When She Stops Being Dramatic

Chapter 400: Chapter 145: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Novel (32)

"If we didn’t know, it’d be one thing, but now the rumors are all over the hospital. We have to do something about it, and we have to make our stance clear!"

Mrs. Jiang nodded. "I feel the same way. We watched Chi grow up. I adore everything about her. If this whole mess scares her away, where else would I find such a perfect daughter-in-law?"

"And what’s the deal with that Fang Yuying? Why is she latching onto our son?"

At the mention of this, Mrs. Jiang recalled what her eldest son had said.

She’d never imagined that Jiang Zishi, who always acted so well-behaved and sensible in public, was actually a wolf in sheep’s clothing. ’How did we ever mistreat him?’ she wondered. ’How could he ruin someone’s life over something so trivial?’

There was that high school classmate of Jiang Zishi’s for one, and Chi Yun’er had also nearly been blocked from returning to the city.

And those were just the things they knew about. What about the things they didn’t?

For instance, he had only been in the countryside for a little over a year. How was it that he just so happened to be the one who saved the village chief’s daughter, forcing him to take responsibility for her?

His sinister, vicious determination to stop at nothing to achieve his goals made her shudder just thinking about it. If Jiang Yihua hadn’t noticed Jiang Zishi’s strangeness early on and decided to leave home to study elsewhere, who knows what miserable state he’d be in by now!

Mrs. Jiang would rather not have a son like that. "Old Jiang, tell me, where did we go wrong? How did Zishu turn out like this?"

Father Jiang patted her on the shoulder. "Ms. Guo, on this matter, we both need to listen to our son. Zishu is an adult now. Whether he chooses to be a decent person or walk a dark path is no longer our concern."

"Over the years... even if we weren’t perfect, we absolutely prioritized him over Yihua."

"We did everything we were supposed to. If he was crooked to begin with, who can we blame?"

Father Jiang’s last words were almost a mumble to himself. "Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and a rat’s son knows how to dig."

Mrs. Jiang hardened her heart. "That’s right. It’s enough that we raised him. We spent more than a decade painstakingly trying to guide him. In any case, my conscience is clear."

"He can fend for himself from now on. His household registration was transferred when he went to the countryside, so officially, he’s no longer a member of our family."

"I’ll write to him later and lay it all out. We don’t want him to repay us for raising him. I just hope that when he’s scheming, he leaves us out of it. I’d be grateful for that much!"

Father Jiang’s brow remained tightly furrowed. He let out a long sigh. "It’s not that simple. We feel our conscience is clear, but from his perspective, we’re the ones who abandoned him. The whole family has wronged him."

"There’s no guarantee he won’t grow resentful, lurk in the shadows, and plot against our family!"

Mrs. Jiang sucked in a sharp breath. Knowing Jiang Zishi’s nature, that was exactly what he would do.

They were the farmer, and he was the viper.

"But we’ve done nothing wrong. We’ll just have to be more careful. We’ll handle whatever he throws at us. If he keeps to himself, fine. But if he really dares to bite the hand that fed him... heh, then he’d better be ready for the consequences!"

Mrs. Jiang nodded vigorously. "I’m not too worried about Yihua, but Yunyun and Miaomiao are girls, and they could easily be targeted. I’ll make sure to warn them later."

Father Jiang and Mrs. Jiang brought the conversation back to the matter at hand. To dispel the rumors, Mrs. Jiang would have to personally confront Fang Yuying and clarify things in public. Not only that, but it would be best if Mother Fang was also present!

After leaving Father Jiang’s office, Mrs. Jiang went to find Chi Yun’er in the Welfare Department.

The project for the summer heat-relief supplies had just wrapped up, and Chi Yun’er had finished writing and submitting a proposal to the hospital director to open a store under the hospital’s name.

In it, she gave a detailed breakdown of the reasoning for opening the store, potential difficulties and their solutions, and projections for its development and future prospects.

The General Hospital had been around for years and occupied a large area. It had gradually expanded, adding multi-story buildings for the inpatient department, outpatient department, administrative offices, and a guesthouse. As a result, many of the original two-story buildings and bungalows had been vacated, repurposed into staff dormitories and warehouses.

Even so, quite a few rooms remained empty, providing the perfect space for Chi Yun’er’s proposed plan.

Furthermore, finding jobs for the family members of hospital staff was another major headache for the leadership. It wasn’t uncommon for relatives to show up at the hospital to cause a scene.

But there were only so many logistical support positions in the hospital, and every single one was filled. Even when someone retired, their position was already promised to a successor!

Employees’ salaries were fixed, but with their families steadily growing, the financial pressure was mounting...

The hospital director only had to skim Chi Yun’er’s report to see its immense potential. Never mind the potential profit; if it could provide a livelihood for even a few of their employees’ family members, it was worth a try.