(Doubleĉ´/First Love Purity, Marriage of Convenience, Chaebol Power Fantasy, Sweet Pampering, Team Pet/Crowd Favorite, Male Lead's Long-term Scheme)
At twenty-one years old, Jiang Wanning ...
Jiang Wanning did not miss the fleeting look of guilt in Zhao Xuenan's eyes.
Hearing Lin Lin curse her mother whom she had never met, Jiang Wanning's face darkened: "Ms. Lin, do you dare to curse her again?"
"What, you feel sorry for her before you've even met her? She's an ungrateful wretch! She should have died long ago! It's a blessing that she's been dragged out until today."
Lin Lin had barely finished speaking when Jiang Wan Ning angrily shoved her.
Lin Lin was incredulous. When she came to her senses, she screamed like a madwoman.
"Kill her! Kill her now! Ah, how dare she push me! I'm going to kill her!"
The maid didn't want to move, and Lin Lin was still calling out when they heard Tao Wenrui's voice: "Uncle, Aunt, what's wrong?"
Lin Lin still had to save face in front of Tao Wenrui, after all, he was her future son-in-law.
Upon seeing Tao Wenrui, Zhao Xuenan's eyes flashed with shyness, and she called out, "Brother Wenrui~"
That "brother" was called so sweetly that Jiang Wanning almost vomited.
It turns out they already knew each other.
"Wan Ning~" Tao Wenrui's eyes flashed with a strange light when he saw Jiang Wan Ning.
Jiang Wanning nodded slightly and turned to leave.
Tao Wenrui caught up with her, his smile gentle: "Wan Ning, you still consider me your brother, right? If you have any difficulties, remember to call me."
Jiang Wanning hesitated for a moment, then nodded and quickly left the Zhao family.
She didn't want to stay in this place for even a second longer.
*
Upon arriving at the hospital, a woman's violent coughing could be heard from the half-closed ward. She had barely calmed down, but her voice was still wheezing.
"Where's Xue Nan? Isn't Xue Nan coming to see me?" The woman's voice sounded somewhat sad.
Jiang Xinkai didn't want to upset his wife, but keeping it from her wasn't an option either.
"Xue Nan said she never wants to see us again. She hates us, saying we deliberately switched the babies so that our own child could be a rich heiress. Has Xue Nan forgotten that two years ago, before our Jiang family went bankrupt, we were richer than the Zhao family? In all these years, how have we mistreated her? Even after the family went bankrupt, we never let her suffer any grievances."
"Right now, I only feel sorry for Wan Ning. I sent people to investigate as soon as I received the news yesterday. The Zhao family didn't treat Wan Ning well. We, on the other hand, treated Xue Nan like our own daughter. Now that Wan Ning has returned to this family, she has nothing." Jiang Xinkai thought to himself, his heart heavy.
"Now I'm so sick. Just thinking about our own daughter makes my heart ache." Xia Rushan was also very heartbroken.
Jiang Xinkai quickly comforted his wife: "Then you should get better. We'll make it up to Wan Ning in the future. I will also work hard to make a comeback and give you and our daughter a good life."
The woman coughed again, but Jiang Wanning remained calm. She knocked on the door, and after receiving a response, she pushed the door open and entered.