Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Dual Personality Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Dual Personality The noise was too much, causing everyone at the table to look at him.
Mr. Jiang felt a bit embarrassed for a moment, his voice low as he gritted his teeth, “Why are you so loud? Are you afraid others won’t know you’re angry?”
“Hmph.” Mrs. Jiang picked up her chopsticks again, “I think you’re blind. That kind of social-climbing woman, and you think she’s fine, indeed, you men only care about looks, it’s women who truly understand women.”
After speaking, she even gave Chu Xin a glance.
Chu Xin, sitting next to her, saw that the two seemed to have been in a cold war for a long time. Her face showed concern, but inside she was nearly laughing herself to death.
Fight, keep fighting, the more the better, it would be best if they fought all the way to divorce.
She frowned, “Shuling, what’s going on between you and your brother-in-law? If there’s a misunderstanding, you must clear it up right away, keeping it inside is the most harmful to a marriage.”
Then she looked at Mr. Jiang, “Brother-in-law, the same goes for you, you should be more forgiving of your sister. Men should understand how to be tolerant.”
Chu Xin’s attempt to mediate only made Mr. Jiang angrier.
He didn’t even know what was going on, it was utterly baffling.
He stood up with a stern face and said to Jiang Jingcheng and the rest, “Go ahead and eat. Just seeing your mother kills my appetite!”
Mrs. Jiang’s eyes turned red with anger.
Jiang Nanshu was chewing on a piece of grilled meat.
“Tsk, breast cancer must be what you get from being so angry, huh? Men, living now only to anger others, when mom dies later, you might feel like the sky is falling.”
Mr. Jiang stiffened; he had almost forgotten Mrs. Jiang’s fate.
She would die of late-stage breast cancer in one year.
But since he had already spoken, he couldn’t back down and just walked away.
Jiang Jingcheng, Jian Hemian, and Jiang Zhouye exchanged glances. Other than Jiang Yunchuan, who looked worried with a face that said he knew it all along, the three of them had just found out.
So Mrs. Jiang’s fate was also death.
One year’s time…
They seemed to have discovered it.
The whole Jiang Family only had two years left to survive.
Everyone’s ending came too quickly, as if it were just a walk-on part.
Jiang Zhouye’s voice was hoarse as he quietly said to Jiang Jingcheng, “You should let mom go to the hospital more often for check-ups. If it’s preventable, prevent it. Later, I’ll talk to dad and ask him to stop making mom upset.” He frowned in annoyance, “Our family should really keep a distance from the Chu Family, spending money to feed thankless wretches. Big brother would be furious if he knew.”
Jiang Jingcheng slowly sipped his red wine, “I’m aware. You better take care of your own health first.”
Jiang Zhouye choked, then curled his lip, “My throat is almost better, my hoarse voice is an act. This week, I’ll take Jiang Nanshu to catch the person behind all this!”
Jiang Jingcheng glanced at him coldly, “Still angry about her drugging you?”
Jiang Zhouye hung his head and said nothing.
Who wouldn’t be angry?
This was about his reputation. If she had chosen someone beautiful, with a good family background, and a gentle disposition, he wouldn’t have said anything even if he had really been ‘done’. But Chen Qian, what was she? One of her sly and shady friends!
And those friends who only gave her bad advice, not particularly attractive either, with eyes full of greed. It was only because Jiang Nanshu was blind that he would be friends with such people.
“Shouldn’t I be angry? How could she just because her friend wants to climb up, just, just…” He huffed, “Let’s not even talk about it!”
Jiang Jingcheng swirled his wine glass, his gaze deep.
Jian Hemian propped his elbow on the table, eyes slightly squinted, a lazy smile on his lips, “I think there’s no need to be angry anymore, because she’s not the same person as that old scoundrel.”
Jiang Zhouye was startled, “What?!”
He nearly leaped up in surprise but quickly covered his mouth, realizing he had lost his composure.
Luckily, they were at the end of the table, and with the four of them closely huddled together, speaking in low voices, no one else could hear.
Jiang Zhouye was full of shock, “Third brother, are you saying… the one before us is a ghost?!”
Even Jiang Yunchuan couldn’t resist rolling his eyes at him, “Are you a dumbass? You’re supposed to be a national idol, and if your fans found out you were such an idiot, even the die-hard ones would strip naked in embarrassment.”
Jiang Zhouye: “…”
Who wouldn’t find this situation terrifying?
The person in front of you is not the same as before; if not a ghost, what else could it be?
Jiang Jingcheng lightly tapped his fingertips on the table, analyzing meticulously, “She’s still her, just with a different personality. It’s as if she has two personalities inside her. When she jumped into the river, one personality committed suicide, and then this ‘Su Xing’ awoke… I think that’s what happened; there’s no other explanation.”
Jiang Hemian lamented, “What a pity, she’s my own sister. Otherwise, I’d really like to apply to my superiors to take her back to the lab for research.”
Jiang Yunchuan: “…”
After hearing Jiang Jingcheng’s explanation, he immediately believed it.
And even added a lot of drama to himself.
With a face full of guilt, “It’s all my fault; I drove away her good personality and let that bad one, Su Xing, awaken. If I hadn’t locked her in the icy cold, making her sick, she wouldn’t have woken up as a completely different person.”
Then he became somewhat horrified, “Holy shit, do you think, if my sister gets sick again, that evil thing won’t come back, right?”
Everyone frowned upon hearing this.
After a moment, Jiang Jingcheng said, “That’s really hard to say… After all, she switched personalities after getting seriously ill twice. The first time was almost freezing to death, and the second was jumping into the river…”
Jiang Yunchuan made up his mind right away, “No matter what she turns into, she’s still my sister. I will protect her and prevent her from getting sick; otherwise, I’ll be guilt-ridden for life.”
Then he turned to Jiang Zhouye, hostility in his gaze, “Don’t bully her, or I’ll expose your dirty secrets.”
Jiang Zhouye: “…”
He couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth, “Got it… And which eye of yours saw me bullying her? It’s clearly her bullying me… I even gave her five million for nothing!”
“You want to change your fate? That’s what you should do,” said Jiang Yunchuan finally, slinging an arm around Jiang Zhouye’s shoulder with a smirk.
Jiang Zhouye was speechless.
Why was his price to pay so high!
He only had a few thousand left in his account now; what good was that?
While they were talking, Su Ran came back.
They diverted the topic from Jiang Nanshu to something else.
Cheng An was the first to notice Su Ran’s distress and quietly asked, “Ranran, didn’t you just go to the restroom? Why are you crying? Did someone bully you on the way?”
He glanced subtly at Jiang Nanshu while speaking.
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
[You’re just short of broadcasting my social security number. Sitting right here, the blame falls from the sky; with all these evil things I’m accused of, I’d be letting myself down if I didn’t do them! I’m seething! Who would block her for no reason? I may be mean, but I’m not stupid. I would bully her in front of so many people? Chen An’s pig’s brains would be unfit for the dining table!]
Jiang Nanshu was fuming inside.
If the male protagonist were Chen An, she’d probably have returned to her original world by now, right?
Thinking about it, she cast a resentful glance at Lu Qingyan.
[It’s been so long, and the marriage isn’t annulled; what exactly do you want, huh? Just say a word to Grandpa Lu, and you don’t even have to wait three months. I wouldn’t need to return the money, you bug!]
Lu Qingyan: “…”
He was also very vexed.
He glanced at the grape juice in front of him, then reached out to take it and poured it into her empty glass, “If you want to drink, just say so; don’t look at me like that, I’m pouring it for you.”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
She lifted her hand, gulped down the drink in one go, and slammed the glass down in front of Lu Qingyan with a loud bang.
The noise drew everyone’s attention to her.
Jiang Nanshu tilted her head back, with a lift of the eyebrows and an air of petulance, “I want more!”