Chapter 236: No Way Back to the Right Path
Jiang Jinrong picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all.
The woman beside him put some food in his bowl and said, "Master, don't just drink, eat some food."
Jiang Jinrong looked at the woman's bulging belly and his expression became gentle.
"You are pregnant now, you don't have to do this."
The woman pursed her lips and smiled, her voice soft and gentle: "What's the big deal? I'm used to serving you, Master. I feel uncomfortable if I don't do this."
Jiang Jinrong looked disapproving: "Be obedient, didn't the doctor say that you can't get tired during this period, otherwise it will be bad for the fetus."
The woman was happy to see that Jiang Jinrong's concern for her was genuine.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. You'll have a rest for the next two days, so why don't you stay here? I'll have someone cook something you like."
Jiang Jinrong: "Okay."
In fact, she didn't need to say it, he had no plans to return home in the next two days.
The woman was even happier when she saw that Jiang Jinrong really intended to stay.
She diligently picked up the wine jug beside her and was about to pour wine for Jiang Jinrong, but was stopped.
"Didn't I tell you to take a break?"
Jiang Jinrong took the wine jug and said, "It's cold now, you should go back to the house first. I'll be there with you in a while."
The woman wanted to say something else, but after meeting Jiang Jinrong's eyes, she swallowed the words.
She stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go back first."
Jiang Jinrong nodded slightly and said "hmm".
After the woman was helped away by her maid, the smile on Jiang Jinrong's face gradually disappeared.
He filled the glass with wine, then picked it up and drank it all, looking like he was worried about something.
I don’t know when it started, but Jiang Jinrong began to dislike going home and didn’t want to see Xiao Han and Jiang Yirou.
He knew he was running away.
Whenever he returned home and saw Xiao Han and Jiang Yirou, he would think about why he had ended up in his current situation.
Jiang Jinrong found it difficult to understand why Princess Yi'an forcibly adopted Princess Lejia away, and he was very dissatisfied with it.
But he couldn't stop it and could only watch it happen.
At first, Jiang Jinrong just thought that Princess Yi'an knew that they wanted shares in Yipinlou, and she made this decision in anger.
He even thought that Princess Yi'an did this in order to cut off their last connection with Princess Lejia.
She didn't want them to disturb her peaceful life anymore.
In fact, the main reason for Jiang Jinrong's dissatisfaction was that he felt he would be laughed at because of this.
The father-daughter relationship between him and Princess Lejia had long been in name only. Even if she had not been adopted out before, she unilaterally refused to recognize him as her father.
But gradually, Jiang Jinrong realized the seriousness of the problem.
Although Emperor Jingning didn't like Jiang Jinrong before, he would never deliberately make things difficult for him.
The capital city is home to many powerful people, many of whom have strong backgrounds.
But for the sake of Princess Yi'an and Marquis Wenxin, everyone was more polite to Jiang Jinrong.
After the news that Princess Lejia was adopted by Marquis Wenxin spread, many things changed.
First, Jiang Jinrong was severely reprimanded by Emperor Jingning in front of all the ministers several times during the morning court sessions because of some trivial matters, or sometimes even for some unfounded reasons.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Emperor Jingning just disliked Jiang Jinrong and wanted to find an excuse to scold him.
Gradually, everyone became less polite to Jiang Jinrong than before.
Even those who were not taken seriously by Jiang Jinrong dared to come up to him and mock him.
Jiang Jinrong had a lot of pain in his heart but couldn't express it, but he was helpless.
At this time, another promotion opportunity appeared in front of Jiang Jinrong.
In terms of seniority, this opportunity should be his.
Jiang Jinrong was holding his breath and wanted to use this promotion to prove himself to everyone.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Just like last time, something that seemed to be a done deal turned out to be amiss.
This opportunity was eventually given to someone else.
Jiang Jinrong didn't understand what went wrong, so he went to his immediate superior to ask.
That person had some friendship with Jiang Jinrong. After three rounds of drinking, he said something to Jiang Jinrong under the influence of alcohol:
“Sometimes once you choose the wrong path, you can never get back on track.”
When Jiang Jinrong heard this, his heart sank.
He knew that there was no chance of promotion for him.
Even his two sons had no chance of success.
This group of them has been completely abandoned.
This sentence was like a spell, appearing in Jiang Jinrong's mind from time to time, and even in his dreams.
It was at this time that Jiang Jinrong realized that the happy family life in his heart was actually like a beautiful but fragile bubble.
It can be easily exposed and you can never go back to the way it was before.
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