Rose Manor: Tycoon's Relentless Chase-Chapter 274 - 256: Setting You Free

Pei Che walked quickly, he heard Shen Jianian calling him, but he forcefully resisted looking back at her, afraid he would regret it, and regardless of everything, fight Fu Jichen, only to find in the end that he still couldn’t win, it would be better to just let go.

Everything should return to the right track.

Pei Che exited through the villa’s gate, Shen Jianian was stopped inside, because the security guard had been instructed not to let her out, she called Pei Che’s name through the gap in the fence.

His steps paused slightly, but he didn’t linger for long, striding out of Shen Jianian’s sight.

Shen Jianian leaned against the gate, slowly squatted down, crying like an abandoned child, so helpless.

Fu Jichen used the house phone to call the security booth, instructing the guard to let Shen Jianian out.

The guard opened the gate, and deliberately went over to tell Shen Jianian, "Miss, Mr. Fu said, you are free to come and go."

Shen Jianian pushed herself up by her knees, her eyes filled with tears, chased after Pei Che outside the gate, and he was already gone, having left by car.

He really didn’t want her anymore.

She had already lost her dearest family, and now lost Pei Che, she had no relatives by her side.

Shen Jianian stood blankly by the roadside, tears flowing uncontrollably, why did it turn out like this? Why does fate keep mocking her?

Inside the villa, Fu Jichen stood by the window for a long time, smoking one cigarette after another, his mood now was just like when Pei Che went to Rose Manor to find Shen Jianian, at that time too, she chased out like this.

Back then, he was sure she would obediently return, because she still needed him to help her take revenge, but this time, he wasn’t certain she would come back.

Cheng Jin brought in a large bucket of picked flower branches, took off her hat and gloves, prepared to drink some water, saw Fu Jichen smoking by the window, sensed he wasn’t in a good mood.

Shen Jianian and the gentleman surnamed Pei were not in the living room.

Cheng Jin didn’t dare to inquire carelessly, silently went to the kitchen to drink a glass of water, trimmed the flower branches properly, and placed them in several vases around the house.

Shen Jianian returned with slumped shoulders, appearing lost in despair.

Fu Jichen saw her through the glass window, stubbed out the half cigarette in his hand, opened the door to greet her.

Shen Jianian stood at the bottom of the steps, looked up at him, her eyelashes were wet: "What Ah Che said, is it true?"

Fu Jichen came down from the steps, stood on the same level with her, she still needed to look up at him.

"I believe you have your own judgment." Fu Jichen said.

"I’m asking you if what he said is true or not?!" Shen Jianian was filled with emotions rushing wildly with nowhere to vent, so she made Fu Jichen who came to meet her her whipping post, "Fu Jichen, did you force Ah Che to say that?!"

Fu Jichen paused, and said, "If this will make you feel a little better, I can take the blame for everything."

Shen Jianian fell into his arms, crying and pounding his chest, each hit heavier than the last: "It’s all you! It’s all you! You are the worst person!"

Fu Jichen embraced her, letting her vent.

Last night’s tenderness seemed like a dream, now it’s reality. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Shen Jianian poured out all the grievances accumulated over these days: "Even if we were together before, so what? Look at my face now, I’m no longer the old Shen Jianian!"

Hearing her say so, though Fu Jichen’s heart ached, he still smiled and replied, "You are you, regardless of appearances."

"I don’t like being locked here like a prisoner, needing your permission to leave! I don’t like you forcing me!"

When she calmed down a bit, Fu Jichen tightened his arms, agreeing to whatever she said: "Shen Jianian, the one month period is nullified, I set you free, you can go wherever you want, no need for my permission anymore."

When she was talking to Pei Che downstairs, he was upstairs reading all the medical records, the suffering she endured these past three years, laid out clearly before his eyes.

This was just the written record, if seen in person, he too would hate the person who brought her harm, like Pei Che.

He couldn’t bear to force her anymore.

Shen Jianian raised her tear-filled eyes blankly, took a step back, withdrew from his arms, because she had just cried, her voice was still nasal, "You really mean it?"

Fu Jichen took her phone from his pocket, grabbed her hand, put the phone in her hand, his voice low and hoarse, "You can leave now."

Shen Jianian didn’t hesitate, passed him to enter the house, Cheng Jin, holding a vase of pale pink roses, smiled at her, "Jianian, I was just about to put this vase of flowers in your room..."

Cheng Jin saw the tear stains on her face, suddenly stopped speaking, "Why are you crying?"

Shen Jianian raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, "No need to put flowers in my room anymore, I’m not living here from now on." This isn’t her home.

Cheng Jin didn’t understand, or perhaps she understood but couldn’t comprehend, what did she mean by not living here anymore, where else could she live if not here?

Shen Jianian didn’t explain, Fu Jichen said she could leave now.

She went to the room on the third floor where she had stayed, wanted to pack, but found there was nothing to pack, everything here belonged to Fu Jichen.

In the end, she only took the cello, and her own bag, which contained her identification documents, brought over from Jiang City by Fu Jichen’s subordinates.

Shen Jianian carried the cello, held the bag, came out of the elevator, Cheng Jin was surprised, quickly stopped her, "Jianian, where are you going?"

Jianian had just shared a bed with him last night, the two were sweetly in love, how could she just leave? Did they quarrel? Could it have something to do with the visiting Mr. Pei today?

In an instant, countless guesses flooded Cheng Jin’s mind.

Fu Jichen came in from outside, seeing the scene, he said softly, "Aunt Cheng, let her go."

Cheng Jin became anxious, disregarding propriety, immediately started shouting at Fu Jichen, "How can you let Jianian leave? You both worked so hard to get to this point, can’t you just talk things through?"

Shen Jianian looked at Cheng Jin, the corners of her mouth clenched into a slight smile, "Thank you for taking care of me during this time, Aunt Cheng."

Cheng Jin’s eyes reddened with anxiety.

Before leaving, Shen Jianian glanced at Fu Jichen, she only had two words for him, "Thank you."

They brushed past each other, as Shen Jianian turned on the long-silent phone while walking, with many missed calls and unread messages from Bai Changxia, Pei Che, the orchestra manager, Zhou Ruo, and Gu Chongli and Zhao Shunyi. These were people who had contacted her over the past twenty days.

She just got to the doorway, suddenly remembered that she still owed Fu Jichen money for the custom-made cheongsam and the dress, but she didn’t want to go back.

Indecision leads to trouble.

Shen Jianian left the villa, took a taxi to the airport, and called Pei Che on the way, only to find he was on another call.

The person on the line with Pei Che was Fu Jichen, having had no chance to ask about the medical records earlier, he had to do so over the phone.

Pei Che’s voice was still extremely unfriendly, "Now you know why I hate you, not just because you took Little Nian away, but because you’re just a fucking bastard!"

It was Pei Che’s first time cursing someone.

Though Fu Jichen was cursed like this, he didn’t retort, even felt a bit better having someone scold him. His voice was shaky, as if trying to control his emotions, "I want to ask, why was it an informed consent for an induced abortion?"

He knew what induced abortion was, terminating a pregnancy using drugs or surgery.

"Fu Jichen, do you have a brain?!" Pei Che continued to scold.

When Fu Jichen asked this question, he already knew the reason, he just wanted to hear it from Pei Che’s own mouth, the crueler the reality, the more he had to face it.

Pei Che: "In that car accident, she had multiple fractures all over her body, brain hemorrhage, facial disfigurement, only the baby in her womb was fine, but the surgery required various drugs, the baby was inevitably lost, they had to perform an induced abortion first before other surgeries, do you understand? That’s the disaster you brought upon her!"

The sourness in Fu Jichen’s eyes grew stronger, he leaned his head on his hand, blocked his eyes with his palm, not letting others see his tears, "She doesn’t know, does she?"

He asked another pointless question.

Pei Che said coldly, "I even hid your existence from her, how could I possibly tell her she had a child with you, and that the child wasn’t saved? I signed the surgery consent form, could I say that?!"

Fu Jichen hung up the phone, slowly walked to the third floor.

The room where he and Shen Jianian shared joy last night was now empty, apart from the cello and the bag, she hadn’t taken anything.

The ring was still on the bedside table, placed there long ago, always in that spot.

The jade lion ornament too, she hadn’t taken it.

Shen Jianian left without any attachment, she left him, left everything between them, regardless if it was the past, or their time together in the last twenty days, she didn’t care at all.