Chapter 28 This birthday party shouldn't have been held.

Chapter 28 This birthday party shouldn't have been held.

Jiang Wang suddenly said, "Baby, do you want some cake?"

Si Yuan was taken aback, then remembered: "The cake was all gone last night."

Jiang Wang extended his index finger and waved it, with a profound and inscrutable expression: "No, is there anything in this world that Jiang Wang doesn't have?"

He got up, went out, and came back in carrying a small cake with a decorated red rose on top and a small golden moon next to it.

Si Yuan sat up, still not quite understanding what was happening.

Jiang Wang handed her the cake, then took out a lighter, lit it, and said, "Make a wish."

Si Yuan didn't know what was happening, but her vision suddenly blurred.

Through the dim candlelight, Si Yuan looked at Jiang Wang's features.

In fact, he has always been closer to himself than to others.

The first happy birthday of the year was from Jiang Wang.

He also prepared the first complete birthday cake.

Now, after turning 24, the first person to treat her well is Si Yuan.

She closed her eyes and said, "Jiang Wang, I hope you are safe and well. You are a good person."

This is Si Yuan's first birthday wish, and it has nothing to do with the Song family.

In the second year of being fostered by the Song family, Si Yuan made a birthday wish, saying that she hoped her parents and brother would be safe and sound. They were very happy and touched their heads with joy.

Later, to make them happy, Si Yuan made wishes for them on their birthdays.

Birthday wishes have ultimately become a form of appeasement.

Tragically, Si Yuan herself was unaware of it.

Jiang Wang was good to her, and she subconsciously wanted to bless him and make him happy.

After making her wish, she opened her eyes and was about to blow out the candles.

Jiang Wang suddenly raised his hand and covered her lips.

Jiang Wang asked her, "Could you think of yourself first?"

Si Yuan looked at him, blinking her eyes in confusion.

"On your birthday, all you need to hope for is peace and good fortune."

"Siyuan, the first thing you learned from me was to take control of your own birthday wishes, understand?"

"Taking control of one's own birthday?"

"Yes, don't give away your precious wishes to others, even if that person is me."

He frowned rudely, carefully protecting the candle, and said, "This wish is not valid. Make it again."

He paused, then added, "No need to say it out loud, it won't work if you do."

If she doesn't say it, she won't have to worry about others.

This was the first time Si Yuan had heard someone tell her to take care of herself first.

She carefully closed her eyes and made a new wish.

She didn't voice this wish.

It's supposed to work, right?

She opened her eyes and blew out the candle.

Jiang Wang handed her a fork and ate cake with her, then suddenly said, "You can't eat while you're crying."

Si Yuan raised her burning eyes: "You predicted it."

Jiang Wang raised an eyebrow: "If you eat tears, you'll become mute."

Si Yuan: "Are you kidding me?"

Jiang Wang stopped bullying her.

She was just a child.

People love to fool her, and she always believes them.

It's not fun to bully her.

——

Si Yuan got up, drank the medicine, and her mind cleared up a bit.

My phone rang.

It was Zhou Xiaoxiao calling.

Before that, there were many missed calls from strangers, which didn't stop all night.

Including Song Yan.

Si Yuan didn't want to answer, didn't want to hear what he had to say.

He probably won't say anything, but he'll probably just question what's going on with those photos.

She doesn't need to explain those things a second time.

She answered Zhou Xiaoxiao's call without thinking much about it.

"Little one?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

Then Song Yan's voice came through.

Are you deliberately ignoring my calls?

Si Yuan knew that dying at this point would only worsen the situation.

Unexpectedly, Song Yan would go to Zhou Xiaoxiao's place to contact him.

"What's wrong?"

Song Yan didn't expect Si Yuan to be so calm and indifferent, not even calling him "brother," but only asking him what was wrong.

"You couldn't find anyone all night last night? What happened?"

Song Yan rarely spoke to Si Yuan so harshly.

Most of the time, he's like a gentle and kind older brother.

But that gentleness was still tinged with a sense of detachment.

Si Yuan thought, was he only allowed to distance himself, but not allowed to make his boundaries clear?

"Last night, I thought my brother's meaning was already very clear."

Song Yan's gaze slowed for a moment.

"Last night... I had to take my parents home first, and then I went to look for you. Where were you?"

Was he questioning himself, or was he making it clear that he had fulfilled his responsibilities as an older brother?

Even though Si Yuan was not fully conscious last night, she still remembered clearly.

Song Yan said that she would clean up those messes herself.

They completely wiped out the Song family.

Indeed, this matter has nothing to do with the Song family.

There's no connection between us anymore.

Song Yan then said, "Last night I sent people to suppress all the news, but they said someone beat me to it. Who is that person? Are you with him?"

Si Yuan thought about it and concluded that there shouldn't be anyone else besides Jiang Wang.

He may be extremely reckless, but he is always thorough in handling matters.

Si Yuan answered truthfully: "Yes."

Song Yan closed his eyes. He hadn't slept all night and was already feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Now, he felt as if all the blood in his body had turned cold.

"You were with him last night?"

"Brother, this actually has nothing to do with the Song family's reputation. Aren't you all doing just fine?"

You're all fine and unharmed, are you planning to use her to hold someone accountable?

Song Yan's voice was even colder: "Just because I didn't take you with me last night, you went with another man? Si Yuan, is this the kind of upbringing the Song family has taught you after raising you for thirteen years?"

Song Yan paused for a moment after saying that.

He's been losing control lately whenever it comes to her.

The most important thing right now is to figure out who leaked those things, not where Si Yuan went last night.

He knew it, but he just couldn't be rational.

He attributed this irrationality to his discipline of his younger sister.

For the first time, Si Yuan found Song Yan's words ridiculous.

She looked up, remembering Jiang Wang's words about not crying, and held back her tears.

"Brother, so many people are surrounding me, my scandals are everywhere, they're using my childhood mistakes to judge me, trying to extract the headline value from me, and I'm supposed to keep hiding in that dark corner waiting for you?"

Song Yan's gaze went blank for a moment.

...

"Xiao Yuan, last night wasn't..."

"Brother, I didn't even get to eat a bite of the cake."

One sentence struck Song Yan directly to the heart.

He knew how disappointed Si Yuan must have been in that look last night.

He immediately backed down and could no longer bear to blame her.

She only went with someone else because she was scared.

"Where are you now? Brother will come pick you up, and brother will buy you another cake..."

"Brother, I've already eaten."

Song Yan's words were cut off.

"Although it wasn't as elaborate and grand as yesterday's, it was very sweet, and I'm very happy. Perhaps, I shouldn't have had this birthday party in the first place?"