Chapter 55: Both Are Fakes

A bloated, purple-red floral padded jacket, black baggy trousers that were not only old-fashioned but also ill-fitting, and the lambskin high heels on her feet had been replaced with grandmother-style floral Spring Shoes.

If one didn't look at her face, saying she was fifty wouldn't be an exaggeration, but the face wasn't real either!

A perfectly beautiful woman, forcibly turned into such an ugly sight by her own hand; Jian Yining was speechless.

She was still very proud: "How is it? Very dignified, isn't it?"

Yingzi spun around on the spot, sat into the car, and looked relaxed: "Let's go."

The car didn't move, and Jian Yining wore a mournful face: "You're setting me up."

She saw herself in the rearview mirror; wearing this outfit to pretend to be a girlfriend, it seemed a bit outrageous, didn't it?

"How about we just forget it? Even without pretending to be your girlfriend, there are other ways to expose Shi Yuke. Just explain it clearly to your parents. You are so outstanding, your parents wouldn't be unreasonable people..."

Yingzi still entered the Jian Family home wearing that middle-aged woman's outfit.

Shi Yuke sat in the Jian Family living room, pretending to wipe away tears while sobbing, all the while secretly observing the reactions of Lady Jian and Jian Fu.

They didn't welcome her; Shi Yuke could feel it.

A servant shouted from outside: "Master, Madam, the young master is back."

Lady Jian immediately stood up to greet him; she wanted to ask her son what on earth was going on.

Early this morning, this woman had rushed to their door, claiming to be her son's girlfriend, and even saying she was with her son last night, asking them, the couple, to make the decision for her...

If she had just come by herself, that would be one thing, but the key was that she had also brought entertainment reporters, clearly intending to force their hand.

This was very repulsive. Jian Fu used his connections to get rid of the reporters, and Shi Yuke was left at the house to wait for Jian Yining to return.

Leaving her outside, he was afraid she might stir up other trouble!

"A Ning, who is this?"

Lady Jian was stunned. Her son hadn't come back alone; she didn't know what was going on with the one already in the house, and now he had brought back another one.

"Mom, this is Yingzi, my girlfriend."

Hearing the name "Yingzi," the expressions of all three changed.

Yingzi was famous; just two days ago, because he wouldn't hand her over to Sheng Hanyu, the couple had even kept Jian Yining under house arrest in his room.

At that time, he wouldn't say where Yingzi was despite both soft and hard tactics, but now he had suddenly brought her home and even called her his girlfriend!

It was just that her appearance and age were different from what they had expected.

Lady Jian asked: "You are Yingzi, A Ning's girlfriend? There is also an A Ning's girlfriend sitting in the living room; which one of you is the real one?"

This woman didn't look young, and her appearance was quite ordinary; Lady Jian's first impression of her was not good.

"Hello Auntie, hello Uncle, I am Yingzi." Shi Youxuan greeted Lady Jian but did not answer the remaining questions.

"A Ning, what kind of trick are you playing?" Jian Fu was very angry.

One hadn't been explained clearly yet, and now he had brought another girlfriend; what was the meaning of this?

And each one was worse than the last.

"Dad, wait a moment, let me ask her what is going on first, and then I will explain it to you."

Jian Yining was also confused; he also wanted to figure out why Shi Yuke had suddenly run to his house and claimed to be his girlfriend.

"Shi Yuke, how can you be so shameless? When did I ever become your boyfriend? Look clearly, my girlfriend is here. You better explain it clearly to my parents immediately, otherwise, I won't let you off."

Jian Yining's attitude was particularly bad, completely different from the gentle and easy-going man in Shi Yuke's impression, and he didn't give her even a shred of face.

"I'm sorry!"

As Shi Yuke said this, tears fell. She bowed deeply to both Lady Jian and Jian Fu, apologizing: "Uncle, Auntie, I lied just now. I am not Jian Xiansheng's girlfriend, but I encountered a great difficulty, and I really had no other choice but to do this..."

"I've caused you two and Jian Xiansheng trouble, I'm sorry!"

After Shi Yuke finished speaking, she ran out crying, as if she had explained it clearly—she admitted herself she wasn't his girlfriend, that she had lied!

But she also appeared particularly helpless, biting her lip with a very aggrieved look. She had started crying the moment Yingzi walked in, looking exactly like a pitiful woman who had been abandoned.

Even Jian Fu and Lady Jian felt she truly had some hidden bitterness; perhaps it was just a romantic debt their son had incurred outside.

Jian Fu pulled his son to the side and asked in a low voice: "What is going on? Do you really have nothing to do with her?"

"I really don't, Dad. I am your son; do you believe me or that woman?"

Of course, he was willing to believe his own son.

"Alright, since it's already been explained clearly, I should go too." Shi Youxuan explained to Lady Jian and Jian Fu: "Uncle, Auntie, please rest assured, I am not A Ning's girlfriend. I am his business partner and also a good friend."

"I was just grabbed by A Ning on the road to come and help out in an emergency. Now that Shi Yuke has left, I should go back too."

A few minutes ago, their son had two "girlfriends," and in the blink of an eye, both were denied, and neither was real.

Although Lady Jian and Jian Fu were experienced and knowledgeable, they had never seen such a situation and were a bit bewildered.

It was Lady Jian who reacted quickly, grabbing Yingzi, this time much more enthusiastically: "Since you're here, don't be in such a hurry to leave. Stay for lunch; taste your auntie's cooking."

Shi Youxuan was just about to decline, "Bang!"

The front door was pushed open, and the servant guarding the gate rushed in frantically: "Master, Madam, it's bad! That woman who just ran out of the house jumped into the river!"

Everyone immediately ran outside. There was a river not far from the Jian Family home. By the time they reached the riverbank, Shi Yuke had already been rescued by the servant who found her first, and she was still crying and screaming, trying to kill herself.

"Let go of me, don't worry about me, just let me die..."

"I don't want to live anymore, sob, sob, sob!"

She was soaked through, and water was still dripping from her head.

The weather in Jiangzhou in March was not hot, and the cold wind blew past. Soon, Shi Yuke's lips were frozen purple, and her whole body was trembling incessantly; she looked very pitiful.

"Quick, take her home," Jian Fu shouted. When the servant went to help her again, Shi Yuke didn't object, and she entered the Jian Family gate once more, as a matter of course.

If something were to happen to her right at their doorstep, they wouldn't be able to clear their names no matter how much they explained.

Lady Jian scolded her son: "You brat, you still dare to say you have nothing to do with her? If you had nothing to do with her, would she be trying to kill herself over you?"

"Mom—"

Jian Yining stamped his feet in anxiety: "I am truly innocent with her, there is absolutely no relationship between us; who knows what kind of madness she is having?"

Seeing this, Shi Youxuan could not leave; she had to see what kind of trouble Yuke was going to stir up again.

Yuke was sent to the guest room to take a hot bath, and Lady Jian arranged capable servants to attend to her—nominally to serve her, but in reality to monitor her, fearing she might try to take her own life again in the house.

After the bath, Lady Jian had someone bring her new clothes that she herself had never worn to change into, and had the servants bring in ginger tea, hot porridge, and hot dishes.

The treatment after attempting suicide was like heaven and earth compared to before!

Jian Yining was so angry he paced in circles in the living room, cursing: "This woman is sick, and not lightly so. I helped her out of kindness, and now she's clinging to me... Dad, have someone send her away immediately, send her back to her own home."

What Yingzi and Sheng Hanyu said was truly right; this woman is no good, it's just a pity it was only discovered now.

Jian Fu, a man who had seen great storms and waves, was now at his wit's end; he glared at his son: "You say it lightly. Send her straight to her home without pacifying her? If she alone isn't enough, and her parents come to make a scene too, does our family still want to have any quiet days?"

"Uncle is right; she really cannot be sent away at this time," Yingzi said.