After the call was connected, Jiang Yuan answered quickly. Zhao Rong, with tears in her eyes, looked at Jiang Yiyu and Song Shengsheng fearfully, and said to Jiang Yuan in a trembling voice, "Old Jiang... they're gone. When will you... come back?"

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Yuan seemed relieved. He said, "I'll be back in two days. If you don't have anything else, hang up."

"Wait..." Before Zhao Rong could say anything, Jiang Yuan hung up the phone.

She held the phone, looked helplessly at Jiang Yiyu and Song Shengsheng, and said with an awkward smile: "Now you should finally believe what I say."

Song Shengsheng picked up the cup and took a sip of water: "I don't understand, how do you survive this kind of life?"

Zhao Rong caressed Jiang Yicheng's back lovingly and said, "When I was in my twenties and thirties, I looked young and I always felt that since I had the ability to enter the family, I would definitely be able to become the mistress of this family and even win Old Jiang's heart.

But later I finally understood, what's the use of sincerity? All I need is money. With money, I can do a lot of things, and make many people who once looked down on me bow down to me. I can afford luxury goods that I never dared to think about, and I can make my mother who despised me for being a girl since I was a child, smile and praise me for being more capable than my younger brother.

Later, my hope was Yicheng. I wanted him to stand high, higher than everyone else, respected and admired by everyone. I gave him all my efforts and patience.

I want to prove to you, a circle that prioritizes birth and social status, that the son I, Zhao Rong, raised is superior to Li Chu. This is my last bit of backbone. Although you still look down on me, it doesn't matter anymore. My backbone is worthless compared to my son's happiness."

She wiped her tears with the back of her hand, straightened her spine, looked at Jiang Yiyu and said, "Although I won't fight with you now for Yicheng, it doesn't mean I regret everything I've done. In my life, I, Zhao Rong, believe in one thing the most: once the arrow is shot, there's no turning back. In life, never look back."

…

After coming out of Jiang's house, Song Shengsheng held Jiang Yiyu's hand and followed him, walking slowly. After an unknown amount of time, light snow began to fall from the sky, leaving a long trail of footprints on the ground behind them.

Jiang Yiyu paused, frowned, and said in a low voice, "Tell me, why doesn't she admit her mistake?"

"Zhao Rong?"

"Is it so hard to admit your mistake? She killed my mother!"

Song Shengsheng was silent and put her hand on his shoulder: "Her values ​​are wrong, so we shouldn't judge her right or wrong based on our own thinking."

"She's a mother. She was able to let go of her obsession for so many years for Jiang Yicheng. She understands a mother's love for her child. So when she did those things to my seriously ill mother, why didn't she think that my mother, like her, is also a mother and can't bear to leave her child? Isn't this the empathy that a normal person should have?"

"She's not normal! Jiang Yiyu, don't torture yourself because of others."

"I'm not torturing myself. I just find it unreasonable. Shengsheng, do you understand what I mean? Over the years, in my heart, my mother's death was caused by her own illness, my father's heartlessness, my stupidity, and Zhao Rong's evilness.

Her illness is irreversible. I paid the price for my stupidity by losing my mother and my family. I will have to continue to atone for my sins for the rest of my life. I won't forgive Jiang Yuan's ruthlessness, but how can I make Zhao Rong truly repent and confess to my mother for her evil deeds? I want sincerity, but it's so difficult..."

Snow was flying all over the sky, and the two of them stood in the snow for a long time. Song Shengsheng buried half of her face in her collar. She looked at Jiang Yiyu's tears, which kept flowing out of her red eyes, like beads with broken strings, falling down with a click.

She suddenly thought of two words that were not serious in this kind of occasion: the beauty shed tears, and I feel pity for her. This feeling of brokenness is hard to describe. Perhaps it is true that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

She raised her hands, opened her arms, and hugged him. Jiang Yiyu bent down and hugged her back, burying his face in her shoulder, wishing he could rub her into his bones.

His low, suppressed sobs struck Song Shengsheng's heart. Every sob was so clear to her ears that she was completely defeated. She only hated that she could not tear apart all those who bullied him, take out their true hearts, and put them in front of him so that he could choose and trample on them, to make up for his inner torment and self-torture over the years.

What kind of person is Jiang Yiyu?

In the past, Song Shengsheng thought he was very contradictory, rebellious but very polite. His rebellion was targeted. He was always polite and respectful to people who were good to him, and his upbringing was deeply rooted in his bones.

Therefore, even if his family environment is really chaotic, his academic qualifications are not as good as theirs, and his job is looked down upon by the elders in the circle, Song Qing and Wang Jing will still allow themselves to be with him, because they know that Jiang Yiyu is essentially motivated and polite, kind to the point of preferring to torture himself, and always willing to believe that human nature is good, and even a little silly.

Now, Song Shengsheng felt that the contradiction in him was even stronger. He had hated Zhao Rong for so many years and disliked Jiang Yicheng for so many years, but he still felt soft-hearted and willing to help them because there were some words in their words that made him empathize with them.

But looking back, he would blame himself for his kindness, feeling that he was not a qualified son or a qualified avenger.

Song Shengsheng didn't know how to comfort him. Maybe it was because she was really hard-hearted. If she had been in Jiang Yiyu's role at the Jiang family just now, she would have been moved by Jiang Yicheng's crying, but she would not really promise to help him regardless of the past.

But Jiang Yiyu did it, he always does this.

Song Shengsheng still remembers that when Jiang Yiyu became a little famous because of his works, his rivals spent a lot of money to dig up some negative information about him in high school, saying that he bullied classmates, humiliated teachers, and acted recklessly by relying on his good looks and prominent family background.

At that time, the witness they found was Li Wei, who had been pursuing Jiang Yiyu unsuccessfully and had been pestering him relentlessly.

Li Wei had no idea how much money she had received, and she even exaggerated the fight between Jiang Yiyu and Song Ming in the alley where they bravely fought against the thugs to save her, turning it into a fight between bad boys and hooligans that she had witnessed by chance when passing by.

This incident had a huge impact on the Internet at the time. There were even many people who did not know the truth hiding behind their keyboards, shouting slogans asking Jiang Yiyu to get out of the entertainment industry.

The final outcome of this incident seemed outrageous to Song Shengsheng. After Jiang Yiyu clarified everything, those who believed him still believed him, and those who did not believe him still did not believe him. But the storm was finally over, and Li Wei also issued an apology. Jiang Yiyu's team said they would hold her accountable for the legal consequences.

Because Song Ming was also involved in this matter, he was not going to let Li Wei and the people behind her go.

At the same time as the lawyers' letters were being sent out, Li Wei also called Jiang Yiyu.