Chapter 208 She's Your Future Mother-in-Law!
Mr. Xiang stamped his foot in frustration and pulled Mrs. Xiang outside. “Hurry up, let’s go find my sister and have her talk to Jiang Yan and say some nice things. Maybe there’s still some hope.”
The conversation between Xiang's father and mother was quickly transmitted to Zhou Jingming's phone.
After picking up Jiang Yan, Zhou Jingming told her about Xiang's parents and asked, "Wife, are you sure you want to cut ties with your mother?"
Jiang Yan hummed in agreement. The impulsiveness had passed. She had thought a lot about it these past two days, and sometimes she would even make excuses for her mother. Maybe her mother loved her, but she was just using the wrong methods.
Looking back on her life over the past twenty years, she has hardly felt any maternal love. The only heartwarming thing she occasionally thinks of is before her parents divorced, when her father treated her very well.
But she was still young then and couldn't remember too many things.
"Jingming, I won't have a family to rely on anymore. Will you look down on me?" Jiang Yan asked.
“How could that be?” Zhou Jingming leaned down and kissed her. “I will cherish you even more.”
Zhou Jingming could see Jiang Yan's inner conflict. He opened a video on his phone and showed it to Jiang Yan, saying, "This is a conversation between your uncle and aunt after I left. You can listen to it."
After hearing the last sentence, Jiang Yan's heart sank completely, and she laughed out loud, "What else can I expect from her?"
Jiang Yan's phone rang at that moment. It was an unfamiliar number. She stared at the phone screen as the ringtone echoed in the car.
"Who called? Why didn't you answer?" Zhou Jingming asked.
Jiang Yan let out a heavy breath and answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Yan Yan, this is your mother," Jiang's mother's voice came through the receiver, her tone unusually gentle. "Are you off work? You haven't been home in so long, Mom misses you."
If Jiang Yan hadn't seen that conversation, she might have been moved and run home to find her mother without a second thought.
Unfortunately, this trick no longer works.
"Is it about Xiang Lei?" Jiang Yan asked indifferently. "I can't control it, and I don't want to. Don't call me again. I don't have a mother like you. You disgust me."
There was silence on the other end. Jiang Yan could hear her mother's breathing getting heavier and heavier. She sneered inwardly, "She can't keep up the act anymore."
"Jiang Yan!" Jiang's mother suddenly shouted, "How dare you talk to me like that? I'm your mother! You're disgusting, you're a slut, a whore, you can't live without a man!"
Who would have thought that such vile words would come from a mother's mouth, used to insult her own daughter?
Jiang Yan closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again, her gaze now cold and distant. "So, you're jealous that I married a good man?"
“That’s right!” Jiang’s mother sneered. “Why is my marriage unhappy while you can marry a rich and powerful man? I won’t allow it. If I can’t have it, you can’t have it either.”
Jiang Yan laughed, "You're still pretty twisted. No wonder my dad wanted to divorce you. No man could stand you."
"Your father, that damned man, insisted on divorcing me back then. All I did was consider my family's interests more!" Jiang's mother lost her temper and blurted out everything she had kept bottled up for years. "He finally got his comeuppance. A few years after our divorce, he got into a car accident and broke a leg. Now he's a cripple."
“If he hadn’t divorced me, things wouldn’t have turned out this way,” Jiang’s mother said with resentment. “I hate him, and I hate you even more. He’s disabled and has lost his ability to earn money, yet he still sends me child support for you.”
"Why? He only has you in his heart, he thinks about you, he wants to see you, but I just won't agree. If I'm not having a good time, none of you will be having a good time either, hahaha!"
Jiang Yan's heart clenched into a tight knot, and she found it hard to breathe. It hurt so much; her heart was truly aching. Hearing her mother's maniacal laughter, she hung up the phone and turned it off.
Jiang's mother's voice was very loud, and Zhou Jingming could hear every word clearly.
He put his arm around Jiang Yan's shoulder and said, "Wife, if you want to cry, just cry. Don't hold it in."
Jiang Yan covered her face with her hands and cried loudly. What had she been doing all these years? Why hadn't she chosen to leave with her father back then?
Seeing his wife so heartbroken, Zhou Jingming's eyes darkened. It was all the Xiang family's fault; they had bullied his wife like this, and they would never have a good ending.
Jiang Yan's crying gradually subsided, and Zhou Jingming handed her a tissue, saying, "Wife, once you've finished crying, this will be over. Just ignore them."
Jiang Yan wiped away her tears and snot, and looked at Zhou Jingming with red eyes. "Jingming, I want to find my father. I want to see him."
“Okay,” Zhou Jingming nodded, “I’ll help you find it tomorrow.”
Finding someone is quite easy; if you have their name and age, you can search for them directly in the public security system.
“Let’s go back to my parents’ place first,” Zhou Jingming stepped on the gas. “My mom said she left dinner for us, and we can go over and eat before going home, is that okay?”
"Of course I can, why wouldn't I go if there's food to eat?" Jiang Yan forced a smile, then looked in the mirror. "But my eyes are swollen from crying, will they notice?"
"It's nothing, just say you cried because I bullied you," Zhou Jingming joked.
"Are you crazy?" Jiang Yan punched him lightly. "You're not allowed to talk nonsense."
"Okay, whatever you say." Zhou Jingming smiled.
Upon arriving at the Zhou family home, Zhou Ruolan was the first to greet them, "Jingming, where's Xixi?"
Jiang Yan lowered her head guiltily, and Zhou Jingming wiped his eyebrows. "Auntie, Xixi is with her boyfriend."
"As you know, Song Xu was beaten pretty badly by Yun Zhou last night. He broke two ribs, and Xi Xi is taking care of him."
“Is it that serious?” Zhou Ruolan frowned. She missed her daughter terribly. She took out the phone that Zhou Jingming had brought back last night. “Give me Xixi’s phone number, and I’ll send her a message.”
“Okay,” Zhou Jingming immediately took out his phone and gave Lin Xi’s phone number to Zhou Ruolan. “Have you learned how to use this phone?”
Zhou Ruolan was imprisoned for eighteen years and was almost completely cut off from society. Nowadays, mobile phones are much more advanced than those from eighteen years ago.
Zhou Ruolan nodded. "I've been studying for a day, but my brain isn't working very well yet. I'm a bit slow. It's a side effect of the medication, and it will take some time to recover."
Zhou Jingming had no doubt whatsoever. His aunt was a top student back then, but she was too naive and was led astray by that blond-haired Lu Zhentao.
Zhou Ruolan was delighted to have Lin Xi's contact information. "You guys should come over for dinner soon."
After saying that, she took her phone and went back to her room, where she requested to be friends with Lin Xi, adding the nickname "Lan".
Lin Xi and Song Xu were lying on the hospital bed, half asleep, when her phone vibrated, waking her up. She reached for her phone under her pillow, turned on the screen, and saw a friend request.
Upon seeing the note, she immediately knew who it was. She smiled and clicked "accept," then sent a kissing picture.
Song Xu watched from the side and asked, "Who is this person? Why are you kissing him?"
Lin Xi looked up at Song Xu and chuckled, "She's your future mother-in-law!"
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