Chapter 198 You Don't Deserve It
For fear of being scolded by his grandmother, Zhong Zhiyang used the heart-wrenching words like "not having a father" as a shield. What a bastard!
"Since you are so brave and think you are capable of being a good father, then don't rely on your family anymore! I want to see how capable you are!"
Zhong Zhiyang was completely embarrassed after being exposed so bluntly by him.
Li Guixiang turned her face away and cried inconsolably because her son had died and she was reluctant to blame Zhong Zhiyang.
But Zhong Heyang's action really turned the words that Zhong Zhiyang had said to her into an invisible sharp blade, which deeply hurt her heart.
Zhong Xuexi quickly patted her grandmother on the back. Seeing that she was in great pain, she choked with sobs and said, "Grandma... please don't cry..."
Zhong Zhiyang looked at his grandmother crying so sadly, and felt as if his heart was scratched by something and it hurt so much.
Lin Ziqiu tugged at Zhong Heyang's sleeve, signaling him to stop talking. If he said one more word, grandma would only be more sad.
Zhong Heyang's expression relaxed and he didn't continue speaking.
Lin Ziqiu quickly tried to smooth things over, "Oh, the food is getting cold, let's eat first!"
Tian Xiaofeng tugged at the corner of Zhong Zhiyang's clothes and signaled him with his eyes to sit down and eat.
Zhong Zhiyang was unmoved. Instead, he knelt down in front of Li Guixiang and said, "Grandma, I'm sorry..."
Li Guixiang turned back to look at her grandson in astonishment, her throat full of bitterness, "You...you get up!"
"grandmother……"
Zhong Zhiyang kowtowed heavily on the ground several times. When he looked up again, his forehead was red and swollen. He wiped his eyes and tears rolled down like a dam breaking.
"I did something wrong, I will take full responsibility and will never cause any more trouble to my family!"
After saying this, he stood up and left without looking back.
Li Guixiang stood up and wanted to chase him, but Zhong Heyang stopped her, "Grandma, let him go. He should be responsible for his own life. We can't protect him forever."
Everyone will grow old. If Zhong Zhiyang doesn't learn to take responsibility on his own, he will never grow up.
"Brother is right. If Zhong Zhiyang can see the true colors of Jiang Nianyue and her son, he will not be led by the nose anymore. He will have his own judgment. We should try to trust him."
Zhong Xuexi pulled her grandmother to sit down and said, "Let's eat."
Li Guixiang's eyes turned red from crying. Even though her children advised her against it, she was still worried about Zhong Zhiyang.
Mr. Li put a dumpling in her bowl and said, "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. We are all old now, so we should enjoy our lives and not take on everything ourselves."
Li Guixiang came back to her senses and retorted: "It's easy for you to say that. I've seen you worry about Xiaoqiu a lot."
Mr. Li: “…”
Seeing that she was even thinking of arguing with others, everyone smiled in relief.
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Willow Lane.
After Zhong Zhiyang ran away from home, he came here directly.
Jiang Guifang was cooking when she heard someone knocking on the door. When she opened the door, she saw Zhong Zhiyang, who looked distraught. She couldn't help but frown, "What are you doing here again?"
"I want to have a good talk with her." Zhong Zhiyang's attitude was also very sincere.
But Jiang Guifang had no intention of letting Zhong Zhiyang in.
The neighbors have known Jiang Guifang for several years, but basically no one looks down on them and their daughter. Some even wish they would move away sooner, fearing that the men in their families would be seduced by those two vixens.
The house in Liuxiang is small and damp, but there is no other way. In order to have a place to live, Jiang Guifang gave herself to the landlord and got a very cheap rent.
"Jiang Guifang, I advise you to quit while you are ahead. If the son of a military family can marry your daughter, it will be a great honor for your ancestors."
The aunt who lives next door often sees Zhong Zhiyang standing at the door these days, and she makes a few sarcastic remarks with the intention of watching a joke.
Jiang Guifang glared at her fiercely and waved the hand holding the kitchen knife at her, "Mind your own business!"
"Tsk! You really think others are fools. Who knows how happy you are to be able to fly up to the tree and become a phoenix! And you are playing hard to get. Bah! Shame on you!"
"you--"
Jiang Guifang was so angry that she wanted to chop her up.
The door was completely opened from the inside, and Jiang Nianyue came out with a bulging belly. She glanced sharply at the gossipy woman across the street, "You must be so jealous, but it's a pity that you are old and ugly. Not only is your man disgusted with you, but even your son doesn't want to recognize you as his mother. It's really sad."
The man next door, who had originally had a smug look on his face, was now choked and couldn't utter a word.
He was so angry that he ran into the house, picked up a basin of hot water and poured it across from them, "What bad luck!"
Jiang Guifang was splashed all over, but Jiang Nianyue dodged in time and was not affected.
She glanced at her mother and said, "Go change your clothes."
Jiang Guifang yelled at the person next door, "What a mad dog! Old Li, are you going to do anything about it?" The person next door's face turned pale. When she heard her husband's rude voice behind her, she turned around and went into the house unwillingly, carrying the wooden barrel, and slammed the door shut.
"Have you seen enough? If you have, get out!"
Jiang Nianyue growled at Zhong Zhiyang without any courtesy, not even giving him a spare glance.
Zhong Zhiyang chased after her and grabbed her wrist, "Can we talk about this?"
"What is there to talk about?"
Jiang Nianyue sneered, "You don't really think I'm playing hard to get with you, do you?"
Zhong Zhiyang frowned, "I didn't."
Jiang Nianyue shook off his touch, "I have nothing to say to you anymore."
"Do you have to be so heartless?" Zhong Zhiyang took a deep breath, tried his best to control his emotions, and tried to persuade her, "Do you really want to see your child without a father in the future? Yes, you don't want to have anything to do with me anymore, but what about the child? How will he face other people in the future? He obviously has a father!"
Jiang Nianyue's eyes flashed with sadness, but she quickly raised her head and smiled indifferently, "So what? This is his fate."
Zhong Zhiyang couldn't bear it any longer, and growled in anger: "Jiang Nianyue! How can you be so selfish!"
"Selfish?"
Jiang Nianyue seemed to have heard something funny. "You were the first to be heartless. You had so much food, but you only gave me a little bit. When it was a luxury for me and the baby in my belly to have a bowl of rice porridge a day, where were you? Do you think you are qualified to be his father?"
"You don't deserve it!"
Zhong Zhiyang clenched his fists, his eyes were filled with bloodshot, and he was very emotional. "Don't you just feel that I have let you down? Well, as long as you are willing to give me the child, you can set any conditions!"
Jiang Nianyue covered her lower abdomen with her hands, her eyes full of vigilance, "Don't you dare take my child away!" As she said that, she felt the baby in her belly kick her. She couldn't help but frowned and took a breath.
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