Reborn back to the time before I sold my blood to support my scumbag boyfriend's college educat

"Xiao Chu, go back and rest. Your uncle and Zhi Heng will be here tonight."

At eight o'clock in the evening, Grandma Xia began urging Xia Yichu to go home and rest. Originally, she wanted to go home, but Zhou Wenbin wouldn't allow it, and everyone else persuaded her to stay another night and go home the next day.

Grandma Xia couldn't persuade everyone otherwise, so she had to agree to stay, but she had to be discharged and go home the next day.

"Yes! Xiao Chu, you should go back and rest."

Luo Hao tried to persuade them, and they all took a nap at home at noon. Xia Yichu stayed at the hospital to take care of Grandma Xia.

"Go back! Don't worry, Grandma, your uncle and I are here."

Seeing that her grandmother was in good spirits, Xia Yichu nodded and went back with Pei Shizhou. Pei Shizhou then took Xia Yichu directly back to his own home.

"Xiao Chu, I won't go in. You should go and rest for a while."

Pei Shizhou noticed that Xia Yichu was in a bad mood and didn't say a word on the way back. He wanted to keep Xia Yichu company, but he knew that Xia Yichu probably preferred to be alone right now.

Xia Yichu nodded and went inside. Pei Shizhou called out from behind, "Xiao Chu, call me if you need anything."

"Um"

Xia Yichu stopped and responded. After watching her go inside, Pei Shizhou locked the door for her and then waited outside for another hour before going home.

He hasn't slept since he got off the plane, and he needs to go back and rest so he can come find Xia Yichu earlier tomorrow.

At the hospital, Grandma Xia was asking Xia Zhiheng again when Xia Zhiqian would come to see her.

"Grandma, tomorrow, Zhiqian will come to see you tomorrow morning. You'll see him as soon as you get home."

Xia Zhiheng has already spoken with his superiors, and they have agreed to let Zhiqian come back and spend an hour with his grandmother.

"Okay, how is Zhiqian?"

"Okay, Grandma, don't worry, he's fine!"

Knowing that Zhou Miaoying and the child were alright, Xia Zhiqian had composed himself. Slowly recalling the events of that night, the more he thought about it, the more convinced he became that he hadn't touched Jiang Jinning.

"How is that girl?"

"She's at my house, with Qingyan by her side."

Grandma Xia looked at Xia Zhiheng with a puzzled expression, and Xia Zhiheng immediately explained Jiang Jinning's matter to Grandma Xia.

This afternoon, Su Qingyan told him that Xiao Bo was there, which made Jiang Jinning feel a little better. At Xia Zhiheng's house, Jiang Jinning knew about Grandma Xia's situation; she stood in front of Su Qingyan, hesitant to speak.

"Jin Ning, what's wrong? I'll definitely help you if I can."

Su Qingyan looked at her tenderly. After spending time with Jiang Jinning, Su Qingyan quite liked her. The young girl was hardworking and kind, and very patient with Xiao Bo. She had only been at the house for a day, but Xiao Bo liked to stick close to her.

Is Xiao Bo's great-grandmother sick?

Yesterday, she learned from Aunt Chunhua that the situation was very serious, and it seemed that the person was about to die.

"Yes"

"I…"

Jiang Jinning didn't know what to say. She couldn't bring herself to drop the case and forgive Xia Zhiqian. She was quite grateful to Xia Zhiheng for bringing her home; she enjoyed playing with Xiao Bo and being with children.

"Jinning, don't feel guilty. My grandmother's illness and hospitalization have nothing to do with you."

No matter how you look at it, she can't be blamed for this; she's the victim.

"I have no burden. I just feel sorry for her, an old lady, who has to worry about her grandson at such an advanced age."

She wasn't loved by her grandparents; they only doted on her half-brother. She especially envied those who had grandparents who loved them.

"Qingyan, may I make a phone call?"

"Okay, go ahead and call! I'm going back to sleep. Remember to turn off the lights later. I've already locked the front door. I'll leave your room key on your bedside table."

Su Qingyan discovered that Jiang Jinning had slept in her room last night, using the bedside table to block the door. To reassure her, Su Qingyan found and gave her the two keys to her room, so that Jiang Jinning wouldn't use the bedside table to block the door again last night.

In fact, Xia Zhiheng has rarely been home since bringing Jiang Jinning back. He hasn't slept at home either. Today, after taking Su Qingyan and her son home, he went to a guesthouse to sleep.

Jiang Jinning didn't speak. She hadn't been sleeping well since the incident, often waking up in the middle of the night and not daring to sleep too soundly, for fear that something like that would happen to her again.

She took a deep breath, cleared her mind, and picked up the phone to call her friend Yu Mengxi.

"Hello, Uncle Yu, I'm looking for Mengxi."

A moment later, she heard someone call out "Mengxi" on the other end of the phone. Yu Mengxi was her only good friend. Jiang Jinning had originally planned to go out with her that night, but they never contacted each other again after what happened.

"Xiao Ning, is that you?"

Yu Mengxi's excited voice came from the other end of the phone. They had arranged to meet at a coffee shop near her home that evening. She waited for Jiang Jinning for almost two hours before going home, just before the coffee shop was about to close.

After waiting for so long, Yu Mengxi wasn't angry; instead, she was very worried that something had happened to her best friend. She went to the Jiang family early in the morning to find her, but her father and stepmother said that Jiang Jinning had moved out a long time ago.

Jiang Jinning didn't tell Yu Mengxi about this when they met during the New Year, so Yu Mengxi didn't know that she had moved out. If she had known, she would definitely have moved out with her, and perhaps none of this would have happened.

For a moment, she didn't know where to look for Jiang Jinning, so she could only go to work while waiting for her best friend to contact her. She waited in vain for her friend to contact her, and yesterday she went to the Jiang family again, hoping to try her luck and see if she could run into Jiang Jinning.

But she overheard people gossiping about her, saying she was having an affair with a married man. The man claimed he only wanted to play around with her and had no intention of marrying her. Enraged, she went to the police station to report that the man had raped her.

Yu Mengxi was furious and berated the gossipy women. She then went to the Jiang family to inquire about the situation, but the Jiang family avoided the topic and told her not to come again, as they had no daughter named Jiang Jinning.

Yu Mengxi, standing up for her friend, berated Jiang Zhixue, saying he was unworthy to be Jiang Jinning's father. Angered, she left the Jiang family home and immediately went to the police station to inquire about the situation, but they said the case was still under investigation and they couldn't comment.

She could only search aimlessly for Jiang Jinning, going to all the places they had been before. Unsurprisingly, she couldn't find him. Just when she was becoming extremely anxious, she finally received a call from Jiang Jinning.

"It's me."

Upon hearing her good friend's voice, Jiang Jinning paused for a moment before speaking.

"Xiao Ning, where are you? Are you alright?"

"Xixi, am I alright?"

Jiang Jinning just wanted to let her friend know she was safe. She must have been worried sick when she didn't show up for their appointment that night.

Where are you? I'm coming to find you now.

"I'm fine? It's too late now, let's talk about it tomorrow."

She's infamous now, and people would gossip about her if she were around her. She doesn't want to drag her good friend down with her.

"Xiao Ning, tell me your address, I'm so worried about you. I've been looking for you like crazy, you know?"

Jiang Jinning was about to hang up, but after hearing this, she started to worry about Yu Mengxi again.

"I…"

"Sweetie, tell me the address. No matter what happens, it's not a big deal."

Jiang Jinning is introverted, and Yu Mengxi is really afraid that she might do something rash after this happened.

In the end, Jiang Jinning was persuaded by Yu Mengxi and told her Xia Zhiheng's address. Yu Mengxi hung up the phone and said to her brother, "Big brother, take me to find Xiaoning."

Before Brother Yu could speak, a pregnant woman sitting next to him started talking.

"Mengxi, it's not that I'm interfering in your business, but Jiang Jinning has a bad reputation. You shouldn't get too close to her. The Jiang family doesn't even acknowledge her as their daughter anymore, and you're still clinging to her."

Yu Mengxi understood what her sister-in-law meant; she was saying that she used to hang out with Jiang Jinning because of her family background.

Now that the Jiang family doesn't want her anymore, she means that Yu Mengxi doesn't need to please her, because pleasing her won't help the Yu family.