My ex-boyfriend cheated on me with my sister, and I got married to him in a flash; he went crazy.

Looking at the woman's slumped shoulders, Pei Yichen suddenly felt that the delicious-looking food in front of him had lost its flavor.

He put down his chopsticks, frowned, and asked, "What's wrong with you now?"

Jiang Shutong clasped her hands tightly together, her voice low, "The company I just interviewed with told me they can't hire me."

After leaving Boyu, she was so excited that she felt like she was floating on clouds.

However, the phone call just now quickly brought her back to reality, causing her to fall heavily from her high vantage point.

The more excited I was before, the more frustrated I am now.

She said that Boyu is not so easy to get into, how could she possibly get in just by going for an interview?

She let out a soft sigh, stood up, and said in a deliberately relaxed tone, "It's alright, it's their loss if they don't want me!"

"That interviewer was so confident they'd hire me, but then they immediately changed their mind. I wouldn't even bother working for a company with such chaotic management..."

"Going in there will probably mean working overtime like crazy again. My life is more important," Jiang Shutong comforted herself.

Seeing the woman's hypocritical and feigned optimism, Pei Yichen frowned even more.

He pondered for a moment, then said, "With their management so chaotic, they might call again later to say they've agreed to hire you..."

Fine, let her go to Boyu if she wants to.

At most, he'll be careful to avoid her at the company from now on.

Jiang Shutong took Pei Yichen's words as comforting, and waved her hand, "Never mind, they just don't know what's good for them."

She didn't mention at all that the company was Boyu.

Luckily I didn't mention it, otherwise it would have been too embarrassing.

She went to the bedside again and urged, "Hurry up and drink the soup to nourish your body. Drinking bone broth is a way to replenish what you have."

Pei Yichen really wanted to say that the soup actually wasn't very nutritious.

But thinking that this was a token of her affection, he swallowed his words and silently finished his soup.

After a few days in the hospital, he could feel the pain in his body lessening day by day, and some superficial skin wounds were slowly healing.

He even had the illusion that he could stand up again.

None of the workers who fell from the scaffolding with him that day were seriously injured or disabled.

And since he exercises regularly, his physique should be no worse than that of those outdoor workers.

It seems he'll have to go to another hospital for a checkup after he's discharged.

Pei Yichen was texting the HR manager with his head down. When he heard Jiang Shutong's words, he didn't look up and just hummed in response.

He can now hold a mobile phone in his fractured right hand, and it's getting more and more flexible every day.

Jiang Shutong packed up the insulated lunchbox she had finished eating and went into the bathroom to wash it.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and a cleaning lady came in, carrying a mop, and started mopping the floor.

As Jiang Shutong walked into the bathroom with a clean lunchbox, she bumped into the cleaning lady.

She touched her nose, which had hurt from the impact, and instinctively apologized, "I'm sorry."

At the same time, the cleaning lady grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Be careful..."

But the voice was too familiar.

Jiang Shutong looked up abruptly, then froze. "Mom? What are you doing here?"

Liu Guixiang then realized she had bumped into her own daughter. After realizing what had happened, she snapped, "Why am I here? After you moved out, you didn't care whether your father and I lived or died! Don't I have to go out to work and earn money?"

She also has to raise a son and a daughter.

As I get older, all I can do is look for jobs like cleaning.

Fortunately, an acquaintance introduced her to this prestigious private hospital, where the cleaning staff were paid more than elsewhere.

Jiang Shutong chuckled and shrugged. "That's good. You've finally learned to be self-reliant."

We no longer need to rely on her to leech off us.

Liu Guixiang grabbed her arm, gritting her teeth, and said, "If you hadn't gone crazy and sent Xu Mingze to jail, would I still be working at my age? Even if he broke up with you, he's still your future brother-in-law. We're all family. How could you be so heartless? I think you just can't stand to see your sister and me doing well..."

Even if she couldn't continue to leech off her daughter, she could still leech off her future son-in-law.

Now, thanks to Jiang Shutong, they live in poverty and destitution.

Working as a cleaner here is quite stressful, because high wages mean high requirements.

Jiang Shutong disgustedly pulled her hand away, her face turning cold. "Get this straight, if it weren't for me, he would have been in there for years. I went to the police station and wrote him a letter of understanding, and he only had to serve six months..."

Liu Guixiang wasn't having any of it. She glared at her daughter fiercely and scolded, "If you hadn't called the police that night, it would have been over. A rich young master like Xu Mingze, the fact that he was willing to sleep with you is a blessing you earned in your past life. And you still went to call the police..."

Jiang Shutong laughed in exasperation, "Save this kind of good fortune for your precious daughter, Jiang Muqing."

Liu Guixiang wanted to say something more, but then she belatedly looked around the entire ward.

This is a high-end VIP ward. Patients who can afford to stay in this high-end VIP ward are all either very rich or very powerful.

The man on the hospital bed was aloof and cold, his gaze sharp and intense, suggesting he had a bad temper.

She leaned close to Jiang Shutong's ear and whispered, "Shutong, what are you doing here? And who is he?"