Chapter 59: Is Si Rong Thinking of Him?

Li Xuan's eyes filled with tears as she looked at Wen Xiang, appearing extremely pitiful.

"You said you liked me back then, but today at my engagement party, you force me like this—is this your version of liking someone? Wen Xiang, your liking is far too cheap!"

Why were the men who liked her all so useless?

Looking at Jiang Cheng, who had always stood firmly by Si Rong's side, held a high position of power, and put Si Rong first in everything, Li Xuan couldn't help but look down on Wen Xiang even more.

A man who was ugly in appearance, poor, and wicked was simply unworthy of liking her!

"And what about your liking?"

Facing her interrogation, Wen Xiang was very calm. "You liked Shen Lan, so you let him marry the friend you were jealous of; you like your children, yet all these years you've let them call someone else mother under the guise of adoption; you also said you liked me, yet later you burned my family to death!"

"If my liking is cheap, then your liking is simply vicious!"

Li Xuan had nothing to say.

"Alright, don't let her change the subject," Ming Zi walked up to Li Xuan. "First, explain clearly in front of everyone how you slandered Si Rong in the newspaper, then apologize to her."

As for the arson, the police must be notified.

"The newspaper? I wasn't wrong, was I? For so many years, hasn't my husband been sleeping in the same bed as her? Haven't the children called her 'Mom'? Hasn't she snatched away my happiness?"

"So what if I slandered her? There are so many people in this world, why don't I slander someone else? Is 'sorry' enough? Wuwuwuwu, my engagement party was ruined, haven't I already been punished?"

The crowd:...

Uh, aren't you just getting what you deserve?

"If you want to put it that way," Ming Zi really couldn't stand it anymore, stepped up, and slapped her hard across the face.

"Li Xuan, I'm not wrong for hitting you across the face either. There are so many people in the world, why don't I hit someone else but only hit you? Look for the reasons within yourself!"

She had no other reason for stepping in today other than to clear Si Rong's name on this occasion.

To confirm that the newspaper report was all nonsense made up by this bitch Li Xuan.

"Everyone heard it clearly; this woman admitted herself that she slandered our Si Rong in the newspaper. From now on, everyone must never believe her words again."

"Alright, the rest is the work of the police officers."

Only then did the crowd notice that the police officers had arrived at the scene at some point.

"Deputy County Magistrate Shen, we have received a report that your wife is suspected of involvement in an arson case from eighteen years ago. We must take her now to look into the relevant matters."

With her hands cuffed, Li Xuan was taken away by the police officers in a very disheveled state.

The lively engagement party of the Deputy County Magistrate thus came to an end.

After the Little New Year, it was the New Year.

Luo Sheng came to pick up Ming Zi, saying the children were all waiting for her at home.

This could also be considered a tacit understanding between them.

After a scene, Luo Sheng gave her a step to climb down, and Ming Zi walked down from that step.

Continuing to play the role of a loving couple with him in public.

"Ming Zi should be washing up, please wait a moment." Si Rong poured a cup of tea for Luo Sheng.

"Sorry for the trouble."

Luo Sheng thanked her politely.

In the bathroom, Ming Zi stared at herself in the mirror; she was one year older than Si Rong, and after this year, she would be forty.

Once a woman gets on in years, even if she uses the most expensive cosmetics and wears the most expensive clothes, she can never return to that flower-like past.

She tilted her head, wanting to smile at herself, but it was bitter beyond measure.

Si Rong felt a pang of heartache seeing her appearance, but she didn't know what to say to comfort her.

"Actually, sometimes I ask myself, do I regret it?"

Si Rong held her shoulders. "And do you regret it?"

"No regrets!" Ming Zi beamed. "If I hadn't climbed up to Luo Sheng back then, I would likely have married a man with an ordinary background, living my life around pots and pans. A poor couple faces sorrow in everything, and at this age, I might be regretting right now that I didn't seize that opportunity to rise in class back then."

Therefore, she had to go back!

Both for the sake of her children and for that courageous twenty-year-old self from back then.

Even if it were only for money, she demanded that she must see things through to the end.

After Ming Zi left, Si Rong went to the Si Family once; Wen Xiang and his mother had already been settled by the second brother in a factory Family Quarters.

Although Wen Xiang's facial burns were severe, his other bodily functions were normal, and he could work at the factory while taking care of his mother.

Li Xuan had also been released from the police station.

The investigation results regarding her arson were laughable.

That fire was indeed an accident.

At the time of the incident, Li Xuan was in the small woods outside the school with Shen Lan.

As for why she ran over to say those things to Wen Xiang, the police had also asked.

Li Xuan felt that by using those words, she could hint and warn Wen Xiang not to talk about her affair with Shen Lan, using the momentum of the fire to make Wen Xiang fear her and Shen Lan.

After learning this news, Wen Xiang sat in place and laughed crazily for a long time.

He had hated two people for so long, never expecting the truth of the matter to be like this.

Now he didn't know who he should hate, but all these years he had been on the run with his mother, living in fear day and night—shouldn't he hate them?

Fortunately, he had now entered the Si Family's factory, and finally, he could live the life of an ordinary person with his mother in the future.

All of this was thanks to Si Rong and the Si Family; Wen Xiang decided that from now on, his life belonged to the Si Family.

After Li Xuan came out of the station, she moved into the Shen house; the previous house had been rented with her own salary so as not to attract Si Rong's attention.

Although the two had been a de facto couple for so many years, this was the first time they were truly living together.

Although Li Xuan's cooking couldn't compare to Wang Ma's, there was at least a woman in the house to cook.

What Shen Lan couldn't stand was that Li Xuan actually snored when she slept—yes, and the snoring was very loud.

How could a woman snore?

In any case, Si Rong does not snore.

Late at night, Shen Lan was unable to fall asleep while listening to the snoring that rose and fell beside his ears.

He could not help but wonder what Si Rong was doing right now.

Would she be thinking of him too?