I Was Seduced Into a Marriage After Failing to Charm the Tyrannical Bigshot

181 A Thousand Miles of a Difference

Sang Qianqian stopped in her tracks and slowly turned around. Her eyes swept past Shen Hanyu, and then she quickly looked away.

“What’s the matter?” she asked calmly.

Shen Hanyu walked up to her and stood in front of her. His dark eyes were like an invisible net, covering her from above.

However, her gaze fell elsewhere, unwilling to meet his eyes.

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In the dim morning light, the girl’s face was as pale as paper. She had lost a lot of weight.

Shen Hanyu looked at her for a long time before he handed her the jewelry box. “What do you mean by asking Wen Xu to return this to me?”

Sang Qianqian glanced at the jewelry box. “We’ve already broken up. It’s not appropriate for me to keep this ring.”

She didn’t quite understand why Shen Hanyu had asked her this question. After breaking up, wasn’t it normal for her to return his things to him?

“You think it’s appropriate for me to keep it instead?”

Shen Hanyu’s voice was cold and mocking. “What do you want me to do? I already gave this ring to my ex-wife, now should I pass it down to my future wife?”

His words were like sharp needles, piercing into Sang Qianqian’s heart and causing it to ache.

She bit her lip and did not say a word. Shen Hanyu took it as if she didn’t want it. He raised his hand and grabbed Sang Qianqian’s hand, frowning.

The girl’s hand was extremely cold. When he clenched it, it was as if he was holding a piece of ice.

Sang Qianqian felt as if she had been scalded. She tried to break free, but Shen Hanyu held her hand even tighter.

He stuffed the box into her hands and said in a low voice, “This is yours. You can do whatever you want with it, but don’t give it back to me, I have no use for it.”

Sang Qianqian gripped the box tightly, as if she was holding a piece of burning charcoal, so hot that even her palms hurt.

Shen Hanyu was right. He didn’t need the ring anymore.

Then, she would keep it with her. It would be a commemoration and also an end.

Sang Qianqian silently pulled her hand away from his. “I understand.”

The car she had called for had already arrived and was parked a few meters away. Sang Qianqian walked over and got in the car.

Shen Hanyu’s eyes were dark and complicated as he watched the girl leave.

By the time he got back to the car, Fang Lan was already drowsy from waiting. She immediately perked up when she saw Shen Hanyu.

She had always spoken without restraint, and those unintentional words of hers could easily lead to wild and fanciful thoughts. Sang Qianqian must have heard her.

Fang Lan asked with great interest, “Did Miss Sang misunderstand our relationship? Did you go to explain it to her?”

Shen Hanyu pursed his thin lips and said, “No, I didn’t,”

She didn’t even ask a single question, as if she didn’t care about his relationship with Fang Lan at all. He didn’t even have the chance to explain.

“She can even endure this? Then you’re in trouble.”

Fang Lan leaned back in her seat and said gloatingly, “She doesn’t care who you spend the night with. At this point, I don’t think she wants to reconcile with you. Hanyu, why don’t you consider me? I’m not any worse than Miss Sang.”

Shen Hanyu glanced at her with an expressionless face. “There’s a thousand miles of a difference between you and Qianqian.”

Fang Lan’s heart almost stopped beating. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder indeed. Nobody could beat the person he liked the most.

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Sang Qianqian did not know how she arrived at the hospital. When she went up the stairs, she felt as if she was stepping on cotton, and her head was spinning.

After barely holding on for the entire morning, she couldn’t take it anymore in the afternoon, so she laid on the table and took a nap for a long time.

When she woke up, there was a meal and her favorite milk tea on the table. Her colleagues in the department said that Xie Shi’an had sent them over.

Sang Qianqian thought for a while and decided to look for Xie Shi’an. Unexpectedly, when she went over, she saw Ruan Xiaoshuang talking to Xie Shi’an in the corridor.

Ruan Xiaoshuang’s eyes were red, but Xie Shi’an’s face was tense.

Sang Qianqian was hesitating if she should avoid them when Xie Shi’an saw her. “Qianqian.”

Sang Qianqian could only stop in her tracks.

“Is there something you need?” Xie Shi’an strode over.

“No, I just came over to say thank you.”

Sang Qianqian smiled. “But don’t do this again next time. Otherwise, the colleagues in the department might misunderstand and spread rumors.”

Xie Shi’an felt a little bitter in his heart. “Okay.”

“Qianqian, you’re also a doctor in this hospital?”

When Ruan Xiaoshuang heard their conversation, she was both surprised and sad. “Why didn’t you contact me when you came to Beijing?”

Sang Qianqian coughed. “I’ve just arrived at my new unit and I’m a little busy. I was planning to look for Sister Xiaoshuang in a few days.”

As the two of them were talking, a nurse came to call Xie Shi’an, who left in a hurry.

Ruan Xiaoshuang held Sang Qianqian’s hand. “Let’s not wait for a few days. How about tomorrow night? I’ll treat you to a meal.”

Since tomorrow was a Saturday, Sang Qianqian had some free time and nodded her head.

Ruan Xiaoshuang recalled something. “Is your brother getting better?”

At that time, Ruan Xiaoshuang couldn’t attend Sang Qianqian’s wedding, saying that her big brother, Ruan Cheng, was very sick and had only sent someone to send gifts.

“Not yet. My brother’s health is not good to begin with, and this time, it’s a mental illness. He won’t be able to recover so quickly.”

Ruan Xiaoshuang’s expression was a little dejected. “Shi’an has completely broken off relations with my big brother. He sold all the assets under his name and said that he no longer wants to be involved in the Xie family’s affairs. He doesn’t even want to go back to see my big brother.”

The day of the shooting at Sang Qianqian and Shen Hanyu’s wedding, all the news had been sealed off. Ruan Xiaoshuang had always thought that the wedding went smoothly.

She didn’t know that Xie Shi’an was suspected of being a murderer by the police and had been locked up in the police station for four days. She also didn’t know that Xie Shi’an had sent Sang Qianqian a huge check.

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There were many things that Ruan Cheng and Xie Shi’an had never told Ruan Xiaoshuang, and she was used to not asking about them.

Therefore, she felt that Xie Shi’an was like a completely different person during this period of time. Everything he did and said was different to his usual self.

No matter how much Ruan Xiaoshuang persuaded him, he refused to listen. When she asked him why he had fallen out with Ruan Cheng, Xie Shi’an refused to tell her.

Sang Qianqian did not know what to say.

However, Ruan Xiaoshuang quickly adjusted her mood and smiled. “Did you come to Beijing alone?”

Sang Qianqian did not hide anything. “I came here with my brother.”

Ruan Xiaoshuang was slightly startled. She was silent for two seconds before she said softly, “Is your brother doing well?”

Sang Qianqian didn’t know if her brother had told Ruan Xiaoshuang the truth about her pretending to be poor, so she could only vaguely say, “He’s alright.”

Fortunately, Ruan Xiaoshuang didn’t ask her brother anymore. The two of them talked about something else and agreed to meet the next night.

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In the afternoon, Sang Minglang had just finished work in the office. When he looked up, he saw Shen Hanyu pushing the door open and entering.

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He wasn’t surprised and pointed at the chair. “Sit.”

He picked up the lunchbox that his assistant had ordered for him and was about to eat when he glanced at Shen Hanyu. “If you haven’t eaten, I’ll get someone to order for you.”

Shen Hanyu pulled over a chair and sat down. “I’ve eaten.”

“Why did you suddenly come to Beijing? You want to see my sister?”

Sang Minglang took a bite of the food. “Don’t think too much about it now. You should go back to Ming City as soon as possible.”

Shen Hanyu was silent for a moment. “We met this morning.”