Chapter 26 I'll Take You Away

Chapter 26 I'll Take You Away

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Yan left.

He helped his parents walk out, and Lin Shuangyu helped comfort Song's mother, whose face was ashen. The family left Si Yuan behind.

Si Yuan watched their retreating figures in silence.

She suddenly felt like laughing.

Something that had been weighing on my mind for a long, long time, and that I couldn't figure out, suddenly became clear in an instant.

During high school, Song Yan walked away indifferently, leaving her there alone.

It's the same now.

At the time, she knew she was in the wrong, so she never blamed Song Yan.

But this time she didn't do anything wrong.

In fact, Song Yan insisted on hosting this birthday banquet.

But why did he leave so coldly again this time?

Even if he doesn't like her, as her older brother, isn't he willing to lend her a hand?

He left without saying another word.

After much thought, Si Yuan finally understood.

Because she was never family to them, and Song Yan... wasn't as good as he had imagined.

Si Yuan should have cried, but she smiled.

Song Yan felt a sudden pang of pain in his heart, and stopped abruptly when he reached the door.

He still wanted to see Si Yuan one more time.

He turned around and saw Si Yuan looking at him too.

Her gaze was unusually calm and cold, yet it carried an almost farewell-like detachment.

It was as if this was the last time they would ever see each other.

Song Yan's heart suddenly clenched, and a dull pain spread along his blood vessels.

A crazy thought popped into his head: he wanted to go back, shield her behind him, and walk together, go home together.

Regardless of whether she was his sister or not, he shouldn't have abandoned her.

But his feet seemed to be nailed to the spot—at this moment, with so many people watching, if he turned around, wouldn't that be tantamount to confirming the unbearable facts in his diary?

In the end, Song Yan closed his eyes and forced himself to turn around.

The door slammed shut behind them, separating the two of them as if they were from two different worlds.

As soon as the door closed, a group of reporters with cameras suddenly surged from the end of the corridor, aggressively surrounding Si Yuan.

"Miss Song, are the contents of the diary and the photos genuine?"

"Have you really fallen in love with your adopted brother?"

"Mr. Song, are you aware that you like him?"

Si Yuan felt as if all her strength had been drained away; all she could hear was a buzzing sound, and she couldn't hear anything else.

Security personnel rushed forward to stop her, and in the chaos, someone shoved her.

Si Yuan staggered backward, her gaze sweeping across the brightly lit front hall, with only one thought in mind.

escape.

She turned and stumbled away into the unlit shadows at the end of the corridor.

Hide it.

Just hide it.

He stood in the light, but never offered a helping hand.

In this world, only you can protect yourself.

——

Song Yan sat in the car.

The street scene outside the car window rushed past, but what kept flashing before his eyes was Si Yuan's indifferent gaze.

He realized for the first time that sometimes a single glance from someone could feel like a fine needle, pricking his heart with a dense, persistent pain.

It was more intense than any emotional fluctuation that Lin Shuangyu brought him.

His grip on the steering wheel tightened, his knuckles turning white.

Why did you just leave like that?

Even just arranging for someone else to protect her is better than letting her face all that alone.

But reason kept asking him: What did he say? Taking her with him would only put her and himself in the eye of the storm.

But... the sense of farewell in Si Yuan's eyes was too unsettling.

Just as Song Yangang parked his car and drove into the Song family's courtyard, a muffled clap of thunder sounded, and a heavy rain began to fall.

He stared blankly at the rain.

——

Reporters outside the hall were still frantically pushing their way in, and the security guards could barely stop them.

The camera lens, like countless greedy tentacles, stared intently at the place where Si Yuan had disappeared.

After all, scandals involving wealthy families are enough to make them fight tooth and nail for headlines.

Suddenly, the hall door behind me was pushed open.

A cold wind, carrying the scent of rain, rushed in instantly.

The man walked in. He wasn't carrying an umbrella, and he was wearing a black suit with fine raindrops falling on his shoulders.

Jiang Wang raised his eyes and slowly swept them over the group of reporters who looked like flies, as well as the photos scattered on the ground.

He saw Si Yuan's cake, which had become a mess in the chaos.

A cold, obscure glint appeared in his eyes.

Turning his head, he said to his assistant behind him, "One minute. Make them all disappear. Including the stuff in their cameras and all this trash on the ground."

The assistant nodded and said he would do it immediately.

Jiang Wang strode forward, completely ignoring the chaos behind him.

He knew Si Yuan's personality all too well.

When she gets scared, she hides in the most secluded place.

So in high school, she ran into the equipment room.

That was the shell Si Yuan used to hide himself.

Now all she can do is escape her shell.

Jiang Wang walked straight to the deepest and darkest corner of the corridor.

At the stairwell leading to the basement deep in the corridor, the door was ajar, with a faint light leaking through the crack.

Jiang Wang tiptoed and slowly pushed open the door.

Despite being prepared, he still couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart when he saw the person hiding there, huddled in a small ball.

Si Yuan hugged her knees tightly, her wrists bleeding from where she had bitten them, and she was trembling uncontrollably.

Jiang Wang didn't say anything, but took off his coat and gently wrapped it around her.

The coat still carried a faint, cool fragrance and the scent of tobacco, instantly enveloping Si Yuan in a familiar atmosphere.

She raised her bloodshot eyes and looked at Jiang Wang.

“I’ve already borne the blame for these things once… but this time, it really isn’t me.”

Jiang Wang gently wiped away her tears with his fingertips, his brows furrowing with heartache: "Yes, I know."

“I don’t like him anymore,” Si Yuan said, her voice choked with sobs, trying to emphasize, “I haven’t liked Song Yan for a long time.”

"I know."

Si Yuan's tears flowed more and more: "I just wanted him to be my brother... but in the future... no more, I don't want him to be my brother anymore. I want to leave the Song family, I don't want to be a member of the Song family anymore, they never really liked me..."

"good."

Jiang Wang gently patted her back, following her words.

"No, I don't want it."

These words seemed to completely shatter Si Yuan's defenses. She threw herself into Jiang Wang's arms, and the sobs she had suppressed for so long finally burst forth: "No more... I'll never want anything from him again. I'll stay far away from him and never see him again..."

He is Song Yan.

Jiang Wang tightened his arms around her, holding her tightly in his embrace, his chin resting on the top of her head, and said for her, "No more. From now on, we won't want any of his things."

"I'll take you away."

——

The rain pounded on the car roof, the pattering sound mingling with the thick darkness.

The carriage was filled with silence, a silence that felt suffocating.

Song Yan sat in the driver's seat, his fingers hovering over the steering wheel, not moving for a long time.

Lin Shuangyu came out after her parents had already returned to the villa. Her voice was as gentle as ever: "Ayan, it's raining heavily outside, come in quickly."

He seemed not to hear.

I suddenly remembered Si Yuan when she was little. She was very cute when she was little. She always wore two braids and had a very sweet smile.

Once, Si Yuan got lost at an amusement park. Song Yan searched for a long time before finding her. The little girl, with red eyes, threw herself into his arms and sobbed, "I thought my brother didn't want me anymore..."

He knelt down, wiped away her tears, and said earnestly, "How could that be? Brother will never abandon Xiaoyuan."

Song Yan came to his senses and seemed suddenly frightened.

The next second, he started the car without hesitation.

The headlights pierced the rain, and the car suddenly reversed out of the villa gate, speeding towards the banquet hall.

He couldn't just abandon her like that.