Chapter 238 He made her lose the bet.
Jin Qingyu paused briefly: "My mother-in-law has approached me several times before, telling me to stay away from you. She actually cares about you a lot."
This was an explanation to Jiang Xingyao of how he discovered Qu Xinting's abnormality.
Jiang Xingyao's doubts were gradually replaced by a sense of understanding. She pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, but did not get angry immediately. Instead, she tentatively asked, "The reason you didn't say anything is because you're worried that I'll get back together with her and avoid you even more in the future?"
Jin Qingyu's expression suddenly changed, and he put down his chopsticks. He stared at Jiang Xingyao with a serious look: "Yaoyao, why do you always use such prejudiced thoughts to judge me?"
Their eyes met. Jiang Xingyao didn't explain, but Jin Qingyu looked into her quiet eyes and seemed to already know the answer.
Because of his repeated scheming and deception, his image has become deeply ingrained in Jiang Xingyao's mind.
An overwhelming sense of sorrow swept over Jin Qingyu.
Jin Qingyu said, "Yaoyao, whether you believe it or not, I never thought that way. I just..."
I just want to figure it out myself first, and then tell you after I can prove it. Also, every time she comes to me, it's behind your back, which shows that she doesn't want you to know for the time being.
I don't want to disappoint you before I have a definite answer.
I'm sorry, if I had known this would happen, I would have told you sooner.
There was no confrontation, no anger. Jiang Xingyao felt that Jin Qingyu's emotions were so stable today that it was almost unlike him.
She shouldn't have trusted Jin Qingyu so easily, but listening to his explanation, it was as if his subconscious was silently telling her that he wasn't lying.
Jiang Xingyao handed the chopsticks back to Jin Qingyu: "I misunderstood you."
Jin Qingyu said, "Yaoyao, I know it's because I've done a lot of wrong things. I'm already changing. Can you please not have so much prejudice against me?"
He didn't force Jiang Xingyao, and his words left room for her to refuse, but Jiang Xingyao didn't agree directly.
The things Jin Qingyu did had a profound impact on her, and she couldn't guarantee that she could view Jin Qingyu objectively without any resentment.
The long silence gradually gave Jin Qingyu an answer. He didn't press further, but simply said in a low voice, "It's getting late, let's eat something first."
No one spoke for a moment, and the room fell silent again. After they had almost finished eating, Jin Qingyu took the initiative to tidy up his things and handed a plastic bag to Jiang Xingyao: "I just checked, there's hot water, go take a shower."
Having not spent a long time in such a somewhat confined environment with him in the same room, Jiang Xingyao felt a little flustered.
She glanced at Jin Qingyu warily once more. Jin Qingyu had already taken the slippers and placed them beside Jiang Xingyao's feet.
Everything was like this, as if it were perfectly natural.
After returning from the airport and traveling all the way to Wei County, Jiang Xingyao was in a hurry the whole way and was indeed very tired. In the end, she went to the bathroom without saying a word.
She vaguely heard the door open, and her heart suddenly panicked: "Jin Qingyu, did you go out?"
She had never stayed in a hotel like this before, and a sense of fear always arose in her unconsciously.
"Just taking out the trash, I'll be right back." Only when she heard a reply from outside did Jiang Xingyao's heart calm down a little.
In the cramped bathroom, even the slightest sound would be amplified infinitely. Jiang Xingyao listened to the pattering water in her ears, silently counting the time in her mind.
About three minutes later, the door opened again. This time, before she could ask, Jin Qingyu said, "It's me who's back."
There was a rustling sound outside. Jiang Xingyao didn't know what he was busy with, but her heart finally calmed down a little.
When she came out after taking a shower, she immediately saw that next to the hotel's large bed, about a meter away from the wall, a quilt had been laid out.
Jiang Xingyao froze in place, staring at Jin Qingyu in disbelief: "You're going to sleep here?"
When she came in, she could feel the dampness in the whole room. She felt uncomfortable after staying there for a while, and her throat was itchy.
Only the double room was left. When she came in, she was a little reluctant, but considering the current situation, she felt that it wouldn't hurt to make do.
She never imagined that Jin Qingyu would voluntarily choose to sleep on the floor.
The Jin Qingyu she knew had always been a selfish person who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. She found it unbelievable that he would ever back down.
Jin Qingyu said, "Are you done washing? Come sit over here, I'll help you blow-dry your hair."
Jiang Xingyao remained motionless until the sound of the hairdryer reached her ears; she still felt a little uncomfortable.
Jin Qingyu added, "After all, this is Jiang Yuncheng's hometown, so we have to be careful. I'm not comfortable with living separately from him."
I know you're wary of me, but I also want to tell you that I genuinely want to reconcile with you this time and don't want to use any tricks to scheme against you anymore.
"Yaoyao, just make do with this."
The hairdryer stopped buzzing, and Jin Qingyu quickly packed up his things. Even after he went to take a shower, Jiang Xingyao was still staring blankly at the bed on the floor.
Can someone as calculating as Jin Qingyu actually learn to back down?
If Jiang Xingyao didn't know his past behavior, just looking at his polite and courteous demeanor today, she would think that he seemed to be becoming more and more gentlemanly.
The echoes of Jin Qingyu's request still lingered in Jiang Xingyao's ears, and she didn't know if she could look at Jin Qingyu with an unbiased eye.
The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and Jiang Xingyao hid half of her face under the covers. Too many things had happened today, and as soon as she closed her eyes, she couldn't stop her mind from wandering and couldn't fall asleep.
The footsteps stopped beside her, and Jiang Xingyao sensed that someone was lying on the bedding next to the bed. Then, the bedside lamp was turned off silently.
The room was plunged into darkness, with only a faint moonlight streaming in through the window, bringing a little light.
It was already midnight. Across the street from the small hotel, right in front of a barbecue restaurant, you could still hear the sounds of people drinking and playing drinking games seeping into the room.
Jiang Xingyao couldn't sleep. She suddenly wanted to talk to someone, but after hesitating for a while, she still didn't speak.
It was Jin Qingyu who took the initiative to ask, "Can't you sleep? Is it too humid and you're not used to it?"
Jiang Xingyao said, "No, it's just that I'm a little scared."
My mother is my only family. Even when I was angry with her, I still hoped that she would live a long and healthy life.
But now…”
“It’ll be alright. Didn’t Qin Mobei say that the situation has stabilized? Maybe when we go back this time, Aunt Yue will have been moved to a regular ward?” Jin Qingyu said.
He instinctively wanted to call her "mother-in-law," but then he remembered something and quickly changed his address.
But Jiang Xingyao still managed to hear the missing syllable.
Before their divorce, Jin Qingyu never called Qu Xinting "mother-in-law." Now he's planning to say it? Isn't that a bit too late?
Jiang Xingyao didn't put too much thought into the form of address. She simply said to herself, "When I was little, other children had mothers who loved them, but whenever I took the initiative to go to her, she was always impatient."
She only had eyes for Jiang Yuncheng. Even when she cooked for him herself, she only made dishes that Jiang Yuncheng liked. No matter how much I tried to please her, she couldn't see me.
She would only hug me when guests came to our house, and Jiang Yuncheng did the same. They always liked to pretend to love me in front of outsiders.
My maternal grandfather was different. His love for me was always genuine. If I wanted something, even if it was just a casual remark, he would remember it and go to great lengths to find it for me.
Later, my grandfather discovered my situation and took me to…”
Jiang Xingyao paused slightly, ultimately not uttering the words "Wangshan Manor".
There was a brief awkward silence. Jin Qingyu knew what she was going to say, and he apologized in a low voice, "I'm sorry."
I had heard my grandfather angrily recount how important Wangshan Manor was to Jiang Xingyao, but at that time I didn't really grasp its significance.
Now, hearing Jiang Xingyao speak of her childhood in a hoarse voice, Jin Qingyu felt a bittersweet ache in his heart.
He had always known that Jiang Xingyao was the princess of the Qu family. She had been pampered and adored since childhood.
The moment he first saw her, she was the proudest and brightest moon in the banquet hall, radiant and haughty, as if she didn't care about anyone else.
At that time, he wondered what kind of family could raise such a noble and arrogant little princess. She should be showered with love and affection, and there should be countless people supporting her and giving her confidence so that so many haughty young ladies would willingly fawn over her.
Even after they got married, he still felt that Jiang Xingyao lacked nothing, that she had everything, and that what she could get with just a snap of her fingers was something Jiang Cancan could never achieve in her entire life.
So at that time, he believed Jiang Cancan's words...
"I'm sorry, Yao Yao. I didn't take good care of you before, I..."
"Jin Qingyu, I don't need your apology. I'm just feeling a bit down and want to talk," Jiang Xingyao said.
Lying lifelessly in her hospital bed, Qu Xinting couldn't help but think of her grandfather.
Jiang Xingyao herself couldn't tell whether she brought these things up to relax herself or for something else.
Jin Qingyu didn't interrupt Jiang Xingyao again. He listened quietly as Jiang Xingyao talked about how good Old Master Qu had been to her, and about the relationship between Qu Xinting and Jiang Yuncheng. The woman's hoarse voice kept ringing in his ears. This was the first time Jin Qingyu knew that marrying into the Jin family was Jiang Xingyao's all-or-nothing gamble.
But he made her lose the bet.
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