Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 703: [Yan Jian Extra] 13. I Just Want You to Love Me (Part 1)_3
She clutched her hands and spoke to herself. Tang Yanxi listened, his gaze never leaving the book.
Once he finally heard the little sister stammer and finish her words, he slowly lifted his head from the book and stared into her eyes.
"Yan Jian, in truth... choosing to say so much to a lawyer is really not very smart."
Yan Jian’s face flushed red. Yes, how could she forget how keen a lawyer’s ears must be? Even the most seamless testimony could be picked apart by them; not to mention her own recounting earlier was full of holes because she tried too hard to conceal the truth.
She clenched her fingers tightly: "Second brother...at this time, I can’t trouble my older brother."
Tang Yanxi then laughed and turned his chair to face Yan Jian directly.
"First of all, you’re worried about Little Sound. What I can tell you is this: Little Sound also went to Asia, and he helped me a lot. He brought Huangfu Huazhang’s power deployment, allowing me to take precautions in advance and not giving Huangfu Huazhang’s men a chance to gather."
"You know, Huangfu Huazhang’s ultimate rival is not George but your older brother. He’s been operating in Asia for years, his power strong enough to contend with Isee. If he didn’t die in George’s bomb this time, he would use Asia’s terrain to leave your older brother with nowhere to be buried. So, I agreed with your older brother that he would risk showing up in front of Huangfu Huazhang as a decoy while I coordinated with Little Sound from the outside to dismantle his powers."
"It’s also true that Little Sound didn’t return with us because his source of information comes from the elder sister, so he had another wish of the elder sister to fulfill on this trip to Asia."
Tang Yanxi sighed deeply when he mentioned this: "Elder sister has always blamed herself for the fate of those girls, so she wanted to donate all her wealth, hoping to rebuild the Bamiyan Buddha. Little Sound is on a mission of the elder sister’s wishes in that war-torn kingdom, with much to arrange, so his return is delayed."
Yan Jian listened, her heart full of sighs, and couldn’t help but her eyes misting.
Knowing Little Sound’s whereabouts, yet she couldn’t be at ease.
Because... Second brother’s words failed to explain the absence of James Ford and Little Ben.
Tang Yanxi gazed at his little sister’s expression, sighed again: "From your earlier account, you were asking about Little Sound’s absence, but your wording clearly emphasized ’the ones with us’ rather than Little Sound himself. Yan Jian, don’t attempt to lie in front of a lawyer. I want you to ask directly so I can give you an answer."
Yan Jian was about to cry but held back as best as she could, only lightly asked: "...James Ford."
Tang Yanxi gave a light hum: "So you also knew he went."
Yan Jian grew nervous, twisting her fingers behind her back: "After he went, did he do anything to hurt my older brother?"
Tang Yanxi squinted his eyes.
To be honest, James’s sudden appearance caught him by surprise. Moreover, James did not go to help George but brought along a bomb designer.
Though a rift had risen between George and James due to company matters, which James himself emphasized, clearly that alone wasn’t enough for James to risk helping the Tang Family by sacrificing George.
From James’s standpoint, he could have entirely watched from the sidelines, reaped the benefits without needing to do anything.
Tang Yanxi could not understand this at first, but at this moment, a thought clicked in his mind.
Yan Jian, this sister who was usually cherished, always seen as a little girl, showed an unusual concern for James in her words—such a reaction couldn’t come out of nowhere. With this in mind, putting the pieces together led to this conclusion: James’s sudden assistance perhaps was indeed because of the little sister!
Tang Yanxi was startled by his own reasoning and murmured faintly: "...He didn’t help George, instead, he helped us greatly. If he hadn’t brought the bomb designer in time, Shi Nian might not have escaped. And you know, your older brother surely wouldn’t have survived either."
Tang Yanqing tilted his head, his long fingers supporting his temple: "So you could even say he’s a lifesaver for your older brother and Shi Nian."
Yan Jian backed up three steps, her eyes immediately filled with tears.
She took a deep breath, forcing herself to swallow those tears back.
She hadn’t expected it, really, she didn’t dare imagine.
Her greatest hope was only that after he arrived in Asia, he could inform second brother and older brother of George’s plan, allowing them to prepare slightly in advance; she never dared to think he’d go this far.
Tang Yanxi raised his eyes, quietly observing the little sister: "Does my answer put you at ease?"
Second brother’s gaze was too penetrating for Yan Jian to stay longer in front of him, so she smiled, nodded vigorously, and quickly ran away.
She sprinted out of second brother’s study in one breath, only at the doorway to her own room did she grip the rosewood railing and let her tears fall.
Yet, she still forgot to ask about Little Ben’s whereabouts.
No matter, Little Ben was someone unrelated to her in the first place. Just knowing James did what he did was enough.
.
The night was filled with tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
In the end, she grabbed her phone and stared at the screen.
Knowing he couldn’t possibly take the initiative to call again, she took a deep breath and sent a message over.
The content comprised only two words: Thank you.
After sending it, she didn’t know why she felt a little regretful, but it was too late, so she turned over and burrowed back into the covers, forcing herself to sleep.
No response.
An hour.
The whole night.
Unknowingly, her eyes turned dark-circled.
She consoled herself in her melancholy: It’s fine, that place is full of war, and cell service is often unavailable. Maybe he just got back and hasn’t had a chance to turn his phone on.
So...so maybe he never received those two words.
That would be good too.
For all her tossing and turning throughout the night in nervousness.
Yan Jian didn’t know, her message was not left unsent. It’s just that at that time, Jamie was in the shower, with the phone left in the hotel room. Jamie didn’t hear it, but Ben Shaming did.
He glanced towards the frosted glass where Jamie’s strong physique appeared silhouetted, then looked down coolly, switched the phone on, glanced at it, narrowed his eyes, and pressed the delete key.
The message was not only deleted but shredded, leaving no trace at all.
Then he contentedly walked into the shower...
.
The hot water was comforting enough to close his eyes.
James enjoyed Ben Shaming’s massage, the fatigue and comfort allowing him to temporarily let go of the figure in his heart.
Ben Shaming whispered: "Luo Xiansheng is still in Asia. It’s a great opportunity, time to eliminate this trouble."
