You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

Jiang Che looked at the numerous wounds on Su Qinghe's body, cursing Zhao Wenyu's entire family in his heart. He then retrieved the hotel's first-aid kit from the bathroom, soaked a towel in hot water, and knelt down beside the bed.

Let's deal with the bruises on my wrists first.

Jiang Che gently applied a warm towel to her wrist bone, being very careful not to hurt her.

Su Qinghe frowned slightly in her sleep and moved her mouth, but did not wake up.

After treating the bruises, the next thing was the scratches on my forearm.

Jiang Che unwrapped a cotton swab, dipped it in iodine, and gently wiped the wound along its direction.

When the disinfectant came into contact with her broken skin, Su Qinghe must have felt uncomfortable, as her fingers instinctively curled up.

Jiang Che immediately stopped, and only dared to continue after she calmed down again.

As he wiped his eyes, they suddenly felt sore.

Qinghe, how much suffering have you endured?

He silently said something to himself, then took a deep breath and continued to apply the medicine to her.

Abrasions and bruises on the knees are more difficult to treat because of their location.

Jiang Che could only kneel on the ground, supporting her calf with one hand and holding a cotton swab in the other.

After finishing all the treatments, Jiang Che carefully applied the bandages and gauze, checked them again to make sure nothing was missing, then closed the first aid kit and stood up.

He pulled a thin blanket over Su Qinghe, turned up the air conditioner temperature by two degrees, and finally bent down and gently kissed her forehead.

Afterwards, Jiang Che got up, drew the curtains, turned off the bedside lamp, and then quietly left the room.

……

Jiang Che returned to the hotel lobby.

While waiting for him, Jiang Zhenshan stood in front of the lobby window, his hands behind his back, admiring the night view outside.

Hearing footsteps, the old man turned and glanced at him. "All done?"

"Yes, they're just superficial injuries, nothing serious."

"OK."

Jiang Zhenshan nodded, then gestured with his chin toward the door, "Come out and sit with me."

Jiang Che followed the old man out of the hotel lobby and into the car parked at the door.

The guards, sensing the danger, closed the car door and then retreated to a position a few meters away to stand guard.

Jiang Zhenshan didn't mince words and went straight to the point, asking Jiang Che, "You know about Qinghe's background?"

"Yes, my sister told me that Ye Yunjin claims to be Qinghe's biological mother." Jiang Che paused, carefully choosing his words, "But whether this is true or not, I can't completely confirm it yet."

"Qinghe does have birth information at the hospital in Lincheng, showing that she is the child of the Su family, but Ye Yunjin spoke so confidently that it didn't seem like she was lying."

"Moreover, my sister said that she and Ye Yunjin do have a high degree of similarity in their facial features."

After speaking, Jiang Che looked at Jiang Zhenshan, not quite understanding what it meant by his sudden mention of Su Qinghe's background.

Did Grandpa already know that Su Qinghe was not born to the Su family couple, but was Ye Yunjin's daughter?

That doesn't make sense. If Grandpa knew all along, he definitely wouldn't have waited until now to tell us. He should have told us half a year ago after Mom and Dad returned to Beijing.

Jiang Che could only wait for the old man's answer, harboring all sorts of doubts.

After a moment of silence, the old man sighed softly, "I only recently learned about this girl's background."

"Things have developed to this point now, and although there are some things I wasn't planning to tell you, I have to now."

"From your perspective, the Jiang family and the Ye family have never had any contact in the past few decades. Your parents never mention the Ye family, and neither do I. We should be completely unrelated, right?"

Jiang Che nodded; he truly didn't know what the relationship was between his family and the Ye family.

"But things have escalated to this point today, and you've gotten involved with the Ye family again. If I don't make things clear now, I'm afraid it will cause even bigger trouble in the future."

Jiang Huaiyuan recalled some scenes from a long time ago.

"Ye Heming, Ye Yunjin's father, is the current patriarch of the Ye family."

"When he was young, he was in the same unit as me."

Jiang Che's brow twitched slightly.

He knew that the old man of the Ye family was named Ye Heming, but he never knew that there was such a connection between his grandfather and him.

"Back then, we were comrades-in-arms, friends, and close friends with a pretty good relationship."

"We fought side by side, endured hunger together, and fought side by side on the battlefield."

"The friendship forged during those days should have lasted a lifetime."

The old man shook his head with some regret as he said this, "It's just a pity that we both fell in love with the same woman later on."

Jiang Che's eyes widened immediately, and he looked at Jiang Zhenshan in surprise.

Jiang Zhenshan glanced casually at his grandson's shocked expression, then continued, "People of our generation had feelings that came fiercely and directly, unlike you young people today who are all so roundabout."

"I like her, and Ye Heming likes her too, so the two of us men fought tooth and nail for the same woman."

"And what happened? Nobody got anything."

The old man shook his head. "She disappeared later and never appeared again."

"My relationship with Ye Heming completely broke down from that time on."

"He thinks I interfered and caused him to lose the woman he loves. I think he's being unreasonable and irrational."

"The more we argued, the more strained things became. In the end, Ye Heming left for Hong Kong in a fit of anger and started his own business from scratch."

"Since then, our two families have had no contact with each other."

Jiang Che lowered his head and processed the information for a few seconds, going over the cause and effect in his mind.

No wonder Ye Yunjin was so adamant in opposing her being with Su Qinghe.

It turns out to be a decades-old feud between the two families.

Jiang Che couldn't help but recall Ye Yunjin's reply to his grandfather earlier, saying that everything today was her own idea.

It now seems that it was mostly fake, in order to prevent the already strained relationship between the two families from deteriorating further.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Che raised his head, looked directly into the old man's eyes, and asked earnestly, "So, Grandpa, do you object to me being with Qinghe?"

After all, the Ye family had made their opposition very clear, so it was hard for Jiang Che not to worry that his grandfather would also oppose him being with Su Qinghe because of the relationship between the two families.

After listening, Jiang Huaiyuan was stunned for a moment, then asked in return, "If I objected, would I have brought people to support you tonight?"

Jiang Che was taken aback.

It is true.

If the old man really minded the relationship with the Ye family, then there was absolutely no need for him to personally appear tonight.

If he just pretends not to know, or calls to tell himself not to get involved, the matter will be dropped.

But the old man not only came, he also brought an entire guard.

This in itself already demonstrates the attitude.