Rose Manor

Like a frightened rabbit, Shen Jia Nian jumped up from Fu Jichen's arms in a panic. When his feet hit the ground, he felt numb and almost fell down.

Fu Jichen put a hand on her lower back and said, "You have no future."

The man had a low voice and a faint smile.

Shen Jia Nian didn't pay attention to what he said. He lowered his head to adjust his clothes and hair. His face was as hot as a soldering iron.The burning heat spread all the way to the roots of the ears and neck.

After she calmed down a little, Fu Jichen cleared his throat and said "come in".

Zhu Yilan, who had been waiting outside for a long time, opened the door with one hand and came in with the folder in his arms. When he saw Shen Jia Nian inside, his expression was stunned for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal.

"I'm going out first." Shen Jianian felt like his whole body was on fire, so he finished speaking a little quickly, and walked out without waiting for Fu Jichen's response.

"and many more."

As soon as Shen Jianian reached the office door, he was stopped. He paused, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and looked back at him.She had already coaxed him like that, what else did he want? !

Fu Jichen picked up her dropped bag and shook it in his hand: "Don't you want the bag?"

Shen Jia Nian was stunned and realized that she had misunderstood him. She bit her lower lip in slight embarrassment and walked back to get her bag. She heard his gentle warning: "Be safe."

Shen Jia Nian nodded casually and went out.

As soon as she walked out of the office building, she received a call from Bai Changxia: "Are you off work? Do you need me to pick you up?" She also wanted to see where Shen Jiannian worked.

"I just got off work and am going to find you." Shen Jianian said, "Let's meet at the hotel."

The gathering time at noon was too short, and there was no time to say many things clearly. After struggling all afternoon, Shen Jianian was mentally prepared to confess everything.

There was a bit of traffic jam on the road, and we arrived at the Mandali Hotel at around six o'clock.

Bai Changxia didn't go anywhere in the afternoon. He slept and slept in his room until dusk and sunset.When she heard a knock on the door, she got up from the bed and went barefoot.

Looking out through the peephole and confirming that the person outside the door was Shen Jianian, Bai Changxia opened the door.

Shen Jianian held the meal packed from the restaurant in both hands and waved it in front of her eyes: "Let's have dinner in the room."

"It just so happens that I don't want to go out." Bai Changxia helped her carry a bag.

She took a shower in the afternoon. She was wearing home clothes brought from home, a complete set of light gray cotton and linen suits. Her face was uncovered, and her long hair was pulled up casually with shark clips. She was messy and lazy.

The two sat opposite each other in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, with dishes placed on the round table in the middle.

It gets dark early in winter, and the bright lights of the city at night are facing the window.

Shen Jianian bought two coconuts for drinks. The shells had a hole the size of a fist, inserted a straw and handed one to Bai Changxia.

"Where do you work? What do you do?" Bai Changxia took a sip of sweet coconut water and looked at Shen Jianian opposite who was busy arranging dishes and chopsticks.

Both of them graduated from the Conservatory of Music, one specializing in cello and the other in violin. It is difficult to find jobs in other fields after leaving school.

Shen Jianian answered whatever Bai Changxia asked: "Currently working as assistant to the president in Dong Ke."

Bai Changxia was a little surprised: "Can you handle it?"

Shen Jia Nian took a bite of the garlic short ribs and said with a smile: "I am learning slowly. Compared with the rush at the beginning, it is much better now."

When Bai Changxia heard this, he felt very sad: "Jia Nian..."

She didn't know how to comfort Shen Jianian to make him feel better.The originally smooth life suddenly encountered such a big change, no matter how much words were said, it would be pale and feeble in the face of reality.

In the past, she and Shen Jianian were twin sisters from the Beicheng Conservatory of Music. One was cold and ruthless, the other innocent and lively. They often caused a sensation when walking side by side in the school.

Shen Jianian is the innocent and lively one.

She is really a little princess, with stars in her eyes when she smiles, making people want to hold all the beautiful things in front of her, just to coax her to smile more.But the Shen Jianian in front of him, even his smile was reserved and broken, and he was not really happy.

Bai Changxia felt uncomfortable in her heart. She couldn't bear to ask many questions for fear of revealing the scars that she had finally healed.

The two of them finished their meal quietly. Shen Jianian had a few drops of oil splashed on his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower first.

When she came out wrapped in a bathrobe, Bai Changxia had already cleared away the leftover food on the table and turned on the ventilation system in the room.

Bai Changxia tied the handle of the garbage bag, took it out and threw it away. When he came back, he saw Shen Jia Nian sitting on the bed, holding a mobile phone and sending messages, with his head slightly lowered. The cross neckline of the bathrobe was slightly larger, revealing a piece of fair skin with a few spots on it. The red mark is very obvious.

"Jianian, you..." Bai Changxia stopped talking.

She had never had a boyfriend, but she could tell that the marks near her chest were different from ordinary scratches and should be hickeys.

After Shen Jianian finished sending the message to Fu Jichen, he raised his head and looked at her doubtfully: "What's wrong?"

Bai Changxia hadn't decided yet how to ask.

Shen Jianian followed her gaze, looked down, quickly covered his chest with his hands, then tightened the collar of his bathrobe, staring blankly at the carpet beside the bed, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Have you and Pei Che broken up?" Bai Changxia asked in a roundabout way.Shen Jianian looked at her: "Do you know why my family collapsed overnight?"

Bai Changxia shook his head.After something happened to the Shen family, she saw some reports in the news. They did not specify the specific reasons, but only used the words "improper management" to summarize everything.

Her family background was average, and no matter how much she inquired, she could not reach the circle of the Shen family, so she never knew the inside story.

"It was people from the Pei family who set a trap for my dad." Shen Jianian sat on the bed with his knees in his arms, staring at a place in trance, "My dad was caught in the trap out of trust in his friends. After the incident was revealed, he became so furious that he suffered a heart attack. , was sent to the hospital but could not be rescued, and she held my mother's hand tightly when she died. My mother couldn't stand the stimulation, and when she closed her eyes, it looked like my father before he died. It was a kind of torture for her, and in the end Choose to let him go."

It was the first time Bai Changxia heard this. He raised his hand to cover his trembling lips, tears welling up in his eyes.

Shen Jia Nian turned away, quickly wiped the corners of his eyes with his fingers, raised his neck and took a deep breath: "Xia Xia, tell me, how can I continue to be with him despite such hatred."

Bai Changxia leaned forward and hugged her, stroking her back with his palms, silently comforting her.

She thought that Shen Jia Nian didn't let Pei Che know her whereabouts because she felt that the difference in status between the two made them unworthy of him. She didn't expect that there was such a hidden secret.

"Does Pei Che know?" Bai Changxia asked after a long time.

Shen Jianian did not answer.

The friendship they had known each other since childhood was not fake. The Pei Che she knew was as clean and clear as his name.The Pei family should have hidden Pei Che who was abroad well before doing all this.

Even so, the fact that he is a member of the Pei family cannot be denied.

The two girls were lying on the big bed, as intimate as they used to live in the same dormitory.

After careful consideration, Shen Jia Nian told Bai Changxia what happened after coming to Yicheng, including breaking up with relatives and making a deal with Fu Jichen.

Hearing what happened next, Bai Changxia sat up in shock: "Jianian, you are confused! How can you make such a deal with the Fu family!"

Shen Jianian had already expected that her reaction would be huge. She looked up at the ceiling calmly and said, "There is no turning back when I shoot. I have already made this choice."

Bai Changxia got off the bed, picked up the satchel on the chair, pulled out a bank card from the mezzanine, took Shen Jianian's hand, and patted the card in her palm: "Take it. There are 200 million in it. All my savings, anyway, I have parents to support me, so I can’t use this money for the time being. You can use it first. If it’s not enough, I’ll think of a way. You and Fu Jichen will immediately terminate the transaction.”

We are both in Beicheng, and although I have never dealt with those wealthy and aristocratic families, just hearing about them is scary enough.

Shen Jia Nian's move is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger.

"The people in the Fu family are very clever and can eat people without spitting out their bones. He covets your youth and beauty and may not fulfill his promise. He will offend the entire Pei family because of you." Bai Changxia frowned and said sincerely, " Jianian, you should stay away from that kind of person."

Shen Jianian pushed the card back: "I'm not short of money."

She didn't lie. The money she got back from Hu Yuzhi was enough for her to live without Fu Jichen for the rest of her life. What's more, he promised to help her get back the Lingyue Group, and she would run her family's business well in the future.

"You don't even listen to me anymore?" Bai Changxia refused to take back the card. He knelt on the bed and stared into Shen Jianian's eyes to persuade her, "You are still so young, there is no need to sacrifice yourself."

"Xia Xia, I have no other choice." Shen Jia Nian closed his eyes and swallowed, "I want the Pei family to pay for what they have done, and I want to get back my parents' hard work."

She couldn't do it alone, so asking Fu Jichen for help was the result of her careful consideration.

Bai Changxia was suddenly speechless.

She sympathized with Shen Jianian's experience and worried that she would fall into a situation of no return in the future, but she could not control her thoughts and live her life for her.

After being quiet for a while, Bai Changxia asked feebly: "Is he good to you? I mean Fu Jichen."

"Very good." Shen Jianian explained to her, also to comfort herself, "He is good-looking, and although his temper is a little cold, he doesn't lose his temper for no reason, and he doesn't have any bad habits. I feel good about him."

Bai Changxia lay down and turned his back to her, biting his index finger with his teeth to prevent himself from choking. His tears fell silently and wet the pillow.

Shen Jia Nian has really changed, she can actually say such words calmly.

How can it be possible to be committed to others without loss?

She could have had a brilliant life, furthered her studies in music, stood on the stage playing the cello in the future, and become a cellist praised by everyone...

"Xia Xia, everyone has their own way to go. You can't help me, and no one can help me." Shen Jianian looked at her slightly shrugged shoulders and comforted her, "I'm very happy that you can come see me. Yes, really."

Bai Changxia tried hard to pretend, but she still caught her secretly crying. He turned over and glared at her with red eyes: "It's annoying, you don't want my money, and you don't want to listen to what I say."

Shen Jianian: "But you are still my best friend."

Bai Changxia said "annoying" several times in succession, and said that all the tears in his life had been shed yesterday and today.

Shen Jianian said that this is the best, so that he will not cry again in the future.

Bai Changxia called her a fool and came to comfort her even though he was not doing well.

After going to the bathroom and washing his face, Bai Changxia returned to bed, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table, and prepared to play a song to divert his attention.

As soon as I opened the music software, a news message from a certain browser popped up in the notification bar at the top of the screen.

[Pei Che, the only son of the Pei family in North City, returned home in a low-key manner. I wonder if it is related to the recent heavy losses suffered by the Pei Group. 】