He placed the snacks on the table, walked to Bian Yue, squatted in front of her, and as he noticed her distracted demeanor, he asked softly, "What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Bian Yue shook her head, smiled faintly, and said casually, "I don’t know. Maybe I’ve just been too tired lately. My stomach doesn’t feel great. Jinci, how about we go on a trip after this busy period?"
Shen Jinci asked her where she would like to go. As he spoke, he looked intently into Bian Yue’s eyes, his eyes brimming with indulgence.
Bian Yue said she didn’t know, suddenly reached out, hugged him, and buried her head in his shoulder, her voice softer, "Jinci, it’s really nice to have you by my side."
She spoke the words ’really nice’ with such earnestness.
Shen Jinci gently patted her back, paused, and said, "Yueyue, I’m really worried about you. Let’s go to the hospital and see a doctor, okay?"
"Do you think something is off with my emotions?" Bian Yue caught the underlying concern in Shen Jinci’s words, forced a smile, and softly said, "Don’t worry, I’m fine."
But they were together day and night for so long, how could Shen Jinci not know which of her words were true?
He didn’t expose her but changed the subject, asking what she would like to eat.
Bian Yue replied, "I don’t feel like eating, I want to sleep for a while."
"Alright, I’ll wake you up later," Shen Jinci said.
Bian Yue felt a sense of reassurance, and her smile became more genuine.
She looked at him with a tender smile and softly said, "Set an alarm, and sleep with me for a while."
Shen Jinci agreed and carried Bian Yue upstairs.
A typhoon suddenly struck Xiangjiang during the night, waking Bian Yue from her sleep. She thought of her sister Bian Shu, who lived nearby.
Unable to put her mind at ease, she called Bian Shu.
The latter answered quickly, and Bian Yue hastily said, "Sister, have you gone to bed? It’s raining heavily outside, don’t go out tonight."
"Yueyue, I’m currently outside," Bian Shu’s voice was light, with the chaotic sound of rain audible in the background.
Bian Yue’s heart suddenly tightened, her unease grew, and she asked urgently, "Where did you go?"
"I’m downstairs of Red Mountain Media. Yueyue, I’ll come to see you later. Don’t worry, I won’t do anything foolish again," Bian Shu’s voice was calm.
The conversation between them woke Shen Jinci. He opened his eyes to see Bian Yue looking tense, speaking urgently about something.
"Sister, I’ve already asked Wang Dan’an to dissolve the welfare institution. I will handle those matters, but you need to give me time."
"I know, Yueyue, I know it’s been hard for you, but these aren’t things you should worry about. These are all my own matters and I will handle them," she continued.
"Sis..." Bian Yue got out of bed, her voice increasingly tight, "Please don’t do anything foolish."
"I will handle everything soon, don’t worry. I definitely won’t do anything foolish. Uncle originally wanted to leave the Bian Family’s management to me, I know how to deal with these people," Bian Shu’s voice even carried a hint of laughter, "I won’t leave you any trouble."
These were actually not the things that Bian Yue cared about the most.
But Bian Shu had already hung up the phone.
She was at her wit’s end until Shen Jinci’s hand rested on her shoulder, his tone soothing, "I’ll go with you, it’ll be alright."
Bian Yue looked towards Shen Jinci, panic evident in her eyes, her voice trembling, choking with every word, "I’ve already lost my mom and dad, I can’t lose my sister too."
She seemed much more fragile than before, as if she would shatter upon touch, easily brought to tears.
Bian Yue really didn’t version of herself, but for the moment, she felt she had no other choice...
Wang Dan’an had just released a statement, dissolving the welfare institute.
This wasn’t out of guilt; it was purely because he was afraid that Bian Yue would continue to pursue it.
Suddenly stripped of such significant support, Wang Dan’an felt a chilling gloom and remained darkly silent.
Beside him, Huang Zhangyue could only offer consolation, "President Wang, choosing to sacrifice the small for the greater good is still the wise choice. You can’t allow Bian Yue to get her hands on any evidence, otherwise, it will truly be irreversible."
"Do you think I don’t know that? But the more I think about it, the angrier I get!" Wang Dan’an sneered fiercely, his expression malevolent, "This Bian Yue, she really doesn’t appreciate kindness! I kindly cooperated with her, does she not remember the days she begged me when Honey was so little?"
"Times have changed..." Huang Zhangyue sighed and said, "Now it’s us who are asking for favors. Since Bian Yue wants us to make a stance, dissolving the welfare institute is like trading the lesser for the greater."
"I know! But what I didn’t expect was to be threatened by a junior at the last minute, how can I swallow this bitterness!" Wang Dan’an, visibly agitated, grabbed a cigarette from the desk, took a deep drag, and exhaled a plume of smoke.
Huang Zhangyue wisely shut his mouth, saying no more.
It was at this moment that the office door opened, and the arrival of Miss Bian Shu startled both men.
Wang Dan’an, unfamiliar with Miss Bian Shu, frowned upon seeing her and coldly asked, "Who are you? Who allowed you to come in without permission!"
Huang Zhangyue also scrutinized the woman before him, scoffing disdainfully, "Does she look like a mad woman?"
Miss Bian Shu walked in silently, standing in front of Wang Dan’an.
She forced a smile, her expression bleak, "I just came from the mental hospital. Doesn’t President Wang know? It’s not illegal for a mental patient to kill someone."
Wang Dan’an’s anger froze on his face, he stared blankly at Miss Bian Shu, a chilling fear rising in his heart, he clenched the cigarette in his hand, uncertainly saying, "You are... Bian Yue’s sister?"
Miss Bian Shu chuckled lightly, her smile more like a layer of frost, her expression and voice indifferent as she slowly said, "I am Ji Anshen’s wife."
Wang Dan’an was already annoyed by this name, while Huang Zhangyue, after thinking for a while, as if suddenly realizing, said, "Ji Anshen? The one who..."
He was cut off mid-sentence by a sharp glance from Wang Dan’an, who then sealed his lips.
Trying to smooth over his expression for the sake of Bian Yue, Wang Dan’an forced a smile, "I have heard of this Ji Anshen, but Miss Bian Shu, his death has nothing to do with me."
Miss Bian Shu’s light laughter continued, "I know."
"So, you came here to..."
"I want all the files Ji Anshen worked on in the welfare institute, and also, I want you to publicize the evidence he found."
Wang Dan’an’s expression darkened, Miss Bian Shu’s current words, to him, were nothing but nonsense.
"Miss Bian Shu, every debt has its debtor, why hold a grudge against me? You should be very clear, I am not the main culprit, just a successor."
Wang Dan’an said, barely concealing his anger, "I have already dissolved the welfare institute, don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you are Bian Yue’s sister!"