44: Chapter 44 Love-Obsessed!

"Mother, there must be another reason why you want me to go and acknowledge my father, right?"

Hearing Jiang Yuyan's words, Xiao Baiyan showed hesitation but eventually voiced the small hope in her heart, adding, "Yu Yan, no matter what happened, he is still your biological father. Now that you are married, he should at least be informed."

After listening, Jiang Yuyan's gaze toward her mother became a bit strange.

Then, she said, "Mother, aren't you being a bit too naive? Since he let us drift outside to fend for ourselves back then and hasn't checked on us for so many years, it shows we aren't that important in his heart."

"But he is your father after all; blood is thicker than water."

"Besides, I believe he was sincere toward me back then; he was just forced by circumstances to abandon us."

Jiang Yuyan: "..."

She hadn't expected her mother to be so deeply in love with that cruel, selfish father she had never even met.

After enduring so much suffering, she still believed the other party was sincere toward her.

This reminded her of a term her husband had occasionally mentioned—Love Brain!

And a 'Love Brain' was very hard to cure!

After a moment, Jiang Yuyan spoke up: "Mother, it's not that I don't believe you, but you were only with him for a very short time back then. The man you saw might not be his true self."

Xiao Baiyan replied, "But he has an excellent reputation in the Jianghu, even being called 'unmatched in benevolence and righteousness'. I might have been mistaken alone, but with so many people in the Jianghu, they couldn't all be wrong."

"Isn't there a saying? One might get a name wrong, but never a nickname."

"So, Mother believes in him!"

Jiang Yuyan was speechless and had to speak with facts: "But it is a fact that he heartlessly abandoned us back then."

Xiao Baiyan: "That was because he had a fierce wife at home with a prominent family background; he was forced by necessity."

Jiang Yuyan: "Then what about him ignoring us for all these years?"

Xiao Baiyan: "Afterward, we drifted to other places. In this vast world, even if he wanted to look, there was nowhere to find us."

Jiang Yuyan: "..."

She wanted to curse!

At the same time, she finally understood why her husband said a 'Love Brain' was comparable to a terminal illness!

Her mother had wandered with her and came from a place of ill repute; she must have seen more people and things than her daughter. Yet now, she couldn't see through her... well, to use a term her husband used, her "scumbag father." She couldn't see through the essence of that scumbag father.

This...

She felt a bit of a headache. She couldn't exactly scold or hit her mother, could she?

Jiang Yuyan took a deep breath and then said, "Mother, since you insist on not turning back until you hit the wall, I'll listen to you this once."

"When my husband and I go out this time, I will find an opportunity to acknowledge him and see what kind of person he really is. If he is truly as you say, then I will accept it and try to bring him to see you. But if he is as I say, then I can only say you should give up on him, Mother."

Hearing this, Xiao Baiyan quickly nodded and said, "Good, but you mustn't lie to Mother."

Jiang Yuyan rolled her eyes and said irritably, "You are my biological mother; we've depended on each other for so many years. Why would I lie to you?"

Xiao Baiyan smiled: "That's true, Mother misspoke."

Jiang Yuyan didn't mind that, but her expression turned solemn: "There's one more thing. No matter the outcome, he must not affect our current life, especially me and my husband. Otherwise, even if he is my biological father, I will not let him off!"

As she finished, a cold and poisonous glint reappeared in her bright eyes, even more terrifying than before.

Meng Li was now her reverse scale!

If Jiang Biehe dared to destroy their relationship or act against Meng Li...

Even if he was her biological father, she would send him to Hell!

Seeing her daughter like this, Xiao Baiyan was a bit intimidated, but she also understood the reasons and remained speechless for a moment.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother; she believed Jiang Yuyan would absolutely do what she said.

They were biological mother and daughter; there were bound to be similarities in how they handled emotions.

She was deeply in love with Jiang Biehe, to the point that even knowing the future would be difficult, she insisted on giving birth to his flesh and blood and raising her alone, while pining for Jiang Biehe for many years.

Wasn't her daughter also deeply in love with Meng Li, unable to extricate herself?

The situation was perhaps even more intense than her own.

Because she and Jiang Biehe met in a place like the Qinhuai River when they were both in their prime, and their time together was short.

But her daughter's encounter with Meng Li...

She was destitute and helpless, and he descended from the sky.

She was selling herself to save her mother, and he opened his purse generously.

She was insecure and sensitive, and he was gentle and sincere.

She was powerless to protect herself, and he was skilled in both letters and martial arts.

...

With all these circumstances combined with mutual affection and a long time spent together, her daughter's feelings for Meng Li were undoubtedly deeper than hers for Jiang Biehe. In her eyes, it was almost like a demonic possession; otherwise, why would she obey him in everything and frequently ask her for various ways to please him?

Fortunately, Meng Li was a good man, and his beautiful wife at home was not a jealous woman.

So, her daughter's outcome was better than hers.

But it was precisely because of this that her daughter would be unwilling to lose what she had, afraid of losing it.

After all, how many people in this world, after flying from the mud to the clouds, would be willing to allow someone to pull them back down?

Therefore, Xiao Baiyan understood and even agreed with her daughter's attitude.

Because Meng Li had saved her, given her the good life she had now, and was her son-in-law.

Then, she thought of Jiang Biehe...

"He won't. Mother believes your father wouldn't do that," Xiao Baiyan denied with a smile, then added, "He is a great hero, unmatched in benevolence and righteousness. Even if he was wrong back then, it was only due to the situation. Now that he is famous, the situation must be different from before; he will never act against you and Meng Li."

"After all, you are his biological daughter, and Meng Li is his son-in-law."

"Besides, you had no prior intersection with him; there's no reason for him to be disadvantageous to you."

"I hope so," Jiang Yuyan echoed softly, then left the small courtyard.

Walking on the road, Jiang Yuyan thought about Jiang Biehe, her mood somewhat irritable.

Out of the resentment of being abandoned and suffering for many years, her impression of this scumbag father, Jiang Biehe, was extremely poor, and she had even thought of revenge.

Thus, in the original story, Jiang Biehe's primary wife, Madam Liu, was not wrong to say that Jiang Yuyan harbored resentment in her heart.

This was normal; in such a situation, how many people could not hate?

It was precisely because she harbored hate and was obsessed with taking back everything that belonged to her that the Jiang Yuyan of the original story would endure again and again, insisting on staying in the Jiang Manor no matter what. Of course, another reason was that at that time, she had no other place to settle besides the Jiang Manor. She had no one to rely on except that scumbag father, Jiang Biehe.

But things were different now. The current Jiang Yuyan had a husband like Meng Li who pampered and loved her, as well as Tie Xinlan, who was like a sister to her.

Even without going to the Jiang Manor or having Jiang Biehe, she could still survive and live happily.

It could be said that for the current Jiang Yuyan, her biological father Jiang Biehe was optional, perhaps even better off non-existent. Because he would remind her of the tragic past she was unwilling to recall, which was gradually being covered by beauty, making her very uncomfortable.

Almost instinctively, she found Meng Li, who was writing storybooks in the study.

"Husband~"

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