Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Sang Qingran: Sang Qiao never came to see you once

Liang Qiran arrived at Mr. Si’s sickroom door, clenching his teeth as he knocked.

However, it was Sang Qiao’s voice that answered, “Come in.”

Only then did Liang Qiran turn the doorknob and open the door. He did not dare to look at Sang Qiao, his gaze fixed squarely on Mr. Si lying on the sickbed. He strode over, “Mr. Si, I have something I need to discuss with you, about yesterday.”

“Speak,” Si Chenli said without even lifting his eyelids, his thin lips barely parting.

Liang Qiran couldn’t help frowning as he glanced at Sang Qiao. How could Si Chenli, such a proud man, tolerate Sang Qiao knowing about such matters?

Shouldn’t he have insisted on absolute secrecy, forbidding a third party from finding out?

Yet, Liang Qiran still didn’t want Sang Qiao to know he was such a tainted man. He lowered his head, “I think it’s not good for Sang Qiao to know about this.”

“No harm. If you won’t speak, then leave,” Si Chenli maintained his indifferent demeanor.

His lack of concern made Liang Qiran envious. Was this the confidence of someone with high status? Not fearing that Sang Qiao would despise him for it?

Liang Qiran gritted his teeth. Anyway, he never had a chance to be with Sang Qiao, to say nothing of what had happened now. If Mr. Si didn’t mind, what was there for him to mind about?

“I want you to let the Liang family off, not pursue this matter further. From now on, our Liang family won’t harbor any harmful intentions. If you don’t agree, I’ll disclose what happened yesterday. Even if Sang Qiao is still willing to be with you, your reputation will be damaged.”

Listening in, Sang Qiao was puzzled: Even if it were widely known, and nothing had happened, what would it change by spreading the word?

“What happened yesterday?” Si Chenli asked calmly, his tone neither warm nor cold.

He was curious how yesterday’s events could threaten his reputation, as he was merely a victim in an incident where nothing had actually happened.

“Mr. Si, don’t play dumb. I know I tried something with you while I was drugged, and there are cameras in the room. If you don’t admit it, I’ll release the footage.”

Liang Qiran’s face involuntarily flushed red. He didn’t want to put it so bluntly, but Mr. Si left him no choice.

At this moment, he couldn’t help but thank his sister for installing cameras to blackmail Sang Shen, which now serve as his leverage against Si Chenli.

“Sigh.” Sang Qiao couldn’t help but laugh out loud. So, the Liang family kid thought he had succeeded with Si Chenli?

“Nothing happened between us,” Si Chenli said, his expression dark, his eyes unintentionally sweeping over the young lady who was stifling her laughter.

“Mr. Si, it’s a done deal; your denial is pointless,” Liang Qiran believed Mr. Si was just being evasive.

After all, the drug effect was so strong, he had blacked out. He couldn’t believe Si Chenli could have resisted it by sheer will.

“Get out. Go ahead and spread the word,” the man’s expression grew even colder.

Liang Qiran was puzzled. Mr. Si’s demeanor made him question himself.

Could it really be that nothing had happened? It didn’t seem likely.

Just then, Si Chenli’s bodyguard returned from investigating the matter, entering through the open door of the sickroom, “Mr. Si, we’ve got the footage from the room and the hallway. Young Master Liang entered with a room card, and it seems he’s involved in this matter.”

“Can I see the footage of the room?” Liang Qiran had initially thought about leaving immediately to retrieve it, but now he could see it firsthand.

The bodyguard looked to Si Chenli as if asking for permission.

After Si Chenli nodded, he handed the footage to Liang Qiran.

Liang Qiran saw himself entering the room and beginning to undress, followed by Si Chenli entering. A waiter then locked the door, and he shamelessly moved towards Si Chenli, only to be kicked away.

Then Si Chenli directly kicked down the locked door, and a crowd suddenly rushed upstairs.

Si Chenli plunged into Sang Qiao’s arms, and seeing this, Liang Qiran couldn’t help feeling heartbroken.

Further down, his face turned a reddish hue as he recklessly threw himself into the crowd, only to be tightly bound by a group of men until the ambulance arrived.

After finishing, Liang Qiran handed the cellphone back to the bodyguard, feeling as if the world had collapsed.

Now, he didn’t know whether to be happy or worried, he was innocent, but… the Liang family couldn’t be saved.

“What else do you want to talk about?” Si Chenli asked indifferently, glancing at him, his voice somber.

“…Nothing… I don’t want to talk anymore.” Liang Qiran displayed a smile uglier than crying, his steps unstable as he walked out of the hospital room.

Yesterday’s incident, the one humiliated was him! Only he was humiliated!

“Confessed without being asked.” Sang Qiao glanced at Liang Qiran’s departing figure, not expecting that this spoiled heir could also get involved in such matters.

The bodyguard now had a clear direction to investigate. “Mr. Si, I will immediately find the evidence.”

“Mm.”

After Liang Qiran and the bodyguard left, only the two of them remained in the hospital room.

Si Chenli reached out and grasped the young girl’s wrist, pulling her to his side. During the conversation just now, Liang Qiran had looked at Sang Qiao several times, and Si recognized that type of glance from a man all too well.

Furthermore, during yesterday’s incident with the traditional medicine, the name Liang Qiran called out was also Sang Qiao’s.

Si Chenli frowned, “When did you get to know this Liang fellow?”

Sang Qiao recalled, it seemed like it was at the old Sang Family house when he suddenly approached her asking for contact information?

She felt it wasn’t a good way to get acquainted and it was better left unmentioned, “Not familiar, just exchanged a few words.”

“Is it really just a conversation?”

“Really, I don’t even know his name,” Sang Qiao spoke the truth, she knew the other party was the young master of the Liang family, but nothing beyond that.

He might have introduced himself, but she had long forgotten.

Hearing this answer, Si Chenli’s lips curled up, his mood greatly improved, “His name sounds unpleasant.”

“Pfft.” Sang Qiao couldn’t help but laugh aloud, Si Chenli seemed like a child who had gotten sugar, his mood improved so fast.

The funny part was, he was happy but also mocked someone’s name as sounding unpleasant.

Si Chenli’s medication had worn off last night, and he could have been discharged this morning, but he stubbornly stayed at the hospital until the afternoon before leaving.

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Sang Shen had received a baffling call from Liang Mengyun last night and was so worried he almost wanted to rush out immediately to find Sang Qiao.

Later, comforted by words from Sang Qingran, he finally calmed down and focused on recuperating only after learning Sang Qiao was alright.

Sang Qingran observed his state and couldn’t help but sneer, “Look how much you care about her. Now that you are injured like this, has she even come to glance at you?”

“She’s still holding a grudge against me, it was I who wronged her first, it’s normal for her not to come.”

Sang Shen unconsciously gripped the book in his hand, the reality he wanted to deliberately forget was so blatantly spoken by his younger brother.

“No matter how much you wronged her, if she had a hint of soft-heartedness, she might secretly come to glance at you, but she hasn’t, not even once,” Sang Qingran’s lips curled into a mocking smile.

He couldn’t understand the thoughts of the three of them, do they have no faults, Sang Qiao included?

Was it necessary to ascribe all the faults to oneself?

Even the mother, how ludicrous, the one who despises Sang Qiao the most was her, now she’s like a madwoman intermittently loving Sang Qiao.

Sang Qingran thought, he would never be as miserable as them; he would neither forgive Sang Qiao nor seek her forgiveness.