Chapter 143: Betrayed
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
She cried as she read the comments on Weibo. She cried herself to sleep and woke up crying.
She couldn’t sleep well either. The moment she closed her eyes, she saw the thin and small Jing Yao.
Just when Jing Yao was testifying for Yan Huan, Jing Yao had a conflict with Jing Yuan, which made Jing Yuan so angry that she had a heart attack and was hospitalized.
That time, she was especially angry and locked Jing Yao in the storeroom. She didn’t let her drink or eat for the entire day. Later on, Cheng Wan came to visit. She was afraid that Cheng Wan would blame her, so she let Jing Yao out, but Jing Yuan kept complaining in the hospital.
She couldn’t calm down and directly stopped Jing Yao’s living expenses. Not long after that, Jing Yao returned late, and she always had the unique smell of a night market.
Jing Yuan said that her classmates in school suspected that Jing Yao was doing something improper outside. Zhang Li was furious. She thought that no matter how much she disliked Jing Yao, Jing Yao was still her daughter in name. Jing Yao was embarrassing her by doing this, so she punished Jing Yao to kneel in the courtyard for the entire night after Jing Yao returned late.
She could tell that Jing Yao was sick after that day. After all, Jing Yao’s footsteps were unsteady and her fair face was red. The symptoms were obvious, but she didn’t care.
What was she thinking at that time?
Oh, she thought that Jing Yao would embarrass the Jing Family sooner or later, so she had to learn her lesson. Anyway, it was just a fever and she would not burn to death.
What she didn’t know was that Jing Yao took a taxi to the hospital for an infusion on her own because she knew that a constant fever would turn her into a fool.
Cheng Wan was furious when she saw Jing Yao being bullied by Jing Yuan in school without Zhang Li and the others knowing.
She was also crying so hard that she couldn’t breathe. She had always treated Jing Yao as her daughter, but such a cute little girl had to suffer like this.
It was because she had biased parents and a vicious sister.
“Zhang Li, how did you become like this? You weren’t like this in the past. In the past, you hated evil and would step forward to interfere when you saw injustice. But why are you so ruthless to your biological daughter?” Cheng Wan questioned Zhang Li sternly.
Zhang Li cried until her words were incoherent. “Wanwan, I-I was wrong. Really, I deserve to die. I’ve been immersed in the beautiful dream that Jing Mo and his daughter made for me. At that time, 1 didn’t seem to see anything else at all. 1 only felt that my family was happy and blissful. 1 wanted to maintain a beautiful family, so…”
Zhang Li sobbed and couldn’t continue. At that time, she would even think that Jing Yao was the culprit who ruined the harmony of her family when Jing Yao and Jing Yuan had a conflict.
Every time she thought of this, she would be even more ruthless to Jing Yao.
Cheng Wan looked at Zhang Li with heartache and disappointment. Tears streamed down her face. She opened her mouth to say something, but she could not even make a sound. She closed her eyes fiercely and turned to leave.
If she stayed any longer, she did not know what she would say.
“Wanwan…”
Zhang Li looked at Cheng Wan’s back in panic and helplessness. She cried so hard that she could barely breathe.
Cheng Wan left overnight, and Zhang Li slept alone in the independent ward. She curled up under the blanket and cried and slept for the entire night.
The next morning, Cheng Wan still came back. She probably did not sleep the entire night and looked haggard. After she appeared in Zhang Li’s ward, her face was a little numb.
She placed the food box on the table and walked to the bed. She said to Zhang Li, “I found a nurse for you. She can come to work in the afternoon. The doctor said that you have to rest well and think too much.”
Zhang Li’s eyes were dry and swollen, and her lips were dry. Hearing Cheng Wan’s words, her tears flowed uncontrollably again.
In the past, she cut off all contact with her family in order to be with Jing Mo. At this moment, she was really betrayed by everyone and could not even return to her home. The only person who was still willing to help her now was Cheng Wan, but she had even lost Cheng Wan now.
Cheng Wan was about to leave when Zhang Li saw her turn around and hurriedly called out to her, “Wanwan, can you help me call Yaoyao one last time?”
Cheng Wan came back to her senses and looked at her with a complicated expression. Because of Wen Chen, she didn’t dare to contact Jing Yao herself, afraid that she would cause trouble for Jing Yao if she contacted her too often. After all, she was already Liang Xun’s wife.
Although she didn’t want to admit it, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Liang Xun really liked Jing Yao and treated her very well. Liang Xun loved and respected Jing Yao. Only such a person could give Jing Yao happiness..