Chapter 49. No one in her family dared to provoke her. ...
Jiang Chaoying turned her face away. Even without saying anything, everyone understood what had happened, so she simply said, "I don't know."
"Where's the other child? Where's my daughter?" Yang Xinghua lunged forward again. People who are mentally unstable are always incredibly strong. She could easily take on both Jiang Chaoying and Jiang Yuzhu by herself.
Jiang Chaoying could accept being beaten, but he couldn't stand Yang Xinghua hitting Jiang Yuzhu. He wanted to protect Jiang Yuzhu, and Yang Xinghua scratched his face a few more times.
Moreover, every single strike was a deadly blow.
Jiang Xi sighed and continued to stir things up, "Big sister, the eldest brother and younger brother are named Guangzong Yaozu, meaning to bring glory to the Jiang family lineage. Your name is Jiang Sisi, I wonder who you miss?"
Jiang Sisi was instantly enraged. She had been watching from the sidelines, but now she rushed over to help her mother. Jiang Sisi grabbed Jiang Yuzhu's hair, settling all her old and new grudges at once, and slapped her left and right, scratching Jiang Yuzhu's face raw.
Seeing that Jiang Guangzong still had no intention of making a move, Jiang Xi retreated behind Jiang Guangzong and seized the opportunity to kick him.
Jiang Chaoying raised her hand and slapped Jiang Guangzong right across the face.
"Dad, you actually hit me for a bastard? Then I'll beat her to death today!" Jiang Guangzong said, covering his cheek.
They wanted their family to be together in an orderly fashion, so Jiang Xi also dragged Jiang Yaozu into the fray. Although Jiang Yaozu couldn't do much, he was certainly good at causing trouble.
Seeing the family fighting, Jiang Xi quickly opened the door. The person who was watching the commotion by the door was caught off guard and fell straight in.
Jiang Xi seemed not to see it and anxiously shouted, "Uncles and aunts, please help me! My parents are fighting! Please help separate them and make them stop fighting!"
Seeing the intense fighting inside, the crowd rushed to intervene, unwilling to miss the opportunity to watch the spectacle up close.
"Hey, don't step on it! This is all evidence!" Jiang Xi suddenly shouted.
Upon hearing that there was evidence, everyone quickly dispersed, afraid of trampling the evidence on the ground.
Someone also notified the factory's labor union to come and mediate, and people from the Women's Federation also came.
Everyone was there, but the messenger's message wasn't very clear.
The two groups were fighting so badly that they were all bruised and battered, and for a moment they didn't know how to ask any questions.
"Ask Jiang Xi, she is the third daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Chaoying's daughter."
Finally, the union members' eyes fell on Jiang Xi.
Some comrades had already heard that the torn pieces of paper on the ground were evidence of Jiang Chaoying's infidelity, so they quickly and carefully picked them up. They couldn't let the evidence be destroyed. If it was verified that Jiang Chaoying had really done such a thing, she would be expelled.
Another kind person said, "I have some tape at home, I'll get it for you, and you can glue the torn parts back together."
The union director was a senior female cadre. Her hair was neatly combed and clipped back with small black clips on both sides, making her look very capable.
He was wearing a Lenin suit and spoke to Jiang Xi in a very gentle tone.
"Young man, what's your name?"
"Jiang Xi".
"Can you tell me what happened?"
Jiang Xi looked up at everyone, and then at the Jiang family one last time.
“Jiang Yuzhu is the daughter of the woman my father loved. My father switched Jiang Yuzhu with my real sister. My mother was furious when she found out and wanted to burn the woman's picture. Jiang Yuzhu said that was her mother and wouldn't let my mother burn it. My mother then questioned my father about where my real sister was. My father said that he had lost his sister, and my mother started fighting with him. Then my older brother, older sister, and younger brother also joined in the fight. I couldn't stop them, so I had to call for help.”
Everyone fell silent. Jiang Xi finished speaking in one breath, too quickly for them to understand.
Jiang Xi wiped away tears as she spoke.
The union director's face also stiffened, and she didn't hear clearly either.
"Jiang Xi, say it again, but slower."
Jiang Xi softened his tone and repeated what he had said.
"What did Jiang Yuzhu mean by that? Did she already know she wasn't his biological son?" someone asked.
"Is Xinghua's other daughter dead or alive? Engineer Jiang is so heartless; she's his own daughter too."
The crowd discussed animatedly. The clerk brought by the director had already glued the photo back together. Although it was slightly burned, the woman's face was still quite clear. Who could say she didn't look like Jiang Yuzhu?
And the words behind the photos.
Not to mention the tender words written on the paper.
Jiang Chaoying had an affair, which is a very serious matter. Their factory can't handle it, since it involves switching children. They have to report it to the police.
"I didn't cheat on her. Yuzhu isn't my daughter; she's just a friend's daughter." Seeing that she was about to be taken away, Jiang Chaoying panicked and shouted.
“When Yuzhu’s mother gave birth to her, she died in childbirth. I felt sorry for her and made her an orphan, so I made her my daughter.”
“Dad.” Jiang Yuzhu looked at Jiang Chaoying with some helplessness.
“Yuzhu, your father chose to hide part of the truth from you for your own good, but in your father’s heart, you will always be your daughter.”
Jiang Chaoying still understood that having an affair was a very serious matter, especially now that the matter had come to light, the factory might fire him for his misconduct.
"So my daughter deserves to be abandoned? You abandoned your own daughter for someone else's child!" Yang Xinghua roared.
Jiang Chaoying turned her face away. "We don't have two daughters, I just switched them. Besides, Yuzhu is smart and cute, and she has called you 'Mom' for many years."
Yang Xinghua lunged at him again to scratch him, not because she loved the daughter who had been switched, but because she was angry that she had been deceived.
But he kept shouting, "Give me back my daughter! Give me back my daughter!"
"Director, is my father really going to be handed over to the police?" Jiang Xi looked at the other person with a very nervous expression.
Jiang Xi was unsure whether Jiang Yuzhu was actually Jiang Chaoying's daughter. In terms of appearance, Jiang Yuzhu looked almost exactly like her biological mother; there was no resemblance to Jiang Chaoying.
The union director sighed, "Child, this matter is too serious; it's beyond our control."
Everyone nodded in agreement. They had heard of cases of daughters being drowned in the countryside, but they never expected that Engineer Jiang could be so heartless. It was a living child, and he just abandoned her to fend for herself, all for the sake of a lover's daughter.
However, it's hard to say whether they are lovers or not; we'll have to wait for the police investigation to find out.
They couldn't understand why someone would abandon their own daughter for a child they had no relation to.
With so many people watching and so many ears listening, the union couldn't just handle the situation casually. They took Jiang Chaoying directly to the police station to explain what had happened.
Jiang Chaoying panicked completely.
Since the crackdown began last year, everyone is now very cautious in their words and actions, fearing that they might be arrested for some crime.
Once you're in the police station and they find out what you've done, you'll never get out, and your life will be over.
He desperately tried to explain, "That's not how it is, that's not how it is."
The police learned about the situation from everyone and obtained the pieced-together photos.
It's difficult to determine whether Jiang Yuzhu is Jiang Chaoying's biological daughter. Even if she isn't, it's unheard of for Jiang Chaoying to personally admit to abandoning his own daughter for another woman's child.
Even Jiang Yuzhu was detained and interrogated.
Her mouth was much easier to pry open than Jiang Chaoying's.
According to Jiang Yuzhu, when she was very young, Jiang Chaoying told her who her biological mother was, and every year on the anniversary of her biological mother's death, Jiang Chaoying would take her to pay respects.
In particular, Jiang Chaoying had personally admitted that he was her father. Jiang Yuzhu didn't know why her father suddenly stopped acknowledging that he was her father.
Jiang Xi was initially worried that Jiang Chaoying would be stubborn and fool the police. Fortunately, the police had plenty of ways to get him to talk, and Jiang Chaoying confessed that he and Jiang Yuzhu's mother were classmates and had been talking about marriage, but unexpected events had occurred, causing the lovers to separate.
Under the arrangement of his family, Jiang Chaoying married Yang Xinghua, and they had a son and a daughter after their marriage.
It was then that he reunited with Jiang Yuzhu's mother, who was living a very unhappy life. The two talked a lot and recalled the past, and couldn't help but get together.
According to Jiang Chaoying, it only happened one night, and unexpectedly, Jiang Yuzhu was born.
When he heard the news, he was so happy he didn't know what to do. Even better news was that Yang Xinghua was also pregnant. They agreed to switch the two children when the time came.
Unexpectedly, Yang Xinghua was pregnant with twins, and even more unexpectedly, Jiang Yuzhu's mother died in childbirth. So, in order to switch Jiang Yuzhu, he had no choice but to abandon the other child somewhere.
It just so happens that there's been a crackdown, and someone like Jiang Chaoying, whose case is so serious, definitely can't escape punishment.
Yang Xinghua was almost devastated; her once happy family had fallen apart in an instant.
Knowing about Yang Xinghua's situation, the factory gave her a break for a while to allow her to recover.
Comrades from the Women's Federation and the Trade Union took turns coming to persuade her to take it easy, saying that Yang Xinghua was a victim in this matter.
Jiang Xi continued to eat and drink as usual.
Although fame is not important to her now, she has a good reputation among her neighbors, so she doesn't mind showing off her filial piety to them.
Over time, its reputation spread.
Everyone knows she's a filial daughter; her family collapsed because of this incident, and she's the one holding it together.
At school, her classmates also knew about her family situation. Ever since she had a falling out with Wu Yanan, they have joined a group of people in mocking Jiang Xi.
Then Jiang Xi pointed out which boy she was dating and how she went into the woods. Wu Yanan didn't know how Jiang Xi knew those things, and she didn't dare to mock her anymore.
Now, Jiang Guangzong can't find a wife because of Jiang Chaoying's affair, and Jiang Sisi can't get married either. The two of them curse Jiang Chaoying and Jiang Yuzhu, two jinxes, all day long.
I heard that Jiang Yuzhu was released. After all, she wasn't the one who committed the crime. She was detained for two days, and after some questions were asked, she was released. But Yang Xinghua refused to let her in and kicked her out.
Later, no one knew where he went.
Yang Xinghua went to the hospital she had visited before to inquire about her daughter, but more than ten years had passed and she didn't even know if she was alive or dead. Where was she supposed to look?
Jiang Xi is about to take the college entrance examination. She has been busy studying lately and is too lazy to pretend anymore. Everyone knows that the college entrance examination is important to her, so they advised Yang Xinghua to treat her better and care more about this daughter.
Yang Xinghua was filled with bitterness. All the trouble in the family was caused by Jiang Xi, yet she had become the most filial one in everyone's eyes.
Now, apart from putting on an act in front of outsiders, Jiang Xi completely ignores everyone in his family.
No one in his family dared to offend Jiang Xi.
On the day of the college entrance examination, Jiang Xi checked his belongings again and again.
After confirming that there were no problems, he rode the borrowed bicycle to the examination hall.
"Jiang Xi, good luck on your college entrance exam!"
"Jiang Xi, don't be nervous, answer the questions carefully."
"Yes, you're such a good student, you'll definitely get into university."
The neighbors were very welcoming, and Jiang Xi nodded in agreement, waved to everyone, and then went to the examination hall.
After Jiang Xi left, everyone looked in the direction of the Jiang family's residence.
"Jiang Xi is such a good child, why doesn't Xinghua like her?"
"And those older brothers and sisters are all heartless. In this family, Jiang Xi is the only good person."
"That's right, the old and the young are all the same."
Everyone shook their heads and sighed, then dispersed to do their own thing.
Yang Xinghua heard everything clearly at the door, and felt so bitter that she couldn't speak.
Even though she said that Jiang Xi was not at all like what she appeared to be, no one believed her, and instead she was criticized by others.
Gradually, she stopped talking about it. However, she could never bring herself to like Jiang Xi, and even felt that if it weren't for her, the family wouldn't have ended up like this.
No girl dared to marry the eldest son, Jiang Guangzong, nor did any young man dare to marry the eldest daughter, Jiang Sisi. In fact, Jiang Sisi felt that her name was offensive and changed it.
Jiang Sisi is now called Jiang Xia. Although she graduated from high school, she couldn't give herself a name with such a good meaning like Jiang Xi.
She just wanted to change the name Sisi as soon as possible, and didn't want people to think that her name was given by her father because he missed Jiang Yuzhu's mother. Since she was born in the summer, she changed it to Jiang Xia.
Yaozu is still young. If I don't raise him, I can't rely on the other children at all.
Yang Xinghua opened the door, trying to avoid the stares, and then casually left the house and headed into the venue.
Jiang Xi has ruined the family, but she can't fall apart, otherwise what will happen to Yaozu?
He's still young and needs someone to take care of him.
When everyone saw Yang Xinghua leave the family compound, they began exchanging glances.
After taking the exams for several days in a row, Jiang Xi felt completely relaxed after leaving the examination hall.
Some neighbors asked her how the exam went, and Jiang Xi smiled and said, "It was alright."
Everyone chimed in with their praise, knowing that Jiang Xi was a good student and would definitely get into a good university.
Jiang Xi already had a university in mind. She estimated her score by comparing it with the answers published in the newspaper and felt that she would have no problem getting in. She hadn't neglected herself at home either, eating and drinking as she pleased, and asking for money whenever she ran out.
Frankly speaking, everyone in the family has bossed her around, so getting some interest back now is nothing.
Sweetie often chats with her, talking about what her life would be like if she hadn't changed.
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