There was little emotion discernible in Shen Yu'an's voice as he spoke.
Just thinking about Qing Mian's reaction earlier, Shen Yu'an felt as if someone had suddenly grabbed his heart, causing a sharp pain.
He couldn't understand why Qing Mian would compare him with An Ya.
She underestimated her own importance and overestimated An Ya's position in his heart.
To him, An Ya was just a tool for his rise. He never expected that this "tool" would do so many things to Qing Mian behind his back.
Back then, he couldn't confront the An family directly. There was Wei Jianguo in front and An Shengwang behind.
His path was blocked.
At that time, if he wanted to protect Qing Mian, he had no choice but to send her away.
If time could turn back, even if the price was losing all of Ming An, he wouldn't send her away again.
But reality didn't give him a chance to regret.
Now that he had the ability, he would protect her well.
He had returned all the things An Ya had done to Qing Mian to her.
Didn't An Ya always like Qingyuan?
Now she was buried underground in Qingyuan. It could be said that her wish had come true.
An Ya was born in the imperial capital, and she would... die in the imperial capital too.
When the time was right, he would expose all the things An Ya had done to the public.
He wanted her to be spat upon and condemned by thousands of people even after death.
He wanted to make sure that the An family would never rise again and would never be able to threaten Qing Mian.
Hearing Shen Yu'an's words, Qing Mian let out a sigh of relief, but at the same time, a sense of loss welled up in her heart.
Between the two of them, he was much more lenient towards An Ya than towards herself.
Qing Mian suppressed her emotions and asked again, "Where is she now?"
Shen Yu'an remained silent, showing no intention of answering.
Qing Mian refused to give up and asked again.
"Er Bao, she won't bother you anymore. You just focus on your classes."
Shen Yu'an didn't answer Qing Mian's question. He just said this puzzling sentence.
Qing Mian wanted to continue asking, but she knew Shen Yu'an's character well. No one could force him to say what he didn't want to.
Just as Qing Mian was about to hang up the phone, Shen Yu'an's voice suddenly rang out again.
"Er Bao, could you..."
"Could you... forgive me?"
As soon as the words were out, Qing Mian tightly held the phone. "Ge, it's all in the past."
After saying that, Qing Mian didn't give Shen Yu'an a chance to speak and directly hung up the phone.
Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Shen Yu'an let out a soft sigh. He slumped back into the chair as if all his strength had left him.
He wanted to pick up the half - finished glass of wine on the table, but suddenly realized that the glass had already been broken.
No matter how hard you tried to piece together something broken, it would never be the same as before.
After hanging up the phone, Qing Mian sat there in a daze, holding the phone.
She didn't know how to answer Shen Yu'an's question.
She didn't know how to describe her mood either.
She couldn't say that she forgave him.
Back then in the orphanage, she was the target of bullying. As far as she knew, the last child who was bullied didn't live to be adopted.
If Shen Yu'an hadn't suddenly appeared and taken her away, she might have died long ago.
To put it seriously, her life was given by Shen Yu'an.
But it was also him who sent her to hell with his own hands.
The few hopes and the despair in her life were all brought by him.
There was resentment in Qing Mian's heart.
She resented Shen Yu'an for choosing to abandon her for an outsider.
If it had been in the past, she would have definitely said loudly that she wouldn't forgive him.
But things were different now. Back then, Shen Yu'an was far less powerful than he was now. Back then, he was just a man who was suppressed by Wei Jianguo and had no choice.
So Qing Mian didn't know how to answer his question.
They both had their own insurmountable chasms.
Qing Mian pulled herself out of her thoughts.
Since An Ya was in the imperial capital, Kai would surely try every means to take her back.
He had tried to kill Chi Yu last time. If he knew that Chi Yu was okay now, he would surely take action again.
The current situation was too passive.
She didn't know much about Kai, only some basic information. If she wanted to figure out everything about him before he took action, it seemed that only Si Moshen could help her.
Qing Mian was so deep in thought that she didn't notice when someone stood behind her.
"Aren't you going to practice the piano?"
Si Moshen's voice suddenly rang out behind Qing Mian.
She was startled.
Speak of the devil.
The person was right in front of her. It was just the right time.
Without any hesitation, Qing Mian blurted out in a hurry, "Do you know Kai?"
They were both from Country A. Si Moshen should know something about him.
Hearing this, Si Moshen's expression changed.
The reason he came here today was to tell Qing Mian about Chi Yu's car accident last time.
He didn't expect that she would ask about it first.
"Why do you suddenly ask about this?"
Si Moshen frowned and asked meaningfully.
From his perspective, he didn't want Qing Mian to get involved in this incident.
Others might not know about the inhumane things the Goldsmith family did behind the scenes, but as the head of the Si family, he knew the Goldsmith family very well.
Kai's modus operandi was extremely ruthless. Few people who worked under him could live to old age.
Not to mention directly provoking him.
Si Moshen knew very well how serious the consequences would be.
Such a person never followed the rules. He did things according to his mood, and that was the most fatal thing.
You couldn't figure out his next move, so you couldn't make a prediction.
Qing Mian was a little surprised when Si Moshen asked her.
Si Moshen seemed to have never had any curiosity and never cared about other people's affairs.
But now he suddenly asked a question.
Qing Mian took a deep breath and stared fixedly at the man in front of her.
"You know, don't you?"
"How much do you know about him?"
"Could you tell me something about him?"
"And..."
Qing Mian asked several questions in a row.
"I don't know."
Si Moshen just replied indifferently, showing no intention of telling her anything.
Facing his attitude, the hope on Qing Mian's face gradually faded.
Indeed, Si Moshen had no obligation to tell her.
"Sorry to bother you." Qing Mian nodded at him and then walked past Si Moshen towards the downstairs.
She was in Country A now, not in the imperial capital.
A family like the Goldsmith family wasn't a small one. As long as she asked around a little, she could get some information.
Suddenly, Qing Mian's arm was grabbed. She stopped in her tracks.
Then, she looked back at Si Moshen in confusion.
Before she could speak, Si Moshen's voice rang in her ear.
"Why do you want to know about him?"
"Is it because of Chi Yu?"
"I advise you not to get involved. He's not someone easy to deal with."
Qing Mian thought he stopped her because he had changed his mind and wanted to tell her something. Hearing what he said, her expression changed too.
"You knew that Chi Yu had an accident?"