Epilogue: Jiang Huai.
Jiang Huai had always thought that he was a lucky man.
He had a happy family. A gentle and kind mother, a father who was serious and devoted, and a younger brother who was lively and cute.
Until the age of 24, he thought he was lucky.
However, in that year, everything changed.
At first, his brother had a car accident and then the hospital found that his blood type didn’t match. Later, a paternity test proved that Jiang Nian and his father did not have a biological father-son relationship.
In other words, his mother betrayed his father.
Although, his gentle mother only ever had his father in her eyes, all that affection and love suddenly become extremely fragile in front of a paternity test.
In that year, his mother left home with his younger brother.
Though rather than saying she left, it would be more accurate to say that she had been driven out of the Jiang family by his father.
Jiang Cheng would never allow a woman who had betrayed him to live in the Jiang family with a wild bastard that came from who knows where.
Even though, not that long ago, he would crawl on all fours in order to calm his son down by letting him ride on top of him.
His mother was a weak woman who had always been attached to his father and could not do anything on her own. For her to leave the Jiang family with his brother could be said to be very difficult for her. At first, he would occasionally help her, but then when his father found out about it his mother would only suffer for it.
For those two years, Jiang Huai seriously thought about whether blood relations or family relations were more important.
If blood relations were more important, what about all these years they had spent together?
If family relations were more important, what did they matter now that things were like this?
Two years later, he heard that his mother had died and his younger brother was forced to sell everything to take care of his mother’s funeral affairs.
He went to take a look at her, perhaps because these two years had been too overwhelming, or perhaps because he was still resentful, but the young and gentle woman he had known two years ago had long withered away, in her coffin, she looked as if she had aged a decade even though only two years had passed.
His younger brother had also changed from a lively and clever boy to a cold man who spoke few words.
Two years ago, a warm and happy family fell apart.
When he told his father the news of his mother’s death, Jiang Cheng did not react. Even his hand that was signing a contract did not tremble.
Jiang Huai didn’t really remember how he felt when he decided to leave home that day, he only knew that back then he hadn’t wanted to spend another night in that cold home. So he had left, like escaping.
After getting drunk, he vaguely pushed open the door of a hotel room and there seemed to be someone on the bed. Perhaps it was something arranged by one of his subordinates, he didn’t know and he didn’t care.
So after a blurry night, he woke up and saw there was a woman on the bed. The mottled blood on the sheets showed that he had taken the woman’s first time.
After he saw her face clearly, Jiang Huai found that he recognized this woman, it was Xu Weiyin, a star.
Because of his hangover, he had a splitting headache, so he put on his clothes and left indifferently. As if the one night stand didn’t matter at all and he didn’t take it to heart.
Things went on like that until one day he saw a piece of news.
Someone was taking a hospital to court because the paternity test report from the hospital had been incorrect.
Jiang Huai felt enlightened, so he found his brother and did another paternity test.
The result of the paternity test showed a biological father-son relationship.
But he was not excited at all. He just calmly sent the report to Jiang Cheng’s desk and then turned and left.
His father had been the one who had sent his brother and mother away, so he would have to be the one to get them back.
Two years passed, then four years.
To this day, Jiang Huai still did not want to recall that period of time.
“Boss, the schools here will be letting out soon so there may be traffic jams on the road. Do you still want to stay a little longer?”
Jiang Huai sat in the back seat of his luxury car and looked at the school gate. “Stay a little longer.”
This was a famous primary school in City A, and the people who could enroll their children here were all either rich or powerful.
As they waited, more and more parents were arriving at the school gate to pick up their children.
Then the bell rang, the school’s doors opened, and many children bounced out from inside with schoolbags on their backs.
As the crowd gradually dispersed, from the empty school, a little boy came outside unhurriedly carrying his schoolbag. Then a woman wearing sunglasses got out of a car parked by the road and the little boy bounced to the woman’s side.
“Mom, have you found my father?”
The woman hesitated a beat before replying. “Not yet.”
The little boy looked disappointed.
“But I heard you have a holiday tomorrow, so your mother can accompany you wherever you want to play.”
The little boy didn’t answer, obviously not interested.
Jiang Huai’s eyes had been fixed on women and little boy ever since they appeared.
It was Xu Weiyin and her son.
He could not help but thinking about the question he had thought so hard about ten years ago, was it blood relations or family relations that were more important?
“Boss, shall we go?”
Jiang Huai withdrew his eyes and said, “Let’s go.”
The car started slowly.
However, at that moment while her son was rubbing himself against her leg, Xu Weiyin seemed to notice something. She looked up and her eyes happened to meet Jiang Huai’s eyes.
In fact, she had pretty much no contact with Jiang Huai in the recent years. Four or five years ago, it had all just been a dewy love affair for her, but now four or five years later, she had begun to understand a lot of things.
For instance, she could understand why Jiang Huai appeared here, and understand why as her son grew he looked more and more like Jiang Huai every day.
She didn’t hesitate for a moment, she threw off the child’s hand and caught up with the slowly moving car.
“Jiang Huai!”
The driver saw Xu Weiyin chasing the car through the rearview mirror and looked at Jiang Huai with questions in his eyes. “Boss, should I stop?”
Jiang Huai did not speak.
The driver couldn’t stop without the boss’s say so.
Xu Weiyin chased the car for a while but when it turned a corner, she more or less gave up. However, she didn’t expect that when she rounded the corner, she found that the car had stopped and was parked on the curb.
She caught up breathlessly and clutched the slowly descending window with her hands, “Jiang Huai, it’s true that you are the father of my child, right? That night in the hotel a dozen years ago, that person was you, wasn’t it! “
Jiang Huai just sat in the back seat and did not speak.
Xu Weiyin shouted excitedly, “Hello? Why aren’t you talking? Why are you here if that isn’t the case? If it wasn’t you, then why does my son look more and more like you every day?”
Jiang Huai turned to look at her. “Xu Weiyin, I gave you a chance once, but you didn’t seize it. The son I acknowledge can be my son, and whomever I don’t acknowledge can never be my son.”
Hearing that heartless remark, Xu Weiyin didn’t get angry, instead, she laughed. She affirmed: “So, you are indeed my son’s biological father!”
“Are you my father?”
A crisp voice suddenly rang out.
Xu Weiyin was stunned. She turned around and saw that the child was standing at the corner.
The corner was so close that he clearly heard everything.
Jiang Huai did not speak.
The little boy approached, looked at Jiang Huai and questioned loudly, “You’re my father, right? Why won’t you admit it!”
Jiang Huai finally had a reaction. He looked over at the little boy in front of him, who was somewhat similar to himself, and spoke coldly, “When you grow up and can stand at the same height as me, only then will you be qualified to ask me that question.”
“Jiang Huai!”
Jiang Huai slowly rolled the window up while saying, “Let’s go.”
The car slowly began rolling forward.
Xu Weiyin squatted on the corner, covered her face, and cried bitterly. However, the little boy chased after the car and shouted, “One day I will stand in front of you, and I will make you regret!”
As they slowly pulled away, the child running behind them eventually faded from the rearview mirror.
Jiang Huai leaned back in his seat and gently closed his eyes.
“Do you think blood relations or family relations are more important?”
In the front seat, the driver dared not answer this question.
But, after a while, Jiang Huai smiled slightly and said, “They’re both important.”
–Jiang Huai End–
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tl note: thanks author I hate it. god what a scum
I hate scums like this. Both mother and son dont deserve him and I would prefer if they live their life away from this scum.
Hate this scum. Both mother and son should stay far away from him. Dont be fooled by this heartless man.
He is a scum, obvious. His son doesn’t deserve this, absolutely true.
He owed XWY once, right. But he had indeed given her a chance, that she just threw away without any hesitation out of greed. So she just reaps what she sow.
And it’s not like he never supported her.. He did, and had once gave her the luxury too so that she was even able to compete in auction with XXY.
In the original plot she had ended up with him, which only proved that it is the disclosure of her greed and her true bad character which made his interest gone and let her fall this badly.
So she can’t blame anyone.
In the past plot all the man swarming around her never knew her true character.
The new XXY is the variable which changed everything so that the man she played around after her return were no longer naively infatuated by her white lotus personality.
Her dispute with the new XXY is what finally opened the men’s eyes that she was never sincere to any of them and only seek their money and power.
Which person want to be entangled with such woman?
That is only seeking misery, seeking trouble. Their future life would never be in peace cos she is not someone who can feel content with what she already has.
If she was loyal and sincere to him in the First place, and not keeping to create impression of an ambiguous relationship with another man (let alone that the other man is his competitor), then she might have kept her place beside him.
Because JH wouldn’t have any reason to push her to YY.
But she had to have a spare tire, so… she does deserve that.
He raped her.. Yes…
But what he owed her, I considered that he had paid it, she was just not able to appreciate it.
No matter what kind of relationship they had, he had brought her to public,.
So it showed that he took her seriously as a companion at least.
If she was smart, she could have led the relationship into further step, but she didn’t cherish it.
And even the last chance he gave, when she already lost her place in entertainment industry, she threw it away too.
Se failed herself.
Her greed outweigh everything, even the yearning of her son to have a father. She prefer to chase a married man as long as it can give her luxury and power than having a simple happy family if it means she lost all those glamourous life.
She doesn’t want to give her son a father if the father was just a manager.
WTH, a manager of a star hotel may not be a prince but is not so poor, ok?
A hotel where CEO’s and star actress take must be at least 4 stars.
But for her it is not enough.
So she had just burnt the last straw herself.
The fact that in her present circumstance she csn still send her son to a prominent school makes me somehow think that she probably resigned to be someone’s mistress.
Otherwise she couldn’t have afforded it.
But if she was a true partner of any rich man, I don’t think that she would still try to chase JH’s car.
So… how can he spare her any feeling?
Poor boy.. I only have true empathy for the son. He doesn’t deserve this.
I agree with his last sentence, family relations and blood relations are both equally important.
We can’t choose our blood related family but we can choose with what kind of person we want to share life with.
Sometimes reality shows that people without any blood relation with us are more dear… more caring and the one related by blood.
So I would say, cherish those who are truly sincere regardless if they are related by blood or not.
Why did he choose this move? Waaah no fair!
Right? This really left a weird taste in my mouth
This makes me really sad about what could’ve happen to Jiang Niang 🙁
In the original plot, Jiang Huai probably didn’t get to do the second paternity test because Jiang Nian already died by that time… Now I understand why Jiang Nian hates his father so much
I also understand now why in the original plot, Jiang Huai didn’t take the paternity test… It’s because he already have familial affection for his son and he didn’t want to ruin it just for a paternity test :((
I agree with you, although Jiang Huai is heartless, I can’t say Xu Weiyin didn’t deserve what happened to her
In the end, XWY is still able to live comfortably without staying in entertainment world. The fact that she’s able to let go of her son’s hand instantly after she saw JH tells you enough about the greed in her heart :/
He is a scum yes. But only the son is the innocent party in their situation. Just bcs JH said thst her son’s father is a manager at a hotel, she refused to acknowledge him as the father. So if it’s someone powerful she would immediately acknowledge the father then? That’s greed. She even threw her son’s hand when she saw JH’s car. She only wants the wealth not love.
Why is xu weiyin so obsessed with getting a dad for her child? Shes been doing so well raising her son on her own so why does she need a man? She can clearly support herself with acting or whatever job she’ll find anyway. Finding the father just adds unneeded stress.
Dayym, how ruthless. That was your son! Yoi don’t have to take the mother, just accept the son. I know you got traumatized with what happened to your family but isn’t this another chance to change the answer from before too? Sad. Just sad.
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Oh this is wonderful insight: in the original plot, he didn’t seek a paternity test because he already had family relations with the child and mother, so blood wasn’t necessary. Thank you for pointing it out!
Wowww jiang huai is trash
I already thought the worst of him but this epilogue was an enlightenment on how unworthy he is of being human.
I wouldn’t argue the fact that xu weiyin is greedy but none of this was her fault.
That bastard, the moment he woke up in that hotel room and looked at her face, he recognised her, he knew from the get go that he was the one who raped her and took her virginity, so the moment news got out that she was pregnant and with child, even without a paternity test, he would have a 1000000% known he was the father.
But yet after waking up in the hotel room, he had the hotel staff lie to her that the room belonged to yi yang.
He was setting her up to suffer even before he ever interacted with her, without even giving her a chance to see what kind of person she was, without getting a chance to see if she was an upright person or not, he already made up his mind about her and immediately set her up for pain, to know that the one who raped her was yi yang and not him
So now, even if she sees that her child resembles jiang huai as he grows up, the fact was to her at that time, that the hotel room belonged to yi yang, so she was stuck with a 50% chance the father could be yi yang, or a 50% chance the father could be jiang huai.
And then when she asked him for help, that piece of trash gave her his DNA that proved he was the father and lied and said it was yi yang.
So all those times she was being rude to xu xinyi, she really did it believing a 100% that yi yang was the father, she never thought jiang huai could have lied to her about it.
Wether it was delusion or not, the facts she had could really mislead anyone into thinking that yi yang might have married xu xinyi cuz she resembled xu weiyin and that he Infact loved xu weiyin and for her sake and her child’s sake she could only pursue him
And let’s not forget that in this timeline, jiang huai told her he would help her only if she broke up the relationship between yi yang and xu xinyi, so that his younger brother could get together with xu xinyi.
So in this timeline, jiang huai and xu weiyin were never together to begin in, she stuck by his side to get his help to end up with yi yang and he stuck by her side to help her to get xu xinyi with his brother
Xu weiyin wasn’t using him as a side piece, she had one goal in mind, to have yi yang who she thought was the father of her child be together with her, so wasn’t stringing anyone along, so while her methods were fucked up, she really wasn’t that bad
The messed up one is jiang huai, u were setting her up for failure from the beginning, so don’t play that fuxking game of “oh no I gave you a chance and you blew it”, like its her fault
He’s so hateful, even if you don’t love her, you don’t need to end up with her, you should just act like an adult and settle things like how decent human beings would
Confront her about it, tell her you will never be with her, even if u don’t want to register the child as your son, the fact alone that you KNOW he’s your child, you should offer child support and involve yourself in his life
Like everyday he’s asking his mom did you find my dad yet or not, how pituful is he, he just wants you in his life
No one is telling you to marry her
But that’s your child and this is considered child abuse and child neglect
Does this shit really happen in real life where rich bastards don’t even bother to offer child support for their illegitimate kids?
For me Jiang Huai is not really a scum compared to Xu Weiyin. Jiang Huai give a chance when he told her that the one deflowered her was a hotel staff and give her the calling number but she didn’t even bother to get the calling card or even look at it, because she can’t accept if it is just a small earning worker was the father of her child. She didn’t even really love her child, she just decided to give birth to it just to have an assurance to the father of her child.