Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife

Chapter 514: Chapter 514: Like Mother, Like Daughter

Lu Shufen had heart disease, and the excitement had caused her heart to twist in pain and she fainted. Fortunately, they had Chiang Qing, a military doctor, at home, who immediately took action, fed her medicine, and she came to.

”Mom, are you feeling any better?” Chiang Qing anxiously asked.

”Sister, you should stop upsetting Mom. I think it’s because of you that she fainted,” Chiang Tian said coolly.

Chiang Qing glared at him.

Chiang Tian glared back, saying, ”Isn’t that so? Sister, I don’t understand your taste. Of all the young talents available, you just had to fall for such a poor boy!”

Were these two deliberately poking at her sore spot?

Hearing this, Lu Shufen felt like her son’s words were a reflection of herself and couldn’t help but angrily say, ”All of you, get out!”

”Mom!”

Lu Shufen glared at her daughter, ”If you want to make me angry, continue talking, keep bringing it up.” Then to her son, ”You too, always pushing my buttons.”

The siblings, Chiang Qing and Chiang Tian, both looked sheepish.

Jiang Conghe then said, ”Go out, all of you go rest. We can talk about this later, don’t disturb your mom’s rest.”

In fact, the person Lu Shufen was most angry with should have been Jiang Conghe. The siblings cast him a look as if to say, ”You’re on your own,” and walked out.

Closing the door to their parents’ room, Chiang Tian couldn’t wait to ask, ”Sister, have you really seen Jiang Dafang? What is he like?”

”What, you want to acknowledge him as a relative?” Chiang Qing scoffed.

Chiang Tian spat and said, ”Why would I acknowledge such a poor relative? He’s still Dad’s son after all. I’m just curious what he looks like and what he’s doing looking for Dad.”

”How would I know what he’s here for? As for what he looks like?” Chiang Qing paused, he probably looked a lot like Dad.

She had seen photos of her father when he was young, and Jiang Dafang bore a striking resemblance to him then—tall and handsome. That’s why she was curious, and it led her to discover there was such a story behind her parents’ union.

”Could it be he came to acknowledge Dad and ask for some sort of relationship?” Chiang Tian frowned.

”Who knows!” Chiang Qing suddenly felt irritated.

Inside the room, Jiang Conghe was also trying his best to explain to Lu Shufen.

”Back then, I abandoned him and his mother. She never remarried, but raised the son on her own. After all, he is my son, so I sent them a little money every month. I really haven’t gone to see them, believe me!” Jiang Conghe insisted.

Lu Shufen sneered and shoved his hand away, ”So you’re saying, by marrying me, you’ve been feeling guilty towards his mother and him?”

Jiang Conghe didn’t speak, but his expression said it all.

Lu Shufen was furious, ”Jiang Conghe, you feel guilty toward them, so what about us, your wife and children? Does your conscience not pain you?”

”Look at what you’re saying. I swear, you and Qingqing, Xiao Tian, you are all the apples of my eye. If I’m lying, may I be struck by lightning. I only gave them aid out of humanitarian concern, nothing more,” Jiang Conghe raised his hand and said, ”Even when Dafang came to see me, he only told me his mother was gone and he had grown up, and there was no need to send money anymore!”

Thinking of what Jiang Dafang had said, Jiang Conghe felt a pang of discomfort in his heart. That child must harbor some resentment towards him, right?

Lu Shufen saw the dejection in his eyes and her heart twisted in pain once again. She had endured so much pain for him over the years and even after becoming husband and wife, there was always a knot in her heart.

And she had lived with this knot for so many years, yet now her daughter was following in her footsteps, falling for a married man. Was this what people meant when they said like mother, like daughter?

Lu Shufen shivered and forced herself not to think about it, pressing on, ”What else did that bastard say when he came to tell you she was dead?”