Chapter 157 Epilogue
Chen Yuan ignored Jiang Ruxue and squinted at the man in front of him.

"Did you know that harassing others is against the law? I'm calling the police now, and you'll be at the police station in ten minutes."

"What harassment??? I just saw that this lady was drunk, can't I ask politely?"

"Then why do you take other people's things?"

"I...I picked it up!" the man said stubbornly.

"You clearly snatched it from the seat! Robbery is a serious crime, not just a detention."

Chen Yuan sneered. It was unclear whether the man was bullying the weak and afraid of the strong or what. He quickly glanced at Jiang Ruxue and then curled his lips.

"Then I'll give it back to you."

He spread out his hands, and Jiang Ruxue snatched his purse away, glaring at him viciously.

The spectators dining around him were all enjoying the meal, which made this man feel a little embarrassed.

This person left in a hurry, like a rat crossing the street. From being frivolous at the beginning to shrinking back, the process progressed incredibly fast, as if he was just a guest role as a harasser, just to pave the way for the protagonist's appearance.

Chen Yuan was still cursing in his heart.

It's already the 21st century, are there still people using such a clichéd way to pick up girls?

Come back.

A pair of bright and charming eyes stared at him, and a magnetic voice sounded, "Thank you."

"No, you're still out drinking so late, why don't you go home earlier... go back and rest."

Chen Yuan originally wanted to go home, but when he thought about Jiang Ruxue not living here, he changed his mind. However, his tone was not so pleasant, and he did not want to get too involved with Jiang Ruxue. Although he always left a good impression, he personally disliked a woman in her forties who went out drinking in the middle of the night and did not go home.

Even a good wife and mother would not do such a thing.

"Bad mood."

Jiang Ruxue was even stunned. She actually heard blame in Chen Yuan's tone.

He is quite annoying???
So decent...

Jiang Ruxue had never met a guy like Chen Yuan before, and for a moment she felt a little...excited by being scolded.

Yes, that is indeed the sentiment.

Chen Yuan is definitely a pure boy, the kind that makes the two sisters sigh "how can he be so pure". In this materialistic and fast-paced era, there are only a few people who are willing to calm down and experience love. However, this kind of people are often wrongly accused of being picky and out of tune with those around them. Maybe they will envy when they see that every friend is with a girl with long hair.

But if we give up the pursuit of pure love because of this, then persistence would become too cheap.

Chen Yuan is very traditional, probably because he was born in a small northern town, and he is even a little bit chauvinistic, so he can't stand Jiang Ruxue hanging around outside in the middle of the night.

He adjusted his tone and said, "You can drink at home. No one will care how much you drink. You can also drink at the hotel."

"I don't want to drink alone. It's so much fun outside. There are so many people, wind, and flowers and plants."

"Drink whatever you like."

Chen Yuan felt that he had done his best and wondered whether he should call a taxi to take his mother-in-law to the hotel and resolve the matter quickly.

at this time.

The cell phone he had just put in his pocket also started vibrating.

again and again.

I guess Jiang Yao saw the message and was replying.

Chen Yuan really wanted to take it out and have a look. He really doubted whether this woman was his mother-in-law.

But Jiang Ruxue was given a cold voice and fell silent.

She actually waved to the waiter to come over.

"Then let's pay. I understand what you mean. It's really not suitable for me to go out when it's so chaotic outside."

"That's what it means."

Chen Yuan's expression relaxed and he nodded.

She paid the bill and was about to leave, but after a few seconds she suddenly turned back.

"what happened?"

"You... won't go with me?"

"I can't. I still have to wait for someone. If you're afraid of danger, I can call you a taxi."

"That's fine..." Jiang Ruxue lowered her cheeks and blinked her eyeliner. She didn't expect Chen Yuan to be so straightforward. He was really pure. She suspected that if she didn't point it out, the other party wouldn't understand what she meant even if she said a hundred sentences. "Forget it, don't call a taxi."

I saw Chen Yuan pick up his phone and was really ready to call a taxi.

Jiang Ruxue let out a sigh immediately.

I wish even his big brother who was eating next to him understood it, but this little guy was still confused.

"You're not driving here, are you? Drunk and driving is definitely not allowed."

"No, I plan to walk back. It's not far anyway."

"Can you walk in high heels?"

"OK."

"Then go ahead." Chen Yuan put his hands in his pockets, his eyes full of hope that she would leave quickly.

Jiang Ruxue pursed her lips slightly, took a deep breath and said, "Do you want me to be frank... Classmate, please be a good person and take me back to the hotel, okay?"

"what?"

In just a moment, Chen Yuan's eyes dimmed. At this moment, he just wanted to have a good chat with Jiang Yao. He hadn't spoken to her for the whole afternoon. He was going to wait for her to come home and make a video call later.

"Okay, Auntie."

"What!???"

……

Walking in the old narrow alleys and turning around the wall where the night owl was standing, the view in front of me suddenly opened up and a fairly wide road came into view. The low shops on both sides had already closed their doors, and the warm light through the curtains of the multi-story buildings where residents lived could be vaguely seen.

Chen Yuan and Jiang Ruxue were chatting together under the wall covered with ivy.

"It's really amazing. I met you in the community today. There was an accident in the elevator. I didn't expect to run into you at night."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either...Auntie."

"Don't call me auntie."

"What is that called..." Chen Yuan's face looked like a corpse, but fortunately he was about to be sent back to Jiang Ruxue safely.

He would have to ask about the relationship between his father-in-law and mother-in-law later. He had already imagined the unpleasant scene in his mind where the couple were not getting along but had not divorced for decades.

"No woman would like this title."

woman???

Chen Yuan stopped abruptly and realized that something seemed to be wrong.

He quickly changed the subject, thinking that his mother-in-law must have drunk too much today.

"Didn't you say you were in a bad mood? Why don't you talk about this?"

"That's fine," Jiang Ruxue shrugged. "Actually, at my age, there aren't many things to worry about. They're just about family matters..."

"Yeah, I understand."

"Can you understand?" Jiang Ruxue turned her head and chuckled. She pursed her lips and walked faster. "Actually, I just have a bad relationship with my daughter. She doesn't trust me very much. It seems like she's hiding everything from me and avoiding me."

"This is normal, it's the same when you grow up. There will always be conflicts between the ideas of the older generation and their offspring. Young people need their own space."

Chen Yuan found the topic that interested him the most and started talking more. He finally understood why Jiang Ning never told him about her family. It turned out that it was because the relationship between mother and daughter was not good.

"Normal? Are you and your mother like this too?"

"Not much. She usually interferes with me in many things, and I often ask for more freedom."

"Oh, there is no such thing as absolute freedom in this world."

Jiang Ruxue sneered, obviously disagreeing with his point of view.

"I didn't say absolute freedom, I said minimum freedom. Maybe you should try to communicate more with your daughter. She should also be eager to have a good talk. If the relationship becomes strained, she must be unhappy..." Chen Yuan thought silently about Jiang Ning's illness, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.

He was thinking about his girlfriend again, trying to persuade his future mother-in-law with kind words, and naturally speaking out the most true words in his heart. If possible, if he could help a little bit to make the relationship between Jiang Ruxue and Jiang Ning better, it would be great.

Chen Yuan, a man with a soft heart, had no idea that he was worrying about a disease that did not exist at all, and was worried all day long because of the lies made up by the two sisters.

"Maybe." She responded indifferently.

The stubborn ideas that had persisted for so many years did not change because of Chen Yuan's words.

"Are we almost at your hotel?"

"You really don't want to see me off..." Jiang Ruxue rolled her eyes, "I'll be there soon, don't worry, it won't take up too much of your time."

"Ok."

"By the way, how old are you?"

"Eighteen years old, uh... my nineteenth birthday is coming up." "Pfft - young enough, I can't even remember what I looked like when I was eighteen."

Jiang Ruxue suppressed her inner surprise. She wondered how Chen Yuan could be so young and immature at the age of 20. She suddenly felt that her own age was exaggerated.

She was also sobered up a little by the shock.

"You have daughters, and you should be able to see some of your youth in them."

"That's right," Jiang Ruxue turned around gracefully, her eyes flickering, "I think the most wonderful thing is to go home and see them playing the piano and reading, just like when I was young."

"what……"

etc--

Chen Yuan was originally imagining Jiang Ning reading. Just as a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, it froze on his face in an instant.

they?

Where are you from?

"How many children do you have?" Chen Yuan asked, suppressing his inner shock.

"Not many, just two. You can say it's one, because they are as close as water in a cup..." Jiang Ruxue thought about the twins and waved her hand, "You wouldn't understand even if I told you."

Chen Yuan definitely understands.

He roughly understood something. It should be about the issue of split personality. As a mother, Jiang Ruxue certainly knew that her daughter suffered from this disease.

Medically, split personality is defined as two people who equally possess personality rights.

If there are two people, it is not impossible.

Chen Yuan patted his chest. He was so scared that he actually thought Jiang Ning and Jiang Yao were not the same person!

That would be too scary!

There is no way such absurd things could happen in the world. Even the top playwrights would not write such a clichéd plot. If they were to write a play, they should have done it like Shakespeare, taking family affection, ethics and inner struggle as the main themes.

Chen Yuan never thought that Jiang Ruxue inadvertently pointed out everything.

The crumpled ball of paper that was wrapped in the blazing flames was already starting to burn.

……

"WDF!!!!"

Pearl City.

In a clean bedroom.

Jiang Yao screamed, twisted, crawled in the dark, trembled and pulled her face, and whispered crazily.

"What to do? What to do? What to do?"

Those who didn’t know would think that the Outer God of Cthulhu had resurrected in her mind.

She went to a family gathering with Jiang Ning. The two naughty kids forced her to play with their phone until it ran out of battery, and she couldn't get back quickly. Her grandmother held her hand and said a lot of caring words to her.

Unexpectedly, this happened after I went home and quickly charged my phone!
My biological mother actually went to Lanjing! ? ? ?
"What are you shouting about? Everyone downstairs can hear your scream." Jiang Ning, wrapped in a bath towel and wiping her hair, walked in from outside the door, frowning and teaching.

"Mother!!"

"Are you crazy? I'm your sister."

"No..." Yaoyao slapped the quilt anxiously, "Mommy went to Lanjing!"

Jiang Ning paused in her action of wiping her hair.

What made her even more suffocated was that Yaoyao said immediately afterwards: "She went to find the young master!"

"How is it possible? How could she know about our relationship... Let me see, let me see."

Jiang Ning's face was already pale.

She couldn't imagine what Jiang Ruxue would do to hurt Chen Yuan with her personality. It didn't matter how the two sisters fought with their mommy, the weakest point they feared the most was Chen Yuan.

She took the phone and read it carefully for a long time, not missing a single word.

He didn't even care about the water drops dripping through his hair.

A few breathless minutes passed.

"You scared me to death!" Jiang Ning scolded, "What do you mean she went to look for Chen Yuan? It was just a coincidence that they met. Chen Yuan happened to be in Lanjing today for something."

"is it?"

"So you didn't understand!"

Jiang Ning was speechless.

She kept her relationship with Chen Yuan a secret so strictly guarded, and Jiang Ruxue was far away in Mingzhu City, so how could she possibly reach out so far?

"If she wasn't going to look for Chen Yuan, then why did she go to Lanjing? No wonder she hasn't come back yet. I thought she was at the company... Horrible! So terrible!"

"I think she must have tampered with the house we rented. This is her usual trick."

Jiang Ning was very smart and she immediately smelled a conspiracy. Her mother had done something like this when she was a child.

Fortunately, it was just an accidental encounter in the elevator.

This is truly a blessing in disguise.

She wiped her hair and thought about Jiang Ruxue's plan.

……

"Okay, I'll take you here," Chen Yuan stepped back, "I have to wait for someone when I go back, I'm afraid it will be too late."

"Okay," Jiang Ruxue gave him a charming look, "But wait a moment, I have something to give you, it's also a gift for you protecting me in the elevator today and helping me drive away the harasser tonight."

Jiang Ruxue changed her previous idea.

She originally just wanted something to happen, then throw some money and get the little guy to go away.

However, after some contact, Jiang Ruxue developed a stronger interest.

She found that kind of relationship too boring.

Why not take this opportunity to get to know each other better?

Downstairs in the hotel, it was empty and quiet. Gusts of cold wind blew over, ruffling Jiang Ruxue's curly long hair. The blush on her cheeks faded a little, revealing her fair face. Her incomparably mature charm would stun anyone who saw her.

Her windbreaker fluttered, and her face was half hidden in the shadow and half exposed in the light.

Chen Yuan was young and ignorant, and had no idea how good Jiang Ruxue, a scheming woman, was at seducing people. He was stunned for a few seconds.

Afterwards, Jiang Ruxue, with a slightly more bouncing pace, walked up the stairs of the hotel.

"Wait for me please."

From a distance, she turned her head, bent slightly and smiled, and her voice also came over.

Not even a chance to refuse.

It's just that clever.

Chen Yuan sighed, and while waiting downstairs, he took out his cell phone and looked at the messages sent by the two sisters. The series of question marks made him dizzy.

what else:
"She didn't tell you anything?"

"I didn't know Mommy went to Lanjing."

"Anyway, don't get in touch with her too much. My mom has a very strange personality and is moody!"

"She's a little sick too! I inherited it from her!"

Chen Yuan finally finished reading it and was about to reply "We met again tonight" when the sound of high heels stepping on the ground came again.

He looked up.

Jiang Ruxue came over carrying an exquisite small box.

"For you."

"Actually, it's not necessary..."

"Here you go...I'm leaving."

Jiang Ruxue forced it into his hand and turned back.

Chen Yuan watched her disappear, sighed, and opened the box. What caught his eye was not some exquisite and expensive gift... but a pair of original black stockings... and a card.

He was shocked!
The box flew out of his hand and was thrown away by him like a hot potato.

broken!

No matter how stupid he was, he understood at this moment what his mother-in-law meant!!!
"Not this??? Oh! What a crap thing!"

He really had the urge to rush over and explain who he was. If he explained clearly, there would be no such thing at all! How would he face Teacher Jiang in the future?
Chen Yuan stood there in a daze, his heart breaking.

After a moment, a strong look of disgust emerged on his cheeks. He even felt insulted. In his heart, he no longer had any good feelings towards Jiang Ruxue.

(End of this chapter)