Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 495 - 460 The New Year has arrived (two updates combined into one)

Chapter 495: 460 The New Year has arrived (two updates combined into one)

After the hospital’s New Year’s Eve dinner, Bai Dingxian and Sun Qing both left Hua City, following Lu Han and Tang Su to Beijing.

After this return to Beijing, Sun Qing probably wouldn’t come back to Hua City. Before leaving, she put the apartment she was currently living in on the market through an agency.

Those annoying people, knowing her address, would come looking for her every now and then because of Zheng Cheng’s issues.

Luckily, Bai Dingxian didn’t stand by indifferently. After Ge Qing went back to Beijing, he let Sun Qing stay in the villa, justifying it to himself by reasoning, no matter what, Sun Qing was Tang Su’s best friend.

Being nice to Sun Qing was also a way to ingratiate himself with his sister-in-law, Tang Su, and in the future, their family relations would be more harmonious.

Zheng Cheng was also guilty of economic crimes. Sun Qing relentlessly pursued justice, and no pleas for leniency worked. In the end, he was sentenced to ten years.

Zheng Cheng’s family blamed Sun Qing from there on out.

Using Zheng Cheng’s previous network of relationships, they targeted Sun Qing and her grandfather. She too had to return to Beijing to fully shoulder the responsibilities of the company.

Lei Wei got nothing, couldn’t stay in the company, and after her last miscarriage, the doctor told her the damage to her womb was severe, and it would be difficult for her to become a mother again in this lifetime.

Her heart turned to ash; being alone anyway, after bidding farewell to her sister, Lei Lai, she left Hua City, ready to start over in a new city.

Unable to persuade her sister, Lei Lai bid her farewell with tears, telling her to message once she was settled.

Hua City, before the New Year, saw many people leave and welcomed even more newcomers.

Jiang Shanshan had remained inactive, causing Luo Biao to lose interest in her, and they parted on bad terms.

There was nothing Jiang Shanshan could do about Luo Biao; she still didn’t dare to provoke him.

Apart from Luo Biao, she couldn’t find anyone else to help her deal with Tang Su, plus her uncle had been convicted, and she found herself pregnant after that accident.

Not long discharged from the hospital, Jiang Shanshan went back to undergo an abortion procedure.

Between Jiang Tao’s issues and her own, she simply couldn’t find the time to take on Tang Su.

She had no choice but to give up for the time being.

As for the recently contacted Ouyang Jingjing, Jiang Shanshan wasn’t foolish; that woman clearly wanted to use her as a pawn, which she wouldn’t help with, unless she found something of equal value to exchange.

Jiang Tao was guilty of corruption and bribery, and besides criminal sentencing, he had to compensate financially.

Jiang Tao’s villa, Jiang Qimeng’s restaurant, Jiang Jiahao’s hotel, all were sealed by the court.

Jiang Qimeng and her brother, Jiang Jiahao, went from being prince and princess in the clouds to depending on others for shelter.

In the meantime, Jiang Wu took in the siblings.

He Wenhui was very dissatisfied, complaining to Jiang Mei about why she didn’t bring one home with them?

Jiang Mei explained to her that her own properties were also in jeopardy and that was the Jiang family’s way: one is undermined, all are undermined; one is honored, all share the glory.

She needed to spend time maneuvering and asked them to struggle on temporarily as the logistical support for the Jiang family.

That quieted He Wenhui down.

On the visitation day, the family went to see Jiang Tao. The once proud and ambitious man had turned half his hair white and was looking haggard after hardly two days in prison.

After catching up with his family, Jiang Tao requested to see Zhao Xinlan one last time and asked Jiang Mei for help.

He knew Jiang Qimeng wouldn’t help him.

Sure enough, when Jiang Qimeng heard her father still harbored feelings for that woman, Zhao Xinlan, she was so furious she couldn’t contain it and, standing up, walked out directly.

Jiang Tao cried, "Jiang Mei, big brother can only ask for your help."

"...Okay, I’ll try my best, but that woman, Zhao Xinlan, has changed," Jiang Mei agreed to go to Zhao Xinlan, but she was not confident about the outcome and couldn’t guarantee it.

Jiang Tao understood, of course.

It was after he came in and flipped through the old newspapers, with someone subscribing to papers from Harbor City, though yellowed with age, that Jiang Tao learned about Zhao Xinlan’s not-so-simple background.

If the Jiang family ever wanted to turn things around, his younger siblings would need to establish a good relationship with Zhao Xinlan, no matter what, since she was their former sister-in-law.

Jiang Tao still understood Zhao Xinlan’s character.

Women are habitually sympathetic to the underdog; as long as you appear pitiful before her, she can’t bear to hold you accountable.

This character trait of Zhao Xinlan’s was particularly pronounced.

As the family’s money grew, Jiang Tao didn’t actually know how much they really had. He had always thought that all of Zhao Xinlan’s expenses for food and clothing came from him.