Chapter 245 Yan Xinsi
Chapter 245 Yan Xinsi
Five years, 60 months, City B.
Spring always arrives late in this city. Although there's a faint hint of warmth now, the wind is still chilly. The neighborhood is quiet, the streetlights casting a gentle glow on the holly trees and benches. A woman with short hair, carrying two white plastic bags, emerges from the parking lot, the only sound the crisp click of her high heels on the pavement.
As she passed the security room, the security guard poked his head out and greeted her warmly, "Attorney Ye is back?"
The woman had a serene expression and smiled sweetly at the security guard, saying, "Yes, I'm back."
"You have guests at your home today."
The security guard kindly reminded him, and then gestured, "He's very handsome."
The woman didn't seem too surprised; her gaze remained serene. "Okay, I understand. Thank you."
The elevator arrived, and the woman, carrying two bags, stepped inside. Once the doors closed, the middle-aged man in the security room shook his head, muttering under his breath, "What a good woman, but it must be so hard raising two children alone, especially one of them…sigh…"
The elevator reached the fifth floor, and the double doors slowly opened. Siyi tightened her grip on the plastic bag in her hand, walked to the door, and heard laughter coming from inside through the door panel. She gently smiled, then put one of the bags on the ground, entered the password, and opened the door.
As I pushed the door open, a pillow flew right towards me.
She didn't have time to reach out and could only turn her face away. The pillow flew past her cheek and landed innocently at the doorway.
Siyi's eyes twitched slightly. She raised her hand and placed the bag in the entryway, then silently changed into her slippers.
The laughter inside vanished instantly. A moment later, a small black head appeared under her armpit, her thigh was immediately embraced, and two tender little hands were crossed. Then came the sweet, clear voice she had been longing for all time, "Mommy, you're back!"
It was an exceptionally handsome face, with striking features. Despite his young age, he already possessed a unique charm.
Many times, when Siyi looks at this little face, she feels a moment of disorientation, just like now.
She took a deep breath, pulled herself together, crossed her arms, and looked down at the little boy clinging to her leg without flinching. "You always come to cling to your mother's leg after getting into trouble. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"No way! Mom, it's a sign of respect for you when your son hugs your leg, how could it be shameful?"
The little guy retorted eloquently, "The teacher said that Mom is the greatest woman in the world, so Beibei likes to hug Mom's leg. Mom, are you tired? Let me massage you."
As he spoke, he actually reached out to massage Siyi's legs.
Siyi crouched down in front of her son, picked up a cushion from the doorway, and said, "You brat, you talk a good game, but don't try to flatter me every time you get into trouble. Do you know what that's called?"
"Hindsight is 20/20!"
The little guy shamelessly raised his eyebrows and loudly replied, his smug expression seemingly overlapping with a certain face from my memory.
Siyi's heart, which she thought had long since become numb, tightened slightly again. She subconsciously shoved the cushion in her hand into the little guy's hands and pointed to the sofa, "Go put it away properly, hindsight is 20/20."
"Yes!"
The little guy made a salute gesture in a very convincing way, then turned around and put the pillow back in its place.
As Siyi entered the living room, she saw Zheng Muyan standing by the sofa with a half-smile. "You're back?"
For the past few years, Zheng Muyan has come over every month. He also has a key to Siyi's house, so Siyi is not surprised at all that he would be here.
I realized it's Friday today, and the weekend is tomorrow and the day after. He'll most likely come over to keep Beibei and Tiantian company.
"Senior brother, what would you like to eat tonight? I've bought some groceries, I'll cook them now."
As Siyi spoke, she took off her coat and tossed it onto the sofa. Only then did she realize that someone seemed to be missing from the living room. She turned to her son and asked, "Beibei, where's your sister?"
"in the room."
Beibei pointed to her younger sister's bedroom door and pouted, saying, "Mom, I'm hungry. Do you have any glutinous rice balls? I want to eat sesame glutinous rice balls."
Siyi reached out and pinched her son's chubby cheeks, then said cruelly, "No. I'm going to check on your sister. Senior brother, the groceries are in the entryway; could you get them for me?"
Zheng Muyan had always treated this place like his own home, and there was no awkwardness between them. He said "okay" and winked at Beibei.
The two people, one big and one small, ran into the kitchen.
Five years ago, without Zheng Muyan, there would be no Ye Siyi today.
At that time, Zheng Muyan suffered a very serious injury, and one of his legs was almost useless.
Fortunately, Mu Qilong found the best doctor and was brought back to life.
However, he still has some aftereffects with that leg and can't do strenuous exercise, but at least he can walk and run without any problems.
What caught everyone off guard was that the news report caused a huge uproar.
Although the Mu family doesn't have much influence in City A, Mu Qilong's identity is still special, especially since the news even reached City S. After that, Mu Qilong wanted Siyi to marry Zheng Muyan.
But Siyi refused; she wanted to tell Mu Qilong the whole truth.
She had already wronged Zheng Muyan enough; how could she let him spend his whole life on her?
However, Zheng Muyan stopped it in the end. Siyi never knew how Zheng Muyan persuaded Mu Qilong. In any case, the matter was eventually dropped. Zheng Muyan also got Mu Qilong to persuade the doctor at the hospital where Siyi was hospitalized to issue her a miscarriage certificate and take her to S City.
She stayed there for five months before coming to City B.
No one from the Mu family ever made things difficult for her. Zheng Muyan always protected her very well. After she arrived in B City, she was already more than seven months pregnant. At that time, she couldn't go out to work, so she focused on her pregnancy.
In the meantime, she also heard that Jiang Yan was looking for her.
However, once she left City A, his influence was naturally diminished considerably. For about two months, she avoided going out, fearing he might find her.
After that, news became increasingly scarce.
Later, I occasionally heard that he seemed to have returned to the Jiang family business, which had grown very large in recent years.
Siyi deliberately avoided news from City A and deliberately didn't want to contact the people there anymore. She hadn't even been in contact with Xia Ran and Lin Piaoyun, whom she used to keep in touch with frequently, for several years.
After she arrived in B City, she learned that Guan Fengru's case had been successfully resolved because Lin Zhenbiao had stopped causing her trouble, and the matter was considered closed.
She was injured again, and Ye Zhenghao has been taking care of her all these years.
Siyi had wanted to tell Ye Zhenghao about his background for a long time, but some things are not so easy to say.
She has maintained contact with Ye Zhenghao over the years, though not frequently.
Ye Zhenghao rose through the ranks, and now outsiders call him Director Ye.
Siyi thought that some things were better left unsaid.
Knowing the truth might not necessarily be a good thing.
Sometimes, living a life in a daze is a kind of luck, isn't it?
The only time she saw a photo of Jiang Yanhui was two years ago, when a young woman from their firm was looking at a magazine.
She glanced at it casually and saw the words written in thick, dark red ink on the left side of the photo on the cover: "Jiang Yan Hui, the person in charge of the Jiang family."
It had been three years since she left City A at that time.
Three years later, she suddenly saw his photo and felt that he was somewhat unfamiliar.
Perhaps it had been too long, and he seemed so unfamiliar to her that his eyebrows, eyes, mouth, and nose appeared even more profound.
Even his previous frivolous and arrogant demeanor seemed to have subsided...
Later, there were rumors that he got married.
Time is truly the best and the cruelest thing; any love or hate becomes insignificant in the face of time.
What is her relationship with Zheng Muyan now?
Just like five years ago, she still likes to call him "senior brother".
He never brought up that topic with her again, not even indirectly.
I just stayed by her side peacefully.
He would definitely spend three out of the four weeks of the month on weekends with Beibei and Tiantian.
Siyi had told him before to find someone to settle down with, but he always seemed to just laugh it off.
Over time, she stopped wanting to talk about it.
Suddenly, the door to the princess's room was pulled open from the inside, and a sweet-looking little girl came out. As soon as she saw Siyi standing at the door, she smiled broadly, ran towards Siyi, and hugged her tightly, but remained silent for a long time.
Siyi snapped out of her daze, knelt down, gently tidied the little girl's stray hairs around her ears, and softly asked, "What were you doing in the room?"
The little girl had large, expressive eyes, especially her dark pupils, which, with the slightest movement, made her seem like a little elf, but...
She suddenly raised her hand and made some gestures towards Siyi, but her small mouth remained pursed the entire time.
Siyi watched her gestures and knowingly reached out to pat the top of her head. "Good girl, are you done drawing?"
The little girl nodded emphatically, pulled Siyi into the room, and made some gestures towards Siyi as they walked.
Siyi naturally understood it.
Finally, sitting down at her small desk, Tian Tian picked up the painting and handed it to Si Yi. Si Yi looked at the people in the painting. It was actually a very simple painting: two children, a woman, and a man's seat next to her. But she still had a question mark on her face.
Siyi felt a pang of bitterness in her heart. Five years had passed. When she first found out she was pregnant with twins, she felt as if the best things in the world had been handed to her.
But after giving birth to Beibei and Tiantian, she realized that wasn't the case.
Because Tian Tian has never been able to speak since she was little.
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