Ruan Yi sat at the dining table and watched for more than three hours.
From seven o'clock to ten thirty, Xu Siyan still didn't come back.
Ruan Yi took her cell phone to the window and looked out. The road outside the villa was empty, with only the street lights still on.
Her inner expectations were failing little by little, and two voices were fighting in her head.
One told her to wait a little longer, maybe he was busy;
The other one told her not to wait any longer, he probably wouldn't remember.
Ruan Yi was pulled repeatedly by these two voices and spent an hour in tangle.
When she picked up her phone to check the time again, it was already eleven forty.
In twenty minutes, Xu Siyan's birthday is about to pass.
Ruan Yi still couldn't muster up the courage to call or send him a message. She still remembered his warnings and reminders so far——
She will gain nothing from this marriage.
She had already planned for him to leave the Ruan family and was not qualified to make demands on him.
Ruan Yi sighed silently, put down his phone, and took out the cake he made by himself from the refrigerator.
Maybe there is no chance to give it to him, so let’s celebrate his birthday alone.
Ruan Yi placed the cake on the dining table next to the cold dishes.
The candle was on the cabinet next to her, and she carefully inserted the two numbers "27" into the cake. Only then did she realize that there was no lighter in the kitchen.
Ruan Yi turned around and walked towards the living room, stopping in front of the drawer of the TV cabinet to rummage.
As she opened the drawer, there was a knock on the door behind her.
Ruan Yi paused in his movements, and the fire in his heart that was almost extinguished suddenly started to gain momentum again.
She closed the drawer and walked quickly towards the door. She couldn't wait to open the door without even having time to look at the surveillance camera.
Xu Siyan was not the only person in front of the door.
Xu Siyan was helped back by Yuanye. Although Ruan Yi had never had contact with Yuanye before, she recognized him.
Yuanye smiled and greeted Ruan Yi: "Hi, I'll take Si Yan back. He's drunk and can't drive."
Ruan Yi looked at Xu Siyan.
His eyes were a little red and his face was expressionless. He didn't look like he had drunk too much, but he smelled very strong of alcohol.
Ruan Yi knew without thinking that Xu Siyan probably celebrated his birthday with his friends.
Without time to think about this, Ruan Yi took Xu Siyan from Yuanye, gently supported him, and said "thank you" to Yuanye.
Yuanye: "Then I'll leave it to you. I'll retreat first."
Ruan Yi said to Yuanye, "Be careful on the road," and then helped Xu Siyan close the door.
After closing the door, Ruan Yi looked at Xu Siyan again and found that he was also staring at her with obvious drunkenness in his eyes.
Ruan Yi: "You seem to have drunk too much. Please sit on the sofa and rest for a while. I'll make you some hangover soup."
After she finished speaking, she planned to help Xu Siyan sit on the sofa, but Xu Siyan held her wrist with her backhand.
He was so strong that Ruan Yi was pinched in pain and subconsciously frowned.
"Then you want to sit down in the restaurant?" Ruan Yi said, "I'll help you in."
Xu Siyan still didn't respond to her this time. He shook off her hand and walked towards the restaurant.
Ruan Yi didn't know what Xu Siyan was thinking. She usually couldn't guess what he was thinking. Now that he had drunk too much, he was even more confused.
All she could do was follow him step by step.
When Xu Siyan arrived at the restaurant, he saw a table of sumptuous dishes and the conspicuous cake.
There are candles with the number "27" on the cake, and there is a blessing card next to it.
Xu Siyan picked up the card and saw the blessings on it.
Ruan Yi's handwriting is highly recognizable, and he can recognize it almost at a glance.
After reading that paragraph, Xu Siyan felt it was ironic and laughed coldly.
Ruan Yi heard his ridicule and subconsciously pursed her lips.
Xu Siyan took the card and turned to look at Ruan Yi, "Are you hypocritical?"
He threw the card at her, "It's impossible for me to be happy without you in my day."
His voice was hoarse and somewhat muddy, and the strong smell of alcohol on his body reminded Ruan Yi of one fact: he had drunk too much.
She tried to comfort herself with this lame excuse, but it didn't work.
His behavior...should be regarded as telling the truth after drinking.
Ruan Yi looked at the card at his feet, took a deep breath, and finally decided to deal with it silently.
She raised her legs and prepared to cook hangover soup for him.
As soon as he stepped forward, Xu Siyan suddenly picked up the cake on the table.
Ruan Yi suddenly turned his head and looked over.
Snapped.
The cake was thrown into the wastebasket by Xu Siyan. The cream and cherry jam splashed out, and the bright red cherries on it rolled several times on the gray floor, falling into pieces.
As for the candle, it should have been buried at the bottom of the wastebasket by the cake.
Ruan Yi's eyes were fixed on the wastebasket and never moved away. At this moment, all that flashed through her mind were images of herself making cakes.
She knew that Xu Siyan would not care about her sincerity, but she did not expect that he would throw the cake into the trash can.
Ruan Yi pinched his palms, his eyes and throat sore.
"Is 20 million easy to make?" She heard Xu Siyan's cold voice.
Ruan Yi was very sensitive to this number. Combined with the wilderness that sent him back today, he immediately understood something.
She wanted to speak, but it felt like there was something blocked in her throat, and she couldn't make any sound.
The injured areas on my body seemed to hurt more, and my ankles and calves were so painful that I couldn't stand still.
But Xu Siyan didn't know how she felt. He approached her and pinched her chin with one hand: "Let me ask you, is 20 million easy to make?"
Ruan Yi shook his head first, and then nodded again after seeing the ridicule in his eyes.
Xu Siyan sneered and patted her cheek a few times with his palm, "You haven't figured out how to lie, have you?"
"Twenty million for one dose of medicine, you are really expensive." He kept spitting out words that humiliated and belittled her, "You should sell it."
Ruan Yi's eyes became even more sore, and she almost couldn't control her emotions and cried in front of him.
At this moment, Xu Siyan's cell phone suddenly rang.
This voice gave Ruan Yi a chance to breathe.
Xu Siyan let go of Ruan Yi and took out his mobile phone from his pocket. Ruan Yi saw that he had opened WeChat. In the notes in the chat window was the name he had heard countless times.
Jiang Mingzhu.
Jiang Mingzhu didn't send any ambiguous message, she just transferred a sum of money to him and added "Happy Birthday".
But Xu Siyan's expression was much gentler than before, and he probably didn't realize it himself.
Xu Siyan confiscated Jiang Mingzhu's transfer, replied "thank you", and put the phone back in his pocket.
His eyes looked at Ruan Yi opposite him again.
Ruan Yi: "I'm going to make some sobering soup for you..."
"I will never come back again." Xu Siyan interrupted her, "Don't contact me again."
Ruan Yi's throat was swollen and tight. She didn't know how much effort it took to squeeze out a sentence: "Okay."
Xu Siyan: "My parents' side——"
"I will tell them that we spent our birthday together." Ruan Yi took over his words, "I won't cause any trouble to you."
