"Mm!"
Jiang Yi nodded.
Seeing Xiao Xin's sensible demeanor, Jiang Yi felt an inexpressible relief.
"Can you walk with me?" Xiao Xin asked.
"Okay!"
Jiang Yi agreed!
Xiao Xin took Jiang Yi's arm and they slowly walked towards the end of the street.
Jiang Yi saw the sadness in Xiao Xin's eyes, her eyes were red, as if she had just cried.
"Did someone bully you? Tell me who it is, and I'll deal with them!" Jiang Yi said to Xiao Xin.
"No one bullied me."
Xiao Xin forced a smile.
Jiang Yi stopped, looked at Xiao Xin, and said, "I'm your brother, you can tell me if you have any sad things. If you don't say anything, you'll be miserable. I'm your brother, don't you trust me?"
Xiao Xin hesitated for a moment before speaking, "My adoptive parents went abroad. When they left, they asked me to come home and live with my own family, and they also left their factory to me."
Jiang Yi was stunned when he heard this.
"I know, they're afraid of becoming my burden. To let me live happily without any worries, they chose to leave..."
Xiao Xin said.
"Although they are not my biological parents, they have sacrificed too much for me. I always feel like I've let them down."
Jiang Yi took a deep breath.
Xiao Xin was right, her adoptive parents were indeed very good to her.
Even though she was not their biological daughter, her adoptive parents had long treated her as their own.
To ensure Xiao Xin lived happily, they painfully let go and chose to leave her, allowing Xiao Xin to return to her original family.
"Xiao Xin, you were counseling me just now, saying so many sensible things. Now that it's happening to you, why can't you figure it out?"
Jiang Yi looked at Xiao Xin and said, "They sacrificed so much for you, all because they want you to be happy every day. If you're always frowning, won't all their efforts be in vain!"
"Besides, even though they've gone abroad, you'll have plenty of opportunities to visit them in the future..."
After Jiang Yi's persuasion, Xiao Xin finally understood, and the worry on her face instantly disappeared.
Seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Yi drove Xiao Xin back home.
At this time, Li Ping, Shen Lu, Dong Rui, and Chen Kun were discussing the wedding matters.
"Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. Thank you for your hard work!" Li Ping said.
"Chairperson, we're not working hard. This is all we should do."
Chen Kun smiled and said, "Big Brother is about to get married and start a new life. He and Miss Dongfang will surely be very happy together..."
Shen Lu and Dong Rui did not speak.
"What's wrong with you two? You seem unhappy and preoccupied!" Chen Kun said to Shen Lu and Dong Rui.
"You're imagining things, we're just a bit tired!" Shen Lu said.
"That's right, we are indeed a bit tired!" Dong Rui also said.
"That's your excuse!"
Chen Kun said, then jokingly added, "Could it be that you're unhappy because Big Brother is getting married to Miss Dongfang! If I'm not mistaken, you've always liked Big Brother..."
Hearing this, Shen Lu and Dong Rui panicked!
Shen Lu remained relatively calm, but Dong Rui was completely flustered and quickly said, "I've never had any extravagant thoughts. I just want to stay by Mr. Jiang's side forever and work for him."
At this moment, the more one explained, the more it seemed like an attempt to cover up.
Everyone heard this and immediately realized that Dong Rui had feelings for Jiang Yi.
Dong Rui was very intelligent, but because she was too flustered, she kept explaining herself.
Dong Rui had feelings for Jiang Yi when they were in Jiang Province.
But she knew she wasn't good enough for Jiang Yi, so she worked desperately to suppress her feelings.
Dong Rui had hidden it very well, so no one knew about it.
Li Ping frowned slightly, glanced at Dong Rui, and remained silent.
Chen Kun didn't expect Dong Rui to also like Jiang Yi and regretted his earlier joke.
Jiang Yi and Dongfang Mei were about to get married, and Chen Kun worried that Li Ping would be afraid of Dong Rui disrupting her plans and would dismiss Dong Rui.
"Chairperson, you've been busy all day, you must be tired. Why don't you rest early!" Chen Kun quickly said to Li Ping.
Li Ping ignored Chen Kun.
"Dong Rui, sometimes wishful thinking is useless, do you understand?" Li Ping said.
"I understand!"
Dong Rui nodded.
Then, Li Ping's gaze fell on Shen Lu, and she asked, "Tell me, am I right?"
"Yes!"
Shen Lu also nodded.
Li Ping had long seen that both Shen Lu and Dong Rui liked Jiang Yi.
Originally, Li Ping intended to drive them away, but she felt it would be too heartless.
She saw how much they had silently contributed to Jiang Yi.
Li Ping decided to give Shen Lu and Dong Rui a reminder.
As long as Shen Lu and Dong Rui didn't do anything out of line, Li Ping didn't want to make things difficult for them.
"I'm tired!"
Li Ping said, then went upstairs to her room.
After Li Ping left, Chen Kun breathed a sigh of relief.
"Dong Rui, I didn't know you secretly liked Jiang Yi too. You hid it so well, I never noticed!" Chen Kun said to Dong Rui.
"I just liked him silently and never asked for anything!" Dong Rui showed a bitter expression.
Chen Kun took a deep breath, "What a twisted fate!"
Suddenly, Dong Rui looked at Shen Lu and said, "I know you like Jiang Yi too, but I hope you'll bury this feeling in your heart forever, just like me."
"You know the Chairperson's temper. She let us off this time, but if we do anything out of line in the future, she'll definitely drive us away."
"I know what to do, you don't need to tell me."
Shen Lu said.
Hearing this, Dong Rui felt relieved!
"Chen Kun, you can't tell anyone about this, not even Jiang Yi, or neither Shen Lu nor I will forgive you," Dong Rui warned Chen Kun.
Chen Kun was startled by Shen Lu's gaze.
This was the first time Chen Kun had seen Dong Rui look at him that way, and he felt a sense of fear rising within him.
"Didn't you hear me? Do you want me to say it a second time?" Dong Rui asked.
Hearing Dong Rui's words, Chen Kun finally came to his senses and said, "Don't worry! I'll keep this a secret. I won't tell anyone. From now on, I know nothing about your affairs."
"That's more like it! If you dare to say anything, you know the consequences better than anyone." Dong Rui snorted.
"Sigh!"
Chen Kun sighed deeply.
"Why are you sighing?" Dong Rui asked.