"Miss, it's quite late now. Why not stay here for the night and go back early tomorrow morning?"
As soon as Jiang Zhirou stepped out of the room, she was stopped by Tan Si.
"No, I must go home now."
Tan Si looked embarrassed and stood still on the spot.
Just then, Shen Yu'an came out of the room and gave instructions to Tan Si.
"Send her back."
Hearing this, Tan Si didn't say anything more and quickly responded, "Yes, sir."
Since Shen Yu'an had spoken, it was almost impossible for him to keep the person even if he wanted to.
On the street at four o'clock in the morning, there were hardly any pedestrians.
Jiang Zhirou kept checking the time from time to time, looking extremely anxious.
Tan Si in the driver's seat glanced at the woman in the back row through the rearview mirror and couldn't help but speak.
"Miss, if you had accompanied the sir tonight, he would surely have been very happy."
Since Shen Qingmian returned from Mexico more than a year ago, the relationship between the two had been quite tense. Shen Yu'an hadn't been that happy like the other day for a long time.
Originally, he thought that their relationship would start to ease, but now it seemed that there was no hope.
The miss's heart was no longer with the sir.
Hearing Tan Si's words, Jiang Zhirou's gaze fell on the front.
"Assistant Tan, can I ask why you've been willing to work beside my elder brother all the time?"
"Sometimes he has a rather strange temper and likes to scold people without understanding the situation. Don't you find it quite depressing?"
Hearing this, Tan Si let out a soft sigh.
"Miss, you may not know this. Actually, I was redeemed by the sir back then."
No one knew about this. Even the whole Ming'an thought that he had become Shen Yu'an's assistant after going through strict selection.
"Redeemed?" Jiang Zhirou was puzzled.
"Yes." Tan Si nodded heavily.
"My father was an abusive gambler. My mother ran away when I was very young. When I grew up, I finally managed to get into the city for college, thinking I could start a new life. But in the end, I still couldn't get rid of my past."
"My father owed a lot of usury outside. Finally, when he had no money to pay it back, he committed suicide."
"Then these creditors found me and asked me to pay off the debt."
"But at that time, I was just a college graduate. I didn't have any money at all. I even had problems paying for the rent."
"Those usurers were all shady people, and some of them were involved in human trafficking."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhirou's eyes were filled with shock.
"I couldn't pay back the money, so I had to sell my organs. It was the sir who paid off those debts for me."
"So everyone can say that the sir is not good, but I can't. My life was given by him. If it weren't for the sir, I might have died long ago, and I wouldn't have had the chance to talk to you, miss."
Tan Si spoke in a very calm tone, so calm that it was as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with himself.
"Was the debt a huge amount?"
If she remembered correctly, the time Tan Si mentioned was exactly when Shen Yu'an was the busiest, most hard - working and most short of money.
"A huge amount. So huge that even if I had ten lives, I couldn't pay it off."
Jiang Zhirou was a bit surprised. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't say a word.
Shen Yu'an had never told her about these things. To be precise, he had never told Shen Qingmian.
She had to admit that before Shen Yu'an sent Shen Qingmian to Mexico, Shen Qingmian had always been well - protected by Shen Yu'an.
It was indeed Shen Yu'an's spoiling that made Shen Qingmian develop such an innocent and defenseless personality.
"Miss, we're here."
Tan Si's voice suddenly sounded.
Jiang Zhirou came back to her senses.
Tan Si got out of the car and opened the back - seat door.
Just as Jiang Zhirou got out of the car and was about to leave, Tan Si suddenly called out to her.
She turned back. "Is there anything else?"
Tan Si looked at her. After a long while, he said, "Miss, if you have time... I hope you can spend more time with the sir. You're the only one he has."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhirou was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "I see."
"Assistant Tan, you should also go back and rest quickly."
After saying that, Jiang Zhirou turned around and walked towards the elevator.
Tan Si stood by the car until Jiang Zhirou entered the elevator, then he turned around and left.
Jiang Zhirou entered the elevator, still lost in thought about what Tan Si had just said.
After getting out of the elevator, she opened the door out of muscle memory.
The moment she opened the door, Xiaoju immediately rushed out and rubbed against her legs.
Jiang Zhirou came back to her senses and then noticed that the light in the living room was still on.
"You're back."
Chi Yu's voice suddenly sounded, a bit hoarse.
Jiang Zhirou suddenly felt a bit guilty. If she hadn't stopped Chi Yu at noon today and instead forwarded the address to him, what happened later wouldn't have occurred, and she wouldn't have come home so late.
Xiaoju meowed at this moment. Jiang Zhirou immediately made a shushing gesture to the kitten and mouthed to it, "Let's be quiet. Your dad seems to be angry."
Xiaoju was very sensible. After Jiang Zhirou finished speaking, it circled around her and then ran into the cat house, as if making space for the two of them.
Chi Yu was sitting on the sofa with his back to Jiang Zhirou, showing no intention of greeting her.
Jiang Zhirou moved her feet inside at a snail's pace while carefully saying, "Well... I had dinner this afternoon and suddenly had something to do, so I came back a little late."
"Have you finished the thing?" Chi Yu still didn't turn back, and there was no trace of emotion in his voice.
Jiang Zhirou inexplicably felt a bit flustered. She quickly walked up to Chi Yu and nodded heavily at him. "I'm done. I'm done."
Chi Yu lifted his eyes to look at her.
When she went out, she was wearing a white short - sleeved shirt. Now when she came back, the clothes on her body had been changed into a gray long - sleeved one.
Under what circumstances would one lose their clothes while handling matters?
"What did you go to do just now?" Chi Yu asked again.
Jiang Zhirou subconsciously wanted to answer, but suddenly remembered that Shen Qingmian seemed to have had special feelings for Shen Yu'an before, and Chi Yu had always minded this.
If he knew that she had been with Shen Yu'an just now, he would probably be unhappy.
"There were some leads from the welfare home. I just went to check them out."
Jiang Zhirou didn't mention that she had been drugged and taken away by Shen Yu'an.
After all, when she came out of the restaurant, she really mistook Shen Yu'an for Chi Yu.
"Really?" Chi Yu raised his voice at the end, and his eyes looking at her were completely emotionless.
The uneasiness in Jiang Zhirou's heart became stronger and stronger, and her voice was much softer than before.
"Yes..."
"Heh."
Chi Yu suddenly let out a soft laugh. He leaned forward and got closer to Jiang Zhirou. Suddenly, he reached out and forcefully pinched her chin.
His eyes were filled with nothing but dead silence.
Then, Jiang Zhirou heard an extremely cold voice slowly falling from above her head.
"How long are you going to keep lying to me?"
"Jiang, Zhi, Rou."