"Ah Jin, what are we doing here? Are we here to pick someone up?" Jiang Anqing asked the person next to her, somewhat confused.
"Get out of the car." Xiang Jin's expression was indifferent as she picked up her bag and got out of the car.
Jiang Anqing was confused and quickly got out of the car. Su Ming opened the trunk, took out Jiang Anqing's luggage, and walked straight towards the residential building. Xiang Jin followed behind, and Jiang Anqing hesitated for a moment before following as well.
"Ah Jin, why did you bring my luggage down? Aren't we going back to Haitang Bay? Actually, I'm quite used to living in Haitang Bay. The curtains block out the light, it's very quiet, the bed is very comfortable, and all my things are there..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Ming walked to a door on the first floor, took out her key and opened it. There was a pile of things lying in the living room. She glanced at them and felt that they looked familiar. It took her a second to realize that these were her luggage from Haitang Bay.
"Come in." Xiang Jin went in first.
After a few steps, she stopped in front of the pile of luggage, bent down and picked up a photo.
The photo shows a five- or six-year-old girl with shoulder-length hair, smiling brightly. The four corners of the photo are already white, indicating that the person who keeps it must have touched it frequently.
As Xiang Jin was looking at the photo intently, a pair of wrinkled hands suddenly reached out and took it away. The hunched-over man picked up the bamboo dragonfly from the ground and put it in his pocket.
Jiang Anqing looked at her and smiled, but the smile was somewhat stiff.
"Is that Xiang Qi in the photo? I thought it was me when I first saw it, how ridiculous." A chill ran through Xiang Jin's heart, and a slight stinging pain seeped into her skin inch by inch. But her expression remained remarkably calm, as if these things could no longer hurt her.
Jiang Anqing was stunned: "Ajin, what are you talking about? Of course it's you."
"I never had this hairstyle when I was a child, have you forgotten? When I was little, I always wore my hair in a ponytail or braids, which made it easier to do chores."
"Really? I don't remember that..." Jiang Anqing carefully observed her expression, his face becoming serious.
"At a time like this, is there any need to pretend anymore?" Xiang Jin looked directly at her, his fox-like eyes bright and honest. Jiang Anqing didn't dare to look him in the eye and chose to look away.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became subtle.
"When I went to rescue you, you deliberately led me back to get the photos and the dragonfly, so as to give Li Shuhui time to let them kidnap you and Shuangshuang, right? Because you didn't want me to save you, you wanted me to continue to be threatened so that your Aqi could have a better future."
In fact, Xiang Jin never suspected Jiang Anqing until she was chatting with Bai Ningshuang. She said that Jiang Anqing was feeling unwell and was about to faint. The thugs who were originally in the passenger seat got out of the car to check on him, and Li Shuhui's men took the opportunity to attack him.
However, Jiang Anqing was clearly unharmed afterwards.
"You may have had the chance to escape during these years of imprisonment, but after you learned that I gave up my studies and future because of you, you hesitated. Because I have you as my weakness, I can unconditionally give way to Xiangqi and pave the way for your daughter."
"After weighing the options, you ultimately chose to stay, willingly enduring so many years of imprisonment."
“You’re not stupid, you’re even ruthless. You know exactly what you want and what’s more important to you. I’m such a good stepping stone, I can be useful anywhere, and I can’t let your daughter miss such a good opportunity. Aunt Jiang, am I right?”
Jiang Anqing's face finally turned pale. Her hands trembled, and her lips opened and closed, but she couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
"I didn't understand before why you didn't tell Xiang Deming my identity. I thought you had some unspeakable difficulties... It was my fault. I underestimated the greed and wickedness of people's hearts. You didn't have any difficulties. You are just pure evil."
"Let me guess, what were you thinking after I rescued you? You were thinking, Ah Jin married so well... It's such a pity, if I hadn't been rescued, all of this would have been Ah Qi's." Xiang Jin imitated her tone, nine-tenths similar, exceptionally vivid.
Jiang Anqing's face contorted.
She looked at Xiang Jin, her expression a mixture of suppressed tears and barely perceptible regret: "Jin, you've misunderstood me. I've never thought of it that way, never..."
"Mom? Don't you think it's disgusting to mention that word?"
"Does someone as filthy as you deserve this word?"
"What were you thinking when I called you 'Mom'? Were you thinking, 'This daughter is so stupid, so easy to fool. I'll gain her trust first, and then use her to find a way out for Aqi, so that my own daughter can have a better life...'"
"Stop talking! Stop talking!" Jiang Anqing covered her ears, looking utterly desperate.
"Are you still wondering why it wasn't Aqi who got all this? Why me? You've already made your enemy's daughter suffer so much, so why am I able to rise from the ashes and come back to take what rightfully belongs to you, Xiangqi?"
"While I was spending money on your medical treatment, while I was frantically worrying and suffering because of your illness, what were you thinking? You were thinking about how to threaten me, how to make me submit, how to make me live in fear for you, this despicable and shameless person, and then force me to save your own daughter!"
"Jiang Anqing, there are gods watching over you, aren't you afraid of retribution?!"
"Stop talking, I beg you, stop talking!" Jiang Anqing covered her face and knelt down on the ground.
She wept bitterly, her wrinkled face streaked with tears.
"Ah Jin, Mom was wrong, Mom was really wrong... Mom never meant to hurt you..."
"Mom just wanted to get revenge on your mother, to get revenge on Li Shuhui. Mom never intended to do anything to betray you. Even if she did... it was just a momentary impulse. Mom cares about you. You have to believe Mom, Jin..."
"I just hate, I hate so much! I hate your mother, I want to get revenge on your mother, that's why I switched you and Aqi. Xiang Deming is my fiancée, we are already engaged, she is my own sister, but she still shamelessly stole him away, tricked him into bed, and gave birth to you!"
“She even sent men to rape me… The rain that night was so heavy… Those filthy men came at me one after another… That was my nightmare for the rest of my life… Do you know how I felt when I went back and saw her and Xiang Deming entangled? I wanted to grab a knife and kill those adulterers in bed!” Jiang Anqing’s eyes were filled with intense hatred, like a demon from hell.
"Later, the photos of me being defiled were exposed, I was kicked out of the Li family, and I chose to commit suicide by jumping into the sea..."
"Later I was rescued and taken to the hospital, where they told me I was two months pregnant..."
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