Chapter 18 The Past 2
Qiao Yu glanced at Cheng Sinian, pursed her lips and said nothing.
Cheng Sinian didn't care. He turned around and continued, "He had lost too much blood at the time. He fainted as soon as he ran to you, and you fainted from fear. Your parents took you home, and we took him to the hospital. That night, it took a full eight hours to bring him back from the brink of death."
"He had twelve knife wounds on his body, each one deep enough to see the bone, but they were not fatal. Three ribs were broken, the bone of his left calf was slightly fractured, and there were soft tissue contusions in many parts of his body. He lost 2,000 milliliters of blood... The doctor said that if it had been any later, he would really not have been able to be saved." Cheng Sinian's voice was choked with sobs.
"Grandpa Jiang sent someone to investigate that night who had harmed Jiang Zhan like this, and they eventually found out it was Jiang Zhan's mother. Ever since Grandpa Jiang sent her to the sanatorium, she has been actively cooperating with the treatment, and her spirits have been getting better and better. After a diagnosis, the doctor said she could go home and recuperate. But on the day she was discharged from the hospital, she ran to the school and tricked Jiang Zhan away. She drugged Jiang Zhan and cut him twelve times, hoping that he would slowly bleed to death. She really wanted to kill Jiang Zhan. Fortunately, Jiang Zhan woke up early, jumped out of the window, and escaped."
Qiao Yu's eyes were red, and her whole body was shaking with anger. There was a hint of tears in her voice, "How could she..."
Cheng Sinian's hand holding the cup turned slightly pale, and his eyes were a little red. He closed his eyes and waited for a while before continuing: "After Grandpa Jiang found out, he sent people to capture her. But when they found her, she was already dead. She took medicine and committed suicide."
"Not long after Jiang Zhan recovered, Grandpa Jiang was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Grandpa Jiang was afraid that Jiang Zhan would be left alone and bullied after his death, so he stopped sending him to school. He brought him with him every day, taught him how to do business, and prepared for him to take over the Jiang Group."
"Jiang Zhan was smart and willing to learn, so he quickly gained a foothold within the Jiang Group. So on the day of his eighteenth-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, Grandpa Jiang announced that Jiang Zhan would inherit his position and take full control of the Jiang Group after his death." Cheng Sinian took a sip of water and looked at Qiao Yu. "By the way, you were there that day too. That was the second time I saw you."
"Not long after that, Grandpa Jiang passed away. Jiang Zhan took over the Jiang Corporation and was extremely busy every day. But no matter how late he was, he would go to Villa No. 45, Jinhu Bay. He would just sit in the car and watch, sometimes even staying there all night."
Qiao Yu blinked away the tears in her eyes, trying hard to control them from falling. Her voice trembled slightly, "Do you go there every day? I... have never seen him..."
Cheng Sinian laughed, "That idiot of his always goes there in the middle of the night and leaves before dawn, so of course you can't run into him."
Seeing tears glistening in Qiao Yu's eyes, Cheng Sinian took the tissue from the desk and placed it in front of Qiao Yu, then sat down opposite her and continued, "Then I went to college and only came back once every few months, but every time I came back, I could find your photo. That's when I realized he was sending someone to follow you."
"I minored in psychology in college, and he's a big part of the reason. I've done several psychological tests on him, and the results are always the same: anxiety-type dependency disorder, and a severe one at that. You studied Traditional Chinese Medicine, so you might not know much about mental illness. Common symptoms of this disorder include sensitivity, anxiety, a strong desire for control, and a tendency to over-give. In severe cases, it can also lead to paranoia, jealousy, and self-isolation. Jiang Zhan's symptoms are already very obvious."
"I've tried counseling him, but it didn't work. You've had a profound influence on him, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving piece of driftwood. Without it, he'll drown. His obsession with you is so strong, so strong that a single word or even a single expression from you can affect his mood for the entire day."
Cheng Sinian sighed, staring at the water glass on the table with a dazed look on his face. "Then one winter vacation, I noticed that he seemed to suddenly become cheerful. He would take a piece of wood and carve it every day. Although his face was still expressionless, he would say a few more words when talking to me. This emotion reached its peak one night after he carved a complete little man. He actually smiled."
"Although it was subtle, it was the first time I saw him smile in all those years. I was quite happy at first, thinking you two had made some progress, but the next night, as soon as he came back, he locked himself in his room. He didn't go to work or leave the room for two days in a row. I didn't know the situation, and I didn't dare to try to persuade him."
"Luckily, he finally came out on the third day, but his mood became gloomy again. I talked to him, but he ignored me."
"From that day on, he began to prepare for the house on the back hill."
Qiao Yu pulled out a tissue and wiped her tears. "So, it wasn't a coincidence that you ran into me on the first day of my freshman year, right?"
Cheng Sinian raised his head, leaned back in his chair, and admitted frankly, "It's indeed not. Jiang Zhan found me after he knew you were admitted to A University, hoping that I could take care of you in school. However, when I first learned that you were also studying medicine, I was quite surprised. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence." Cheng Sinian paused, "In fact, it's not just in school, but also those things that happened later, in fact, they are all..."
"I know." Qiao Yu interrupted him. "He helped me with my parents' funeral, acquired the Qiao Group and made me a shareholder, and quelled those rumors at school. He did all of this, but he used your name to let me know."
These things... you have already told me in your previous life. Qiao Yu looked at Cheng Sinian and said silently in his heart.
Cheng Sinian had no idea what Qiao Yu was thinking, and was a little surprised when he heard it. "You...you know?"
Qiao Yu really shouldn’t know this now.
Qiao Yu didn't know how to explain it, so he avoided the main point and muttered softly, "I...just found out about it not long ago."
Seeing that she didn't want to answer, Cheng Sinian didn't ask any further. "Forget it, since you already know, I don't need to say more. He did all this. It's just that you didn't seem to like him at the time, so he didn't dare tell you."
Cheng Sinian didn't say anything else, and Qiao Yu didn't say anything either. The office was quiet for a while.
After a long time, Cheng Sinian finally broke the silence and asked hesitantly, "What...are you going to do?"
In fact, Cheng Sinian regretted asking after she finished asking. Is there any need to ask this? Which normal girl would accept a psychopath as her boyfriend?
But Cheng Sinian thought of Jiang Zhan's joyful eyes every time he looked at Qiao Yu's photo, and he couldn't help but plead again, "Qiao Yu, consider this as a plea from me. Please wait until after his birthday before leaving. He's really suffered enough, just pity him, okay?"
Qiao Yu stood up silently, walked to the office door and opened it, "I won't pity him."
Should have expected it.
Cheng Sinian closed his eyes and silently said sorry to Jiang Zhan in his heart.
Qiao Yu looked at his sad face, suppressed his smile, and said seriously: "Remember to call me sister-in-law in the future. Don't call me by my first name without any respect." Then he turned around and left.
Cheng Sinian opened his eyes and looked towards the door when he heard this. Seeing that Qiao Yu had already left, he suddenly jumped up from his seat and rushed to the door. He grabbed the door frame and shouted at Qiao Yu's back, "Sister-in-law, take care. Come and play with me next time!"
Qiao Yu staggered when he called her. She looked up and saw that everyone around her was looking at her. Her cheeks flushed, and she quickened her pace and hurried out of the hospital.
How could she pity him? He didn't need anyone's pity.
From now on, she will only love him well.
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