Chapter 112: Bo Jinxiu Appears at the Door

Before this, Yin Ruyun had already prepared a room for Jiang Ciyou.

When Jiang Ciyou came in, she found that the place looked even more transformed than it had the day she first visited.

Everything in the house seemed to have been cleaned all over again.

Even the curtains were spotless.

The wilted little plants on the balcony had all been replaced with new ones.

The weeds in the courtyard had been cleared away entirely, leaving everything neat and clean.

Only the small wind chime on the balcony still rang softly whenever the wind blew.

Its sound was not loud, yet it seemed like wind moving through a forest.

It put the heart at ease.

Jiang Ciyou stood in the courtyard for quite a while before going back inside.

Yin Ruyun brought over a bowl of white fungus and red date dessert soup.

"I made this tonight. Tomorrow morning I plan to set up a breakfast stall by the school gate, so come try it for me first."

Jiang Ciyou had not really eaten much at Junyue.

So she sat down and began to drink the soup.

After one sip, she was again pleasantly surprised.

"That’s really delicious."

Yin Ruyun’s face was full of loving warmth. "If you like it, drink more. There’s plenty in the pot. I also made mung bean soup and eight-treasure congee."

"Then save me a bowl of the eight-treasure congee tomorrow morning. I love that."

"All right, all right."

That night, Jiang Ciyou slept at Splendid Garden.

The room was very small.

The bedding was simple too.

Truth be told, she was rather particular in daily life.

She was sensitive to beds, and even her bedding had to be the finest. A mattress worth two million, silk quilts worth hundreds of thousands, latex pillows worth tens of thousands—none of it could save her shattered sleep.

But tonight, when she lay down.

The bedsheet and pillowcase were both new, made of pure cotton.

They had already been washed and dried in the sun, carrying a faint, pleasant fragrance.

For reasons she could not explain, sleepiness flooded over her the moment she lay down.

She slept for seven hours straight.

In the past three years, Jiang Ciyou had never slept this well.

When she woke, she felt clear-headed and refreshed.

Jiang Ciyou stepped out of the room and found that Yin Ruyun had already gone out.

Breakfast had been left for her on the dining table.

Eight-treasure congee, a sticky rice roll, a fried egg, small fried dough sticks, scallion oil pancake...

Yin Ruyun had left her one of every item she planned to sell from her stall.

Warmth welled up in Jiang Ciyou’s heart for no reason at all.

After finishing breakfast, Jiang Ciyou prepared to leave.

Before she did, she opened Yin Ruyun’s bedroom door.

After looking around, her gaze settled on a small dressing table in the corner.

Jiang Ciyou walked over.

The dressing table was very plain, with only a wooden comb and a tin of cold cream.

Jiang Ciyou picked up the comb.

There were two or three strands of hair caught in it.

She took out a transparent sealable bag and carefully collected the hairs into it.

After leaving Splendid Garden, Jiang Ciyou went to Xiao Hechuan’s private hospital.

She then placed the two sealed bags on Xiao Hechuan’s desk.

"Please do a paternity test for me."

Although Xiao Hechuan’s private hospital was not very large, it mainly served wealthy people from high society.

They also had genetic testing capabilities there.

Xiao Hechuan looked at the two bags. "What is this, did you discover the crown prince’s illegitimate child?"

Jiang Ciyou burst out laughing. "I already broke up with him."

Xiao Hechuan was somewhat surprised.

After the last counseling session, he had thought Jiang Ciyou would open her heart to Bo Jinxiu.

He had not expected her to break up so directly instead.

"Does he really have an illegitimate child?"

Jiang Ciyou looked unconcerned. "No. Don’t ask any more questions. Just help me check whether the two people whose samples are in here are biologically related."

Although Xiao Hechuan knew many things about Jiang Ciyou,

such as how she and Jiang Xiaoxiao had been switched at birth,

the matter now was probably far more complicated than anyone had imagined.

Even Jiang Ciyou herself could not make any guess.

So for the time being, she did not want to tell anyone.

Seeing that Jiang Ciyou did not wish to say more, Xiao Hechuan did not press further.

He only said, "I don’t have many staff here. The fastest it can be done is in two days. Come back then to get the report."

Jiang Ciyou said, "I’m flying to Paris tomorrow for a week. I’ll come back for the report after that."

That afternoon, Jiang Ciyou reported to Tang Fei that she would be taking the ten days of annual leave they had agreed on before.

Since Tang Fei had agreed to it himself, he naturally could not go back on his word.

That evening, Jiang Ciyou went to Green Shade Villa to pack her things.

Just as the car pulled up outside, she saw that the lights inside Green Shade Villa were on.

When Jiang Ciyou entered, she happened to see Gao Cen coming down the stairs.

When Gao Cen saw her, he quickly greeted her respectfully. "Miss Jiang."

Jiang Ciyou also nodded politely. "Secretary Gao, did you come to collect Mr. Bo’s luggage for him?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Gao Cen’s face.

"No. The president got drunk tonight and insisted on coming here, so..."

Jiang Ciyou’s beautiful brows furrowed.

Seeing that she was unhappy, Gao Cen hurried to play the sympathy card. "The president has been in a bad mood these past few days. He can’t sleep or eat properly, so he’s been working himself to the bone. He’s been in high-intensity meetings every day, and his stomach troubles have flared up. This afternoon he only just came back from the hospital after an IV drip, and tonight he couldn’t refuse an engagement with the government side. Now he’s drunk again. Tomorrow, when he wakes up, his stomach will surely hurt again."

But Jiang Ciyou did not fall for it. "With his status, what engagement could he not refuse? Which official on the government side wouldn’t watch his expression, and who would dare force liquor on him?"

The embarrassment on Gao Cen’s face grew even more obvious.

The ever steady and composed Secretary Gao could only scratch his head awkwardly. "That is true, but the president has really been in a bad mood these days, so he drank a little more."

Afraid that if he stayed any longer he would blurt out the truth to Jiang Ciyou, Gao Cen hurried to take his leave.

"Miss Jiang, I’ll be going now. I’ll trouble you to look after the president tonight."

Jiang Ciyou said indifferently, "I’ll be leaving in a bit too. I only came back to pack. I won’t be living here lately."

Gao Cen: "..."

Jiang Ciyou went upstairs without looking at him, only saying as she walked, "Since you’re here, take all your president’s things away too. They’re in the storage room. Also, tell him that in a few days I’ll be changing the code and the locks here. He should not come drunk again next time and find himself unable to get in."

Looking at Jiang Ciyou’s retreating figure, Gao Cen felt that when a woman truly hardened her heart, she could be utterly merciless.

In truth, there was one thing he had not lied about.

These days, Bo Jinxiu had been like a different person, working obsessively and forgetting even to eat or sleep.

Gao Cen naturally knew why.

He was simply missing Miss Jiang too much, afraid that if he ever let himself go idle, he would not be able to resist coming to find her.

Today, after Bo Wanhua received the news they had released, she was already on a flight to Italy.

Tonight, after Bo Jinxiu got drunk, he kept calling Jiang Ciyou’s name.

Only then had Gao Cen dared to take it upon himself to bring him here.

Gao Cen sighed.

He could only resign himself to moving the boxes from the storage room.

After he finished, he drove away.

Jiang Ciyou then went to the third floor and began packing her luggage.

Halfway through, she suddenly noticed a figure at the doorway.

It was Bo Jinxiu.