Free Web NovelChapter 565: Chapter 564: Love-Struck at Home 46
Jiang Maohua and Su Man got divorced.
A person named Gu Lingfei took Su Man and her child away.
It’s said that Jiang Hongyu is this man’s son.
For a time, Jixiang Village was buzzing with talk about this matter.
Their reputation was lost. When asked, Chen Xiuying wouldn’t help Su Man save face. As for her son, what face could he have left?
Why bother covering it up? Isn’t that just being angry with herself?
So, the village found out that when Jiang Maohua and Su Man got married, they planned to hide this child’s existence, and no one knew what to say.
Su Man’s actions were seen as shameless, but the fact that Jiang Maohua doted on his wife couldn’t be erased, and there were actually people eyeing him.
It was expected that the Jiang Family would be anxious, but they all hinted that this was for Jiang Maohua to handle himself, and they couldn’t interfere.
After the divorce, Jiang Maohua became even more withdrawn. When approached by women, he wouldn’t even glance at them and would turn and leave.
He used to worry that his family would pressure him into dating and marriage and was thinking about how to face it, but now he didn’t want to consider these things at all.
Summer vacation had passed, and his family still hadn’t brought it up.
Later, he accidentally overheard Chen Xiuying gently rejecting matchmaking suggestions from villagers, saying she couldn’t manage such things and that he had his own thoughts.
In that moment, he surprisingly didn’t feel much joy.
It was as if, unknowingly, he had pushed his family away. They weren’t really ignoring him, but it was no longer like before. It seemed because he had too many ideas, they now gave up on managing anything about him.
Jiang Maohua felt a bit bewildered.
But this result was his own doing. These past ten years, for Su Man, he had refused countless family persuasions and even found them annoying.
But now he got what he wanted, and they wouldn’t interfere with him anymore.
"In the future, just come here for meals," said Chen Xiuying. After all, he was her flesh and blood, how could she not care for him? This child was just too devoted to Su Man, but hadn’t done other bad things.
Jiang Maohua ate his meal, and suddenly his eyes grew warm.
"I’ll contribute to the living expenses every month," he said.
Being in his thirties, he was no longer a child. Over the years, everything was geared towards Su Man, only buying a little something for his parents on holidays, and thinking about it made him feel deeply guilty.
Chen Xiuying didn’t refuse either. It was good if he came over to eat, at least better than him eating alone, which would be so lonely.
She wanted to urge him to date, but held back the words, figuring that it was something he needed to be willing to do.
His current state was such that he probably couldn’t handle those things.
Jiang Maochuan, however, had a talk with him before leaving and asked what his plans were, whether he would look for someone new.
Jiang Maohua said, "I don’t want to think about that now."
He wanted to earn money now, be filial to his parents, and treat his family well.
"Planning to go out?" Jiang Maochuan asked again.
Jiang Maohua shook his head: "No, I’ll stay at home."
Recently, he had thought a lot about it and had no more desires for marriage or not; he just wanted to spend more time with his family.
His older brother had left, and though his younger sister’s work wasn’t far from home, going back and forth did take time.
His parents were still in good health now, but there would be times when they weren’t, and someone needed to be at home watching over them. He realized he was now the most suitable person for that.
Jiang Maochuan didn’t persuade him further. With Jiang Maohua’s situation, he worried a bit if he did leave.
Recently, a road was being built in Ruyi Village, funded by Gu Lingfei, and anywhere the Su Family went, they would praise their son-in-law.
To give Su Man face, Gu Lingfei even threw a banquet in Ruyi Village.
Despite Su Man’s poor reputation, in the face of the wealthy and handsome Gu Lingfei, private complaints were numerous, but admiration was greater.
Just the road Gu Lingfei built for Ruyi Village was enough to stifle various discussions there, only earning him praise.
Gu Lingfei also renovated the house for the Su Family and bought things for them.
For the first time, Su Man got along so well with the Su Family, seeing their flattery made her feel delighted. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
As for what Ah Chen said that day, both of them subconsciously ignored it. In each other’s eyes, they were still inseparable lovers, with everything being wonderful.
But Gu Lingfei hadn’t forgotten about Jiang Chen and even had someone investigate Jiang Chen.
He planned to have a good talk with Jiang Chen once these matters were done; since the other could see his health issues at a glance, they surely could treat them.
For someone of his status, having only one son wasn’t secure.
The Yang Family’s child was beaten again, and Yang Fei came crying to Su Man, begging for help, looking pitiful.
Su Man actually found Yang Fei quite bothersome, but thinking about how Yang Fei had sought Jiang Chen’s help before and was refused, she decided to help.
Even knowing the Yang Family’s issues, what did that have to do with Yang Fei?
She remembered one thing, in a past life, Yang Fei was quite capable, so she wanted to bring her under her wing. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Not intending to adopt her as a daughter, that wouldn’t do, just caring for her closely. Taking advantage of her youth to reeducate her.
Yang Fei was somewhat surprised; she originally just wanted to try, to see if Su Man could help her get away from the Yang Family. She had had enough of her current life. She felt that in this life, her poor grades were due to the Yang Family always making her do this and that, leaving her unable to focus on studying.
Her hands were so rough, not at all like those of a ten-year-old child.
Su Man willing to keep her by her side to raise her was truly surprising.
When Gu Lingfei heard about this, he merely paused, thinking that the idea of adopting seemed fine. As for Su Man mentioning that Yang Fei was smart and that it would be a waste to lose a bright girl, raising her well might even make her a helper to Gu Hongyu, he scoffed at that.
Just raising a child, if Su Man wanted to take that on, so be it.
Now that matters were roughly sorted out, he wanted to meet Jiang Chen. They hadn’t had time to talk before, but he believed that as long as the offer was high enough, she would agree.
He found a time when Jiang Chen was free and Lu Yan wasn’t around, and personally went to find her.
"Being able to see it doesn’t necessarily mean I can treat it. Even if Mr. Gu gave me a mountain of gold, I wouldn’t have the ability to take it," Ah Chen said, "You’d be better off going to a big hospital; there might be hope."
Gu Lingfei was annoyed inside. If a big hospital were an option, he wouldn’t be in this situation.
He didn’t believe what Jiang Chen said today; she must have been angry with him because of Su Man.
So he hinted that if he had other children, Jiang Hongyu might not necessarily be his successor.
Ah Chen found it amusing: "If Mrs. Gu knew Mr. Gu’s thoughts, she’d surely be sad; she’s been waiting for you for ten years."
"Miss Jiang, you should know what should be said and what shouldn’t," Gu Lingfei’s eyes were filled with rage; Jiang Chen was really being clueless.
So what if she worked at the Public Security Bureau?
Did she really think he wouldn’t dare touch her?
If she wanted, there were plenty of ways.
But for now, it hadn’t reached that point. To really force it, Jiang Chen might not take action, so he decided to give her a few more chances.
Gu Lingfei was slow to act, and Jiang Chen wasn’t in any hurry.
One day, Jiang Chen received a call from Chen Xiuying.
"Who knows who’s being such a nuisance; recently someone’s been ruining our vegetable seedlings. It’s like they have a bad case of the green-eyed monster. And your second brother, lately, everything seems to be going wrong for him, guess he’s having a streak of bad luck."
