bookrandom Chapter 138 Jiang's mother did not commit suicide, she was murdered.
Chapter 138 Jiang's mother did not commit suicide, she was murdered.
Jiang Qingkong stood outside the ward, drinking milk tea, with another cup in her right hand.
Seeing Li Xi come out, she handed her the milk tea in her right hand. "I ordered you a cup of brown sugar ginger tea, it's warm, would you like some?"
Li Xi was somewhat surprised. As she took the milk tea, she asked Jiang Qingkong, "Was it poisoned?"
Jiang Qingkong: "..."
Li Xi held one end of the straw and gently pierced it into the sealed plastic film. Just as she took a sip, she heard Jiang Qingkong say, "Li Xi, these days it's better to rely on yourself than on anyone else."
"Gu Huaizhou loves you and cherishes you now, and he's willing to give you things, so accept them all. Men can be unreliable, but anything that ends up in your pocket is definitely reliable."
"Don't listen to Xie Xingyun's divisive words. Zhaixing Entertainment should have belonged to you. You are the most qualified person to have it."
Finally, Jiang Qingkong concluded: "Li Xi, we women can fall in love with men, but we must remember to always love ourselves more than anyone else."
Hearing these words, Li Xi couldn't help but look at Jiang Qingkong with newfound respect. "You..."
"Things have changed."
Jiang Qingkong smiled bitterly, "A person who has just been to the gates of hell would become clear-headed after such a close call."
Li Xi silently took two sips of brown sugar ginger tea and asked Jiang Qingkong, "What are you planning to do next?"
Jiang Qingkong said, "I plan to take Xie Xingyun abroad for treatment of his leg."
"...Really?" Li Xi was full of doubt about Jiang Qingkong's words. "You really want to take him abroad for treatment?" So kind of you?
"Yes."
Jiang Qingkong said meaningfully, "It's quiet abroad, which is also suitable for us to rebuild our relationship. Don't you think so?"
It is indeed quiet abroad.
Back in China, Xie Xingyun's relatives and friends would keep a close eye on Jiang Qingkong's every word and action, making it difficult for her to bully Xie Xingyun.
But things are different abroad.
The Xie family has collapsed, and Zhaixing Entertainment will become her company. Xie Xingyun, who has lost her source of income, can only rely on Jiang Qingkong's charity to survive.
Once abroad, Xie Xingyun became like a glutinous rice ball—round or flat, it was up to Jiang Qingkong to mold him however she pleased...
Never offend a woman who has truly loved you.
Xie Xingyun killed the spoiled but loving Jiang Qingkong of the past, and now the one who is alive is Niu Gulu Jiang Qingkong.
Li Xi raised his milk tea cup to Jiang Qingkong: "Then I wish Miss Jiang all her wishes come true, and that she and Mr. Xie will have a loving and harmonious relationship and grow old together."
"Thank you."
Jiang Qingkong raised her milk tea to clink glasses with Li Xi, but Li Xi didn't drink it, instead looking preoccupied.
"Anything else?"
“Jiang Xinghe hates me and doesn’t want to see me, but there’s something I think he should know, something that relates to his mother’s background and the truth about her death.”
"Ok?"
Is there something wrong with Jiang Xinghe's mother's background?
Li Xi's expression turned serious. She promised Jiang Qingkong, "If you trust me, you can tell me what you know, and I will relay it to him later."
Jiang Qingkong unconsciously stroked the warm plastic milk tea cup, and she hesitated several times before speaking.
Li Xi didn't rush her, but patiently drank the milk tea.
After a moment, Jiang Qingkong spoke: "About eight years ago, during the Spring Festival, I went out with my friends to celebrate the New Year. When I returned home late at night, I accidentally overheard my grandfather and father talking..."
“I heard them mention the Fifth Family of Southeast Asia, and also a woman named Fifth Dream.”
The Fifth Family was a renowned and prestigious family that was famous throughout Southeast Asia.
The South Pacific was the territory of warlords and tycoons, where money and force reigned supreme.
The Fifth Family is an arms manufacturing dynasty, and it almost monopolizes 30% of the global arms industry.
Of course, these are all common knowledge that can be found in encyclopedias.
But the real Fifth Family is definitely more powerful and unpredictable than what is described online.
"Who is Fifth Dream?" Li Xi was completely unfamiliar with this name.
"She is the only daughter of the current head of the Fifth Family. If she were alive, she would become the next head of the Fifth Family."
"Fifth Dream is dead?"
“To be precise, his fate is unknown.” Shaking his head, Jiang Qingkong said, “38 years ago, the Fifth Family was brutally massacred by their enemies in retaliation, and Fifth Meng, who was only 12 years old at the time, disappeared without a trace.”
"In order to find his daughter's whereabouts, Fifth Dream's father hired more than a hundred skilled bounty hunters."
"It is said that Miss Fifth Dream has a red butterfly birthmark behind her ear."
It turned out to be the case.
Thinking about how Jiang Xinghe's mother met and fell in love with Jiang Zhulang, Li Xi immediately started to believe in conspiracy theories.
She analyzed thoughtfully: "Chairman Jiang is a wealthy young master from Dongzhou City, while Jiang Xinghe's mother is just a high school teacher in a small town in Yuyang County."
"They have no social circles and live more than 200 kilometers apart. Logically speaking, they are destined to have no connection whatsoever."
"But he suddenly fell madly in love with Jiang Xinghe's mother and married her with a firm resolve. They were separated by death just over a year after their marriage."
Li Xixing narrowed her eyes and couldn't help but speculate, "Could it be that Jiang Zhulang received information that Jiang Xinghe's mother is Fifth Dream, and that he approached Jiang Xinghe's mother with a specific purpose in mind from the beginning?"
"He thought he had married a golden nugget, but later he found out that she was not Fifth Dream at all. That's why he couldn't wait to force the first wife to her death and marry Ms. Song, who was a good match for the Jiang family, and who is your mother?"
Jiang Qingkong stared in disbelief, her eyes filled with admiration as she looked at Li Xi. "You guessed it all by guessing?"
“Looks like I was right.” Li Xi shrugged and said, “After all, I’m a creator of suspense comics.”
“That’s true.” Jiang Qingkong said sarcastically, “You are the woman who brought down the entire Xie family without ever getting your hands dirty.”
"Thank you for the compliment," Li Xi readily admitted.
"The truth is pretty much what you guessed..."
Through Jiang Qingkong's account, Li Xi uncovered the truth of what happened back then—
Jiang Xinghe's mother is named Chu Xingchen.
Chu Xingchen was an extremely intelligent woman. She skipped grades from junior high school onwards and graduated from university at the age of 20.
After graduation, Chu Xingchen chose to return to his small town to teach in order to take care of his seriously ill adoptive mother, becoming a physics teacher at the town's high school.
Upon unexpectedly learning that a girl resembling Fifth Dream had appeared in Maple Leaf Town, Jiang Zhulang immediately rushed there to investigate.
After discovering that Chu Xingchen was merely an adopted daughter of the Chu family and that she indeed had a butterfly birthmark behind her ear, Jiang Zhulang did not immediately inform the Fifth Family of his findings.
Jiang Zhulang was a shrewd and profit-driven man in his youth.
He knew that if he reported the news directly to the Fifth Family, the Fifth Family would at most accept a favor from him and offer him temporary benefits.
but.
If he can marry Wu Meng and have children, he will be the son-in-law of the Wu family!
By becoming related to the Fifth Family through marriage, the Jiang family's future is truly limitless!
So Jiang Zhulang concealed this discovery and, under the pretext of interning at the county branch, deliberately sought an opportunity to get close to Chu Xingchen.
Although Chu Xingchen is intelligent, his love life is a complete blank.
Jiang Zhulang was very handsome when he was young, which can be seen from the appearances of Jiang Qingkong and Jiang Xinghe.
A wealthy young man from the big city, witty, humorous, knowledgeable, and rich. Can Chu Xingchen escape the relentless pursuit of such a young man?
Jiang Zhulang married Chu Xingchen in just five months.
At that time, his brothers advised Jiang Zhulang to think twice, saying that it would be more prudent to marry a woman who was of equal social standing and could help the family business.
But Jiang Zhulang laughed at them, saying they were incredibly foolish.
What do they know?
Could any woman be more helpful to the Jiang family than the daughter of the Fifth Family?
Immediately after their marriage, Jiang Zhulang was eager to get Chu Xingchen pregnant. With a child, the Jiang family and the Fifth Family would have the strongest and most reliable bond!
But just three days after Jiang Xinghe's birth, devastating news arrived from Southeast Asia—
The Fifth Dream has been found!
The Fifth Family has found the real Fifth Dream, so what about their own beautiful wife?
Upon hearing the devastating news, Jiang Zhulang and his father locked themselves in a room and smoked silently all night.
After a night of deep thought, the father and son reached a consensus—
Chu Xingchen must die!
Only if she dies can Jiang Zhulang marry a truly suitable and virtuous wife to be Mrs. Jiang.
"...Aunt Chu died by hanging, but not by suicide. She was strangled to death by my father himself."
"What!" Li Xi exclaimed in shock as she crushed the plastic cup of milk tea in her hand.
"You're saying that Jiang Xinghe's mother was strangled to death by Jiang Zhulang?"
Jiang Qingkong's eyes were red-rimmed, and she nodded with lingering fear, "Yes, she was strangled to death by my father..."
"Does your mother know about these things?"
Jiang Qingkong shook her head, "I didn't dare tell her. My mom really likes my dad, so I didn't dare tell her. Besides, my dad is quite good to us, mother and daughter..."
Seeing Li Xi's gloomy face, Jiang Qingkong couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Li Xi, do you think I'm despicable for covering up my father's and grandfather's crimes?"
Li Xi remained silent.
But her cold, hard expression showed that she truly looked down on Jiang Qingkong.
Shaking her head, Jiang Qingkong said, "Li Xi, I am different from Jiang Xinghe, and my mother is different from Aunt Chu. Aunt Chu has no power, no influence, and no support, while Jiang Xinghe is even more lonely and helpless, like a weed."
“But I have my mother to support me, and my mother also has my maternal grandparents and uncles to support her. Even if my father and grandfather disapprove of my mother and me, they don’t dare to bully my mother.”
"Besides, I am a beneficiary of the system. My father and grandfather have not wronged me. I know in my heart that they are not human to Aunt Chu, but I really can't betray them."
"Just consider me selfish."
Jiang Qingkong knew that covering up her father and grandfather's actions was immoral, but they were, after all, her closest relatives, and they had not wronged her.
Li Xi was not angry about Jiang Qingkong concealing the truth.
Just as Jiang Qingkong said, the people Jiang Zhulang and his son wronged were Ms. Chu and Jiang Xinghe, not Jiang Xinghe and her mother.
Since the pain didn't fall on her personally, Jiang Qingkong wouldn't truly hate her father and grandfather.
The fact that she is willing to tell this story today is the greatest act of kindness she can show.
"You knew about this eight years ago, and you kept it a secret for eight years. Why are you finally willing to tell us?"
Jiang Qingkong suddenly burst into tears.
"Li Xi, do you know?"
"Actually, when I was little, I had a good relationship with Jiang Xinghe. As far back as I can remember, Jiang Xinghe was a boarding student at school, but he would always bring me gifts when he came back."
"Sometimes it's a small rag doll, sometimes it's a lollipop sold in his school supermarket. Actually, I really like my brother."
"But..."
Jiang Qingkong wiped away her tears and sobbed, "But whenever my grandfather sees me playing with him, he beats and scolds Jiang Xinghe."