Jiang Shuiyun thought that she should act on her thoughts immediately and opened the door, preparing to explain the matter to Yi Jinbai.
As soon as Jiang Shuiyun opened the door, she saw Yi Jinbai standing in front of her. Startled by the sudden opening of the door, she became even more flustered and stammered, "I'm sorry..."
“I should be the one saying this,” Jiang Shuiyun pulled Yi Jinbai into her room and told her everything. “Actually, I already knew this afternoon that Shen Xian was Shen Yunyi’s second brother. I’m sorry for not telling you this right away and letting you know in advance, and for deliberately letting Shen Yunyi know this tonight. I didn’t handle this well. After I caused all this and made everyone unhappy, I left directly. That was even more wrong. So I should be the one saying sorry.”
Jiang Shuiyun never felt that admitting mistakes was something to be ashamed of. In the past, they had to review every battle. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. The most important thing is to find the mistakes as soon as possible, admit them, remember them, correct them, and try to mitigate the consequences to avoid future losses. Being stubborn and saving face is often useless and extremely harmful. If you don't admit it this time, it will show up again next time, causing even greater and more unbearable consequences.
Similarly, even in daily life, Jiang Shuiyun is very good at reflecting, identifying problems, making amends and corrections, and learning from them for the next time.
Yi Jinbai was somewhat confused by Jiang Shuiyun's words. It took him a while to react. He shook his head vigorously, feeling even more guilty. "No, it's not your fault. I shouldn't have said it like that, making you and President Shen unhappy..."
“You did nothing wrong,” Jiang Shuiyun repeated, looking earnestly at the self-reproaching Yi Jinbai. “You were just sharing something that made you happy with us. You did nothing wrong. It was just a little unexpected. Don’t blame yourself.”
Yi Jinbai still felt guilty, but she assumed that Jiang Shuiyun was just trying to comfort her, even though Jiang Shuiyun had been very angry before. She kept her head down and didn't say anything.
Jiang Shuiyun really wanted to kill her past self. She really didn't know what stupid thing she had done, how could her brain suddenly have such a lapse?
“Jinbai, look at me,” Jiang Shuiyun cupped Yi Jinbai’s face and explained earnestly, “I was unhappy before, and I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Maybe there’s something wrong with my brain. I was just getting stuck on my own thoughts, so it was my mistake. You really didn’t do anything wrong. You were just sharing something happy with me, and I should be happy for you. But I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I knew exactly what I should do, but I didn’t do it. So the only one who’s wrong in this matter is me.”
Jiang Shuiyun couldn't bear to see Yi Jinbai doubting himself and blaming himself like this. She had done enough. She hadn't made any mistakes, but she had ruined her good mood. Whether it was Yi Jinbai or Shen Yunyi, she was the culprit who caused all of this.
Yi Jinbai looked at Jiang Shuiyun, her eyes filled with confusion; she could no longer make sense of everything.
Not to mention Yi Jinbai, even Jiang Shuiyun couldn't understand why she would do such a stupid thing. Had she really lost her mind? There was clearly an optimal solution, but she insisted on choosing the worst approach, as if that would make her happy?
Releasing Yi Jinbai's face, Jiang Shuiyun said dejectedly, "I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me. I just... to be honest, I think I was out of my mind. I should be happy for you, but I..."
This feeling was absolutely terrible. Jiang Shuiyun felt more chaotic than ever before, as if some attempt was brewing. This was completely unfamiliar, making her unsure whether she was afraid or secretly looking forward to it.
A note from the author:
Good night. Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 23:57:35 on June 11, 2022 and 23:58:31 on June 12, 2022!
Thank you to the little angel who threw the landmine: 朕慕林 (1);
Thank you to the little angel who watered the nutrient solution: Yu (2 bottles);
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 68
Amidst these complex emotions, Jiang Shuiyun looked at Yi Jinbai before her. His clear, bright eyes were still sharp and unreadable, as if something was about to slip out of his mouth.
"bite--"
Yi Jinbai's phone beeped with a message, breaking the atmosphere between the two and silencing Jiang Shuiyun's words.
Yi Jinbai glanced down at her phone. It was a message from Shen Xian, containing a music file. Before she could open it, Shen Xian called again.
Jiang Shuiyun lowered her eyes and saw Yi Jinbai's phone screen as well, then looked away.
Feeling somewhat apologetic, Yi Jinbai hung up on Shen Xian's call and sent a message explaining that he was unavailable to answer at the moment and would call him back later.
After hanging up the phone, Yi Jinbai looked at Jiang Shuiyun and said, "I'm sorry..."
"No need," Jiang Shuiyun's mind cleared up considerably after her impulsive act was interrupted. "What I wanted to say was that this was my fault, and I will handle it. You don't need to take it to heart. I will talk to Shen Yunyi. Just don't mention that name in front of him."
"I..." Yi Jinbai wanted to say something, but Jiang Shuiyun had already stood up.
"I'll go talk to Shen Yunyi now, don't worry."
After saying that, Jiang Shuiyun walked out the door and went directly to find Shen Yunyi.
Yi Jinbai stood behind Jiang Shuiyun, hesitant to speak, but ultimately said nothing.
Jiang Shuiyun knocked on Shen Yunyi's door, "Want to chat?"
Shen Yunyi silently stepped aside to let Jiang Shuiyun in. The main light in the room was off, and the room was dimly lit, as if such an environment could give people a greater sense of security.
Jiang Shuiyun didn't turn on the light for Shen Yunyi. Seeing Shen Yunyi sit down on the carpet in the corner by the French windows, she followed suit and sat down on the other side.
"Shuiyun, I'm really fine. I just didn't expect my second brother to come back at this time. I'm really... a little overwhelmed and can't accept it," Shen Yunyi shook his head with a wry smile.
Jiang Shuiyun listened quietly without interrupting. Although Shen Yunyi had spoken very little to Shen Xian before, and Shen Xian had not disciplined Shen Yunyi much, simply transferring money to him without regard for his wishes, it now seemed that Shen Xian had a greater influence on Shen Yunyi than Shen Fu.
As Shen Yunyi recalled, he continued, "Actually, when I was little, I really admired my second brother, so I learned all the things he learned: oil painting, piano, violin, traditional Chinese painting, photography, calligraphy. But no matter where I went, I would hear people say, 'This is Shen Xian's younger brother.' I just don't know why, why are there such big differences between two brothers? Nobody cares what my name is. They just think that my second brother and I are worlds apart. I have no talent at all, like a clown. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I went home and made a scene, saying that I didn't want to learn any of these things anymore."
“I was only six years old back then, and my eldest brother was twelve. He told me that only a good-for-nothing would give up halfway. My eight-year-old second brother ignored me completely. In his eyes, I was just being unreasonable. Then my eldest brother forced me to continue studying for four years. I felt stifled for four years. When I was ten, I got seriously ill because of this. I would vomit whenever I heard these things. My dad said he didn’t expect me to be successful, so he canceled those courses. But this is also a kind of psychological trauma for me. I feel depressed whenever I see my second brother. After my second brother moved abroad, to be honest, I felt a sense of relief.”
Jiang Shuiyun really felt that Shen Yunyi's childhood was quite tragic. If he only wanted to be a wealthy young master with a comfortable and leisurely life, that would naturally be the best life. But he was a strong-willed person. However, no one can decide when it comes to talent. It was just that God was biased, so there was no solution.
“I think you might already have a mental illness,” Jiang Shuiyun suggested earnestly. “Perhaps you could see a psychologist.”
Shen Yunyi looked up in surprise, "Go see a psychologist?"
"This might be helpful to you."
Jiang Shuiyun's earnest suggestion made Shen Yunyi start to think. "Really?"
Jiang Shuiyun nodded firmly. She had seen many people develop psychological problems due to long-term repression in the past. Although Shen Yunyi seemed fine now, his description still fit the characteristics of this type. It was best to be on the safe side.
"I'll make time to go."
Shen Yunyi nodded seriously, patted his chest, and realized something was wrong. "Wait, is this how you always comfort others?"
"Not all of them, because I haven't given advice to many people."
Jiang Shuiyun was telling the truth. In her previous life, she had no idea how to counsel others. After coming here, she began to clumsily learn how to counsel Yi Jinbai. However, Yi Jinbai and Shen Yunyi were clearly two different people and could not be generalized.
Shen Yunyi didn't feel anything was wrong, nodded, and actually felt a little better than before. Then he looked at Jiang Shuiyun with some concern, "Then what do you think we should do if my second brother comes back and people start comparing me to him?"
"No, you two are not on the same path. People will only compare you to your older brother because you are both in business," Jiang Shuiyun said very objectively.
Shen Yunyi thought it made a lot of sense, but he didn't seem to be comforted.
"By the way, Shuiyun, Miss Yi's single is coming out soon, right? Aren't you going to help promote it?"
Shen Yunyi stretched and leaned against the wall. He casually took a bottle of wine from the cabinet next to him and tossed it to Jiang Shuiyun. The two chatted while looking at the swaying shadows of the trees outside the window.
“Probably,” Jiang Shuiyun said, opening the bottle of wine in her hand as she mentioned Yi Jinbai. “Tell me, why would someone suddenly become abnormal and unreasonable for the sake of another person?”
"Huh?" Shen Yunyi, a man who had been single for over twenty years, exclaimed in confusion, "Maybe you've been traumatized? Who are you talking about? You're not yourself, are you?"
"Stimulated? Why?" Jiang Shuiyun knew that the answer was the sentence she hadn't said in her room earlier, but she still didn't know how to admit it.
"Isn't this simple? To be honest, I've only ever seen this kind of description on TV. In the TV dramas my mom watched when I was a kid, the main characters were like this. For love, even though they were quite smart, they would become all sorts of unreasonable and foolish people. They would make a huge fuss over the smallest things. I really don't understand. What's wrong with them? Does being in love affect your IQ?"
Shen Yunyi scoffed at this, but after he finished speaking, the smile on his face slowly froze as he belatedly realized a problem. "Shuiyun, tell me the truth, are you talking about yourself?"
Jiang Shuiyun glanced at Shen Yunyi, said nothing, and took a sip of wine from the bottle.
“This won’t do, Shuiyun. You have a family. You can’t do something that would betray Miss Yi,” Shen Yunyi said, his eyes wide as he quickly tried to persuade Jiang Shuiyun, who was about to go astray. “Who is that person? You don’t have any other people around you. Don’t be foolish. We can’t do something so immoral.”
Jiang Shuiyun felt a little annoyed and drank her wine by herself, letting Shen Yunyi ramble on beside her.
This reaction further convinced Shen Yunyi of his suspicions, and he felt as if the sky had fallen. "What's going on? Shuiyun, take my advice, turn back before it's too late. I'll still keep your secret."
"Can't we drink quietly?"
Jiang Shuiyun looked at Shen Yunyi, who was trying to persuade her to return to the right path, and shook her head speechlessly.
Shen Yunyi was caught in a dilemma, unable to persuade her or not. "What exactly do you want? Miss Yi has been kind enough. She stayed by your side when you were down on your luck and took good care of you. You can't just turn your back on her now."
As Shen Yunyi's words became increasingly outrageous, Jiang Shuiyun truly admired his imagination. She wondered how many harmful TV dramas he had watched with his mother since childhood, otherwise he wouldn't be able to spout such classic lines so readily.
"Give up," Jiang Shuiyun leaned back, "Jinbai and I are not a couple at all."
"Pfft!" Shen Yunyi's eyes widened like saucers. "Cough cough, Shuiyun, have you had too much to drink? How could you say something like that?"
"Believe it or not, it might have been true before, but it's definitely not true now," Jiang Shuiyun put down the wine bottle in her hand, stood up, and slapped Shen Yunyi on the shoulder. "Forget it, get some rest and go see a doctor when you have time."
Jiang Shuiyun felt a little unsteady on her feet after drinking so quickly and drinking strong liquor. "Shen Yunyi, throw me some beer next time."
Shen Yunyi sat there holding the wine bottle, completely bewildered. What was going on?
After Jiang Shuiyun finished dealing with Shen Yunyi's matter, she leaned against the wall and walked towards her room. Yi Jinbai was no longer there. Looking around the empty room, Jiang Shuiyun soaked in the bathtub by herself.
As the saying goes, "One autumn rain brings one chill," and the rain fell at night, making the early autumn weather even more chilly. When Jiang Shuiyun climbed out of the bathtub, soaking wet, she was completely sober, but her head was still dizzy and her vision was blurry.
Jiang Shuiyun lost count of how many times she fell before she finally managed to find some clean clothes. She took off her wet clothes and, without even having time to throw them into the laundry basket, simply wrapped herself in the clean clothes and collapsed onto the bed. This was almost an instinctive action; her brain had lost all cognitive function.
The next morning, the sky was still foggy. Breakfast was served on time. Shen Yunyi and Yi Jinbai sat at the table, feeling a little awkward. Looking at Jiang Shuiyun's empty seat, neither of them touched their chopsticks.
"I'll go upstairs and call her."
Yi Jinbai didn't want the awkwardness to continue, so he stood up and prepared to go upstairs to wake Jiang Shuiyun.
"I'll go instead."
Ever since learning about the relationship between Jiang Shuiyun and Yi Jinbai last night, Shen Yunyi has felt extremely awkward. He felt incredibly foolish for having prepared a room for the two of them; it was truly a sin.
Now that he knew all this, Shen Yunyi thought it was a bit inappropriate to ask Yi Jinbai to wake Jiang Shuiyun up. So, before Yi Jinbai could, Shen Yunyi quickly went upstairs.
Yi Jinbai felt that Shen Yunyi was acting strangely today, but perhaps it was related to what happened last night?
This guess doesn't seem to make any sense, and Yi Jinbai is a little confused.
Shen Yunyi didn't care whether Yi Jinbai understood or not. He stood in front of Jiang Shuiyun's door and knocked for a long time, but there was still no response. Even when Yi Jinbai came up, Jiang Shuiyun was still nowhere to be seen.
Shen Yunyi and Yi Jinbai's expressions gradually turned serious. Could Jiang Shuiyun have gotten into trouble again? It was just like this last time.
Just as the two were about to open the door and go inside, the door opened from the inside, and Jiang Shuiyun stood in the doorway, glancing at them. "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, it's time to eat breakfast."
The two breathed a sigh of relief. Shen Yunyi waved his hand. Although Jiang Shuiyun didn't look well, it was probably because she hadn't slept well last night, so it wasn't anything serious.
Jiang Shuiyun wanted to refuse; she had no appetite and just wanted to go back to sleep. But seeing the two people standing guard at the door, she swallowed her words and went downstairs with them to have breakfast.
Walking at the back, Jiang Shuiyun looked at the stairs in front of her and felt as if they were spinning incessantly. She even felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if she wanted to fall down.
Gripping the handrail tightly, Jiang Shuiyun closed her eyes and walked down step by step. Shen Yunyi or Yi Jinbai seemed to want to say something to her, but even though the voices were still there, she couldn't understand the meaning of each word.
Jiang Shuiyun's eyelids grew heavier and heavier, so she simply closed her eyes, leaned on the handrail, and instinctively tried to go downstairs. Finally, she sat down at the dining table and sipped her porridge.
"Shuiyun? Jiang Shuiyun?!"
Shen Yunyi waved his hand in front of Jiang Shuiyun's eyes. How could she be distracted while eating?
Jiang Shuiyun's gaze sluggishly shifted to Shen Yunyi, and then, amidst their gasps, her body involuntarily swayed to the side!
"Jiang Shuiyun!"
Jiang Shuiyun fainted suddenly, and Shen Yunyi and Yi Jinbai immediately took her to the Jiang family's private hospital, where her parents were still staying. The family of three was reunited.