Chapter 428: Realizing the Mistake and Turning Back

I'll send this sentence back to you! If I had known you were such a venomous heart, and even though I treated you well, you ended up full of hatred toward me, I shouldn't have let you become an artist in my company at the beginning.

If I hadn't helped you when you needed it most, things wouldn't have come to this point! It's just that back then I really thought too simply, and eventually step by step it evolved into what it is now.

Jiang Cheng was utterly disappointed.

His patience was being destroyed bit by bit by him.

Seeing him resent heaven and blame others, full of hatred.

Seeing him burning with anger, pushing the blame onto Jiang Cheng.

Looking at him glaring with wide eyes.

His every move made Jiang Cheng feel amused.

Jiang Cheng was indeed no longer merciful.

At most, after glancing at him, Jiang Cheng couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with him.

He saw Jiang Cheng's expression and was slightly taken aback.

His body stiffened instantly.

Unbelievably, he stood here, utterly shocked.

At that moment.

He didn't know what to do.

After all that had happened before, he hesitated a moment and also began to doubt himself.

But it was just that second, and his eyes were full of hatred.

Jiang Cheng ultimately still chose to leave.

Jiang Cheng's attention did not linger long on the man before him.

Exhausted, he returned home; Su Manyao had already been waiting at home for a long time. Only at midnight did Jiang Cheng even wearily go back.

"Are you okay?"

Su Manyao had also heard about the dirty things Lin Shi did.

Su Manyao truly didn't expect that the other party would repay kindness with enmity!

Jiang Cheng's kindness toward him, he seemed to have forgotten all of it.

Although Su Manyao was angry, there was nothing she could do.

"I'm fine."

Jiang Cheng forced a smile, plopped onto the sofa, his whole person a bit listless, leaning back against the sofa.

"Just, I'm a little tired."

Jiang Cheng explained: "Give me some time to adjust my condition; can we talk about these things later?"

Jiang Cheng spoke gently, turning his head to glance at Su Manyao.

Su Manyao thoroughly prepared a hot water bottle for Jiang Cheng.

She also brought him a foot-soaking basin.

"Soak your feet first to ease them; other matters, wait until you want to tell me, then you can tell me!"

"Okay."

From Jiang Cheng's voice, one could tell he was really listless.

After the incident, Jiang Cheng's condition was not good.

He continually felt that his trust had been ruthlessly trampled underfoot by the other party.

Moreover, the words spoken by the other party today, full of hatred, truly left Jiang Cheng silent, not knowing what to do.

That guy...

It's clear that he truly bears a special hatred for Jiang Cheng.

He harbors a towering hatred toward Jiang Cheng!

In his fury-filled appearance, whenever Jiang Cheng closes his eyes, that scene keeps surfacing.

As soon as it appears in his mind, Jiang Cheng's mood becomes very bad.

Indeed.

Jiang Cheng's mindset is now somewhat broken.

"Don't let some unrelated people cause you to completely collapse. Besides, I believe you, I unconditionally believe you."

Su Manyao was beside Jiang Cheng's ear, softly soothing him.

She kept saying things to ease the pressure.

Jiang Cheng pulled Su Manyao into his arms, took a deep breath, and said, "It's not exactly because of his matter that I'm sad; I just can't figure out how he ended up like this."

"It's only been a little over a week since we last saw each other, and the contrast with how he used to be is really huge!" Jiang Cheng frowned slightly, feeling somewhat irritable.

"You don't know, he was the one I had the highest hopes for before, but his actions leave me bewildered!"

"He's like an idiot, clearly having a bright future, yet he completely ruined it with his own hands. Moreover, I later gave him a sum of money; he wanted to do business, to invest, which was totally doable, but he insisted on colluding with others, and in the end all that bit of money in his hands was completely swindled away."

"The key is that he still owes several million in compensation on his back. Yet he blames the responsibility on me—this guy is really laughable."

"This is the path he chose himself; how dare he blame Jiang Cheng?"

After hearing his stories, Jiang Cheng didn't even want to speak!

He gave him a chance, hoping he would be alright.

And him?

Yet he kept pressing step by step.

Colluding with others, yet being played around by them.

In the end, he even flared up with anger.

"He was just like a foolish, ignorant idiot. The things he did formed a stark contrast with how smart he was at the beginning."

"He used to be so smart, picking things up instantly, but… how long has it been? He's become all muddled, messing himself up like this."

"Jiang Cheng really wanted to laugh at that time."

"He really wanted to mock him to his face, to ridicule him badly!"

"Jiang Cheng ultimately didn't do that."

"That's the path he chose for himself; there's nothing we can do."

"You've been helping him so hard, but what about him? What kind of things is he doing? Now he's just like someone lifting a rock and smashing it hard onto his own foot!"

"Everything that's come to this point is entirely his own doing. Since it's his own doing, we really have no need to speak up for him."

"Especially you, stop meddling with him. If we arrest him now, let him bear legal responsibility; perhaps after being locked up for a while this time, he'll become much more restrained, and in the future he won't do such foolish things again."

"I think it's all his own doing; why are you upset over his matter?"

"Su Manyao's brows slightly furrowed, and he reached out his hand again, gently stroking Jiang Cheng's forehead, trying to help Jiang Cheng relax his brows."

"Yeah!"

"Jiang Cheng wearily looked at the ceiling and said listlessly, 'It's all his own doing; why should I feel sad and hurt over his trash?'"

"Someone like him, a merchant, should prioritize profit."

"Once emotions are involved, only oneself will get hurt."

"……"

"Jiang Cheng quickly adjusted his mindset."

"He wasn't constantly affected by this matter."

"Later he returned to full health."

"But this matter remained like a thorn in Jiang Cheng's heart, impossible to shake off."

"Lin Shi, given the solid evidence, ultimately paid the due price for his own dirty deeds."

"Even if he later came up with a bunch of excuses, no one helped him move forward."

"He step by step pushed himself into the abyss."

"Until later, he suddenly had an epiphany and abruptly realized his mistake."

"When he was about to apologize, Jiang Cheng's look at him was no longer filled with disappointment as before, but was calm and unruffled."

"At that moment, he knew he had deeply hurt Jiang Cheng's heart, and Jiang Cheng could never return to how things were before."

"Sorry."

"He felt it was very necessary to apologize to Jiang Cheng."

"He was bewitched."

"It was as if he'd suffered a great shock, making him unable to accept these things. (End of chapter)"