Child marriage
The next day, after finishing her classes during the day, Jiang Zhizhi went to the hospital affiliated to the Chinese Medicine Hospital to continue receiving an IV drip as soon as she got out of school in the afternoon. Before leaving, she sent a message to Lu Xiye.
Although she is well now, the doctor said that she still needs to be on IV drip for another day just in case.
Lin Qingyu, Xu Qingbo and Li Rongrong also clamored to come over to accompany her.
Just as the doctor hung up the medicine for her, her cell phone started beeping.
It's the phone ringing.
Jiang Zhizhi glanced at the incoming call and saw that it was Xu Jiaojiao.
After hesitating for a moment, she answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Zhizhi, how have you been recently? You haven't contacted me since the Chinese New Year. Have you forgotten me a long time ago? Haha." At the end, Xu Jiaojiao couldn't help but let out two awkward laughs.
"I haven't forgotten. I've just been preparing for the exam recently and have been a bit busy." Jiang Zhizhi said.
"Oh yeah, I heard you got first place in the grade on the mock exam with a score of 730! Is that true?"
"Um."
"Oh my god, you're so awesome, Jiang Zhizhi. You're simply a monster now!" Xu Jiaojiao said in shock.
"How are you doing lately? Are your grades going well?"
"Oh, don't mention me, I'm just a poor student." Xu Jiaojiao laughed at herself, then turned mysteriously and said, "By the way, Jiang Zhizhi, why don't you ask me why I called you?"
Jiang Zhizhi lowered her eyes and said calmly, "If you're okay, you can call me."
Her words stunned Xu Jiaojiao for a moment. When she realized what was happening, her eyes felt a little sore. She laughed heartily, trying to hide her emotions. "Actually, it's because I heard about your father in the village today. I wonder if you know about it?"
"I don't know." Jiang Zhizhi's voice turned cold when she mentioned Jiang Guozhong.
"Your father contracted a big project in City B last year, but they used inferior steel and cement during construction. Now it's been discovered, and they've taken him to court. The project seems to be worth hundreds of millions, and they're asking him to pay five million in compensation! He definitely can't come up with that much money, and he'll probably be in jail soon."
"Who told you that?"
"My dad heard it from the people who went to City B with your dad to work. It's definitely true. Also, when I was walking home from school yesterday, I passed by Feng Mei's house. Feng Mei was in the middle of divorcing your dad! She definitely wouldn't want to shoulder a five million dollar debt with your dad!"
"I understand. Thank you, Xu Jiaojiao."
No wonder there's been almost no news of Jiang Guozhong in the past six months. Turns out he went to City B...
However, it has come to this, he deserves it.
Jiang Zhizhi would not have any sympathy for him.
"We're just friends, why are we talking about thanking each other? Let's go out and play together some other day."
Jiang Zhizhi said a few more words to her and then hung up the phone.
There was silence in the ward.
Lin Qingyu, Xu Qingbo and Li Rongrong, who were standing by, also heard the conversation between Jiang Zhizhi and Xu Jiaojiao. When they heard that her father had encountered such a big problem, they didn't know what to say for a moment.
However, after hesitating for a moment, Xu Qingbo reminded Jiang Zhizhi, "Jiang Zhizhi, if your father really goes to jail, it might affect your future."
"My mother has divorced him, and he has nothing to do with me." Jiang Zhizhi said.
"That's not true. Regardless of whether you are divorced or not, he is legally your biological father. This may have an impact on your future application for civil service examinations and state-related positions." Xu Qingbo's parents are both civil servants, and he sometimes hears his parents and friends talking about these things, so he knows a little about it.
Li Rongrong nodded. "During the Chinese New Year this year, I think I heard my father talking about this with relatives..."
"But this is too unfair, isn't it? Zhizhi is different from his father." Lin Qingyu couldn't help but feel sorry for Jiang Zhizhi.
"There's nothing we can do, that's the rule. Zhizhi, if your father really goes to jail, you can only be mentally prepared." Xu Qingbo said helplessly.
Jiang Zhizhi sneered softly and said lightly: "It doesn't matter, I don't care."
Some things can be changed, but some things cannot be changed no matter what.
Even if she wanted to peel off all her skin and wash away all the blood on her body, it could not change the fact that Jiang Guozhong was her biological father.
Outside the ward, Lu Xiye leaned against the wall, lowered his head and fell silent.
He received the news that Jiang Zhizhi was on an IV drip, and secretly followed them here, but he didn't expect to hear this.
He didn't quite understand what Xu Qingbo said, but he also knew that Jiang Guozhong going to jail was very bad for Jiang Zhizhi.
*
In the evening, after tutoring, Jiang Zhizhi went downstairs and returned home.
Lu Xiye took a shower, put on a red shirt-collar pajamas, and sat cross-legged on the bed.
After hesitating for a while, he picked up his phone and called his father Lu Hengshan.
The call was quickly connected, and Lu Hengshan's slightly hoarse voice came from the other end, "Xiao Ye?"
Ever since the incident during the Chinese New Year, Lu Xiye has never called him once.
Lu Hengshan was a little surprised.
"Dad, do you know about Jiang Zhizhi's dad?" Lu Xiye went straight to the point and asked directly.
"Jiang Zhizhi's father?"
"Don't pretend. I asked you to help Jiang Zhizhi get rid of her father. You took her father to City B, didn't you?"
"Then what?"
"Did you do what happened to her father in City B? Now her father is going to jail, which will affect... affect Jiang Zhizhi's future." Lu Xiye said unhappily.
"I did it? Do you think I have so much free time? It was her father who was greedy and used inferior products to fool the company. The company did this to protect its rights." Lu Hengshan's tone also became irritable.
Lu Xiye stood up excitedly, "What? You were the one who sued her father?"
"So what?"
"I won't let you sue him!"
"This is a company matter, not something I can decide on my own."
"You are mentally ill. You clearly know who Jiang Zhizhi's father is, yet you still use him. You are the one who brought trouble upon yourself. You can't blame others!" Lu Xiye shouted unreasonably.
"What the f*ck did you say? Who taught you to talk to me like that? I'm your dad!"
"I don't care, I don't care! Anyway, you are not allowed to sue Jiang Zhizhi's father! If her father goes to jail, Jiang Zhizhi will not be able to take the civil service exam or anything like that in the future. If you sue her father and put him in jail, I will never talk to you again!" Lu Xiye rolled around on the bed like a rogue.
Lu Hengshan knew what kind of ruffian he was just by listening to his voice, and his face was extremely dark.
He had just received the mock transcript for the first grade of junior high school from the school two days ago. He felt comforted to see that Lu Xiye's grades had improved a lot.
But now it seems that apart from the improvement in his grades, his temper has not changed at all.
"Did Jiang Zhizhi tell you that she is going to take the civil service exam?" Lu Hengshan asked.
Lu Xiye stopped moving and was silent for a moment, "That's not the case."
"Oh, you care about her so much that you even thought about whether she will take the civil service exam in the future?"
This kid probably never even thought about his own future.
Lu Xiye's face flushed red. "Bah! How could I care about her? I just feel sorry for her! I heard about the civil service exam from other classmates. They said that if her father was in jail, she wouldn't be able to take the exam."
"Jiang Zhizhi doesn't need to take the civil service exam." Lu Hengshan suddenly said in a very affirmative tone.
"Huh? Why?"
"Xiaoye, I've thought it over. Next time I go back to Nanshi, I'll talk to Zhizhi's mom and arrange a marriage for you two."
“…”
For a moment, Lu Xiye's heart skipped a beat.
After a while, he asked with trembling lips: "You...what did you say?"
"Zhizhi is a very reliable child. I like her. She doesn't need to take the civil service exam. Once she's admitted to university and you two get married, let her join the company." Lu Hengshan's tone sounded as if everything was already a foregone conclusion.
"No..." Lu Xiye's voice suddenly weakened, "You can't go..."
"I've already decided that you don't have the talent to inherit my company. She's the one I'm eyeing. You don't dislike her anyway, do you?"
"No! You can't go!" Lu Xiye jumped up excitedly, his face flushed red, and shouted: "If you dare to tell them, I... I will die in front of you!"
Lu Hengshan thought Lu Xiye would be happy, but he didn't expect him to oppose it so strongly.
Doesn’t he like Jiang Zhizhi?
"Xiaoye, Daddy is giving you some advice from an adult's perspective. A girl like Zhizhi might not like you when she grows up."
This sentence immediately touched Lu Xiye's sore spot.
Not only does he look down on her, but even now, he is not even qualified to be her friend.
"You don't need to interfere in my affairs!" Lu Xiye said stubbornly after a moment.
"Don't regret it."
"You are not allowed to let Jiang Zhizhi's father go to jail..."
After Lu Xiye finished speaking, he hung up the phone weakly and fell to the ground.
Thinking of what Lu Hengshan had just said, his eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Although his grades improved rapidly under Jiang Zhizhi's tutoring, he was still far from being as good as Jiang Zhizhi.
Every time he saw her with Xu Qingbo, Lin Qingyu, Li Rongrong and others, he felt extremely jealous.
When will he be able to appear before Jiang Zhizhi openly?
When can Jiang Zhizhi tell others that he is her friend...
He really wanted to go back to that day when Jiang Zhizhi looked at him with such infatuated eyes. At that moment, it seemed as if he was the only one in her world.
The pain and loneliness that had been brewing in him since his mother's death disappeared in that instant.
A warm feeling of contentment washed over him.
He wanted to bathe in Jiang Zhizhi's gaze forever and ever.
That is the purest and most sacred emotion.
If Lu Hengshan proposed a marriage to Jiang Zhizhi's mother, everything would be ruined.
Among children of the same age, Lu Xiye had a lot of money. He was not stingy in spending money on his friends and enjoyed their flattery and cheers. However, he knew clearly in his heart that it was a relationship brought about by interests.
The only person he didn't want to have that kind of relationship with was Jiang Zhizhi.
So he studied hard in order to get Jiang Zhizhi's approval.
That was the only thing he could do now in order to pursue the pure and holy feelings in his heart.
One day, he would rely on his own achievements to stand beside Jiang Zhizhi like Xu Qingbo...
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