Chapter 58 She was given a second chance, to be Chiang Kai-shek…
Tian Bin did cause trouble, but his crime wasn't serious at all. However, he was causing trouble for the Jiang family, and Jiang Yuzhu wasn't married to Zhong Zibai at that time.
Even though they were dating, the two were so in love that they couldn't bear to be apart. When they heard that his girlfriend was almost bullied, Zhong Zibai used his connections to get Tian Bin imprisoned for six months.
When Tian Bin came out, he learned that his son had been sent to an orphanage.
His son was the root of the Tian family. After Tian Bin was released, he didn't care about Jiang Zhaodi and the Jiang family. He was busy inquiring about his son's whereabouts.
After searching for so many years, we've finally found our son.
The director of the welfare home was initially reluctant, saying he needed to verify Tian Bin's identity. If Tian Bin hadn't just come out and was afraid of going back in, they might have actually taken action.
But knowing that he had been released from prison, was now homeless and unemployed, the director of the welfare home did not want him to take the child away.
The child was born with congenital defects and is mentally challenged, unable to even take care of himself. At least in the orphanage, there was a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and he wasn't hungry or thirsty. But with his biological father, it always felt like there was no end in sight.
Out of consideration for the child, the director of the welfare home politely declined Tian Bin's request to take the child away.
But how could Tian Bin bear to leave his child in the orphanage? He secretly took his son out of the orphanage when no one was looking.
He is now homeless, and he thinks of how Jiang Zhaodi sold his house because the Jiang family put him in jail, and he lost his secure job.
Tian Bin kept thinking about how to deal with them.
But he didn't dare to provoke the Jiang family. He heard that his sister-in-law had gotten married to the man who had gotten him into trouble, which made Tian Bin very wary.
He had nowhere to go.
Just when he didn't know what to do with himself and his son, he heard that Jiang Zhaodi had made a fortune and was now a big boss. Tian Bin had been holding his son and waiting there for half a day.
Tian Bin was happier than anyone else to see Jiang Zhaodi.
The woman in front of him was completely different from the one he remembered. If he hadn't heard that she was Jiang Zhaodi, he wouldn't have recognized her.
I could still vaguely make out a resemblance to Jiang Zhaodi from her eyebrows, but that didn't matter.
Tian Bin eagerly handed his son over, saying, "Quick, Zhao Di, hold our son."
"Son?" Jiang Xi looked at the other person and said with a half-smile.
"Of course, now we're not allowed to have more children. Ya Nan is your best friend, but she gave birth to a son for both of us. You should thank Ya Nan properly, and help her fix her grave properly. Also, raise our son, and leave your family business to him in the future as a way of repaying Ya Nan's kindness."
Hearing his self-righteous words, Jiang Xi couldn't help but shake her head and laugh. What kind of impression had she left on these people before? Why did they all want to come over and ask her to hand over her family property?
The donkey did nothing all day but kick its head.
[In a way, I should thank these awful people; their existence has made me realize the importance of species diversity.]
Jiang Xi, having lived a second life, naturally understood the meaning of the words that floated before his eyes.
It's been a long time since I've seen such sarcastic comments, so it takes some getting used to at first glance.
However, after reading those words, the feelings I had before instantly returned.
Her hands were itching to act. She used to be a teacher; she would never lay a hand on her students for no reason. These days, business is all about harmony, especially since those people were counting on her to make money.
If you think about it carefully, she hasn't done anything for a long time.
She looked at Tian Bin, her expression remaining calm, and said, "We have no relationship now, so why should I help you raise your son?"
“How can we not be related? We’re husband and wife,” Tian Bin said matter-of-factly.
"They're already divorced."
“That was a fake divorce,” Tian Bin said.
"So you married Wu Yanan? What, isn't that bigamy? That's illegal."
Tian Bin had been to prison before, and he knew it was a terrible experience. He felt a bit scared when he heard the words "breaking the law."
“That was a fake marriage. Ya Nan is dying. Didn’t we agree that we would still be husband and wife just to comfort her?”
Seeing that he was shamelessly coming closer again, Jiang Xi slapped him across the face. Watching Tian Bin spin around in circles with his son, looking dizzy and disoriented, Jiang Xi sighed, "My skills are still as sharp as ever."
The bodyguard watched as his employer was slapped so hard he was spinning around – that's not something an ordinary person could do.
They never expected their employer to be so secretive.
Ignoring Tian Bin's ramblings, he simply ordered his bodyguards to throw the man out.
Watching Jiang Xi leave, Tian Bin, holding his son, gritted his teeth and stared at her retreating figure. "Just you wait, you slut who's been played with so much. Don't think I don't know about your dirty deeds. You still dare to act tough in front of me. You should be burning incense for the fact that I don't despise you."
The next day, a report about Jiang Xi was published.
The whistleblower claimed to be her husband, saying that the dirty money she earned as a mistress in Hong Kong was now being used to invest in her hometown, and anyone who took her dirty money would end up like her.
For a time, everyone boycotted Jiang Xi's investment and told him to get out and never come back.
"President Jiang," the assistant said anxiously, looking at Jiang Xi.
Some people have already found their way to the hotel and are throwing stones at it. Others tried to sneak into the hotel but were caught by the bodyguards.
"Mr. Jiang, for safety's sake, let's leave here first," the lawyer advised.
Jiang Xi nodded. "Mr. Xu, I'll leave this to you."
"President Jiang, don't worry, I will definitely handle it well." Xu Chao didn't expect things to develop like this.
He felt that Jiang Xi had deliberately made things escalate so much, because with her current abilities, it would be easy for her to prevent a newspaper from publishing comments that were unfavorable to her.
Jiang Xi intentionally wanted him to take action.
Xu Chao reported the situation on Jiang Xi's side. Given Tian Bin's current abilities, he didn't have the capacity to create such a large-scale operation, so someone must be strategizing behind the scenes for him.
Although Tian Bin kept saying it was a fake divorce, it was registered with the Civil Affairs Bureau. A divorce is a divorce. What's the point of talking about a real divorce or a fake divorce? He's just an ex-husband, and he can't possibly have any relationship with President Jiang.
No matter how much he talked nonsense, it was useless, especially since it had such a bad impact on President Jiang's reputation. Xu Chao immediately ordered the police to arrest Tian Bin.
They spread rumors and slander, and incited the masses to cause trouble.
Tian Bin will definitely go to jail, and his son has been sent back to the welfare home.
He was the one who stole it in the first place, and the orphanage had also called the police. Seeing the child's face flushed red from the fever after being tormented by Tian Bin these past few days, the director of the orphanage was furious.
Even if he is the biological father, he shouldn't secretly take the child away.
Realizing he would be spending even longer in jail, Tian Bin became anxious. He shouted that he was acting under orders, that someone had instructed him to slander Jiang Zhaodi.
The people who instructed him were Jiang Zhaodi's eldest sister, Jiang Sisi, and her husband, Hu Weimin.
Publishing a notice in the newspaper costs money. They paid him to do it. He and Jiang Zhaodi had long been divorced and had no grudges against each other. Doing this would not do him any good.
Tian Bin confessed to everything, hoping to exonerate himself.
However, he didn't go out, but he brought Jiang Sisi and Hu Weimin in to keep him company.
Since he couldn't get out anyway, Tian Bin simply shifted all the blame onto Hu Weimin and his wife. If they hadn't found him, he wouldn't have known that Jiang Zhaodi was now making a fortune.
He even gave himself bad advice. Otherwise, why would he care where Jiang Zhaodi's money came from? They at least had a daughter, so she could at least earn some money along with them.
There are also problems with the people in the county responsible for receiving foreign investors.
The Zhong family lived in the city center, so Xu Chao called the governor directly. He had met the governor before, and the governor knew him.
Sending people from the capital is too slow; it's much faster to send people from the provincial capital.
Xu Chao identified himself as someone from higher up, and that comrades from the provincial capital had also come, so the people here naturally dared not neglect him.
Some people recognized Xu Chao as the person who had been with Jiang Xi before, and they immediately panicked.
Xu Chao no longer concealed his identity. "Comrade Jiang Xi has some collaborative projects with our country and has also donated some items to the country free of charge. This time, he came to give back to his hometown. I heard that you turned him away without any reason?"
No one wanted to take on this responsibility. Although they had indeed been informed, they didn't want to be accused of being the mastermind. Besides, they hadn't done anything yet, and even if they were held accountable by their superiors, they would at most be demoted, not fired.
So it was quite natural to implicate Zhong Zibai.
As a result, Zhong's parents were also implicated.
I heard they were arrested for accepting bribes, but they don't care about the multiple charges of abusing their power.
Xu Chao was also very concerned about the Zhong family's affairs. After investigating, he discovered that Zhong's father had embezzled a lot of money behind the scenes over the years, and had even taken a lot of money from the Zhong family's ceiling.
It's almost a million.
Zhong's father was sentenced to death for embezzling and accepting bribes of a huge amount.
Zhong's mother wasn't much better. She used her position to pull strings for others and accepted a lot of benefits in Zhong's father's name. She'll be spending the rest of her life in jail.
Zhong Zibai abused his power but did not embezzle or accept bribes. However, because of the frequency of his abuses, he was sentenced to three years in prison.
With the downfall of the Zhong family, some officials were also purged.
Some were dismissed from their posts, some were demoted, and some were even imprisoned.
The results of the paternity test for Jiang Chaoying and Jiang Yuzhu have also come out, confirming that the two are related as father and daughter.
But Jiang Yuzhu and Yang Xinghua have absolutely no connection.
Therefore, the report that Jiang Chaoying switched the children is valid. Jiang Xi sued Jiang Chaoying as the sister of the switched children. The police opened an investigation. At first, Jiang Chaoying was stubborn, but she soon admitted it.
The photos and the book he treasured at home are also evidence.
Jiang Guangzong and Hu Weimin also couldn't escape punishment. They used the Zhong family for business, and their methods weren't exactly ethical. Now that the Zhong family has fallen, they will naturally be dealt with as well, since they had also given gifts to the Zhong family.
When the police announcement came out, everyone looked at the newspaper and exchanged bewildered glances.
Compared to Chiang Hei, a Hong Kong businessman, people are obviously more familiar with the Chiang family, who are locals. They didn't expect there to be so much going on behind the scenes.
"Pah, you scoundrel, you deserved to be caught!"
"Exactly, he'd abandon his own daughter for a bastard. He's utterly heartless."
People had long since stopped paying attention to Jiang Xi's matter; the police had already stated that it was slander. The Hong Kong businessmen who came to invest were meant to boost local development and make money for everyone.
Now everyone is hoping that Jiang Xi will invest.
Jiang Xi ignored those who were urging her to invest and simply moved to a different place.
After seeing the news in the newspaper, she went to the Jiang family.
With the family starting their own business in recent years, both families moved out of the apartments allocated by their work units and now live in a magnificent villa.
Jiang Xi stood at the door. The Jiang family, which used to be bustling with visitors, now looked as if it had just been vandalized.
Jiang Guangzong and Hu Weimin were both imprisoned, but they still had some outstanding payments. The suppliers couldn't very well go to the prison to demand their money, so they came to the Jiang family to collect their debts.
When Jiang's eldest daughter-in-law realized something was wrong, she took her son and ran back to her parents' home, taking all the money and valuables with her.
Although Jiang Yuzhu was released, her husband's family was gone, and she had nowhere to go, so she had to come back.
Jiang Yaozu has stopped going to school altogether. He had promised his brother-in-law would arrange a job for him after he graduated from university, but now even his brother-in-law is in jail. His classmates all know about his family situation and gossip about him, so he's too afraid to go to school.
Seeing Jiang Yuzhu going crazy at home, Jiang Yaozu also lost his temper and beat her up. "It's all your fault! You're the jinx of our family! It's because Dad replaced you that our family has been so unlucky. You little bastard, it's all your fault!"
Jiang Yuzhu was spoiled from a young age and was no match for Jiang Yaozu.
But that didn't stop her from cursing, "Jiang Yaozu, what kind of good thing are you? You dog who'll follow whoever feeds him. I know you want to acknowledge Jiang Zhaodi now, but you're dreaming. You offended her to death before, she won't acknowledge you at all. Go beg for food, maybe Jiang Zhaodi will take a liking to you and give you two yuan."
Previously, someone reported her to the school for impersonating someone else to gain admission to university. The Zhong family had suppressed the matter, but now it has been brought up again. The school has issued a statement canceling Jiang Yuzhu's graduation certificate.
In other words, her university degree was invalidated.
Yang Xinghua slumped to the ground, her eyes glazed over, lost in thought.
When she looked up, she saw a very elegantly dressed woman standing there.
She recognized her at a glance; it was her daughter, Jiang Zhaodi.
With a sudden burst of strength, Yang Xinghua rushed over and slapped Jiang Zhaodi across the face.
But Jiang Xi grabbed her hand.
"Why did you come back? You wretched girl, look what you've done to the house! You've ruined our family! Why didn't you die out there? Why don't you just die?"
Jiang Xi shook her off, "If none of you are going to die, how could I dare to? Especially seeing you fighting like dogs, you have no idea how happy I feel."
Looking at the angry Yang Xinghua, Jiang Xi smiled leisurely, "I thought you guys would be very united, but it turns out you're nothing special."
Every cause has its effect; your retribution is me.
Xiang Bei couldn't help but blurt out another comment.
Jiang Xi felt that this statement made a lot of sense. Every cause has its effect, and she was given a second chance to be the Jiang family's retribution.
I'll beat you to death.
Jiang Yaozu suddenly rushed over and bumped into Jiang Xi, who then kicked him away.
"Bring glory to your ancestors!"
Yang Xinghua rushed over, hugged Jiang Yaozu who was lying on the ground, and hysterically yelled at Jiang Xi, "What do you want? You've ruined this family like this, what do you want?"
Seeing her distraught state, Jiang Xi took a step forward and walked towards Yang Xinghua.
Looking down at her, Yang Xinghua had become incredibly haggard in just a few days.
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