Chapter 4 Happy Breakup
Don't get angry or upset, stay calm.
Jiang Miaomiao comforted herself in this way, but she still had doubts: after all, the Song family was indeed a famous family in Hong Kong. If Jiang Zhengye could still arrange a marriage for her when he mistakenly thought she was a "fallen woman", who would want to marry her?
Jiang Si raised her hand: "Ask me, ask me, I know." She blinked and suddenly pulled out a pre-printed document and handed it over.
In an instant, she realized why Jiang Zhengye had managed to get her involved with the Song family through marriage!
She glanced at Jiang Si, who was biting her lip tightly, her eyebrows and eyes curving upwards uncontrollably.
"Laugh if you want to," Jiang Miaomiao said calmly.
Jiang Si nodded, then covered her mouth and burst into laughter: "Hahaha. An old man marrying a young woman, with an age difference of three or four times, how could he even think of such a despicable thing... No wonder, with their business acumen, the Jiang family business has grown so large..."
Jiang Miaomiao hummed in agreement, after all, "that's pretty unethical." Then she lowered her head and continued to flip through the other party's information.
The second uncle of the head of the Song family, in his seventies, is a generation older than Jiang Zhengye. Although he is rich and powerful, he is old, weak, sick, and disabled. His three wives, seven sons, and sixteen grandsons are currently fighting amongst themselves for the family fortune.
Ah, in their time, polygamy was legal.
Why would someone with one foot in the grave marry a young wife?
What did Jiang Zhengye think he could gain from selling her?
"Hmph!" Jiang Zhengye, far away on the ocean, declared: "You are all just ordinary mortals."
Who among the inwardly aged would not desire a youthful and vibrant body? And with the death of this second-in-command Song, his spouse becomes the heir in line to his estate.
Since Jiang Miaomiao can't marry into a good family anyway, she might as well marry this divorced man and outlive him, then take his hundreds of millions in assets, and use her status as the widow of the Song family to protect the Jiang family. It's a super good deal!
***
Jiang Miaomiao endured the days until her discharge from the hospital.
During this time, Jiang Zhengye still tried to contact her through various means. Later, he must have been informed of the latest news, so he wisely changed his tone and asked her if she wanted to find a younger Song Sanlao.
Even in his seventies, or a few years younger, he can still be her father and her grandfather!
Jiang Miaomiao said: Old Jiang is sick, and he is quite sick.
Once her casts were removed and she was finally able to be discharged from the hospital, Jiang Si immediately flew back to China. She also took a taxi back to the school and, as soon as she put down her luggage, went straight to the laboratory building to find Sui Yupeng.
Since Sui Yupeng left the hospital, he has not replied to any of her messages.
Jiang Miaomiao was very worried, but she couldn't find Sui Yupeng anywhere in the school. Even his classmates and roommates said they hadn't seen him for more than half a month.
"What happened to you? Reply to me now!" Jiang Miaomiao had no choice but to bombard Sui Yupeng with text messages. As long as he wasn't dead, he could at least reply to a message, but he just wouldn't.
But when others heard that she had returned to school, they immediately came looking for her, crying and sobbing.
A girl with a princess-style hairstyle and a pitiful look stood in front of Jiang Miaomiao and choked out, "Senior Miaomiao!"
It's Hao Luwei.
Jiang Miaomiao frowned as she looked at her.
Naturally, she disliked girls who always pretended to be innocent and naive. This girl was youthful and had a slender figure, attracting many admirers, yet she insisted on seducing Sui Yupeng, a married man. Sui Yupeng was always gentle and didn't want to refuse her directly, but he had tried to advise her tactfully, though she ignored him.
The rice smelled so good that flies wouldn't leave it!
Hao Luwei grabbed Jiang Miaomiao's hand, tears streaming down her face, "Senior, do you know where Senior Sui Yu went? I can't find him!"
Jiang Miaomiao secretly tried to pull her sleeve back, "You and my boyfriend aren't even in the same college, what do you want to do with him?"
Hao Luwei hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
Jiang Miaomiao was too lazy to cooperate and turned to leave, but was pulled back into her sleeve and made to cry again. Passersby thought Jiang Miaomiao had done something to her.
Okay, since they won't let me leave. Jiang Miaomiao took out her phone and aimed it at Hao Luwei to record a video.
Hao Luwei paused, momentarily forgetting to cry: "What are you doing?"
"What do I want to ask you? We're not even that close, but why are you dragging me around crying? I'm afraid you're trying to scam me!"
"I, I...you, you..." Unconventional, Hao Luwei glared at her and said, "I'm pregnant."
"It belongs to Senior Brother Yupeng."
Jiang Miaomiao was stunned.
Hao Luwei resumed her pitiful crying state: "I don't want to disturb your relationship with Senior Brother Yupeng, but I'm pregnant and I can't help it. This is a life, he's innocent. I don't want to hurt him, and I don't want my child to grow up without a father... Senior, please tell me where he is? I'm really scared, I don't know how to face being an unwed mother, Senior Brother Yupeng, he... he has to take responsibility!"
Jiang Miaomiao finally pulled back her sleeve. "Did you drug him or force him to drink?"
"You!" Hao Luwei choked again, and simply squatted down, covered her face, and cried.
"Senior, I'm pregnant! I want to find the father of my child!"
She screamed hysterically, drawing the attention of passersby who stopped to listen, instantly making Jiang Miaomiao the center of attention.
"I'm from a respectable family, a scholarly household with strict upbringing. If my parents find out I got pregnant right after going abroad, they'll kill me! Senior, please, I beg you, let Yupeng come out. I really don't know what to do alone..."
When they saw Hao Luwei crying as she claimed to be pregnant, they couldn't help but sympathize and press Jiang Miaomiao for answers.
Jiang Miaomiao casually asked someone to call the school doctor and quickly took away Hao Luwei, who was blocking the way.
To be honest, she thought what Hao Luwei said might be true, otherwise she wouldn't dare to cause trouble in front of her, and Sui Yupeng wouldn't have disappeared.
She texted Sui Yupeng: Hao Luwei came to see me. Let's talk face to face; hiding won't solve anything.
This time, Sui Yupeng immediately replied with an address.
...
Sui Yupeng was hiding alone in the hotel, dressed in his usual white shirt and black trousers, but his dejected expression revealed a lost vitality.
He slumped in front of the French windows, his skin pale and his dark eyes unfocused. Only when he heard the door open did he look up and see his long, narrow eyes filled with bloodshot veins.
"Have you been eating normally these past few days?" This was the first thing Jiang Miaomiao asked.
Sui Yupeng paused, then said softly, "I thought you would hit me first. That way, I would feel better..."
Jiang Miaomiao took a deep breath. "So her child is really yours?"
Sui Yupeng nodded, then suddenly grabbed her hand, pressed it against his forehead, and buried his face in it, letting out a trembling sob: "I didn't want this either, I had no idea things would turn out this way! But, but it's already happened, I have to face it, but what if I do something wrong?!"
Jiang Miaomiao suppressed her inner trembling, "Tell me what happened first, what exactly happened?!"
“That night, the project team got the investment and was going to a bar to celebrate. We met her on the way. She really wanted to come with us. The bar was crowded and noisy. I only had a few drinks and got drunk. When I woke up, I was already in bed with her.”
Sui Yupeng felt extremely guilty, and as he spoke, he couldn't help but hit his head in remorse.
"I don't want this to happen. This is wrong! How can I do this kind of thing when we're not married?"
"She was too, so she kept crying out of fear."
“I was in a daze when I took her home. She didn’t say anything, but I knew she was scared every night.”
"She fainted a few days ago, and I took her to the hospital where I found out she was pregnant..."
Wait! Jiang Miaomiao suddenly interrupted, a thought reflexively forming in her mind: "Are you sure the child is yours? Is it possible that she's setting this up?"
Sui Yupeng suddenly raised his voice, somewhat annoyed by her questioning: "How could you ask such a question? Luwei isn't the kind of girl who does whatever she wants! That day I saw bloodstains on the sheets. She... she gave me her first time. And regardless of whether she has a child or not, I ruined her... so I have to take responsibility. But I only want to be with you, so I really don't know how to face her or you."
Jiang Miaomiao, who was initially full of doubts, felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head after his rebuke. She seemed to understand, "Yupeng, you've already figured out what to do, haven't you?"
Sui Yupeng held her legs tightly as she stood, silent, but his eyes reddened again.
Jiang Miaomiao pressed on, unwilling to give up, "What about me?"
"I'm sorry," Sui Yupeng said weakly. "...Miaomiao, you are stronger than Luwei. She is still young and doesn't understand anything. I can't ruin her life! If I don't take responsibility, given the education she has received since childhood, she might do something drastic."
But there was no response from Jiang Miaomiao for a long time after she said that.
After a moment, Sui Yupeng looked up in confusion, meeting a pair of cold and probing eyes. He paused, seemingly intimidated by Jiang Miaomiao's presence, "Miaomiao?"
Jiang Miaomiao's eyes were cold.
She was lost in thought.
After a while, she slowly and gently pried open Sui Yupeng's arms that were embracing her.
Sui Yupeng felt a sudden emptiness in his arms, and he felt a pang of sadness.
Because Jiang Miaomiao was so unfamiliar to him at that moment, he couldn't help but feel a sense of rebellion and sorrow.
"I never imagined that the word 'strong' would become the reason why I deserved to be abandoned." Jiang Miaomiao lowered her head and gave a bitter laugh.
“Since you’ve made your choice, it means you’ve already distinguished what’s more important, so you don’t need to feel sorry for me. We’re just dating; we’re together when we’re happy, and we break up when we’re not… Even if we were married, if something like this happened, divorce would be the best course of action!”
"Miaomiao, do you hate me?" Sui Yupeng was stunned for a moment, but then immediately nodded and said with self-deprecation, "Yes, it's all my fault."
She tilted her head, her eyes slightly mocking: "You told me not to say Hao Luwei has a problem, so isn't that entirely your fault? Or am I the one who's wrong? But I clearly warned you before not to let Hao Luwei have a chance to get close to you, not to let her get close to you, but did you?"
Sui Yupeng was stunned this time, and hesitated to speak.
"When you pursued me, I agreed because I genuinely liked you! But now you've made a mistake, gone too far, so I have to take back my feelings and can't keep pestering you."
Sui Yupeng murmured, "How can feelings be controlled at will? Miaomiao, you said you wanted to take them back, did you ever really like me?"
These words truly disappointed Jiang Miaomiao, and a cold smile couldn't help but creep onto her lips. "What do you think?"
Sui Yupeng noticed her reddened eyes.
“Yupeng, you don’t have to throw a tantrum or threaten suicide to prove you like someone. We’re not children; we should understand this principle, even when we’re upset…”
Jiang Miaomiao patted his shoulder, "Pack yourself up and come back to school with me. Hao Luwei is still making a scene at the school clinic waiting for you. Whether you want to take responsibility for her or not, you need to resolve this as soon as possible. Dragging things out will only make things worse. So what if you have relationship problems or marital discord? Adults shouldn't only have romantic feelings on their minds."
Jiang Miaomiao forcibly pulled him up and pushed him into the bathroom to wash his face.
Sui Yupeng was like a robot, constantly splashing cold water on his face, becoming more and more awake with each splash. He looked at the person behind him in the mirror; that person was looking at him, but there was no longer any trace of him in their eyes.
But now, is he really going to lose her?
The two walked out of the hotel one after the other.
Jiang Miaomiao walked with her back straight, while Sui Yupeng followed behind in a daze.
***
That evening, Jiang Zhengye once again brought "valuable" news and came to see Jiang Miaomiao with a look of disappointment and frustration.
"I told you to hurry up and you didn't do it? Song Erlao fell and went to the hospital last night. He's already on ECMO! If you had come back then, you would have made billions for free! Sigh... you, you, you, you're really short-sighted."
"..." Jiang Mian looked at him silently, feeling upset and not really wanting to say anything.
Jiang Zhengye continued rambling on for a long, long time, until Jiang Miaomiao began to feel something was amiss: "Old Jiang, how come you, this so-called successful person, have nothing better to do than chat with me?"
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