Her ex-husband was too cold; after being reborn, she hid her pregnant belly and left her father behi

Chapter 128: A Sense of Powerlessness

When Jiang Qianhui and her family returned to the Jiang family villa, they found Jiang Che standing at the door.

Jiang Qianhui quickly ran to him and said with a smile, "Brother, why are you standing at the door and not going in?"

Seeing Jiang Qianhui, Jiang Che smiled indulgently and said, "No need. I've already left this house, so it's not appropriate for me to step back in. Today is Auntie's birthday, and I just wanted to wish her a happy birthday in person."

A hint of relief appeared in Jiang Zhengguo's eyes, but Yang Huirong rushed forward and said disdainfully, "Who needs the blessing of a bastard like you? Do you know how much ridicule I've suffered because of you? I'm so happy without you, why do you even bother appearing in this family?"

Jiang Qianhui said with difficulty, "Mom, can you please not treat my brother like this?"

Yang Huirong glared angrily at Jiang Qianhui and said, "Shut up! What gives you the right to call him brother! Others laugh at me for not having a son, are you laughing at me too?"

Yang Huirong's words instantly silenced Jiang Qianhui. She didn't speak, afraid of upsetting her mother.

Jiang Che said with a dark look in his eyes, "I'm sorry, Auntie. Please don't blame Sui Sui. I'll leave now. This is my birthday present for you."

Jiang Che handed over the gift box, but Yang Huirong knocked it over and roared, "Get out of here! I don't need your lousy gift at all!"

The box was knocked over and a box of black pills fell out.

Jiang Qianhui wanted to persuade him, but Jiang Che stopped her.

Jiang Che said softly, "It's okay, it's my fault."

Jiang Che smiled gently at Yang Huirong and said, "Auntie, I'm sorry. I'll leave now."

Jiang Che left after speaking. Jiang Qianhui wanted to chase after him, but she was afraid of upsetting her mother, so she didn't and could only silently pick up the medicine box from the ground again.

"Mom, don't get angry so often if you have high blood pressure; it's bad for your health."

"Knowing I have high blood pressure, he still came to provoke me. He did it on purpose, just wanting to make me so angry on my birthday that I'd die."

Jiang Zhengguo said angrily, "Hasn't he already left? Don't be angry anymore."

“You’re still defending him? Yes, he’s your precious son. You’re counting on him to carry on the family line.”

"How can you be so unreasonable? If I had this kind of mindset, I would have told you to have a second child when you were young. But when you gave birth to Sui Sui, you had amniotic fluid embolism. You were saved from the brink of death. It was as if your ancestors in the afterlife had to kowtow to save your life. How could I bear to let you have a child? What you're saying now is too much."

Yang Huirong suffered amniotic fluid embolism during the birth of Jiang Qianhui and barely survived. Therefore, she didn't have any more children after giving birth to Jiang Qianhui. At the time, she felt that Jiang Zhengguo was extremely considerate and the best man in the world.

But he deceived her.

"Jiang Zhengguo, how dare you say that? I thought you were sincere towards me back then, that you didn't have the concept of favoring sons over daughters, or the outdated idea of ​​carrying on the family line. So when you said you wanted to adopt a child to keep Sui Sui company, that a child would be too lonely, I really thought you felt sorry for me. But who knew that it was actually a child you had with another woman? Do you know that you were mocking me? I still think I'm utterly ridiculous."

“It was wrong of me to hide it from you back then. I thought that by keeping this secret, our family could live peacefully and you wouldn’t be unhappy.”

“You wanted peace and quiet in this home, so why did you bring him from the orphanage?”

“I had no idea he existed at first. His mother contacted me and said I had a son in an orphanage. If I didn’t want him, she told me to let him fend for himself in the orphanage.”

"His mother, your ex-lover, are you still in contact with her?"

"Yang Huirong, you're going too far. Don't you know how I've felt about you since we got married?"

Yang Huirong smiled disdainfully and said aggressively, "All I know is that you deceived me and treated me like a fool!"

Hearing her parents arguing, Jiang Qianhui felt helpless. Some knots in one's heart are not so easy to untie.

"Mom and Dad, please stop arguing. I just saw the gift; it's a ginseng and deer antler horn pill, produced in 85. It contains precious rhinoceros horn, but rhinoceroses are now listed as a Class I protected animal in China, so they can't be used in medicine. Mom, you have high blood pressure and a weak heart; this medicine could be life-saving in a critical moment. I can tell my brother really put a lot of thought into it."

"Hypocrite! He thinks he can get back into the Jiang family with just a box of cheap medicine? Dream on. I won't let him have his way."

Jiang Qianhui was saddened by her mother's reaction, but not surprised.

"Mom, my brother has passed away. Please keep the medicine safe. This medicine is very rare, and it can be life-saving in a critical moment. You must keep it safe."

In my past life, if my mother had had this one pill when she heard that my father had committed suicide, she wouldn't have been paralyzed for half her life. In my past life, my brother said that if he had found this one pill back then, he wouldn't have suffered so much.

As if by some unseen force, the older brother found the medicine and gave it to the mother.

Yang Huirong still looked unwell, so Jiang Qianhui had no choice but to hand the medicine to her father and then tell him to keep it safe.

"Mom, today is your birthday. We all hope you are happy. No matter what, please don't be upset. I'm leaving now."

Jiang Qianhui suddenly felt powerless because she could understand her mother's pain, but she also felt her brother's suffering, yet she was unable to resolve their inner conflict.

In her previous life, it was only after her mother suffered a stroke that her brother's meticulous care helped her overcome her inner turmoil. In this life, it's cruel for her to accept an illegitimate child she despises, and she feels immense guilt towards her brother.

At this moment, she felt the most powerless feeling since her rebirth.

Jiang Zhengguo frowned and said, "I told you to stop arguing, but you insisted on arguing. Look at the expression on Sui Sui's face when she left just now. I've never seen her look so sad."

Yang Huirong remained silent, having never seen her daughter so distressed.

"It's all because of you, because of that bastard! I'm telling you, make sure that bastard stays within a hundred meters of me."

After Yang Huirong finished speaking, she knocked the medicine box out of Jiang Zhengguo's hand.

"What kind of lousy medicine is this! Giving me medicine for my birthday, are you cursing me to die?"

Yang Huirong angrily knocked over the medicine box and even stepped on the medicine scattered on the ground.

Jiang Qianhui, who was in the driver's seat, saw this scene. She saw her brother's concern for their mother being trampled on by her, and her heart ached.

How can she make her mother understand that her brother truly considers her his own mother?

The son-in-law she regarded as an honor was actually the culprit who caused their family's ruin last time.

Jiang Qianhui's eyes grew even deeper.