Si Tong's words really took me by surprise.
I thought that a living soul wouldn't remember the experience of floating out of its body. Just like my grandpa! When he was confined in the spa and saw Si Jiangchen getting intimate with me, he was so furious that he almost jumped out of his skin and wanted to strangle Si Jiangchen. But after he woke up in the hospital, he completely forgot about it and didn't even ask me a single question!
"Of course I remember!"
Si Tong blinked her big, black eyes. "I remember everything clearly! Even when Grandpa Du told me to go to the store to find you, I remember it vividly!"
"Ah!"
I suddenly stood up from the sofa. Could it be that Du Wenzhong was lying to me? He didn't lose his memory; he just didn't know how to face my current situation?!
"Sister Xiaohe, did I say something wrong?"
Although Si Tong was born into a wealthy family, she always paid attention to other people's emotions. Seeing my sudden change of expression, she thought she had said something inappropriate.
"Tongtong, it's not your fault."
I just felt a chill run down my spine. After living and fleeing with my grandpa for so long, I just realized for the first time that this old man's mind was so deep and unfathomable!
However, this wasn't the time to dwell on such issues. Anyway, my life was already in a complete mess, and I didn't mind adding one more trouble with my grandpa.
In an instant, I came up with a solution. If he pretended to be confused with me, I would just pretend not to know!
"Miss Du, what a coincidence! We meet again!"
I looked up and saw a tall woman in a burgundy long dress walking towards us gracefully.
"Sister Susu."
I immediately recognized this woman as Ma Su, whom I had met at the charity dinner before. She seemed to like wearing red clothes very much. This long dress today was also extremely eye-catching in the crowd.
"Why are you here?"
After I asked the question, I suddenly realized that I seemed to lack some common sense in the upper - class society.
As one of the shareholders of Taoran Media, Ma Su's most important job should be socializing everywhere to expand her network!
"General Manager Wei was quite interested in our company before. I want to try to win him over again."
Ma Su smiled faintly, raised the glass in her hand, and said to Si Jiangchen, "Who asked Taoran to be so insignificant that it couldn't catch General Manager Si's eye."
Si Jiangchen also smiled. "The artists of Taoran all carry a ghostly aura. I don't like it."
After saying that, ignoring Ma Su's stunned expression, he tapped out a cigarette from the cigarette case and held it between his fingertips. "I'll go out for a while. You guys talk."
"Go ahead."
I waved my hand at him. "If you hear a commotion here, you don't have to come back."
"Okay."
Si Jiangchen's smiling voice vibrated from his nasal cavity. "If it gets out of hand, I'll help you clean up the mess."
"No way!"
Who would want him to smooth things over... Lin Shuya was the sister of his good friend, and she was said to have saved his life.
I thought that as long as Lin Shuya didn't want to kill me, Si Jiangchen wouldn't interfere with her.
So... women's issues should be solved by women themselves.
"You two have such a good relationship, General Manager Si."
Ma Su looked at Si Jiangchen's back in surprise. "Although General Manager Si is polite to everyone, it seems that only when he is with Miss Du does his expression become so vivid."
She was from an acting background and was very good at grasping people's micro - expressions.
As she was talking, she covered her mouth with her hand and coughed a few times.
"Are you sick?"
My face changed. I had noticed at Sheng Shixun's banquet before that Ma Su's fortune was only prosperous because she had borrowed the fortune from the second half of her life. In at most a year, her life force would be burned out. After her fortune declined, it would be the end of her life. Moreover, if she got sick or injured during this year, she would die even faster!
Ma Su was holding a tissue in her hand. After coughing, she casually balled it up and held it in her palm. Then she smiled and said, irrelevantly, "It's really a pity that Miss Du didn't participate in the charity auction that day. We bought quite a few things!"
"What did you buy that got you into this state?!"
I reached out and grabbed her palm, exerting a little force. The balled - up tissue in Ma Su's hand fell to the ground.
There was a pool of dark red blood on the tissue.
"Hehe... that's why I want you to take a look and see if there's still a chance to save me!"
Ma Su's face was pale, but she still tried hard to put on a smiling expression.
"Is it because of that Sheng Shixun?"
I always thought Ma Su was strange. Didn't Sheng Shixun have a mistress at home? Why did he let her play the role of the mistress?
Sheng Shixun carried so many little baby spirits on his back, but he was healthy and successful in his career. This was obviously wrong!!
People always said, "Heaven's justice is far - reaching, and good and evil will be rewarded."
Could Sheng Shixun's retribution have been transferred to Ma Su?!
Thinking of this, I quickly pointed at Ma Su's mouth. "Open your mouth. Let me take a look!"
Ma Su was a bit stunned but still opened her mouth as I asked.
I held her chin and looked deep into her throat. If someone had stolen her fortune, there would be some abnormalities in her throat.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I got closer to look, a single eye silently emerged from the deep, dark throat of Ma Su. Almost the entire area around the black pupil was filled with dark red blood vessels, as if blood was oozing out.
I subconsciously leaned back. Ma Su saw the change in my expression and quickly asked, "What's wrong? Is the situation bad?"
"It's okay, it's okay. You must call me tomorrow. I need to know in detail who did the religious ceremony for you!"
I took a deep breath to suppress the sudden unease in my heart.
When that eye emerged, it seemed to hook into my mind. A terrible sense of hunger made my heart pound, and cold sweat broke out on my forehead.
My first thought was that the clones of the "One - Eyed Buddha Mother" hadn't been completely eliminated.
"Tomorrow...?!"
Ma Su seemed a bit hesitant, but I nodded firmly. "Put all your other things aside. If you die, you won't be able to help others!"
"... Oh, okay!"
Si Tong and I were sitting in a corner of the restaurant talking when we faintly heard a commotion coming from the hall of the buffet.
A woman shrieked, "Get out!! All of you get out!! Don't think I don't know what you've done..."
Immediately after, there was the sound of bowls and dishes being smashed on the ground.
"Hey? It's Auntie!"
Si Tong, who had been sitting obediently beside us eating, looked in the direction of the sound. "Sister Xiaohe, it seems that Auntie is arguing with Uncle again!"
Sure enough, we heard Wei Wenzhao's helpless voice. "Shuya, you're drunk. Go back and rest, okay?"
"Slap!!" "Slap!"
Two loud slapping sounds came again. Lin Shuya still shrieked like a madwoman, "I'm not drunk. I'm very sober! You slut, how dare you steal my man right under my nose? I've given you too much face!"