Chapter 35
The season changed from summer to autumn, and then to winter. In the blink of an eye, a year had passed, and Jiang Yuanshan had not yet woken up.
Yu Jin's spirits had also recovered a lot. She usually cooked for them and would visit the company in her free time. There seemed to be nothing unusual. But Jiang Xu knew that Yu Jin never stayed overnight at home. She would go to the hospital to accompany Jiang Yuanshan.
Jiang Xu watched through the glass on the door as Yu Jin held Jiang Yuanshan's hand and wept. She hadn't slept all night and had become much thinner. But she couldn't persuade him. The love between her parents was too deep to be shared.
Jiang Xu thought of a video he had watched in his spare time, which said that the position behind the main driver's seat was the safest, because in a crisis, people's first reaction is to protect themselves, and the position behind the main driver's seat is the safest.
But some emotions override instinct, and her father turned the steering wheel to the right faster than he could think.
If disaster cannot be avoided, then he must protect his wife at all costs, even if it puts him in danger.
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The winter wind always blows down the autumn leaves. People and cars are coming and going on the street, and no one pays attention to the dead leaves and bare branches on the ground.
Jiang Xu walked aimlessly on the street. A year was not long, it passed in the blink of an eye. It was not short either, as she did a lot of things during this year. Jiang's company resumed its daily operations. It was not thriving, but at least it did not stagnate.
All the key projects marked by Jiang Yuanshan were constructed as scheduled, and the progress was even faster than the budget. Those old employees who were dismissed without reason by Xu Zhongyuan and wanted to come back were re-hired with high salaries, and those who found new jobs also received the bonuses that Xu Zhongyuan withheld from them at the end of the year.
Jiang Xu also used a project to completely expose Xu Zhongyuan's true face and forced him to step down.
In this way, even if Xu Zhongyuan wanted to do something behind the scenes, he would no longer have any power to do so.
After discussing with Yu Jin, Xu Zhongyuan's nominal branch was removed from the headquarters without any objection.
But what Jiang Xu didn't tell Yu Jin was that this was not enough. She wanted to find evidence of the car accident and the people behind it, so that they would never be able to recover and pay the price for everything they had done.
With Wu Jing around, Jiang Xu didn't need to pay too much attention to the company's affairs, and she didn't fall behind in her studies. Yu Jin asked someone to hire a tutor for her, and she finished all the high school courses faster than the normal school pace. She spent a lot of time on English and memorized words every morning and evening.
Every time when doing English reading, Jiang Xu would subconsciously slow down and use the method taught by He Jin that was deeply engraved in her mind. She would read the question first, then look for key words in the text and mark them carefully.
Now she can handle even lengthy articles with ease.
Everything seems to be moving in a good direction, but only she knows how much pain she has endured in the process.
Occasionally, when she had free time, she would think of He Jin, the night they announced their breakup, and the more than a thousand kilometers between them.
Jiang Xu's thoughts were scattered. He walked on the street for a long time. Suddenly, he saw a spicy hot pot restaurant on the corner. He hadn't had dinner yet, so he walked in and ordered a bowl with a lot of chili peppers.
She couldn't remember when she started to get used to adding chili peppers to her dishes. She only knew that her face would always turn red after eating them, and she could always feel a slight burning sensation in her stomach all night long. It wasn't a pleasant feeling, but she just wanted to add chili peppers.
From having stomachaches at first to now being unable to live without spicy food, it didn't take her long to adapt. At the time, it seemed like just a normal change of habit.
Until now, I have completely adapted to the taste that is completely opposite to what I had before, and maybe it will be like this in the future.
It was almost twelve o'clock when I got home. I turned on the light in the room and found a gift box on the bed. It was put there by Yu Jin. There was a card on the box, "Happy birthday, baby. This is the coming-of-age gift your father and I prepared for you last year."
Inside the box was a property certificate, a car key, and a necklace designed by Yu Jin herself.
Seeing this, Jiang Xu suddenly remembered that tomorrow was his eighteenth birthday.
It turned out that a long time had passed. Ji Jing and the others would chat with her on WeChat at the beginning, but it seemed as if they had reached some agreement and never mentioned He Jin. When she first came here, she really didn't have time to look at her phone every day, and gradually they chatted less and less.
Jiang Xu turned on the light in the room and went into the bathroom to wash up. When he came out, it was just after midnight. The cell phone on the table rang. It was birthday wishes from Ji Jing, Wu Yunyun, Xu Zhixin and others.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light outside the window. Jiang Xu subconsciously looked up and saw a straight golden line rushing up to the sky. It paused for a moment, and the dazzling light illuminated the sky she was looking at. Then more fireworks bloomed in the sky.
Jiang Xu couldn't help but walk forward and open the window. The sound coming from her window was very small. The place facing her window was not the city center, but the suburbs in the east of the city. Jiang Yuanshan liked quietness, so he specially chose the villa closest to the suburbs in this area.
Everywhere her eyes looked, there were brilliant fireworks, as if they were blooming just for her, until the last one fell from the sky. Jiang Xu came back to her senses, and the figure that had been hidden in her heart could no longer be concealed. She turned around and ran downstairs without hesitation. When she opened the door, the cold air hit her face, and her steps that wanted to rush out stopped in place. Where should she go now? How could she find him?
Jiang Xu's hand holding the door dropped weakly. She squatted down, hugged her knees, and rested her chin on them. A tear had appeared in the corner of her eye, and she let it slide down.
For others, more than a thousand kilometers may be just a plane ticket, but there is so much distance between them. Whether it is the sudden termination of cooperation with He's after Lao Jiang's accident, or the will left by Mr. He, neither time nor space can solve it.
Although she knew that Yi Yun's words were meant to alienate them, she had to admit that the He family was indeed a mess. Yi Yun could indeed help He Jin, but she had more important things to do.
But she believed in He Jin, and even more in herself, that everything would be settled. He Jin said he would wait for her, and she did the same. She believed in the special tacit understanding between the two of them.
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The He family has been unstable recently. He Wangjiang, who had been silent for such a long time, finally couldn't hold back any longer, and all parties began to take action. However, he didn't know that the plan he had been laying out for so many years was figured out by He Jin a year ago. He was secretly rejoicing about the smooth progress of the recent plan. The turmoil within the He family that the outside world saw was exactly what he expected.
"Mr. He, we've checked the account the money was transferred to. It belongs to Hong Tian's lover. They were together before Hong Tian's first wife passed away due to illness, but they never got a marriage certificate."
"Well, keep an eye on him." He Jin hadn't slept for two consecutive nights and was a little sleepy. He lowered his eyes and casually pressed the volume button next to the phone next to his ear, and the call volume fluctuated.
"Yes, then should we tell Miss Jiang about this? She is also investigating, but she started her investigation from Xu Zhongyuan's end and can't get to here." The person on the other end continued.
"No, wait." He Jin paused for a moment, and waited until the other end hung up the phone before slowly putting the phone into his pocket. He then took out a light blue thin rubber band from it, put it on his hand, and wrapped it around his finger.
Last time, He Yu came to block him as if he had forgotten the pain after the wound healed. This time, he did not hold back. The people who fought with Song Li and others could not get out of bed for at least half a month. When he saw the rubber band in He Yu's hand, he pulled it down. If Song Li hadn't pulled him, he would probably have been disabled.
After taking it home, he soaked the rubber band in laundry detergent for a night and washed it several times, causing the color to fade a little. It was originally sky blue, but after washing it turned light blue. He didn't care and just kept wearing it on his hand.
But now he thought it was time to ask for another one.
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The second semester of senior year is the last semester before the college entrance examination, and it is also the period when senior students are most motivated. Everyone is working hard, and the day of hard work and sweet rewards is about to come. They have studied hard for twelve years just for that moment.
Song Li and his friends would ask He Jin questions whenever they had free time. They never copied homework again and practiced questions day and night, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
He Jin also began to listen to the lectures seriously. He was never seen sleeping in class again, and the same was true after class. The teachers were all very pleased, especially Wen Min, who looked for him several times because He Jin had excellent results in many competitions and was admitted to many universities through early admissions. This was the seventh time she asked him where he wanted to apply.
Wen Min experienced what it meant when the emperor was not in a hurry but the eunuch was. She was so eager to help He Jin fill out the application form, but every time she asked He Jin, he would answer her calmly, "No hurry", and his answer was always the same, "S City".
The planned registration time had passed, and Wen Min let out the breath he had been holding in. He had no choice but to wait for the college entrance examination. But he really couldn't stand it anymore, so Wen Min took the opportunity when He Jin came to hand in his homework and started asking him what major he wanted to apply for as if chatting casually.
This time, Wang Yuguang was also leisurely sitting at the desk next to him, drinking tea. When he saw Wen Min calling He Jin over, he interrupted and asked, "He, how is Jiang Xu doing recently?"
He Jin paused, the pen he was spinning in his hand dropping onto the table. He picked it up and casually replied, "Not bad. I can do normally on the college entrance exam, or even better."
Wang Yuguang was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything and just nodded. He really missed this child. She was well-behaved and obedient, especially so good at physics. She was the best female student he had ever taught in the middle school. He couldn't help but admire her talent, but what happened to her... Alas, it was really heartbreaking.
Wen Min naturally heard the conversation between the two. In fact, she felt that the two children were a good match from the beginning. Not only in appearance, but also in other aspects, they were evenly matched and their personalities complemented each other. When she knew that the two were together, she took the lead in praising them in the office.
Wang Yuguang didn't say anything else. He sighed and walked away. He didn't know whether he could see Jiang Xu return to school before the college entrance examination.
But then he thought again, with Jiang Xu and He Jin here, No. 3 Middle School will definitely shine in this year's college entrance examination. Who knows, the provincial top scorer in science may come from one of them.
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