Chapter 257: Chapter 257: You Said You Would Marry Me

Jiang Chengxu returned. It was noon when he arrived; the Zhiqing point had just started lunch, each person had two mixed flour buns and a bowl of vegetable soup with not even a hint of oil.

Manman held the bowl, took a sniff of the soup, and her stomach immediately churned. She hastily put down the bowl and ran outside to vomit, only to see Jiang Chengxu walking listlessly down the road.

Tears of excitement almost flowed as she rushed toward Jiang Chengxu and reached out to support him, only to be pushed away by him, “Don’t touch me!”

Manman wiped her tears and cried out in grievance, “Brother Chengxu, what’s wrong?”

What’s wrong?

Jiang Chengxu looked at Manman with hatred. If it weren’t for her, Xu Qinghuan wouldn’t have broken off their engagement, and he wouldn’t be stuck in this countryside, his family wouldn’t be in trouble, and Yan City’s Jiang family wouldn’t have abandoned him.

He had gone to see the old man, using information about Zheng Qianxia to exchange for a quota to return to the city, but the old man refused.

The old man still didn’t want to give up on Xu Qinghuan, “Instead of working hard for me, why not hold on to what you have? Do you know what Xu Qinghuan’s status is now?”

The old man handed him a newspaper to read, “Do you know the weight of Yan City’s Huo family? With Huo Fuhai as the stabilizing force, the Huo family can thrive for at least fifty more years.”

If Huo Fuhai were to die now and Huo Zhenqing hasn’t reached that level yet, the Huo family might need to lay low for a few years; and if Huo Zui’s leg were crippled, the time they need to stay low might be even longer. In the future, the Huo family’s rise would depend on luck.

Without outstanding successors in the family, the entire family strategy needs to be adjusted based on the direction of their capabilities.

With Huo Zui in front, no one paid attention to Huo Chi, not knowing if he was capable or not.

It was all useless talk now; Huo Fuhai’s health had improved greatly, and now he was shouting at people so loudly in his office that the ceiling seemed to be lifted, and Huo Zui’s leg was reportedly recovering very well.

In Yan City, the gossip about the Beauty Pill made by Xu Qinghuan circulated, with Shen Xiuqin serving as a living advertisement; all the women desperately wanted to meet Xu Qinghuan to get a Beauty Pill.

Although Xu Qinghuan had left Yan City, her legend only grew more exaggerated.

Jiang Zhenguo spoke without reservation, “If you could marry Xu Qinghuan, the Huo family and Jiang family would be relatives by marriage; I don’t need to tell you what heights you could reach in the future, do I?”

At that time, he saw the newspaper article where the Huo family recognized Xu Qinghuan as their daughter, and with the old man recounting the power of the Huo family, it seemed as if he had already become their son-in-law, favored by Huo Fuhai, rising in status, with a promising future.

“I don’t believe you’re worse than a country bumpkin; you were once engaged, right?”

Unable to return to the city, Jiang Chengxu was frustrated, but thinking if he could get Xu Qinghuan, with the Huo family’s influence, the Jiang family wouldn’t abandon him.

Both being members of the Jiang family, what resources did Jiang Chengshu get, and what did he get?

One day, he would make the Jiang family regret and beg at his feet for having forced him and ignored him.

“Stay away from me, do you understand?” Jiang Chengxu finally revealed his mean streak, “I don’t need to say what you’ve done with Zhou Chang’an, right? Do you think there’s still a possibility between us?”

Manman’s mind went blank, exploding like a pressure cooker; it took her a while to regain her senses, “You, you, how can you say that about me? Was it my choice?”

“Did I tell you to do it?” Jiang Chengxu denied, “I only asked you to grab hold of his weaknesses; did I ask you to do such shameless things?”

“At that time… you were there, weren’t you? You saw how he treated me, and you didn’t help me. Are you even human, are you?” Manman completely broke down.

Some people at the Zhiqing point came out to watch the commotion, but she ignored them.

Jiang Chengxu pushed her away, “Manman, today I finally understand you; the fact that Qinghuan and I have come to this point is all your fault. I never thought you harbored such intentions toward me, using such tactics!”

The people at the Zhiqing point were dumbfounded, except Chen Dewen let out a sneer, seemingly not surprised by Jiang Chengxu’s behavior.

“Has he gone mad?” Dai Yifeng commented.

Zheng Siqi shook his head, “No, he’s perfectly normal, just highly ambitious!”

“What did Qinghuan do in Yan City this time?” Chen Dewen asked quietly.

Zheng Siqi replied, “The Huo family recognized her as their daughter; what do you think?”

“The Huo family? The Huo family you told me about?” Chen Dewen gasped.

“Yes, that Huo family. Jiang Chengxu should know by now. Qinghuan is likely in trouble.” Dai Yifeng said.

Unexpectedly, Manman laughed, she tightly gripped Jiang Chengxu’s arm, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, “Brother Chengxu, did you forget my brother?

He’s still in prison, and if I go to him and say that you all treat us like dirt, what do you think he’ll do?”

Jiang Chengxu lowered his eyes slowly to look at her; after a few days, Manman seemed much more haggard, her chin sharper, her eye sockets deep, looking neither human nor ghostly.

Indeed, the Xu family could be considered ruined and shattered; Wang Mingxia and Xu Liqun divorced, and their two sons were sent off to the countryside. Xu Hongtu was sentenced and went to prison.

Manman shouldn’t be called Xu Manman but Bao Manman, yet she was still Xu Hongtu’s half-sister.

Xu Liqun would definitely not care for her.

“Brother Chengxu, I might be pregnant.” Manman shocked Jiang Chengxu again, this time with even more intensity.

“What did you say?” Jiang Chengxu stepped back several paces, looking at her as if she were insane.

Manman said, “Brother Chengxu, you might be a father soon.”

Her usually very regular menstruation still hadn’t come, and recently she started feeling sleepy and nauseous, just like her adoptive mother did when pregnant with her brother.

Back then, she was already aware enough; therefore, when her body began to feel off, she knew she was definitely pregnant.

But she was uncertain whether it was Jiang Chengxu’s or Zhou Chang’an’s baby, though she vaguely knew Zhou didn’t finish inside her that day.

“Is it mine or his?” Jiang Chengxu sneered, seeing the momentary confusion on Manman’s face, he brushed away her hand and went into the Zhiqing point.

Even if the child were his, he wouldn’t want it, not to mention it might be Zhou Chang’an’s.

As Zhou Chang’an went to work, he passed by Manman without looking at her; it wasn’t until he had walked far away that he frowned and showed contempt.

Jiang Chengxu, having just returned, didn’t hurry to work; after showering, he came out and saw Manman waiting for him in the corridor. Predictably, he didn’t want to pay attention to her, but Manman pulled him aside.

“Brother Chengxu, that day, you said you would marry me.” She spoke, tears rolling down her cheeks, this time genuinely falling from emotion, “You can’t go back on your word.”

She had paid too much to let Jiang Chengxu just kick her aside now.

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