Chapter 48 Chapter 48 Little did she know she was being so presumptuous…

With everyone in her family gone, Jiang Xi naturally had to go to school. As she came out, she was stopped by the neighbors who were watching the commotion.

"Zhaodi, what happened at your house? Why is it so noisy?"

Jiang Xi looked at his aunt who was speaking, "Auntie, I've changed my name. If you call me by the wrong name, I can't tell you."

"So what name did you change it to?"

"His name is Jiang Xi, right? We talked about him this morning," an auntie said from the side.

"Yes, yes, Jiang Xi, what happened at your house? I saw your mother leave in a hurry this morning, saying she was going back to her parents' house. What happened? And your house was a mess last night, what happened?"

Just now, the eldest son and daughter of the Jiang family, along with their youngest son, all ran off in a hurry.

This really piqued everyone's curiosity.

The Jiang family has been making headlines one after another these days, but unfortunately all we know is that things have escalated, and we don't know the specifics. This has left many people wondering what's going on.

Looking at the words floating by, Jiang Xi sighed dramatically, "It's all because of my dad."

"What's wrong with Engineer Jiang?" A group of people immediately gathered around, pricking up their ears to listen.

"Just yesterday, my mom found a photo tucked inside one of the books my dad often reads. The woman in the photo looks a lot like Yuzhu. She questioned my dad about who that woman was and why he was hiding a photo of another woman."

As he spoke, Jiang Xi took out a photograph.

The crowd immediately gathered around.

"Oh my, isn't this your sister, Yuzhu?"

Jiang Xi shook her head, "No, my dad said he's just a friend of his."

The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

How come Jiang Gong's friend looks so much like Jiang Yuzhu?

Or perhaps they got it backwards; it's that Jiang Yuzhu looks like Jiang Gong's friend.

That doesn't make sense either. How could Jiang Gong and Yang Xinghua's daughter look like someone else?

"There are words on the back of the photo," someone exclaimed.

Jiang Xi immediately withdrew her hand, but the more she tried to cover it up, the more curious everyone became.

Some women even took the photos and handed them directly to literate people.

"What did you write? Read it to me."

“I will always love you, Jiang Chaoying.”

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Jiang Xi snatched the photo back and hurriedly stuffed it into her clothes. "Um, I'm going to be late for school. I have to go to school."

She tried desperately to put the photo in her pocket, but the more she rushed, the more mistakes she made, and a piece of paper fell out of her pocket instead.

Someone picked it up and wanted to return it to Jiang Xi, but then realized something was wrong.

The words written above were also quite cheesy.

After someone read it out loud, Jiang Xi snatched it back, on the verge of tears, "Uncles and aunts, I'm really going to be late for school."

No one wanted to block the child from going to school, especially since the child was a senior in high school, so they quickly made way for him.

Jiang Xi breathed a sigh of relief as he left the family compound.

[Well done.]

Looking at the words praising him, Jiang Xi had a feeling that he couldn't quite explain.

But I did feel a sense of relief.

Something was breaking inside her, and something else was taking root and sprouting within her.

She walked briskly towards the school.

After she left, the people in the family compound were in an uproar.

"Didn't you notice that Jiang Xi and that Jiang Yuzhu are said to be twins, but the two sisters don't look alike at all. They look exactly like the woman in the photo."

"But I remember when Yang Xinghua was pregnant, the doctor at the hospital said it was twins, right? If it wasn't twins, how could her belly be so big? And the hospital can't be wrong, right? The doctor said Yang Xinghua's belly was twins."

There was a moment of silence, but in crowded places, there are always people with divergent thinking, and someone will always guess the truth: "Could it be that one of Engineer Jiang's children was replaced by his mistress's child?"

Needless to say, everyone automatically filled in the blanks in their minds.

The child of the mistress must be Jiang Yuzhu; she looks exactly like the woman in the photo.

"I was wondering why Engineer Jiang and Jiang Yuzhu came back with swollen cheeks yesterday. Do you think Yang Xinghua found out about the photos and beat them up?"

“It’s not impossible. If my child were switched with my lover’s child, I wouldn’t stand for it. I noticed that Yang Xinghua didn’t look too good when she left home this morning.”

"I never would have guessed that Engineer Jiang would be this kind of person."

"Sister Xinghua is pitiful. She probably can't accept this fact, which is why she went back to her parents' home."

"Yes, it's not something that can be said. Family scandals shouldn't be aired in public. Look how forced her smile was this morning."

When everyone recalled Yang Xinghua's forced smile and unwilling expression when they saw her that morning, they immediately understood why she had made that face.

When Jiang Chaoying came out, he felt that everyone in the family compound was looking at him.

"Good morning, everyone." He greeted them with a smile, as always.

Instead of a warm response, they received only cold snorts from the crowd.

Jiang Chaoying felt very confused, but she was in a hurry to get to work and didn't have time to investigate.

He first went to the school to ask for leave for Jiang Yuzhu, and then went back to the factory to ask for leave for Yang Xinghua.

The news spread quickly in the family compound, and soon everyone in the factory knew what had happened that morning.

Jiang Chaoying felt that everyone was looking at him strangely today, and some people even spoke to him in a sarcastic tone.

Jiang Xi felt great. She was the first to tell Teacher Yan about changing her name, and Teacher Yan even announced it for her in class.

Now that I have money, I eat very well in the cafeteria and can even get meat and vegetables.

"Zhao Di, how come your family is willing to give you money for food?"

Wu Yanan sat down opposite Jiang Xi with her plate in hand, her eyes fixed on the meat on Jiang Xi's plate.

Her chopsticks reached out, but Jiang Xi stopped her. "If you want to eat, can't you buy it yourself? Also, you ruined my clothes, when are you going to pay me back?"

Wu Yanan looked at Jiang Xi in surprise. She had felt that something was wrong with Jiang Xi since yesterday.

"Zhaodi, what's wrong? Did Jiang Yuzhu bully you again?"

Jiang Xi looked at her and said, "Pay me money, and then stay away from me. I don't want to see you."

"Zhaodi, what's wrong with you?" Wu Yanan was so anxious she was almost crying, and her voice was so loud that it attracted the attention of the surrounding classmates.

“Okay, you're the one who told me to say it.” Jiang Xi looked at Wu Yanan.

The look in her eyes made Wu Yanan feel uneasy, and she even had a bad feeling.

"Wu Yanan, how many times have you betrayed me behind my back? Have you ever counted?"

"Zhao Di, what are you saying?"

"Was it you who suggested that Jiang Yuzhu's sycophants play tricks on me? Oh, right, I saw you kissing Cai Fei from the next class the other day."

Jiang Xi obviously didn't see it, but with Xiang Bei around, they could still dig up some information using the system.

We need to find something for the system to do.

The cafeteria fell silent. Wu Yanan's face was flushed, whether from anger or frustration, it was hard to tell.

"Jiang Zhaodi, how could you accuse me like this?" Wu Yanan ran away immediately.

Jiang Xi called out to her retreating figure, "Wu Yanan, are these family planning supplies yours?"

Everyone looked over and saw a family planning product lying on the spot where Wu Yanan had been sitting.

Already flustered, Wu Yanan covered her face and ran away.

Jiang Xi finished his meal, completely unconcerned about the stares and scrutiny he received.

Sweetie said this was to train her mindset.

She felt that she had a good mindset.

When I got home from school, the house was in complete chaos.

Jiang Xi recounted the events from his neighbors.

It was probably after Yang Xinghua returned from her hometown that she noticed the strange looks people in the family compound were giving her.

Some people even advised her to think more positively.

Yang Xinghua was completely baffled by everyone's inexplicable remarks.

It wasn't until a woman who didn't usually get along with Yang Xinghua came over and learned the truth from her sarcastic remarks that Yang Xinghua learned the truth.

This morning, no sooner had she left than that possessed Jiang Zhaodi took a picture of a woman who looked very much like Jiang Yuzhu and said some nonsensical things, making people think that her husband was cheating on her.

Yang Xinghua quickly explained that it was all Jiang Xi talking nonsense.

But everyone just thought she was saving face for her man and felt sorry for her, and even said what was written on the back of the photo.

What I mean is "I will love you forever".

And there are those cheesy love quotes on one of the pages of the book.

The people's detailed and detailed accounts made Yang Xinghua suddenly feel less confident.

When she got home, she looked at Jiang Yuzhu again and again, but no matter how she looked at her, Jiang Yuzhu didn't seem like her.

She had previously felt that the two children didn't look alike, and even asked a doctor, who said that twins can sometimes look different.

But Jiang Yuzhu is neither like her nor like her man.

Yang Xinghua opened the locked drawer again. Over the years, she had never doubted her man. She knew he loved reading that book, but she had never asked him about it.

She turned to one of the pages, which had obvious signs of being torn.

Yang Xinghua was extremely flustered. She went to the factory to find Jiang Chaoying, hoping to get some answers from him.

When she asked him, Jiang Chaoying finally understood why those people had looked at him like that in the morning. After Jiang Xi made such a fuss, he had forgotten that the photos were still in her hands.

He pulled Yang Xinghua aside and told her to go home and talk about it later.

But Yang Xinghua could see that something was wrong with him. After so many years of marriage, she knew Jiang Chaoying well.

Apart from Jiang Yuzhu, he had never been so flustered about anything.

"Who is that woman?" Yang Xinghua couldn't help but ask.

"Are you out of your mind? Let's talk about it at home," Jiang Chaoying said impatiently.

Yang Xinghua was on the verge of collapse. Ignoring the onlookers, she kept asking, "Who exactly is that woman?"

Jiang Chaoying had no choice but to take her home first.

But Yang Xinghua persisted, "Who is that woman who looks so much like Jiang Yuzhu? Tell me, is she your lover?"

Jiang Chaoying closed the door, but that couldn't stop the neighbors from watching the commotion; they were practically peeking through the doors to listen to what was going on.

Until everyone in the Jiang family came home from get off work or school.

Apart from Jiang Xi, everyone else was completely baffled.

It wasn't until Jiang Xi appeared that the neighbors gathered around again.

When Jiang Xi entered the room, everyone looked over.

"Where's the photo? Where's that photo?" Yang Xinghua rushed over, her hair disheveled.

Just now, she had a fight with Jiang Chaoying, and Jiang Chaoying's face was scratched all over.

Jiang Yuzhu rushed forward and shoved Yang Xinghua away, saying, "You're not allowed to touch my father."

Yang Xinghua already knew the answer in her heart, but Jiang Yuzhu's actions still chilled her to the bone.

But I still want to confirm it one last time.

Jiang Xi took out the photo and handed it to her.

When Yang Xinghua saw the woman in the photo, she both cried and laughed.

"I should have thought of this sooner, I should have thought of this sooner, Jiang Chaoying, how could you do this to me?"

“And this too.” Jiang Xi handed over the torn-out page.

Upon seeing the above words, Yang Xinghua went even more insane.

She tore up the photo and the page, then took out a match to burn them.

But because he was too excited, he couldn't strike a match.

Jiang Xi took it and ordered it for her.

Seeing the photos and paper burned, Jiang Chaoying didn't dare to move, but she still held Jiang Yuzhu tightly with her hands.

But Jiang Yuzhu couldn't hold back any longer. She rushed over and stomped out the fire, shouting, "Don't burn my mother's photos!"

Yang Xinghua seemed out of sorts, and fearing she might hurt Jiang Yuzhu, Jiang Chaoying quickly pulled Jiang Yuzhu away.

"When did you find out?" Yang Xinghua turned to look at Jiang Xi.

"In the next couple of days."

Yang Xinghua laughed. She thought that the reason Jiang Xi's personality had changed so drastically was because she had discovered this matter. In the end, she still cared about her as her mother.

Jiang Xi had no idea that she was being so presumptuous.

Yang Xinghua looked at Jiang Chaoying and said, "If she's not my daughter, then where is my daughter?"