Chapter 718: Chapter 16: The Cannon Fodder Best Friend of the Tragic Romance Heroine (16)
Zhao Zhaozhao listened and couldn’t help but sneer.
"Jiang Lai, I never expected you to think of me like this. I’m jealous of you? Why would I be jealous of you?
Just because you live here?
Jiang Lai, I thought we were friends, but now it seems you don’t think so."
Jiang Lai looked at her, his expression indifferent.
"Well, that’s great. Since I’m already that kind of person in your mind, in that case, can you let me see your phone?"
Zhao Zhaozhao maintained her composure, silently tightening her grip on the phone in her pocket.
She frowned, looking at Jiang Lai in disbelief.
"Jiang Lai, you’re really making me a bit angry. I don’t want to argue with you about these meaningless things. You’d better hurry up and find Aunt Cai."
With that, she hurried away.
Seeing her full of anger, Jiang Lai almost thought he had misunderstood her.
But now wasn’t the time to argue with her, so Jiang Lai took a cab straight to Cai Xian’s supermarket.
Ever since the two of them moved to a new home, the supermarket had been closed by Cai Xian, and she’s been looking for someone to take over.
Considering the Jiang Family’s nature, they definitely wouldn’t just sit back and watch Cai Xian sell the supermarket.
Sure enough, as soon as the car reached the entrance of the supermarket, they saw a bustling crowd outside.
Jiang Lai looked at the situation inside and then directly called the police.
"Hello, I want to report a crime. My grandparents and my brother and sister-in-law are abusing my mom together.
Yes, I am the victim’s daughter.
Please come quickly. My dad has violent tendencies and is armed."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Lai walked to the door. The outside was crowded in layers, and it was not easy to get a look inside.
"Excuse me."
"Excuse you for what? Who are you?"
"I’m Jiang Dao Hai’s daughter. You’re all standing here watching them bully my mom. If anything happens to my mom when the police arrive, you’re all accomplices."
As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd that was blocking the door immediately cleared a path.
There was silence all around.
They watched as Jiang Lai walked directly to a nearby fruit stall and grabbed a fruit knife from the top.
No one dared to speak, watching nervously as Jiang Lai walked in.
The supermarket was already a mess.
The products Cai Xian hadn’t had time to deal with were now packed and placed at the entrance.
Looking at the truck parked by the roadside, Jiang Lai understood that this family was openly trying to rob them.
Scanning the area, Jiang Lai found Cai Xian sitting in a corner of the first row of shelves.
The new clothes were torn, her hair was messily draped over her shoulders, and there was a bloody mark on her cheek, clearly left by a woman’s nails. The once radiant woman now gazed forward with dark, hopeless eyes, staring blankly as her family frantically plundered the fruits of her labor over the years.
As soon as Jiang Lai appeared, Grandma Jiang, who had been moving bags of rice and flour, turned her gaze sharply to Jiang Lai and screeched.
"You damned girl, how dare you come back! A bastard child wanting a share of the Jiang Family’s inheritance! I’ll beat you to death!!"
With that, the old woman rushed over to attack Jiang Lai, but stumbled over a plastic bag on the ground and toppled over, crying out repeatedly.
Jiang Lai stood in place, expressionless, staring at Jiang Dao Hai, who was smoking by the cash register.
He remained calm, even sneering slightly as he looked at Jiang Lai.
"Don’t know how to greet your fake father? I wore this green hat for so long, keeping it a secret from the whole family for you, and now, you’re strong enough to fly, and this woman wants to kick me aside?
Heh! I’m going to see if this woman has any shame left!!"
Jiang Dao Hai became more agitated, spitting as he spoke.
The still despairing Cai Xian on the floor, hearing this and seeing Jiang Lai at the door, screamed and stood up.
"Stop talking nonsense!! That year I was with you the whole time; you know better than anyone if I had an affair!!
Lai Lai is the child of a respectable family. She’s called you dad for so many years, and you say this kind of thing—have you no conscience?! Jiang Dao Hai, have you no conscience!!"
That year, the couple went to Sea City to start a business, which basically meant Cai Xian socialized and worked hard on her own.
Jiang Dao Hai stayed behind to watch the store, doing nothing other than playing cards and drinking with a group of people.
Although the two didn’t see each other much during the day, Cai Xian almost always returned at night to cook for Jiang Dao Hai.
So Jiang Dao Hai knew better than anyone that Cai Xian couldn’t have gotten pregnant and given birth right under his nose.
Jiang Lai was actually adopted.
At that time, Cai Xian repeatedly promised it wouldn’t burden him, and Jiang Dao Hai reluctantly agreed.
For so many years, he used this to threaten Cai Xian whenever things didn’t go his way, always wanting to tell Jiang Lai and the family the truth.
Cai Xian put up with it for more than twenty years.
Now, the child has grown up, and Cai Xian is fed up with living like a servant.
She filed for divorce, which completely enraged Jiang Dao Hai.
He felt he had kept the secret for more than twenty years, enduring hardships; now, in his fifties, he was about to lose his livelihood.
Not to mention he still had two elderly parents to care for.
Without the capable Cai Xian, relying solely on their son was out of the question.
So Jiang Dao Hai stubbornly insisted that Jiang Lai was Cai Xian’s illegitimate child.
After all, they came alone to Sea City to start a business, and that’s when their daughter came into the picture. No one knew Jiang Lai’s true identity.
With this leverage, Jiang Dao Hai became fully confident.
Anyway, the onlookers would just join him in condemning the unfaithful Cai Xian.
Who told Cai Xian to be so competent, stepping on the men’s toes day in and day out? Now was just the time for a comeback.
The best outcome would be for the court to order her out without a penny, taking the house, savings, and supermarket.
Let her and Jiang Lai, the bastard child, fend for themselves.
Let’s see what kind of legitimate life these two women could live.
Jiang Dao Hai, full of confidence, shouted loudly.
"Jiang Lai is not your child, evidence? If she’s not your child, how can you leave the house to her?! If she’s not your child, how can she rely on you now?!"
People around whispered to each other.
"No wonder the Jiang Family is so angry. Turns out Cai Xian wasn’t faithful in her youth."
"If it were me, I’d strangle her. Raising someone else’s daughter for over twenty years—what man could bear that?"
"No need to think about it. Cai Xian must have had another man’s child; otherwise, why care for Jiang Lai so much? An adopted child closer than your own?"
"Tsk tsk, who would have thought? But she always had a smile for other men—she was a slut!"
