The familiar, lazy male voice came from the other end of the phone. Jiang Shihuai's nerves tensed for a moment.
His voice was a bit hoarse, standing out especially in the silent room.
"Why did you suddenly call me?" The man on the other end of the phone let out a soft laugh, sounding as surprised as if he'd seen a ghost.
"Isn't your whole heart on your Wenwen?" The familiar teasing didn't relax Jiang Shihuai's expression for a moment. His face grew more and more solemn.
"Now you remember to catch up with your childhood friend?"
Jiang Shihuai's Adam's apple rolled slightly. "I have something to ask you."
Hearing this, the person on the other end changed his expression a bit. His voice lost the previous teasing and became more serious.
Luo Sheng raised his eyebrows imperceptibly. "What is it?"
Luo Sheng's voice made Jiang Shihuai feel dazed for a moment. His memory unconsciously went back to that afternoon.
Luo Sheng was his neighbor and childhood friend. They had played together since childhood.
It was just that later Luo Sheng chose to study abroad early, and their contact gradually faded. But the two families' companies had always had dealings, so they were still quite familiar.
Luo Sheng and he were like brothers from the same family.
So Luo Sheng immediately noticed something was wrong with Jiang Shihuai's voice.
"What's wrong?" Luo Sheng put away his previous carefree look.
Jiang Shihuai's tone was a bit bitter for a moment. He wanted to ask but was afraid to face the reality.
Jiang Shihuai took a deep breath and finally asked.
"What was Wenwen's full name when the three of us were playing together?"
Although Jiang Shihuai often mentioned Wen Zhi to Luo Sheng, he never said her full name, just calling her by her childhood name, Wenwen.
Luo Sheng asked back in a rather confused way. "What, don't you remember?"
After saying that, he seemed to remember something. "You've been in contact with her for so long. How could you not know what Wenwen's name is?"
Jiang Shihuai's anxiety reached its peak in an instant. But then Luo Sheng's words were like a thunderbolt out of the blue, scaring Jiang Shihuai to the bone.
"I really don't understand what you two, Wen Yin, are up to."
As soon as Luo Sheng's words fell, Jiang Shihuai on the other end was silent for a few seconds, and then erupted into a surprised roar.
"What do you mean? Wenwen is Wen Yin?"
Jiang Shihuai's fingertips were trembling slightly, and his pupils suddenly constricted. He couldn't accept this truth for a moment.
Hearing Jiang Shihuai's extremely surprised voice, Luo Sheng was even more confused.
Was this guy taking the wrong medicine today?
"You've been in contact with Wen Yin for so many years. Don't you know anything at all?"
Luo Sheng's voice kept coming, and he seemed to be still saying something, but Jiang Shihuai couldn't hear it at all. The phone even fell to the ground with a thud.
Jiang Shihuai felt as if his heart had been grabbed tightly and was being ravaged wantonly.
Wenwen was Wen Yin.
Jiang Shihuai's mind was in a turmoil. All of a sudden, everything made sense.
The rumor about the real and fake daughters of the Wen family had been circulating in the circle of the wealthy. Jiang Shihuai had even comforted Wen Zhi because of this.
He never thought that the real Wenwen had been lost by himself that summer.
And Wen Zhi had always been occupying someone else's place, taking advantage of his love.
Jiang Shihuai was a bit horrified. He couldn't believe that the Wen Zhi he had known for more than a decade was such a person.
The blood in Jiang Shihuai's body turned cold. He couldn't help but think of the stupid things he had said to Wen Yin before.
Jiang Shihuai rushed out of the room and frantically searched for Wen Zhi.
On this exchange date, Wen Zhi and Shao Yinan didn't go out. And Shao Yinan was quite happy about it. He didn't want to go on a date with Wen Zhi.
Jiang Shihuai didn't know that Wen Zhi was on the swing in the backyard at that time.
Wen Zhi looked a bit dull. Her eyes were empty as she stared into the distance. She didn't notice Jiang Shihuai approaching at all.
There were no cameras in the backyard, so Jiang Shihuai planned to have a complete showdown with Wen Zhi.
"Wen Zhi." Jiang Shihuai called out Wen Zhi's name coldly, without any emotion. It was as if the person in front of him wasn't his playmate of more than a decade but a stranger.
"Senior, what's wrong?" A look of uneasiness flashed across Wen Zhi's eyes. She stood up when she saw Jiang Shihuai coming.
Jiang Shihuai was much taller than Wen Zhi. Now standing in front of her and looking down at her, he had already overwhelmed Wen Zhi in terms of momentum.
Wen Zhi was intimidated by his cold eyes. She tilted her head in confusion.
"Wen Zhi, you've never been her, right?" Jiang Shihuai's tone was even colder. He never thought that Wen Zhi would lie to him for so many years.
It was like she had been making a fool of him!
He had trusted Wen Zhi so much before.
Wen Zhi's face turned as pale as paper. It seemed that she knew what Jiang Shihuai was talking about.
But Wen Zhi still forced a smile. "Senior, what on earth are you talking about? What do you mean I'm not her?"
Wen Zhi shifted her gaze uneasily. After saying this, she almost subconsciously wanted to leave.
She had only taken a few steps when her wrist was firmly grasped.
Jiang Shihuai looked at Wen Zhi with almost a fierce look. "You've lied to me for so many years."
The warm skin was like a branding iron, making Wen Zhi feel extremely uncomfortable. It was almost a kind of torture.
Wen Zhi was just about to break free when, unexpectedly, Jiang Shihuai suddenly let go of her hand the next second, as if he had touched something dirty and wanted to avoid it as soon as possible.
Wen Zhi looked up in surprise. She seemed not to expect Jiang Shihuai to do such a thing.
"Senior, although I'm not her, I've always been sincere to you."
Wen Zhi said this very cleverly. It not only showed her sincerity but also left herself a way out in the future.
It was the highest level of playing the field.
But unfortunately, Jiang Shihuai didn't buy it at all now.
"You were using me before, right?" Jiang Shihuai couldn't help but recall every bit of his contact with Wen Zhi and finally came to this conclusion.
Recalling Wen Zhi's unnatural moments in the past, they all happened to be when Lu Ziqiu and Xiao Mo were present.
Jiang Shihuai then realized why Wen Zhi's face had been unnatural and why her eyes had unconsciously drifted to the side.
It was all about looking at the expressions of the other two people.
All the excuses Wen Zhi had made in front of him suddenly made sense.
Jiang Shihuai couldn't imagine that the person he had known for more than a decade was actually a master at balancing multiple relationships.
After figuring it out, Jiang Shihuai even found it a bit hard to accept.
He never thought that he had placed such a woman in his heart like a god.
A sense of disgust filled Jiang Shihuai's whole chest for a moment.
"Wen Zhi, won't you admit it? You've never liked me."
"You took advantage of my love for Wenwen and played with me wantonly for so many years. Isn't that enough?"