Chapter 48 Jiang Xingyao Can't Decide for Her Husband
“Yaoyao…” Qu Xinting repeated slowly, finally looking at Jiang Xingyao with a slightly dazed expression.
Jiang Xingyao was in a mess. She tentatively said, "Mom, it's me, Yaoyao. Can we talk alone?"
She remembered that when she was a child, Jiang Yuncheng would often use sweet words to manipulate Qu Xinting. Qu Xinting would obey him and act like a mindless puppet in front of him.
But Jiang Xingyao felt that her mother shouldn't be like that.
She was simply deceived by Jiang Yuncheng and failed to see his true colors.
She wanted to try and see if she could wake her mother up.
"What are you talking about? I have something to say to Yuncheng, so don't bother us here." Qu Xinting took Jiang Yuncheng's hand and directly rejected Jiang Xingyao's request.
When Jiang Xingyao raised her eyes slightly, she saw how Jiang Yuncheng was completely dependent on her.
A sharp pain shot through her heart, but Jiang Xingyao forced herself to speak, saying, "Mom, we haven't seen each other for eight years. Can you talk to me for a bit?"
“I have nothing to say to you. You’ve been disobedient since you were little and always liked to make your dad angry. You should leave now and stop bothering us,” Qu Xinting said.
Her gaze shifted away from Jiang Xingyao.
She gripped Jiang Yuncheng's arm tightly, and Jiang Xingyao noticed the prominent veins on the back of her hand.
Is it because of disgust? Is it because he dislikes her as his daughter that he is behaving this abnormally?
Jiang Xingyao's throat felt dry and itchy, and she moved her lips again, but when she saw Qu Xinting, she didn't know what to say.
Jin Qingyu watched all this, his eyes filled with disbelief and absurdity.
Is this where Yao Yao lives?
The woman who clung to the man, seemingly without a sense of self, was Yao Yao's mother?
"Why aren't you leaving yet? Jiang Xingyao, are you deliberately here to upset me?" Jiang Xingyao didn't answer, so Qu Xinting questioned her again, "Do you know that Yun Cheng is always in a bad mood whenever he sees you? How could I have given birth to a troublemaker like you?"
The hurtful words were like sharp knives, slamming down on me again and again.
Jiang Xingyao's eyes stung, and her vision blurred. Looking at Qu Xinting's completely lost self, she finally couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Mom, open your eyes and look at the kind of life you're living."
Because you found such a heartless bastard, your grandfather's hard work has been wasted. During the eight years you were sent to the nursing home, he and his mistress spent every day together. Do you really think he loves you?
Can't you wake up for once? His mistress is right here in this room, can't you see her?"
These words had been bottled up in Jiang Xingyao's heart for too long, and today she finally couldn't bear it any longer and shouted them out.
She seemed to have used up all her strength; after shouting, even her legs were trembling, and her body was limp, as if she wanted to collapse. It was Jin Qingyu who caught her from behind.
Qu Xinting's face showed obvious daze; she stood there frozen like a puppet.
"Tingting?" Jiang Yuncheng called her name, and she came to her senses, reaching out to push Jiang Yuncheng away.
This was the first time Jiang Xingyao had seen her push Jiang Yuncheng away.
With her suppressed emotions eased slightly, Jiang Xingyao wanted to press her advantage and say something more, but the next moment, she saw Qu Xinting grab a teacup and throw it directly at her.
Jiang Xingyao's pupils suddenly contracted, and she was completely stunned.
She stared in astonishment as the cup flew toward her face.
Getting closer and closer.
Her body stiffened as if she had forgotten how to dodge.
Jin Qingyu had switched places with her while carrying her, and the teacup landed squarely on Jin Qingyu's back.
"Are you alright?" Jin Qingyu asked.
A flash of fierceness crossed his brow, but he quickly suppressed it.
Jiang Xingyao shook her head, but before she could speak, she heard Qu Xinting yell, "You dare to curse your father? Jiang Xingyao, how can there be such a debt collector like you in the world? Get out, get out of my house, I don't want to see you."
As she spoke, she grabbed the steaming teapot from the table and splashed it at Jiang Xingyao.
Seeing this, Jin Qingyu once again pulled Jiang Xingyao to avoid it, but the scalding tea was poured directly onto his shoulder.
Qu Xinting was still incessantly berating Jiang Xingyao.
Seeing that things were not going well, Jiang Yuncheng quickly stopped Qu Xinting: "That's enough, Tingting, Yaoyao is still a child, don't take it too seriously, just let her go."
"Did you hear that, Jiang Xingyao? Your dad told you to leave," Qu Xinting said in a shrill voice, her tone impatient.
Jiang Xingyao was so suffocated that she couldn't breathe.
When the hot tea was poured over her, Jin Qingyu blocked most of it, but a drop or two splashed onto her face. It was very hot, but it made her feel cold to the bone.
Jiang Xingyao's gaze fell on the large wet patch on Jin Qingyu's shoulder; she could even see the heat seeping from his clothes.
Jiang Xingyao's heart skipped a beat. She saw Qu Xinting's disgusted eyes again, and it seemed that there was hatred flickering in her eyes when she looked at her.
Jin Qingyu's injury needed treatment, and Jiang Xingyao didn't have the energy to argue with Qu Xinting today. She said to Jiang Yuncheng, "I'll give you three days. If you can't get back the money you swindled from the Jin family, I'll sue you."
"You still dare to sue your father, Jiang Xingyao, you...you just wait, I..." Qu Xinting said as she busied herself looking for something handy to use against Jiang Xingyao.
Jin Qingyu's face was extremely ugly. He pulled Jiang Xingyao behind him and looked at Qu Xinting: "Enough! President Jiang, control your wife. Even if she is Yaoyao's mother, now that Yaoyao has married me, it is not her place to beat, scold, or discipline her."
Hearing Jin Qingyu's anger, Jiang Yuncheng immediately put on a smiling face: "Yes, yes, Mr. Jin is right. Tingting, you are not allowed to hit Yaoyao anymore, understand?"
Qu Xinting didn't say anything, but she always obeyed Jiang Yuncheng in everything, so it didn't matter if she didn't give him a verbal agreement.
Jiang Yuncheng then said, "Son-in-law, I'm really sorry about today. Yaoyao's mother has had some mental problems over the years. I only brought her back because I saw that she had improved recently."
I was planning to take her to meet my son-in-law in a couple of days. After all, it's thanks to his filial piety over the past year that her condition has stabilized so quickly. I never expected it would hurt him. This is truly... look at the mess this has made. Please don't blame your mother-in-law, son-in-law. She had no choice in the matter.
Jiang Yuncheng spoke vaguely, but his implied meaning was quite clear.
Jin Qingyu glanced down at Jiang Xingyao: "It's no use telling me this. I listened to Yaoyao. Yaoyao said you shouldn't have taken this money, so please return it to me, President Jiang."
If the money isn't transferred to Yao Yao's account within three days, Mr. Jiang can expect a lawyer's letter from the Jin family.
"Mr. Jin, son-in-law, this is not fair! Didn't we agree to take care of your mother-in-law? Now you want to go back? What's going on?" Jiang Yuncheng chased after him, almost blocking Jin Qingyu's car.
Jin Qingyu said, "I wanted to take care of my wife's mother, but she didn't treat my wife like a daughter, did she? Since my wife wants the money back, I naturally have no objection."
After all, it's better to give the money to my wife to buy some jewelry than to give it to an ungrateful person.
Jiang Yuncheng stood there, still in a daze, watching the car disappear into the distance.
Qu Xinting ran out of the house again and reached out to take Jiang Yuncheng's arm.
Jiang Yuncheng dodged it.
He yelled at the maid, "What are you standing there for? Take Madam upstairs to rest!"
"Yuncheng, don't be angry. When Jiang Xingyao comes again, I'll teach her a lesson for you." Qu Xinting followed the maid upstairs, turning back every few steps, calling out to Jiang Yuncheng every two steps, as if she couldn't live without him.
She stopped calling out only when Jiang Yuncheng was out of sight.
The maid, seeing her like this, felt somewhat speechless.
After the maid escorted the person into the house, she was about to leave when she suddenly noticed a large red mark on the person's thumb, as if it had been burned.
The maid paused for a moment, then suddenly became puzzled. The lady was carrying the teapot to pour the hot water, so even if some hot water splashed out, it shouldn't have burned her thumb unless she had put her entire finger into the teapot.
Judging from the redness and swelling on her fingers, but without any blisters, it seems the tea wasn't very hot.
Not by Jiang Yuncheng's side, Qu Xinting appeared very quiet. The maid brought a first-aid kit to treat her wounds, and she remained silent.
The door to the room was not closed, and the voices of Jiang Yuncheng and Bai Fang could be faintly heard downstairs.
"Sir, are we really going to transfer that money to Jiang Xingyao? That's nearly four hundred million! Where are we going to get so much money?"
"You think bringing Qu Xinting back is all that's happened? It's just to appease the Jin family's suspicions, right? I used her name to ask the Jin family for money back then. Only by seeing her could the Jin family continue to willingly give me that money. Who knew..."
"What's the point of saying all this now? Jiang Xingyao is determined to take the money. Where are we going to get so much money?"
"If Madam hadn't hit Jiang Xingyao, maybe Jiang Xingyao would have softened. Now that she's made such a scene, what if they really sue? I've heard the Jin family's legal team is very capable."
"What are you afraid of? Isn't there Jiang Cancan? Call Jiang Cancan right now and ask her to try to persuade President Jin."
As long as President Jin agrees, this matter will be easy to resolve; Jiang Xingyao can't make decisions for her husband.
After the maid upstairs finished treating Qu Xinting's wounds, she glanced at Qu Xinting almost cautiously.
Jiang Yuncheng and Bai Fang made no attempt to hide their intimacy; they were talking so loudly about their secret plot that the maid figured Qu Xinting must have overheard them.
It's so obvious, Madam must also know that Master and Bai Fang have an ambiguous relationship, right?
The maid thought Qu Xinting would go crazy. Given her dependence on and possessiveness towards Jiang Yuncheng, she should have run downstairs and made a scene. But she didn't. She just sat there quietly, occasionally glancing down at her bandaged fingers, leaving everyone wondering what she was thinking.
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