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"You and Qiao Nuo have no relationship anymore. Why are you going to such lengths to donate bone marrow? Do you have any idea how big Jin is? If something were to happen to you, what would happen to all those employees? You're old enough; why are you still so reckless?" Jin Zhongshu was clearly showing his age.
Now, even when reprimanding Jin Chengyan, his tone was mostly filled with helplessness.
In such a large family, if not handed over to Jin Chengyan, who else could it be entrusted to?
But his son was willing to donate bone marrow for someone who wasn’t even his daughter!
Jin Zhongshu knew the risks weren’t high, but what if? What if something went wrong? How would he expect Jin to cope?
Jin Chengyan couldn’t be so thoughtless!
Jin Chengyan looked at the document in front of him. The signature of Qiao Nuo was all too familiar. In the end, she still wrote down "Qiao Nuo." Wasn’t that an acknowledgment of her identity as Qiao Nuo?
“Dad, I understand.”
“Understand? Understand what? If you don’t come home with me right now, I’ll consider you no longer my son!” Jin Zhongshu threatened Jin Chengyan. If he didn’t agree, he would truly sever ties with him.
“Alright.” Slowly, Jin Chengyan got up from the hospital bed, closed the document, and put it into a bag. He changed out of the hospital gown and into his own clothes.
He left the hospital.
…
“A Yan, you’re back from the hospital…” Qi Ziluo arrived at Jin Mansion.
This was also when he discovered during his rounds the next day that Jin Chengyan was no longer in the hospital. After calling him, he learned that he had returned home.
Not to Jin Family Mansion, but to Jin Mansion.
With the relationship between Qi Ziluo and Jin Chengyan, he knew that Jin Chengyan had not set foot in the Jin Mansion for four years.
However, everything inside was arranged just as it had been back then. Aside from regular cleaning, no one from the Jin Family was allowed to enter even a single step.
This was his insistence, and the Jin Family members complied with him.
They understood that he was reminiscing about his wife.
Now that she had returned, it was impossible for the two of them to go back to the Jin Mansion together, or perhaps even three of them.
Half an hour later, Qi Ziluo rushed to the Jin Mansion from the hospital and encountered A Shan, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, at the entrance.
"A Shan, you’re finally back!" Originally, after Qiao Nuo returned, A Shan could have concluded his only mission over the past four years. But for some reason, Jin Chengyan had not called him back until now.
"Qi Doctor, long time no see," A Shan greeted politely as always.
"A Yan, how have you been?"
A Shan was the one who could most keenly sense Jin Chengyan's concern and love for Qiao Nuo. If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have searched through the vast sea of people for someone who had gone missing.
"I’ve never been in love before, but at this moment, I understand what love is." With this statement, he left the room.
Qi Ziluo was momentarily taken aback.
Someone as burly as A Shan could become so poetic at this moment; it was evident that the person inside was not in a good state.
Qi Ziluo entered and saw Jin Chengyan sitting on the sofa. Aside from a somewhat dazed expression, there was nothing else unusual about him.
However, it was quite strange to see such a vacant look on Jin Chengyan's face.
He glanced over and noticed some documents laid out in front of Jin Chengyan, all in English. A quick scan revealed they were about a person named Faye.
Suicide, depression, delusions… From a professional medical perspective, if this Faye were alive, it would be nothing short of a miracle in the medical field.
But soon, Qi Ziluo thought that this Faye couldn't possibly be Qiao Nuo… Otherwise, there would be no reason for Jin Chengyan to be staring blankly at these documents.
He picked up the materials and examined them closely. Besides some medical reports related to Faye, there were psychological assessments and details from the past four years.
“Qi Ziluo, she really had my child, but I killed my child with my own hands.” When Qiao Nuo first told Jin Chengyan this, he thought she was just trying to deceive him intentionally to make him feel guilty.
It was one thing to feel sorry for Qiao Nuo, but it didn’t mean she could make him suffer unjustly. Jin Chengyan was unwilling to admit to the act of killing their child.
He had refrained from calling A Shan back because he wanted to thoroughly investigate how Qiao Nuo had lived these past four years or what her true relationship with Xi Yisheng was.
Now that he had uncovered the truth about their relationship and how Qiao Nuo had spent those four years, he realized everything she said was true.
Qi Ziluo took a deep breath. “At that time, Qiao Nuo was seriously injured and bleeding heavily; logically speaking, the child couldn’t have been saved.”
“I only wanted to protect her. If she killed Ruan Shengyu, I could help her clear her name. But she… she would remember for the rest of her life that her hands were stained with blood… Perhaps I shouldn’t make any excuses for hurting her; at that time, I just wanted a solution that would satisfy everyone. I couldn’t ignore Ruan Shengyu’s life just because I was with Qiao Nuo. Qi Ziluo, I truly love Qiao Nuo.” As he spoke, Jin Chengyan half-closed his eyes.
Those memories he didn’t want to touch and the unspeakable pain were all laid bare now.
"But she doesn't believe it, so... she wants to divorce me, and now she has her wish."
Qi Ziluo looked at the divorce papers on the table, where both Qiao Nuo's and Jin Chengyan's names were written.
"The signature isn't mine; my father made the decision for me once again." Jin Chengyan chuckled bitterly. "Even at this point, I still refuse to acknowledge the legal validity of this divorce agreement. Isn’t it a sad aspect of human nature that what we cannot have is always the best? It was like this before, and it still is now."
"A Yan, seeing you go through all this, sometimes I don’t agree with or even understand your actions. You're just a woman; why let it come to this? But just now, A Shan said that only now do we understand what love is. You’ve spent four years searching for your love; I hope you have many more years to enjoy it." Qi Ziluo, feeling just as alone, couldn’t comprehend the pain Jin Chengyan endured for love, but offering comfort felt similar.
It was like comforting those who had lost loved ones.
"But... Qiao Kawai's surgery... I came here initially as a friend, and now as a doctor," Qi Ziluo's expression turned serious. "If Qiao Kawai doesn’t receive a bone marrow transplant, her lifespan won’t be long. Her health will deteriorate further; she’s still just a child. I hope you can put everything aside and donate your bone marrow for her."
Jin Chengyan took a deep breath, his eyes filled with pain as he glanced over the documents on the table.
"Did I say I wouldn't undergo the surgery?" His voice was unusually firm.
"But you..." Didn’t you return to Jin Mansion? How could you go through with the surgery?
"My father handled my divorce agreement; do you think he would let me donate bone marrow to Qiao Kawai?"
Now it made sense... Qi Ziluo understood.
"I'll go directly to the hospital on the day of the surgery. Remember, don’t let Qiao Nuo know; I don’t want her to feel like she owes me anything." Even if she truly didn’t intend to forgive him, even if she did things he couldn’t comprehend.
As long as she could calm down.
Upon learning that Jin Chengyan would still go through with the surgery, Qi Ziluo felt relieved. After discussing a few other matters, he left.
After Qi Ziluo left, Jin Chengyan stood alone in the familiar yet strange living room of Jin Mansion.
In his hand was the divorce document between him and Qiao Nuo.
Qiao Nuo, why can't you believe that you are the only one in my heart? Why won't you even try to trust me? Why, when I laid my heart bare before you, did you not even glance at it?
But... why should Qiao Nuo accept it?
Back then, when Qiao Nuo offered her heart with trembling hands, anxiously waiting for Jin Chengyan to accept it, all he gave her was humiliation.
In the living room, she poured all her passion into trying to keep him, yet he, after receiving a text from Ruan Shengyu, rushed out without a second thought! When Qiao Nuo was kidnapped and nearly murdered, all he could think about was to smooth things over; he never considered seeking justice for her!
He had his stance, and Qiao Nuo had her thoughts.
A sharp tearing sound echoed in the room.
The divorce document in Jin Chengyan's hands was ripped in half and then torn again!
The divorce document was void!
Qiao Nuo, since we are married, I have no intention of getting a divorce.
The Jin family has a tradition called "one marriage for life," do you understand?
...
"Sister, I found Qiao Kawai's mother!" It was completely unexpected. Qiao Chen had traveled to C City to search for her biological mother. After walking countless paths and leveraging many connections, she finally obtained some news.
He followed the clues, unraveling the threads one by one, and for a month, he barely slept three or four hours a day.
Finally, hard work paid off, and Qiao Chen was found!
"Great! We won't have to trouble anyone else, and the chances of rejection between family members will be lower. Hurry and bring her back!" Qiao Nuo didn’t tell Qiao Chen that it was Jin Chengyan who had his employees conduct the matching, which led to finding a suitable bone marrow donor.
From the moment she learned this news to meeting Qiao Kawai's mother, it took no more than half a day. When Qiao Kawai's biological mother appeared before Qiao Nuo, all the resentment she had felt towards her vanished!
After all, to Qiao Kawai, she was now a lifeline!
"Thank heavens, I finally found you! Let’s go see the doctor for the matching!" Qiao Nuo grabbed Chen Yue's hand and headed towards Qi Ziluo.
She understood that Chen Yue had traveled a long way and might want to see Qiao Kawai, but this wasn’t the time for such discussions.
"Wait..." Chen Yue called out to Qiao Nuo, pulling her hand away.
Now even Qiao Chen looked at her in confusion. They had agreed to proceed with the matching immediately; why was there a need to pause?
Qiao Nuo withdrew her hand and looked at Chen Yue’s relatively young face. However, from her clothing and the quality of her makeup, it was clear that she wasn’t living well.
"If the matching is successful, I can give you any amount of money you want! Back then, you heartlessly left Qiao Kawai with Yan Beiting; he gave you quite a bit of money. I don’t know how you spent all that money, but as long as you successfully match with Qiao Kawai’s bone marrow, I guarantee you won’t have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life."
To be honest, Qiao Nuo looked down on someone like Chen Yue. When she was with her father, he hadn’t made her his legitimate partner. Perhaps he worried that his children wouldn’t accept a stepmother or maybe he was just playing around—never expecting to have a child.
Having a child was one thing; why would she give that child away?
How could a mother do such a thing?
If it were Qiao Nuo, she would definitely be reluctant. Even if she had to raise the child alone, it wouldn’t matter.
But now, she no longer had that opportunity.
“Really, whatever I ask for, you’ll give me?” Chen Yue’s face showed a look of surprise. After all, in her eyes, the Qiao Family had gone bankrupt four years ago.
Although Qiao Nuo later married into the Jin Family as the Young Madam, a little inquiry would reveal that at that time, Jin Chengyan didn’t even like Qiao Nuo. Therefore, the title of Young Madam was merely an empty one.
Chen Yue knew that Yan Beiting also had feelings for Qiao Nuo, which was why she had schemed to give the child to him! She even received a sum of hush money.
However, after going to C City, all the money was swindled away by a bad man, and now she found herself in dire straits.
“Yes!” Qiao Nuo couldn’t help raising her voice a little.
At this point, knowing that Qiao Kawai had leukemia, her biological mother came not to see her but to ask for money!
Could she be any more shameless?
If it weren’t for the possibility that Chen Yue’s bone marrow might match Qiao Kawai’s, Qiao Nuo really didn’t want to talk to someone like her.
“Qiao Chen, take her for the examination. I have some matters to attend to.” Qiao Nuo didn’t want to face this woman any longer; who knew what she might do next?
Watching Qiao Chen lead Chen Yue away, Qiao Nuo shook her head and turned to walk outside the hospital.
…
The report came out quickly. Qiao Kawai’s bone marrow matched Chen Yue’s, which relieved a weight from Qiao Nuo’s heart.
She called Jin Chengyan, probably because she didn't want him to think that helping her meant he could demand her forgiveness.
However, Jin Chengyan didn't give her a chance to speak. After the call connected, he simply instructed her to go to Jin Mansion and then hung up. When she tried to call back, his phone was left unanswered.
It seemed that this matter really needed to be clarified with Jin Chengyan. After all, they were already divorced, and there was no need for him to make a big deal out of having helped find Qiao Kawai's matching bone marrow.
Qiao Nuo drove toward Jin Mansion.
It had been four years since she last visited, but she was very familiar with every road leading there.
From initially feeling out of place to later finding comfort, and then developing an uncontrollable affection, it only took her half a year.
Yet forgetting might take four years or even longer.
Qiao Nuo parked her car at the entrance, got out, and rang the doorbell.
She knew that only members of the Jin Family could park inside Jin Mansion; visitors had to leave their cars outside. Qiao Nuo considered herself an outsider, so she naturally parked outside.
The doorbell rang, and Qiao Nuo knew that the people inside could see her face; everything felt so familiar.
A voice came from inside, "You know the code; let yourself in."
Jin Chengyan's voice was cold and aloof, as if Qiao Nuo owed him billions.
Qiao Nuo didn’t reach for the keypad. Instead, she replied to the source of the voice, "Sorry, I don’t know it."
The response was silence; no one answered her. Jin Chengyan had hung up the intercom, leaving her unseen by anyone inside!
Qiao Nuo truly felt that Jin Chengyan had gone too far. He was the one who had summoned her, yet now he expected her to ring the doorbell to enter. Did he not realize they were divorced?
And this doorbell! Qiao Nuo forced herself not to think about it; the code was Ruan Shengyu's birthday!
But those memories still surged forth. She recalled drunkenly standing at the door, saying that her husband would be unhappy to see her with another man, even though those thoughts were entirely fabricated in her mind!
The Jin Mansion was a place that made Qiao Nuo feel utterly ashamed!
She turned to leave this dreadful place, filled with anger.
However, as she reached the car door, Qiao Nuo hesitated and glanced back at the entrance. If she didn't go in now, she would only end up entangled with Jin Chengyan later over this matter he had helped her with!
Why postpone resolving it? Why cling to unresolved ties?
With a determined sigh, Qiao Nuo turned back and walked toward the entrance, pressing in a few digits.
Ruan Shengyu's birthday.
"Incorrect password. You have two attempts remaining," the electronic lock announced in a mechanical voice.
Qiao Nuo paused slightly; she was certain she had entered it correctly—Ruan Shengyu's birthday.
Could it be that the password had changed?
If that were the case, how could Qiao Nuo possibly know what he had set it to? It was ridiculous to think she would know!
In frustration, Qiao Nuo randomly pressed another set of numbers on the electronic lock—Jin Chengyan's birthday.
"Incorrect password. You have one more chance."
After two consecutive failures, Qiao Nuo really didn't feel like trying a third time. Her patience was wearing thin, especially regarding Jin Chengyan.
It wasn't Ruan Shengyu's birthday, nor was it Jin Chengyan's. Could it possibly be her birthday?
The thought sent a shiver down Qiao Nuo's spine.
Yet her fingers remained poised over the keypad as she pressed in her birth date, number by number.
The waiting felt agonizing, but Qiao Nuo wasn't sure what she was hoping for.
Did she want to hear "incorrect password" again, or did she wish to hear the two beeps followed by the door opening?
She didn't know, but she did hear the two beeps, and then the door swung open.
So, the code was her birthday? When had it changed to that?
Could it be that Jin Chengyan had changed it early this morning, just waiting for her to arrive and give her a surprise?
Well, this surprise was truly... quite underwhelming.
Qiao Nuo stepped into Jin Mansion with an air of indifference.
In that moment of entering, to be honest, her heart was still trembling.
In this place, Qiao Nuo had begun her love story, but it was also here that she had ended it.
Returning to this place now, Qiao Nuo remembered every blade of grass and every tree with startling clarity. In fact, she somewhat despised how vividly she recalled everything about herself.
Didn’t this just prove that she hadn’t truly forgotten that period of her life?
Perhaps it would only be when someone mentioned Jin Chengyan and she could smile sweetly in response that it would truly signify she had moved on.
But right now, she couldn’t do that.
Just thinking of his face stirred a tempest within her heart.
In the past, she had labeled this feeling as hatred towards Jin Chengyan.
But whether it was truly hatred, Qiao Nuo didn’t know.
Pushing the door open, Qiao Nuo walked straight into the living room.
She could easily envision the times they had spent together in the living room, watching television or each engrossed in their own activities, silent yet perfectly in sync.
Upon entering the living room, she saw Jin Chengyan standing by the floor-to-ceiling window. Outside was the swimming pool of Jin Mansion, surrounded by lush greenery. Although the weather was still a bit chilly, the landscaping around Jin Mansion maintained a spring-like state year-round.
“We found Qiao Kawai’s biological mother and conducted a bone marrow match; it’s a perfect match. So, thank you to your staff at Jin. I believe it’s more appropriate for Qiao Kawai’s biological mother to undergo the surgery,” Qiao Nuo explained, feeling a sense of relief. “From now on, we should have no further ties. Your father must have already informed you that the divorce agreement is in effect.”
Jin Chengyan stood with his back to her, so she couldn’t see his expression.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving now. Goodbye… no, never to see you again.” Qiao Nuo turned to leave, unwilling to linger for another moment.
Just as she took two steps, a strong hand yanked her back and threw her onto the sofa. Then, Jin Chengyan leaned over her, pinning her down!
Qiao Nuo finally noticed the slowly rising anger on Jin Chengyan's face. His eyes were bloodshot, as if he hadn't rested well.
But why should she care whether he had rested or not?
“Jin Chengyan, let go of me!”
“Qiao Nuo, do you really want to divorce me that badly?”
“Yes, I do! And besides, we are already divorced. If you keep this up, I can sue you for sexual harassment!”
The fierce words spilled from Qiao Nuo's lips.
“How do you know that document will definitely take effect? As long as I, Jin Chengyan, don’t want to divorce, even if my father intervenes, I can find a way to stop it! Qiao Nuo, you underestimate me too much!”
Qiao Nuo was momentarily taken aback; Jin Chengyan was being rather audacious!
“You say we’ve been separated for four years and that you can apply for a divorce in court. Well, let me tell you now, we are about to have a feast that will delight both your body and mind.”
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