Xiang Bei had always felt her name was unlucky; she was truly cursed. She was walking on the street when she was hit by a car running a red light. To her surprise, she woke up to find herself trapp...
Chapter 55 She didn't die, she's back. ...
The private room was bustling with activity. Apart from Jiang Yaozu, who was still in school, his other three children all brought out the things they had bought. Looking at the gifts of others, there was a sense of comparison in the room.
Jiang Yuzhu ordered a large, multi-tiered cake, and when it was brought in, the children cheered.
"Yuzhu is the most thoughtful," Jiang Chaoying praised.
“Yes, Yuzhu is still the most considerate,” Yang Xinghua said, holding Jiang Yuzhu’s hand.
A few years ago, a letter of complaint written by someone almost turned their family upside down.
It was around that time that Yang Xinghua learned that Jiang Yuzhu was the daughter of Jiang Chaoying and her sweetheart, and that her own daughter had been abandoned in order to raise Jiang Yuzhu.
She made a scene, but Jiang Chaoying said that Yuzhu's future husband's family was very capable and that they would not marry anyone else. If things got ugly and the other party got angry, what would happen to the other children in the family?
Even Jiang Guangzong and Jiang Sisi advised her to calm down and not ruin the family.
Yang Xinghua couldn't make a scene anymore, and besides, she really had no feelings for the abandoned daughter.
Having raised Jiang Yuzhu for so many years, she is no different from her own daughter.
Moreover, Jiang Yuzhu was filial, so her slight resentment quickly disappeared.
In her heart, Jiang Yuzhu was her own daughter.
As for his other daughter, Jiang Zhaodi, she disappeared with her daughter after the divorce.
Tian Bin even came to make a scene, saying that Jiang Zhaodi had sold his house and must have run off with her daughter and some other man.
The Jiang family naturally didn't believe it; they all knew that Tian Bin had someone else on the side and had gotten a divorce from Jiang Zhaodi for that other woman.
Given Jiang Zhaodi's cowardly nature, how could she dare to secretly sell the house? She probably divorced Tian Bin, lost all hope, and was too ashamed to face anyone, so she took her daughter and went to commit suicide.
Tian Bin was trying to extort money, but Jiang Yuzhu's fiancé helped by arresting and detaining him for a while, which calmed him down.
When Jiang Zhaodi was mentioned, everyone's faces fell.
"Why bring up that unlucky thing? I hope she really dies out there. She's really got some nerve, daring to decide on a divorce on her own. Because of her, our family was so embarrassed for a while. Even if she's not dead, I won't let her into the house," Jiang Chaoying snorted.
None of them believed that Jiang Zhaodi had written those whistleblower letters; she would have had to be bold to do so.
How could someone who's so spineless that they wouldn't utter a word dare to write a complaint letter to report them?
Just then, the door to the private room was pushed open, and two waiters stood in the doorway with smiles on their faces. "Gentlemen, a guest said that this is a birthday gift for the birthday person."
The group looked at each other, and finally realized that it wasn't their doing.
But Jiang Sisi quickly laughed, "Could it be that someone saw my brother-in-law here and specially sent this over to try and please him?"
Jiang Yuzhu's husband, Zhong Zibai, reacted indifferently. After all, he worked in the municipal government, and his parents were also leaders. There were too many people who wanted to ask them for favors and try to curry favor with them.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have made a special trip to celebrate the old couple's birthday for Yuzhu's sake.
She already takes good care of her brother-in-law and sister-in-law on a regular basis.
The waiter left the items and went out. Jiang Yaozu ran over, picked them up, and shook them, but still couldn't guess what they were. "Guess what it is? Brother-in-law, it's not money, is it?"
Jiang Yaozu's voice was particularly unpleasant during puberty.
Jiang Yuzhu frowned, but she was still curious about what the other party had sent.
"Open it and take a look."
Upon hearing Jiang Yuzhu's words, everyone became expectant. Jiang Yaozu opened the lid, revealing a neatly folded burial shroud inside.
Giving away clothes meant for the dead for a birthday is extremely unlucky; the Jiang family members all turned pale when they saw it.
The Jiang family is now a prominent family in this county. How dare they offend them? They're truly fearless.
Jiang Guangzong immediately summoned the delivery staff and interrogated them about who had ordered the delivery.
The waiter looked frightened, but since the other party had told him, he told her the truth: "She said she's here to collect the debts you owe, and that you should all wait, she'll collect them one by one. This is just the beginning, and no one can escape."
The Jiang family members' expressions changed; they couldn't understand how they had gotten into debt, or who they owed it to.
"Is it the child who was switched with Yuzhu who has come back to collect a debt?" Jiang Sisi whispered.
"Could it really be her?" Yang Xinghua's voice trembled slightly.
No one suspected Jiang Zhaodi; they all thought she didn't have that ability.
The only uncertainty is whether the child who was switched with Jiang Yuzhu is still alive or dead.
“I am her father, I have the right to decide her life or death, what right does she have to come back to collect debts?” Jiang Chaoying said angrily.
The appearance of the funeral shroud threw the Jiang family out of their joy at the birthday celebration. They were all in a state of turmoil, as such a sudden turn of events had left them with mixed feelings.
Jiang Yaozu, on the other hand, ate with great relish, seemingly oblivious to the world around him.
The two waiters who came out of the private room were called over and each received a thousand yuan. "Thank you for your hard work."
The waiter looked at the thousand yuan in his hand with some disbelief.
I counted it several times, and it really was a thousand yuan.
They still enjoy a better reputation at the State Guest Hotel than elsewhere, earning over a hundred yuan a month. After all, they entertain foreign guests, and some generous guests will give them tips, but no one is so generous as to give a thousand yuan directly.
This money is equivalent to several months' salary for them.
As for whether the gifts are funeral clothes or something, who cares? They'll just do what the guests ask for. It's not like they're being asked to kill or commit arson.
By the time they came to their senses, the man who had given them the money was already gone.
But the other party said to keep your mouth shut. They were keeping the money, but if anyone told anyone, they would have to give it all back.
So they were secretly pleased.
Wow, that's a lot of money.
The lawyer returned to his room upstairs. "Mr. Jiang, everything is taken care of."
"I trust you to handle things. There's nothing else here, you should go back and rest."
There was a telephone in the room. Jiang Xi glanced at the time and called her daughter.
After talking with Tian Tian for a while, she felt much happier.
The assistant returned shortly afterward.
"Mr. Jiang, as you said, we have found out about that person."
The assistant gave her the other person's information, which was the same as she remembered. It was still the same university, and she later married that husband and had children.
Is she doing well now?
"fine."
"That's good." Jiang Xi nodded. Even without her, that person was doing quite well.
Jiang Xi didn't want to bother Yu Baozhen. What happened here had nothing to do with her. She was just an unrelated person, so why drag her into it?
"The relevant leaders and cadres here have already arranged to meet the day after tomorrow," the assistant said.
Jiang Xi nodded. It was just an investment, and she didn't intend to trouble the people who came with her.
Negotiating business is something she's very good at now, so she doesn't need to bother others.
But she didn't expect that Jiang Sisi would be the first to visit her.
They found out Jiang Xi's room from the front desk and then brought the gifts over.
The reason is also lame: Jiang Sisi also has the surname Jiang, and she also has the surname Jiang. Maybe they were relatives before.
"Mr. Jiang, should I send them away?"
"No need, they're right, they are indeed relatives, let them in."
The couple were overjoyed to hear that Mr. Jiang was willing to meet with them.
This room is very large. It was previously used to receive foreign guests, and the decorations are top-notch. The living room is right outside the bedroom.
Although it hasn't been doing so well in the last two years, it is still the highest-standard place in the area.
Jiang Sisi was a little nervous when she walked in.
Hu Weimin was better off, after all, he was a man who had seen the world.
"Hello, Mr. Jiang, I am Hu Weimin, the owner of Weimin Construction." Upon seeing Jiang Xi, Hu Weimin immediately extended his hand, wanting to shake hands with Jiang Xi.
Jiang Xi simply took a sip of his coffee and didn't react.
Hu Weimin didn't dare to have any objections, thinking that after all, she was a female boss and it wasn't convenient for her to shake hands with him.
Jiang Sisi had been sizing up Jiang Xi ever since she saw her. As she got closer, she felt that Jiang Xi looked familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.
But looking at Jiang Xi's clothes and accessories, I became a little uncertain. Although she dressed simply, the overall impression was that everything she wore and wore was very expensive.
However, Jiang Sisi still felt something was wrong and didn't say anything in line with Hu Weimin's words for a while.
Hu Weimin quickly gave her a wink, and Jiang Sisi finally came to her senses. "Right, right, we both have the surname Jiang. Maybe we were family five hundred years ago. President Jiang, maybe we were relatives before."
"Is that so?" Jiang Xi looked at Jiang Sisi's ingratiating smile, but recalled the events of her previous life.
After she left home for university, she never went back, and her family never contacted her. Jiang Xi never made a special effort to inquire about their lives.
The only good memory she has is of Jiang Sisi taking her on her bicycle to ask about her college acceptance letter.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xi looked at Jiang Sisi and smiled, "We've met before."
"Really? That's such a coincidence, Mr. Jiang. Are we really related?" Jiang Sisi said with a smile. After all, men are in business, so she had to know how to talk.
Jiang Xi handed her the pole, and she started climbing.
"Look at me carefully, are we even related?"
After Jiang Xi said that, Jiang Sisi actually went over to take a look.
She always felt that Jiang Xi looked familiar. When she got closer, she could see it more clearly. There was a very shallow crescent-shaped scar on Jiang Xi's chin. In her memory, Jiang Zhaodi also had a scar like this.
When her mother gave birth to twin sisters, she naturally couldn't take care of both at once. Her mother took care of Jiang Yuzhu, and as the eldest sister, she naturally had to take care of Jiang Zhaodi. However, Jiang Zhaodi had no food and kept crying from hunger. She became impatient and abandoned her, resulting in her hitting her chin and bleeding a lot. Later, a crescent-shaped scar was left on her chin.
The scar is very shallow, so shallow that you can hardly see it if you don't pay attention.
But sometimes you can see it.
Jiang Sisi's eyes widened in horror. The Jiang Xi in front of her was completely different from the Jiang Zhaodi in her memory.
If it weren't for that scar, she would never have been able to connect the two people.
But now, perhaps because she has connected the two people in her mind, the person in front of her looks more and more like Jiang Zhaodi from before, especially her smile.
As if she had seen a ghost, Jiang Sisi quickly took two steps back, but accidentally tripped on the carpet and fell to the ground.
It didn't hurt, but she felt extremely anxious.
She suddenly thought of the burial shroud.
"It was you, you sent it."
Jiang Xi stood up and looked down at her. "Yes, it was a gift from me. Do you like the gift I gave you?"
Jiang Sisi screamed, "Don't come any closer! You're not allowed to come any closer!"
Hu Weimin was puzzled by Jiang Sisi's sudden outburst and, fearing he might offend Jiang Xi, quickly apologized to her and then half-dragged, half-carried her out.
Once they were away from Jiang Xi's room, Hu Weimin questioned, "What are you doing? What kind of behavior is this in front of President Jiang?"
"Honey, she's back! She's back!" Jiang Sisi cried out in a panic.
When Jiang Zhaodi disappeared with her daughter, everyone thought that Jiang Zhaodi was divorced and had no face to see anyone, so she must have committed suicide. In their minds, they believed that Jiang Zhaodi was already dead.
Jiang Sisi was terrified when the dead person suddenly stood alive in front of her.
"Who's back? Calm down, do you know her?"
"She's Jiang Zhaodi, Jiang Zhaodi, honey, don't you recognize her?"
"What?" Hu Weimin was shocked.
He naturally knew about his sister-in-law, Jiang Zhaodi, but although they were twins, Jiang Zhaodi was far inferior to Jiang Yuzhu.
He never bothered to pay attention to a woman who was timid and only knew how to smile and fawn over people, especially since she had such a useless husband as Tian Bin.
Every time Hu Weimin saw Jiang Zhaodi, she would basically keep her head down, and he didn't even remember what she looked like.
But now Jiang Sisi is saying that the CEO Jiang is Jiang Zhaodi?
Recalling General Jiang's appearance, Hu Weimin dared not look at him for long, for fear that others would think he had offended them.
Is she Jiang Zhaodi?
"You haven't mistaken her for someone else, have you? How could she be Jiang Zhaodi? She's a big boss from Hong Kong. If Jiang Zhaodi had that kind of ability, would she have gotten a divorce in the first place?"
"No, she really is Jiang Zhaodi. I can't be mistaken. She is Jiang Zhaodi. She has a scar on her chin, just like Jiang Zhaodi." Jiang Sisi was also very flustered.
Jiang Zhaodi looked like a completely different person from the one she remembered.
I never imagined that Jiang Zhaodi would dress like this, looking even more like an official's wife than Jiang Yuzhu.
Jiang Zhaodi's words just now made Jiang Sisi feel extremely flustered.
She didn't die, she came back.