Chapter 33
Jiang Xu sat on a chair beside the bed, holding Yu Jin's hand, and had not slept all night. At dawn, He Jin sent her a message.
J: [Open the door]
Jiang Xu used some effort to sit up from the chair. A tear that had been accumulating in her eye for who knows when slid down as she stood up, but did not leave a trace.
The room was at the end of the corridor. He Jin was leaning against the window, holding a few bags in his hands and holding an unlit cigarette in his mouth. When he saw Jiang Xu come out, he took the cigarette out of his mouth and threw it into the trash can beside him.
The chairs in the hospital corridor were made of iron and were very cold, so He Jin took off his coat and put it on Jiang Xu's seat. There was also heating in the hospital, so it wasn't very cold.
It was still too early and there were no breakfast shops open along the way, so He Jin went home and cooked a bowl of noodles, added eggs, put it in an insulated box, and handed it to her.
Jiang Xu took it. Perhaps her eyes were a little red from the heat, so she ate slowly. He Jin did nothing but watched her eat, occasionally brushing away the strands of hair that fell around her ears. The atmosphere was unexpectedly warm.
After finishing their bowl of noodles, the two of them stared at each other calmly, waiting for the other to speak. In the end, Jiang Xu spoke first. She took a deep breath without leaving any trace, her almond-shaped eyes curved: "He Jin, I have nothing now. Can you wait for me?"
This sentence contained so much, and she believed that He Jin could understand all she meant.
There are some things that she must take back, and so must He Jin.
In the early morning, there was an unknown text message, a picture. She hadn't intended to click it, but the person on the other end expected it and immediately sent another message: "About He Jin, are you really not going to read it?"
She clicked on it and saw the picture of Mr. He’s death and the He family standing in the hall listening to the lawyer read out his will.
[He Jin definitely didn't tell you these things. That's right, Miss Jiang is in trouble now and can't rely on you.
What can you do for him by being by his side now? You'll only add to his burden. But I'm different. As long as I'm by his side, he'll be able to rise to prominence. The old man already promised us a marriage before he passed away.]
Attached photo: Regarding He Jin's inheritance of the He family and his marriage contract
The first one is to marry the eldest daughter of the Yi family after inheriting the He family.
For He Jin, does that hold true? Of course not.
She believed him.
But it still feels sad. He was He Jin's grandfather, and the last thing he did before his death was still plotting against him.
But now so many things are intertwined, she really can't find a way to have the best of both worlds.
He Jin must take back the He family, and she must also take back the Jiang family. It is still unknown whether the two families have any connections behind these trivial matters. The most important thing is that the headquarters of the Jiang family is not here, and she has to return to S City.
At times like this, without any constraints, decision-making will be simpler.
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Hearing Jiang Xu's words, He Jin moved his fingers, wanting to reach out but holding back. Jiang Xu was so smart. She had never been just a pampered young lady. In fact, she knew everything.
He didn't want to get involved in the He family's affairs, and he couldn't let her be involved. The water was too complicated. This car accident was intentional, and he couldn't bring her with him.
After a long while, he uttered a word softly: "Okay."
Promise her as much as she trusts him.
"Go in and get some sleep." He Jin handed the bag in his hand to her, took the empty thermal box from her hand, and closed the lid.
Jiang Xu responded, carried the bag and walked into the door. She didn't look back when she closed the door. She didn't dare.
As soon as she closed the door, she squatted down along the door and looked at the bag at her feet. There was a gift box in it. When she opened it, she saw raffia at the bottom and broken diamonds sprinkled on the surface. They were extremely dazzling under the light of the small LED string lights. They were all broken diamonds specially made into small hearts and stars.
In the middle is a crystal ball, the bottom of which is also paved with broken diamonds. The things on it are pure white. There are two trees, and two little people in front of the trees. The girl is holding a stick with a small rhinestone on the top that can refract different lights. It is the only color in the entire crystal ball. The boy opposite lowers his head, looking at the crystal stick, and also looking at her.
There was also a card inside, "A Xu, happy seventeenth birthday."
Two tears fell on her arm, and she felt the pain in her nose for the first time in a long time.
She didn't cry when she heard that her parents had been in a car accident, and she didn't cry when she signed the notice of her father's critical illness. She still had a mother and a younger brother, so she couldn't cry.
When she talked about breaking up, she didn't cry. She didn't want to, she didn't want He Jin to be in a difficult situation.
Her seventeenth birthday is like a trial, which will completely overturn her smooth life. What she has to face is no longer her youth, nor the adult world she longed for before, but the complete opposite, a cruel reality.
She knew that her youth was over.
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Yu Jin woke up two days later. After learning about Jiang Yuanshan's condition, her mental state has been poor. She often wakes up in the middle of the night, breaking out in a cold sweat, and keeps muttering, "That car was supposed to hit me."
One night, Jiang Yuanshan woke up again and again. Jiang Xu and Jiang You stayed with Yu Jin all the time, never leaving his side. During this period, Jiang Yuanshan underwent several emergency treatments, but fortunately, he survived.
However, the brain trauma is too severe, and the brain nerve tissue is damaged due to the trauma. There is a high possibility that he will become a vegetative state if there is no sign of awakening within this month.
Jiang Xu did not tell Yu Jin about these.
The owner of the car that caused the accident reported that the alcohol content in 100 ml of blood was greater than 80 mg, and was convicted of drunk driving and sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than five years.
The case was handled so quickly that there must be someone behind the scenes pushing it. Jiang Xu knew that they were in a weak position now, so he didn't say anything.
It was not until Wu Jing sent her back to the hospital that she took out the network of relationships she had drawn in the past two days from her bag and wrote three words next to the driver who caused the accident.
Three generations of no relatives, premeditated murder, purpose.
While at L City Central Hospital, Wu Jing had been looking for people everywhere for Jiang Yuanshan's affairs. It was not until this morning that he told Jiang Xu that he had been fired by Xu Zhongyuan and now had no power to take care of these matters.
However, when he left, some project contracts and important information were taken out, and now they have all been handed over to Jiang Xu. Several important projects of the Jiang family cannot be executed in Xu Zhongyuan's hands.
The company underwent a major internal reshuffle. The senior executives who originally supported Jiang Yuanshan were either bribed or decided to quit while they were ahead. They sold their remaining shares and never came to visit again.
She had seen the fickleness of human nature thoroughly, which was good, as it saved her the trouble of dealing with them one by one in the future.
Xu Zhongyuan has been very busy in City S these days. He has limited abilities, and those few projects are probably enough for him to handle. It is good to be in a high position, with high reputation and power, and a life of luxury.
But a group as big as Jiang's is not easy to manage. It will probably be a mess from beginning to end, so she is not in a hurry. She just wants to wait for Jiang's group to be thrown into chaos by Xu Zhongyuan and reverse their weak situation.
Apart from the time she spent taking care of Yu Jin, Jiang Xu followed Wu Jing to familiarize herself with the company's affairs and several projects that Jiang Yuanshan had gone to other cities to handle before the New Year.
Jiang Xu learns things very quickly. Basically, she can understand the general idea as soon as Wu Jing gives her some pointers. She went through several projects and data of the company day and night, and also finished reading the financial management books that Jiang Yuanshan left at home.
Two months was enough time for Jiang Xu to understand the situation. Jiang Yuanshan's vital signs had completely stabilized, but he was not yet conscious. Yu Jin also felt better and could take care of himself and Jiang You.
Jiang Xu and Wu Jing planned to go to City S because the timing was right. The project before the New Year could not be officially implemented until after the New Year, and the company might be in chaos. Xu Zhongyuan had come several times during this period, but she turned him away.
The Jiang family had suffered heavy losses and was on a downward spiral. Xu Zhongyuan had originally thought that this girl would not watch the Jiang family go down in flames, but he had underestimated her cold-heartedness.
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When the school started at No. 3 Middle School, Jiang Xu asked someone to arrange for a leave of absence and studied at home. A year and a half later, he took the college entrance examination as normal. Because of his relationship with the principal, the application was quickly approved after he learned of the situation.
On the plane to S City, Wu Jing sat next to Jiang Xu, wanting her to take a break, but Jiang Xu kept looking at the cooperation plans that she had highlighted, keeping her brain running at high speed.
Wu Jing only gave a few words of advice and then stopped interfering.
But he felt a lot of emotions in his heart. Jiang Xu was about the same age as his daughter. She should be at an age where she should be carefree in school, but she had experienced so much.
At the same time, he also admired Jiang Xu's inner intelligence and strength. In such a short period of time, he was able to accept things that he had never been exposed to before and become the pillar of the family.
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"Where has Sister Jiang Xu gone these days? Why is there no trace of her at all?" Song Li squatted under a tree in the basketball court and said to Xu Zhixin who was standing beside him.
Xu Zhixin was silent for a moment, then said, "S City."
Song Li immediately jumped up with a basketball, "S City?! Will she come back?"
"Yes." Xu Zhixin looked at He Jin on the court and raised his chin towards him. "The person I miss so much is still here."
Song Li knew some of the reasons and didn't ask any more questions.
After Mr. He's funeral, He Jin returned to school. Although he inherited the He family, he was like a normal person. He went to class when he was supposed to and slept when he was supposed to. He was just like Jiang Xu before he transferred to No. 3 Middle School, lazy and doing nothing.
This made those girls who had given up hope flock together again, even more than before. They thought that Jiang Xu and He Jin had broken up, so there was still a chance. After all, there were precedents, and many of them imitated Jiang Xu's style of behavior and would not give up until they got even a glance from him.
But only Song Li and Xie Yiming knew how unusual their brother Jin was. Take what happened on the court today for example, this was the seventh time Song Li was beaten in a one-on-one duel, and Xie Yiming was the only one suffering on the court.
They really wanted Jiang Xu to come back. He Jin's behavior had been really abnormal recently. He only did English exercises every day. They had no homework to copy, and they no longer ate spicy Malatang. They had no food to eat, and they stopped going to the internet cafe. There was no one to help them play games...
He seemed to be holding back a lot of energy. He said very few words the whole day. He looked at his phone but didn't play it, and he didn't let anyone see what he was looking at. He was even more silent than before. No matter how much they said, He Jin just spat out a few words.
At this moment, they really missed Jiang Xu, and even more so He Jin.
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