As soon as Si Moshen finished speaking, the woman in front of him frowned slightly and rubbed her eyes as if just waking up.
Then, she asked the man in front of her, "Where's Old Man Jiang?"
Hearing this, Uncle Shen's face changed.
He was both happy and sad.
He was happy that Jiang Zhirou had really come back, but sad that he probably wouldn't see Qingmian again in this lifetime.
Si Moshen still had his usual expressionless face, but there was a hint of imperceptible joy hidden in his inky black eyes.
"I'm asking you a question, Si Moshen."
Seeing that the man in front of her didn't answer, Jiang Zhirou asked again, her tone tinged with a hint of impatience.
Hearing her tone, Uncle Shen quickly said anxiously, "He's there, he's there. Miss Zhizhi, Professor Jiang should be at school at this moment. Do you... need something from him?"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhirou nodded in understanding. "It's nothing. I'm just asking casually."
As she spoke, she walked outside, stretching her arms and yawning.
Uncle Shen watched Jiang Zhirou's back, then turned to Si Moshen and whispered, "Master San, do you think... is it really Miss Zhizhi this time?"
Uncle Shen's voice carried a tentative doubt.
It had really been a long time, so long that he almost forgot what tone Jiang Zhirou should use when speaking.
But that "Si Moshen" just now did have a bit of Miss Zhizhi's feeling.
"It's her." Si Moshen was answering Uncle Shen's question.
Then, he took a step and walked in the direction where Jiang Zhirou had left.
Uncle Shen stood still. After a long time, he suddenly shook his head and sighed.
Jiang Zhirou was very familiar with Yuelan.
She walked up the stairs and finally stopped outside the room where she used to live as a child.
This room was specially prepared for her by Si Moshen back then. At that time, she even laughed at Si Moshen for being stingy, only giving her such a small room.
What could it be used for?
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhirou reached out and grabbed the doorknob, then gently pressed it down. The door slowly opened.
A familiar scene came into view.
Jiang Zhirou was stunned and stopped in her tracks.
After all these years, nothing in this room had changed. It was as if everything had happened just yesterday.
She walked forward, came to the bedside, and fell backward, lying firmly on the soft big bed.
She didn't know if it was her illusion or what, but the moment she lay down, she seemed to smell the smell of her childhood.
Jiang Zhirou slowly closed her eyes and recalled her childhood.
Most of her childhood was spent in Yuelan.
Jiang Yan was in poor health and rarely took her out. Professor Jiang's focus was on school, not on her.
So she liked to stay in Yuelan. Si Moshen would always accompany her there.
She remembered that the only time Jiang Yan took her out, and after that, she never returned to Yuelan again.
She was sent to another place.
A place she was unfamiliar with.
"Are you going to sleep again just after waking up?"
Si Moshen's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Jiang Zhirou's thoughts.
"Tsk."
"Why do you always like to appear when others are thinking?"
Jiang Zhirou opened her eyes, glanced at Si Moshen standing not far away from her, and pouted.
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something. She sat up straight, propped her arms behind her, and looked at Si Moshen with a half - smile. "Where's the villa you built for me? Take me to have a look."
At that time, she disliked this place for being too small, and Si Moshen promised her that he would build a house of her own beside Yuelan.
It was a pity that she was taken away soon after.
She didn't know if Si Moshen would fulfill his promise.
Seeing the hint of suspicion in Jiang Zhirou's eyes, Si Moshen responded with an "En." "Let's go. I'll take you to see it."
Hearing his answer, a hint of surprise clearly flashed across Jiang Zhirou's face. "You really built it?不愧是司家少爺, you're really generous."
Then she got up from the bed and followed Si Moshen out.
Just as she finished saying "Young Master of the Si Family," Si Moshen suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Jiang Zhirou wasn't paying attention and bumped right into the man's back.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly and reached out to support the door frame beside her. Otherwise, her face would have been flattened.
"Are you out of battery? Walk properly. Why did you suddenly stop? Don't you know I'm behind you?"
Jiang Zhirou scolded him angrily.
Si Moshen's eyes flashed, but he didn't say a word. He took another step and walked out.
"Acting mute again."
Jiang Zhirou looked at his back and mumbled.
Si Moshen was like this when he was a child. Whenever he was unhappy, he would act mute. She didn't expect him to still be like this when he grew up.
"Hey? Si Moshen, why didn't I see Uncle and Aunt when I came up just now?"
"Did they go on a trip?"
Si Moshen's parents treated Jiang Zhirou like their own daughter, and Jiang Zhirou also had a very good relationship with them.
She didn't see them on the way up just now. Thinking of this, she asked.
Si Moshen's mother used to like traveling. She probably hadn't changed now, Jiang Zhirou thought.
"They're gone."
Si Moshen suddenly replied.
"Gone?" Jiang Zhirou frowned. "Where did they go?"
"Switzerland?" Mrs. Si used to say that the air in Switzerland was good and she liked it very much. She also said that she wanted to settle in Switzerland when she got old. Jiang Zhirou still remembered this.
Si Moshen paused.
"… They're dead."
As soon as the words fell, the expression on Jiang Zhirou's face changed.
No wonder she felt that Si Moshen had become more silent. She thought it was just his personality, but it turned out that it was because his family members were no longer around...
"… I'm sorry. I didn't know."
Jiang Zhirou apologized to him.
Si Moshen didn't show much expression on his face. As he walked, he said, "It's not your fault."
He didn't seem to be affected by this matter.
Jiang Zhirou tilted her head slightly and looked at the man beside her.
It had been a long time.
The person in front of her was no longer the same as when he was a child.
But what remained unchanged was that cynical look on his face as if he didn't care about anything.
"Get in the car."
Si Moshen led her to the parking lot.
Jiang Zhirou was slightly stunned. "Is it that far?"
If they needed to drive there, wouldn't it be very inconvenient for her to come and play if she lived there alone?
She had reason to suspect that Si Moshen deliberately built the house so far away just to make her come to Yuelan less often.
Just as Jiang Zhirou was thinking, Si Moshen opened the car door and glanced at her. "Don't you know how big Yuelan is? Is this your first time here?"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhirou snorted. As she opened the passenger - side door, she mocked, "You still talk so provocatively. Can you even get a wife?"
"I don't need one." Si Moshen held the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator.
The car rushed out instantly.
Hearing his words, Jiang Zhirou nodded in agreement and smiled. "Coincidentally, I don't need one either."
"That thing is really useless."
As soon as Jiang Zhirou finished speaking, Si Moshen's hand on the steering wheel tightened slightly, and a strange emotion quickly flashed across his eyes.