118: Chapter 118 Considering Changing Wives 118: Chapter 118 Considering Changing Wives Jiang Zhongzhen revealed a loving smile, “There’s no need to be nervous my dear niece, it’s getting late.
Shall we have dinner first?”
Su He leaned back in her chair, her legs crossed, her hands naturally resting on her knees.
She fiddled with the wristwatch on her left wrist with her right hand, her expression indifferent.
She spoke unhurriedly, “Uncle, if there’s something you want to say, just say it.
We can skip the meal; I have another appointment later.”
Jiang Zhongzhen was slightly taken aback; he hadn’t expected Su He to be so forthright.
Well, it made sense.
After all, she came from the prominent Su Family, so a bit of arrogance was to be expected.
In fact, when Old Mr.
Jiang was alive and arranged this marriage between Jiang Yan and the Su Family, he always harbored some reservations.
If only it had been his eldest son who had married into the Su Family.
Despite his son being the eldest grandson, their parents always seemed to favor Jiang Yan and his siblings.
Back when the second child was alive, it was similar; although he was the eldest son of the Jiang Family, the patriarchal position was handed to Jiang Yan’s father.
Jiang Zhongzhen looked at her and laughed heartily.
“Truly a direct descendant cultivated by Old Mr.
Su.”
Unlike other daughters of noble families, Su He didn’t possess any artificial delicate airs.
Instead, she exuded an aura of simplicity, resilience, wisdom, and intelligence.
Such a woman, in fact, was more suitable to be a wife, especially with her powerful family background.
The Su Family was not only a family of medical prominence but also a family adept in business.
Each member of the Su Family was a leader in their respective fields.
Moreover, the Su Family had connections in the political arena.
However, compared to other families, the Su Family was much more low-key, never flaunting their status.
Just like Su He, very few knew about her real identity.
She had never publicly disclosed her identity.
The Su Family had never exposed her identity, and in fact, they protected it very well.
Su He didn’t respond to his words.
She remained calm and composed.
Jiang Zhongzhen didn’t feel awkward either.
Having been in business for so long, he had witnessed all manner of situations and naturally wouldn’t mind this kind of awkwardness.
His voice was deep and forceful, “Since my niece is so straightforward, then let uncle be straightforward as well.”
Su He slightly lowered her eyelids, watching the time pass on her wristwatch, still not joining in the conversation, waiting for him to continue.
“Do you know that your husband, Jiang Yan, won’t live past thirty?”
As he finished speaking,
Su He finally lifted her eyelids to look at him.
A shade of gloom flickered through her eyes.
Jiang Zhongzhen thought she considered the rumor to be false, so he continued, “The rumors in society aren’t false.
My nephew truly won’t live past thirty, and he only has a few months left until he turns thirty.”
Listening to him, Su He’s red lips slightly parted, her tone steady, revealing no fluctuation in her emotions, “Uncle, how can you be so sure this is true?”
Jiang Zhongzhen of course came fully prepared, knowing she wouldn’t easily believe his words.
Speaking of which, he took out a document and handed it to her.
“Here are all of Ah Yan’s medical reports from childhood to now, you’re a doctor, so you should understand better than me.”
Su He glanced at it and reached out to take it.
Indeed, it was quite thick.
Her pale and slender fingers casually untied the string on the document bag.
She randomly picked a few to look at.
Jiang Yan almost had a health check every year, she knew that.
Apparently, he insisted on these checks just for Jiang Zhongzhen to see.
These reports were all from recent years, including one from this year.
Moreover, the results undeniably indicated that Jiang Yan’s health was deteriorating.
However, she did have a question.
Are all these people blind?
Jiang Yan looked so strong and hardly seemed sick; how could they believe these reports were true?
After finishing, Su He looked up at Jiang Zhongzhen across the table, and asked calmly, “Uncle, even if this is true, what about it?”
Jiang Zhongzhen had been observing her expressions the whole time; she indeed was different from other noble daughters.
She was very calm, which also indicated that her heart wasn’t with his nephew.
If Su He truly loved Jiang Yan, her expression would not be like this.
Since Su He didn’t love Jiang Yan, this matter would be much easier to handle.
“Young lady, surely you don’t want to end up a widow, right?”
He even changed his tone of addressing her.
Su He still showed no emotional fluctuations, “And then?”
Jiang Zhongzhen bluntly said, “Once Ah Yan passes, the heavy responsibility of the Jiang family would fall on you and your son.
As a woman, you don’t understand management, and with my great-nephew still too young to take over the family affairs, don’t you think someone needs to take on this responsibility?”
A flicker of ridicule passed through Su He’s calm eyes, quickly vanishing.
She smiled lightly, “So according to uncle, who is suitable to undertake this responsibility?
Is it my two cousins, or perhaps you?”
Jiang Zhongzhen loved her straightforward character.
He still maintained a kindly smile, “Your two cousins are not yet capable enough.”
He knew very well the capability of his own sons.
Su He uttered an “Oh,” “I understand what uncle means, but…”
A trace of worry crossed her face.
Jiang Zhongzhen caught it and added, “Young lady, you don’t need to worry.
Once my great-nephew grows up, naturally, the Jiang family’s assets will be returned to him; I am but a temporary steward.”
However, Su He countered, “Uncle, if you want to act as an agent managing the company, why didn’t you go to Ah Yan?
Seeking him would have been much more useful than coming to me.
After all, as a mere woman, aside from being able to treat patients, I know nothing about business affairs.”
Jiang Zhongzhen responded smoothly, “Uncle is worried about hurting Ah Yan’s feelings, not wanting him to bear any psychological burden in his final days.
This is also a heads-up for you in advance.”
Upon hearing this, Su He cursed under her breath, calling him a sly old fox.
Isn’t he just worried that if Jiang Yan really passes away, she would contend with them for the Jiang Family’s assets?
Yet unbeknownst to him, the assets and company shares under Jiang Yan’s name are already registered in her name.
She really doesn’t need to fight for them.
Alright then.
“Then Uncle, just tell me straight, what do you want me to do?”
Su He glanced at the time; she had already wasted nearly twenty minutes here, so she asked directly.
She had also guessed what Jiang Zhongzhen intended.
He simply wanted to use her to smoothly take over control of the Jiang Family.
But he had not yet detailed how to go about it.
However, this old fox still had his guard up around her.
After Su He finished asking, he did not rush to respond.
Having been in the business world for so many years, Jiang Zhongzhen’s vigilance was naturally very strong, otherwise, this cunning old fox wouldn’t have survived up to now.
Su He didn’t mind it.
She smiled and spoke outright, “Uncle, are you afraid I’m not trustworthy?”
Sometimes, some conversations are most authentic when spoken openly and honestly.
Jiang Zhongzhen looked at her with a stern and piercing gaze, “Girl, are you trustworthy?”
Su He chuckled lightly, “If Uncle doesn’t trust me, then why bother asking me here?”
After a brief pause, she added, “It’s up to you whether to believe it or not.
If you don’t trust me, find someone else and don’t disturb me again.
I’m not interested in your Jiang Family’s affairs; I just want my son and I to live our lives peacefully.”
Saying this, she stood up, ready to leave.
Jiang Zhongzhen frowned.
Just as she was about to turn around, she looked up at him and said, “By the way, Uncle, if anything unexpected really happens to Ah Yan, then please ensure you let my son and me leave the Jiang Family.
After all, great-grandma might not bear to part with her great-grandchild, so I’ll have to trouble you to step in.
Also, I’m not interested in the Jiang Family’s assets, and our Su Family’s children are not in need of that money.”
Her gaze displayed disdain, her tone sincere, yet also carried a hint of arrogance.
With that, she turned around without hesitation and left.
As she reached the entrance, Jiang Zhongzhen called out to stop her.
“…”
Twenty minutes later.
Su He got into her own car and soon drove off.
Once Su He had left, the assistant returned to the private room.
“Chairman Jiang, Miss Su has left.”
The man in the main seat exuded an imposing demeanor and hummed in acknowledgment.
The assistant knew about Jiang Zhongzhen’s plan and cautiously asked, “Chairman Jiang, do we really want to use Miss Su?
Could there be…?
After all, it was rumored online before that the Chairman is very fond of Miss Su.
Could there have—”
The man cut him off with a sharp glance.
The assistant immediately clammed up.
In fact, Jiang Zhongzhen’s utilization of Su He as a pawn wasn’t without its anxieties.
But just now, he was indeed persuaded by Su He.
“Su He has no affection for Jiang Yan.
Those rumors online are merely my nephew’s smoke screen.”
Su He, full of pride and lofty ideals, genuinely is not a woman blinded by greed; she knows what she wants and has a clear sense of what rightly belongs to her.
Besides, with her identity, she certainly wouldn’t covet the Jiang Family’s assets.
Moreover, she told him that her return to the country was to get a divorce from Jiang Yan.
Four years ago, she and Jiang Yan signed an agreement to divorce after four years.
Now, it was only because of their child that she was held back, as Jiang Yan wouldn’t let her take their child.
These were things he had not considered before.
Su He agreeing to share these matters with him also seemed to signify her sincerity.
It appears that Su He’s decision to collaborate was the right one, but—
He turned to the assistant beside him and said, “You, find someone to secretly monitor Su He.
Monitor wherever she goes, whomever she meets, and whatever she says; keep a close surveillance.”
The assistant nodded and responded, “Yes, Chairman Jiang.”
“…”
When Su He returned to Moon Gift Villa, Su Yimo had already returned from the old residence.
“Mommy, why did you come back alone?”
Su Yimo, seeing only Su He coming through the door, blinked his round eyes inquiringly.
Su He raised an eyebrow at him, “Why?
Are you not happy to see me?
Or have you fallen for novelty over familiarity?”
She really couldn’t understand how Jiang Yan had won over this little guy with just a “sister.”
Could it be that the years she spent with him were all in vain?
Su Yimo, who could read his mother’s mood, realized she was upset.
He immediately jumped off the sofa and ran over playfully to her side.
Taking her hand, he sat back down on the sofa.
Then, he quickly climbed onto Su He’s lap.
“Mommy, you will always be number one in your baby’s heart.”
The little guy’s tender voice cooed with a mix of charm and appeasement, his tiny hand pointing at the location of his heart.
Su He leaned back on the sofa, watching him act cute in front of her.
“Is that so?
I find that a bit hard to believe.”
Upon hearing this, the little guy immediately pouted, his voice sounding soft and mushy, “Mommy, how could you hurt your baby’s heart like this~”
As he spoke, tears welled up in his shiny black eyes, his face full of grievance as he looked at her.
“Mommy, how can you not believe what baby says?”
“Mommy is baby’s favorite.”
“Does Mommy not love baby anymore?”
Su He was baffled for a moment, watching the little fellow in front of her who was on the verge of tears.
What act is this?
As soon as he finished speaking, tears in the little fellow’s eyes fell down like tiny, clear glass beads, one by one.
They bypassed his face, landing on her clothes.
She glanced down.
Raised an eyebrow, she casually asked the little fellow, “Did you attend a performance class?”
She didn’t believe just because of her words, he would be so aggrieved and sad that he wanted to cry.
As the saying goes, nobody knows a child better than their mother.
The next second, the little fellow could control his tears effortlessly.
“Mommy, did I perform the crying scene well?”
“This is one of the three major standards of Grandma Qiongyao’s crying scenes, not easy for most people to learn.”
Listening to the little fellow, Su He casually asked, “What are the three major standards?”
Su Yimo replied cheerfully: “Just like baby did just now, keep tears in the eyes, and let the tears fall one by one, like dewdrops, and don’t let them touch the face.”
Su He: “…”
“Where did you learn this?” She furrowed her brow, curiously asking, “Did your kindergarten teach you all these things?”
Su Yimo: “No, baby has been watching TV dramas with great-grandma recently, learned it from the TV.”
“…”
She chuckled, pinched his chubby cheeks, “Really?
You’ve got quite a talent for acting, self-taught.
Why not have your dad send you to be a child star, and make money to support your mom?”
Hearing he could make money and support mommy, Su Yimo’s eyes sparkled, and his head bobbed repeatedly like a little chick pecking at grains, “Yes yes yes, baby wants to earn lots of money, take care of mommy, and make mommy younger and more beautiful.”
Su He gently tapped his forehead with her finger, “Heh, you sweet-talker, wonder whom you take after.
Quite good at changing the topic.”
“Giggle, mommy, baby must look like you, you are beautiful and kind, smart and clever, both beautiful inside and out, capable of both literature and martial arts… Anyway, in baby’s heart, mommy is the most amazing mom.”
Su Yimo beamed a sugary smile, his little mouth babbling like candy-coated bullets.
A look of helplessness and indulgence appeared on Su He’s face.
Su Yimo straightened his little body, stretched out his little short arms around her neck, and added, “It would be even better if mommy could have a little sister for me.”
Su He: “…”
Looking at Su Yimo in front of her, she could only feel helpless.
She lifted him off her, a tender maternal smile on her face as she looked at him: “You want a little sister?”
Su Yimo nodded, “Yes, really want one.”
“What if it turns out to be a little brother?” asked Su He.
Su Yimo said with disapproval: “I don’t want a brother, I want a sister.”
“Why?”
“Sisters are fun, baby wants a little princess-like sister.”
Su He smacked her lips: “Then mommy will buy you a big Barbie doll tomorrow, you can treat her as your sister.”
Su Yimo: “…”
Su He got up, saying, “Alright, play by yourself for a while, mommy is going to take a shower.”
“…”
Ten o’clock.
After Su Yimo fell asleep, Su He returned to her room.
She lay in bed, glancing at the empty space beside her, suddenly feeling a bit hollow.
This feeling, however, was fleeting.
She quickly suppressed it.
Reached for the remote control, turned off the light, leaving only a night light on.
The next day, at seven in the morning.
Su He’s biological clock woke her, and she woke up groggy.
Last night, she hadn’t slept well.
She hit the snooze button, squinted for a while before struggling to get up.
After she freshened up and went downstairs, Su Yimo had already gone to school.
Although Jiang Yan was on a business trip, taking Su Yimo to school wasn’t her responsibility because Jiang Yan had already arranged someone to drop him off.
She didn’t mind; kindergarten starts at seven-thirty.
Mainly because she couldn’t get up so early to take him, it was easier to leave it to someone else.
Qing Yue saw her come down and brought the prepared breakfast.
After eating, Su He left the house.
Just a few minutes after she left Moon Gift Villa, her phone, left aside, began to ring.
She glanced at it; it was Jiang Yan’s call.
It should be midnight over there; why is he calling at this hour, doesn’t he need to sleep?
She still answered, switching to speakerphone.
She started, “Hello, what’s up?”
On the other end, Jiang Yan asked, “Are you driving?”
Su He seemed to know what he was worrying about, “Yeah, it’s fine, go ahead.”
Her words just fell when the man’s deep and magnetic voice filled the quiet cabin.
He said, “Wife, what should I do?
I miss you.”
“…”
Su He, grasping the steering wheel, subconsciously tightened her grip.
She changed the subject: “At this hour, it should be 2 AM over there, why aren’t you sleeping?”
Jiang Yan: “I can’t sleep without you.”
“…”
On the other end of the phone, the man, who had just finished showering and was wearing a bathrobe, sat on the sofa in the hotel room, facing a floor-to-ceiling window that overlooked the entire night scene of Country E at dawn.
Seeing that Su He remained silent on the other end, he laughed, a sound filled with pleasure.
Listening to his laughter, which was as melodious as a violin and as gentle as wind chimes or spring drizzles, Su He’s ears inexplicably warmed up slightly.
Then, his gentle and magnetic voice spoke again, pulling her in like gravity, making her want to be closer to his voice every second.
If it weren’t for Su He’s strong willpower, she really would have…
He said, “Wife, I’m telling the truth.
Without holding you and smelling the milky scent on you, I really can’t sleep.”
“I should have brought you over with me.”
Su He: “I have to work!”
“I can request leave for you.
My uncle would understand.”
“I don’t want that!”
“Then can you bear to see me suffer from insomnia?”
“Have your people buy you a bottle of melatonin, it’s suitable for jet lag like yours.
It’s a kind of health supplement medication with minimal side effects, President Jiang doesn’t need to worry about any side effects,” Su He said very quickly.
Jiang Yan: “Medicine is inherently poisonous, and my only antidote is you.”
Su He: “Then just endure it.”
Jiang Yan laughed wryly, “Heartless girl, considering I’m working this business trip for you, can’t you feel a bit sorry for your husband?”
Su He chuckled: “Sorry, I can’t.
If President Jiang can’t stand it, consider getting another wife, but leave the money to me.”
The man, hearing her words, showed a deep smile on his handsome face, his expression full of indulgent tenderness.
He laughed and said, “Then I belong to you too, don’t think about leaving me be.”
“…”
During the conversation, Su He remembered the matter that Jiang Zhongzhen came to discuss with her the day before.
Thus, she recounted her conversation with Jiang Zhongzhen to him in detail.
Hearing this, Jiang Yan’s expression darkened.
He really didn’t expect his uncle to reach out to Su He in his absence.
After Su He finished speaking and saw that he hadn’t responded for a long time,
she cautiously asked, “You’re not angry, are you?”
Then she explained further, “That is, I didn’t deliberately discuss the agreement with him, mainly to avoid making him suspicious, after all, your uncle isn’t a fool, he—”
As she was speaking, she heard the man’s low voice coming through the phone: “Why did you pretend to agree to cooperate with my uncle?”
Su He pondered for a moment, “Compared to the conditions proposed by my uncle, the value you bring me, President Jiang, is much greater.
After all, you are a better money-maker than that old fox, it doesn’t make sense for me to give up a quality product for an inferior one, right?”
The man’s lips curved slightly as he spoke in a deep voice, “Can I take it that Mrs.
Jiang is worried about me, and I also hold a place in Mrs.
Jiang’s heart, right?”
Su He coughed lightly, “You can think that.”
Although the answer wasn’t perfect, he was quite satisfied.
After all, conquering Su He’s heart wouldn’t happen overnight; it had to be done bit by bit.
“What are you planning next?” Su He turned the topic.
Jiang Yan: “Since my uncle wants to play, let’s play with him.”
—
“Director, why don’t you let Dr.
Lan take over the patient in bed nine?”
Lu Zhenyu stood next to Su He, saying cautiously.
Su He casually asked, “Who is in bed nine?”
Lu Zhenyu hesitated.
Yang Cong, on the other hand, actively answered for him: “Director, bed nine is Si Qianqian, in the VIP room.”
Su He, while flipping through the medical records in her hand, said, “What’s wrong, can’t handle it after just one day?”
Lu Zhenyu: “Director, I…”
“You always say you have the greatest charm and that there’s no patient you can’t handle, right?” Su He closed the folder, looking up at him.
“…”
“It’s good then, if you can conquer Si Qianqian, then even the most difficult patients will be easy for you in the future.”
“No, Director, I really can’t handle Si Qianqian, I…”
Su He tossed the file in her hand to him, her voice cool, “Enough, go contact the anesthesia department and the operating room, schedule a heart bypass for patient in bed 23 at 9:30.”
Then she didn’t give him a chance to speak, she turned to Yang Cong and said, “Dr.
Yang, go get the family members to sign.”
“Okay, Director, I’ll go right away.” Yang Cong immediately got up to leave.
…
In the afternoon.
In the office, Su He was reviewing some patients’ data.
Suddenly, a burst of noisy voices came from outside.
She got up and opened the door.
She saw a crowd gathered around the nurse’s station.
At that moment, a nurse hurriedly ran over.
Su He asked, “What happened?”
The nurse said, “Director Su, the head nurse was hit by a patient’s family member.
Director Xie asked me to find Director Zhong.”