Blood flowed down the back of his hand. Just then, his mother came downstairs and saw this. She turned and went back to her room to get the first-aid kit.
Jiang Qing remained silent. A deathly silence filled the air; I dared not breathe.
I could only watch as the thick, scarlet blood dripped onto the paternity test report.
The glaring blood seemed to mock his foolishness. He had actually mistreated his wife and daughter for twenty years for such a foolish thing.
His mother came over with the first-aid kit. He hadn't slept all night; his eyes were terribly red. He instinctively tried to hide his hand, but his mother grabbed it.
She took out cotton swabs and iodine to disinfect and bandage his wound. "For these three days, I will still be your wife."
Jiang Qing didn't say anything, only leaning back on the sofa, his other hand shielding his tears.
His mother methodically bandaged his wound, trying to calm him down.
But I clearly saw his shoulders tremble slightly.
No one could accept that the daughter they had cherished for twenty years was someone else's child. How could he bear it?
His mother, being kind-hearted, didn't take the opportunity to mock him while he was down.
Jiang Qing, however, said in a hoarse voice, "Laugh all you want."
"No one will laugh at you, Jiang Qing. At least you still have Wanwan; she will always be your child."
His mother didn't dare tell him about the child in her womb; after all, even she wasn't sure who the father was.
Telling him now would only add fuel to the fire.
Overwhelmed with emotion, Jiang Qing hugged his mother tightly, repeatedly whispering apologies, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
His mother sighed softly and patted his back.
The silent embrace was the best comfort.
But he knew there were only two and a half days left.
After two and a half days, he would lose his mother forever.
Seeing his emotions gradually stabilize, I continued, "Lin Hui approached you with ulterior motives from the very beginning. She drugged you, making you believe you'd touched her. Later, she used her pregnancy to sow discord between you and Mom, all for her own gain—to get money from you to help her lover." Jiang Qing wiped away his tears, and when he looked at me again, his eyes were clouded with gloom. "You mean Zhou Yuyou?"
Sure enough, he had already investigated last night.
"It's him." Mom finally realized why that person had come to greet her that day. It was like an ant that had finally climbed onto an elephant's trunk; driven by vanity, it wanted to greet the elephant, thinking that being in the elephant's sight meant they were equals.
Little did it know, an ant is just an ant. When it's shaken to the ground, can it withstand an elephant's stomp?
Mom looked at me. "Wanwan, you knew all along?"
"Not really. I only discovered their affair when I followed Lin Hui the day he came to Xuecheng. I overheard the whole plan from them. Dad, did Lin Hui recently buy you a huge insurance policy?"
Jiang Qing's eyes turned cold. "Yes, after I broke off all contact with her, I only settled things for her and Jiang Zhi in a house. Then she cried and said that she and her daughter had no security, and offered to buy me several insurance policies so that I could get compensation if I got sick in the future, with Jiang Zhi and her as beneficiaries. I already had quite a few insurance policies, and I didn't think one more or one less would make much difference, so I agreed."
"Wanwan, is she trying to harm your father?"
"To be precise, that..." The adulterers couldn't wait any longer. Their original plan was to get Lin Hui pregnant with Dad's son, but Dad had always refused to touch her because the Jiang Zhi mix-up was caused by drugging her. Dad never gave her a chance afterward, so their inheritance plan fell through. Furthermore, Dad didn't want Jiang Zhi to join the company and didn't give them any shares. Now that you're pregnant, you're a huge threat to them." My words contained many key points, and Mom was stunned. "So you and Lin Hui never…"
Jiang Qing lowered his head. "No, I wasn't conscious that night, that's why she deceived me."
"No wonder you…"
Mom blushed, as if she had realized something.
I could roughly guess that over the years, Jiang Qing had been forcibly taking advantage of Mom. He had only ever touched her, but Mom felt he was dirty and wouldn't cooperate each time, or she would take medication afterward to avoid getting pregnant with his child.
Her attitude only further provoked Jiang Qing. From Jiang Wanwan's memories, I learned that Jiang Qing always came home late at night and left before dawn; all these years, he only had desire for my mother.
But because of Lin Hui, my mother maintained a stance of rejection. The knot between them wasn't untied; instead, it deepened. Jiang Qing misunderstood that she was thinking about Uncle Rong, and he tormented her even more, leading to a lose-lose situation.
Who was really at fault? As an outsider, I can't say.
In the end, he only has himself to blame for things ending up like this. What good man loves his wife like that?
Although I caused their divorce, I also helped them clear up the misunderstandings they'd had for years.
I coughed lightly, bringing their thoughts back to the present.
"That adulterer has been manipulating Lin Hui while simultaneously targeting Dad, drugging him to gradually erode his senses and force him to sign documents favorable to them. The plan is to have him die unexpectedly once he's no longer of use, allowing Lin Hui and her mother to receive a large insurance payout. As for the child in Mom's womb, their original plan was to abort it. That way, besides me, no one could contest the inheritance. As a married daughter, they would have already transferred all of Dad's assets to Lin Hui and her mother, and the Jiang family business would fall into the adulterer's hands." After hearing the entire plan, Mom turned deathly pale. "What a ruthless plan!" This wasn't just about jealousy; it was about taking Jiang Qing's life!
"If I'm not mistaken, Jiang Zhi will be brainwashed by Lin Hui, making her deliver meals to her father every day. Who would doubt their own daughter's deception?" Jiang Qing raised his hand to strike again, but his mother grabbed it. "Calm down. Fortunately, Wanwan knows everything; there's still a chance to salvage the situation." Jiang Qing looked at her face, his voice filled with boundless sorrow: "But what about you and me? Is there still a chance to salvage the situation?"
[Jiang Qing and his mother's story will begin after the main text ends. The events after their divorce upon returning to China will be simplified in the main text. The side stories will detail his mother's youth, her domineering CEO-like forced love with Jiang Qing, and the love triangle with his white moonlight. The divorce is certain, so don't worry. Then comes the main text, which shouldn't be too long. It will fill in all the plot holes and then conclude. There will be no filler content.] After the main story is finished, I'll write the side stories you all like, such as the mother Jiang Qing, Jiang Wanwan's life, and the past of Su Ning'an and Wei Dong, which some people are curious about. Right now, what I want to write most is the domineering CEO Jiang Qing and his sweet little wife story. After the main story is finished, those who like it can continue to follow, and those who don't won't be forced to.