Jiang Xin treated Yanling and He Wan's matter as a minor incident and didn't take it to heart. They had offended people they shouldn't have, and it was only right that they were punished.
When Shu Yuqing heard about this from someone else, he sighed and said, "Those who sow the seeds must reap the fruits."
Jiang Xin pressed her mother for an explanation.
Shu Yuqing smiled but did not answer her daughter's question. Jiang Xin understood that her mother was refusing to answer.
Driven by curiosity, Jiang Xin hired someone to investigate Yan Ling's parents.
Jiang Xin was generous with the money, and the person was quick to act; soon, a freshly completed investigation report was in her inbox.
The investigation results shocked Jiang Xin. She never imagined that her biological father and Yan Ling's mother had such a disgraceful past!
No wonder, no wonder her mother always opposed her dating Yanling!
She slumped into the chair, her mind replaying her past with Yanling.
Jiang Xin's mind became increasingly chaotic as she thought about it, and a long-buried memory suddenly surfaced in her mind.
Jiang Xin still remembers that it was a hot night. Her parents were still alive then, and she was still the little princess of the Jiang family. She woke up in the middle of the night with a start, rubbing her eyes as she walked to her parents' room.
As Jiang Xin approached their door, she noticed the bedroom door was ajar. She was about to call out to her mother when she saw her usually gentle face contorted in shock as she yelled at her father in a tone Jiang Xin had never heard before: "Jiang Zhengqing! You've been having an affair! How could you do this to me?!"
The father looked terrifying too. He said to the mother, "Look at yourself! You're not a woman at all! You're a complete madman!"
That night, my parents were arguing. They were arguing fiercely. A few days later, my mother set the house on fire, intending to die together with my father.
My mother said she couldn't accept her husband's betrayal; if she couldn't have him, no one else could either.
Jiang Xin, who was rescued, will always remember her mother's terrifying appearance in the firelight and her maniacal laughter.
The mother committed suicide because she discovered that the father had cheated on her. Is the lover she mentioned referring to Yanling's mother?
Jiang Xin was incredulous. If it really was her, then what was she? A beast?
His mother killed his own mother, and he was in love with her; they even had a child together!
Another woman, Jiang Xin, is even more devoted to Yan Ling, willing to stand against the entire world for him.
But the truth is so cruel that it's hard to face.
Jiang Xin remembered a very important question: Did Yan Ling know about this?
If he knew about his mother's past relationship with his father, how could he pursue her without any psychological burden?
Or rather, he was aware of it, and he did it intentionally.
He hated his mother, hated her for abandoning her husband and children, and hated even more the man who made his mother cheat on him. So, he deliberately approached him.
I remember when I first transferred to high school, Yanling gave me preserved plum candy in an attempt to get closer to me. It was a type of candy unique to her hometown, and it wasn't sold anywhere in Beijing. How did Yanling find out that I was from S City?
Moreover, how would he know which flavor of candy he likes?
Fragments of memory rushed into Jiang Xin's mind, and those details she had forgotten now seemed to be part of a conspiracy.
After learning that he had been adopted by the Ye family, he was resentful that she was living a better life than him. In his opinion, the daughter of his enemy did not deserve such a privileged life, so Yanling tried every means to ruin her life.
Yanling deliberately approached her, leading her astray. He intentionally acted rudely towards her mother to make her dislike him, and then instigated her to break with the Ye family, causing her to lose the Ye family's protection.
Finally, he completely took control of his own foolishness.
Jiang Xin felt a chill run down her spine. She couldn't imagine whether Yan Ling had secretly laughed at her for being an easy fool when he approached her.
Perhaps he even mocked his father for defeating his own father, saying that the daughter of a high-ranking official still had to obediently let him do as he pleased.
During the time she was trapped inside his body, she witnessed how Jiang Ru tormented Jiang Xin, and Jiang Ru would occasionally steal strange glances at Jiang Xin.
Now she was certain that Yanling's mother knew who she was!
Jiang Xin felt her head buzzing, as if she had been hit hard with a hammer. She gasped for breath, like a fish on the verge of death.
Why, why did that mother and son treat me like that!
Why, why was I so foolish to be manipulated by my enemy?
Jiang Xin broke with her family and gave up her comfortable life for him, all in pursuit of her love.
Looking back now, was that really love?
Perhaps from the very beginning, it was a cold grave, a grave prepared specifically for Jiang Xin.
And then there's her mother. Whether it's Jiang Xin or herself, her mother preserved her last shred of dignity and love.
The mother preferred to be misunderstood rather than reveal the truth, because she knew that Jiang Xin would never accept that her lover was actually the son of her enemy.
She worried that Jiang Xin wouldn't be able to handle the blow, so she was hated and misunderstood by Jiang Xin.
Jiang Xin always thought that her mother looked down on Yan Ling because of his poor background, and thought that her mother was a snob.
I never imagined the truth was hidden so deeply, and so insane and cruel.
If my mother were alive and saw her daughter entangled with the son of her enemy, would she regret giving birth to such a wretched child? Would she curse herself as a brainless and unfilial daughter?
The thought that Yanling approached her to get revenge on his mother and her father made Jiang Xin feel nauseous.
She rushed into the bathroom and vomited violently until tears and snot streamed down her face, but she still couldn't suppress the nausea.
Half a day later, Jiang Xin propped herself up and turned on the shower, letting the cold water wash over her dirty body.
She cried out for her mother helplessly, her voice filled with endless regret and sorrow, but it was unclear which mother she was calling for.
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