Mrs. Jiang wept as she shook her head.
Mr. Jiang sighed. âI have already said so much. Let me be the bad guy. If Yujie must hate someone, let her hate me.
âAnyway, I have already forced her away. I donât mind being the bad guy one more time,â said Mr. Jiang softly and weakly.
âHow can she hate you? You know that Yujie will never hate you in her whole life, or else she wonât have decided to leave. She wanted you to be at ease.â Mrs. Jiang cried.
âI owe her,â said Mr. Jiang softly. âYujie has never owed me anything. From the start to the end, itâs me who owes her. I thought⦠I was good to her, but in reality, Iâm not good to her at allâ¦â
âDadâ¦â Jiang Huaizhou called out. âJust tell me. Donât leave me in the dark. I donât even know what Yujie did for me.
âIf I donât know anything at all, then fine. But I know that thereâs clearly something going on here. if I pretend that I donât know, will I still be human? Is this right?â Jiang Huaizhou looked at Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang.
Mrs. Jiang covered her mouth, sobbing heavily. She also felt conflicted. She wanted to tell Jiang Huaizhou, but could Jiang Yujie take it?
However, if she did not tell Jiang Huaizhou, he would never know Jiang Yujieâs sacrifices for him.
Because of this, Mrs. Jiang did not say anything.
No matter what she chose, it was a dilemma.
She covered her mouth as tears flowed down her cheeks.
Mr. Jiang took a deep breath and exhaled shakily. âAs the evidence⦠evidence was with Lu Qiyuan, Yujie had to get close to him. So Yujie became his assistant. Then⦠she realized that with her being just an assistant, she would not be able to gain his trust and obtain the most confidential stuff. She⦠she and Lu Qiyuanâ¦â
Mr. Jiang could not finish.
But Jiang Huaizhou already understood.
His eyes were red and tears welled up in his eyes. âIf⦠If back then, I hadnât told Yujie that I was framed, she wouldnât have done all these things,â said Jiang Huaizhou, gritting his teeth.
âSo what if I was in prison? Wasnât it just a few more years of prison? So what if I came out a few years late? Why did I tell her such things?â Jiang Huaizhou despised himself.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Since Mr. Jiang had already said it, Mrs. Jiang had nothing to hold back.
âShe didnât allow us to say it because sheâs afraid that you would feel guilty. She also⦠also wanted to have some dignity in front of you. She didnât want you to feel that sheâs⦠sheâs uncleanâ¦â said Mrs. Jiang. âHow is she unclean?!â said Jiang Huaizhou with bloodshot eyes. âSheâs an idiot!â
âEven if itâs not Lu Qiyuan, if she dated someone elseâ¦â Jiang Huaizhou paused. âIs that unclean too? Itâs just an experience. Who doesnât have a past or something that canât be known by others?
âTo make it clear, itâs me whoâs not worthy to appear in front of her. She did this all for me. What right do I have to have an opinion of her? I canât even say that I dislike her because this will never happen. It never will.
âI just hate myself for not protecting her. Not only was I unable to protect her, but she even had to do those things that sheâs unwilling to remember for me,â said Jiang Huaizhou softly. And in the end, Jiang Yujie had a home that she could not return to.
She gave all the money that she had saved to him and even left the house that she had already paid a yearâs worth of rent for.