Jiang Nanshu glanced at her, smiled slightly, and said, “Thank you, Auntie.”
Xu Xi’s mother smiled broadly: “You’re welcome, you’re welcome. This is the first time I’ve seen such a beautiful girl like you. As long as you don’t mind our place.”
Jiang Nanshu quietly put the gift back in Xu Xi’s room.
When she returned to Beijing with Jiang Yunchuan and the others, Jiang Nanshu asked Xu Xi to distribute the gifts to her family.
The New Year arrived in the blink of an eye.
It was a rare occasion for all five of Jiang Nanshu’s older brothers to get together.
Jiang’s mother shamelessly insisted on staying to celebrate the New Year with her sons and daughters. Although Jiang’s father was annoyed, he pretended not to see her.
Privately, he even told Jiang Nanshu to just pretend she didn’t see her.
The moment Jiang Nanshu saw her mother, she suddenly understood what true empathy meant.
Jiang’s mother had said hurtful things and done hurtful things.
A thorn was planted in her heart, making it impossible for her to forgive her mother.
And what about Lu Qingyan?
Was he the same?
Unable to forgive her, he went abroad.
This thorn remained between them, causing a dull ache every time they thought of it.
Jiang Nanshu still thought of Lu Qingyan; with his departure, his face became clearer in her mind.
“Nan Nan, have some juice.” Jiang’s mother poured a drink for Jiang Nanshu.
Jiang Nanshu was gazing out the window, lost in thought, when she suddenly heard Jiang’s mother’s voice. She instinctively looked away.
“It’s too cold, I don’t want to drink it, thank you.”
Jiang’s mother’s eyes dimmed: “Shall I heat it up for you?”
“No need to trouble yourself, I don’t like drinking beverages. You go and give them to your five sons.”
Jiang’s mother murmured, distraught, “You still won’t forgive me…cough, cough.”
She coughed violently, clutching her stomach, and headed for the bathroom.
As Jiang’s father passed by, he frowned and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”
Jiang’s mother shook her head: “It’s nothing. I just upset my stomach from eating something cold.”
Jiang’s father paused for a few seconds before saying, “Don’t come again tomorrow. You have nothing to do with our family anymore. If you don’t have a house, I’ll give you another one. But if you help the Song family again this time, I won’t care whether you live or die.”
When the Song family was mentioned, Jiang’s mother showed no emotion whatsoever.
They were quick to kick her out and sever ties with her, but now that the Song family is bankrupt and Old Mr. Song is hospitalized, they’ve started thinking of her, their ‘daughter’, again, because they have no money.
But one can’t fall twice in the same place. Jiang’s mother bluntly told them to get out.
She had no blood relation to Old Mr. Song and told him to go find Chu Xin, who was related to him by blood.
But Chu Xin had already severed ties after the Song family’s downfall.
Jiang’s mother felt extremely happy.
However, thinking of Jiang Nanshu, whom she had hurt, her mood turned depressed again.
She went to the sink and vomited violently until she saw blood-tinged filth, then she wiped her mouth in a daze.
…
The Jiang family had a reunion dinner.
Jiang Yisen bought hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of fireworks and took the family to the Nanshan coastal area of Beijing, where they were permitted to set them off.
Jiang Yisen was developing this area, building a small wooden bridge across the sea, next to a stone lighthouse.
The sound of the waves was deafening. Because of the darkness, Jiang Nanshu couldn’t see the water clearly, only the rolling waves.
Jiang Hemian looked around and nodded, “Big Brother, you bought a great spot; it’s a feng shui treasure.”
Jiang Yisen glanced at Jiang Nanshu and coughed lightly, “Thanks to Nan Nan, places with names that sound the same as hers always have good luck. Let’s light some fireworks.”
Jiang Zhouye walked over to Jiang Nanshu and saw her staring blankly at the sea. He raised an eyebrow, “Do you like looking at the sea?”
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