Chapter 127: Jian Yining is Heartbroken

He must be angry; does this count as me favoring a romantic interest over a friend?

Shi Youxuan called Jian Yining. Fortunately, he did not refuse her call, though his voice sounded somewhat bitter: "Yingzi, is there something you need?"

"A Ning, tell me honestly now, were you angry just a moment ago?"

Yingzi's nervous tone made the bitterness in Jian Yining's heart fade slightly.

"I wasn't angry."

He was telling the truth; he wasn't angry, just feeling desolate.

If it were the last time Sheng Hanyu forcibly kissed Yingzi, he could still consider Sheng Hanyu too overbearing and interpret it as Yingzi being forced against her will, but this time he saw it very clearly!

The overbearing nature was still the same, but Yingzi did not seem to be passively enduring it.

Jian Yining understood this time that the connection between the two of them was not just that marriage certificate; he seemed to be the superfluous one.

"Hoo—"

Shi Youxuan breathed a sigh of relief and launched into chatterbox mode: "A Ning, I'm sorry. My heart was too chaotic just now, I forgot all about you and ran back on my own... It's all Sheng Hanyu's fault, that jerk, that big villain, dictatorial, overbearing and unreasonable..."

Mentioning Sheng Hanyu made her angry, and she began an endless verbal assault on him, listing his various outrageous deeds one after another. On the surface, it sounded like she had major grievances!

But Jian Yining knew that Sheng Hanyu had already walked into her heart.

Perhaps she didn't even know it herself, and he didn't point it out. Although his heart felt as bitter as if he had swallowed coptis, he still listened to her to his heart's content with a doting expression!

……

Shi Yuke stopped the car, had people take down the large and small bags of gifts, and bring them into the hall.

The butler stood at the door and wouldn't let her in: "Miss Shi, please go back. Our Eldest Young Mistress has everything; she doesn't need these things of yours."

Shi Yuke had already come three times. The first two times she was blocked outside by the butler and not allowed in, but this time she came prepared.

"I have an appointment with your Eldest Young Mistress. She is the one who asked me to come. Move aside." Shi Yuke's willow-leaf eyebrows stood upright.

The butler didn't believe her and was just about to have people drive her away when Shi Youxuan said from behind: "Let her in."

Shi Yuke said triumphantly to the butler: "See, I wasn't bluffing, was I? Your Eldest Young Mistress and I are sisters; you'd better get that straight."

If it weren't for more important matters, she would definitely have taught the butler a good lesson.

Every time Shi Yuke came, the butler wouldn't give her a pleasant look. The first two times, he didn't even speak and had people drive her away directly.

"Xuanxuan, Dad asked me to bring you some things. Some were prepared by Dad, and some were prepared by me. See if you like them? If you're missing anything, make me a list, and I'll have someone handle it immediately..."

Shi Yuke affectionately went over to hook her arm into Shi Youxuan's, as if the two of them had always had a very good relationship.

"I'm not missing anything, and if I am, I'll buy it myself. There's no need for you to bother."

Shi Youxuan's attitude toward her was very cold: "Leave the things Dad sent. I don't want your things. Alright, you can go now."

Shi Yuke was slightly stunned. She had expected her sister not to give her any face, but she hadn't expected her to refuse so decisively, and to make such a clear distinction.

Keep the things Dad sent, but don't want her things?

No, she absolutely could not let her separate them.

"These were all picked out by Dad and me together, and bought for you together. Why are you making such a clear distinction? They can't be separated. You are Dad's daughter, and I am also Dad's daughter. We are sisters; you can't write two 'Shi' characters with one stroke..."

Shi Yuke was like a piece of sticky candy; once she latched onto you, don't even think about peeling her off.

She first used "family affection" to draw the two of them closer, and later, seeing that the effect wasn't good, she mentioned the time she sold information, saying that she had seen back then that she was her sister, which was why she let her take such a big advantage.

She clearly exchanged information for 150 million, and once the money was in hand, she claimed it was out of sisterly love. Shi Yuke's thick-skinned nature once again refreshed Shi Youxuan's perception.

Having seen enough of her performance, Shi Youxuan said: "Just say it, what is your purpose for coming? Don't tell me all that nonsense."

Actually, even if Shi Yuke didn't say it, she had probably already guessed.

Finally getting to the point, Shi Yuke glanced at the butler, the bodyguards, and the servants in the hall.

With so many people around, it wasn't convenient to talk, so she said: "Sister, could you ask them to step aside?"

Actually, when guests usually came, the bodyguards didn't stand guard in the living room, but the butler didn't have a good impression of Shi Yuke and, being wary of her, specifically kept everyone there.

The butler took the lead and had everyone withdraw.

Shi Youxuan: "Now you can speak."

Shi Yuke took a bank card out of her pocket and handed it over: "Sister, this is what Mom asked me to give you. It's the compensation money left by your biological parents back then. She has been keeping it for you all these years, and now she is returning it to you..."

"Keeping it" for her? That sounded nice.

It was more likely that it had long since ended up on a gambling table, and now, fearing that the matter would be exposed and she would be held accountable, she was "returning" it, and who knows where she even misappropriated it from.

"Oh? Why didn't she bring it back herself, and have you bring it?" Shi Youxuan didn't take the card.

She didn't care how much money was in it; what she cared about was that in order to embezzle this money, Jiang Yadan had been able to lay a hand on her when she was so young, forcing her to pretend to be a fool just to survive!

Seeing that she wouldn't take it, Shi Yuke forcefully shoved it into her arms.

Then, she pulled a few tissues from the tissue box on the coffee table to wipe away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes: "Mom didn't dare to come see you. She was afraid you would misunderstand that the things Daobalian did were instigated by her... It has nothing to do with Mom, sister. Kidnapping you was Daobalian's own idea; it really has nothing to do with Mom at all..."

Shi Youxuan had guessed right; Shi Yuke came this time to plead for Jiang Yadan.

She was indeed sincere, desperately trying to exonerate Jiang Yadan.

She started by saying it was all Daobalian's fault, and later said that Dad had just been discharged from the hospital and couldn't handle the shock.

If her mother went to prison, her father definitely wouldn't be able to take it, and if anything happened then, it would all be Shi Youxuan's fault.

She had long expected Shi Yuke to say this, but she didn't argue, only saying to her: "Let Jiang Yadan come back. I'll let her off this time. Tell her to stay far away from me in the future. If there is another time, I won't be so easy to talk to."

Shi Youxuan had the butler see the guest out and turned to go upstairs.

It wasn't that she was willing to let Jiang Yadan off, but that Daobalian had gone to the police station and taken all the blame upon himself, which was how Jiang Yadan had escaped a disaster!

Even if Daobalian didn't point the finger, there was more than one way to send Jiang Yadan to prison, but she agreed with one thing Shi Yuke said: "If her mother went to prison, her father definitely wouldn't be able to take it."

Although Jiang Yadan was unfaithful to Shi Yucheng, the two of them still had a pretty good relationship. If Jiang Yadan went to prison, she feared Shi Yucheng would truly suffer a severe shock, just as Shi Yuke had said.

Shi Youxuan felt as disgusted as if she had swallowed a fly, but she still had to let that woman go for the time being.

……

Sheng Family Mansion.

Bai Xue was in the living room calling her son: "Where are you? Tell me the truth!"

Sheng Yukai told her he was away on a business trip, but in the afternoon, someone saw him and Yuke shopping intimately for luxury goods at the mall.

She was so angry she nearly exploded.

Ever since Sheng Yukai married Yuke, he had become less and less obedient to her, and now he was actually lying to her!