Chapter 434: Lure and Deception
Chapter 434: Chapter 434: Lure and Deception
It turned out that on the day when I went out to eat with Lin Nansheng, Jiang Jiaying came over to ask for forgiveness, and Lin Nansheng refused.
Lin Nansheng’s trembling voice described the scene…
“Right after you left, Jiang Jiaying also left, but just a few minutes later, she called me to meet her in a hotel room, saying that after we had a clear talk, she would no longer bother me. I didn’t think much of it and went over.”
“She poured me a glass of red wine when I got there; she said that she had come to terms with the situation, and wouldn’t insist anymore. She sincerely apologized to me, saying we should part on good terms. I believed her sincerity and drank the wine.”
“No one would have expected that she had tampered with the wine. After I drank it, I passed out and did not wake up for a long time. When I did come to, there was a naked woman lying next to me… I realized immediately that something was not right and hurriedly left the hotel.”
“Unexpectedly, afterward, Jiang Jiaying called me; she said the woman was a prostitute she had hired for me, and that she had taken photos of me with the woman. She threatened me, saying if I dared to reveal that we were not father and daughter, she would expose these photos and destroy my reputation.”
By the time Lin Nansheng recounted this, he was in obvious pain.
“I never imagined that at my age, I would fail to preserve my integrity. I truly don’t have the face to confront my wife and daughter, or to face my old friends. I could only think of death.”
After listening to his story, I too was shocked.
It seems I still overestimated Jiang Jiaying; she was actually capable of this.
She really has no limits to what she’d do.
“Ah, look at this mess I’m in, there’s no point in talking about it now, and here I am troubling you with my worries.”
Lin Nansheng heaved a sigh.
I patted his shoulder to comfort him,
“This is actually not your fault, it is Jiang Jiaying’s, for she deliberately set you up. Let me handle this matter for you.”
“How will you take care of it?”
“Actually, this matter is not so serious. It’s quite normal for a man to make a mistake. If you truly care about the feelings of your wife and daughter, you could tell your wife first and seek her forgiveness. Then if Jiang Jiaying threatens you again, record it, collect evidence, and we can give it to the police, charging her with extortion.”
“Would that work?”
“Yes, it will. The incident in itself is not that big of a deal. It’s just that Jiang Jiaying is despicable.”
With my comforting, Lin Nansheng gradually regained his composure.
We sat with him on an outdoor bench for half an hour…
I had intended to take him home, but suddenly my eyes started to hurt.
The feeling was terrifying, as if the pressure in my eyeballs was so high they were about to burst.
Fortunately, Shen Yishu was with me, and noticing something was wrong, he quickly drove me to the hospital.
Lin Nansheng followed us, consoling me the whole way there.
Half an hour later, we arrived at the hospital.
The doctor began to examine my eyes…
Examining back and forth, they tested me for a good part of the half day, but couldn’t seem to diagnose any problem.
In my excruciating pain, I almost wished the doctor could just scoop my eyeballs out right then and there.
But in the end, after some discussion, the doctor injected me with a painkiller.
After the injection of the painkiller, my pain finally began to subside a lot.
Sometimes, when the pain flares up, it feels like I want to die on the spot.
But once the pain disappears, I suddenly feel revived.
Shen Yishu stood anxiously by my side,
“How are you feeling?”
At the moment, I was actually concerned about my eyesight; I was afraid of going blind.
But after trying them out, I found that my vision was not impaired, which was a relief.
“I’m fine, I’m very good!”
“Does it still hurt?”
“Not as much anymore!”
At this moment, Lin Nansheng was also very worried about me,
“Xiaoyun, how about I take you overseas to get a check-up? Using painkillers without any therapeutic effect could lead to a worsening of your eye condition.”
“No rush, Uncle Lin. Let me wait another couple of days!”
Just as I was discussing with Shen Yishu whether we should send Lin Nansheng home first, Jiang Jiaying unexpectedly showed up.
Indeed, Jiang Jiaying had once worked at this hospital, so she should have received the news as soon as I was admitted.
She came charging over furiously.
“Song Xiaoyun, you’ve really gone too far this time. You made such a scene at my wedding that I couldn’t even get married. You just wait, I won’t let you or your damn lover off the hook.”
The “lover” she was referring to was Shen Yishu.
Seeing this, Shen Yishu became somewhat annoyed,
“Can you speak properly? What do you mean by ‘lover’? What kind of quality is that? If you don’t know how to talk, just shut up; all that comes out of your mouth stinks.”
Jiang Jiaying then directed all her anger at Shen Yishu,
“I’m telling you, my husband is now in a coma. If anything happens to him, I’ll make you pay with your life!”
“What a joke! Pay with my life? Are you going to kill me?”
“What, you think I don’t dare?”
“Then go ahead!”
Shen Yishu was already extremely dissatisfied with Jiang Jiaying because of the onset of my eye condition, and on top of that, Jiang Jiaying had driven Lin Nansheng to the brink of suicide.
His anger had been burning within him.
Now, provoked by Jiang Jiaying, he lost his temper and started arguing with her.
As the quarrel between the two of them escalated.
Lin Nansheng could no longer stand by and watch, so he said to Jiang Jiaying,
“You girl, how can you keep doing this to people? Don’t you have any conscience at all?”
Jiang Jiaying turned her wrath toward Lin Nansheng,
“Uncle Lin, what’s the matter with you? How can you side with outsiders to accuse me? Have you misplaced your loyalty?”
Lin Nansheng shook his head in anger,
“I should have known better than to trust you. You are a woman with a heart of a snake, morally corrupt.”
“Hey, you’re my father, how can you say such things? If the daughter is morally corrupt, isn’t it because she was influenced by her father? The one at fault is the father, not the daughter, right?”
“You are not my daughter at all?”
Lin Nansheng said angrily, with trembling fingers pointing at her.
“Hey, watch your words. What do you mean I’m not your daughter? Do you know what consequences your words can have?”
Jiang Jiaying stood with her arms crossed and her head held high, her attitude extremely arrogant.
I knew it was because she had so-called dirt on Lin Nansheng that she was so brazen.
As expected, her threat made Lin Nansheng’s face turn red with age, yet he was left speechless.
Being gripped by the throat, he naturally couldn’t toughen up.
Even though Lin Nansheng had not formally acknowledged me, I knew in my heart that he was my biological father.
Therefore, I couldn’t let Jiang Jiaying bully him like this.
“Jiang Jiaying, let me have a word with you!”