Miss Si's feigned innocence went too far, and the aloof Mr. Bo was easily swayed.

The sunlight shone on the boy wearing a white T-shirt, making him glow.

"Ah Yuan, come... take a bite..."

Si Yuan looked at Xiang Mingche, the once sunny young man whose features had become even more refined and handsome with the passage of time.

Their eyes are no longer full of sincerity; they are now filled with calculation.

Feeling a tightness in her chest, Si Yuan didn't eat the candied hawthorn as usual. "Leave it, I'll eat it later."

Seeing that Si Yuan looked terrible and in a bad mood, Xiang Mingche didn't press the matter.

She put down the candied hawthorns, took out a beautiful box from her bag, and smiled as she asked Si Yuan, "Guess what's inside? There's a prize if you guess right!"

Si Yuan knew without even guessing that it was a refrigerator magnet.

She likes to collect refrigerator magnets, and every time Xiang Mingche goes on a business trip, no matter how busy he is, he will buy her local refrigerator magnets.

But why?

Didn't you want to annul the engagement and marry Si Yingying instead?

Wasn't the plan to give her to Li Jiale in an attempt to ruin her?

Shouldn't you go to see Si Yingying as soon as you get back from your business trip?

Why should I stay by her side for a whole day and night?

Why drive 20 kilometers during rush hour to buy her favorite candied hawthorn?

Why should I remember our promise and buy her refrigerator magnets?

The pent-up hatred and resentment finally erupted at this moment.

Si Yuan's chest heaved violently; she desperately wanted to shout at Xiang Mingche—

If you love her so much, why treat her like that? Is the Si family more important than her?

Overnight, he was betrayed and schemed against by the person he relied on and trusted most, and fell to rock bottom.

If he didn't love her, then he was only with her and treated her so well in the first place to get the Si family's wealth.

Why not just be heartless? Why be so good to her?

Will you remind her of those happy and sweet days in the past, only to have reality push her into the abyss time and time again?

Seeing that Si Yuan wasn't cooperating with him as usual, Xiang Mingche assumed she was sick and in a bad mood. He smiled and opened the box to reveal the answer, "It's fridge magnets~"

Unaware of the truth, Shen Xingzhu laughed and complimented, "Wow, this fridge magnet is so pretty!"

Xiang Mingche snorted, "No matter how pretty she is, she belongs to my A-Yuan. You can only look, you're not allowed to touch her—"

"Tch, so stingy..."

Xiang Mingche happily presented the refrigerator magnets to Si Yuan. "A Yuan, do you like them?"

My heart, which had been churning with turmoil, finally calmed down little by little.

Even knowing Xiang Mingche's purpose, given her current status and situation, she couldn't directly break ties with him.

"I like it, thank you..."

Just as Xiang Mingche was about to say something, his phone suddenly rang. After glancing at the phone, his expression turned somewhat serious.

"Ah Yuan, there's an urgent matter at the company that I need to handle. You get some rest, I'll come see you again tonight."

"No need, I'll be discharged this afternoon."

"That won't do... Even though your fever has subsided, you're still very weak..."

"I don't like hospitals, I'll just rest at home."

"But you're being discharged this afternoon, so I'm afraid I won't be able to pick you up."

"It's okay, I'll contact Uncle Zhang to pick me up."

Uncle Zhang was the Si family's driver, and he usually picked up and dropped off Si Yuan when she went to school.

Si Yuan has never shown her emotions outwardly, so Xiang Mingche didn't think too much about it.

Shen Xingzhu's eyes darted back and forth between Si Yuan and Xiang Mingche.

After Xiang Mingche left, Shen Xingzhu moved from the chair to the bed.

She nudged Si Yuan's shoulder with her own. "Hey, what's going on? Weren't you two always so lovey-dovey, like you were one person? Why does the atmosphere feel so strange this time?"

Before Si Yuan could answer, Shen Xingzhu seemed to have thought of something and her eyes widened.

"Could it be that the real daughter of the Si family is back, and your domineering mother wants her to marry Xiang Mingche?"

Shen Xingzhu was an impatient person, and the thought of this possibility almost made her jump up in anger.

"Although you are not her biological daughter, you have been her daughter for twenty years. You and Xiang Mingche are so loving and a match made in heaven. It is wrong of her to break you up."

"no."

Si Yuan explained, "My mother didn't mean that."

"Hey, what are you worried about? You made me worry for ages..."

"It's Xiang Mingche..."

"What?"

Shen Xingzhu didn't understand Si Yuan's meaning at first.

Xiang Mingche wants to marry Si Yingying.

Shen Xingzhu made an exaggerated expression, "How is that possible? Xiang Mingche loves you so much, your relationship is so deep, how could he...?"

Si Yuan gave a self-deprecating smile; she had previously thought that Xiang Mingche loved her very much.

That's why she felt so pained and desperate when the truth was exposed to her without warning.

"It's true..."

Si Yuan told Shen Xingzhu everything that had happened in the past few days.

Even Si Yuan herself didn't expect that she would be so calm as to reveal Xiang Mingche's scheming and betrayal of her.

Stop loss in time.

It was the first lesson her mother taught her, and she will always remember it.

Therefore, no matter how sad she was, she had to immediately sever her relationship with Xiang Mingche.

She wants to look forward, climb higher, and stand at a height that no one can reach.

Instead of being treated as a pawn and discarded or used at will.

Shen Xingzhu was furious after hearing this.

He mistook the ground for Xiang Mingche and angrily poked at it with his cane.

He cursed Xiang Mingche's ancestors for eighteen generations.

"Is this guy even human? If he really wants to marry Si Yingying, he can just ask the Si family directly. Why does he have to have someone ruin you?"

"The major families value their reputation and image above all else. Xiang Mingche doesn't want to be criticized, and he has no reason to break off the engagement with me..."

"So he hired someone to ruin your reputation and smear your name? Didn't he think about what would happen to you in the future?"

Si Yuan clenched her fist and sneered, "If he had wanted to, he wouldn't have done it."

"Damn it, I thought he was the best man in the world, and I was moved by your love for a long time. I never thought he would be this kind of person."

Si Yuan patted Shen Xingzhu's shoulder to comfort her, "Alright, I'm fine now. Don't be angry. It's not worth getting yourself sick from getting angry."

Shen Xingzhu looked at Si Yuan and felt extremely distressed. She hugged Si Yuan tightly.

"You're the one who should be comforted the most. I haven't even comforted you yet, so why are you comforting me instead?"

Shen Xingzhu knew that Si Yuan said she was fine.

But how could nothing be wrong!

She considered Xiang Mingche as the person she would spend her life with!

"Ah Yuan, you should have told me sooner."

"Why would I tell you that? Are you going to go beat up Xiang Mingche?"

Shen Xingzhu clenched her fist. "That's a must. I'll beat him up every time I see him from now on."

Si Yuan smiled; Shen Xingzhu's protectiveness warmed her heart.

"Okay... I'm telling you this not so you can avenge me, but just so you know that there's no future for us."

She wanted to avenge herself.

Shen Xingzhu touched Si Yuan's face, "But I feel sorry for you."

"If you truly care about me, tell me, did Bo Yusen say anything when he brought me to the hospital?"