If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 556: Chapter 556 Not Protecting Our Children Well

“Mr. Shen… I haven’t seen you for so many days… I miss you so much…” Jian Sisi began crying as she spoke, “Do you know that they have locked me up in here? Are you here to rescue me?”

Shen Chi remained silent, his eyes as sharp as obsidian, looking straight at her, an air of coldness emanating from his whole being.

He wanted to see just when this woman would speak the truth.

Xiao Mo remained impassive, standing his ground as long as Jian Sisi didn’t approach Shen Chi.

The room was eerily silent, except for Jian Sisi’s sobs.

Perhaps it was Shen Chi’s intimidating gaze that eventually scared Jian Sisi into crying silently.

She crawled up from the floor, her doleful eyes looking at Shen Chi.

Her shirt was in disarray, her hair messy. Seeing that Shen Chi did not respond, she bit her lip, tears rolling down her cheeks.

Shen Chi and Xiao Mo were veterans of the social scene, and their faces remained mercilessly cold.

They were watching to see how convincing this woman’s performance could be.

“Mr. Shen…” After a lengthy silence, Jian Sisi spoke again, “Can you take me out of here, please? It’s so unbearable in here… You don’t know, they often scold me, and they make me take pills! I’m not sick, why do I need to take pills! I’ve been waiting for you, always waiting for you…”

“You’ve been waiting for me?” Shen Chi finally spoke in a deep voice.

He looked at Jian Sisi as intensely as a panther, his gaze cold and cutting.

Jian Sisi nodded repeatedly: “Yes, yes, Mr. Shen, I love you. They tormented me, but I never cried, because I knew you would surely come to rescue me, you definitely would. My waiting wasn’t in vain; you finally came… I’m so relieved, my efforts weren’t wasted…”

“Mr. Shen…” Fearful of Shen Chi ignoring her, Jian Sisi hurriedly said, “Mr. Shen, we lost our child… because of them, we lost our child…”

She burst into tears again, her grief overwhelming, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

“They beat me, scolded me, and didn’t care that I was pregnant. One night, my stomach pain was so severe, and they had some conscience, sending me to the hospital… But, I just couldn’t, I failed in my duty as a mother, I couldn’t protect our child… The child is gone… gone…”

Jian Sisi was particularly emotional, especially when mentioning the child.

Overwhelmed, she tried to approach Shen Chi.

She wanted to cry in his arms, to lay her woes on his shoulder…

But, with each step she took forward, Xiao Mo blocked her with an outstretched hand!

“Xiao Mo, why are you stopping me? I just want to talk to Mr. Shen…” Jian Sisi cried.

Xiao Mo did not speak, only giving her a sharp look that was as cutting as a blade.

Jian Sisi was scared and dared not make any rash moves.

Shen Chi spoke coolly, “Jian Sisi, do you know why they are holding you captive?”

“I… I don’t quite understand… I heard… I heard they wanted to threaten you…” Jian Sisi said timidly.

Shen Chi’s tone was very cold, so cold that it sent shivers down her spine.

“What do you think you’re worth to me?” Shen Chi sneered.

“Mr. Shen… what do you mean by that? Even if you don’t like me much, you should think of that lost child… That child was innocent, your own flesh and blood!”

“Jian Sisi, should I say you’re foolish?” Shen Chi said in a low voice.

“Mr. Shen…”

“Shut up!” Shen Chi snapped coldly, “Jian Sisi, don’t you know by now that it was my people who locked you up here?”

Jian Sisi’s legs went weak, and she clung to the wall…

Yes, she had sensed something was amiss for a while, but she didn’t want to believe it, she didn’t want to accept it!

How could Shen Chi be so ruthless?

But now Shen Chi had told her himself!

“No, it can’t be, Mr. Shen, it definitely wasn’t you…” Jian Sisi flung herself at him, trying to grab hold of Shen Chi.

With a firm push, Xiao Mo kept her away from Shen Chi!

Jian Sisi lost her balance, stumbled, and fell to the ground.

Her hand was scraped, and blood oozed from her palm…

Her cries intensified, one hand supporting herself on the cold ground, the other covering her face, tears streaming through her fingers unceasingly.

The sobs echoed loudly through the empty room, sounding piercing and forlorn, with even an echo.

“Mr. Shen… You can’t treat me like this…” Jian Sisi said between sobs, “That time in Paris, it wasn’t my fault, you were the one who got drunk and wouldn’t let go of me. I rejected you many times, but my strength was no match for yours… You should know, for a girl, losing her innocence for no reason is devastating…”

“Jian Sisi.”

Shen Chi called out her name in a deep voice, pacing towards her and squatting down.

Seeing Shen Chi’s bloodshot eyes, Jian Sisi’s heart jumped into her throat.

Shen Chi exuded a powerful aura, and as he approached her, her hands began to tremble, and she was breaking into a cold sweat.

“You’re such a good actress, why didn’t you join the entertainment industry?”

His eyes bore into her, leaving no room for her to evade.

“Mr. Shen… What are you talking about? I… I don’t understand…” Jian Sisi was shaking noticeably now, her tone of voice altered.

She couldn’t look Shen Chi in the eye and tried to back away.

“Zhuo Fan, what’s your relationship with him?” Shen Chi asked coldly.

At the mention of Zhuo Fan’s name, Jian Sisi’s face changed! Her eyes filled with evasiveness…

How could Shen Chi know Zhuo Fan? She had always kept it well hidden.

“Mr. Shen, what are you talking about, I don’t understand… What Zhuo Fan…”

“Jian Sisi, you’re still playing it cool,” Shen Chi’s voice grew stern as a hand closed around Jian Sisi’s neck!

His eyes filled with bloodshot veils, the hand clutching Jian Sisi’s neck tightened.

“Mr. Shen…” Jian Sisi gasped weakly, her face turning as pale as paper, “I really don’t know Zhuo Fan…”

Xiao Mo shook his head; regarding acting skills, this woman was truly top tier. Even in this situation, she still refused to admit anything.

“You won’t admit it, huh?” Shen Chi’s grip intensified, “Well then, let me tell you, Zhuo Fan is dead!”

“What are you saying? What?!”

This time, Jian Sisi was completely awake! Panic-stricken!

Zhuo Fan was dead? Impossible! They were just on the phone a few days ago; how did he die? Did Shen Chi kill him?!

Shen Chi’s eyes were fiery red as he flung his hand away from her neck and threw her to the ground!

Jian Sisi’s head struck the floor with a “thud,” spinning her world around, seeing stars.

“Ah!” Jian Sisi clutched her head in agony, sitting painfully on the cold floor.

Shen Chi squatted in front of her, staring at her agonized expression, utterly unmoved in his heart.