Tang Qiao wasn't exaggerating; she knew Tang Yu too well. She was truly capable of doing such a thing. Furthermore, given that it was still uncertain whether Li Ying's child was Ye Jingchi's, Tang Yu would never allow her son to raise someone else's child.
"I understand."
Tang Qiao patted Li Ying's hand: "It's good that you understand. I'll be going back in a few days. We've moved back to Tongcheng and are no longer in the capital. If you have time, take Chenchen to Tongcheng. The old lady still misses you."
Li Ying nodded: "I'll go back to Tongcheng to visit the old lady when I have time."
After seeing Tang Qiao off, Li Ying sat for a while before Sang Zhi came over and helped her up.
"Are you really going to give up just because of what she said?"
“Sang Zhi, I can’t process all this information all at once. Let me take a break.”
“I knew Jing Chi was Ye Jingchi, and the woman disguised as a man in that small village was Aunt Jing. When Ye Jingchi was poisoned, she gave me the antidote to save him. I never expected her to have such a grand scheme.”
That's terrifying!
Sang Zhi felt very depressed at the thought of becoming a pawn in someone else's game.
"Mom, will Uncle Jing come to take me out to play again today?"
Li Ying touched Chenchen's cheek: "Yes, Mom will take you to buy new clothes."
Chenchen clapped happily.
Sang Zhi then praised, "That's more like it! Go on, go on."
Li Ying took Chenchen to a nearby department store to buy clothes.
"Mom, that's Uncle Jing!"
Li Ying looked up and saw Jing Chi. He was holding a child's hand. Li Ying recognized the child; he was Dangdang, the son of Ye family's eldest sister-in-law Chunxue. Although they hadn't seen each other for two years, Li Ying recognized the child at a glance.
Li Ying felt uncomfortable thinking about Ye's sister-in-law's disgusting thoughts, so she pulled Chenchen away to the other side.
"Mom, we saw Uncle Jing, why didn't we say hello?" Chenchen asked, frowning.
“Chenchen,” Li Ying squatted down and held her son’s shoulders, “Do you remember what Mommy said?”
Chenchen thought for a moment and said, "Mom said that Chenchen's dad is Ye Jingchi, and that dad is a great hero."
Li Ying pinched her son's nose: "Chenchen is such a good boy! In the future, whether it's Uncle Jing or Uncle Leng, you just need to respect them. You can be friends with them and have a friendship that transcends age, but don't think about anything else, okay?"
Chenchen tilted her head: "Does Uncle Jing have other children again?"
Li Ying nodded, cupping Chenchen's cheeks: "Remember, never accept love lightly if it's not complete."
“But…” Chenchen hesitated for a moment, but did not continue.
If his mother is unhappy, he won't make things difficult for her.
When they returned from the mall, their hands were empty.
Sang Zhi asked, puzzled, "Weren't you going to buy new clothes? What happened?"
"None of them look good," Li Ying said dismissively.
Sang Zhi didn't know what was going on either, so she didn't ask any further questions.
Around noon, Jing Chi arrived, accompanied by a boy.
Sang Zhi was annoyed. This man really didn't discriminate; he would take care of any child, right?
No wonder Yingying was unhappy; it turns out that's why.
"Young Master Jing, whose child is this?" Sang Zhi asked impatiently.
"These are my cousin's family's; they're staying at my house temporarily. They insisted on coming out for a walk with me, so I brought them along." Jing Chi didn't think anything of it and started walking towards the backyard.
Sang Zhi raised her hand to stop him: "I think Young Master Jing really likes children. In that case, let's take him somewhere else. This is a medical clinic, not a children's playground."
"I've come to take Chenchen out to play." Jing Chi pushed Sang Zhi aside and went into the backyard.
Dangdang followed them into the backyard.
Chenchen was doing crafts in the yard when she heard footsteps. She stood up, saw Jingchi, and grinned. But when she saw the child following behind Jingchi, Chenchen became unhappy. Her mother had always said, "If someone can't give you their whole heart, then don't want them."
"Chenchen, where's Mommy?"
"Mom went to deliver medicine to Grandpa Zhang," Chenchen replied, then sat down and continued doing her craft.
"Chenchen, this is Brother Dangdang. Do you want to go out and play with Brother Dangdang?" Jing Chi squatted down and asked with a smile.
Chenchen looked up at the older brother named Dangdang and shook her head vigorously: "No, I just told Mom I won't run around."
"Uncle Jing taking you along doesn't count as running around aimlessly."
Chenchen still shook her head, unwilling to go.
Dangdang walked up to Jing Chi and tugged at his sleeve: "Uncle Jing, I'm hungry. Can you take me to eat?"
Jing Chi was caught in a dilemma.
"Chenchen, are you hungry? Why don't you come eat with your uncle?" Jing Chi still wanted to try.
Chenchen stubbornly shook her head.
Dangdang tugged at Jing Chi: "Uncle Jing, let's go, I'm starving and want to eat something."
Jing Chi sighed, patted Chenchen's head, and then left with Dangdang.
Sang Zhi stood up, picked up a broom, and swept the road.
When Li Ying returned and heard Sang Zhi's story, she learned that Jing Chi had come, and with the child named Dangdang.
"What does he mean by this? Does he want to be someone else's father?"
"What are you angry about?" Li Ying asked calmly.
"No, aren't you angry?" Sang Zhi was furious.
“He has amnesia and doesn’t remember anything. He’s kind to people out of his heart, so there’s no need to worry about it.”
Sang Zhizhen admired Li Ying's composure.
"If he really becomes someone else's father, you wouldn't mind?"
While preparing the medicine, Li Ying said, "What's there to argue about? I love Ye Jingchi, and my child's father is Ye Jingchi. Not a man who looks like Ye Jingchi! He is a completely new person. I don't exist in his world. Even if I take him away, I'm just an empty shell."
She only wanted to preserve the most beautiful memories with Ye Jingchi.
Since Ye Jingchi died with his memories intact, it's best to keep them hidden in one's heart. There's no need to drag Jing Chi into it and force him to remember that he was Ye Jingchi.
Her life shouldn't revolve around a man.
"You're right, Jing Chi without memories is just Jing Chi."
Sang Zhi could understand Li Ying's feelings; without memories, Jing Chi was a complete stranger.
What also kept Li Ying so calm was Tang Qiao's words. Since Jing Chi's biological mother was a madwoman, if she continued to get entangled with Jing Chi, there might be a lot of messy things going on in the future.
All she wants now is to quietly run her clinic and raise Chenchen.
One heart-wrenching experience is enough.
Cold banquet residence.
"It seems that Aunt Jing wants Young Master Jing to be with this woman named Chunxue. She even had Young Master Jing take that woman's child to the mall for a whole day," Ah Hu reported.
Leng Yan stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, his eyes deep and unfathomable: "It's interesting that he wants his son to marry a woman with a child."
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