Chapter 463 - I Beg You, Don’t Disown Me (1/2)

Chapter 463: I Beg You, Don’t Disown Me

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Don’t you think that whatever happened in J City was a coincidence?” Mo Yuxin asked. “Zhiyuan went to J City to look for Chang Jingqiu’s parents and he found them. It just so happened that Chang Jingqiu found out. I think she’s guilty and afraid of her true status being revealed, so she rushed there to get her parents to shut up. Who would’ve known that she would bump into Zhiyuan there? Zhiyuan wanted to come back and reveal the truth, but she got into a tangle with him and fell off a cliff.”

At that point, Lao Liang took out his voice recorder and played back the conversation. He then spoke at great length about what happened, in far more detail than Mo Yuxin.

Shocked, Grandmother Chang looked at Mo Yuxin, then at Lao Liang, and finally at the dazed Chang Jingqiu, though it was not known whether she fainted or was simply feigning it.

“IMPOSSIBLE!” Grandmother Chang shrieked. “YOU’RE ALL LYING TO ME! Mo Yuxin, you banded with a bunch of outsiders just to trick me! YOU SINNER! Why did Zhiyuan get married to such a toxic wife like you? Once he collapsed, you attacked me and you’re not even letting Jingqiu out of it! What’s the meaning of this! Do you really want to cause trouble for our family!”

“Old Lady, if you don’t trust us, we’ll let Miss Chang do a DNA test with the couple. I’ve already sent people to J City to bring the couple back,” Lao Liang said calmly.

As a private investigator, Lao Liang met plenty of people before, and he encountered several weirdos during investigations. Despite his seemingly calm demeanor in front of Grandmother Chang, deep in his heart, he could not help himself from commenting on how Grandmother Chang was one of the craziest persons he had ever seen.

Grandmother Chang felt choked. “You… How do you expect me to believe it when it’s all coming from you? There’s no such thing!”

She could not refrain from looking at Ruan Danchen and suspecting whether it was Ruan Danchen who was trying to exact revenge on her!

Qi Chenglin was truly incensed by the old lady. She still despised Ruan Danchen during such a time and did not even think about how Ruan Danchen had no intention of acknowledging her.

“You don’t need to look at her like that.” Qi Chenglin’s voice was biting cold. “She doesn’t value the Chang family’s status. Your family can’t compare to the Qi family and the Ruan family. Do you think Danchen wants to be known as Miss Chang? What she’s doing is nothing more than a reciprocation of his kindness and good treatment of her. Within the family, Ruan Danchen is only worried about him. She doesn’t care about others. She’s always busy and doesn’t have the time to cook up something just to annoy you.”

Qi Chenglin shot a look of despise toward Grandmother Chang. “You’re the one who thinks you’re the sh*t, and you think everyone’s the same as you. If it wasn’t because of this accident, she would’ve never told you who she was.”

“YOU…!” Grandmother Chang grasped her chest in agony due to Qi Chenglin’s words.

At that point, a nurse came. “The patient in room 605 is already awake. Family members are allowed to come and take a look.”

Grandmother Chang stood up suddenly. Ruan Danchen and Qi Chenglin were at the door, so the two of them were the first to return to the opposite ward.

Mo Yuxin pushed aside Liu Xiangwen and Chang Zhixing to catch up with them.

Liu Xiangwen then helped Grandmother Chang up with Chang Zhixing before going to the ward opposite. None of them noticed it, but when they left, Chang Jingqiu opened her eyes slowly and began looking to the opposite in helplessness. Soon after, her mind began plotting a scheme.

Qi Chenglin and Ruan Danchen went into the ward first and saw Chang Zhiyuan with his eyes open. His condition did not look too good, but when he saw Ruan Danchen and Qi Chenglin, his face immediately filled with glee.

“You…” Chang Zhiyuan uttered weakly.

“Don’t be anxious. You’re not well after waking up, so in the meantime, speak less,” Ruan Danchen advised. She noticed that he wanted to get up, so she went over and adjusted the bed so his body was upright.

“ZHIYUAN!” Mo Yuxin ran over with reddened eyes. “Do you feel unwell anywhere?”

Chang Zhiyuan shook his head. Such a slight movement was enough to make his head hurt and he frowned unwittingly.

The doctor came forth to make an inspection. His brain was already scanned earlier and there was no problem, but such a scan should not be done too frequently.

Therefore, the doctor checked his eyes and throat before examining other parts of his body. Chang Zhiyuan would need to stay at the hospital for further inspection, and the doctor subsequently left with the nurse.

“What’s this all about? Your wife says Jingqiu isn’t my granddaughter! Ridiculous!” Instead of asking about Chang Zhiyuan’s health, the first thing Grandmother Chang asked when she came in was about the Chang Jingqiu.

Chang Zhiyuan frowned, as his mother’s voice was so noisy that he felt his head ache.

“Mom, Zhiyuan just woke up. Let him rest,” Mo Yuxin said helplessly.

At times, she wondered if Chang Zhiyuan was really Grandmother Chang’s biological son.

The old lady treated Chang Zhixing extremely well. He had good character and conformed with society’s norms when it came to work-related matters, but one flaw he had was his inability to control Liu Xiangwen and her constant ill-will.

Grandmother Chang liked Chang Zhixing more, though. She treated him in an amiable manner, cared for his well-being, and thought of him whenever there was something good.

Chang Zhiyuan, on the other hand, did the most for the family. Chang Zhixing was not particularly up to the task despite his good character and work ethic. Other than the Chang family’s strong foundation, Chang Zhiyuan’s hard work was one of the reasons why the Chang family could be in such a position, and also why Grandmother Chang could live such a comfortable life.

If not for Chang Zhiyuan, the Chang family would be doomed to spend all their wealth without generating any income.

In spite of that, a hardworking son like him earned nothing but dissatisfaction from Grandmother Chang, no matter what he did. If he did something good, it was considered as something that he ought to have done; if he did something badly, then he was blamed for being incapable.

Grandmother Chang had that same attitude yet again, making Mo Yuxin feel incredibly unhappy.

“Water…” Chang Zhiyuan asked strenuously.

Mo Yuxin immediately grabbed the bottle of mineral water that she bought earlier that morning, opened it, then took a straw so Chang Zhiyuan could drink slowly.

Chang Zhiyuan drank a few sips only. The straw was thin thus requiring him to use more energy, and he truly did not have any energy left in him.

A throbbing pain assailed his hindbrain, and after a while, he struggled and said, “Yuxin’s right.”

Seeing that Lao Liang was present too, he said, “Lao Liang knows everything in detail.”

The old lady was in shock, and before she could even react, she heard a loud thump from the opposite.

“Jingqiu!” Liu Xiangwen stood the furthest at that time.

She turned around and looked at Chang Jingqiu sprawled on the floor.

At that point, her waist was immobile. She plopped helplessly on the floor, and her lower back had some traces of blood.

Chang Jingqiu looked at them and clenched her jaw. She placed her palms on the floor and wanted to crawl over to them.

“Jingqiu! What are you doing!” Liu Xiangwen screamed.

Grandmother Chang saw it too, and while walking over, she said, “Your injuries are too serious. Why don’t you know how to cherish yourself right now!”

“Push…push me…over!” Chang Zhiyuan said after noticing that there was a wheelchair prepared.

Qi Chenglin and Chang Zhixing helped Chang Zhiyuan onto the wheelchair. Grandmother Chang’s cries were then heard. “ZHIXING! COME HERE! Help Jingqiu up!”

Chang Zhixing rushed over, but before he could carry her up, Chang Jingqiu had grabbed on tightly to Grandmother Chang’s legs.

“Grandma, don’t throw me away Grandma!” Chang Jingqiu cried and said. “I don’t care whose child I am, but I’m only going to acknowledge you as my grandma. You’re the one who raised me since I was young, to protect me, and to love me. I treat you as my only family in this world! Grandma, please don’t leave me, I beg you. Please don’t leave me, I’m scared! I’m really scared!

“I don’t know anything. I don’t know anything now. Since I was young, you were always there with me, even from when I was still a baby that couldn’t remember anything. I was told that I’m the Chang family’s daughter, your granddaughter, but after twenty-seven years, I’m suddenly told that it was all a mistake, and I’m not your granddaughter. The family I thought was family is no longer my family. What am I going to do? What’s going to happen to me?”

Chang Jingqiu remained on the floor, raising her head and crying pitiably without letting Chang Zhixing touch her.

“Grandma, I’ve always treated you as my closest family. You’re all my family! You are, aren’t you? All of a sudden, you’re not, and you don’t want to care for me anymore, don’t you? You want to take away all that love you’ve shown me in the past, don’t you? Grandma, I can’t bear to part with you. Look at me, I’m your Jingqiu! I’m your Jingqiu!

“When I was young, I was scared of the dark when I slept alone in my room for the first time. You were the one who got worried about me and came to see me, to coax me to sleep. You’re the one who told stories to me every night. When there was thunder, you hugged me to sleep. You told me that I’m your granddaughter—the granddaughter you love the most. No matter what happens, you said you’ll love me and care for me always, and you’ll never leave me alone by myself. You’re the one who said that I still have you even though my parents are gone. Grandma, will I not have this anymore from now onward?

“I don’t care about the Chang family status, and I don’t care about all the glamor, but I care for my family! I care about you! In the future…will I not have the opportunity to call you Grandma again in the future? Will I be without family in the future?” Chang Jingqiu cried and exclaimed, with her entire body shaking terribly.

“Jingqiu.” Grandmother Chang’s heart was unable to take it after seeing Chang Jingqiu in such a state. “Get up first. You’re still injured.”

Even Grandmother Chang was unable to do something so heartless.

After all, she raised Chang Jingqiu for twenty-seven years and had always been loving the young woman as her own granddaughter.

Grandmother Chang loved Chang Jingqiu so much because Chang Jingqiu was always beside her since the latter was young. Grandmother Chang placed a lot of effort on Chang Jingqiu, rivaling that of Chang Zhixing and Chang Jianan, even.

One might say that Chang Jingqiu was never separated from Grandmother Chang when Chang Jingqiu was still young. They were always together, every single day.

Grandmother Chang poured out her heart for Chang Jingqiu. One could have feelings for an ordinary adopted child, or even a pet of any kind, more so, when it was someone that she sincerely loved for twenty-seven years.

As for Ruan Danchen, Grandmother Chang looked unfavorably toward her in the past, souring their relationship. The dislike was genuine, and even if there was evidence saying that Ruan Danchen was her true granddaughter, the feelings could never be compared to how she welcomed Chang Jingqiu into the house early on.

Even if Grandmother Chang did not have any sort of misunderstanding with Ruan Danchen, they were not close, especially not when compared to Chang Jingqiu, whom Grandmother Ruan loved for twenty-seven years.

Moreover, Grandmother Chang was genuinely unwilling to acknowledge Ruan Danchen as her granddaughter.

Having entered into a deadlock during past interactions, Grandmother Chang did not want to meet her at all. It would be like a slap in the face if the woman she so looked down on in the past became her granddaughter.

Simply looking at Ruan Danchen’s face invoked anger in Grandmother Chang, making her feel extremely moody. Deep down, she thought that it would have been better off maintaining the present situation, or treat it as though nothing happened in the first place.

Looking at Chang Jingqiu lying on the ground, grabbing her legs, and crying so fervently, Grandmother Chang could not bring herself to do it.

“Grandma, I’ll be alone without you in the future. Those two people who gave birth to me… Those two… I won’t acknowledge them! They’re not good people. They don’t treat me as their daughter. I won’t have a family anymore. Grandma, I’m scared! I’m really scared! I just want to be beside you, to be filial toward you. Even if you don’t want to acknowledge me, at least let me be by your side. I beg you, let me stay beside you, to care for you. As long as you let me… let me have a chance to stay beside you, I’ll be content. Grandma…”