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Chapter 458 Ye Zi's Mother

Just as Jiang Zhouzhou was shocked by Ji Yu'an's "substitute literature," the online sentiment shifted again.

Someone dug up his background and photos of him in the hospital, and even posted several incredibly clear medical records.

Coupled with vivid descriptions, some comments gradually became unbearable and escalated.

[Turns out he was an illegitimate child, how disgusting]

I was just admiring his looks, and now I feel like I've eaten shit.

[He also has a mental illness; no wonder he suddenly disappeared for so many years—he was put in a mental hospital.]

[People who self-harm when they have an episode are truly terrifying.]

[The photos are full of scars, it's terrifying]

I heard his mother is also mentally ill and is currently in a mental hospital.

It's bipolar disorder; please watch your words.

[He didn't choose to have an illegitimate child, so why not blame the cheating father and the mistress mother?]

What good can come from genes like that? Didn't you see his mother is mentally ill too? Maybe it's hereditary.

The thought of how much I used to like his face makes me feel disgusted.

Ji family.

As Grandpa Ji scrolled through the online comments, a helpless and pained expression appeared on his wrinkled face.

Stepping into the dimly lit room, heavy curtains covered the windows, preventing any sunlight from filtering in.

Ji Yu'an sat on the cold floor. The chubby rice cake seemed to sense his bad mood and obediently leaned against his legs, rubbing its head against him.

He reached out and patted Nian Gao's head.

Grandpa Ji couldn't help but speak up, his voice hoarse as he said, "Grandson, you don't need to do this."

Ji Yu'an replied calmly, "Grandpa, I feel like I'll never be a normal person in my life."

Even if you try hard to disguise yourself and pretend to be an ordinary person.

But under the shadows, the pain he suppressed grew wildly like vines, binding him tightly.

He's like a monster.

He longed to be close to her, but was also afraid of hurting her.

Can someone like him be a lover?

He probably really enjoys self-torture, so he used the cruelest way to expose his scars, displaying his bloody wounds to everyone, and showing her his most despicable and wretched self.

Old Master Ji left the room, and the cold room returned to darkness.

Ji Yu'an lay on the floor, with Nian Gao nestled obediently against his chest.

"Nian Gao, your mother might not want us anymore."

"No, she might want you."

"But they won't want me."

*

Jiang Zhouzhou originally wanted to go to the Ji family, but she didn't expect that Old Master Ji would come to see her first.

"Zhouzhou, come with Grandpa somewhere!"

The elderly man seemed to have aged considerably, and his voice carried a barely perceptible plea.

Jiang Zhouzhou did not refuse and got into the car.

The sky was gray, and the surrounding buildings kept receding into the distance until the location became more and more remote.

Grandpa Ji stared ahead, and the carriage remained silent from beginning to end.

The car gradually slowed down, and a white building appeared ahead, with the words "Sanatorium" written on its imposing gate.

When the car stopped, Jiang Zhouzhou helped Grandpa Ji out of the car.

This sanatorium has a quiet environment and looks more like a resort from the outside.

Led by the staff, Jiang Zhouzhou and Grandpa Ji arrived at a building and took the elevator to the sixth floor.

"Ms. Ji is recovering very well now. She spends her days painting and playing origami. If Mr. Ji wants to take her home from the hospital, he can arrange the discharge at any time."

Through the window in the door, Jiang Zhouzhou saw a middle-aged woman with a serene face sitting on the floor in a square room, folding a piece of colorful paper back and forth.

Her features were soft, but her eyes were empty and lifeless.

Grandpa Ji, who was standing nearby, said, "She is Xiao An's mother, and also my daughter."

Jiang Zhouzhou withdrew her gaze and looked at Grandpa Ji, waiting for him to continue.

“I am a bad father and a bad grandfather.”

His wife died early, leaving him with their young daughter. He spoiled and indulged her without any limits, raising her to be spoiled, willful, and reckless.

"When she brought Xiao An back to China, she was well-behaved for a while. At that time, I thought it didn't matter who the child's father was. Anyway, he was a child of the Ji family, and everything in the Ji family would be his in the future."

"But I didn't expect that it was all a disguise."

“Right under my nose, she hurt Xiao An for more than ten years.”

Through Grandpa Ji's words, Jiang Zhouzhou finally learned about this little-known past.

After returning to China, Ji Xuan, heartbroken from her past relationship, suddenly realized her mistake and began to make amends for her neglect of her son, carefully playing the role of a gentle mother.

Although young Ji Yu'an was deep in thought, he was still a child and easily forgave all the hurt.

But not long after, Ji Xuan started forcing him to learn piano.

He didn't like it. Compared to learning the piano, he preferred planting flowers and plants in the garden with his grandfather.

When the flowers bloomed, he picked the most beautiful rose and gave it to his mother, but Ji Xuan threw it in the trash can.

"Xiao An, don't waste your time on these useless things. Mom hopes you will learn piano, and that you will make something of yourself and prove me right."

"Do you know that your father had a child with another woman? That child is incredibly talented at the piano, and the three of them received countless applause and flowers. But what about Mom? Mom has nothing. Mom lost the love of her life. Do you want me to lose to that woman in every other aspect as well?"

“I have already lost completely, and I don’t want my son to lose to her son as well.”

Ji Yu'an hadn't seen her mother with tears streaming down her face for a long time, so she reached out her little hand to wipe away the tears from her face.

"Will you stop being sad if I learn to play the piano?"

He likes his current life and is very happy with his grandfather. He hopes his mother can be happy too.

Ji Xuan hugged him and said, "Yes! If you can surpass that child, Mom will be very happy."

Young Ji Yu'an murmured, "Mom, I hope you are happy."