Ke Jingyu had persevered for half his life, building such a vast business empire, all for this one son.
If something were to happen to Ke Teng…
She was overwhelmingly sinful, deserving death ten thousand times over, and even that wouldn't be enough to atone to him!
Her life was worthless, and no one cared if she died. Why then, must it be Ke Teng, who owed her a debt he couldn't repay, who was in trouble instead of her?
Thinking of this, Jiang Nan Fang truly hated Zhan Bei Jue's mother, Zhou Wan Jun.
How could there be such a venomous and wicked woman in the world?
To achieve her own selfish desires, she would ruin a young man's entire life like this.
How could she be so psychologically twisted?
"Why are you still here? Isn't your mother dead? Don't you need to mourn and arrange the funeral?"
Because of what happened to Ke Teng, Jiang Nan Fang had no mood for romance anymore.
Because Zhan Bei Jue was Zhou Wan Jun's son, she suddenly didn't find him so endearing.
"Or do you also think she deserved to die and should have just died like this?"
"Zhan Bei Jue, you shouldn't talk to me anymore. You know how much she hates me, that she'd rather drag me down with her than let us be together."
"As her obedient son, aren't you going to fulfill her dying wish? If we continue this unclear relationship, her soul won't find peace, and what if she haunts me even as a ghost?"
Jiang Nan Fang was speaking out of anger, and Zhan Bei Jue knew it.
Though her words were harsh, he couldn't refute anything.
But no matter how extreme or impulsive his mother was, or how harsh she was to others, her love for him, her own son, was genuine.
Even if everyone in the world hated her, he couldn't truly abandon her.
"I know you're very emotional right now, and you hate her. I also know she did the wrong thing, so I apologize to you on her behalf."
"I'm sorry, Nan Fang. No one wanted things to escalate to this point."
"Although Ke Teng hasn't woken up yet, I will do my best to find doctors to treat him. Even if I have to take care of him for the rest of his life, please don't be so pessimistic."
Ke Teng wasn't dead?
For Jiang Nan Fang at this moment, there was no better news in the world.
Falling from such a height, not being dead probably meant he was still suffering.
Jiang Nan Fang suddenly felt a surge of strength, struggling to prop herself up on her arms.
"Ke Teng is still alive? That's wonderful! Where is he now? I want to see him! Hurry and take me to see him!"
Zhan Bei Jue moved his wheelchair forward a step and placed his hand on hers.
"He's still in a coma. Ke Jingyu is very agitated right now, so I suggest you don't go, lest..."
Ke Jingyu was here too?
Of course. With his son in trouble, how could the father not come to see him?
It was just that looking at his son, who used to be so lively, now in this state, he must have wanted to kill someone.
Jiang Nan Fang didn't know how long she had been unconscious, or how long she had been avoiding everything.
But now that she had woken up, she would absolutely not run away any longer.
"Don't worry about me, tell me where he is, I want to see him!"
Jiang Nan Fang flung Zhan Bei Jue's hand away.
"Your current physical condition is really not suitable for going. The doctor said you can't be stimulated anymore..."
"Stop pretending to be so considerate!" Jiang Nan Fang suddenly became extremely agitated.
"If it weren't for you, for your unreasonable mother, would things have become like this?"
"Ke Teng was right, I'm just a fool, a love-struck idiot who keeps repeating the same mistakes!"
"If I hadn't liked you back then, hadn't fantasized about marrying you, hadn't given birth to your child, hadn't returned to Nancheng, none of this would have happened!"
"But it's too late to say anything now. I finally realize, we are incompatible, Zhan Bei Jue. Getting close to you only brings me misfortune!"
"Don't talk to me anymore. You'd better pray Ke Teng can recover soon, otherwise, I'll dig up your mother's grave to get revenge for him!"
With that, she stumbled off the bed and rushed out of the ward without hesitation.
Zhan Bei Jue, sitting in his wheelchair, could only watch her run away.
With a look of dejection, he followed behind.
Jiang Nan Fang grabbed a nurse and asked for Ke Teng's ward number.
Soon, the ward door was pushed open, and she stumbled inside.
In the spacious and bright ward, there was only a bed, some standard medical equipment, and a chair.
A person lay quietly on the bed, his head wrapped in bandages, an oxygen mask covering his face, looking extremely weak.
Beside him sat a tall but gaunt man, his head bowed.
After being apart for what felt like a lifetime, the once dashing young man had graying temples and a face etched with sorrow.
Looking at the Ke father and son like this, Jiang Nan Fang felt like crawling into a hole.
She slowly approached Ke Jingyu, attempting to speak several times before finally managing to utter a sound.
"Mr. Ke..."
Several seconds passed before Ke Jingyu slowly looked up.
He glanced at Jiang Nan Fang expressionlessly, then lowered his head again.
"You're awake?"
With a thud, Jiang Nan Fang knelt before him.
"I'm so sorry, how is Ke Teng? I've let you and Ke Teng down. I deserve to die."
"His brain suffered a severe blow. The doctors say he might never wake up again."
Ke Jingyu's voice was low and mournful.
"Since he was a child, Ke Teng only ever praised one girl to me, and that was you. I never expected you to disappoint him so much."
The young master of the esteemed Ke Corporation had become a vegetative state.
Besides dying and apologizing, Jiang Nan Fang truly didn't know what else she could say to Ke Jingyu.
"If time could rewind, if the situation could be swapped. Mr. Ke, I swear to you, I would rather it had been me who met with an accident!"
"It's meaningless to say this now," Ke Jingyu interrupted her.
"Now, I only want to know one thing. What exactly happened upstairs between you all in the final moments? Why did Ah Teng fall with that woman?"
With a creak, the door was pushed open again.
Jiang Nan Fang saw Zhan Bei Jue follow in his wheelchair with her peripheral vision.
Ke Jingyu continued.
"You've been in a coma for five days. During these five days, the police have reached a preliminary conclusion. They suspect that due to emotional disputes, Ah Teng pushed Ms. Zhou proactively, causing the accidental fall."
"But I don't believe it. Now, I want to hear you say it in person, Nan Fang, is what they suspect true?"
"Of course not!"
Even though Zhan Bei Jue was staring intently at her, seemingly wanting to preserve the last bit of dignity for his deceased mother, Jiang Nan Fang unhesitatingly spoke the truth.
"Zhou Wan Jun had a premeditated plan before she came to the hospital that day! She had taken poison, and then wanted to jump off the building in front of me, to fabricate the scene and frame me as if I had pushed her!"
"Ke Teng was pulled down with her when he tried to pull her back! He never intended to harm her!"
Ke Jingyu wore an expression of knowing.
"Then why didn't the police mention anything about Zhou Wan Jun taking poison? And they didn't say they found any evidence of her taking medication on her person."
"Impossible. Unless they falsified the evidence!"