Chapter 95 Chapter 95 The rising sun brings a new hope...
The night lights on the Wucheng River beach were on for three whole days, with both sides of the river connected into one, and 1,000 drones flying overhead every night without fail.
Everyone knew that this was the most high-profile rich girl in Wucheng celebrating.
Celebrating the huge sales of her company's products.
Also celebrate that the promise known to the whole city is about to be fulfilled.
The "No. 1 Waste in Wu City" who was once gloated by everyone has turned the tide and shined brightly, achieving results that even elites cannot do, stunning everyone, and is about to inherit the billions of assets of the Morikawa Group.
Xin Tong watched the fireworks on the deck of a luxury cruise ship, and she felt that the world couldn't be any better.
However, as she relaxed, she immediately noticed something.
Since the live press conference that night, He Chuan and Xin Wenqing have remained silent, there has been no news, and they have not contacted her until now.
It’s okay, since they didn’t say anything, she can do it herself!
Xin Tong waved her hand and booked the most upscale banquet hall for a grand banquet. A fleet of luxury cars filled with flowers circled Wucheng three times. She also asked someone to make an extremely exquisite invitation letter, which was sent to her home in a serious manner, inviting her parents to come and witness the success, fulfill their promise, and share the joy.
She stood at the door of the banquet hall, dressed very formally, waiting with excitement and anticipation.
But when the appointed time came, only Xin Wenqing showed up.
Xin Tong looked behind her, but saw no one.
Xin Wenqing looked a little embarrassed. "Tongtong, Dad might be busy. It's okay, Mom will come over first."
"You've lost weight." Xin Tong's hair was gently touched by her mother. She looked up and saw Xin Wenqing smiling, but there were tears in her eyes. "Tongtong, you've grown up, right? Mom is really happy to see you can do these things. A year ago, Mom advised you to give up, but I was wrong. I apologize to you. You've grown up, you're so smart, so hardworking, giving your all for what you want to do, and you've achieved success in your career. Mom is happy for you."
Her mother's warm hands touched her ears, just like when she was a child.
Just like before He Tianqi appeared.
Xin Tong's heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by someone.
She hugged her mother, tears falling silently for no apparent reason. Not wanting to be seen, she secretly wiped them away with her fingers. Her mother still smelled the same, warm, pale, and fragrant with flowers. It was the same as when she was a child, the same as before.
"Mother."
This year after returning to China, she finally whispered, "Do you think I am your pride?"
"certainly."
Xin Wenqing replied.
…
He Chuan never showed up.
Xin Tong stood facing the banquet hall door, stubbornly waiting for three hours. The food ran cold, and her mother urged her to go back.
Xin Tong looked at the empty gate where no one came, feeling as if she was standing alone on the edge of a cliff, with a cold wind blowing upwards.
She realized that even if she succeeded, she would not be able to make her family happy.
Why is it that even though I have proven my ability to everyone in the city, I still can't satisfy my father?
She returned like a zombie, her limbs stiff, her mind blank, her muscles aching.
When I walked into the house and looked up, I saw He Chuan, who had not appeared all night, standing in the living room with his hands behind his back.
Waiting for her.
He Chuan was accustomed to the airs of a superior. He rose to prominence early, his empire was vast, and he had spent most of his life surrounded by flattery and adulation. With a single word, he could easily decide the careers of countless lower-level employees within the group. Such a person was too self-righteous, claiming to be the head of the family. His decisions were unchangeable.
Xin Tong was spoiled by him.
He also provided Xin Tong with the financial foundation for being so carefree, arrogant and uneducated.
But during the confrontation last year, Xintong painfully saw all the truth behind the mask of warmth.
Xin Tong walked into the villa gate.
He Tianqi was not there. At this moment, there were only three of them in the villa, the original family of three.
Xin Tong seemed to sense something in her heart. She stopped where she was, staring at He Chuan, waiting for his words.
Sure enough, the next second, He Chuan said:
"Xin Tong, you have to know that what you've done is actually useless."
"To put it bluntly, you're a girl. Do you understand?"
"If you insist that Dad make it clear, then from the very beginning, the heir to Morikawa can only be your brother."
Xin Tong's head was buzzing.
It took her a long time to find her voice. She heard her own hoarse voice. She had a lot to say, but in the end, she just said, "...What about your promise a year ago?"
What about your promise?
You said that if you can make Kelly profitable within a year, you will let me inherit the group and the family fortune.
A year has passed. There are things that no one can do, things that everyone considers a mess and a hot potato, and everyone is gloating and mocking me.
But I did it.
I even exceeded my quota.
What about your promise?
He Chuan turned around and looked at her. His expression was very frank.
"Just pretend I never said that."
"To make it up to you, Dad has already found a home for you."
Xin Tong was stunned, watching He Chuan speak, his deep voice falling as if to seal fate:
"Fu Zirui, the only son of the Fu family, is a good boy. Our two families have a good relationship, and our parents are friends. Fu Zirui is handsome, steady and responsible."
"Our parents have already agreed that you two will be engaged by the end of this year."
"So, you don't need to continue with the Kelly line anymore. Just give it to your younger brother. Tianqi has already applied to defer his enrollment for a year, so let him take over Kelly for this year as training. Once he graduates from university, he'll officially return to take over the group."
"Don't worry about the dowry and wedding matters. Dad will prepare everything for you."
…
He Chuan finished speaking.
Seeing that Xin Tong was motionless and had no reaction at all, he looked at her for a while, then turned and left.
Xin Wenqing stepped forward, held Xin Tong's shoulders, and called her name. But he found that she was like a lost soul, ignoring his calls and just kept repeating:
"Why. Why."
Why, why.
Why was it that along the way, she was able to get rid of He Xiangrong, start her own clothing company, save a business that was on the verge of collapse and had lost hundreds of millions, turn the tide and make Kelly the hottest hit product today, and earn 200 million in one year?
Why does everyone look at me with admiration, everyone recognizes me, and everyone sees my talents?
Even Jiang Yuanbin, who was so stubborn and insisted that "the inheritance can only be passed down to males and not females", recognized her and even changed the rules for her, willing to let Jiang Wangyue become the next generation heir of the Jiang family.
Why, the waste counterattacks, transforms and turns over, and the whole world applauds and makes way for him.
——But in the end, she died at the hands of her own father.
"Why. Why."
"Tongtong..." Someone called her. She looked up and saw it was Xin Wenqing.
"Don't you like that boy from the Fu family? It's okay, it's okay. Tell mom who you like and I'll talk to her for you."
"Mom hopes you marry someone you love, have someone to take care of you, and live a happy life."
Xin Wenqing saw Xin Tong's despair.
She knew Xin Tong was unwilling to accept this.
But Xin Wenqing had no power to stop He Chuan's decision. She just wanted to strive for happiness for her daughter. In her world, marrying a good man she loved was enough happiness.
Xin Tong suddenly grabbed her mother's hand as if it were a life-saving straw.
"You think so too? Mom, do you think so too?"
"Do you also think that I am no match for He Tianqi? Do you also think that all this should be given to him naturally? You said that I am your pride, are you lying to me?"
After these words were spoken, Xin Tong saw countless emotions in her mother's eyes.
Conflicted, painful, hesitant... But in the end, Xin Wenqing just sighed deeply.
"Forget it."
"That's their man's business."
"No matter what," Xin Wenqing finally said hesitantly, "Tian Qi is a boy."
Xin Tong suddenly felt a fire burning in her brain.
She grabbed Xin Wenqing's wrist.
"Do you remember why I took your last name?"
Xin Wenqing was confused by her seemingly incoherent question.
But she quickly understood what Xin Tong meant.
This middle-aged woman in her forties was gentle and frail. These past forty years had been a mountain. She inherently felt that it was natural for a woman to be with her father before marriage, with her husband after marriage, and with her son after having a son.
She never thought there was anything wrong with her father giving He Chuan some start-up capital to start a business.
Since there is no son in the family, the son-in-law is naturally the pillar of the family. He Chuan agreed that Xin Tong's surname should be Xin, not the same as Xin Wenqing's, but the same as Xin Wenqing's father's.
Everyone likes sons, so Xin Wenqing also wanted a son. After the miscarriage, she raised He Tianqi as her own son. This is the next generation of the He family, this is her son.
Is Xin Tong her pride?
Of course. This was her biological daughter, born from her womb, blood-related.
But that’s all.
As the director's wife, she was also a shareholder of Morikawa. But precisely because of this, she could see the dense crowds of black suits at the high-level meetings—the color of men. The higher up, the more she saw.
Therefore, she never felt that women could participate in discussions about such matters. There was no place for women here.
She felt sorry for Xin Tong's efforts and was happy for her growth, but whether Xin Tong returned to China to fight for the family property a year ago or Xin Tong's struggle a year later, her first reaction was to persuade Xin Tong to give up.
…
Xin Tong turned away in despair.
She lay on the bed in her room, staring at the ceiling with her eyes open, motionless. Until dark, until the early morning, when the villa was completely silent, Xin Tong suddenly sat up.
She suddenly remembered that she had been confused a lot in the past year.
About He Tianqi, about his life experience, and about why it had to be him.
Tonight, He Chuan and Xin Wenqing's words seemed to have finally given her a key, allowing her to peek into those unspoken secrets. At that moment, she suddenly thought of a possibility.
As to whether this speculation is true.
She had to find the answer herself.
The night was thick and the villa was completely silent.
He Tianqi hadn't come back today. He Chuan and Xin Wenqing had already boarded a bus to Lin City for an impromptu meeting and wouldn't be back for three days.
These three days are also the deadline He Chuan gave Xin Tong to "think carefully".
——Tonight, she is the only one in the whole villa.
…
Xin Tong walked into He Chuan and Xin Wenqing's bedroom and began to search.
She checked the foot of the bed, the cabinets, and the desk in her parents' bedroom. She then went to He Chuan's study and carefully inspected everything inside and out.
He Chuan's study was filled almost entirely with old account books and various receipts. He was used to being a boss, and he always kept receipts and supporting documents for any important events. All the materials were neatly organized into folders, each labeled individually, without any confusion.
Xin Tong finally found something that had nothing to do with the account book in the bottom shelf of the bookcase.
A dusty plastic box.
It wasn't locked, and the plastic material even looked cheap, leaving no desire to open it.
This is He Chuan's study, and usually no one comes in.
Xin Wenqing and He Tianqi kept their distance, as Xin Tong, uneducated and uninterested in the place, had no interest in it at all. Therefore, nothing in He Chuan's study was concealed or kept private, as it was his only use.
Xin Tong lowered her head and looked at the dusty old box.
She saw an index attached to the side of the box.
The white paper had long since turned yellow, the corners were stained, and the ink marks on the pen were blurred.
But Xin Tong still recognized it.
There are two words written on it in a flamboyant style: "Tian Qi".
Xin Tong placed her fingers on the buckle. With a click, she took a deep breath and opened the box.
What catches your eye is a thick stack of old papers of different sizes.
…
"Receipt. Date of entry: September 25, 2003. Received RMB 3,000 in cash from He Chuan. Receipt reason: introduced by an intermediary. Payee (signed): Qian Chunmei."
"Receipt. Date of entry: September 30, 2003. Received RMB 38,888 in cash from He Chuan. Purpose: Purchase of medicine. Payee (signature): Qian Wang."
"Instructions: Take one pill twice a day. Relax, let nature take its course, and you'll definitely have a boy within a year."
"Test report from Wucheng People's Hospital. Name: Xin Wenqing. Date of submission: March 15, 2004. Department: Gynecology. Specimen type: Serum. Test items: Progesterone, human chorionic gonadotropin."
"Maternal Blood Screening Report. Subject: Xin Wenqing. Sample Collection Date: 2-Apr-2004. Report Summary: Test results indicate the presence of a significant amount of Y chromosome DNA in the sample. Signed: HKLAB, Hong Kong Laboratory Limited."
"The due date is mid-to-late November 2004. It's the midnight hour on October 14th, Jiashen year. The Five Elements are Water, and the Monkey is over the number. The first year is upside down, so the family will prosper, with help from noble people and support from parents. The day master is weak, forming a partial official structure. She likes seal stars, fire and earth, and dislikes wood, water, and metal."
"He Tianqi. Heaven represents fire. Qi represents wood. Fire is the first choice. The rising sun brings life in desperate situations."
"Admission certificate from Wucheng New World Hospital. Name: Xin Wenqing. Admission diagnosis: Late-term miscarriage. Note: Inpatient treatment. Date of admission: July 10, 2004."
"Certificate. Guo Lele, male, born on November 25, 2004, was found on November 27, 2004, on Qiuzhu Road, Yulan City, Southern Province. He was brought into this institution for care by the Chengnan Police Station of the Yulan City Public Security Bureau on November 27, 2004. Both parents are confirmed deceased, and no other relatives have been found. Yulan City Social Welfare Institute, December 1, 2006."
…
Thunder rumbled outside the window. Lightning flashed through the clouds, illuminating the dim study and Xin Tong's pale face for a moment.
The heavy curtains were blown across the mahogany desk by the wind.
His fingertips trembled, unable to hold the object, and the last old, yellowed adoption certificate slowly fell to the cold floor.
She finally understood.
Lele is not "He Tianqi".
"He Tianqi" is her real biological brother.
He is the young master of the He family who is placed with great hopes after taking folk remedies for conceiving a boy, having his fortune told by a master, and having his blood tested in Hong Kong.
It was also after the miscarriage in the late pregnancy that the mother's body was harmed, and the couple had to keep the dead fetus a secret.
——He is the true successor of Morikawa, which is indisputable based on the law, human feelings, ethics, and general social cognition.
Thunder roared outside the window, but Xin Tong could not hear the sounds of the world around her.
She actually spent this year trying every possible way to prove her ability, using the promises made to her by the entire city as witnesses, imagining herself as the protagonist of the novel who had transformed and turned over a new leaf.
——The fact is, she would have no chance of becoming an heir from the moment she was born.
Because she was born a woman.
And her own brother, even if he had not been born, even if no one knew his physical condition, brain quality, personality and abilities, even if he might be as undisciplined, absurd and dissolute as herself after he was born.
But as long as the report filled with traditional Chinese characters and English stated that he was a boy, he would be the undisputed heir of Morikawa.
But.
He was not born.
So, without He Tianqi, his parents would rather choose Lele.
He Tianqi is greater than Lele, and Lele is greater than her.
*
Tonight, there were lightning and thunder in the main urban area of Wucheng, strong winds, and dark clouds pressing down.
Heavy rain is coming.
Xin Tong walked out of the villa as if her soul had been taken away.
There was no direction, no reason, no way back. The roar of thunder had completely faded, and she could no longer hear any sound. She was lost and had nowhere to go. She drifted like a ghost on the dark road.
Dark clouds covered the ground, the wind was howling, and her hair was blown up by the wind.
The next second, his unfocused pupils suddenly caught a figure not far away on the opposite side.
Tall, thin, with broad shoulders that stretched his loose gray coat into a straight horizontal line, he stood motionless a few meters away from her with his hands in his pockets.
Consciousness suddenly returned. All thoughts suddenly returned.
She stopped.
The man's golden hair was blown by the wind, outlining a sharp, narrow face. His eyebrows were sharp, rising and falling along the three-dimensional shape of his brow bones, and his dark, bright eyes stared at her without blinking.
In the distance, the city swept by the strong wind turned into a mixture of spots of light and blocks of color behind him.
Tonight, Xin Tong waited in the banquet hall for more than three hours but He Chuan didn't show up.
He must have known about this.
He was here to pick her up.
Dark clouds were pressing down, lightning and thunder were flashing, and from a few meters away, Xin Tong saw a strong emotion in his usually indifferent eyes.
Her name is pity.
Or empathize.
He watched her get the call a year ago in San Francisco and say her vows at the Imperial Hotel.
He witnessed her filling three notebooks at his grandfather's house with dense marks on her fingertips from needle pricks.
He used his family's resources to help her, and carried her, who was unconscious with a high fever, step by step out of the snowy mountains ravaged by the blizzard.
He became her business partner, discussing design directions and details with her, and sitting on the sofa in her studio, tilting his head to watch her drawing seriously.
Over the past year, Xin Tong has persevered through every step, every day, every night, and every night of perseverance towards her goal, whether through hardship or happiness, failure or success.
He witnessed it all.
He was always there for her.
…
Suddenly, an extremely suppressed feeling of grievance surged from my heart.
burst out.
Her heart was filled with bitterness, her vision blurred in an instant, and the countless emotions could no longer be concealed. Xin Tong raised her head, stood in place under Jiang Chongyan's gaze, and burst into tears.
She broke down crying.
Like a three-year-old child.
He felt utterly helpless, as if the sky was falling and the earth was cracking. He squatted down again, hugged his arms, and covered his face. The hot and salty tears wet his palms and dripped down from between his fingers.
Her crying was unpleasant, she was sobbing and unable to speak, her vision was blurry, and she didn't even know when Jiang Chongyan walked up to her.
Suddenly, I felt a warm touch on my face.
Something brushed her face lightly, wiping away the tears and snot that covered half of her face. Without pausing, the movement
"Wow——" Xin Tong cried even harder.
She was still immersed in grief and didn't consider her image management at all, crying very ugly.
Jiang Chongyan half-knelt on one knee in front of her, his elbow resting on his thigh, his head tilted, looking straight at her, staring at her face.
He didn't say anything.
Xin Tong knew that he was waiting for her to speak.
Where should I start?
She waited for her father for three hours? Was she completely stripped of her heir status? Was Kelly going to be snatched away? Was she going to be forced into marriage? What was He Tianqi's true background?
All the important events that happened tonight were like tangled wet hairs stuck in her throat. Xin Tong cried so hard that her throat was blocked and she couldn't say anything. After holding it in for a long time, her face flushed, she finally broke down and shouted out the most important thing:
"I don't want to marry an impotent man--!!!"
Another wave of tears surged out along with this scream.
…
Combining what happened tonight and her reaction, Jiang Chongyan could guess a little.
It was obviously not a happy thing, but the next second Xin Tong saw a strange expression on the man's face.
It's the kind of expression that makes you want to laugh but can't, it's a very contradictory expression.
There was a hint of mockery on his handsome face.
Then, he couldn't help but look at her and laughed softly.
Xin Tong stopped crying instantly.
"What are you laughing at!" She was so angry that she felt he was laughing at her ugly crying. "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!"
She tried to push him hard, but he was much heavier than her and his lower body was not stable. Not only did she fail to push him, but she also fell on her butt.
The street was cold and hard, and Xin Tong fell to the ground. Under Jiang Chongyan's faint smile, he grabbed the dirt and stones on the ground and threw them at him.
"I hate you the most!"
The dirt clods hit his clean, loose-fitting gray coat. He glanced down, the smile in his eyes unchanged.
The next second, another small stone came flying towards his head. It was really cruel. He gently blocked it with his left hand, then knelt on his knees, knocked her wrist, and pulled her into his arms, holding her down.
“Crash—”
The next second, a loud thunder suddenly exploded among the clouds, and the rainstorm came so suddenly.
The rain was almost pouring down, the wind and rain were so strong that the sky and the earth were shrouded in a huge curtain of rain.
In the heavy rain, the person in his arms didn't react at all, but continued to pull at his clothes on his chest and cry loudly.
Rain mixed with tears and slid down her face.
She didn't want to move.
So Jiang Chongyan didn't move.
He pressed the back of her head with his big hands and held her against him.
Just quietly accompany her in the rain.
…
Xin Tong could hear her own heart beating violently. Boom, boom, boom, like a hammer hitting her.
The icy rain soaked her clothes, and she shivered with cold, her jaw grinding unconsciously. Something was trembling, and she lost consciousness. After a few seconds, she finally looked down and saw that it was her hand. The muscles in her arm were trembling violently and spasming.
Something in her throat blocked her breath.
She opened her mouth, her vision was chaotic, she couldn't breathe, and her fingers tightly grasped the clothes of the person in front of her.
She heard Jiang Chongyan's panicked voice calling her name.
Xin Tong lost all consciousness and fell heavily on the rainy night in Wucheng.
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