A second chance with my billionaire husband-Chapter 1440 - 281: Self-Disgrace and Taking Another’s Place (Part 4)

His life returned to normal, silently missing someone in his heart. Except in the dead of night, that familiar yet unfamiliar figure assaulted his reason.

Until one day later, he stumbled upon her in a pathetic state, only then realizing what kind of life she had been living all these years. Her cousin didn’t even treat her as a human being. He pitied her, felt heartache for her, and wanted to give his heart to her.

However, there was an insurmountable chasm between them, feelings spurred yet restrained by propriety. He watched helplessly as her cousin took her away once more, hating his own cowardice.

Not long after, her cousin died in a car accident. At that moment, he felt a bit thrilled, even though he knew it was wrong, but he still couldn’t stop that terrifying thought from growing like wild grass in his mind.

He knelt in front of his mother to beg her, and finally, she couldn’t resist him and agreed to match them.

On their wedding day, he was as happy as a fool, spinning around while holding her joyfully, finally achieving his wish of marrying her.

That day was the happiest day of his life, yet also his most humiliating one.

The woman from years ago came to him with a child, claiming it was his biological son, and the guests were in an uproar. He saw her standing there calmly, without the slightest hint of pain or shock, as if it didn’t matter at all that a supposed illegitimate child had suddenly appeared from the man who was about to become her husband. At that time, he only felt more guilty towards her, but he never thought that only when a woman doesn’t love you can she be so indifferent.

Unfortunately, it took him a long time to understand this truth.

The woman left the child and left, and the child looked a lot like him. It was his responsibility, one he had to bear, although it was unfair to her, he would spend the rest of his life making it up to her.

In the years that followed, the two of them lived as courteous strangers. When emotions run deep, feelings become thin. He never thought that one day, they would reach such a point.

The truth about the car accident back then, he only learned much later, but he chose to forgive her, as after all, it wasn’t her fault. He had been waiting for her to voluntarily confess, yet over the years, she kept that secret tightly sealed. Fine, he understood, but about Si’er, she had hidden it from him for so long, deceiving him like a fool all this time...

In her heart, what did he, Yan Nanrong, even count as?

"Heh... heh heh, being a fool for so long, shouldn’t I wake up now...?"

In the emergency room, after being bandaged, Jiang Li was wheeled into a ward, with Pei Xinyi by his side the entire time. When Jiang Li awoke and saw her sitting there by the bed, he sighed, "Why are you here?"

"I don’t know where else to go," Pei Xinyi said blankly.

The world is so big, yet she suddenly found there was no place where she belonged.

She was an orphan with no parents, born to wander, suffering through the first half of her life. Just when she finally met the love of her life, she retreated because of the difficulties imposed by his parents. In the end, she reluctantly chose to marry Yan Nanrong. She thought her greatest love was Jiang Li, and Yan Nanrong was just the best choice for her, and that was all.

Yet at this moment, she realized she was wrong, terribly wrong...

Jiang Li closed his eyes, his tone haunting, "I’ll ask you one last time, is Si’er really my biological daughter?"

Pei Xinyi pulled a mocking smile, "Does it matter anymore whether she is or not?"

"I just want an answer."

Pei Xinyi lowered her eyelashes, "Yes, she is your biological daughter. I agreed to marry Yan Nanrong, then found out I was pregnant. I wanted to abort her, but she was your child, I couldn’t bear to..."

Jiang Li looked at her and suddenly grabbed her hand, "All these years, it’s me who wronged you."

Pei Xinyi smiled and shook her head, "Between us, it’s even now."

Jiang Li suddenly laughed, "Yes, we’re even."

After a pause, he said, "Thank you for giving birth to our daughter, she is very adorable."

Pei Xinyi said hauntingly, "Aren’t today’s events strange to you?"

Jiang Li pursed his lips, abruptly withdrawing his hand, "I know what you’re trying to say, instead of blaming others, it might be better to reflect on oneself."

Pei Xinyi looked at him, puzzled, "Why? Just because she was once your student?"

"I trust Yun Ya, if not forced, she wouldn’t do such a thing. She is a very kind girl, and I won’t allow you to slander her like that."

"Both you and everyone else side with her, so what am I then? Jiang Li, look at me now, everything is thanks to her."