Chapter 327: Chapter 325 Despicable Means, Full Responsibility
Si Yuhuan’s lips curled slightly.
"It seems you’ve come to your senses?"
This man... his eyes were viciously sharp.
Jian Xi walked over. "It’s not that I’ve come to my senses. I’ve chosen to trust you temporarily, to see what other tricks you have up your sleeve."
"Since you didn’t come in screaming and trying to kill me, I knew you still love me."
Si Yuhuan’s voice was gentle enough to drown a person. Even now, with his handsome face almost completely obscured by bandages, his mature charm was still palpable.
Jian Xi’s fingers twitched. She said in a cold, hard tone, "You’d better hope I don’t find any trace or clue that you’ve been controlling everything from behind the scenes. I swear, I will kill you!"
She was no longer a fool for love and wouldn’t be easily swayed by him.
"It really wasn’t me. I didn’t steal the child. I only threatened you because I was afraid you would disregard your health and injure yourself," Si Yuhuan urgently explained.
"I originally hoped to help you find your child for a happy reunion, but I didn’t expect..."
Recalling everything that happened on the boat, a cold glint flashed in Si Yuhuan’s eyes.
"I truly didn’t expect Si Junyan to still be alive. Moreover, he’s connected with assassins, and the child is in his hands."
Si Yuhuan looked at Jian Xi. "What dirt does he have on you? Why would he steal your and Zhang Yaxuan’s child?"
Questioned thus, Jian Xi didn’t dare to meet his gaze and stammered, "Well..."
How could she tell him now that the child was his! Si Yuhuan would hate her to death. With his clear-cut likes and dislikes, he might just snap her neck. Si Yuhuan despised deception above all else! That was his bottom line! Just look at Jiang Qimeng’s fate; when he turned on someone, he was utterly merciless!
"A dead person coming back to life... whether it’s true or not has yet to be verified. Who knows if what you’re saying is true."
Si Yuhuan sighed, lying back on the bed.
"He couldn’t have mistaken the child for mine, could he?"
Jian Xi’s pupils contracted violently.
"Nonsense!"
This speculation made Jian Xi’s heart tremble uncontrollably.
If Si Junyan was alive and had kidnapped her child, then it was indeed possible he was targeting Si Yuhuan!
She felt as if a giant hand had dragged her into an endless hell. She desperately wanted to sever all ties with the past, yet felt them being relentlessly forced back together. Her heart ached so much that even breathing was painful.
"Si Yuhuan, I don’t care if you or Si Junyan is the mastermind. I’m giving you only one option: bring my child back to me, unharmed. Otherwise, I won’t hesitate to collaborate with Fu Shengyuan. Salsi Group will be acquired by Jian Group and Tianyao Group, all your plans will be ruined, and Haohan Group will never recover."
She stood up and walked to the door.
Si Yuhuan gave a self-deprecating sneer. "Jian Xi, why won’t you ever trust me?"
Jian Xi clenched her whitening fingertips and took a deep breath. "I did trust you once."
In my previous life, I trusted you wouldn’t harm me. But in the end, I lost everything, killed by someone you personally sent. This life...
"But I was terribly wrong. A person who has died once won’t trust anyone. I only believe in results!"
Si Yuhuan was speechless, his dark eyes fixed on Jian Xi’s retreating back. His hand drooped beside the bed, his entire body feeling as if it had been drained of strength.
Jian Xi’s indifference chilled him to the bone.
He let out a low chuckle.
This woman was a liar! When had she ever trusted him? Throughout the entire process of filing for divorce, she had shown him no affection at all. All this talk of love was a joke! Now, seeing him in this state, there wasn’t a hint of pity or love in her eyes. Deep-seated hatred blinded her eyes, preventing her from seeing any good in him at all.
Si Yuhuan’s pride was being ruthlessly ground into the dust. An even greater wave of unwillingness washed over him.
"Jian Xi, I’ll get your child back for you. And you... I’m determined to have you!"
Jian Xi came out.
Wan Yu immediately stepped forward. "Is everything settled?"
"I don’t know."
What does she mean, she doesn’t know? Wan Yu was baffled.
"I get the feeling Si Yuhuan wasn’t lying; perhaps Si Junyan really is alive."
"That’s ridiculous. If a dead person can come back to life, then shouldn’t Jiang Qimeng be alive too?"
Jian Xi was silent.
It did sound rather fantastical. To fall from such a high cliff, bones shattered to pieces, and still survive... it seemed a bit unrealistic.
"Regardless, Si Yuhuan has a responsibility to bring my child back. I’ve threatened him; perhaps it will work."
"Xixi, why don’t you just tell Si Yuhuan that the son is his? He might hand the child over immediately."
"Absolutely not!" Jian Xi said, alarmed.
"If he finds out Mingming is his biological son, he’ll definitely keep our son and then try to take Yinyin, our daughter. He’ll eventually force me to submit, and I’ll become a pawn he can manipulate."
This life she had fought so hard to reclaim... Jian Xi didn’t want to lose it just like that.
"If Mingming is in Si Junyan’s hands, even if Si Yuhuan knows he’s his biological son, it won’t help. He might even complicate matters."
Jian Xi’s mind raced.
If Si Junyan is still alive, he must have a mysterious backer helping him reach this point. Who could it be, someone with such power? Even someone as formidable as Si Yuhuan would be hard-pressed to compare.
As they were talking, her mobile phone started ringing.
Jian Xi glanced at the caller ID: Fu Shengyuan.
She raised an eyebrow and answered the call.
"Xixi, where are you?"
Jian Xi hesitated for a moment. "What’s wrong?"
"I went to the postpartum care center, but they said you left several days ago." Fu Shengyuan added tactfully, "About what you mentioned last time, wanting to cooperate with me... have you thought about it?"
"How do you plan to take down Salsi Group?" Jian Xi asked directly.
Fu Shengyuan elaborated, "First, we’ll cut off Si Yuhuan’s cash flow and outbid him. Of course, the crucial element is the allure of the Second Generation Chip in your hands. Salsi Group will undoubtedly fall into our hands."
"The first two aspects will depend on your strategic planning, President Fu, while only the last one requires the Jian Family to exert its strength. Don’t you feel that a fifty-fifty split is rather disadvantageous for us?"
Fu Shengyuan chuckled, unconcerned. "With you, Xixi, there’s no need to be so meticulous about the split."
"You certainly have a way with words, President Fu."
"And my actions will be even more impressive. Jian Xi, please don’t doubt the extent of my affection for you."
Fu Shengyuan was the same as ever, openly declaring his love.
"Alright then, President Fu. Please make your preparations."
"Does that mean you’ve agreed?"
A cunning glint flashed in Fu Shengyuan’s eyes.
Jian Xi hummed in agreement and hung up.
Wan Yu gave her a thumbs-up.
"Honestly, a man like President Fu, professing ’love as deep as the ocean’—he’s truly top-tier. Not just among scumbags, but even among master manipulators in love."
She could barely hold back her laughter.
Jian Xi was rendered speechless.
"Xixi, doesn’t he realize how insincere his declarations of love sound?"
"Maybe he knows and is just playing dumb, or maybe he’s genuinely clueless."
These were things Jian Xi didn’t want to dwell on.
"Are you really planning to collaborate with him to bring down Haohan Group?"
"We’ll make preparations for now. A threat only has power if it’s credible. I hope Si Yuhuan sees my determination."
Jian Xi sighed. Besides him, who else can help me get my child back? I’ll just have to use such despicable and shameless means to force him to take some responsibility as a father!