Chapter 17 Yao Yao, You're So Disobedient
Assistant Xu was scolded by Jiang Xingyao for no reason, and his face didn't look too good.
Before leaving, he still said something nice for Jiang Cancan, basically telling her, as the older sister, not to always make things difficult for Secretary Jiang.
Jiang Xingyao didn't reply, just stared at the bunch of red roses that had been thrown into the trash can.
A few petals were scattered on the white carpet, their overly bright colors stinging Jiang Xingyao's eyes.
Jiang Xingyao was brought back to reality when her phone rang; it was Xu Feifei calling.
Xu Feifei's voice sounded very anxious: "Yaoyao, did you offend someone? I submitted both of our application forms together yesterday, but yours was rejected today."
Xu Feifei then sent over two photos, one of her application form and the other of Jiang Xingyao's.
She checked everything before submitting it, and there were no problems with the formatting or anything else.
But now her application has been approved, while Jiang Xingyao's has been rejected. She even had other friends look at it, and everyone said that there was no problem with Jiang Xingyao's application form.
Then there's only one possibility: someone is sabotaging things.
Jiang Xingyao didn't know what went wrong for a moment.
The only people she could think of who would oppose her were Jin Qingyu's group of friends who followed Jiang Cancan's lead.
But she's only registered for a piano competition and isn't even in their circle, so those people might not be so well-informed.
Before Jiang Xingyao could figure it out, she received a call from Jiang Yuncheng, asking her to return to the Jiang family home.
Jiang Xingyao didn't want to go back.
But Jiang Yuncheng said her mother wanted to see her.
An hour later, Jiang Xingyao arrived at the Jiang family villa.
Jiang Yuncheng was already waiting in the living room.
Jiang Cancan's biological mother, Bai Fang, was also there.
Upon seeing Jiang Xingyao, Bai Fang quickly stood up: "Yaoyao is back! Sit down quickly, Auntie will cut some fruit for you."
Bai Fang and Jiang Cancan not only look seven or eight parts alike, but their styles are also quite similar.
For example, she likes to wear all white, and she always tries to appear gentle and kind in front of others.
Jiang Xingyao had just been disgusted by Jiang Cancan before she arrived, and now she didn't give Bai Fang a friendly look either.
She looked directly at Jiang Yuncheng, bypassing her: "Speak, what did you call me here for?"
Since her mother was sent away by Jiang Yuncheng, Jiang Xingyao has never seen her mother again.
She knew very well that Jiang Yuncheng wanted to use her mother to control her, so he wouldn't let her see her mother.
But when the other party used her mother as an excuse to ask her to come back, she still didn't dare not return.
She was afraid that something might happen...
Jiang Yuncheng patted the seat next to him, gesturing for Jiang Xingyao to sit down. He said, "Yaoyao, you've become Mrs. Jin, and your temper is getting worse and worse. How can you talk to your father like that?"
Jiang Xingyao was too lazy to listen to his act of being a loving father and directly exposed him: "There's no one else here, why do you need to pretend? Stop acting and you'll start to believe it yourself."
Jiang Yuncheng's lips stiffened for a moment. He coughed lightly, and as expected, he stopped pretending and went straight to the point: "You signed up for the piano competition organized by the Shen family, right?"
Did you tamper with my application form?
She knew that Jiang Yuncheng wouldn't call her back for no reason.
It turns out he was the one who caused all this trouble.
Jiang Xingyao looked coldly at Jiang Yuncheng: "What are you planning to do now?"
Jiang Yuncheng said, "Why are you so agitated? Your father is only doing this for your own good."
Yao Yao, you're Mrs. Jin now, there's no need for you to participate in any undignified competitions or events.
Your most important task right now is to quickly give birth to the Jin family's eldest grandson, obtain that 10% share, and save our Jiang family's company.
"It's not even dark yet, and you're already dreaming again? Don't even mention that I don't have children yet. Even if Grandpa Jin really gave me shares, they would go to the eldest grandson of the Jin family. What does that have to do with you?"
"When I married into the Jin family, you made outrageous demands, asking for a dowry of 500 million yuan. Weren't you satisfied yet? Jiang Yuncheng, have you no shame?" Jiang Xingyao retorted without any politeness.
Jiang Yuncheng is not good at managing a company.
After acquiring the Qu family business from his mother, he ruined it within just two years, causing its market value to drop by billions.
When the money ran out, Jiang Yuncheng decided to sell his daughter.
Thinking of these past events, Jiang Xingyao's shoulders trembled.
“The eldest grandson of the Jin family is the grandson of our Jiang family. If our maternal grandfather is in trouble, he can’t just not help, right? Yaoyao, you are Dad’s daughter. You don’t want to see our Jiang family get into trouble, do you?” Jiang Yuncheng said.
His abacus table almost crashed into Jiang Xingyao's face, and Jiang Xingyao's fingers unconsciously pressed against her lower abdomen.
Her child hadn't even been born yet, but she had already become part of Jiang Yuncheng's scheme.
Or perhaps it's more than that. Even before he married into the Jin family, when the engagement was first arranged, Jiang Yuncheng already knew about the old man's promise.
From that time on, Jiang Yuncheng was like a ghost, relentlessly urging her to get pregnant.
In fact, Jiang Xingyao had always been careful about contraception; she didn't want her child to become part of Jiang Yuncheng's scheme.
This pregnancy was just an accident.
But since the baby has arrived, it must be fate. The only thing Jiang Xingyao can do now is to keep this a secret.
Looking into Jiang Yuncheng's eager eyes, Jiang Xingyao said, "You're wrong. I wish something bad would happen to the Jiang family sooner."
Jiang Yuncheng's lips stiffened even more. He said, "Yaoyao, you're becoming less and less obedient to your father. Fine, I'll have your mother talk to you."
Mother!
Could Mom be in this villa?
Jiang Xingyao's eyes widened. She suddenly stood up and looked around anxiously.
Just then, a sound suddenly came from the projector directly in front of them.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xingyao saw her mother Qu Xinting's face.
"Mom? Is that you?" Jiang Xingyao was a little uncertain.
She hadn't seen her mother for eight years, not even through a projection.
She wasn't sure if her mother could hear her.
Over the years, Jiang Yuncheng has kept people hidden so well that she couldn't even find out any news about her mother.
The woman on the projection was wearing a hospital gown. She sat on the bed and looked alright. However, Jiang Xingyao remembered her as having straight, black hair, but it had been cut short at some point and was hanging messily down her side.
She must have seen Jiang Xingyao.
Even through the screen, Jiang Xingyao could feel her pupils flicker.
Jiang Xingyao clutched her chest.
Her heart was in utter turmoil.
She hadn't seen her mother in so long, and the pent-up grievances of the past few years were about to burst forth uncontrollably when she heard the woman on the screen urgently say, "Yuncheng, Yuncheng, are you there? Have you come to see me?"
It felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over my head.
Jiang Xingyao opened her eyes wide and stared intently at Qu Xinting.
Jiang Yuncheng squeezed in front of Jiang Xingyao at the opportune moment, and together they faced the screen. He said gently, "Tingting, I'm here, and Yaoyao is here too, look..."
"Yuncheng, it's so good to see you here. You haven't come to see me lately. Don't you like me anymore? I..."
"How could that be, Tingting? I wanted to visit you too, but our daughter Yaoyao has been a bit disobedient lately, which is why it took me some time."
"Tingting, Yaoyao used to listen to you the most, why don't you talk to her?" Jiang Yuncheng said.
Jiang Xingyao watched as the woman on the screen shifted her pupils, and only now could she be sure that the woman's gaze was fixed on her.
"Mother…"
"Jiang Xingyao, haven't I taught you since you were little to listen to your father and not to make him angry? Why don't you listen?"
"When I wasn't around, did you keep making Dad angry? Jiang Xingyao, can't you understand Mom's feelings? You only want to make Dad angry so he'll abandon me, is that what makes you happy?"
Jiang Xingyao had barely begun speaking when she was met with a woman's hysterical roar.
Perhaps yelling wasn't enough, so she grabbed a teacup and smashed it against the screen in front of her, as if it were hitting Jiang Xingyao in the face.
Jiang Xingyao stood frozen in place, as if she were a piece of wood.
Memories that had been buried for eight years suddenly surged back like a tidal wave.
She thought back to before her grandfather passed away, when her mother was still the eldest daughter of the Qu family, and Jiang Yuncheng was just a penniless live-in son-in-law.
Back then, my mother would personally pour the water for Jiang Yuncheng to wash his feet.
Her entire day revolved around Jiang Yuncheng.
She wouldn't allow anyone to get close to Jiang Yuncheng.
"Tingting, calm down, you've scared Yaoyao."
Even if Yao Yao is rebellious, she is still our child. Jiang Yuncheng's hypocritical voice rang out, and the woman on the other side of the screen did indeed quiet down a bit, but when she looked at Jiang Xingyao, her eyes were still full of hatred.
When Jiang Xingyao heard her say, "I would rather I had never given birth to a child who is so ignorant from a young age."
Jiang Xingyao, do you know that it's because you weren't obedient enough that your father won't see me?
"Apologize to your father right now! Apologize! If you don't say anything, believe me, I'll kill myself!"
As Qu Xinting spoke, she suddenly squatted down, picked up a shard of porcelain from the ground, and held it directly to her neck, staring intently at Jiang Xingyao.
Jiang Xingyao felt that her hands and feet were so cold that they seemed to have lost their warmth.
She just stared at her mother, whom she hadn't seen for eight years.
Eight years! She went from an innocent young girl to a married woman.
She dreams of seeing her mother again.
But her mother only harbored resentment towards her, and she only had eyes for Jiang Yuncheng.
She doesn't care about anything about her.
"Mom, don't you care at all..."
"Apologize, Jiang Xingyao! Quickly apologize to your dad! Are you trying to drive your mom to her death?" Jiang Xingyao wanted to ask if Qu Xinting really didn't care about him at all.
But this only elicited an even more hysterical roar from the woman.
Jiang Yuncheng said, "Yaoyao, can you have a proper talk with your dad now?"
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