Jiang Shuyin was so angry she didn’t want to say another word to the man.
Did he really think that just because she had given birth to his two children and confessed her feelings to him, she would take it all for granted and never leave him?
If he truly had a moonlight goddess hidden in his heart and only saw her as a substitute, she would never stoop to begging for scraps.
Jiang Shuyin didn’t want to run away. She wanted to see with her own eyes what his long-cherished moonlight goddess, kept safe in his wallet, actually looked like.
Even if she was to be sentenced to death, she wanted to know exactly why.
She took out his wallet—the first time she had ever rifled through it.
Lu Yan sat at the head of the bed, his hawk-like eyes fixed on her, a faint, elusive smile curling at the corners of his lips.
Seeing that he still dared to smile, Jiang Shuyin wished she could smash the wallet right in his face.
She was so furious that the hand holding the wallet trembled slightly.
“It’s in the inner pocket,” he said in a low voice, reminding her.
A wave of bitterness rose in Jiang Shuyin’s stomach.
Did he really love that moonlight goddess that much?
Jerk!
A total jerk!
As soon as she saw it, she would break up with him!
She flipped open the inner pocket and pulled out a sheet of paper with a drawing on it.
Taking a deep breath, she unfolded it.
It was indeed a portrait of a girl.
Sharp and commanding brows and eyes, delicate features, and a smile that carried a hint of brightness and warmth.
The girl looked strangely familiar.
She resembled Jiang Shuyin when she was young.
No wonder he had chosen her as his stand-in.
Fuming, Jiang Shuyin crumpled the paper into a ball and hurled it at the man.
“Lu Yan, we’re through!”
Lu Yan caught the paper she threw at him, then slowly unfolded it and smoothed it out, bit by bit.
He treated it like a rare treasure.
Jiang Shuyin’s face turned pale with rage. Just as she was about to say something more, the man held the portrait up for her to see again.
“Jiangjiang, take a closer look. Who is she really?”
He thoroughly enjoyed seeing her jealous like this.
Even though his back was injured, every drop of blood in his body seemed to hum with pleasure.
His Jiangjiang cared about him more and more.
Jiang Shuyin stared intently at the portrait for a few more seconds.
Then, something caught her eye. Her body suddenly froze.
Under the girl’s eye in the drawing was a small scar.
She remembered that when she was nineteen, during a training mission in the jungle, she had helped an injured IBI agent.
She had a scar near her eye at the time, exactly like the one in the portrait.
Could it be—
“Are you the injured agent from back then?”
Lu Yan nodded. “That’s me, Jiangjiang. Our fate started a long time ago.”
Jiang Shuyin covered her mouth, her face brimming with disbelief.
“So… your moonlight goddess is me?”
Lu Yan’s eyes softened with affection. “You silly little fool, of course it’s you.”
Jiang Shuyin sat down on the edge of the hospital bed, cupped his gaunt but handsome face in both hands, and planted a firm kiss on his thin lips.
“Ah Yan should be in this room, right?”
Just as Lu Yan’s mother’s voice rang out, the door to the ward burst open.
Ah Cai led Lu Yan’s mother and father inside.
Startled, Jiang Shuyin tried to hide, but Lu Yan grabbed her and held her in place.
“An ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her in-laws sooner or later. Besides, my Jiangjiang isn’t ugly—she’s beautiful.”
Jiang Shuyin was flustered. She hadn’t prepared at all to meet his parents.
“I’m not even dressed properly…”
“It doesn’t matter.”
When Lu Yan’s parents entered and saw Jiang Shuyin, warm and friendly smiles lit up their faces. “So this is Ah Yin! We finally get to meet you in person. Our worthless son must have stepped in dog crap to find such a beautiful wife.”
At first, Jiang Shuyin was nervous and uneasy, but Lu Yan’s parents were far more approachable than she had imagined. They didn’t put on airs as elders and were incredibly warm.
Lu Yan’s mother took Jiang Shuyin’s hand and immediately slipped the jade bracelet from her own wrist onto Jiang Shuyin’s.
“This was given to me by Lu Yan’s grandmother. Now, I’m passing it on to my daughter-in-law.”
Jiang Shuyin looked at Lu Yan, who gave her a subtle nod, signaling her to accept it.
Lu Yan’s mother patted her hand. “Ah Yin, our worthless son has put you through so much in the past. Make him pay it back slowly from now on!”
…
Lu Yan stayed in the hospital for nearly half a month.
On the day he was discharged, he and Jiang Shuyin went together to pick up their twins from kindergarten.
Seeing both their mommy and daddy arrive at the same time, the twins were overjoyed.
The family of four went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner, filled with laughter and warmth.
After Lu Yan returned to duty, he accepted a promotion.
From then on, he no longer had to go on field missions himself. He would have more time to spend with his parents, his partner, and his children.
Lu Yan and Jiang Shuyin got their marriage certificate and planned to hold the wedding later.
However, given Lu Yan’s special status, the wedding would not be made public.
Ah Cai had been a great help in ensuring Lu Yan survived this time.
Ah Cai didn’t want to stay in M Country. She wanted to go back to Hong Kong City, attend an adult university, and later open a small clinic.
To repay her, Lu Yan and Jiang Shuyin bought her an apartment in Hong Kong City and funded her clinic.
Once Ah Cai’s life was on track, Lu Yan and Jiang Shuyin also went to Ye City to personally thank Wen Yan.
A month later, Lu Yan and Jiang Shuyin held their wedding in a church in M Country.
Having weathered so many storms together, all the friends and family who attended were genuinely happy for them.
Ah Cai returned to Hong Kong City after the wedding.
She had gained a lot from attending the ceremony.
Ah Yin had introduced her to Dr. Wen Yan, a divine physician.
Wen Yan told her she could ask for advice anytime she encountered something she didn’t understand.
The new life Ah Cai had been eagerly waiting for was finally beginning.
One day, after finishing a house call in the slums, she was walking along a stretch of sea when she suddenly saw a tall figure leap off a cruise ship.
That silhouette looked somewhat like Mr. Ji.
She had learned from Ah Yin that Mr. Ji’s older brother was a criminal, the Ji family had gone bankrupt, and Mr. Ji had taken a huge blow.
Was he jumping into the sea to end his life?
Without a second thought, Ah Cai dropped her medical bag and sprinted toward the sea.
She had grown up in a fishing village and was an excellent swimmer. She soon reached the spot where Ji Chi had jumped in.
She found the man sinking underwater, grabbed him by the collar, and, with tremendous effort, dragged him back to shore.
Once she pulled him onto the beach, she raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face.
“So what if the Ji family went bankrupt? You’re still young—can’t you start over? Just because your brother is gone, does that mean you have to die too? I thought you were different from others, but you’re just a coward!”
Ji Chi wiped the seawater off his face and stared at the girl who had charged into the sea like a lunatic to pull him out. His brows knitted into a tight knot. “Are you crazy? I was in the middle of filming a scene. I was supposed to come back up after it was done. Now you’ve made me jump in again!”
Ah Cai glanced up at the cruise ship and, sure enough, saw a camera suspended in midair.
Earlier, she had panicked when she saw him jump and hadn’t stopped to observe carefully.
Embarrassed and mortified, Ah Cai wished she could dig a hole and crawl into it.
"I-I thought you were going to jump into the sea and kill yourself!"
Ji Chi stared at Ah Cai, who was drenched from head to toe. His handsome face darkened. "Even if I were going to kill myself, what business is it of yours? Who do you think you are?"
Ah Cai felt as if struck by lightning.
Her delicate, pretty face flushed bright red. "I'm the one who said your peeing sound wasn’t melodious—"
Before she could finish, Ji Chi reached out and covered her mouth.
Ji Chi looked at her with utter exasperation.
Was this girl missing a screw or something?
He was still wearing his microphone—did she want his embarrassment to be heard by others?
"Alright, come back to the cruise ship with me first and change into some dry clothes."
Ah Cai followed Ji Chi onto the cruise ship. He led her to a room. "I'll have my assistant bring you some clothes in a bit."
With that, he left.
After Ah Cai changed her clothes and was about to leave, she realized the cruise ship had already sailed away from the shore.
Ji Chi’s assistant told Ah Cai that they needed to shoot scenes in the middle of the sea early the next morning, so the ship had to set off tonight.
The assistant suggested Ah Cai rest in Ji Chi’s room.
But Ah Cai couldn’t sleep at all. After staring blankly for a while, she left the room.
As she passed a corner in the hallway, she suddenly overheard several actresses whispering:
"Nana, Ji Chi used to be your sugar daddy, right? Now he’s actually out here acting—playing a fifth male lead, a minor role that involves jumping into the sea! The Ji family has really fallen from grace!"
Jin Nana took a drag from her ladies' cigarette and sneered with contempt. "Do you know why I broke up with Ji Chi back then?"
"Why?"
"He’s impotent—has some hidden condition. His whole playboy image is just a front to cover up the fact that he can’t perform. When I was with him, I stripped naked and he didn’t bat an eye. We’d be in the same room, and he’d just sit on the couch playing video games. Don’t you think there’s something wrong with him?"
"Oh my god, he’s basically a eunuch—all show and no go. Looks like the Ji family line is really going to end."
"Hahaha, even if he can’t do it himself, he could always let another guy have his fun, right?"
The women giggled, covering their mouths.
Ah Cai’s heart churned with indignation.
Although Mr. Ji had been rude to her, deep down he was a good person. She would never allow anyone to slander his reputation like this.
"Who says he can't perform?" Ah Cai puffed out her cheeks, hands on her hips, and stormed out furiously.
