Hearing Aunt Li's sad tone and long face, Jiang Rou impatiently pushed her away.
Hmph, nation-building?
She called him that so affectionately.
He took two steps, then stopped, his body trembling uncontrollably. He turned back, grabbed Aunt Li's arm, and shook it.
"You just said life?" Aunt Li looked at Jiang Jianguo with difficulty and remained silent.
She speaks faster than she thinks; such a big thing just slipped out.
"Don't make things difficult for Aunt Li. In short, Jiang Ning isn't my child, and I have no right to ask her to take care of me in my old age."
Jiang Jianguo lowered his head sadly.
He only found out about this from Aunt Li after he and Aunt Li had secretly conspired together.
When Li Damei was young, she worked as a nurse in a hospital. She happened to be on the night shift when Feng Shuyao gave birth.
When Feng Shuyao gave birth, Jiang Jianguo was having a passionate affair with his lover, Lu Wanqing, and didn't have time to come to the hospital before she gave birth.
When Feng Shuyao's child was born, everything seemed normal except for a black mole behind his ear.
But when I bathed the child the next day, I found that the mole was gone.
At the time, she was puzzled and thought she was seeing things.
Later, I heard that a child next door had died.
She ran over to look and discovered the black mole behind the child's ear.
Because she had no evidence at the time, and she had a husband and children to raise, she didn't want to cause trouble, so she kept the matter to herself.
Last time, when they went to Huai Mansion for dinner, she met Jiang Ning's family and learned that Jiang Ning was Feng Shuyao's child, which left her feeling very confused.
It was just a coincidence that she came to work as a nanny at Jiang Rou's house.
At first, they thought Jiang Rou was their daughter from back then, so they did their best.
It was only later that I learned she was Jiang Jianguo's illegitimate daughter, adopted when she was two or three years old.
Jiang Ning was the child they brought home from the hospital.
It felt like a heavy stone was buried in her heart. She saw that Feng Shuyao had become mentally impaired, and Jiang Jianguo often sighed that Jiang Ning was unfilial, so he took even better care of him.
The two spent their days together and gradually developed feelings for each other.
Soon, the two engaged in illicit relations.
After their relationship became closer, she finally poured out all the things she had kept hidden in her heart.
Jiang Jianguo was both angry and resentful towards Feng Shuyao, yet he didn't know what to say about her, and he felt even more at ease with his affair with Li Damei.
Jiang Rou knew all this, and burst into wild laughter while hugging herself.
Her laughter was shrill and piercing, like the appearance of a vengeful ghost.
What kind of family does she live in?
She is clearly Jiang Jianguo's biological daughter, but she has always lived in the shadow of Jiang Ning, this imposter!
They were looked down upon by the children of steel mill workers!
The cotton mill workers were gossiping about them behind their backs!
Because Feng Shuyao switched her own daughter, she was reduced to being a rat in the gutter.
Luckily, she has a naturally arrogant personality, otherwise she would have been completely suppressed by them!
She was truly unwilling to accept it!
So what if she's an illegitimate child?
She is the real daughter in this family!
Thinking of all the grievances she had suffered over the years, she couldn't help but go up to Feng Shuyao and slap her hard across the face!
"You slut! You always pretend to care about me so much, but you've done such a despicable thing!"
How could a mother be so vicious as to replace her sickly daughter?
As she spoke, she pressed Feng Shuyao's head down forcefully onto the food on the ground.
"Eat, and I'll teach you to be wicked!"
Seeing that she was acting like a madwoman, determined to kill Feng Shuyao, Li Damei immediately went to pull her away.
"Jiang Rou, calm down. She doesn't remember anything. What's the point of you doing this?"
Jiang Rou slumped to the ground, pounding her fist on the floor.
"Ugh, I hate all of this!"
Ah~
She grabbed her hair and screamed to the sky.
However, it was during the New Year's Eve dinner time, and the sound of firecrackers outside was deafening, drowning out all her voices in the festive atmosphere.
Her father's illness and Lin Tao's sudden departure, along with these so-called truths about her background, caused her immense pain.
She cried and made a fuss for an unknown amount of time, until she could no longer shed tears.
A fierce glint suddenly flashed across his ashen face.
She called Jiang Jianguo and Li Damei together and said in an icy tone:
"Dad, things have already come to this. You didn't know about Feng Shuyao switching the babies, so I don't blame you. I only ask one thing of you: don't let anyone else know about this. You must tell others that Jiang Ning is your biological daughter."
Jiang Jianguo was puzzled, but he still nodded: "Okay, Rou Rou, you know that your father loves you the most. He has always treated you better than Ning Ning since you were little."
Perhaps it was instinct, but Jiang Ning and he had never been close since childhood, so he didn't really like her.
Having received her father's promise, she then spoke loudly to Li Damei:
Can you do it?
The voice was clearly angry, which made her tremble.
"I know, I promise I'll keep it a secret."
"That's for the best. Aunt Li, you can stay and take care of my father from now on. As for the money, let's not talk about it anymore."
Jiang Rou's tone was contemptuous and cold.
Li Damei knew that Jiang Rou was not someone to be trifled with. If she really angered her, Jiang Rou would tell her children her shameful secrets, and she would be too ashamed to face anyone.
Her only thought now is that when Jiang Jianguo's 20,000 yuan savings account matures, she can get the 1,000 yuan he promised.
Just as the Jiang family was plunged into sorrow, the Lin family was celebrating the New Year at its most lively time.
After a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, the two children couldn't wait to take out the fireworks and ask the adults to set them off for them.
Firecrackers, small torpedoes, sky rockets...
At first, Jiaojiao and Tongtong were hesitant to try it, but when they saw Gao Baoliang throw it out with a swish and make a sound, they decided to give it a shot.
Tongtong learns very quickly and soon grasps the essentials, playing one after another with great enthusiasm.
Jiaojiao is timid and can never make a sound when she rubs it.
But this kind of thing is only fun when you play it yourself.
Fortunately, Lin Chen bought all the types of fireworks on the market and found a handheld sparkler for her.
He picked Jiaojiao up, held her hand, and lit a sparkler.
Amidst the dazzling fireworks, Jiao Jiao laughed heartily, her body trembling with joy.
Lin Qiao disliked those noisy firecrackers, so she lit a sparkler and let the fireworks soar high into the air.
Luo Guangming came up behind her, put one arm around her waist, and held the sparkler with her in the other.
Amidst the dazzling fireworks, the two quickly shared a kiss.
Jiaojiao, that clever little thing, happened to see them kissing and also gave Lin Chen a quick kiss on the cheek.
After more than an hour of excitement, the fireworks were all over, and Lin Chen started urging the two children to go to bed.
Jiaojiao ran to the living room to watch TV, determined not to go to sleep.
"My teacher said that we should stay up all night during the Lunar New Year."
Tongtong rolled her eyes at her.
"The teacher also said that we should help our families make dumplings during the Chinese New Year. Why didn't you make any?"
Jiaojiao pointed her nose at her.
"I'm not going to sleep. Oh, and you haven't given me my New Year's money yet!"
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