Chapter 47 After eight years, she finally saw her mother.
Jiang Xingyao said she wanted some peace and quiet, and Jin Qingyu wisely refrained from bothering her for the past two days.
However, they called over Lin Ma from Xiyuan and asked her to cook for Jiang Xingyao on time every day.
Jiang Xingyao saw Jin Qingyu's car parked downstairs from the window several times.
Sometimes it was for a while, sometimes it was for the whole night, but no matter how long it took, he never disturbed her.
A week passed peacefully like this.
Jiang Xingyao received another call from a private investigator, who said that besides him, someone else was also following Jiang Yuncheng.
Jiang Xingyao immediately thought of Jin Qingyu.
When Jin Qingyu's car pulled upstairs again one night, Jiang Xingyao finally called him upstairs.
After a full week of reflection, her emotions had stabilized considerably, and she no longer showed much turmoil when facing Jin Qingyu.
The two people sat facing each other across the coffee table.
Jiang Xingyao looked at Jin Qingyu with a relatively calm gaze and went straight to the point: "Did you get the money you gave Jiang Yuncheng back?"
Jin Qingyu frowned slightly, looking at Jiang Xingyao with a puzzled expression, as if he didn't understand why Jiang Xingyao thought he should get the money back.
With just a simple glance, Jiang Xingyao knew she had misunderstood. She said, "Let's go to the Jiang family later."
She thought a lot during this time.
Jiang Yuncheng had always used her relationship with Jin Qingyu as Mrs. Jin to ask for money.
Although she didn't know what Jin Qingyu's intentions were in giving it to her, it was something she shouldn't have done in the first place. She didn't want to owe the Jin family or Jin Qingyu too much money.
“Yaoyao…” Jin Qingyu still felt that it was not a big deal at all, but as soon as he called Jiang Xingyao’s name, he met the woman’s cold eyes.
Jiang Xingyao said, "You may not care, but I do. Whether you believe it or not, I was sincere when I married you. I never thought of scheming to take advantage of the Jin family's money."
I didn't know about this before, which is one thing, but now that I know and I'm still turning a blind eye, what's the difference between me and the bottomless pit of money Jin Manchuan talks about? Whether you agree or not, I'm going to get this money back."
Jin Qingyu's gaze remained fixed on Jiang Xingyao.
Upon hearing a certain word from Jiang Xingyao, his pupils dilated slightly. He asked, "Yaoyao, what did you mean by 'truth' just now? Back then, you..."
His focus seems a bit off.
Jiang Xingyao frowned, a dull pain flashing through her heart.
She had become all too familiar with this feeling lately.
She's become so familiar with him that she's become accustomed to ignoring him.
Jiang Xingyao said, "That's not important anymore. I'll go find Jiang Yuncheng right now and ask him to pay you back."
Jiang Xingyao's tone was not much different from usual; it was still calm and indifferent.
But for some reason, when Jin Qingyu heard her say that it wasn't important, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, as if something very important had slipped out of his control.
When he looked up at Jiang Xingyao again, the woman had already put on her shoes and was about to go out.
Jin Qingyu frowned, seemingly hesitant, but still followed Jiang Xingyao: "I'll go with you."
If this had happened before, Jiang Xingyao definitely wouldn't have agreed.
No matter how glamorous she is outside, she has always been quite miserable in the Jiang family.
No one wants to let someone they like see them in an overly disheveled state.
In the past, she would always try her best to hide her disheveled state in front of Jin Qingyu and strive to show an elegant and noble side.
This was to tell Jin Qingyu that she was worthy of being his wife and would not embarrass him.
At that time, what she feared most was that Jin Qingyu would discover the imperfections beneath her outward appearance.
Looking back now, Jiang Xingyao finds it all quite laughable.
He never saw her, so he couldn't see her disheveled or noble side. He was the only one who kept trying to maintain that glamorous facade.
The car quickly stopped at Jiang's residence.
When Jiang Yuncheng saw Jiang Xingyao arrive with Jin Qingyu, he was visibly stunned for a moment, then greeted them with a big smile: "Yaoyao, you and your son-in-law are coming back, why didn't you give us a heads-up?"
This came so suddenly, and Dad didn't even have anyone prepare your favorite dishes in advance. Why don't you two sit down and rest for a bit? I'll have your Aunt Bai go buy the groceries."
Bai Fang also said solicitously, "Yes, yes, Miss, please sit down. I'll go buy groceries right away."
Jiang Xingyao looked at Jiang Yuncheng's eager attitude and a hint of sarcasm flashed in her eyes. Here we go again. Whenever there is an outsider, he always puts on this loving father image perfectly.
“No need for all that trouble. If Dad really cares about me, just give me back the money you swindled from Jin Qingyu in my mom’s name,” Jiang Xingyao said.
Jiang Yuncheng's smile froze for a moment. He said, "Yaoyao, what do you mean by that? Your son-in-law himself said that the money is for Tingting's filial piety. How can you take your mother's nutrition money?"
"I can tell whether the 30 million yuan for nutrition each month went into my mother's belly or was squandered by you. Jiang Yuncheng, do you even remember how long it's been since you last visited my mother?"
"Stop using my mother as an excuse for everything. You cheated your son-in-law out of your daughter's name and you have the nerve to mention my mother?" Jiang Xingyao said coldly.
She was willing to accompany Jiang Yuncheng in playing the role of a loving father and filial daughter outside because she cared too much about Jin Qingyu's opinion.
Before her grandfather's accident, she was always the apple of the Qu family's eye, pampered since childhood, and everyone in the circle knew how glamorous she was.
The year she fell in love with Jin Qingyu was the darkest year of her life. She was afraid that he would despise her for her disheveled state, so she cooperated with Jiang Yuncheng to continue playing the role of a pampered young lady in front of others.
She even asked her grandfather to help her keep it a secret from Jin Qingyu, just to save face.
Thinking back on these past events, Jiang Xingyao felt a wave of self-mockery.
It turns out that when you like someone, even your vanity is magnified infinitely.
Fortunately, she has now extricated herself from the whirlpool of emotions, and she no longer cares about Jin Qingyu's opinion.
As if he hadn't expected Jiang Xingyao to be so direct, Jiang Yuncheng gave her a stiff look, then glanced at Jin Qingyu with a hint of suggestion, trying to calm Jiang Xingyao down.
Jiang Xingyao scoffed at this, "You don't need to wink. I know what I'm doing. Taking advantage of Jin Qingyu's ignorance of my mother's situation, I've been swindling money from him every month since I got married. Jiang Yuncheng, you're supposed to be an elder, how can you be so shameless?"
Jiang Yuncheng's face was burning with embarrassment from Jiang Xingyao's scolding.
He didn't know why Jiang Xingyao had gone crazy and was acting recklessly.
Jin Qingyu is still around; he can't be like Jiang Xingyao, ignoring everything.
Jiang Yuncheng's lips twitched several times before he managed a smile. He said, "President Jin, I'm so sorry to have made you laugh. I don't know what's wrong with Yaoyao today."
She's never really listened to me since she was little, and since her mother's here today, I asked her to come out and talk to her.
Upon hearing Jiang Yuncheng mention Qu Xinting again, Jiang Xingyao looked up at the familiar large screen, her lips even turning pale.
It's always like this; each of them has their weakness in her hands.
Jiang Xingyao looked at Jiang Yuncheng, her disgust barely concealed: "Jiang Yuncheng, you are disgusting. You cheated people out of money in my mother's name, and now you're using my mother to pressure me. What other skills do you have besides using my mother?"
Jiang Yuncheng sighed, "You child, you really don't know any better. Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. Let's ask Madam to come out."
Jiang Xingyao trembled. She almost instinctively looked up at the screen in front of her again, her expression extremely stiff.
A hand reached out and grasped Jiang Xingyao's hand. Jin Qingyu asked with some concern, "Yaoyao, what's wrong? Are you scared?"
Jin Qingyu was a little uncertain.
From the moment he entered, the atmosphere between Jiang Xingyao and Jiang Yuncheng had already overturned his perception.
In his memory, his wife was always obedient when she was with Jiang Yuncheng. Jiang Yuncheng also liked to fawn over Jiang Xingyao. He would even beat or scold Jiang Cancan for a single word from Jiang Xingyao.
Their father-daughter relationship should be very harmonious, but it seems that's clearly not the case now.
Yao Yao's life in this family wasn't as glamorous as he thought.
Jiang Xingyao did not answer Jin Qingyu.
She was indeed very scared. She was afraid that if Qu Xinting appeared, she would threaten her with suicide again. With a screen between them, she wouldn't even have a chance to stop her.
In that case, she would have no choice but to compromise.
But how could she possibly compromise?
Jiang Xingyao looked dejected, her face drained of all color.
Jin Qingyu was startled and immediately pulled her into his arms: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, Yaoyao, I'll take care of everything."
Jiang Xingyao's hands and feet were ice cold, and she even forgot to push Jin Qingyu away.
The screen in front of me emitted a cold white light, but Qu Xinting's image did not appear on it for a long time.
Just then, a door upstairs suddenly clicked open. Jiang Xingyao looked up sharply and saw Qu Xinting being helped out by a maid.
The woman was dressed in loungewear, her face pale and sickly. When Jiang Xingyao's gaze met hers, she felt her heart skip a beat because of that one look.
This is a real mother.
After eight long years, she finally saw her mother again.
No longer separated by an intangible screen.
"Mom..." Jiang Xingyao's voice trembled, and she had only uttered one sound when Qu Xinting broke free from the maid and ran downstairs. She moved quickly, passing Jiang Xingyao and crashing into Jiang Yuncheng's arms.
"Yuncheng, why are you calling me now? Are you done with work? I won't disturb your work, will I?" She took Jiang Yuncheng's hand and began to ask about his well-being as if no one else was around, completely ignoring Jiang Xingyao's presence.
Or even if she did notice, she wouldn't care.
Jiang Xingyao's eyes were a little wet. Her mother, whom she had been searching for for so long, was standing just a few steps away from her, within easy reach of her.
Jiang Xingyao called her in a trembling voice, but then suddenly didn't know what to say. In the end, she just asked, "Mom, do you still recognize Yaoyao?"
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