Chapter 2

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“What are you guys arguing about so late at night?” A female voice filled with thinly veiled anger suddenly floated down from above.

Nie Jia looked up, and his eyes could not help but widen in surprise. Standing next to the stairs on the second floor was a woman with a noble temperament, who now, looked full of anger. That was Yan Su’s mother, Anna. Nie Jia was surprised by Anna’s appearance, which was much like his mother who had died early in his memories.

“Aunt Anna, I just asked Yan Su about my grandpa’s situation.” Meng Qian retracted his original hedgehog-like aura and stood beside Jiang Yang like a well-behaved quail.

“What’s the matter? Considering your grandfather’s situation, there is no hospital in China willing to accommodate him. Moreover, doctors aren’t allowed to operate on the patients they might have personal grievances with. But you begged Jiang Yang to ask Su Su to operate on your grandfather. The postoperative nursing period hasn’t even expired, what is it that you want to ask?!” She sighed disappointedly.

“And you, Jiang Yang! Meng Qian can’t figure it out, that much I can understand. But you are now the heir of the Jiang family. Have some dignity! Are you trying to burn the bridge after crossing the river and make a joke out of the Jiang family?” Anna frowned, dissatisfied with her stepson.

Meng Qian gritted his teeth slightly, how could he not hear the disregard revealed in Anna’s words.

“Aunt An, don’t be angry. Meng Qian and I are only worried about grandfather’s condition. We don’t mean anything disrespectful.” Jiang Yang still respected Anna as his elder and stepmother and would continue to do so until and unless she touched his bottom line.

“If you are so worried about the old man’s body, go to the hospital. Why come and trouble Su Su?” With that said, Anna narrowed her eyes at Meng Qian, and turned away. “Su Su, come with me to the study.”

In the past, Anna did not communicate much with her stepson. After all, Jiang Yang could already recognize people at the age of six and had already known that she was his stepmother. Besides, he was the heir of the Jiang family. She, as a stepmother, did not feel qualified to cater to him. As such, Jiang Yang’s and her relationship was all about maintaining a polite but respectful distance with each other. However, Anna was obviously very angry today.

Jiang Yang understood. Anna, as a mother, was trying to defend her son. After all, his and Meng Qian’s attitude just now wasn’t polite at all. So he wasn’t quite bothered.

But, Nie Jia felt a little strange, since Anna looked like his mother. He handed his luggage to the housekeeper and went towards the study and knocked on the door.

He heard Anna’s trembling voice. “Come in and close the door.”

Nie Jia walked in and saw Anna standing by the window with her hands clasped together, looking conflicted and angry as she stared at the night view outside the window.

“Mom?” Nie Jia’s voice was hoarse, looking at Anna’s silhouette. His heart, full of turbulent feelings, as if the mother who was deeply buried in his memory, was resurrected.

Anna turned around. At this time, her whole person was trembling gently with a layer of gloom in her eyes. She looked somber and said, “Su Su, your step dad.. he… he… had an affair!”

Originally, it was because of Yan Su’s father, Yan Yu’s infidelity that Anna was heart-broken. After marrying Jiang Zhaolin, she thought that she had finally found a good home and that she could heal her broken heart. Unexpectedly, after more than 20 years of marriage, she was once again betrayed by her husband.

Nie Jia was already aware of this. He walked over and helped her sit. “You only know that he cheated. But do you know that right now, Jiang Zhaolin’s illegitimate child is in high school?”

“What?!” Anna’s eyes widened. She didn’t doubt her son’s words as she was trembled with anger. “The child is already in high school… Jiang Zhaolin, how could he do this?!”

“Nobody knows about his illegitimate child, not even Jiang Yang.” Nie Jia said. “So you can rest assured that Jiang Zhaolin will not bring back that woman and his illegitimate child, only to openly admit their relationship.”

Anna’s carefully manicured nails dug into the skin of her palms. “I don’t care if him bringing back people will affect my interests. I’m angry, Susu. Do you know how angry mother is right now!?”

Anna shook her head. “He is standing in his position today because he had me. How dare he go and raise a family outside?!”

“Mom, if you want to, you can come with me after you divorce him. I will take you to travel around the world.” Nie Jia stroked Anna’s back to let her calm down, “You won’t be reluctant to separate from him, would you?”

“Why would I be reluctant? I am just annoyed!” Anna held her son’s hand, and her emotions finally stabilized. “When you were young, Jiang Zhaolin was almost broke and Jiang’s were on the verge of bankruptcy. Without my dowry, Jiang’s would not be standing where they are today! This old thing! Not only did he not know how to be grateful, but he also built a family outside. And now you want me to divorce him and give everything away?! No! I will not let him off so easily! I will be angry if I do, even after my death!!”

Nie Jia realized that Anna’s anger was greater than her sorrow. After speaking with him, her sorrow was gone, leaving only a sense of anger, caused due to betrayal.

“Mom, don’t stress yourself. Your son will help you. Aren’t you holding 3% of shares in Jiang’s? Sell them. They are the investment shares of the Pacific Cable Project and are valuable. If you want to leave, let me arrange a trip for you to go out to enjoy. But, if you want to watch some fun packed drama, you will have to endure and continue to live here. I can assure you that not before long, Jiang Zhaolin will kneel down in front of you and admit his wrongs.” Nie Jia said.

Anna felt more amused and comfortable as she listened to her son’s words. Although her husband had betrayed her, she still had a son. She asked with concern, “You want money? Mom has a lot. Why trade off Jiang’s shares? Don’t do anything impulsive! Meng Qian’s grandfather is still not awake, he and Jiang Yang are staring suspiciously at you.”

Nie Jia appeased her: “Mom, I don’t lack money. I want you to sell them now when they are worth it. Or it will be too late when they become waste paper.”

Anna frowned at him for a while. Yan Su was sent abroad at the age of sixteen and had returned to the country two years ago. Anna felt guilty for missing out on his life from his teenage to youth. Now, Jiang Zhaolin had amplified this guilt. She didn’t care about the shares anymore. She wished she had nothing to do with the Jiang family.

“As long as you don’t do anything illegal, Mom will always support you.” Seeing her son’s smile, calmed Anna’s bubbling anger.

“You can rest assured.” Nie Jia smiled.

Nie Jia and Anna went back to their respective rooms after a while.

The next morning, Nie Jia put the pictures of the woman Jiang Zhaolin had an affair with and his illegitimate son in front of Anna. The illegitimate son was named Jiang Wenbo and was now in his second year of high school. He looked very similar to Jiang Zhaolin.

Jiang Zhaolin had been raising a family outside for more than ten years. She didn’t know until now and Anna felt nauseated. She was angry at Jiang Zhaolin’s betrayal. At this moment, she had no feelings for Jiang Zhaolin even if they had been husband and wife for more than 20 years. She collected her bearings and remembered her son’s words. Hence, all of the shares and other assets were sold.

Three days later, the Jiang house was decorated with bright lights. All kinds of luxury cars were parked outside the gates, people with status in the upper echelons of Yue City came, since today was the engagement dinner of Jiang Yang and Meng Qian, the younger generation of the Jiang family.

Nie Jia was curled up on the bed but he could still hear the voices coming through the crack in the door. It must have been very lively outside. Nie Jia was in a bad mood, lying on his side uncomfortably, and covered with cold sweat. The original owner, Yan Su had a stomach ache. At this time, Nie Jia was covering his stomach and patting it slightly with his fist.

Downstairs, at the lively and luxurious banquet scene, Meng Qian was led by Jiang Yang with a glass of wine. Jiang Yang officially introduced him to the upper class society of Yue City. At this time, Meng Qián was a little excited and nervous. After all, he couldn’t even touch the edge of this circle before. Nobody could think that he would be amongst the higher ups now.

“Congratulations, my cousin.” Jiang Yang’s cousin Jiang He greeted Jiang Yang, and smirked at Meng Qian. “In the future, I will have to change your title and call you sister-in-law.”

Meng Qian smiled shyly, he could not help but look up at Jiang Yang, showing affection. After all, all of this was brought to him by his lover.

Jiang Yang held Meng Qian’s waist with one hand, and could not help feeling moved when he noticed his lover’s gaze. He drove the grinning Jiang He away and led his lover to a corner, groaning in his ears in a low voice.

As soon as they left, a few acquaintances standing together gossiped amongst themselves.

Li family’s Li Qianjin asked in a low voice: “I heard that Meng Qian’s grandfather is still lying in the hospital and didn’t wake up. They are having such a cheerful engagement party before the old man has even passed the nursing period. Yang must really like this little painter.”

The Gu family’s young lady smiled and said, “The Jiang family has already sent the invitation to Huo Qing. Do you think they dare say to Huo Qing – ‘Oh! Mr. Huo, We are sorry to have changed the date. Please come again next time.’ Huo Qing can take the time to come this time. Who knows if he doesn’t come the next time, not giving face to the Jiang family.”

Several ladies laughed together, only Li Qianjin, who had not been in the country for a long time, was surprised and said: “Huo Qing?! That person is a big man in the capital, how can Jiang Yang invite Mr. Huo!?”

“You don’t know since you have been abroad for a long time. Some time ago, Jiang Yang got the Pacific Cable project. Where do you think the Jiang family got so much money from? It was Mr. Huo’s capital injection, otherwise Jiang Yang would have let that doctor-stepbrother of his die, from pinching the money out of him. Now, who knows how Jiang Yang climbed up to Mr. Huo.” The Gu family’s young lady said with emotion. “Even if I just saw Mr. Huo coming in, I couldn’t believe it.”

The eldest daughter of the side branch of Jiang family laughed in a low voice: “Don’t you know? Jiang Yang bought a painting of Meng Qian’s, worth three millions, some time ago. Do you know who he gave it to?”

Miss Gu smiled and said: “He gave it to Mr. Huo? Can you believe it? A three million painting would allow Mr. Huo to inject more than one billion yuan into the Jiang family? I regret it. There are still tens of millions paintings hanging in my room. And if I knew it before, I would have sent ten thousand paintings to Mr. Huo.”

The eldest goddess of the Jiang family looked around mysteriously and secretly, making sure that no one noticed them, whispered, “It was given to Mr. Huo’s sister, Huo Yun. Jiang Yang took Meng Qian’s painting and gave it to Huo Yun for her birthday. For a gift, I did not expect Huo Yun to particularly like the painting. His sister was so happy that Mr. Huo willingly helped Jiang Yang. Jiang Yang is such a lucky man!”

Li Qianjin smiled gracefully. “I really envy Huo Yun! Why don’t I have such a brother?”

The Gu family’s young lady fell silent, and then said, “I think Meng Qian’s paintings are not good at all. I have seen Meng Qian’s paintings, they are just average. Let alone three million, thirty thousand is sky high price for them. Huo Yun was a famous new-generation painter before. Can she really like Meng Qian’s paintings?”

The girls looked at each other, and the eldest daughter of the Jiang family said, “Actually, I also think that Meng Qian’s paintings are not so good. Jiang Yang spent three millions on it, it’s quite ridiculous.”

Li Qianjin didn’t know the current situation in the country and couldn’t analyze it, so she said casually: “Maybe Jiang Yang helped promote it? He could divorce Qin Yiran for Meng Qian. What’s so difficult in helping fire up his lover’s paintings…. Hey, I don’t remember Qin Yiran’s appearance, is that the one in the front?”

A few people followed Li Qianjin’s line of sight, and were stunned seeing a beautiful-looking but haggard woman walking straight towards Jiang Yang, holding a knife in her hand. Her eyes were full of resentment and she kept staring at Jiang Yang, who was secretly being intimate with Meng Qian. What she wanted to do was obvious.

The ladies sucked in their breaths. They were about to call the security guard but were too late. Qin Yiran had already raised the knife, shouting crazily, “Jiang Yang! I will kill you!”

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