Chapter 29: The Illegitimate Son

She snuggled closer to Gu Yan Zhi, her small hand wrapped around his waist, “You sleep a little longer, I’ll wake you up when breakfast is ready.”

She saw the fatigue in Gu Yan Zhi’s eyes and couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy. This man must have stayed up all night.

Gu Yan Zhi held Ruan Yu in his arms, his voice low, “A-Yu, stay with me.”

Ruan Yu had originally planned to help Tang Ma with the cleaning, but now, she could only stay with him and let him sleep a little longer. “Okay, sleep, I’ll stay with you.”

After breakfast, Gu Yan Zhi took the medicine and placed it on the table. Then he poured a glass of warm water and placed it in front of Ruan Yu.

Then he poured another glass of warm water, put the granular medicine into the cup, and handed it to Ruan Yu, “Drink your medicine.”

The unpleasant smell of the medicine filled her nostrils, Ruan Yu frowned, feeling a little nauseous, she moved the cup away, her expression pitiful. “It smells so bad, can I not drink it?”

“No.” Gu Yan Zhi couldn’t bear to see her like this, but she had to take the medicine. “I’ll promise you anything you want, but you have to drink the medicine.”

This was the first time Ruan Yu had seen Gu Yan Zhi be so firm. She pouted with grievance, “I don’t want to drink…”

She lowered her head, her pitiful and aggrieved expression was heartbreaking. Gu Yan Zhi’s brow furrowed slightly, he picked up the cup and drank the medicine himself. He cupped Ruan Yu’s chin with his large hand, before she could react, his thin lips pressed against hers, prying open her pearly teeth, and slowly transferring the medicine into her mouth.

Ruan Yu’s eyes widened in shock. The bitterness spread in her mouth, but the taste wasn’t so unbearable, perhaps it was because of Gu Yan Zhi.

Gu Yan Zhi made sure she swallowed the medicine before releasing her, a slight smile curved his lips, “Do you know what this is called?”

“What?” Ruan Yu asked, looking at him, her cheeks flushed red.

“Sharing the bitter and the sweet,” Gu Yan Zhi said.

Ruan Yu playfully punched him lightly on his chest, “You’re being naughty.”

Gu Yan Zhi reached out and rubbed her hair, “Next time you don’t listen, I’ll feed you this way.”

Ruan Yu’s heart skipped a beat, she lowered her head, not daring to look into Gu Yan Zhi’s eyes, “I’ll be good and take my medicine.”

She was now as docile as a little white rabbit, her face still flushed with a womanly shyness.

Gu Yan Zhi was afraid that she would be uncomfortable, so he didn’t go to work. He stayed at home and kept her company.

At the hospital, in the ward.

Jiang Chen sat in a wheelchair, his hands clenched tightly, his eyes filled with resentment.

A couple stood beside him, Jiang Jin and Wen Yang.

Jiang Jin frowned, looking at Jiang Chen in the wheelchair with dissatisfaction, his eyes devoid of any tenderness or heartache, “What’s Gu Yan Zhi’s status? You dare to provoke him. If you want to die, die, don’t drag our Jiang family into it.”

Jiang Jin spoke rudely because he knew clearly that Jiang Chen had lost his legs and would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He was useless to the company. Now he was only worried that Jiang Chen would bring serious losses to the Jiang family.

Wen Yang curled her lips into a smug smile, “I heard he was trying to steal a woman from Gu Yan Zhi, trying to dig a wall under his nose. He doesn’t even know what he’s doing. He’s just an illegitimate child, what can he do to compete with the only son of the Gu family?”

Jiang Chen’s expression was restrained, he suppressed the anger in his heart, his hand clenched tightly, then released, “Dad, I’ll be careful in the future, don’t worry, I won’t cause any trouble for the Jiang family.”

Jiang Jin snorted coldly, “I’ve resigned you from your position at Jiang’s. You don’t need to go back to Jiang’s anymore. I’ve already found someone to replace you.”

After saying that, Jiang Jin left the ward. Wen Yang looked at Jiang Chen in the wheelchair with a sarcastic smile, she sneered, “An illegitimate child is an illegitimate child, he’ll never be able to make it to the top. Even if you work your heart out for Jiang’s, you won’t get a share of the pie. I have to thank you for my son, you’re building a foundation for my son.”

Wen Yang’s laughter was piercing, it reached Jiang Chen’s ears. His eyes turned bloodshot red as he stared at Wen Yang, he reached out to tear at her, but she dodged.

He forgot that his legs were gone, he fell to the ground clumsily, looking at Wen Yang’s sharp laughter, he was powerless to do anything against her insults.

He pounded the ground with his fists, Wen Yang saw his pathetic, dog-like appearance, she curled her lips and walked away in her high heels.

After a few minutes, Tang Qingning came in. Her arm had been reattached, but it was still immobile. She saw Jiang Chen on the ground and quickly called for a nurse to help him up.

Tang Qingning walked forward, Jiang Chen, sitting in the wheelchair, his eyes red, he excitedly grabbed Tang Qingning’s arm, “Qingning, you won’t leave me, will you? You’ll always be by my side, right?”

Tang Qingning’s eyes darted away, “Of course I’ll always be by your side, I won’t leave you.”

She was extremely disgusted in her heart, but even though he had lost his legs, he still had the title of Young Master Jiang. His money was enough for her to spend a lifetime. She remembered what the Jiang couple said when they left the ward, “What did your father say just now?”

Jiang Chen was stunned, his hands fell weakly, “I’m useless, he’s discarded me, this pawn. I have nothing… I was lifted to the sky and then thrown into the mud…”

“You mean the Jiang family doesn’t want you anymore.” Tang Qingning looked at him in shock, her face full of disbelief.

Without the Jiang family, he, Jiang Chen, was nothing, just a useless person.

Jiang Chen nodded, then grabbed Tang Qingning’s hand, “Qingning, come with me, I still have some savings, let’s go to another city and live a good life, okay?”

Tang Qingning was not willing to do that. She hadn’t seen Ruan Yu fall from grace and disappear from the world yet. She shook off Jiang Chen’s hand, “We’re over, don’t contact me anymore.”

Tang Qingning was about to leave, Jiang Chen grabbed her hand, “Qingning, you don’t want me anymore? I beg you, don’t leave, okay?”

Tang Qingning angrily shook off Jiang Chen’s hand, “Jiang Chen, look in the mirror and see what you look like. You’re like a stray dog. You’ve lost your Jiang family status, and now you’ve lost your legs. I’m with a cripple like you, what can you give me? Happiness?”

Jiang Chen looked at Tang Qingning in shock, he let go of her in despair. Tang Qingning didn’t linger, she left directly. Even looking at him for a moment made her feel disgusted.

Jiang Chen sat in the wheelchair. He thought that if Ruan Yu was by his side at this moment, she wouldn’t dislike him, she would even run away with him and take care of him for the rest of his life.

Thinking of this, his eyes were filled with hatred. It was all thanks to Ruan Yu. Jiang Jin and Tang Qingning had discarded him like a piece of trash, they had trampled on his remaining dignity.

And Gu Yan Zhi, why could he be born with status, power, and everything, while he had to be called an illegitimate child who couldn’t see the light of day?

His own father didn’t even give him a smile, only when he brought benefits to the Jiang family would he give him a smile and praise him.