"Son, let's go!" Jiang's mother stepped forward, took his hand, and blew on it a few times with concern. "Your hand is all swollen."
"Mom." Jiang Yi hugged his mother and cried uncontrollably. "I'm so sorry to Xiao Nuan. She was harmed because of me. Mom, I'm a sinner, I'm a sinner. I'm sorry to Xiao Nuan, I'm sorry to her whole family."
Jiang's mother was also sobbing uncontrollably, gently patting her son's back. "Son, let's go! Don't stay here, Mom thinks the air here is all polluted."
In the car, Jiang's mother said with lingering fear, "We really have to thank that girl, Mo Xi, this time. Otherwise, our whole family would have been ruined by that bad woman. Now, let her go and ruin that business tycoon."
"What business tycoon?" Mr. Jiang snorted. "Just a nouveau riche. He was in the newspapers not long ago. His ancestors left behind some property, which was confiscated before, but it was returned to his descendants after the policy was implemented. This Xie Zhi is the beneficiary. He got capital and then started doing business again. He didn't start from scratch. A business tycoon? I think he's just a shrewd businessman. Luckily, he caught a good era."
"This man could be Lan Yin's father. Doesn't he have a family?"
“He got rich and became arrogant. He divorced his first wife and married a younger one, but the younger one died less than two years later,” said Mr. Jiang.
How do you know so much about him?
"Who told you not to read the newspaper?"
…
Jiang's father wasn't a gossipy person, and Jiang's mother understood that her husband was just making conversation to ease their son's pain.
Listening to his parents' back-and-forth, Jiang Yi understood. "Dad, Mom, please stop talking. I'm not sad for losing a woman like Lan Yin, I'm sad for Xiao Nuan. Actually, I still love Xiao Nuan, but I hate her for betraying me back then, which is why I accepted Lan Yin's confession so quickly."
“Xiao Nuan has her own family now, so you must not have such thoughts anymore,” Jiang’s mother said. “Son, there are plenty of fish in the sea. As long as you say you broke up with your girlfriend, I guarantee that girls will line up to pursue you.”
“Jiang Yi, Dad understands how you feel right now. Once you’ve calmed down, our family will go visit Xiao Nuan’s family. Ever since Xiao Nuan’s scandal broke, her whole family has disappeared from our sight. I wonder how Su Ming’s family is making a living? He’s too concerned about his reputation. Even if his daughter really is that kind of person, there’s no need for him to give up everything he has. It’s really not worth it for them.”
“I understand,” Jiang’s mother said. “Gossip can kill! How can two such strong-willed people tolerate being pointed at and talked about? Don’t you even look at the environment we live in? Do you think those people would tolerate such behavior?”
"Mom, I just don't understand how the story about Xiaonuan from back then got out?" Jiang Yi suddenly realized something. "I only said that Xiaonuan fell in love with someone else, I didn't go into details, how do you know so much?"
"Good news goes unnoticed, but bad news travels fast. So many of the educated youth who went to the countryside with you back then, if you don't tell, won't they?"
"Dad, why don't you ask around and find out where Uncle Su and his family moved to? I want to go see them."
“I would have gone to find them even if you hadn’t told me,” Jiang’s father shook his head. “This Su Ming, he values his pride more than his own life. He’s willing to give up his position, his job, and his daughter. I wonder where they’ve been trying to survive all these years?”
“You’re no different from others back then!” Jiang’s mother retorted. “You stayed at home for days without going out, thinking that your son was useless for losing to a farmer.”
"But at least I'm rational and won't be so extreme."
“We raised a son. If we had raised a daughter, we probably would have done the same thing.”
...
As the car passed the food street, Jiang's father said, "Let's have breakfast before going back. We're on our way today, and it's been a while since we've eaten here."
"Sure," Jiang's mother said, having been looking forward to taking her son out for a walk. "Since the three of us are all here, son, what would you like to eat?"
"casual."
Jiang's father drove his jeep slowly down the street, making sure his son could choose where to eat.
As they passed a snack shop, Jiang's mother exclaimed in surprise, "Old Jiang, look, Moxi is having breakfast inside!"
"Then let's eat here!" Jiang Yi said lazily. "And thank her while we're at it."
Moxi and Dingxiang sat facing each other. Dingxiang couldn't see the people coming in, but Moxi saw them at a glance. She had something in her mouth and hadn't even had a chance to greet them before they walked over.
"Moxi, what a coincidence that we meet again so soon." Jiang's mother looked at her with a smile.
Moxi quickly swallowed the food in her mouth and waved her hands frantically. "You...you've come here? I...I delivered the message. Whatever happened has nothing to do with me! Who told you not to trust people?"
Seeing Jiang Yi's pained expression, she assumed that Jiang Yi had lost his virginity to Lan Yin.
"Why are you wearing Xiao Nuan's dress?" Jiang Yi pointed at her. "And carrying Xiao Nuan's bag. Xiao Nuan herself is reluctant to wear the dress and use the bag, but you're wearing them."
Jiang Yi was originally going to thank Mo Xi, but his expression changed. He grabbed Mo Xi and insisted that she return these things to him.
"Hey, is this how you bully people?" Dingxiang slammed her hand on the table. "Just because you live in the military compound doesn't mean you're so great! Let go of Moxi right now, or I'll call the police right now."
"Jiang Yi, stop!" Jiang's father almost raised his hand to knock his son unconscious again.
"Son, stop being so stubborn. Moxi is wearing Xiaonuan's dress, so Xiaonuan must have given it to her." Jiang's mother was anxious and didn't know what to do.
"It wasn't my sister-in-law who gave it to me, I found it. What do you want?" Mo Xi deliberately tried to provoke Jiang Yi, and even made a face at him.
"you……"
“I know this dress is a token of your love that you bought for my sister-in-law. She’s kept it in her closet for years. Before, she still cared about you and would treasure these things. But now that she’s in a better relationship with my brother, these things aren’t worth keeping anymore. So my sister-in-law threw the dress and bag away. I thought it was a waste, so I picked it up and wore it.” Mo Xi retorted sharply, and then snorted at him.
"He threw all of these away, threw them all away..."
Jiang Yi released Mo Xi and muttered to himself, his expression filled with disappointment and sadness.
“Moxi, children shouldn’t lie. Last night you told your aunt that your sister-in-law gave you this dress and bag. How did you find them?” Jiang’s mother remembered it very clearly.
"Yes, I heard it too," Jiang's father confirmed.
"Who told him to treat me like this?" Mo Xi said, pointing at Jiang Yi with dissatisfaction.
"So, she didn't throw this thing away?" Jiang Yi looked at Mo Xi excitedly again.
“Not throwing her away doesn’t mean she still cares about you.” Mo Xi tapped his chest. “Wake up. Su Xiaonuan is my sister-in-law now. She and my brother are family, a happy family. They have two smart and adorable sons. Stop trying to take advantage of my sister-in-law.”
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