Read Novel Full Chapter 163 Part 2 – The End (II)
Chapter 163 Part 2 – The End (II)
After the wedding, Jiang Li and Tong Yi went abroad. One returned to her academic pursuits, the other continued to expand his career.
When Jiang Li turned twenty-nine, Tong Yi finally proposed—because Old Master Feng gave him a beating.
It happened one weekend when Old Master Feng secretly went to Beijing to surprise his granddaughter. Instead, he discovered the two were living together.
Being a man of the old generation, Old Master Feng naturally couldn’t accept cohabitation before marriage. He was furious on the spot and hit Tong Yi with his cane a few times, accusing him of taking advantage of his granddaughter.
Tong Yi immediately pounded his chest and swore to Old Master Feng that he would never let Jiang Xiao Li down in this lifetime. He promised to propose to her right away and give her a grand wedding.
The condition: only if Feng Qi didn’t object.
Hearing that, Old Master Feng finally calmed down a bit. Then he went home and gave his youngest son a good scolding, saying he had nothing better to do than meddle in the younger generation’s business.
Feng Qi merely replied blandly, “I didn’t say I agreed, but I didn’t say I disagreed either. He just didn’t have the guts. What’s that got to do with me?”
Once Tong Yi understood Feng Qi’s stance, he immediately began planning the proposal.
He proposed to Jiang Li right outside the research institute. The event was grand. The young staff at the institute, wary of her uncle’s authority, didn’t dare to make a fuss, but the older professors were excited and even started chanting “Marry him! Marry him!” on their own.
Only then did Jiang Li realize that what she disliked wasn’t being confessed to or proposed to in public. She just didn’t like being startled under the guise of a “surprise” like what Tong Xu had once done.
When Tong Yi slipped the ring on her finger, Jiang Li suddenly turned and ran to Feng Qi, hugging him with a smile.
“Third Uncle, even if I get married, you’ll still be the most important person to me!”
Feng Qi chuckled, “How many ‘most important’ people do you have?”
Jiang Li: “…” Alas, Third Uncle isn’t as easy to fool as he used to be!
Feng Qi chuckled and ruffled her hair. “Go ahead and get married. If that kid ever dares to bully you, I’ll take care of him.”
Tong Yi instantly promised, “I’d never bully her—not in this lifetime.”
Feng Qi frowned in disgust. “Did I ask you?”
Tong Yi: “…”
He felt… pretty wronged.
But thinking back to how he had set up Old Master Feng and deliberately let him catch them living together, Tong Yi figured that, all in all, things had turned out quite well.
Otherwise, with Feng Qi’s awkward personality, who knew how many years he’d have to wait?
Zhao Qiang looked at Tong Yi, then at Jiang Li, and finally turned to Fang Tong. “Back when he invested in our research institute, was it all for Junior Sister?”
Fang Tong smiled. “Why don’t you say that louder? Maybe let Professor Feng hear it too.”
Zhao Qiang rolled his eyes. “I’m not stupid.”
Fang Tong: “…”
After spending so much time with Jiang Li, Zhao Qiang’s emotional intelligence had definitely improved. He was a lot less annoying now.
She grinned at him. “Junior Sister’s getting married, and you’re still single.”
Zhao Qiang raised an eyebrow. “Why do I feel like your emotional intelligence is a bit low?”
Fang Tong: “…”
Endure, endure!!! It’s Junior Sister’s big day today!
…
Jiang Li and Tong Yi’s wedding ceremony wasn’t grand, nor did they make any effort to publicize it, yet some warmhearted netizens still managed to push it onto the trending topics, where it stayed for several days.
That same year, Jiang Li won the Lasker Medical Award, and Tong Yi made it into the top ten on the wealth rankings. Their story—from school uniforms to wedding gowns—naturally drew countless blessings.
After the ceremony, Jiang Li picked up her phone and scrolled through Weibo. Looking at the comments under the trending topic, she couldn’t help but say, “Not even a single negative comment. That’s pretty rare.”
Tong Yi smiled. “You’re a national treasure now. Can’t you have a little more confidence in yourself?”
If it had just been a regular rich kid’s wedding, the comments section would’ve surely been flooded with hate from anti-rich trolls. Even if they paid to manage the comments, there’s no way they could’ve made every one positive.
But Jiang Li was a superstar in the research world. The country now highly values scientists, and the people deeply respect them. Netizens wouldn’t tolerate any foul comments about her. Even if one slipped through, it’d be reported and deleted almost instantly.
After she received the award, the media went all out with the coverage. It even made it to the national news broadcast. Even the incarcerated Jiang Zhou and Bai Guolin must’ve seen it too.
As Tong Yi had guessed, both Jiang Zhou and Bai Guolin were aware of Jiang Li’s award. Their feelings were… complicated.
After ten years of prison reform, Jiang Zhou and Bai Guolin had aged significantly. Half of their hair had turned white despite their actual age.
They had lost contact with Jiang Ruo years ago. From the initial hope to growing disappointment, they eventually became numb.
If the contact had been abruptly cut off, they might’ve worried and thought something had happened to her. But that wasn’t the case.
Jiang Ruo had written to Jiang Zhou a few times, but the intervals between letters grew longer, and the content became increasingly perfunctory.
Jiang Zhou read those letters again and again, slowly realizing something: Ruoruo had moved on. She no longer needed a brother like him. Even writing to him felt like a waste of her time.
After her fifth letter, she disappeared. Three years later, Jiang Zhou received a sixth letter. In it, Jiang Ruo didn’t ask a single thing about his life in prison. She simply went on about her own troubles.
Unlike before, this time she had left a return address. Meaning, if he replied, she would receive it.
But Jiang Zhou didn’t write back—because he didn’t know what to say to her.
The person he had once been willing to die for had become a stranger.
How laughable!
He knew Bai Guolin had also received a letter from Jiang Ruo. He thought Bai Guolin might reply, but surprisingly, he didn’t either. Instead, he started writing frequently to his parents. While they rarely wrote back, they occasionally came to visit him.
In all his years behind bars, the only one who visited Jiang Zhou regularly was Feng Yun. Every time she came, she never spoke to him. She just sat quietly outside, watching him.
But for Jiang Zhou, that was already enough.
He never expected that Jiang Huai would also end up in prison. He had been sentenced to ten years for fraud, and by the timeline, should be released the same year as them.
That once-authoritative father had now become a twisted, unrecognizable figure, but everyone in prison knew they were father and son.
Over the years, Jiang Zhou often couldn’t help but wonder: if he hadn’t targeted Jiang Li, would things have turned out differently?
But deep down, he knew—no, they wouldn’t have. If he hadn’t hit rock bottom, he never would’ve been disillusioned with Jiang Ruo. He still would’ve broken the law. Still would’ve ended up behind bars.
But he regretted it. Bai Guolin regretted it. And Jiang Huai—surely he regretted it too.
But all of that regret was useless.
Jiang Li would never forgive them. The law would never pardon them.
When Jiang Huai saw the news about Jiang Li receiving her award on the national broadcast, he couldn’t help muttering, “If only…”
But he hadn’t even finished the sentence when the inmates around him erupted in laughter, mocking him for daring to dream about the nation’s top scientist.
Jiang Li knew nothing of what was happening in prison. At that moment, she was on a tropical island, enjoying her honeymoon with Tong Yi.
Looking at him, she smiled and asked, “That time Grandpa caught us living together, was that really a coincidence? Or did someone plan for him to catch us on purpose?”
Tong Yi pulled her into his arms. “Our Jiang Xiao Li is so clever. Why not guess for yourself?”
Jiang Li let the waves splash against her bare feet. “I’m not interested in guessing. Even if we’re married, we can still divorce.”
Tong Yi’s expression turned horrified. “Are you kidding me?”
Jiang Li teased him on purpose. “Back when the college entrance exam results came out, tons of people shipped us. They even called us the ‘divorced CP,’ remember?”
Tong Yi bit her earlobe lightly and gave her a mock-threatening look. “As long as I don’t agree to it, divorce isn’t even an option.”
Jiang Li looked surprised. “So you were the one who posted that line back then?”
Tong Yi grinned at her. “So you were stalking the trending topics back then? You even saw my post?”
Jiang Li: “…”
Not only did she remember the line, she even remembered the account that posted it. That account was jumping all over the comments section, shipping her and Tong Yi like mad.
Such a childish guy!!!
“Be honest with me. How did you feel when you saw people shipping us back then?”
“Didn’t feel anything.”
“Really??? Nothing at all?”
“It was childish!”
“Well, I felt pretty happy.”
“Then let’s stay happy for the rest of our lives.”
“And you’re not allowed to say ‘divorced CP’ anymore.”
“Alright, you childish fool.”
(The End)
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