After serving time in prison for her sister, she was forced to marry a man destined to die young, living a meager life. Little did she know, this dying man would transform into the supremely powerf...
A glamorous identity, a bright future, and immense favor.
Their lives were completely turned upside down.
Xiang Jin could roughly guess what the whole story was like.
It's likely that Xiang Deming fell in love with Jiang Anqing, and at the same time, he met Li Shuhui. However, the Li family was prominent and of noble status, holding a prominent position in Huadu, while the Jiang family had no status and was simply an ordinary, impoverished family.
Given Xiang Deming's personality, he would naturally choose the powerful Li family to support his career. Therefore, he abandoned Jiang Anqing after starting a relationship, choosing to marry Li Shuhui instead. At this time, Jiang Anqing, betrayed, discovered she was pregnant, and coincidentally, Li Shuhui was also pregnant.
Jiang Anqing and Li Shuhui were both pregnant at the same time and chose to give birth in the same hospital. In order to get revenge on the two, Jiang Anqing switched the babies... Later, the Xiang family adopted her as their adopted daughter. Jiang Anqing entered the Xiang family as a nanny with the aim of accompanying Xiang Qi as she grew up.
No wonder, Jiang Anqing just watched silently as she suffered so many beatings and insults in the past;
No wonder she always wanted her and Xiang Qi to get along well;
No wonder she threatened Xiangqi with her own life when she heard she was sick...
Everything makes sense now, but the truth is just too cruel.
The so-called adoptive mother is the biological mother, and the so-called biological mother is the adoptive mother.
She herself grew up under the abuse of her own mother, and all her pain and suffering were closely related to her mother.
Xiang Jin never imagined that such a dramatic thing would happen to her. It felt like God had played a huge joke on her, as if He had crushed her dignity, happiness, and life, rubbed them in the ground, pleased her, spat in her face, and then told her it was just a joke.
It's so ironic, so ridiculous.
Xiang Jin's knuckles were white from gripping the report so tightly, and her face was beyond pale. She clutched her aching chest, feeling breathless, when a pair of warm hands reached out to support her and then placed them on her cold hands.
"Murong Xiao, I can do it." She straightened her back, her expression more resolute than ever before.
"Don't be too stubborn. Don't forget that you are just a weak woman." Murong Xiao gently stroked her hair.
Xiang Jin smiled. From the time she was born until now, everyone had been advising her to be strong, to persevere, to be patient, and to work hard, but no one had ever advised her not to be stubborn. She never expected that the first person to say this to her would be Murong Xiao.
"I can't be a weak woman anymore." She gave a self-deprecating laugh, took a deep breath, and calmly put the report back into her bag. "I want to walk around by myself. Don't follow me."
Sun Yanqing was worried and was about to follow, but Murong Xiao stopped him: "Let her calm down. She's not as fragile as you think."
“I know, but you underestimate how much this will affect her.”
Sun Yanqing sighed: "Ajin values family very much, something she never experienced in the Xiang family. Because she didn't have it, she longed for it. After learning that her biological mother was Jiang Anqing, she worked harder than anyone else, otherwise she wouldn't have lived such a miserable life. But what did the family affection she longed for bring her? Deception, lies, and exploitation. She definitely won't be able to accept it for a while."
“I told you, let her have some peace and quiet,” Murong Xiao raised his voice.
"Yes, what you said is indeed hard to accept, but she is Xiang Jin, she can handle it. Give her some time and don't disturb her."
"Isn't Mr. Xiao worried?" Sun Yanqing asked in return.
Murong Xiao poured himself a cup of tea and drank it: "More than worrying, I hope she can be at ease."
Sun Yanqing was somewhat surprised. If it were the Murong Xiao of the past, he would never have said such a thing. The current Murong Xiao... has indeed changed a lot.
The power of love... is truly not to be underestimated.
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Xiang Jin wandered aimlessly around the hospital, watching the people coming and going in a hurry, which gave her a little relief from her near-collapse.
As she walked, she heard a familiar voice. When she looked up, she found herself in front of Xiang Qi's hospital room.
The police officers at the door were still there, but they weren't the same two as last time. The door to the ward was ajar, and Xiang Jin looked up to see Li Shuhui feeding Xiang Qi, bite by bite, like feeding a child.
Her eyes were filled with love, and there was no room for anything else.
After finishing her meal, she tidied the table, wiped Xiang Qi's mouth, covered her with the blanket, and then started peeling fruit.
These were things that she shouldn't have been doing. Li Shuhui had grown up in a privileged environment, and it was rare for her to peel or even wash fruit, let alone do that. Even though the caregivers were all in the ward, she insisted on doing it herself.
She accidentally cut her hand while peeling the fruit, and bright red blood immediately stained the fruit. Xiang Qi turned her head away with a look of disgust, while she glanced at Xiang Qi with some guilt, wiped her hand hastily, and picked up a new fruit to peel.
By the time she finished peeling the fruit, Xiang Qi had already fallen asleep.
Li Shuhui quietly closed the door and came out, just in time to see Xiang Jin standing at the door.
Her expression changed; she became like a shrew and rushed forward to slap Xiang Jin.
Xiang Jin was stunned by the sudden slap and it took her a while to lift her head before she was slapped again.
"You slut, you're just like your mother, a worthless piece of trash. You're sold with more dignity than you, you're even more shameless than shameless! What are you doing here? Trying to harm me, Aqi? Let me tell you, don't even think about it."
"One day, I will tear your mouth apart, strip you naked, and expose your true colors so that the whole world can see what kind of person you really are! Bah! You maggots and dung from the gutter! How dare such a despicable creature oppose me, Aqi? Don't you even know who gave birth to you?"
"Trash, cheap slut!"
Li Shuhui's barrage of words, like a firecracker, berated Xiang Jin from head to toe. Surprisingly, Xiang Jin listened attentively, word by word, looking into Li Shuhui's eyes as she listened.
Li Shuhui couldn't continue her tirade, so she pushed Xiang Jin. Xiang Jin lost her balance and stumbled, falling to the ground with a thud. Her forehead hit the wall, and blood gushed out immediately.
Seeing her fall like that, her face covered in blood, Li Shuhui was also surprised, then smiled smugly: "You slut, this is your retribution for going crazy."
Xiang Jin smiled.
She stood up and looked at Li Shuhui with a serious expression.
“When I was little, you hit me, scolded me, didn’t give me food, and left me in the snow in the dead of winter… You forced me to give up my studies and my future, and even forced me to sleep with a stranger… You made me take the blame for Xiang Qi, you put me in jail, and you even pushed me onto the operating table and made me abort my child…”
"Why are you saying all this?" Li Shuhui was completely confused and looked around warily.