Jiang Zhongguo looked at Chen Meirong’s gritted teeth, unable to bear the sight.
"Are you stupid or something?"
Suddenly hearing Jiang Zhongguo say this, Chen Meirong looked at him in surprise, "What, what do you mean?"
"What do I mean? Still can’t understand? How many times have you clashed with Jiang Ran? Has there been one time it ended well? You lose every time. Anyone else would have learned their lesson long ago and stayed far away from her. But you? You keep running into her again and again. I really don’t know what you’re thinking."
"I know, Jiang Ran has made some money now. But our family has a big business, and we can’t be short of that money. What are you really after with her?"
This was the first time Jiang Zhongguo had said such things to her. Chen Meirong looked at him somewhat blankly, not speaking for a long time.
Seeing her not speaking, Jiang Zhongguo didn’t rush her, just waited.
After a while, Chen Meirong finally sighed and spoke slowly.
"It’s not her money I’m after."
Jiang Zhongguo found this even stranger, "Since it’s not her money, then what are you after?"
If it was to rebuild a mother-daughter bond, isn’t Chen Meirong pushing Jiang Ran further away with her actions?
Just as he was thinking, Chen Meirong suddenly spoke.
"What am I after? I’m after nothing. I have money if I want money, I have status, I have children. I don’t need her for anything."
"Since that’s what you say, just stay far away from her in the future, don’t mess with her again. We each live our own lives."
"Why should I?!"
Chen Meirong suddenly stood up, shouting this so furiously that Jiang Zhongguo was startled.
"What madness is this?"
Chen Meirong’s eyes were wide open, her facial expression exceptionally fierce, her tone vicious as she spoke.
"She is the child I carried for ten months. I gave birth to her, raised her, in what way have I wronged her? It was just an accident back then when she was taken by human traffickers. It’s not like I never looked for her. Why does she resent me? Why does she get to judge me from a moral high ground? She wants to live her own little life far away from me? I won’t let her have her way."
Jiang Zhongguo looked at Chen Meirong, realizing that though she was the same person he had lived with for decades,
At this moment, she seemed somewhat unfamiliar to him.
When did Chen Meirong start having these thoughts?
Or has she always been this kind of person and just never faced a similar situation before, so it never showed?
But now encountering such a situation, her true self comes out.
Regardless of the circumstances, Jiang Zhongguo had trouble accepting it momentarily.
"You really are...crazy!"
Jiang Zhongguo said this, stood up, and left the room, shaking his sleeves.
At this moment, Jiang Zhongguo thought Jiang Zhi’s decision was correct.
He should keep Chen Meirong at home. Otherwise, if left unchecked, this family would eventually be torn apart by her.
Just as Jiang Zhongguo walked out, he saw Jiang Zhan standing outside.
By the look on Jiang Zhan’s face, it was clear he had been standing there for some time and must have heard the entire conversation.
Jiang Zhongguo opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but didn’t know what to say.
After a long while, he finally uttered a sentence.
"You’re grown up now, there’s no point hiding these things from you..."