Since Sheng Yan didn't reply to her messages, Feng Qing wasn't going to let herself be in a passive position. She directly went to ring the doorbell of Sheng Yan's house.
"Why didn't you reply to my messages? Are you..." Feng Qing's interrogation was only half - way through when she suddenly smelled something unusual. "What's that smell?"
Sheng Yan's hair was all messed up from running his hands through it. He didn't intend to hide anything from Feng Qing. He stepped aside, letting Feng Qing see clearly.
His home was no longer a proper home; it was more like a "garbage dump". Sheng Sibai was surrounded by layer upon layer of wine bottles. He was completely drunk.
Those wine bottles had been piling up for days, emitting all sorts of indescribable odors. Now Sheng Yan's home was like a breeding ground for biochemical weapons.
"What's wrong with him?"
Sheng Yan shook his head. "I'm not sure. He came looking for Jian Jiaojiao, and then..."
Realizing he had let something slip, he quickly covered his mouth, but it was too late.
Feng Qing punched him directly. "How could you do this? Jiaojiao trusted me and told me. How could you betray me?"
"I didn't want to either. It's just that my elder brother was so lovesick. I felt so bad for him..." Sheng Yan's mind seemed to be slow. He kept letting things slip, and by the time he realized it, it was already too late.
"Sheng Yan, it seems you have a lot of secrets from me?" Feng Qing was clearly smiling as she asked Sheng Yan, but that smile sent shivers down Sheng Yan's spine.
Better a friend in trouble than oneself. Sheng Yan immediately betrayed Sheng Sibai. "My elder brother seems to really like Jian Jiaojiao. Since Jiaojiao is your good friend, if they could get together, we'd be even closer."
His words were quite reasonable, but unfortunately, Feng Qing didn't listen at all.
"Then you can go take care of your 'closer - than - close' relationship. Anyway, this is the last time."
After saying that, Feng Qing went back to her own home. Sheng Yan was still confused, but he didn't have time to think. The stench floating from behind forced him to devote himself to the great cause of saving his home. He had no time or energy to think about other things.
When Feng Qing got home, she saw that Jian Jiaojiao was still sleeping soundly, so she didn't wake her up. The matter between her and Sheng Sibai still had to wait for her to speak up.
Just looking at the current situation, there must have been a lot of unpleasantness between Jiaojiao and Sheng Sibai.
How strange that she and Jiaojiao, who had been friends for most of their lives, had both stumbled badly because of the Sheng family.
Feng Qing wanted to stay at home to take care of Jian Jiaojiao, so she didn't go back to the company immediately. The flavor of the Chinese New Year hadn't completely faded away. Standing by the window, she could still feel the strong festive atmosphere outside.
Since waking up, Jian Jiaojiao had never mentioned Sheng Sibai. She just sat at home in a daze every day, and Feng Qing accompanied her.
Looking at the lights of thousands of families outside the window, Jian Jiaojiao suddenly sighed, "We're really two poor sisters. Before, I had no parents, and I always felt empty during the Chinese New Year. Now that we're both alone, we don't even feel that sad."
When you get used to some pain, you won't feel it when more pain piles on.
"We've grown up," Feng Qing put her arm around Jian Jiaojiao's shoulder and pressed her head on her own shoulder. "No matter how many years pass, we'll always stand together. I'll always be your backup."
Jian Jiaojiao also reached out and hugged Feng Qing's waist. "Sisters are the best. Men can all go to hell."
Jian Jiaojiao had been silent for several days. Maybe what she said this time was from the bottom of her heart. Feng Qing felt that the matter between her and Sheng Sibai might not be as simple as she thought. But if she asked, she was afraid it would make Jian Jiaojiao unhappy.
Jian Jiaojiao didn't know what came over her and suddenly laughed. "You've been hesitating to speak these days. What on earth are you up to?"
"Jiaojiao, you know I'm really worried about you," Feng Qing said seriously.
To be honest, after knowing Jian Jiaojiao for so many years, this was the first time she had seen Jian Jiaojiao in such a state.
It shouldn't be just a simple case of heartbreak, right?
"Okay, okay. I'll tell you so you won't say I'm not loyal."
"I did have a relationship with Sheng Sibai, but it definitely wasn't the kind of relationship he wants to claim. I don't think we were in a romantic relationship."
What Jian Jiaojiao had never admitted was that before she went abroad, she already knew Sheng Sibai. At that time, although many people saw her as a "playgirl" who didn't know what true love was, only she knew that she liked Sheng Sibai.
This was also the reason why she softened her heart and told Sheng Yan the flight information when Feng Qing went abroad.
It was just because Sheng Yan was Sheng Sibai's younger brother.
Not long after Feng Qing went abroad, she graduated. Since she wasn't an elite anyway, she didn't care about her future.
Not wanting to stay in Jian Chengzhang's house, she simply went abroad.
At that time, the lawsuit hadn't been completely settled. After she went abroad, she had no money left and had to find a job.
And that job was to take care of the sick Sheng Sibai.
God knows how complicated her feelings were at that time. The man she liked was sick, and she finally had the chance to take care of him.
When she appeared beside Sheng Sibai, he wasn't as seriously ill as she had thought. She didn't know when it started, but she could feel that Sheng Sibai liked her too.
"Later, I got pregnant."
Feng Qing's eyes widened instantly. She subconsciously looked at Jian Jiaojiao's stomach. A hundred thoughts flashed through her mind. Could it be that Jian Jiaojiao really had a child out there?
"No, the child wasn't born," she said with a deep sadness in her eyes. "I told him as soon as I found out I was pregnant."
"I was really stupid at that time. I thought that as long as we loved each other and I was pregnant, we would definitely end up together. Maybe it was a punishment for my past. He didn't want to keep the child."
"After I fainted and was sent to the hospital, he sent a consent form for the abortion." Tears kept falling from her eyes, but she laughed while crying. "Do you know? The only future I ever imagined in my life was cut off by him with his own hands."
"So I will never forgive him. Never."
She couldn't forgive such a executioner on behalf of the aborted child. Even if he pretended to be so affectionate now, she wouldn't soften her heart towards him.
He should have died with that child!
Feng Qing knew she couldn't fully feel this pain. She could only silently hug Jian Jiaojiao.
She couldn't even imagine how much hope Sheng Sibai had destroyed when Jian Jiaojiao was alone and thought she had finally grabbed a lifesaver.
Sheng Sibai had repeatedly pretended to be affectionate in front of her, never mentioning the harm he had done to Jiaojiao. He probably even believed his own act.
"I'm still here. I'll always be with you."
He definitely wouldn't always be so successful.
Feng Qing already had a plan in mind. The light in her eyes flickered, as if a grand carnival was about to begin.