“Jianian’s father wasn’t like this before. Although he was arrogant when he was young, he was a proper college student. After graduation, he fell in love with my friend Huazhi. Huazhi was very beautiful and had no shortage of suitors at that time, but for some reason, she just liked Jiang Yanqiang. She didn’t hesitate to break with her family and elope with Jiang Yanqiang.” Song Min sighed. “Around the time when Huazhi was pregnant with Jianian, Jiang Yanqiang invested all the money he earned. After the investment failed, he drank all day long and later became addicted to gambling. The two of them often quarreled.”
“That bastard Jiang Yanqiang becomes a completely different person after drinking. Hua Zhi was pregnant, and he often beat and verbally abused her. When I went to see Hua Zhi, her hands were covered in bruises. There was nothing I could do but silently hope that Jiang Yanqiang would have some humanity.” Song Min looked at Ye Zhiwei and continued, “Later, Hua Zhi gave birth to the child, but the child almost died. Jianian was sick and crying. When Jiang Yanqiang went crazy, he even beat the child. At that time, Hua Zhi protected Jianian and was beaten by Jiang Yanqiang with a stick.”
"After the fight that day, Huazhi called me crying. She just kept crying and crying." Song Min clenched her hands, and after a long while, she continued, "When Jianian needed money for school, in first grade, she asked Jiang Yanqiang for money. Not only did Jiang Yanqiang refuse to give it to her, but because he lost money gambling, he made... Huazhi go... go... serve that old rogue—"
At this point, Ye Zhiwei's heart clenched. "That's illegal! How dare he—"
When she read the novel, she only knew that Jiang Jianian had an unhappy childhood, but she didn't know it would be this—despairing.
But even greater despair was yet to come.
Jiang Jianian's mother, Liao Huazhi, was forced into prostitution by Jiang Yanqiang. The first time, Jiang Yanqiang hesitated, but after receiving the money, he did it a second and third time for the sake of money.
Liao Huazhi has gone mad.
She hated Jiang Yanqiang, but she couldn't bear to leave her child because of her heartache. In the end, however, this heartache turned into hatred, and she began to hate Jiang Jianian. She said to Jiang Jianian, "It's all because of you! It's all because of you that I can't leave him, that I'm trapped in this house, that I'm in so much pain, that my life is so hopeless. Why did I give birth to you? Why did I give birth to you!"
Hysterical, like a madman.
Later, Liao Huazhi committed suicide in front of Jiang Jianian.
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhiwei covered her mouth. She knew that Jiang Jianian's mother had died early, but she really didn't know that his mother had committed suicide, and didn't know that these things had even happened before her suicide.
“At first I didn’t know that Huazhi jumped off the building in front of Jianian. It was later… I guessed it based on some of Jianian’s reactions…” Song Min said after a while, “When I brought Jianian here, I thought you would definitely object, but I didn’t expect you to not only agree, but you also cared more about both Jianian and Yingying than I imagined. Yingying seems to smile more often, and when she talks to me, she can’t stop talking about you. She keeps calling me Sister Zhiwei. Even Jianian doesn’t seem as extreme as before.”
Ye Zhiwei didn't know what to say for a moment before finally saying, "I haven't done much. Actually, you could have done much more than me. Yingying really lacks care. I know you love Father very much and depend on him a lot, but if you could spend more time taking care of Yingying, you would be better than me. Also... as for Jiang Jianian, I really didn't realize he had gone through so many terrible things. I can only do so much. On the contrary, Jiang Jianian seems to have always respected you. If possible, your words would definitely be more effective than mine."
She had never experienced it herself and couldn't truly empathize, but just hearing Song Min's description made her feel oppressed and suffocated.
Growing up in a dark childhood, many values cannot be properly formed, and even Song Min can only provide material assistance to Jiang Jianian.
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