Way back to Our Past

Chapter 50: I Only Love Her

Translator: Amber97

Sun Lan instantly blushed. “Mubai, what did you hear?”

“Mom, you’ve been pretending in front of me for so many years. Don’t you feel tired?”

Sun Lan said defiantly, “You misunderstood me. I just don’t want you to be with that vicious woman. Did I do anything wrong?”

“Mom, I want to tell you that it’s not Qu Wan who’s pestering me. Instead, I am the brazen-faced one. Don’t bother her anymore.”

“Why are you still pestering her?”

Ling Mubai smiled. “Mother, you should know very well why I pester Qu Wan!”

Sun Lan was stunned. “Mubai, let bygones be bygones. Don’t mention it again, okay? Xinyue has been waiting you for so many years, and she has deep affections towards you. You can’t let her down!”

Ling Mubai sneered, “I’m not the one who did something wrong to Jiang Xinyue, but you. Everything that happened back then was planned by you, right?”

“I did those things for your own good. If you insist on being with that woman, our family will have no descendants! In that case, I dare not go to see your father after I die!”

Sun Lan didn’t forget to speak ill of Qu Wan. “Qu Wan doesn’t deserve your love at all. She is infertile, and what’s worse, she even had an affair without your noticing. I have every reason to be angry!”

“Mom!” When Ling Mubai heard the word “affair”, he seemed to freak out and his voice became stern. “Can you stop saying this again?”

“I just remind you not to forget how she betrayed you back then. She’s completely a whore! Coming from a poor family, she is ill-bred and immoral. Compared with a nice and civilized girl like Xinyue, she is nothing.”

Sun Lan seized the opportunity to belittle Qu Wan.

“Back then, I begged Xinyue to conceive your child. As a kind-hearted girl, she agreed to my suggestion. But sadly, she had a miscarriage. Our family owes her a favor, so you must marry her and treat her well!”

“Owe her a favor? Then just give her all the assets of the Ling family. Is that enough?” Ling Mubai suddenly sneered.

Sun Lan was startled by his words. “Mubai, what nonsense are you talking about?”

“Mum, I want you to make a choice. Among money, your future grandson and my happiness, which is more important?”

“Of course your happiness is the most important,” Sun Lan said without any hesitation.

“Since that’s the case, why don’t you let me choose my own happiness? Instead, you forced me to do something against my will once and again. Did you do all these things for my good or to satisfy your own desire?”

Sun Lan was rendered speechless. She had no choice but to make compromises. “As long as you stop contacting Qu Wan, I won’t care about anything else!”

“But she is the love of my life. Without her, I can’t be happy!” Ling Mubai’s voice was cold. “If you let Jiang Xinyue enter the Ling family, she will live like a widow.”

Sun Lan knew well about her son’s temper. He always kept his word. After three years of divorce, he only allowed Jiang Xinyue to approach him and no other woman could get close to him.

Jiang Xinyue had been by his side for so long, but he always kept a distance from her and the two remained friends.

Hearing her son say that he only loved Qu Wan, Sun Lan was extremely disappointed. She muttered to herself, “I wonder what I did wrong to have such a stubborn and stupid son…”

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Since Qu Wan didn’t come to work, Wang Zicheng was in low spirits and he couldn’t help thinking of her from time to time.

He thought Qu Wan had gone too far. She always asked for leave and even went on a date with Wei Lianheng yesterday. What was worse, she was off work again!

Wang Zicheng was angry for no reason. He wanted to call Qu Wan, but he was too embarrassed to take the initiative. So he finally forced Ning Fei to call Qu Wan.

After making a phone call, Ning Fei told Wang Zicheng that Qu Wan had switched off her phone. Hearing this, Wang Zicheng couldn’t help stomping angrily. This woman must be on a date with her lover now, and she turned her phone off in fear of being disturbed.

‘Qu Wan, I will deal with you sooner or later!’ he thought to himself.

Wang Zicheng was in a bad mood all day, and he scolded whoever he saw. Ning Fei was criticized by him several times for no reason, and his face had turned livid with anger.

After finally getting off work, Wang Zicheng drove to the old district, but neither Qu Wan nor Qu Jianguo was not home. Even the lights inside were off.

Wang Zicheng became angrier. Could it be that Qu Wan and his father had moved to another place?

He waited upstairs till the middle of the night, but no one came back. He had no choice but to go home angrily.

Early the next day, he rushed to the old district again. This time, he saw Qu Jianguo come back. After asking him, Wang Zicheng finally knew that Qu Wan was sick and had been hospitalized.

Wang Zicheng was no longer in the mood to go to work, and he immediately rushed to the hospital. “What’s going on? It’s only been a day since I last saw you. How did you become like this?”

Wang Zicheng felt sorry for Qu Wan when seeing her pale and weak appearance.

Qu Wan didn’t know how to explain what she had encountered to him. If Wang Zicheng found out that she had been kidnapped on a date and was almost raped by four men, she would be too shameless to see him again in the future.

Lin Yiyi interposed, “She had a fever after getting caught in the rain the night before last.”

“How could this happen? Why did you run into the rain instead of staying at home late at night?” Wang Zicheng sized Qu Wan up and asked, “What’s wrong with your forehead?”

Lin Yiyi answered on Qu Wan’s behalf, “It was so dark that night and she accidentally hit the wall.”

This was a feeble excuse. However, Wang Zicheng believed her.

That day, it was Wei Lianheng who brought Qu Wan to his friend’s birthday party. Qu Wan must have been forced to drink heavily. At the thought of this, Wang Zicheng snapped, “Why did you drink so much? Weren’t you afraid of running into any trouble? Where was Wei Lianheng at that moment? Why didn’t he protect you?”

Speaking of Wei Lianheng, Wang Zicheng was annoyed again. Qu Wan was already in the hospital, yet he didn’t come to see her.

“Where’s that bastard?” Wang Zicheng really wanted to beat him up.

“Don’t mention his name in front of me!” Lin Yiyi reminded in a cold voice.

“What’s wrong?” Wang Zicheng was confused, and he felt the atmosphere was a little weird.

Qu Wan glanced at Lin Yiyi, signaling her not to tell Wang Zicheng what had happened. Knowing that it was related to Qu Wan’s reputation, Lin Yiyi dared not speak out the truth, so she just said, “Wan has broken up with that bastard!”

“Really?” Wang Zicheng was overjoyed when hearing this. Seeing Qu Wan date with Wei Lianheng these days, he felt so distressed that he had been trying to separate them.

He didn’t expect them to break up so suddenly. It seemed that even God was helping him!

Wang Zicheng shouted with excitement, but after a short while, he started to get angry again. He guessed the reason why Qu Wan got drunk and hit the wall was that she broke up with Wei Lianheng, so he scolded her with a stern look.

“Qu Wan, it’s just a man. How could you punish yourself like this after breaking up?”

Lin Yiyi blinked at Qu Wan and echoed, “Mr. Wang is right. There is no need to punish yourself because of that bastard. You will definitely find a better one.”

Qu Wan lowered her head and remained silent.

Seeing that Qu Wan didn’t say anything, Wang Zicheng stood beside and scolded her for a while. Then he took out his phone and called Ning Fei in high spirits. “Wan is sick and she looks sallow and emaciated. She must be malnourished. Buy some supplements and bring them over as quickly as possible!”

After hanging up, Ning Fei was quite confused. Yesterday, Wang Zicheng called Qu Wan a bad woman and said that he would teach her a lesson. But today, he totally changed his attitude towards her.

Not only did Wang Zicheng sound so happy, but he even asked him to send some supplements to the hospital. Ning Fei was really surprised at this sudden change.

At the Jiang’s.

Qin Surong had thought she would get what she wanted immediately after she transferred three hundred thousand yuan to Wei Lianheng, but she didn’t get any news after waiting for a whole night.

She called him again and again, only to find that his phone had been turned off. Thinking that he might have forgotten about their agreement, she called him the next day. However, she still failed to contact him.

Only then did Qin Surong realize that there was something fishy going on. Even the old acquaintance who introduced Wei Lianheng to her had gone missing. She couldn’t reach him anyway.

“Laojiu has never made a mistake before. What happened this time?”

Since she couldn’t get him on the phone, Qin Surong decided to go to the Hulu Valley personally.

That place was quite chaotic. After the demolition, most of the residents moved away, leaving only some local ruffians and hooligans who gathered together and did some dishonorable things.

Qin Surong lived here twenty years ago. At that time, she was Jiang Zhendong’s secret lover. She didn’t dare to show up, so she hid in this place while conceiving Jiang Xinyue.

As a calculating and sophisticated woman, she was good at adjusting to the changing circumstances, so she made the acquaintance of some ruffians, and Laojiu was one of them.

Laojiu was an aggressive and violent man when he was young. He had done many illegal things, such as fighting, taking drugs and raping underage girls. Therefore, Qin Surong asked him to help deal with Qu Wan.

As Jiang Zhendong’s daughter, Qu Wan was no ordinary girl. If Qin Surong directly asked Laojiu to find some hooligans to kidnap and rape Qu Wan, she would also be implicated if this matter was known to the police.

Therefore, Qin Surong came up with a cleverer plan, in which she would find a man to attend the TV show. After managing to win Qu Wan’s favor, he could trick her into the Hulu Valley under the guise of dating.

Even if the matter was exposed, people would only say that Qu Wan was blind in love and chose a boyfriend who betrayed her. In that case, she could only blame herself.

Qin Surong had given Laojiu a large sum of money, and the latter quickly agreed to her plan and promised that he would definitely settle the matter.

Qin Surong and Laojiu carefully studied Qu Wan’s life experience and chose Wei Lianheng, who had a similar background as Qu Wan. Then they asked him to participate in the TV show to attract Qu Wan’s attention.

Wei Lianheng was a liar who was good at deceiving ignorant girls. He quickly came up with a strategy and used the similar life experience to gain Qu Wan’s sympathy. He also protected her in the accident, so as to leave a good impression on Qu Wan.

Qin Surong was more excited than anyone when she saw Qu Wan and Wei Lianheng successfully become a couple on the TV show. Knowing that Qu Wan disliked Jiang Zhendong, she deliberately asked him to persuade her. In fact, she wanted Qu Wan to be more determined to be with Wei Lianheng.

Qin Surong’s plan was already half done. Afraid of anything unexpected, she urged Laojiu to take action as quickly as possible. Therefore, Wei Lianheng tricked Qu Wan into attending his friend’s birthday party.

As a weak woman, Qu Wan would definitely encounter great danger after falling into the hands of those hooligans. It was like a lamb straying into a wolf’s den. Qin Surong was absolutely sure that Qu Wan would be doomed.

Even if she was not tortured to death on the spot, it was impossible for her to leave safe and sound.

That day, Qin Surong urged Jiang Zhendong to visit Qu Wan, so as to get the latest news of her. After Jiang Zhendong said that Qu Wan had been hospitalized, she was surer that her plan was successful.