Jiang Huaizhi has indeed relaxed a lot.

After calming down, he remembered his child who was still crying loudly.

The midwife brought the baby over, and he took it from her with practiced ease, as if he had practiced this action many times before.

He looked at him for a long time before finally smiling: "Jiang Li, he's fine, he's alright."

Gu Jiangli was not surprised by this.

The child's birth must be healthy and without problems.

Exhaustion made her give Jiang Huaizhi a slight nod, then she glanced at the child in his arms before falling into a deep sleep.

Gu Jiangli slept very soundly, probably because she felt that all the major matters in the city lord's mansion had been dealt with, and she felt particularly at ease.

In her dream, she heard the city lord and his wife talking with Jiang Huaizhi, and she could also hear Nan Yu and Hehua whispering beside her. The cries of some children occasionally reached her ears.

But she wasn't woken up at all and remained fast asleep.

When she opened her eyes again, it was already a bright and sunny midday.

The aroma of the food awakened her cravings.

"It smells so good."

This was the first thing she said after waking up.

Someone must have wiped her body down, because she was still relatively clean.

Jiang Huaizhi was sitting by the bedside; she saw him as soon as she opened her eyes.

"Awake? Hungry? Perfect timing for dinner." Jiang Huaizhi's gentle eyes and caring words made one unable to resist immersing oneself in this gentle embrace.

Gu Jiangli was helped to sit up. She looked around the room and asked, "Where's the child? Is he asleep?"

Jiang Huaizhi returned to the bedside with a bowl of thick soup, feeding her while saying:

“He was too noisy and kept crying. I was afraid he would disturb your rest, so I asked the nanny to take him to the room downstairs to stay.”

Hearing this, Gu Jiangli frowned slightly: "Does he cry often? Is he crying because he's not feeling well? After all, he wasn't born full-term, so we can't be careless about his health."

"Don't worry, Dr. An has examined him and there's nothing wrong with his health. He's just a child who cries a lot. They all say it's normal for two children in a family to have different personalities."

“Think about it, Nan Yu didn’t like to cry when he was born, so it’s understandable that his younger brother cries a lot now.”

Jiang Huaizhi's words reassured Gu Jiangli, and she came to a better understanding.

After all, it's just a baby, and most babies cry and fuss a lot. Only a very small minority are like Nan Yu, who was born without a liking for crying.

"That's true." She nodded. As long as the child is alright, that's all that matters. He'll naturally cry less when he grows up.

She was talking to Jiang Huai about the child's condition when, in the blink of an eye, she had finished a bowl of nourishing soup.

Just as Jiang Huaizhi was about to clear away the dishes, Gu Jiangli seemed to remember something, and pulled his hand, asking again:

"Huaizhi, I feel like there are many other things I need to know. Don't you want to tell me?"

Her eyes shone brightly, full of curiosity.

Jiang Huaizhi's revenge is complete, but she doesn't know what will become of those people.

Jiang Huai smiled mysteriously and asked knowingly, "What does Jiang Li want to know?"

Gu Jiangli felt somewhat helpless, but still answered in accordance with his words:

"Lord of the City, Lady of the City, Jiang Huaisong, Sun Chan, Wuyou, oh right, and that Master Song, how is the situation now?"

Seeing that she was genuinely curious, Jiang Huaizhi didn't beat around the bush.

"Well, quite a lot did happen during the day you were fast asleep."

"Let's talk about Jiang Huaisong first. I beat him half to death, and when I dragged him out, we ran into my father and mother. Huaiyu said they were so scared that they didn't even recognize him as Jiang Huaisong. Later, my father and mother took him away themselves and then found a doctor to treat him."

"This confirmed the fact that his body was unable to produce offspring."

"After he woke up, he had a big fight with his parents."

Hearing this, Gu Jiangli couldn't help but interrupt, "He had a big argument with the city lord and the others? What was the argument about? Isn't he the one the two elders dote on the most?"

Jiang Huaizhi gave a slightly contemptuous smile and explained, "Jiang Huaisong just felt that his parents spoiled him too much and ruined him."

"ah?"

"Don't understand, right? That's right, a madman's way of thinking is indeed incomprehensible to ordinary people. He blames his parents for being too biased towards him, which caused me to hold a grudge against him, resulting in his infertility. He now thinks that if his parents had treated both of us equally and impartially since childhood, I would never have been so cruel to him. Therefore, he believes that he became like this because of his parents and me."

Gu Jiangli's lips parted slightly, and after a moment of stunned silence, he finally spoke: "...Brilliant. He really doesn't think he's at all wrong; it's all other people's fault."

"As expected, he won't reflect on his own actions; in the end, it's all someone else's fault that caused all this."

“I saw him behaving erratically that day. Since he’s already gone mad, let him go mad on his own. He can no longer pose a threat to anyone.”

"Pretty much. He's practically a cripple now. I've had his house cordoned off and locked him up for now. We'll talk about it later."

"Then... what about the city lord and his wife? After they had a fight with Jiang Huaisong, did nothing else happen?"

"Yes. My mother... seems to have some kind of mental problem. The doctor said she has hysteria and it's probably incurable."

"Oh?" This surprised Gu Jiangli somewhat.

But upon closer examination, it does make sense.

The things the city lord's wife has experienced these past few days are indeed enough to drive anyone mad.

The grandson she doted on was not her biological grandson, and the son she had favored for over twenty years had become a useless person unable to continue the family line.

What probably disheartened her the most was when Jiang Huaisong argued with her and blamed her for everything.

After all, she had always cherished that person, but now all she felt for her was resentment.

Gu Jiangli sighed, "Sigh, she and Jiang Huaisong must have had a huge argument."

“Indeed, Jiang Huaisong was seriously injured, and the words he uttered were the most hurtful ones he had chosen in his mind. After arguing with him, my mother walked out of her room, laughed a few times, and then fainted. When she woke up this morning, she didn’t recognize anyone and called everyone she saw ‘grandson’ or ‘Huaisong’.”

"If he's so seriously ill, what about the city lord? Is he alright?"

“A man like him wouldn’t get sick from anger. He just aged a few years overnight and is now taking care of his mother. He talked to me this morning. He’s no longer able to sit in the position of city lord and will pass the position to me soon. From now on, he’ll stay in that courtyard and won’t go anywhere else.”

After listening, Gu Jiangli remained silent for a while.

Jiang Huaizhi's path of revenge has come to a perfect end here.

Those he hates are all suffering.

This torment will not end in a day or two; the pain will accompany them until the moment they close their eyes and pass away.

To destroy a person's spirit is the scene that Jianghuai has longed to see for many years.