The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 124

Chapter 124: Chapter 124

Jiang Family——

Yu Man nibbled on some nourishing bird’s nest downstairs before planning to go upstairs to wash up and sleep, and she deliberately checked the time.

"It’s past ten o’clock, Weiwei hasn’t come back yet?"

Yu Man asked the house help.

But speak of the devil, and he shall appear.

Just as the house help was about to respond, there was a noise at the door.

Seeing Jiang Weiwei push the door and enter, Yu Man asked: "Weiwei, where have you been? Why are you coming back so late?"

Yu Man has always been quite strict in controlling Jiang Weiwei, not wanting her to tarnish the family’s good reputation.

But after she asked, she noticed Lin Meihan was also standing behind Jiang Weiwei.

At this moment, Jiang Weiwei was hanging her head low, looking like she had done something wrong.

Meanwhile, Lin Meihan was staring straight at Yu Man with a rather confrontational demeanor.

"What happened? Did the two of you have a fight?" Yu Man instinctively asked.

"Aunt Man, I know some things are not my place to say as an outsider, but I still have to speak up."

The smoke-filled tone of Lin Meihan confused Yu Man: "What do you mean?"

However, Jiang Weiwei quickly stepped forward to stop Lin Meihan: "Meihan, don’t say anything, please, consider it a favor to me."

By the end of her plea, Jiang Weiwei’s eyes filled with tears, looking like she had suffered a great injustice.

As soon as Yu Man saw Jiang Weiwei crying, she instantly became anxious and flustered.

"Weiwei, why are you crying? What exactly happened! Meihan, tell me quickly!"

Seizing the moment, Lin Meihan went ahead and told Yu Man about how they had run into Jiang Moxi working at Night Color that day.

"What? She’s working at that kind of place?" Yu Man initially found it hard to believe.

"I knew you wouldn’t believe it, so here’s the video." Lin Meihan eagerly showed the video they had taken to Yu Man.

Furthermore, Lin Meihan exaggerated a bit: "Weiwei tried to bring her back, not wanting her to fall further, but not only was she unappreciative, but she also turned to blackmail Weiwei..."

Afraid that Lin Meihan would also spill about Bu Xin, Jiang Weiwei hurriedly interjected: "Meihan, that’s enough."

At that moment, Lin Meihan felt she had said almost enough and simply took her leave.

After seeing off Lin Meihan, Yu Man was in a fit of rage and repeatedly dialed Jiang Moxi’s number several times.

But Jiang Moxi had already blocked her number, so naturally, the call did not go through.

"Mom, maybe Moxi really is having a difficult time, let’s not blame her." Jiang Weiwei continued to console Yu Man from the side.

But watching her being so sensible and eager to smooth things over, compared to Jiang Moxi who was recklessly working at such a place...

For Yu Man, it only added fuel to the fire.

"What difficulties could she have that led her to a place where she’d be belittled? Doesn’t she have family she can ask for money?"

Yu Man didn’t want to hear Jiang Weiwei’s persuasion and said directly: "Go back to your room and rest, you still have a whole day of piano practice tomorrow! I’m also going back to my room!"

With those words, Yu Man went upstairs.

And Jiang Weiwei, looking at the receding figure of Yu Man, her anxious and worried expression instantly turned into a smug smile...

*

Jiang Guosheng received a call from Yu Man, and he hurried back from a social engagement.

"Are you saying Moxi is working at Night Color, is that true?"

"Meihan showed me the video, she was wearing a waitress uniform, could it be fake?"

When Yu Man mentioned Jiang Moxi, she couldn’t help but start cursing.

"I don’t even dare hope she’ll amount to anything, but how can she not even have the slightest sense of decency! She’s actually working in those dens of male debauchery!"

Jiang Guosheng, being a regular customer at such entertainment venues, naturally understood that the waitresses there were no different from the public relations hostesses as long as you paid them enough.

This realization made him utterly disappointed in Jiang Moxi; he smoked several cigarettes in a row but couldn’t lift his spirits.

He even tried calling Jiang Moxi, but either his number was blocked or Jiang Moxi would hang up immediately upon hearing his voice.

After cursing Jiang Moxi several rounds, Yu Man seemed to have come to a decision.

"Guosheng, Moxi is working as a waitress in those kinds of places now, her reputation certainly won’t be good going forward, and with the abortion she had before, she definitely won’t find any decent family willing to take her in."

Jiang Guosheng naturally knew what decision Yu Man was about to make and sighed, "But after all, she is our own flesh and blood..."

"What does being our flesh and blood amount to? Depending on this flesh and blood, we’ll never see a way out in this lifetime."

Yu Man retorted and then said, "Weiwei is different, she is gentle and well-behaved, with a bright future ahead of her. We can’t let Bu Xin ruin her."

Jiang Guosheng also knew that they really had to make a choice between Jiang Moxi and Jiang Weiwei.

So after taking a deep drag of his cigarette, Jiang Guosheng said, "I’ll reply to the old man tomorrow..."

*

Jiang Moxi didn’t know that her parents had already made their choice.

After getting off work at Night Color, she directly went back to Tianqin Bay.

To her surprise, Fu Youhan was home tonight.

He was on the phone, still in his suit and shoes but with the collar casually undone by two buttons, appearing somewhat lazy.

Upon hearing the sound at the entrance, the man turned to glance at Jiang Moxi.

His black eyes were as inscrutable as ever, but his eyebrows were more fierce than usual.

"I’ll call you after I’ve looked over the proposal tomorrow."

Fu Youhan wrapped up the call with just a few words, and by then Jiang Moxi had already changed her shoes and was walking toward the bedroom.

Watching the woman walk away without a second glance, after a moment of hesitation Fu Youhan coldly said, "I helped An Xueluo before, giving her a chance to perform with Jhiang Heting on stage. She was simply thanking me today."

If he hadn’t experienced it himself, Fu Youhan would not believe that he would actually take the initiative to explain these trivial matters to a woman.

But just now, as he watched Jiang Moxi’s receding figure, his intuition told him that if he didn’t explain proactively, Jiang Moxi might indeed walk out of his world.

But even after his explanation, Jiang Moxi’s response was, "That’s none of my business, there’s no need for you to explain!"

Fu Youhan’s rationality was instantly swallowed by anger, and he asked the question that had been pressing on his mind.

"Jiang Moxi, aren’t you at all curious about the relationship between me and An Xueluo?"

This time, Jiang Moxi finally turned around, but her eyes and eyebrows remained as calm as ever.

"Not curious! And as long as her relationship with you started before ours did, it won’t affect our one-year agreement!"

Jiang Moxi was being matter-of-fact, yet it caused Fu Youhan’s heart to plummet into an icy pit.

In that moment, his eyes were filled with a blood-red rage, and his voice was frighteningly hoarse.

"So, this is what you think, and here I was..."

He was contemplating spending the rest of his life with her like this.

But in the end, Jiang Moxi didn’t care about him at all.

Even his unclear entanglement with An Xueluo, Jiang Moxi appeared completely indifferent.

All of this felt extremely unfair to Fu Youhan.

Jiang Moxi was still looking at Fu Youhan, as if waiting for him to continue.

But in his fit of anger, Fu Youhan stormed out, slamming the door behind him...