CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53: ENEMIES MEET WITH PARTICULAR ANIMOSITY

Before heading upstairs, Jian’s Mother didn’t forget to claim credit. "I can only help you this far, Jian Xi. I’ve seen Si Yuhuan’s attitude, and it’s acceptable. If you don’t want a divorce, don’t be so dramatic."

Jian Xi stood numbly.

So, do I look like I’m being dramatic now?

Si Yuhuan felt an unexpected wave of refreshment, as if the gloom of many overcast days had been swept away. "It seems all these efforts were in vain."

"Si Yuhuan!" Jian Xi gritted her teeth, wishing she could pounce on him and tear him to pieces.

"If you want a divorce, you’ll have to go to the trouble of collecting evidence all over again." The man was in a good mood and went straight to the dining room to have the servants prepare his breakfast.

Jian Xi growled from behind, "Don’t give him anything to eat."

Starve the bastard to death! He tore up my evidence, making all my hard work futile. This score isn’t settled.

When she returned to her room, she found Si Yuhuan had forgotten his phone.

I should just throw it out.

Suddenly, it rang.

Jian Xi glanced at the caller ID: Si Junyan.

She smiled mischievously and pressed the answer button.

"Bro, Jiang Qimeng is leaving China, and you’re just going to let it happen? You can’t do this to her! Have you forgotten..."

Forgotten what?

Jian Xi had always wanted to know why Si Yuhuan was so devoted to Jiang Qimeng, never wavering. In my past life, I lost so unjustly. I never managed to find any clues, from start to finish. This time, I thought I wasn’t interested and just wanted to end everything quickly, but Si Junyan’s hesitation has piqued my intense curiosity.

"Brother?" Si Junyan asked, keenly sensing something was off.

Jian Xi didn’t bother to hide it. "Your brother’s phone is in my bedroom. Oh, right, it’s the bedroom in my Jian Family Old House."

The implication was clear: Si Yuhuan had stayed with her last night, sleeping in the same bed.

Si Junyan roared in fury.

So that’s why Jiang Qimeng wanted to leave the country! He wanted to tear Jian Xi apart more than ever.

Jian Xi tossed the phone down from upstairs. "Your younger brother is looking for you! He says you shouldn’t be sleeping at your wife’s place."

Si Yuhuan didn’t catch it in time, and the phone shattered into pieces with a loud CRASH.

"Jian Xi—!"

Jian Xi spread her hands, an infuriatingly innocent smile on her face. "Oops, my hand slipped."

This was blatant revenge.

Si Yuhuan was so angry his eyes practically shot fire. He bounded up the stairs, taking them two at a time.

Jian Xi was cornered against the wall. She raised her shimmering eyes. "What? Is Director Si still not satisfied? Do you want to kill me?"

"If that pretty little mouth of yours could stay shut, I wouldn’t be so tempted to... kill you."

Shameless! How could he say such a thing!

Her beautiful eyes widened with indignation, her swollen lips pouting delicately like jelly, tempting one to take a taste. That look made his heart itch. He knew, of course, why her lips were so red; the taste of them still lingered with him.

"Never ask a man if he’s had enough unless you want him to prove it to you."

Jian Xi was rendered speechless.

In matters like this, she stood no chance of winning.

Luckily, Yan Qing arrived just in time. He seemed to report something, and Si Yuhuan left in a hurry.

「Sometime later」

Jian Xi arranged to meet Wan Yu, ready to wring the neck of that damn girl.

She almost got me killed!

But at the coffee shop, Wan Yu was laughing so hard she was practically bent in half, cackling like an old hen.

Jian Xi couldn’t resist pouncing on her, her hands going for Wan Yu’s throat. "Keep laughing, and I’ll strangle you!"

"I was wrong, I was wrong!" Wan Yu hastily begged for mercy.

"If you ask me, you should thank me. If it weren’t for me, how else would you have tested Si Yuhuan’s true feelings?"

Wan Yu raised her chin, launching into an emotional analysis. "By my estimation, Si Yuhuan has fallen for you."

"Nonsense," Jian Xi denied instantly, without a second thought.

"I have my reasons!" Wan Yu pressed Jian Xi, "Would he have punished Si Junyan for you before? That guy certainly gave you plenty of trouble in the past, didn’t he?"

Jian Xi was stunned for a moment.

"And this time, with the traditional medicine, his first reaction wasn’t to get intimate with the person he supposedly loves most. Instead, he dragged you away right in front of Jiang Qimeng! There’s definitely something up with him!" Wan Yu pinched her chin, a look of sudden realization dawning on her. "He hasn’t... fallen for someone else, has he?"

The question echoed in Jian Xi’s mind.

Transferred his affections... fallen for me?

She found it somewhat unbelievable.

Wan Yu slapped her on the shoulder. "Xixi, your romantic luck has finally arrived! Your beautiful dream is about to come true!"

What beautiful dream? It’s clearly a nightmare!

Jian Xi said coldly, "No. I’m definitely going to divorce him."

Wan Yu was confused.

Isn’t Si Yuhuan having a change of heart a good thing? It seems Xixi is really set on divorce.

Jian Xi wanted to buy a house. She couldn’t keep living in the Jian Family Old House. Living with her elders came with too many inconveniences. Jian Xi deeply reflected on why Si Yuhuan had managed to outmaneuver her.

Wan Yu tagged along for the excitement. The two of them arrived at Fuyuan Official Residence.

It was situated on the eastern riverside, an area featuring detached villas and upscale apartments. The residential complex was fully equipped with amenities, including a golf course and a private hospital.

A salesperson took them on a tour in a tour cart.

Wan Yu couldn’t help but criticize as she looked at the properties from the cart, "You have the perfectly good Jian Family Old House and the Si Family Old Residence, yet you choose to come here and buy some small apartment? Did you get your head caught in a door?"

To Wan Yu, choosing a small apartment over mansions worth tens of billions meant Jian Xi was seriously troubled.

"I can’t stay at the Jian family home anymore. My mom keeps sending people to go through my things," Jian Xi said, half exasperated, half amused. "And Si Yuhuan tore up all the divorce evidence I’d painstakingly collected right in front of her!"

Just thinking about it made Jian Xi furious.

Wan Yu shrieked like an excited groundhog, "Oh my gosh! Si Yuhuan has really fallen for you!"

"Can you please stop harping on that? Or I swear I’ll kick you out of this cart." Jian Xi was already incredibly irritated.

"Jiang Qimeng must be furious. He’s probably trailing after her right now, trying to placate her! Love me? My ass!"

Suddenly, Wan Yu slapped her arm hard. "Xixi, look!" She pointed a short distance away.

Jiang Qimeng was there, with three assistants and bodyguards helping her move her belongings. It looked like she was moving out of the complex.

"That bitch! Wherever you go, she shows up just to piss you off! I’m going to go over there and scratch her eyes out!"

Jian Xi pulled Wan Yu back. "Don’t do anything rash."

Wan Yu grumbled resentfully, "How could she afford such a lavish villa? Si Yuhuan must have given it to her. No wonder she moved out of Champagne Garden; she had a better place lined up."

"How did you know she used to live in Champagne Garden?" Jian Xi asked, puzzled.

"It’s all over the gossip circles. Apparently, someone was stalking her when she lived in Champagne Garden, and she even got injured. She said she moved out because she feared for her life. That’s her story, anyway..."

"So calculating!" Jian Xi laughed, though anger simmered beneath.

So Jiang Qimeng knew from the very first time I went to Champagne Garden! She deliberately tolerated my visits, letting me see her and Si Yuhuan being all lovey-dovey, just to provoke me! And then she made such a public spectacle of moving out of Champagne Garden, all so that when things finally came to a head, I would be painted as the villain, the one responsible for pushing the divorce. This would also escalate the conflict between me and Si Yuhuan.