Early in the morning, the merchant’s villa was shrouded in the sunshine. The servants got up early to work and cleaned up the dust all night.
There were a few plates of exquisite breakfast on the dining table, three- dear fish breakfast, cheese Earth Branch, bone marrow soup dumplings, and traditional Chinese soy milk.
“Where’s your wife?” Shang Jinshen asked casually as he picked up a fish ball.
The maid lowered her head and whined, not daring to look into his eyes.
Before dawn, he got up early to clean up the fallen leaves in front of the door. According to the rules of the merchants, he had to give his master a clean and comfortable living environment, so he had to finish it before they woke up.
Who knew…
Frowning, Shang Jin put down his chopsticks and sensed that something was wrong. “Speak, where’s your wife?”
The maid suppressed the anxiety in her heart and did not answer him. Instead, she slowly walked up to him, took out a folded letter from her bosom, and handed it to Shang Jinshen with both hands.
Subconsciously, Shang Jinshen narrowed his eyes, and his brows furrowed even more tightly. In the end, the skin on his forehead twisted together and twisted tightly.
“What’s wrong?” Ji Yan took a sip of soy milk. Seeing that his expression was not very good, she glanced at the letter in his hand casually and asked, “What did the letter say?”
Shang Jinshen sent the servants off with a solemn look on his face. He stared at the letter in his hand. Those words were undoubtedly sharp. Although they were hidden in the thick protective cover, they still gave him a heavy blow.
“Mom… has gone abroad.” After handing the letter to Ji Yan, Shang Jinshen felt a little helpless.
He got up and walked out. His back was as lonely as an old man’s.
He just asked his mother to separate from Ji Yan so that there would be less conflicts between them. No matter how wrong his mother was, he didn’t want to let her go.
Now she went abroad alone and was unfamiliar with the place. Any mistake could make him feel guilty for half of his life.
Shang Jin thought to himself, “Was it because he was too heartless to his mother that she chose to run away from him?”
Sitting down casually on the stairs paved with white jade tiles, Shang Jinshen’s mind was in a mess.
After browsing through the contents of the letter, Ji Yan frowned and thought to herself, “Is he going to leave just like that?”
She didn’t want to be kind to her. She couldn’t be kind to her mother. Every time she saw her face, Ji Yan would think of the past, which was engraved in her heart.
It was undeniable that at first, there was even a secret surprise in her heart. It was like a black cloud floating in front of her all day long. One day, it finally left her and made the sky even blueer.
However, she was worried about Shang Jinshen. If there was really something he couldn’t solve, it could only be her relationship with his mother. But there was nothing she could do. She couldn’t ignore the past and pretend to be a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. His mother couldn’t let go of her sense of superiority and took the initiative to show her kindness.
Therefore, it was best for them not to be together. Otherwise, there would be no contradiction between them.
Looking out of the living room, she could faintly see Shang Jinshen sitting on the steps, looking depressed and confused. Ji Yan bit her lower lip, as if she had decided to do something. But after a while, she let go of her breath and went back and forth several times, biting her delicate lips until they bled.
Well, she was scared. She didn’t have the courage to disturb him now. She knew that he might need someone to accompany him at this time, but she was afraid. If she saw her, would Shang Jinshen blame himself more? After all, most of the reason why his mother left was because of her.
The two of them quietly guarded their own territories, recovering their surging emotions.
“Let’s go. Let’s go to the company.” Looking at the data displayed on the clock in his hand, Shang Jinshen returned to the living room as if nothing had happened.
Since things had come to this point, there was no need to think about it anymore. He knew very well that the departure of Shang’s mother was indeed good for everyone. Later, he would send someone to take good care of Shang’s mother. When he was free, he would still go to see her, as if she had chosen a far away resting place.
Ji Yan nodded in a daze, looking as if she was about to fall asleep. She was almost asleep, and her lips had long recovered. She was secretly angry. Would this make her look like she was too heartless? No matter what kind of situation it was, she could fall asleep. However… she glanced at the empty breakfast on the table. Ji Yan curled her lips guiltily. She was indeed too bored waiting here.
Seeing that she looked like an eggplant, Shang Jinshen stroked her head in amusement. He rubbed his face against hers and said, “Be a good girl. Let’s go. Don’t think too much.”
Shang Jin thought that she was feeling guilty about her mother, which was why she acted like this. Who would have thought that she had no feelings for this matter at all, or that she had no feelings for her mother at all. Her hatred for her mother was even deeper than he had imagined.
She nodded obediently. There were indeed a lot of things to deal with in the company. Moreover, her large-scale charity and sell activities had been on the right track, and it was the most busy time.
“Huh?” Ji Yan suddenly thought of something. She tilted her head and asked Shang Jingshen, who was holding the steering wheel. “What’s the surprise you’re talking about?”
After returning home yesterday, they encountered something bad. The two of them did not talk much about work, so Ji Yan forgot about it. It was only now that she remembered.
The mysterious smile made Shang Jinshen fall silent. He was sure that he would only be surprised when he discovered it. He had told her in advance that there was nothing to be surprised about.
Ji Yan curled her lips helplessly and rolled her dark and bright eyes. “If you don’t want to say it, then don’t say it. I will know it sooner or later.”
“But… have you found out where Maggie is?” Speaking of which, the mother and son would come to this point today. They could not rely on Maggie to add fuel to the fire. She disguised herself well in front of the merchant’s mother so that she could succeed many times.
This time, it was because of her secret instructions that so many slanderous comments had appeared. She did not know what kind of state she was in right now. Since she still had the strength to fight with her.
Ji Yan’s eyes were deep and dazzling. “It seems that she still didn’t learn enough!”
The corners of Shang Jinshen’s lips curled into a disdainful smile. “You’re dirty!”
“Oh, dirty?” Ji Yan looked at him in confusion. It seemed that he knew something, but there was a big problem in it. Maggie… didn’t seem to be living a good life?
“Yes.” Shang Jinshen maintained the disgust on his face and replied coldly, “She’s disfigured and addicted to poison. She’s unscrupulous now for money. She can do anything she wants!”
What he didn’t say was that the purpose of adding fuel to the fire in private this time was to destroy Ji Yan. If he didn’t clarify it in time, there would be a lot of devastating slanders. Therefore, he wouldn’t let her go so easily this time.
Ji Yan was speechless. Although he did not say what those despicable things were, she could probably guess. A woman had no appearance and no bottom line, so the only thing she could use was her own body.