The girl in the photo looked up at an abandoned building in the setting sun, with a crystal teardrop at the corner of her eyes.
The photo was beautiful. It made people feel sorry for the girl’s sadness, but Ji Yan’s heart was as cold as water when she looked at it.
She couldn’t endure it anymore. Tears splashed on the paper and fell to the ground.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise. Ji Yan looked up and her watery eyes met Shang Jinshen’s dark face.
She didn’t think about why he had come home earlier. Tears blurred her eyes and her heart was surging with emotions
Shang Jinshen saw Ji Yan’s sad and desperate face, full of tears for the first time. He tried to drive away the strange feeling in his heart and said in a cold voice, “Who let you in?”
Ji Yan did not react at all. There was slight anger on Shang Jinshen’s face. He snapped, “Who allowed you to step in at will? Ji Yan, who do you think you are?”
Did she think that he had been spoiling her recently, and so she thought that she could challenge his bottom line at will? The study room was an important place and Ji Yan was not qualified to enter.
Ji Yan chuckled. Holding the photo, she stood up and walked to Shang Jinshen, her steps deliberately even.
She looked calm but her face was streaked with tears. She looked at Shang Jinshen and asked lightly, “Have you been sending people to keep an eye on me from the very start?”
Shang Jinshen looked at the photo in her hand and said indifferently, “So what?”
How could he reply to her so casually? What about their sweetness in the past few days and their seemingly harmonious relationship?
Ji Yan even thought that she wanted to live a good life with him when, in fact, she was nothing in his heart.
Ji Yan smiled determinedly. “So, you also know that it was the Ji family who kidnapped me, and it was also them who schemed against me?”
Shang Jinshen did not speak and his tacit admission chilled Ji Yan’s heart. She curled her lips and said with a hint of rage, “Shang Jinshen, why didn’t you tell me? Are you afraid that I will disrupt your plans and hinder your revenge on the Ji family?”
Shang Jinshen’s black eyes became cold and an overwhelming wave of rage pressed down on Ji Yan. His voice, as cold as the peak of a mountain, rushed toward Ji Yan. “What do you know?”
Ji Yan bit her lip and stubbornly straightened her back. Her face was pale but her eyes glared firmly at Shang Jinshen.
“What do you think I should know? Shang Jinshen, I don’t know anything. I don’t know why you targeted the Ji family and why you dragged me into the whirlpool of revenge with you. I don’t know who you hate. I only want to live my life. Why is it so difficult?”
After she said that, she felt a mountain of helplessness weigh her down. Ji Yan dropped her hand and did not hesitate to turn around and leave the study, unable to face him again.
Ji Yan ran wildly on the road. She felt that Shang Jinshen seemed to hate the Ji family. At first, she didn’t take it seriously, she didn’t think about it because she occasionally indulged in his gentleness.
But when she confronted him just now, all her doubts and her intuition came to her mind, making her rip her blinders off.
Perhaps, she resented him.
Shang Jinshen sat in his study, his expression sinister and unfathomable. No one knew what he was thinking, but the cold atmosphere around him grew stronger.
Ji Yan disappeared for three days. For those three days, the whole ofNorth River City was in chaos. Shang Yu An and his mother went to the Ji family to break off the engagement. Ji Gui refused and she bumped into a table corner amid the quarrel.
After sending Ji Gui to the hospital, she was discovered to be pregnant. Her time of pregnancy didn’t match up with the time she was raped. It had been more than a month, which could only mean that it was Shang Yu An’s child.
At that moment, Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji were overjoyed. Ji Gui looked at Shang Yu An with hope. It was as if she was treating the child in her belly as her biggest bargaining chip.
Liu Lian and Shang Yu An didn’t want to accept the child. They treated the Ji family terribly. Even if Ji Gui were pregnant, it wouldn’t change the fact that she was defiled.
But if this child was really Shang Yu An’s, they had to accept it and take responsibility. Otherwise, everyone in North River City would look down on them.
Therefore, it could be imagined how depressed Liu Lian and Shang Yu An were at the moment. Liu Lian announced in the hospital that Ji Gui must undergo a DNA test for the child. Otherwise, they would never accept Ji Gui into the family.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Ji were unwilling, this was also Liu Lian’s biggest concession. They thought that after the child was born, Ji Gui’s place as Shang Yu An’s wife would be confirmed.
As soon as Shang Yu An got out of the hospital, Liu Lian slapped him. “You… You… Do you know that you have become a laughing stock in North River City? Even your father is indifferent to you.”
“If it goes on like this, it’s impossible for you to take the Shang Corp. from Shang Jinshen. You have destroyed our years of forbearance.” Liu Lian was furious. Shang Yu An was her only hope, but now, it had almost turned into despair.
Shang Yu An’s face was also gloomy and his eyes were full of hatred. Ji Gui was a stupid woman! If it was Ji Yan… When he thought of Ji Yan, Shang Yu An felt regretful.
He regretted choosing Ji Gui over Ji Yan just because she was an illegitimate daughter.
Liu Lian gritted her teeth in anger at the thought of Han Xiulan’s smugness a few days ago. Especially since Shang Yunan had been returning to the Shang family manor more frequently and even seemed to be siding with Han Xiulan.
How could she not be pissed? If Ji Gui hadn’t had such a dirty scandal, she was happy to use the child in her belly to fight for Shang Yu An’s position in Shang Yunan’s heart.
But now, because of Shang Yu An, even Shang Yunan couldn’t lift his head. It was conceivable that Shang Yu An was in a difficult situation now.
“If I had known earlier, I might have let you be with Ji Yan,” Liu Lian huffed.
“Stop talking,” Shang Yu An felt a sting in his heart when he heard Ji Yan’s name. He roared at Liu Lian and said with hatred, “I will snatch Ji Yan back. She belongs to me.”
Liu Lianjian saw that Shang Yu An was determined, so she didn’t say anything else. If Shang Yu An wanted to steal Ji Yan from Shang Jinshen, it would be up to her son’s ability, and she would not stop him.
“Mom, do you know how Ji Yan is doing recently?” Shang Yu An asked.
Liu Lian rolled her eyes. “Something seemed to have happened between Ji Yan and Shang Jinshen. Ji Yan ran away from home. Han Xiulan swore all day long and almost forced Shang Jinshen to divorce her.”
Shang Yu An’s expression was inscrutable. He nodded and turned to leave. He had always known that Liu Lian had someone in the Shang family.
“Ji Yan, wake up.” Li Wenjing woke Ji Yan up, who had been numbing herself with sleep these days. Three days ago, Ji Yan appeared in front of her in a daze. Up to now, Ji Yan did not say a word no matter how much she asked.
Li Wenjing was worried and helpless. She could only let Ji Yan live in her house so that she could rest assured.
Ji Yan sat up in a daze. When she saw Li Wenjing, she muttered, “What’s wrong, Wenjing? I’m so sleepy.”
Li Wenjing looked at her in confusion and speechlessness. “Miss Ji Yan, you’ve been sleeping for three days, and you’re still sleepy? Are you a sleepyhead?”
Ji Yan was slightly embarrassed. She didn’t know what was wrong. She always wanted to sleep, probably trying to escape from something.
“Here, your phone keeps ringing.” Li Wenjing handed Ji Yan’s phone to her.