"Oh, and there's a secret I've been holding in for far too long. If I don't tell you, my conscience won't be clear, and I can't let you keep playing the fool."
"The child isn't yours. I got pregnant back when Zhang Dali assaulted me. We haven't had any more children all these years. We went for a check-up once, and I swapped out your report for a fake one."
"Heh... What can I say? One can't be too greedy or too heartless. Karma always comes around eventually. You're an ungrateful bastard who doesn't value true affection, so you deserve to have your family line die with you!"
"In any case, you always looked down on me, despising me for being a country girl. We never even got legally married. So this works out perfectly. Let's have a clean break. When the day comes that you're starving, you can come find me and beg for a piece of bread."
For Jiang Zishu, it felt as if the sky had fallen.
