In taking care of Zhuang Zixin, Zhuang Yan can be said to have done everything personally. He was indeed strict, after all, the heir of a wealthy family will face even more brutal competition in the future, and one wrong move could lead to a fall in social class.

Zhuang Zixin has never been able to concentrate since he was a child. He is careless, makes mistakes, and is forgetful. He doesn't repent for his mistakes. While Zhuang Yan is correcting him, Gu Qian takes advantage of his inattention to take Zhuang Zixin out to play with Xia Wan. They play whatever is exciting.

Xia Wan would also say, "Just let him play. Children need to express their nature. My dad taught me according to my preferences and never forced me to do anything. Look at me now, I'm doing just fine. Being too strict will only backfire and make the rebellious phase even worse."

So she can't do anything.

...

No matter how Zhuang Yan teaches him, Zhuang Zixin will turn his back on people after being encouraged by a few words. It can only be said that bad genes are inherited, and children follow their fathers. It's a pity that Zhuang Yan never knew the truth in his previous life.

Zhuang Yan, who had worked hard for most of his life, not only did he not get any good results, but he also got stomach cancer. When he was diagnosed with stomach cancer, he actively cooperated with the treatment, but he was involved in a car accident during a follow-up examination the next day.

The car accident nearly killed him, leaving him with only 0.5% of his life. He clung to life in his hospital bed, reflecting on his life. Extreme resentment overwhelmed him. Perhaps it was a final burst of energy before death that allowed him to see the person standing beside his bed.

Zhuang Zixin stood in front of his sickbed, his eyes filled with a resentment he couldn't understand. Why did the child he had raised with such care hate him so much?

He struggled to raise his hand, trying to reach him and question him. Because of the lack of oxygen, he needed to gasp for air, and his broken body ached terribly with every rise and fall of his chest.

"Dad, Mom will have Uncle Gu to take care of her from now on, so you can leave in peace."

His fingertips lightly brushed against Zhuang Zixin's wrist as he removed the oxygen tank. He felt as if he had fallen into the deep sea, and immense pressure overwhelmed him. He exhaled a breath of stale air, and his cloudy eyes stared wide open like rusty copper bells.

The person just died like that...

When Zhuang Yan had this dream, it was more like he was watching everything from the perspective of an outsider, seeing the group he had guarded for many years collapse overnight, and watching countless debts overwhelm Xia Wan.

Watching Xia Wan hold his ashes and hand them to someone.

Gu Qian and Zhuang Zixin originally planned to run away with the money, but they crashed into a truck on the way. Luckily, they didn't die, but one of them was paralyzed and the other had both legs amputated.

I was kicked out of the hospital after less than two months.

Xia Wan moved from her large villa to a small apartment and brought Gu Qian and Zhuang Zixin back from the hospital. One day, she stared at her phone for a long time in a daze.

She was the only one in the family who could move around. She used to never lift a finger, but now she had to learn to cook and take care of patients. She looked much more haggard, and wrinkles and gray hair had appeared.

There were clearly two other people in the room, but she felt it was empty, like a lonely tomb.

Zhuang Zixin, having lost both legs, roared and screamed in his wheelchair. He believed that all of this was caused by Gu Qian, and that he would beat Gu Qian as soon as he regained consciousness.

Gu Qian could only cry with a crooked mouth, unable to escape at all.

A loud "bang" startled Xia Wan. When she came to her senses, she saw that Zhuang Zixin had smashed her and Zhuang Yan's wedding photo, and the glass was shattered all over the floor.

Xia Wan gave Zhuang Zixin a deep look, then squatted down and picked up the photo from the ground. She placed the photo on the sofa as if it were a precious treasure, and then took a broom to sweep it up.

She remained quiet throughout, never uttering a single word of abuse against Zhuang Zixin, only maintaining a cold expression.

But that was enough to frighten Zhuang Zixin.

He's now disabled and can't do anything. He can only rely on Xia Wan. If Xia Wan doesn't care about him, he can only wait to die.

Zhuang Zixin said cautiously, "Mom, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."

Xia Wan smiled at him: "It's okay, I'll go cook first."

Zhuang Zixin breathed a sigh of relief, but the unease still lingered in his heart.

In the kitchen, Xia Wan cooked a pot of medicinal soup, added a bottle of paraquat, stirred it, divided it into three bowls, and each person drank it all.

Zhuang Zixin was caught completely off guard. Gu Qian was unable to move and his mouth was open as the medicine was forcibly poured in.

The medication took effect quickly; within half an hour, he felt a burning pain in his stomach. Zhuang Zixin couldn't bear the pain and fell off his wheelchair, landing heavily on the ground. He weakly cried out, "Mom, my stomach hurts so much! I feel unwell! I need to go to the hospital..."

Xia Wan stood before him, her face deathly pale: "The person who rushed you to the hospital when you weren't feeling well is dead. You killed him with your own hands. You lied to me, you all lied to me. You're Gu Qian's illegitimate son... You all conspired to kill him, along with me... I'm no better than that..."

Xia Wan coughed up blood, swayed, and sat on the ground against the wall. She started laughing while coughing up blood, watching Zhuang Zixin writhing in pain on the ground and listening to Gu Qian howling inside.

With her last strength, Xia Wan crawled to the balcony. Looking at the wedding photo on the sofa, she clutched it, her eyes gradually dimming. In her final moments, she softly uttered three words: "I'm sorry."

Zhuang Yan thought it was over, but the dream was still going on.

Three days later, their bodies were discovered. Xia Wan was buried in the ground, while Zhuang Zixin and Gu Qian were thrown into a stinking ditch.

Lu Yan was the one who handled the aftermath.

She was responsible for the bankruptcy of the two companies after Zhuang Yan's death, she was the one who told Xia Wan the truth, and she was the one who took Zhuang Yan's ashes from Xia Wan.

So, what was Lu Yan's fate in her previous life?

After Zhuang Yan's death, she devoted all her energy to charity for ten years, enabling children in mountainous areas to go to school, providing streetlights to illuminate their path, building more and more schools and hospitals, and widening the roads...

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