Downstairs, Jiang Yuxin and her stepmother were still chatting and laughing together. Jiang Yao walked over and questioned, "Did you tell Song Ze about my affair with Xiang Ciyuan?"
He is reliable in upholding justice, and what he wants to hide will never be exposed.
Besides the Xiang family, only the stepmother and Jiang Yuxin knew about this.
"What are you saying? Is that how you talk to me?"
Jiang Yao raised her hand to wipe away her tears. "I'll just ask you one question: yes or no?"
"So what if it is, so what if it isn't? Do you think Song Ze wouldn't know if I didn't tell him? You think you can make it look brand new just by repairing a liner?"
Liu Wenli narrowed her eyes slightly, "You need to get this straight. Who is Xiang Nanzhi, and who are you? Song Ze was fooled by you because he was blind. He was already afraid when the Xiang family made a move, and he was just looking for an excuse to dump you. It was only a matter of time."
"That's right, sis. You can't blame Mom. How can you disrespect your elders over something like this? You have no manners whatsoever..."
"Shut up!"
Jiang Yao slapped Jiang Yuxin across the face, and Liu Wenli retaliated by slapping her back, shielding Jiang Yuxin with her hand. "You dare hit me!"
Jiang Yuxin was about to retaliate when Liu Wenli pulled her back. Liu Wenli then helped Jiang Yuxin slap Jiang Yao across the face again, saying, "Who do you think you are?"
"If I hadn't been so kind as to give you a place to stay at home, do you think you'd be where you are today?"
"Having followed Xiang Ciyuan and Song Ze, you should be content with your status. Are you still dreaming of climbing the social ladder?"
Liu Wenli spoke each word mercilessly, tearing away all of Jiang Yao's dignity: "Are you a princess or a county princess? Does everyone have to defer to you and coax you?"
Jiang Yao endured the relationship between the mother and daughter for over twenty years after her mother's death. She was careful and cautious in everything she did, trying her best to maintain a superficial harmony with them, just so that her father would look at her more and, out of guilt, make up for it in some way.
But she gradually realized that having a stepmother meant having a stepfather. After her mother passed away, her father took Liu Wenli and Jiang Yuxin back, and she was no longer a member of the family. She had to do everything herself to get what she wanted.
"You'd better remember everything that happened today, I will give it all back to you exactly as it was."
It was raining outside, and Xiang Nanzhi remembered that she was fine when she left home.
The wipers flashed by, the air inside the car was unbearably stuffy, and she felt sweaty and sticky all over. When she reached the villa's entrance, an unidentified object in front of her startled her, and she quickly stepped on the brakes.
As he got off the bus with an umbrella, Xiang Nanzhi frowned. Upon closer inspection, he realized it wasn't some unidentified object, but a person.
"Hey, wake up."
"You're awake..."
She saw the other person's face clearly and froze on the spot.
Jiang Yao was carried in by the servants at Xiang Nanzhi's request. She had low blood sugar, got soaked in the rain, and eventually fainted in the rain.
As soon as the doctor came out of the room, Ma Xiaorong stared at her and touched her forehead, saying, "Do you have a fever? Has it damaged your brain?"
"Tsk, take it away!"
Xiang Nanzhi gave her a displeased look. "I haven't lost my mind."
"Why do you care if he hasn't lost his mind? Have you forgotten about her and Song Ze..."
Xiang Nanzhi also saw Song Ze's announcement of breaking up with Jiang Yao today, and to be honest, she felt a little sorry for her.
She and Jiang Yao had always had a good relationship at school. Jiang Yao would tell her everything, such as how her stepmother Liu Wenli was making things difficult for her, and how no one was there to celebrate her birthday with her, and how she wanted Jiang Yao to celebrate her birthday with her.
Xiang Nanzhi then threw her a birthday party, inviting her classmates to celebrate with her.
"Xiaorong, my dad always says that you should leave yourself some room for maneuver when you do things, and don't go to extremes."
Jiang Yao is already pitiful enough. What if she adds insult to injury and becomes the last straw that breaks the camel's back?
A short while later, Jiang Yao woke up, and the first person she saw when she opened her eyes was Xiang Nanzhi.
"You have a cold and a slight fever. If you can get up by yourself, take your medicine."
Jiang Yao was somewhat taken aback, feeling dazed. "I... how did I get here?"
"You fainted. How could you faint at the entrance of the Xiang family's house? This..." That's a question for you to answer.
Ma Xiaorong glanced at Xiang Nanzhi, but didn't say the rest of her sentence.
Jiang Yao coughed twice. "Nan Zhi, I can't trouble you. You're pregnant now, and if I stay here, I might infect you. Cough cough, I'd better go."
"Where can you go in this heavy rain? Don't worry, the doctor said your cold isn't contagious. Just rest."
Xiang Nanzhi placed the water glass aside. "This is the room you used to live in. You can stay here. I'll have someone take care of you and make sure you take your medicine. You can tell them if you need anything."
"Nan Zhi..."
Jiang Yao's eyes welled up with tears. "I'm so sorry. I came to see you today to apologize, but I..."
“There’s nothing to apologize for. Song Ze is outstanding, many people like him, and you have the right to like him too.”
Jiang Yao lowered her eyes, her eyes red, "Don't you hate me?"
Why should I hate you?
"Aren't you angry?"
How could she not be angry? Xiang Nanzhi sighed, “At first I was a little angry, but later… I’m fine now. You should take good care of yourself and don’t think too much. Many times we put too much pressure on ourselves. We always think we are very devoted and can’t live without a man, but in fact there are plenty of good men out there.”
Shen Shixun is a very good man. His family is not wealthy, but he is hardworking. He is not the kind of person who talks about working hard all day but does nothing. He never complains about hardship or fatigue, and he never sets a positive example for himself. He breaks the deadlock with his actions.
Song Ze is certainly outstanding, handsome, and from a good family, but Shen Shixun is not necessarily unoutstanding or unhandsome.
These past few days she has been trying to adjust herself, and even asked herself how she could condone what she did with Shen Shixun. The more she thought about it, the more ashamed she felt to see him, and the more embarrassed she felt when she saw him.
But I miss him terribly.
As Xiang Nanzhi was about to leave, Jiang Yao suddenly got off the bed barefoot and took her hand.
Xiang Nanzhi was stunned for a moment, and the next second Jiang Yao knelt down in front of her with a thud. "Nanzhi, it's my fault. Please forgive me. I know you were very good to me in the past and helped me a lot. I really don't want to lose you as my good sister."
"No one has ever treated me better than you. It's my fault. Hit me, yell at me..."
She grabbed Xiang Nanzhi's hand and slapped it against her face. Xiang Nanzhi quickly pulled his hand back, "What are you doing? You have low blood sugar, Jiang Yao..."
Seeing this, Ma Xiaorong quickly went over and pulled Xiang Nanzhi's hand back. She said bluntly, "If you really want to hit yourself, then hit yourself. Don't use Nanzhi's hand to hit you. She's not going to be a bad person."
"Jiang Yao, I've already said I don't hold grudges about the past, so please don't dwell on it. Are your stepmother and Jiang Yuxin making things difficult for you again?" Xiang Nanzhi bent down slightly to help her up.
Jiang Yao collapsed weakly into her arms, sobbing, "Waaah, Nan Zhi, Nan Zhi... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."
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