Chapter 474: Chapter 165: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Novel (End)

"Oh, and there’s a secret I’ve been holding in for far too long. If I don’t tell you, my conscience won’t be clear, and I can’t let you keep playing the fool."

"The child isn’t yours. I got pregnant back when Zhang Dali assaulted me. We haven’t had any more children all these years. We went for a check-up once, and I swapped out your report for a fake one."

"Heh... What can I say? One can’t be too greedy or too heartless. Karma always comes around eventually. You’re an ungrateful bastard who doesn’t value true affection, so you deserve to have your family line die with you!"

"In any case, you always looked down on me, despising me for being a country girl. We never even got legally married. So this works out perfectly. Let’s have a clean break. When the day comes that you’re starving, you can come find me and beg for a piece of bread."

For Jiang Zishu, it felt as if the sky had fallen.

The Cook family was demanding he repay the five million Pounds, plus interest equal to the principal amount, just as they had agreed.

The construction site came to a complete standstill. Workers were waiting to be paid, suppliers were demanding their outstanding balances, and because the building failed to meet regulations, he was ordered to demolish a year’s worth of hard work!

Creditors came one after another in endless waves, and his accounts were quickly drained.

The Cooks had likely heard about Jiang Zishu’s physical condition from Bian Yumin. Knowing he could not produce an heir for the family, they simply adopted a talented child from a side branch to be the new successor.

The family’s tolerance for him had run out. They gave him a one-month deadline: their money, or his legs.

Jiang Zishu had never known that a woman, when ruthless, could drive a person to their death.

He could only curse himself for being deceived by Bian Yumin’s sweet talk.

He knew full well the cold, cruel nature of the Cook family. ’Rather than drag this broken body through a miserable existence, it’s better to just end it all now!’

’And I have to take someone down with me.’

Even facing death, Jiang Zishu was too cowardly to go after Jiang Yihua and Chi Yun’er. Instead, he sought out Bian Yumin, playing the part of a pathetic wretch and begging for her pity.

Then, while Bian Yumin was gloating, he detonated a "shot put"—an explosive charge from the construction site—and perished, taking her with him.

When Chi Yun’er and Jiang Yihua heard the news, they sighed with mixed emotions.

Sure enough, even without their interference, Jiang Zishu and Bian Yumin had managed to bring about their own destruction.

However, they kept the news from Father Jiang and Mrs. Jiang. He was, after all, the child they had raised for over a decade. Even though they had fulfilled their duties, the old couple would surely blame themselves if they heard how it all ended.

In that lifetime, whenever Chi Yun’er and Jiang Yihua had a free moment, they would travel. Sometimes they took the elders and the children, other times it was just the two of them. They first toured the entire country, then set out to see the world, determined to experience all the beauty it had to offer.

Jiang Yihua held on by a thread, waiting until Chi Yun’er had passed away. Gazing at his old wife, her face covered in wrinkles that still brought him joy, he squeezed her hand in contentment. "Yunyun, a lifetime is too short. Walk slowly and wait for me... let’s be together in the next life, too..."

Sister Yun opened her eyes. She felt a little dazed, as if she had been asleep for a very long time. Body and soul, she was more exhausted than she had ever been before.

She gritted her teeth. ’I never realized the version of me without memories was such a drama queen! She never has a moment’s peace!’

’What’s wrong with being content with a quiet, comfortable life? And...’ She rubbed the bridge of her nose. ’...as I thought, I’m just a mere mortal who can’t resist a handsome face. I pathetically went and got married and had kids with a man again.’

’Maybe I’ve just had a string of bad luck entering these planes lately. How is it that I’ve gone through so many worlds before and remained completely detached, yet recently, every time I enter a new one, I can’t wait to throw myself at some guy?’

’In the end, she chalked it up to one thing: the quality of the men in these last few worlds has been exceptionally high. Even now, thinking about them made her usually placid heart skip a beat.’

’Given her tendency to just go with the flow, if she couldn’t fight the urge, it was only natural to follow her heart and... indulge.’

After a shower, she felt much more refreshed. Sister Yun tossed her worries to the back of her mind. Holding some snacks, she settled onto the sofa to enjoy a rare moment of leisure, kicking her long, fair legs up as she scrolled through the latest gossip.

"Sis, you’re back," her agent, Mingxing, said, having hurried over after seeing the notification that the long-range nutrient pod had opened.

"Mhm," Sister Yun hummed lazily, but her eyes were sparkling as she stared at the space in front of her, where a 3D screen was projected.

It was the company forum. Several cartoon avatars were chatting up a storm. Off to the side, an avatar that looked just like Sister Yun was sitting on a small stool, enthusiastically munching on a melon as she watched the drama.

"Have you heard? Our company’s Sister Yan had some rotten luck this time. She woke up right in the middle of a brothel, and that was after being pushed down the stairs, cracking her head open, and getting amnesia!"

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