she was just looking for an excuse to talk about things.
The man chuckled when he heard this, he didn't know what this woman was thinking about all day, a few days ago he overheard her nagging that she was tired of drinking the soup made by Zhou's mother, and she just had time today, so he took her out for a meal, which made her misinterpret the meaning.
"It's okay and you can't eat?" Chu Wei put the knife and fork in front of him and glanced at her with raised eyebrows.
Jiang Qian tugged at the corners of her mouth slightly, since the establishment of the transaction between the two, Chu Wei has always been indifferent to her, but what is going on today? It would make her hallucinate for a minute or even a second, thinking that there could be more than just a transaction between them.
"Thank you......" Jiang Wan bowed slightly, with a smile of detachment.
"Miss Jiang, are you there too?" The two of them didn't speak, Jiang Juan also felt embarrassed, lowered his head and ate by himself, but before he could taste the food, he was made to lose his appetite by this long-lost female voice.
"I asked Ah Wei to come here for a meal the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect to bring Miss Jiang here today, it seems that the dishes I recommend are good......" Xiao Kaiyan casually threw the limited edition Chanel bag on the adjacent table, and came to talk to Chu Wei with a smile.
As if it was deliberately arranged, Chu Wei's mobile phone rang a few times, and he didn't even say hello to Xiao Kaiyan, so he went out to answer the phone.
Xiao Kaiyan looked at Chu Wei, who ignored him and got up to leave, and felt a fire in her heart: "What, the restaurant I recommend to Chu Wei, is it delicious?" As soon as Chu Wei left, Xiao Kaiyan also changed her appearance, looking at Jiang Xuan's eyes full of disdain, and even mixed with a trace of hatred.
"Well, generally." Jiang Wan took a sip of fresh juice and replied lightly, without even glancing at her.
"Jiang Xuan, don't know what to do, I really don't know how Chu Wei likes you? Ruiou has merged, Jiang Yan is also dead, why do you still have the face to live so freely? In order to climb up to the Chu family, even this kind of indiscriminate means have come out, Jiang Xuan, remind you to protect the child, because he is your last bargaining chip in the Chu family......"
I don't know if it's intentional or not, Xiao Kaiyan's voice became louder and louder, causing the people around to look here, and the people who could come to this restaurant were all some famous people, so they naturally recognized who Xiao Kaiyan and Jiang Juan were.
"When you open your mouth, you will only greet other people's loved ones, this is your upbringing for more than 20 years?" Jiang Juan was angered by Xiao Kaiyan's excessive words, and threw the water in his hand towards Xiao Kaiyan's face with a flick of his hand.
She admits that she is so embarrassed that she even feels annoying herself, but she just can't accept that her father and his hard work are described in such frivolous words, others can't, let alone Xiao Kaiyan.
"Are you crazy!" Xiao Kaiyan subconsciously blocked it with her hand, but she was still splashed in the face by water, and she yelled, as if she couldn't believe what was happening in front of her.
"What the hell are you ......" Chu Wei came back after answering the phone, and as soon as he got closer, he saw Jiang Juan splashing Xiao Kaiyan with water, and just wanted to ask what was going on, Xiao Kaiyan cried and posted it.
"Captain, you...... She splashed me with water and said I was uneducated! Xiao Kaiyan took advantage of the situation to grab Chu Wei's arm, tears and water mixed together, and she looked completely pitiful. The hand pointing at Jiang Wan trembled, looking extremely aggrieved.
"Are you most concerned about the child or Jiang Juan?" Chu Yin's words rang out inopportunely like a set bell, Chu Wei's good-looking eyebrows frowned together, and he glanced at Jiang Wan.
"Apologies!"
"Why should I apologize?" Jiang Xuan's emotions were a little out of control, these days she has been trying to make herself forget the painful things she once had, Xiao Kaiyan's words were like a layer of salt on her unhealed wound, which made her heart ache.
"You're just a pawn." Chu Wei opened his mouth indifferently, and the person in front of him made Jiang Juan feel a little strange.
She was just a pawn, and it was ironic that this phrase came out of his mouth.
"Huh...... Good. Jiang Juan endured the tears that were about to overflow in his eyes and nodded with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I didn't do it right, I shouldn't have reminded you so early that you are uneducated, I should have watched you eat the consequences......
Jiang Wan threw down a sentence and ran out, the oppressive air in the room made her almost cry, her heart seemed to be pulled by some machine, and she felt a sullen pain.
She has nothing, in a few months, she will even lose her own child, Jiang Juan ran far away, until she was out of breath, she squatted down in a corner, at that moment, the coldness of the whole world rushed towards her, but she could only hold herself to keep warm.
"Wanwan?" The man's gentle voice came from above his head, Jiang Juan subconsciously looked up, the mist dissipated a little, and the sunlight shone down through the mist and sprinkled on the man, making her unable to see who it was.
Hospital, Xiao Yi's office, Jiang Wan nestled in the sofa, looking out the window without saying a word.
"Is someone bothering you again?" Xiao Yi made a cup of hot water for her and carefully placed it in front of Jiang Xuan, the woman's eyes were slightly swollen, but she still nodded and smiled at him.
"It's okay, it may be that the pregnancy is more sensitive, and I love to remember the past......" Jiang Wan pulled the corners of his mouth and prevaricated in three or two sentences. She had already troubled Xiao Yi enough, after all, he was a member of the Xiao family, and Jiang Juan didn't want to let him have any suspicions with Xiao Kaiyan because of herself.
"Yes...... Kai Yan?"