SWG Chapter 71

Chapter 71

The moment these three words came out, Ruan Shengyi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Although she couldn’t completely rule out the possibility of her family’s opposition, it did reduce the chances somewhat. She couldn’t say it was perfect, but as long as there was even a sliver of possibility that she wouldn’t be disliked by Xiao Wenyu’s family, she wanted to seize it.

That family seemed so warm and harmonious. If one day Xiao Wenyu was really forced to choose between them, she would be sad, but she would still urge Xiao Wenyu to turn towards that direction, rather than choosing her, this extremely unstable bomb.

Before that day arrived, she would work hard, for them, and also for her own selfish reasons –

She also wanted to experience the warmth and beauty that a harmonious and loving family could bring.

But as happy as she was, once this involved what could be considered a local powerhouse enterprise, everything seemed not so easy to handle.

Xiao Wenyu, that idiot, was actually planning to shoulder such a big thing alone? Complaining that she meddled too much, huh, well, it’s hard to say who’s really meddling more.

Chen Yuexin continued, “Yichen said that recently, a few people who used to follow her were recruited by the Lin family, which happened to give her some information.”

“The Lin family is in a lot of turmoil recently. You know, their family belongs to a branch company. People from the head office came to clean them up. The ones who were recruited recently were used as black gloves, doing shady work for the higher-ups and even spending a few days in jail for them.”

This kind of inside information was the most reliable because the black gloves were the ones who should keep their mouths shut the most. But they had all come up under Tan Yichen, and they couldn’t keep anything from their former benefactor. Therefore, some miscellaneous news was passed into their circle this way.

Ruan Shengyi gradually formed a judgment in her mind, smoothed her hair, and asked, “And then?”

“It’s said that the head office’s investigation is at the final stage, only missing a sum of money. And Lin Simu has recently been telling everyone she meets how much money she spent on the engagement.”

Chen Yuexin lowered her voice, leaving Ruan Shengyi enough time to think.

Ruan Shengyi thought for a while and scoffed, “According to what you’re saying, she wants to shoulder such a big thing alone?”

The amount that Lin Simu, that scum, mentioned must be a lot. The main family probably doesn’t believe it, but there will definitely be a lot of investigation processes to go through, and the pressure it brings won’t be less either. That’s Lin Simu’s purpose.

If I’m not doing well, you can’t expect to live comfortably either.

Perhaps they had already contacted Xiao Wenyu and started the investigation when they returned from Shacheng, but this person stubbornly endured it, not telling her a single word for more than half a month, until she broke down emotionally?

And she still had the nerve to blame her??

And the nerve to film her blackmailing history video??

Even if it wasn’t for her, couldn’t she consider An Qi?!

Ruan Shengyi coldly laughed and repeated, “She actually wants to shoulder such a big thing alone?”

Chen Yuexin sighed, “Obviously, Xiao Wenyu has a lot on her mind. It’s not necessarily that she wants to shoulder such a big thing alone, but she just doesn’t know how to tell you.”

There were so many things she didn’t know how to tell her. She could endure it, and if she hadn’t fainted, she might still be fooling her with her upset stomach. If it hadn’t become impossible to hide, she might still be wearing long sleeves next summer.

If she doesn’t know how to say it, she doesn’t say it. If she doesn’t know how to do it, she self-destructs. Xiao Wenyu, you’re really doing great.

Ruan Shengyi said coldly, “Since she wants to carry it, there’s no need for me to be a hero, right? Let her carry it, carry it well, be her lonely hero.”

Chen Yuexin: “…Calm down! She just feels bad that you’re doing too much and getting too tired. Don’t talk like that.”

The other end of the phone seemed to hear something incredibly funny, laughing loudly and bitterly, “She feels sorry for me? She’s almost killing herself with exhaustion. She doesn’t feel sorry for herself, she feels sorry for me, haha…”

Chen Yuexin scolded coldly, “Speak properly, don’t be sarcastic with me.”

This scolding was like a timely rain, soaking through Ruan Shengyi’s emotions, forcing her to take a few deep breaths before she barely calmed down.

She needed to be calm. Now that she knew, she needed to be even calmer. She needed to…

Chen Yuexin: “If you don’t want to help, then don’t help, but don’t say those foolish things. Don’t go down the wrong path.”

“I know, thank you.”

“For what? I’ve delivered the message. Calm down and think about how to handle it. Let me tell you, sometimes playing dumb is a good method. Obviously, she doesn’t want you to interfere, which is also a kind of protection for you. Think about it carefully.”

Ruan Shengyi was silent for a moment and asked, “Is elder sister awake yet?”

“She’s awake and doing prenatal education. Hey, if you need any prenatal education books, you can have Yichen send them to you.”

“I don’t need books for now, but…” She bit her lip and said, “I want to borrow some people.”

Both sides were strangely silent. After a long time, Chen Yuexin cursed, “…You bastard, get lost. Don’t let me see you again.”

The phone was hung up angrily. Ruan Shengyi sat cross-legged on the bed for a long time before putting down her phone. She poked at the screen, but the other person refused to answer the phone no matter what.

As she poked, she clicked into the pinned chat record. The video was still at the bottom, the cover a blurred mess.

Clicking into it, as long as she clicked open and immediately backed out, she could only hear this person calling her name, using that gentle voice from an old-fashioned tape recorder in the dim light of the past, calling her Ruan Ruan.

She felt a little lost and a little helpless.

What else could she do?

Could she go directly to Xiao Wenyu and tell her that she already knew about these things and that she wanted to share the burden with her?

She couldn’t. Given how much Xiao Wenyu had on her mind, if she heard these words, she would agree on the spot, but secretly add it to her debt, and then desperately dig into her own scars, trying to bring her something of equal value.

This person was very stupid, as stupid as she was, and yet their fundamental personalities were also exactly the same. People like them…

Ruan Shengyi lay on the small bed, staring at the wood veneer, and thought to herself: People like them are the ones who are best at tormenting themselves.

But if she really didn’t care, that wouldn’t work either. They couldn’t afford to gamble on that probability. She didn’t want to lose anyone in her current life.

What could she do?

In the evening, Tonight Intoxicated was filled with people.

Ruan Shengyi really didn’t know what to do, so she simply changed into her bartender’s clothes and returned to her old profession, standing behind the bar and listening to the sound of crushed ice colliding in the shaker, like a reassuring musical note, pushing her to calm down and think slowly.

A regular customer, seeing that it was Boss Ruan, was very surprised, “I heard you took over the place next door and have been thinking about how to run it recently. How do you have time to appear here?”

It was the person who liked to “tease” the boss, and today was no exception. Seeing that she had changed into her work clothes, she simply sat next to the bar, propping her chin up and watching Ruan Shengyi make drinks with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

She softened her voice and said, “Can I have a cocktail with a hand-carved ice ball made by Boss Ruan tonight?”

“No.” Ruan Shengyi refused as usual.

Zhang Wen was surprised, “You’re refusing so cleanly. Let me guess… the secret menu is gone too?”

Boss Ruan looked at her calmly, “There never was one. What will you have?”

At this point, if she still couldn’t see the little boss’s intention to refuse, it would be too impolite. The woman lazily propped her chin, and said helplessly, “Then give me a special mix, I want ‘Low Reflected Ocean’.”

“Okay.”

Zhang Wen: “Boss Ruan is really stingy with words to us. Where did the person come from who could pick such an ice flower? Hey, I heard you and that gentle sister across the street come and go together, are you in a very good relationship? If I lost to a sister, then I guess that’s okay…”

She sighed coyly, but the bartender remained unmoved until the crystal blue liquid was placed in a long glass and gently pushed in front of her.

Ruan Shengyi looked at her calmly and said in a deep voice, “She is just her, no one can compete with her.”

“I know, I know, so it’s true? Oh my god, it seems like I’ve heard some truth from big sister.”

“You continue?”

“There’s nothing to continue. You’re not interested in the story of a scumbag. But she’s been cleaned up recently, and it was a terrible cleaning. Everyone said that a strong dragon can’t suppress a local snake, but I think this local snake has been suppressed to death. It’s said that the people she secretly found have all been cleaned up by the strong dragon.”

“What kind of local snake doesn’t touch the other side?” Ruan Shengyi raised the corners of her mouth, raised her hand and pinched the cigarette that Zhang Wen subconsciously took out, “Sorry, no smoking.”

After coaxing this customer away, Ruan Shengyi simply cleaned up the bar and walked leisurely to Xie Yu, who was playing with her mobile phone on the side, and knocked on the table: “What did she say?”

Xie Yu was shocked: “How did you find out?”

“It’s too obvious, let me see.”

At the top was a video of her that Xie Yu had secretly filmed. Xiao Wenyu should have watched it and returned a question mark.

Then Xie Yu complained that she actually made hand-carved ice balls for other women.

Xiao Wenyu: What’s wrong with hand-carved ice balls?

Xie Yu: It’s like you use your most precious camera, adjusting the parameters one by one, to take a photo that can be saved for a lifetime for your suitor.

Xiao Wenyu: …So?

The message stopped here. There was still a large amount of information that Xie Yu had just typed in the chat box, all of which were secretly complaining and snitching behind her back. Ruan Shengyi’s face turned red and white, and finally she selected all and deleted it, quickly typed a few words and threw it back to Xie Yu.

There was also a sentence that made Xie Yu feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave: “You’re on duty alone tomorrow, record everything carefully.”

As for the words on the phone screen—

“It’s nothing.”

Just three cold words, that’s all.