Chapter 337 - 212: Jiang Yixia: Lu Fan Loves You All Equally

Chapter 337: Chapter 212: Jiang Yixia: Lu Fan Loves You All Equally

Lu Fan smiled knowingly after receiving Jiang Sifan’s text.

However, he didn’t reply. ’Sifan must have worked up a lot of courage just to send that two-word "thank you" text.’

’If I were to reply with a few more words, he probably wouldn’t know what to say back.’

As for Jiang Sifan, after he had calmed down, he gave Jiang Yixia a call.

The phone rang twice before it was answered.

"Mom," Jiang Sifan said.

Jiang Yixia’s voice came through the phone, tinged with a smile. "Son, what made you think to call me? Shouldn’t you be busy at the studio at this hour?"

Walking through campus, Jiang Sifan replied with a note of emotion in his voice, "I’m not busy today. I just wanted to talk to you."

"What’s wrong? Did something happen?" Jiang Yixia asked with concern, noticing the change in his tone.

Jiang Sifan was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Mom, there’s something I need to tell you."

"Go ahead, I’m listening," Jiang Yixia replied.

Jiang Sifan explained the whole situation with Xu Junjie from beginning to end.

From stealing his client and the slanderous rumors, to Jiali helping him sue, and finally to the university’s decision today.

He went into great detail, talking for nearly ten minutes.

When he finished, Jiang Yixia said with a smile, "Isn’t that great? The matter is resolved, your name is cleared, and that Xu Junjie probably won’t dare to bother you again."

Jiang Sifan fell silent for a few seconds before stammering, "Mom, do you know who that lawyer, Sister Jiali, who helped me is?"

Jiang Yixia paused, feigning ignorance. "Who? Isn’t she a friend of yours?"

"She’s Dad’s assistant," Jiang Sifan replied with a wry smile.

The other end of the line went quiet for a few seconds.

Jiang Yixia’s voice held a note of surprise, her acting quite convincing. "You’re saying... it was him helping you all along?"

In truth, Lu Fan had already told her everything, but Jiang Yixia still pretended not to know, letting her son tell her bit by bit.

Jiang Sifan hummed in affirmation and began to explain. "From the case with the scam company, to the studio’s later difficulties, and now this lawsuit against Xu Junjie... he was arranging everything behind the scenes. I never knew. I just thought I was lucky."

Jiang Yixia didn’t say anything.

Sifan continued, his voice filled with complex emotions, "Mom, I always thought he only cared about Silu, because Silu is willing to interact with him and call him ’Dad.’ But I never gave him a pleasant look whenever I saw him, so I thought he didn’t care much about me either."

"And now?" Jiang Yixia asked softly.

After a moment of silence, Sifan answered, "Now I know. He did care all along, just in a different way."

Hearing her son’s words, Jiang Yixia’s heart felt a mixture of sourness and warmth.

She thought for a moment, then said comfortingly, "Son, you have to remember, you are both his children. No matter what mistakes he made in the past, when it comes to this, he treats you both equally."

Sifan listened without speaking, seemingly lost in thought.

Jiang Yixia continued, "What Silu has, he also prepared for you. What Silu can feel, you should be able to feel too. You just weren’t willing to admit it before. That room, those basketball shoes, those signed jerseys... weren’t they all prepared for you?"

"Mom, I know. I saw a lot when I went to the manor yesterday," Jiang Sifan said with a soft sigh.

Jiang Yixia paused, a hint of pleasant surprise in her voice. "You went to the manor?"

Sifan hummed in agreement. "I went yesterday. I saw the room he prepared for me, the basketball court, the swimming pool... and I also saw the old photos he’d collected."

"Old photos?" Jiang Yixia’s voice suddenly grew quiet.

"Yeah, there was a picture of you and him when you were young. You were wearing a white dress and your smile was especially beautiful."

The other end of the line went quiet again for a few seconds.

Sifan could hear her breathing—it was soft, as if she were deliberately suppressing it.

He suddenly regretted bringing it up and quickly said, "Mom, I didn’t mean to bring this up..."

Jiang Yixia laughed, cutting him off. "It’s alright. So many years have passed."

She paused, then asked with another laugh, "Did I look really dorky in that photo?"

"Not at all. You were really beautiful, prettier than any of the celebrities today," Sifan praised, smiling as well.

Jiang Yixia chuckled. "You always know what to say."

The mother and son chatted for a little longer, the atmosphere becoming much more relaxed.

After a while, Jiang Yixia suddenly changed the subject, her tone teasing. "Son, be honest with me. Do you have a thing for your partner, Wen Wan?"

Sifan was taken aback, his face immediately turning red. "Mom, what are you talking about?"

Jiang Yixia chuckled. "Don’t think I can’t tell. Your tone changes every time you mention her. Last time, your sister also told me that Wen Wan often works late with you, and that you two work really well together. Silu also said that the girl is very pretty and has a great personality."

Sifan stammered, "Mom, she’s just my startup partner. We’re just business partners, we just work together, that’s all."

"Really? Just partners?" Jiang Yixia asked with a smile.

Sifan couldn’t quite handle her questioning and finally said, "Mom, I don’t want to be in a relationship right now. I was hurt too badly before, you know that. That whole thing with Huang Hui... it still makes me sick just thinking about it."

Jiang Yixia sighed, her voice full of sympathy. "I know. That girl was no good. But son, you can’t shut everyone out just because you got hurt once."