Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 394: Coming to Beg for Mercy, Yet Unable to Speak Soft Words
Early the next morning, Ji Xiangcheng arrived, accompanied by two people in casual clothes, whose distinguished statuses were immediately apparent.
The two of them followed Ji Xiangcheng closely like door gods, not leaving her side for a moment.
She handed a red envelope to Xu Qinghuan, "Yesterday was your wedding day. I initially wanted to come, but someone like me might not be welcome, so I’m here today to make up for it."
Xu Qinghuan did not accept it. Instead, she poured her a cup of tea, "Tell me, why did you come to see me?"
When they first met on the train and she didn’t know her identity, she indeed admired Ji Xiangcheng’s personality, but after learning her mother was Zhenai Qianxia, there was no way they could become friends.
Never mind that Ji Xiangcheng might not know her mother’s identity, Zhenai Qianxia used the profits and benefits gained from Hua Country to raise her, letting her live a life of luxury. She grew up on the blood-soaked bread of soldiers like her father and his comrades.
Ji Xiangcheng didn’t accept the tea, placing the red envelope on the table, "Xu Qinghuan, you weren’t like this to me when we first met. After you heard my mother’s name, you knew my identity and started keeping your distance from me!"
Xu Qinghuan looked at the thriving vegetables outside the door; this plot was being tended by Jiang Xingye this year, and he was quite skilled at growing vegetables.
"When you introduced your name, I became suspicious. Ji Xiangcheng, you said you liked eating oranges, so your mother gave you this name, but I knew it wasn’t true—it’s a name with national characteristics.
Ji Xiangcheng, there’s national hatred and family feud between us. I didn’t kill you because I have to abide by the laws of Hua Country and be a law-abiding citizen, not because you’re innocent.
The blood of your mother flows through you; that is original sin!"
Ji Xiangcheng’s tears poured down, "What does it have to do with me? I never knew who she was. How is it related to me? Why do you put her sins on me?
You say that having her blood is original sin, but Xu Qinghuan, is that something I could choose?"
She messily wiped the tears from her face, "I grieve for your father, for those who sacrificed, but in warfare, both sides want to win and will go to all lengths to do so."
Xu Qinghuan responded angrily, "So, Ji Xiangcheng, which nationality are you then?"
Zhenai Qianxia married a person from Hua Country, a genuine Hua Country person.
Ji Xiangcheng shook her head, "I don’t know, I really don’t know. I always considered you my best friend. Even back then, when you made Lin Yufei ignore me, though he actually had feelings for me, you were the one who instructed him not to pay attention to me."
Xu Qinghuan said, "What about the Ji Family now? Your father’s side of the family’s people, what’s happened to them? And you, what is your fate?"
Ji Xiangcheng began crying again, deeply saddened, "So it’s not fair, it’s really not fair for us, it’s so unjust!"
"There’s nothing unfair about it. If only your mother were punished, that would be unfair for us. Everyone being sent to the countryside follows organizational assignments; they go where they’re assigned, but you’re different, you have the freedom to choose where to go."
Ji Xiangcheng was astonished, "I trusted you then, that’s why I said such things to you."
"But such words strike a chord with ordinary people like us. There’s an old saying in Hua Country: ’Not fearing scarcity but unequal distribution.’ Xu Qinghuan said, "Why do you enjoy such privileges?"
"You were also assigned to the Shangjiang Team; wasn’t it your desire to come here in the first place?"
"Indeed, yes, but my father was a martyr at that time. I was a martyr’s orphan and, according to policy, I could even apply not to go to the countryside. But what was your identity?"
Xu Qinghuan sighed, "Ji Xiangcheng, you don’t need to talk about fairness. If I were you, I would accept all the punishments, repent, atone, repay the father’s debt. There’s nothing unfair about it. You were born on this land, and it raised you. Repent for the evil and crimes your mother committed!"
Ji Xiangcheng closed her eyes, crying sorrowfully.
She couldn’t even plead for leniency, couldn’t say soft words.
It is enough to see how well Zhenai Qianxia protected her over the past twenty years, and how naive her thinking was, to assume Xu Qinghuan would plead on her behalf for some leniency due to their brief acquaintance.
Complete destruction!
So many people died, her father survived, but the guilt, the profound pain, wouldn’t diminish with time but rather become harder to resolve as the truth emerges.
Ji Xiangcheng naïvely still thought she could gain some forgiveness for herself.
On what basis!
Xu Qinghuan gave a slight nod to the two people, who urged Ji Xiangcheng to leave. She didn’t want to go, but staying seemed pointless.
As she left, Ji Xiangcheng didn’t forget to take her red envelope with her.
Jian Jingchuan came out of the room and asked, "Who was that woman?"
"Zhenai Qianxia’s daughter. We met on the train before."
Jian Jingchuan understood.
No wonder this girl came looking for Xu Qinghuan. She would be sent to the harshest, most challenging, most disorderly farm and would never be released.
The Jiang Family hosted another banquet, inviting relatives from Yan City to a grand meal, with meat Jiang Xingye had bought early that morning and several main dishes specially brought from the state-owned restaurant.
The next day, Jian Jingchuan arranged two tables at Xu Qinghuan’s place for a return banquet and then returned to Yan City with the group from there.
Xu Qinghuan wanted to give the bathroom renovation plan to Jian Jingchuan, asking him to help install it in Yan City, but Jiang Xingye stopped her, "I’ll do it!"
He seemed a bit displeased.
Xu Qinghuan had to let him.
Upon returning from sending Jian Jingchuan and the others to the train station, unexpected guests arrived at the Shangjiang Team: Lu Mingqiu and Lu Mingxu had come for their rural assignment.
Xu Qinghuan was quite surprised; she thought Lu Mingqiu would have gone with the man who had slept with her, but that would depend on whether the man wanted her. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Lu Mingxu’s leg had healed, but the fifteen-year-old boy was as thin as a sheet of paper, his cheekbones prominent, eyes sunken. In his pocket, he carried a small cat, its round head peeking out, amber eyes darting around.
Upon seeing Xu Qinghuan, Lu Mingxu’s lips moved for a long time, his gaze following her until she was far away, before he softly called out, "Sister."
In the female educated youth point, only Duan Qingmei was living there. Initially, she was worried about people in the production team gossiping and causing trouble, but over time, she came to appreciate the benefits of living alone, and now that there was an additional person, she wasn’t accustomed and strongly opposed to Lu Mingqiu moving in.
"You’re from the Lu Family, are you related to Lu Nianying?" Duan Qingmei asked.
Lu Mingqiu ignored her, tending to the southern kang. Duan Qingmei muttered under her breath, and Lu Mingqiu flung a basin of dirty water used to clean the kang at Duan Qingmei, "Keep cursing, and I’ll tear your mouth apart!"
Duan Qingmei didn’t expect the newcomer to dare act so outrageously, and she lunged at her, with the two of them fighting together.
