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Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Whether it was a misunderstanding or not, they can’t go back anymore

“Rest assured, I have no interest in the Sang Family whatsoever, but I don’t like being manipulated. While I still remember that you at least gave birth to me and raised me, you’d better come clean and confess.”

Sang Qiao lifted her eyelids, realizing that it was the first time Mrs. Sang invoked the grace of upbringing out of fear of her returning to this home.

There wasn’t the slightest bit of discomfort in her heart. It seemed she was just a cold-hearted person who could let go without hesitation.

“I changed your contact information because I didn’t want you to contact them. You were born a jinx, causing them to get hurt, fall ill, and abandon their responsibilities. Don’t you feel any remorse?”

Mrs. Sang grew more and more excited as she spoke, as if her whole body was exerting effort.

Sang Qiao’s fingertips twitched. She had heard similar words countless times since she was a child.

This time, however, she didn’t want it to go in one ear and out the other. She spoke calmly and slowly, “What do those have to do with me? Did I cause the injuries?”

“It’s because of your…”

Before Mrs. Sang could finish, a man’s voice suddenly came from behind the door.

“Mom, what did you just say? Why didn’t you tell us that you changed Sang Qiao’s contact information?”

“Sang Shen, why are you back? Weren’t you at the hospital with Jiaojiao?” Mrs. Sang was terribly frightened, her voice trembling as she spoke.

“If I hadn’t come back, would I have heard all this? Sang Qiao didn’t contact us, right? It was you who wouldn’t let her, wasn’t it!” Disbelief was written all over Sang Shen’s face.

So… that time he fell from the viaduct, sustaining severe hand injuries, Sang Qiao didn’t just fail to return, she didn’t know?

She had never stopped caring for them, never ceased to contact them; was it that she couldn’t get through?

“I didn’t change your phone numbers. It’s clearly that she herself didn’t contact you…” Mrs. Sang’s voice lacked conviction as she subconsciously glanced at Sang Qiao.

“Can’t get through, can’t add.” Sang Qiao did not pick up on her pleading gaze and simply stated the fact. @@novelbin@@

Hearing this, Sang Shen suddenly remembered the phone number that their mother had helped them to blacklist, claiming it was an annoying friend who might contact them and advising them to ignore it.

Now he realized that it wasn’t any annoying friend at all – it was Sang Qiao!

“That blacklisted number is Sang Qiao’s, isn’t it? You also blacklisted all of Sang Qiao’s contact information.”

Mrs. Sang knew she couldn’t hide it any longer and stopped trying to argue. With red eyes, she wept, “I… I did it for your own good. She will bring disaster upon you!”

Sang Shen felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart and quickly noticed his mother’s jade charm covered faintly in the ash left by burnt incense, “Did you go to the temple again to see that swindler?”

“Don’t talk nonsense, he’s a Master.”

“Mom, how many times do I have to tell you that he’s just a charlatan spouting nonsense before you’ll believe me? We never should have let him come to our house to give Qiaoqiao a fortune-telling.”

Sang Shen was angry and helpless. Over the years, they had expressly forbidden their mother from seeking out that man so many times, yet she always went to see him secretly.

“I… I won’t go anymore. You don’t go looking for the Master either, do not offend him.”

Mrs. Sang was always strong-willed, but now she couldn’t help but be humble.

“You…” Sang Shen knew that his mother was just agreeing verbally, and that she would sneak away to see him again next time.

He then turned to look at Sang Qiao next to him, finding it hard to face her, “Qiaoqiao, that year when I injured my hand… you didn’t come to see me because you didn’t know, right?”

“I knew about it.”

“Then why…” Sang Shen’s expression of guilt suddenly changed.

She knew? She knew and yet didn’t come to see him? Was having fun abroad more important than his injury?

“She just doesn’t want to come back to see you; she doesn’t value the sibling relationship between you at all, Shen’er, you must not be deceived by her!” Mrs. Sang’s voice was sharp, fearing that they would reconcile—what about Jiaojiao then?

And Sang Qiao could not come back, if she did, wouldn’t that spell disaster for their family…

“Mom, what time is it, and you are still trying to slander Sang Qiao? I don’t understand, how can you be so good to Jiaojiao who has no blood relation to us, and not give a little of that affection to your own daughter, Qiaoqiao?”

Sang Shen felt utterly powerless at that moment. He couldn’t understand, and he couldn’t comprehend.

Mrs. Sang said fiercely, “If I could, I wish I had never given birth to Sang Qiao!”

Sang Shen panicked, afraid that these words would pierce Qiaoqiao’s heart, “Mom! Go upstairs first.”

“I won’t leave. I can’t stand by and watch you be deceived by her, and let her return to this family!”

“Do you really want to force me to go find that swindler and ask what he filled your head with before you’ll leave?” Sang Shen’s attitude was more forceful.

“Shen’er, you…”

“There’s no need to rush Mrs. Sang away, there’s nothing that can’t be heard. If it is as Mrs. Sang wishes, then pretend you never gave birth to me, and I will never step into this house again.”

Sang Qiao stood calmly to the side, like an outsider.

“That’s for the best!” Mrs. Sang’s uneasy heart settled down somewhat.

Then Sang Qiao shifted her gaze to Sang Shen and asked unhurriedly, “After my return, you treated me that way because you were upset I hadn’t contacted you, because I never visited you when you were injured, right?”

“That’s partly the reason,” Sang Shen said with a pained expression, sensing an answer emerging inside him.

Yet he dared not delve too deep.

“When you were injured, I was in the operating room myself. How could I have come to see you? The surgeon who operated on you was someone I arranged for you. I thought you’d understand once you saw him.”

Sang Qiao’s heart was also a mix of emotions, and she knew clearly that regardless of whether there were misunderstandings, the damage had been done, and they couldn’t go back.

Clarifying the misunderstandings was merely to give each other an explanation.

“You arranged it? How is that possible… Jiaojiao clearly said she was the one who arranged it.”

Sang Shen was incredulous, his eyes wide open; the doctor was famous and always fully booked; it was only him who could have restored his hand to how it was before.

And indeed, when he was conscious, he had heard a sentence saying it was Miss Sang who arranged for me to treat you, she’s done a lot for you, I hope you can remember it.

“Whether Sang Jiao ever contacted L or not is easy to find out.”

Sang Shen’s fists clenched tighter. Of course, L’s schedule was booked for over a year; Jiaojiao didn’t even have friends, how could she have managed to get L to treat him…

How could he have been so stupid back then, believing Jiaojiao’s words blindly without a shred of doubt.

Then what about Sang Qiao? How had she managed to persuade L?

Suddenly, Sang Shen’s mind felt as muddled as a paste, and as he saw Sang Qiao about to leave, he hastily grabbed her wrist, “Then… what about the kidnapper? Did you really abandon us and run away yourself?”

“No, whether you believe it or not, I used to regard you more highly than myself.”

Sang Qiao extended her slender arms and freed herself from his grasp, her back slender and straight, her steps resolute and unhesitating.

Sang Shen wanted to hold her back, but his vision was a blur; his eyes hurt so much that he couldn’t open them. He opened his mouth to say something, but his mind was blank.

He had already forgotten what he originally wanted to do upon his return, and the next second, he fainted.

“Shen’er!”