Chapter 274 Breakup
Jiang Yixuan spent the night at the hospital.

It wasn't just to accompany Lin Rou'er; more importantly, he didn't know where he should go now.

Jiang's parents were not particularly talented in business. For many years, they had just barely made ends meet by maintaining the business established by their grandfather. If it weren't for Jiang Yixuan, a business genius in the third generation, the Jiang family would have declined long ago.

This marriage was originally a case of the Jiang family climbing the social ladder by marrying into the Jin family. Although the Jin family agreed, they still looked down on the Jiang family. Even the two elders couldn't attend the engagement; they were only allowed to make a formal appearance at the wedding.

Those who were at home by now already knew what had happened during the day, and the phone kept ringing.

Jiang Yixuan could roughly guess that the Jin family had been unable to contact him, so they called his parents. His parents were usually indecisive, and if they heard about something so serious, they would definitely be anxious and ask him for advice. If he didn't answer the phone, they would keep calling.

When the phone lit up for the third time, Jiang Yixuan pressed his temples and answered.

An anxious inquiry immediately came from the other end of the phone, asking what had happened, where he was, and what he should do.
Jiang Yixuan hadn't slept all night, and now his temples were throbbing with pain.

"You don't need to worry about anything, just leave it to me."

The two fell silent, knowing there was nothing they could do. Just a second before Jiang Yixuan was about to hang up, his father sighed and asked, "Can this matter be resolved?"

Jiang Yixuan didn't reply and hung up.

Even he himself didn't know if he could solve it.

He really acted impulsively this time. In fact, he had already started to regret it while waiting for Lin Rou'er to be taken into the operating room.

He left too decisively, embarrassing the Jin family and hurting He Jinming. These two are currently his strongest allies; it's hard to say whether they will sever ties or even hold a grudge against him.

Rou'er looked down at the sleeping face on the hospital bed. Why now? Why now?
He pulled a cigarette from his breast pocket. He had never smoked before, and this cigarette had been offered to him by someone at his engagement party. He felt awkward refusing, but he had only held it in his hand as a formality. Now, looking at the cigarette, he felt for the first time the urge to temporarily numb his brain with nicotine.

He took the cigarette, walked out of the room, and wanted to ask someone for a light.

As soon as the door closed, he saw He Jinming standing outside.

He Jinming's appearance is now very different from before. He is still wearing the same suit he wore at yesterday's engagement banquet, but one of his cufflinks is missing. His hair, which he used to keep meticulously in place, is now disheveled. He looks haggard and has a unkempt beard. He looks like he has suffered a major blow and is still in a daze.

Jiang Yixuan had never looked in a mirror before, but he knew he probably wasn't much better off.

"How is she now?"

A day and a night had passed, and this was the first sentence He Jinming spoke, his voice hoarse.

Jiang Yixuan glanced at the hospital corridor with its constant flow of people and pointed to the stairwell: "Let's talk there, it's quieter."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the door, with He Jinming mechanically following behind.

"Do you have a light?" Jiang Yixuan put the cigarette in his mouth.

He Jinming rummaged around for a bit and pulled out a DuPont lighter, which he tossed to him.

As the fireworks lit up the sky, He Jinming looked at Jiang Yixuan's hazy face through the smoke. The anger that had been churning in his chest all night was now replaced by a strange calmness. He was calm enough to stand outside Lin Rou'er's hospital room and do nothing, calm enough to follow Jiang Yixuan, calm enough to patiently watch Jiang Yixuan finish his cigarette.

"She's fine," Jiang Yixuan flicked his cigarette ash, took the last drag, and threw the butt into the trash can. "The baby's gone." "When did you two get together?" He Jinming asked, sounding like a naive, gossipy outsider.

Jiang Yixuan didn't even dare to look at him, only staring at the window above the stairwell: "Is there any point in asking this now?"

"Hmph," He Jinming suddenly laughed, then punched Jiang Yixuan hard in the face.

"Jiang Yixuan, you're a real beast!"

Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Jiang Yixuan staggered to one side. Before he could fall, He Jinming grabbed him by the collar, pulled him up, and delivered another punch, yelling as he hit him: "You think it's fun to mess with me? Do all of you Jiang family members think you're so smart and good at manipulating people? Every time you see me acting like an idiot, trying to please you and then trying to please her, do you feel a sense of accomplishment? I was so naive to think you only saw her as a sister and she saw you as a brother, but it turns out she's your lover!"

Another heavy punch landed, and Jiang Yixuan's face was already bruised and swollen.

"No wonder everyone says you, Jiang Yixuan, are smart, a business genius. You really are smart, so shrewd. You tricked me into giving you money and resources while you were enjoying my girlfriend. My own girlfriend, I haven't even slept with her yet, and you're the one who got off easy!"

"And that slut, she always pretends to be an innocent and pure girl here, but she's already pregnant with your child. Isn't she especially proactive in your bed?"

After throwing that punch, Jiang Yixuan, who had regained his footing, finally launched a counterattack, throwing a punch at his mouth.

"Clean your mouth for me!"

He Jinming hit her even harder: "What? You dare to do it but not admit it? Or are you going to show me right now how sincere you are for her?"

Jiang Yixuan was physically strong, but he still found it difficult to resist He Jinming's reckless fighting style.

He Jinming grew increasingly agitated as he hit her, his eyes reddening and his gaze almost bursting: "Then your sincerity is truly cheap, able to send the person you like to someone else's man!"

Jiang Yixuan found an opening to retaliate and threw a punch: "Do you think I wanted to? It was all forced by circumstances. Do you think I wanted to?"

"If I had your status and position, why would I do such a thing!"

"Are you implying that I forced you?"

He Jinming turned his head and laughed, then kicked him instead: "A person like you deserves it. You deserve that the person you like had a miscarriage, you deserve that your family is all useless, you deserve that you have nothing and can only be trampled underfoot!"

Jiang Yixuan stopped fighting back and collapsed to the ground in agony, clutching his head.

“I, He Jinming, don’t consider myself a good person, but meeting you has truly broadened my horizons.”

"I curse you to suffer an even worse betrayal than I did, and to fall into an even more ridiculous situation than I did!"

He only had one wound on his face; Jiang Yixuan had only hit him twice, but both times in the same spot, and it was now swollen. In contrast, Jiang Yixuan's face was completely unrecognizable, and He Jinming's hands were stained with blood.

He took a tissue, carefully wiped his hands, and then threw the tissue at Jiang Yixuan.

Today's brawl, which resembled that of elementary school students, has ended. Now, the battles of adults will begin.

"Jiang Yixuan, you wait, I will not let the Jiang family get away with this."

From this moment on, they officially broke ties.


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