Not long after Jiang Zhou and Jiang Ruo left the hospital, Feng Yun entered Jiang Huai’s room. Seeing her, Jiang Huai’s face changed dramatically. He attempted to speak multiple times, but couldn’t find the right words to begin.
Feng Yun suddenly smiled, “Didn’t you just have A’Zhou send Jiang Ruo away? There’s no evidence left, so what are you still worried about?”
“…” For some reason, Jiang Huai felt that the Feng Yun before him seemed like a stranger. Her face still bore a gentle smile, but it gave off a chilling, terrifying vibe. “You… just now…” He stammered.
Feng Yun nodded, “Yes, I saw A’Zhou’s car at the hospital entrance just now, and I saw him with Jiang Ruo. As soon as they saw me, they hid behind a pillar, thinking I hadn’t noticed them!”
After a long silence, Jiang Huai finally asked, “You… you already know everything?”
Feng Yun showed a puzzled expression, “Know what?” Then, as if suddenly realizing something, she asked, “Are you asking if I know that A’Zhou chose to side with Jiang Ruo and wanted to secretly send her away? Or are you asking if I know that A’Zhou already confessed to you that I got the sibling DNA test performed between him and Jiang Ruo?”
Jiang Huai fell silent again. Feng Yun seemed too calm—so calm that it scared him.
“Even if A’Zhou didn’t choose to stand by me, I have nothing to say. After all, children don’t necessarily choose their parents, right? Even I couldn’t do it, so what right do I have to expect my son to do it, don’t you think?”
“…” Jiang Huai didn’t know how to respond.
Feng Yun picked up a fruit knife from the basket by the bed and began playing with its sharp blade, appearing very relaxed, “Back then, I chose to hurt my parents for you. Now A’Zhou is choosing to hurt me for Jiang Ruo. It’s only fair, isn’t it?”
She suddenly leaned closer to Jiang Huai and asked softly, “Jiang Huai, did you ever really love me?”
Jiang Huai immediately replied, “Of course I loved you, I—”
Feng Yun slowly shook her head, “If you loved me, why did you cheat? No, even cheating could be forgiven, but you swapped Xiao Li with that mistress’s child and left her in an orphanage. For eighteen years, have you ever felt guilty?”
“That’s not how it happened!” Jiang Huai denied firmly, “I didn’t swap Jiang Li with Ruoruo. I never did that!”
“You never did?” Feng Yun tilted her head very calmly, “If not you, did the mistress do it? But if you hadn’t given her the chance, could she have pulled it off?” Feng Yun pressed the fruit knife against Jiang Huai’s neck. “You say you love me, but if you really did, why didn’t you search for Xiao Li all these years? You knew she was suffering out there!”
Feeling the cold steel against his skin, Jiang Huai didn’t dare move. His hands began to tremble, but he tried to stay calm, “You… you should put the knife down first. Calm down, and I’ll tell you everything.”
Feng Yun sighed and withdrew the knife. “What are you afraid of? Even if I hate you, I wouldn’t kill you outright. That would be too easy on you, wouldn’t it? How can I let it happen!”
“…” Feng Yun’s abnormality had thoroughly frightened Jiang Huai.
“Go ahead, I’m listening, but remember, you only get this one chance to speak the truth. If I find out you lied later, you can imagine the consequences, right?” Feng Yun looked at Jiang Huai with an innocent expression.
Jiang Huai nodded immediately, “I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you everything.” He no longer dared lie. Since Feng Qi had already discovered that Jiang Ruo was his daughter, it wouldn’t be hard for him to find out who her biological mother was. The Third Master of the Feng family was famous for having vast connections and resources—it was rumored that nothing could stay hidden from him.
Jiang Huai glanced at Feng Yun and began to recount the events of the past, one by one. Jiang Ruo’s mother was named Jiang Ya, a distant cousin of Jiang Huai. Although they were technically related, their families had little contact due to the distance in their lineage. Jiang Ya was beautiful, and she and Jiang Huai grew up together, eventually falling in love. They confirmed their relationship during high school.
He and Jiang Ya were many generations apart, and by law, they were fully eligible to marry. However, their village’s custom did not allow marriages between the same surnames, so they had to keep their relationship a secret and couldn’t tell their families. After the college entrance exams, both he and Jiang Ya were accepted into the same university, making them the only two college students from their village. They were overjoyed, thinking they could finally escape the constraints of their backward village customs.
But things didn’t go as planned. During the summer after the college entrance exams, Jiang Ya was hospitalized due to chronic kidney failure and had to rely on dialysis to survive. Initially, Jiang Ya’s family was determined to treat her, but as they realized Jiang Ya would never recover and the financial burden was a bottomless pit, their attitude began to change. The cost of dialysis, which amounted to several thousand yuan a month, was a huge sum for a rural family, especially since they still needed to save up the bride price for their son. Eventually, they decided to give up on their daughter.
Jiang Ya’s parents gave up, but Jiang Huai didn’t want to. However, at the time, he was just a poor student. The money his parents sent him was barely enough to cover his own living expenses, so how could he possibly afford Jiang Ya’s treatment?
Just when Jiang Huai was at his wit’s end, a well-off senior at school took a liking to him. To win him over, she started giving him various gifts. At that time, Jiang Huai’s heart was solely with Jiang Ya, so he didn’t accept her advances. But when he saw how lavishly the senior spent money, casually giving him gifts that were worth several months of his living expenses, he wavered. He accepted her pursuit and began to receive her expensive gifts, only to sell them later and use the money for Jiang Ya’s treatment.
The senior’s feelings were fleeting; after just a month of dating, she grew tired and broke up with him, giving Jiang Huai a breakup fee of ten thousand yuan. This kind of behavior was usually seen as an insult, but Jiang Huai didn’t feel that way at all. He accepted the money without hesitation because Jiang Ya needed it for her dialysis.
After losing the monetary support, Jiang Huai began looking for his next target. He was handsome, quick-witted, and knew how to captivate girls with sweet talk—girls from privileged families who grew up pampered couldn’t resist his charm. To avoid unnecessary troubles, Jiang Huai chose girls who were known players, girls who wouldn’t take things too seriously. It was a relationship where each party took whatever they needed from each other—the girls willingly spent money on Jiang Huai and, when bored, would break up with him, usually with a sum of money as a parting gift.
Over time, Jiang Huai’s peers started seeing him as a player, and some even called him a gigolo behind his back. But since no one said it to his face, he pretended not to know.
Jiang Ya was aware of what he was doing. At first, she fought with him over it, but over time, she grew to accept it. In Jiang Ya’s eyes, as long as Jiang Huai didn’t fall in love with anyone else, she didn’t mind.
Jiang Huai thought he would continue living this way until he grew old and lost his charm, but by then, Jiang Ya would be gone. The doctors were frank about the side effects of prolonged dialysis and diagnosed that Jiang Ya’s life expectancy would only be around ten years if a suitable kidney was not found.
For Jiang Huai, Feng Yun was an unexpected twist. Feng Yun was the belle of the neighboring university and the dream girl of his peers. She was born into a wealthy family but wasn’t arrogant and was known for her many talents. Jiang Huai knew many young men had tried and failed to win her over. As for himself, he was very clear about his goal and never even considered pursuing someone like her. But when he encountered Feng Yun being robbed in an alley, he couldn’t help but intervene, getting seriously injured in the process.
After that, Feng Yun visited him at the hospital every day. Jiang Huai was preoccupied with Jiang Ya’s medical bills and had no time to deal with this princess, but Feng Yun was unfazed by his coldness. Gradually, the look in her eyes began to change, and Jiang Huai realized she was falling for him.
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