Yin Man’s ears burned. She hastily grabbed at her hair to cover them, then looked toward the unexpected guest who had appeared in the hospital room. Mei Xuying was wearing a white long dress, her jet-black hair falling to her waist, a picture of gentle falsehood.
Her gaze swept lightly over Yin Man, then landed on Liu Siyin. “I didn’t expect Cousin to have such leisure.”
“She’s never forgotten to have a beauty by her side wherever she goes,” a cold female voice said, carrying a hint of softness. A person walked out from behind Mei Xuying. Her skin was fair, and her dark pupils looked like black gems, reflecting a faint sheen, very eye-catching.
She was also holding a girl, the very girl who had just come to make trouble for her.
Jiang Yan?
Her former private doctor.
Yin Man was a little distracted. Her heart was beating, thumping again and again. She could not tell what kind of feeling it was. Jiang Yan glanced sideways at Liu Siyin. Her eyes were utterly flat, betraying no emotion. She only said, “I didn’t expect you to get engaged too.”
Why did that sound even more like there was something going on between them?
Yin Man asked uncertainly, “We never dated, right?”
“Mm, we never dated.” Jiang Yan admitted it openly. Yin Man voiced her suspicion. “Then why did your cousin sister——”
“People outside all say that Miss Yin wouldn’t even let a passing hen off the hook. I stayed by your side for three years and still never dated you, I couldn’t exactly admit I was even worse than a hen.” Yin Man looked at her, her pupils narrowing slightly. “You’re really boring.”
“We were at most never dating, but the fact that you hit people and stabbed people is real. Your ex-girlfriends who are still breathing have certainly said plenty of bad things about you.” Although Jiang Yan looked expressionless, the corners of her eyes and brows carried a heavy mockery. It was clear she looked down on Yin Man.
That kind of mockery would anger the original host, but it would not anger Yin Man.
She answered indifferently, “Oh.”
Anyway, as far as she was concerned, as long as there was no issue between her and Jiang Yan, that was fine. Besides, Jiang Yan really was good-looking, just a little difficult to get along with.
Her gaze was too bluntly appraising, and Jiang Yan’s mocking expression only deepened. “Miss Yin really can’t change her promiscuous nature, even after getting engaged. Yes, an illegitimate daughter also can’t control you. She’s just a pretty vase kept at home.”
That mockery was like countless tiny needles. It pricked Liu Siyin. There was no blood, but it was enough to wound the heart and lungs.
Liu Siyin lowered her head slightly, a look of loneliness creeping across her delicate face. Because of her background, she had always been at a disadvantage everywhere. Now she had even lost her sight. She knew following Yin Man was reaching too high, and even the slightest bit of stimulation would make her painfully self-conscious.
Could these women respect the original story for once? Mei Xuying, who was gentle and kind, was fake and hypocritical, while Jiang Yan, who seemed aloof from worldly concerns, was venomous and hurtful with her words.
“Are you sick?” Yin Man was displeased by the noise in the hospital room. She pressed Liu Siyin back onto the bed, then looked coldly at the backs of those three women and at the bodyguards standing outside the door. “Didn’t I say to throw them out?”
“Miss, it was Miss Mei who wanted to come visit.” Yin Man understood that these bodyguards must all know Mei Xuying. Not giving face to those two sisters was one thing, but giving face to Mei Xuying was another matter entirely.
Mei Xuying finally spoke. “Cousin, I only just arrived and you’re already driving me away?”
“I also heard that this Jiang Wan girl made you unhappy, so I specially brought her to apologize to you.”
That did not look like coming to apologize at all. It looked more like coming to pick a fight, and all three of them had come together.
Yin Man’s impatience deepened, and Mei Xuying pushed Jiang Wan forward. “Hurry and apologize to your Sister Man.”
“I’m sorry, Sister Man!” No one knew what Mei Xuying had said to Jiang Wan, but the person who had just been making a racket in her hospital room was actually apologizing to her now. Yin Man gave a soft oh and said, “After apologizing, you can go.”
“You seem to have changed.” Jiang Yan’s beautiful brows and eyes were clouded with confusion. “If it were before, you would definitely ask me who was outside cursing you, then find them one by one and properly teach them a lesson. If it were before, if Jiang Wan offended you, you would definitely strip her naked and throw her to feed the sharks.”
“Then I’ll throw her to feed the sharks?” Yin Man raised her brows and asked.
Jiang Yan lifted her brow slightly. “No need.”
“Done talking, done apologizing, you can leave now. If there’s nothing else, don’t come again.” They had better leave quickly. She still had to coax Liu Siyin.
Jiang Yan’s gaze rose and landed on that flamboyant, beautiful face. When she saw her looking at Liu Siyin with such gentle, pitying eyes, her pupils suddenly constricted, and her heart seemed to stop for an instant, suspended at the throat.
So tightly that it made her feel a trace of pain.
“I didn’t expect Miss Yin to know how to cherish beauty too.” She curled her lips. Yin Man was not in the mood to notice her abnormality, and casually drove them away. “Get out.”
If they did not get out, Yin Man was going to stop giving Mei Xuying face.
Only after she came out of the hospital room did Jiang Yan still have that pair of eyes full of pity and gentleness in her mind. Such a pair of eyes did not seem like something Yin Man should have.
She had known Yin Man for many years. Yin Man had always been a flamboyant and overbearing existence, extremely vicious. Everyone in the circle feared her and hated her, and she was no exception.
When Yin Man forced her to be her private doctor, the endless humiliation she brought was even more unforgettable for her. In her heart, Yin Man had always been a cold-blooded and heartless existence, but that gentle appearance did not seem fake either.
Jiang Yan still could not help asking Mei Xuying, “Xuying, do you think Yin Man has changed?”
Mei Xuying’s smile stiffened, and before she could answer, Jiang Wan cut in. “Cousin, no matter how she changes, isn’t she still a madwoman.”
“That pretty young lady is really pitiful, blind and still has to be kept around for her amusement. She’ll be abandoned very soon.” Her words were full of pity for Liu Siyin. She had also heard of that Liu Siyin. After all, the commotion caused when Yin Man rejected the marriage proposal back then, reduced that person to worthlessness, and threw her to her own younger sister, was too big to ignore. It was hard not to notice that illegitimate daughter of the Liu family.
Liu Siyin really was beautiful. Even as women themselves, they had to admit Liu Siyin was beautiful to an excessive degree. Was that why she received Yin Man’s favor?
Jiang Yan quickly denied this unrealistic thought. Anyone who had stayed by Yin Man’s side knew that Yin Man did not care about faces, she cared about legs. She loved tormenting those good legs, turning other people into cripples just like herself. She was simply dark and perverse, inside and out. Jiang Yan did not know whether Liu Siyin’s legs were beautiful or not, but she was more willing to believe that what had just happened was only an illusion. Like Jiang Wan said, there would one day come a time when Yin Man would abandon Liu Siyin.
Once she had had enough of playing.
Mei Xuying’s brows and eyes held a faint smile. “You think she’s pretty?”
Hearing that gentle tone, Jiang Wan repeatedly waved her hands. “How could that be? Sister Xuying is still the prettiest.”
“You’re so sweet.” Mei Xuying was in a good mood and took the initiative to hook her arm around Jiang Wan’s waist. Jiang Yan watched, then silently looked away.
Jiang Yan had undergone a major operation. By the time she finished cleaning up, it was already deep night. She packed her things and had originally intended to go home, but for some reason she walked to the door of Liu Siyin’s hospital room.
There were already no ferocious bodyguards there. Just as she stopped, she felt the door being pulled open, and a beautiful, frail woman walked out from inside, Liu Siyin.
Liu Siyin supported herself against the wall, moving carefully. Because she was afraid she would not be able to make it back, she only dared to walk to the doorway, gently close the door, then sit at the hospital room entrance and cry softly.
She could not see, and she did not notice Jiang Yan’s presence.
Jiang Yan was stunned by the scene before her. Liu Siyin was truly beautiful beyond words. Moonlight shone into the hospital and fell on her face, setting off those delicate tears so they looked clear and full. Her tears rolled down like pearls, and she murmured softly, “So good.”
Since it was so good, why was she crying?
Jiang Yan could not figure it out. Liu Siyin really was very good at crying. Those tears even made her heart ache, so it was understandable that Wang Gu could not control his fantasies about her.
She stepped forward and crouched in front of Liu Siyin. “Why did you come out? Did Yin Man bully you?”
Liu Siyin came back to herself. She said, “I recognize your voice, Jiang Yan.”
Liu Siyin called out her name, and Jiang Yan was somewhat surprised. “Pretty good hearing.”
She did not care much about Jiang Yan’s praise, and even said, “You don’t like Sister Man, I hate you.”
For so many years, the women she had seen were mostly afraid of Yin Man and avoided her. This was the first time she had heard a woman dislike her because of her conflict with Yin Man.
However you looked at it, she seemed more like the good person than Yin Man.
“Yin Man isn’t just someone I don’t like. How terrifying she is, you should know better than I do.” Before getting engaged to Yin Man, she had been Yin Youxia’s fiancée, right? She had been so close to the Yin family, and Yin Man had humiliated her identity many times outside. She was not deaf, so she should have heard it too.
Could Liu Siyin have a masochistic tendency?
Jiang Yan felt that Liu Siyin was sick. Liu Siyin gently shook her head. “But she is very good to me. No one has ever been as good to me as her.”
It could be seen that she was somewhat starved of love.
Entrusting that love to Yin Man was far too stupid. People like Yin Man would always take back even the tiniest bit of affection they gave.
Jiang Yan could not help pouring cold water on her. “But she’ll always stop wanting you. Miss Yin never has girlfriends for more than three months.”
Liu Siyin was silent for a long time before saying, “Doctor Jiang, could you give me a little sleeping pills?”
“I can’t really sleep.” Her excuse was not smooth at all. Jiang Yan also did not know why she wanted to give Liu Siyin sleeping pills, but at that moment she really was jealous. She had stayed by Yin Man’s side for three years, and had never seen her show gentleness or pity to anyone.
She did not quite understand what appeal there was in the blind Liu Siyin. Although she really was beautiful, Yin Man had never even given the healthy Liu Siyin a second glance. That healthy Liu Siyin had once been the object of Yin Man’s daily verbal humiliation.
The change came too strangely. The woman who should have become Yin Man’s sister-in-law became Yin Man’s woman, and then her fiancé went to the hospital because he had harassed Yin Man’s woman. Speaking of which, she should still thank Liu Siyin for this. Otherwise, her wedding date would not have been postponed.
She would take this bottle of sleeping pills as her way of thanking Liu Siyin.
Since she could not save Liu Siyin, then she would give her the right to choose death. She could see Liu Siyin’s little thoughts. Liu Siyin wanted to kill herself on the day Yin Man no longer wanted her.
That should count as doing a good deed, right?