The Vicious, Vain Stepsister (End)
Su Jiu did come back, injured and so dazed that she was barely conscious.
Jiang Xuefu looked at her and sneered. "How do you still have the nerve to come back after making such a spectacle of yourself? How did it feel to have his fiancée pin you to the bed and beat you?"
"Was it you?" Su Jiu suddenly asked through her daze. How else could Chen Xi's fiancée have suddenly shown up and known their exact room number?
"So what if it was?" Jiang Xuefu raised an eyebrow, unconcerned.
That was right. Ever since she was little, whenever anything good happened in her life, Jiang Xuefu would ruin it. Only during the four years Jiang Xuefu was abroad had she been able to catch her breath. Those had also been the happiest four years of her life.
But as soon as Jiang Xuefu came back, everything was ruined again.
"Why?" Su Jiu finally broke down, covering her face and sobbing as she slid to the floor. "Why do they all love you? Is it that no matter what I do, no one will ever like me..."
But her questions were destined to go unanswered. The only response was the retreating figure of the woman, who had long since left, and endless silence.
Su Jiu spent two months at home in a daze, lying in bed every day without setting foot outside. Whenever she went out, she thought of those mocking, contemptuous looks. Everyone seemed to be staring at her, calling her shameless and a homewrecker.
Su Jing had no choice but to arrange a leave of absence from school for her and let her rest at home.
But the bad news did not end there. In the third month, Su Jiu suddenly felt nauseated and went to the hospital, where she found out she was already three months pregnant.
Su Jing told her to have an abortion. She was only in her senior year of college and still had a bright future ahead of her. There was no need to sacrifice everything now for a scumbag.
But Su Jiu only held her belly and shook her head, her eyes red, refusing to get an abortion.
If neither her mother nor her lover belonged to her, then surely a child she gave birth to herself would belong to her? I'll love her unconditionally, and she'll love me unconditionally too.
Su Jing tried several more times to persuade her, but Su Jiu kept refusing. Eventually, the pregnancy progressed so far that her body would not be able to withstand an abortion. Only then did Su Jing gradually give up on the idea and focus on taking care of her.
Ten months later, Su Jiu gave birth to a boy at the hospital. But raising a child was expensive, and Jiang Sheng had left the mother and daughter to fend for themselves in the villa. Over the past few months, the little money Su Jing had managed to hide away had all gone toward helping Su Jiu regain her health and paying for hospital checkups. They were even having trouble getting by.
Su Jing had no choice but to go out to work during the day, then return home at night to care for the baby and Su Jiu, who was recovering from childbirth.
Jiang Xuefu, however, had no time to concern herself with their affairs. After she and Lu Zhiyan married, they set off on a six-month honeymoon. When they returned, Lu Zhiyan's father handed the company over to him completely.
Lu Zhiyan's mother was still very dissatisfied with Jiang Xuefu. She had no idea why her son had married her. Unreasonable and vicious, what kind of Mrs. Lu was she?
But after Jiang Xuefu gave birth to a daughter two years later, she no longer dared show her dissatisfaction. If she upset Jiang Xuefu, she could forget about seeing her granddaughter for the next three months.
She might have hated Jiang Xuefu, but she loved her little granddaughter even more! Her granddaughter was bright and adorable, soft and cuddly. Who wouldn't praise her on sight?
Jiang Xuefu lived into her seventies in this life. The man cherished her in the palm of his hand and loved her all her life, right up until the moment she closed her eyes.
Lu Zhiyan, whose face had long since lost its youth, slowly lowered his head and kissed his beloved's eyes. Tears welled in his own. "Fufu, I'm coming to join you."