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"My mother has been planning for me while she was ill. She hired a lawyer to transfer the portion of the Jiang family's assets and her own to me. She also secretly compiled evidence of Jiang Yuan's infidelity, hoping to divorce him, gain her freedom, and secure more benefits for me. She had been planning all of this since she learned of Jiang Yuan's infidelity four years ago."

"If I hadn't lost my temper and questioned Jiang Yuan, she could have handled the matter properly and gotten away with it. But it was all my fault. I made Jiang Yuan suspicious and ruined my mother's carefully planned plan."

"What about Zhao Rong?"

"She?" Jiang Yiyu sneered. "After my mother's hospitalization, her health deteriorated due to the physical and mental fatigue. Zhao Rong lost her patience and thought that after being Jiang Yuan's secret lover for four years and giving birth to a son, she was finally seeing the light at last. She hoped that my mother would die soon. She even called to deliberately anger my mother, asking her son to call her "Auntie" on the phone and asking when my mother would let him return to his father's house."

Song Shengsheng was completely stunned, her brows furrowing deeper and deeper. She had expected that Jiang Yiyu hated Jiang Yuan and Zhao Rong so much, and that what they had done back then must have been excessive, but she had never expected it to be this excessive. "Zhao Rong is crazy! Doesn't your father care?"

"Him? What does he care? He just wants to maintain his image as a good father and a good husband. He even wishes my mom would die sooner so he could take the person he truly loves and the bastard back to the Jiang family. Since that day, Zhao Rong has been harassing my mom with phone calls. My mom couldn't stand it. At first, she ignored them, but then Zhao Rong changed her number. Because of this, my mom and Jiang Yuan argued a lot, and her mental state became worse and worse."

"What truly broke my mother's heart was the last Spring Festival before she died. Zhao Rong, leading the child, barged into the ward. I was out buying food at the time and didn't know she was coming. When I returned, the room was in chaos. Zhao Rong brought her bastard and knelt in front of the bed. Ignoring the bodyguards' attempts to stop her, she wept and kowtowed to my mother, begging her to divorce Jiang Yuan and give her and the child a legitimate status."

"What happened next?"

"Jiang Yuan came and sent them away. He put on a show in front of the doctors and nurses, then warned my mother not to try to do anything at Jiang's. He pointed at me and said, otherwise he would leave me with nothing. This is what my mother fears the most. He successfully threatened her. I wanted to help her, but my mother said that some things are not yet completed, and her plans for me are not over yet. We can't let Jiang Yuan get suspicious again. We must endure it. She said that she can't let me be truly left with nothing after she is gone."

"But in the end, that spring after the Lunar New Year, her plans were not completed. She didn't get what she wanted for me, nor did she get the freedom she wanted for herself. Her condition worsened, and she didn't make it to the summer."

"Then why don't you ask the Li family for help?"

"I've been there, but no one helped me. Back then, when my mom wanted to marry Jiang Yuan, my grandparents disagreed. My mom had a huge fight with them, and we lost contact for many years. After my grandparents passed away, my uncle took over the Li family business and started doing business with Jiang Yuan. Businessmen are always looking for profit, and my uncle and my mom have always been at odds. How could he be willing to help when money is involved?"

"That's why you disagree with what my brother said. If you want the Jiang family, it's best to go to the Li family first."

Jiang Yiyu hummed, "We're birds of a feather. No one will help me. Did Jiang Yicheng tell you about the fire at home when he was a child?"

"Didn't you say it had nothing to do with you?"

"That fire had nothing to do with me, but that doesn't mean every fire has nothing to do with me. I've done a lot of stupid things in the past, but they only ruined my reputation. Darling, do you know the real reason why I'm attracted to you?"

"What? Because I'm not someone to be trifled with?"

Jiang Yiyu smiled and said, "No, it was you who told me that there are many ways to take revenge on Jiang Yuan, but the only way is not to destroy yourself."

“Isn’t this normal thinking?”

"It's normal, but I'm not normal. I need someone to wake me up frankly. I've done a lot of things over the years, and I believe that soon, everyone who needs to atone will do so."

"Yes." Song Shengsheng nodded affirmatively: "Then the secret you mentioned earlier about Mingyuan is the shareholding in the industry that your mother finally won for you, as well as the evidence of Jiang Yuan's infidelity?"

"Well, especially the evidence. Jiang Yuan really wants it. Once it's released, his decades of hypocrisy will be exposed. And Zhao Rong and her little bastard will have no future either."

"What are you going to do with this?"

Jiang Yiyu touched the tip of his nose and smiled: "I haven't thought about it yet, but I have to give them a fun ending. After all, they made it so hard for me. Letting me have some fun in the end is also a way for them to make use of their remaining energy."

"Don't do anything out of the ordinary."

Jiang Yiyu took her hand, brought it to his lips and kissed it: "With you here, the world is interesting. I can't bear to do stupid things for someone who is not worthy."

"You'd better do this, Jiang Yiyu. My heart isn't in good condition either. Just don't scare me."

"Don't worry, sweetheart. I haven't had enough of you yet. I don't want to scare you."

…

After Jiang Yiyu confessed to her all the events that happened that year, Song Shengsheng had nightmares for several nights. The more she thought about it, the more worried she became. In the end, she made an appointment with Song Ming, who had just returned from a business trip, and briefly told him the situation. She asked Song Ming to keep an eye on Jiang Yiyu when he was free.

Song Ming was also frightened after hearing this. Song Shengsheng also learned from him what the other fires that Jiang Yiyu mentioned vaguely that day meant.

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