Chapter 1382: Come On, Let's Hurt Each Other

"Xuanxuan, I want to find you to chat, come out and keep me company... have a drink!"

Jian Yixin's tongue was thick; she had clearly had quite a bit to drink.

Shi Youxuan glanced at her husband, and her husband glanced at the wall clock; the two exchanged a look, and her husband went to call Sheng Zerong to ask what was going on.

It was 11:30 at night; with it being so late and Jian Yixin being so drunk yet still wanting to drink, the two guessed whether the couple had been fighting.

Logically, that shouldn't be the case.

They had been married for many years and rarely quarreled or had conflicts; of course, it wasn't as if they never did, as they often had disagreements regarding their child's education.

Her husband went out to ask about the situation, while Shi Youxuan said to Jian Yixin over the phone: "Don't go out to drink so late. Where are you? I'll send a driver to pick you up, come drink at my place."

It was safer at home; a woman being out and drunk in the middle of the night was truly worrying.

"I'm outside your door, open up."

Shi Youxuan:...

She went downstairs to open the door.

As she walked out of the bedroom, she saw her husband with a complex expression on his face, holding the phone and saying to her: "Jian Xiansheng... has remarried!"

"What?"

Shi Youxuan nearly lost her footing.

This news was too explosive; what was going on?

Oh right, she remembered!

In the afternoon, Yixin had called to ask what to do if she didn't want to give a dowry.

She had even given her an idea: the dowry was no problem, but demanding a double dowry would scare off greedy in-laws.

At the time, she was just offering an idea; she never imagined it was Jian Xiansheng who was getting married.

If she remembered correctly, Lady Jian had only passed away a little over two months ago, not even a hundred days, and Jian Xiansheng was already getting married?

If this sort of thing happened to some other old man, she could understand it, but for it to happen to Jian Xiansheng, she not only couldn't understand it, she didn't believe it.

But whether she believed it or not, she couldn't ignore the woman outside the door.

"You go back to sleep, Yixin is outside, I'll go open the door for her."

"Crazy woman, running to someone else's house to act drunk in the middle of the night, you should pay her less mind in the future." Sheng Hanyu was displeased.

It was the middle of the night, and he was sleeping soundly while holding his wife, yet his wife was being called out by someone else; he was very annoyed!

Even though this person was a woman, he was still annoyed!

"You are becoming increasingly cold-blooded; don't forget she was once your fiancée!" Shi Youxuan dropped this line and trotted off to open the door.

Sheng Hanyu stood where he was, muttering under his breath: "How many years ago was that? Still bringing it up?" He then had a change of thought: his wife bringing up these old, stale matters must mean she valued him; yes, that was it, she valued him!

Thinking this way made him feel much better, and he returned to the bedroom to sleep.

Shi Youxuan opened the door, and Jian Yixin, clutching half a bottle of red wine, smiled foolishly at her: "Didn't expect it, right? I only called you when I reached your door."

"I, I just knew, I knew you wouldn't come out, and I also knew... knew you would come to pick me up..."

"Come in and talk."

She dragged the thick-tongued Jian Yixin inside.

Goodness, just how much had she drunk?

Jian Yixin had a decent tolerance; half a bottle of red wine shouldn't have made her like this.

Shi Youxuan settled her on the living room sofa and went to the kitchen to brew some Sobering Soup.

"What, what are you doing? Come back, keep me company and have a drink."

Shi Youxuan coaxed her: "You only have half a bottle left, who is that enough for? I'll go get some wine."

"Go get it, go get it quickly!" Jian Yixin waved her hand, giving her the go-ahead.

Shi Youxuan was terrible at cooking; the only thing she could manage was Sobering Soup.

Her husband was a businessman, and although he didn't like socializing, he couldn't avoid it; every time he returned from a social event, she would personally brew Sobering Soup for him, and over time, her skills had been honed.

"Xuanxuan, you went to get wine... why aren't you back yet?"

"Hurry up!"

Jian Yixin, waiting in the living room, grew impatient and started urging her.

The first sentence was loud, but the second was noticeably much quieter; she remembered this wasn't her own home and she couldn't just do whatever she wanted.

"Coming, coming!"

Shi Youxuan opened a bottle of yellow wine, poured the wine out, filled the empty bottle with Sobering Soup, and then brought over two glasses.

The brownish-red liquid was poured into the wine glass, still emitting wisps of heat.

Jian Yixin stared at the glass, puzzled: "Huh? What kind of wine is this at your place? Why is it hot?"

"It's yellow wine; red wine tastes good, but yellow wine is better for the stomach..." Shi Youxuan began to spout nonsense.

It didn't matter.

What mattered was that Jian Yixin believed it.

"Give me a glass, let me taste it."

"Pfft, pfft!"

She only took one sip before realizing she had been tricked.

"Shi Youxuan, you bad egg, you're fooling me again; what kind of yellow wine is this? It's clearly Sobering Soup." Her reaction was quite fast.

"Drink it, don't worry about what it is, just drink it while it's hot; I'll keep you company." Shi Youxuan picked up the glass in front of her and took a sip as well.

"Bad egg, you're a bad egg, you're all bad eggs, you're all bullying me..." Jian Yixin felt very aggrieved, and tears slid down her cheeks.

Shi Youxuan knew she was unhappy inside, but regarding such matters, if the other person didn't take the initiative to speak, she found it hard to ask.

Just listen quietly; she isn't targeting her anyway.

Jian Yixin didn't need to be asked; she said it herself!

"Xuanxuan, my dad got married, he married a young one... We don't like it but we can't oppose it either. He does need someone to take care of him, but emotionally, I can't accept it..."

Shi Youxuan urged her to try and look at it from a different perspective.

Since she already understood the logic, she had to console herself; anyway, the matter was already a fact, and getting herself dead drunk was meaningless!

Jian Yixin suddenly blurted out: "You've been without a mother since you were small, so of course you don't know the significance of a mother to a daughter!"

Shi Youxuan:...

Damn it.

That's going too far!

Seeing Shi Youxuan glaring at her, Jian Yixin realized she had said the wrong thing and hurriedly apologized.

"I'm sorry, Xuanxuan, I didn't mean it like that, I mean, I mean, I mean..." She said it several times but couldn't get it out.

"What are you explaining? That is exactly what you meant." Shi Youxuan bluntly exposed her, then even more bluntly added: "I think you're just being pretentious. If you didn't agree, you shouldn't have agreed from the start, or you shouldn't have attended your dad's wedding."

"You, on the other hand, agreed, and you even organized the wedding banquet yourself, only to turn around and feel miserable and conflicted. You deserve it; you brought it all on yourself."

"Right, it's all on me; I brought this upon myself."

Jian Yixin also lost her temper and shouted at Shi Youxuan: "I was wrong, my biggest mistake was that I shouldn't have come to find you. What best friend? Bullshit."

"Fake, it's all fake."

After saying that, she rushed out.

Shi Youxuan regretted it; she had gone too far.

"Yixin, I was wrong, don't go. It's the middle of the night, I'll drive you."

"I don't need you to drive me, I'll go myself."

Of course she couldn't let her go by herself; what if something happened since she was drunk? Shi Youxuan was worried.

In the end, she chased after her, apologized, admitted her fault, and even had to admit that everything she said was right—even the part about being pretentious—before Jian Yixin finally calmed down.

By the time she dropped her off at home, the sky was already beginning to brighten.

The two of them chatted in the car for half the night, though it certainly wasn't about counseling.

Jian Yixin poured her heart out, and Shi Youxuan acted as a listener.