"For over three years we were together, and besides spending my money, he never did anything to make me happy!"
"He never proposed, never prepared surprises, and never intended to be with me forever. How am I supposed to feel balanced?"
But what did any of this have to do with Jiang Nan Fang?
If you failed as a person and realized it, you should strive to change yourself.
This was no reason to turn a friend into an enemy.
"These are all your own problems," Jiang Nan Fang said, unmoved by her confession.
"You are psychologically twisted, seeing hypocrisy in everyone. You are the one who failed to cut off unhealthy relationships in time; it has nothing to do with me."
"Tang Xue Ying, none of this can be an excuse for you to harm others."
Tang Xue Ying nodded as if admitting it.
"Yes. These are indeed my own problems, I know. That's why I didn't want to continue like this anymore. I want to separate from you."
"I didn't want to be overshadowed by your brilliance forever, constantly guessing your thoughts, so I did what I did."
"Although I did a lot, my luck was ultimately not as good as yours. I have to admit, I am not as good as you, Jiang Nan Fang. I lost completely."
"But I don't regret it. If time could turn back and I could choose again, I would still do the same."
"I hate you, Jiang Nan Fang. It's impossible for me to be true friends with you, ever."
With that, the truth was finally revealed, and there was nothing more to say.
However, Ah Zhong still had a doubt.
"Back at the hospital, it was us, the forensic doctor, and High Court who all witnessed her breath stop. Even if you could deceive us, you couldn't deceive them..."
Tang Xue Ying sneered and turned her head, glancing at Gong Bei Bei, who had remained silent beside her.
"This matter, she arranged it all. Let her explain it to you."
"..." Gong Bei Bei's face turned green.
Zhan Bei Jue's accusatory gaze fell upon her. Even though she didn't want to speak, she had to.
"Ever since Ah Jue broke off our engagement, I always thought Miss Jiang was the one causing trouble, so..."
"That night, I had someone follow Ah Zhong. I discovered he went to a village in the suburbs and was discussing clues with someone. I thought it was a handle on Miss Jiang, so I, I..."
Ah Zhong finished her sentence.
"So you had someone knock me out, dump me at a club, arrange for a woman to pester me, and then you found Tang Xue Ying?"
Gong Bei Bei's voice trembled with fear.
"I really didn't mean to! Ah Jue, please, believe me! I really didn't expect Tang Xue Ying to have so many secrets back then. I didn't intend for things to escalate this much!"
Zhan Bei Jue looked at her coldly.
"Don't rush to explain to me yet. Continue."
"...The rest was arranged by Huo Dong Ning! I was just following her instructions. You ask her!"
"..." Huo Dong Ning's hair suddenly stood on end again from fear.
Zhan Bei Jue said impatiently, "Gong Bei Bei, you're not cooperating at all. It's hard for me to believe you like this."
"..." Gong Bei Bei stammered and could only continue.
"Later, later, after we met, we realized we all had issues with Miss Jiang, so we decided..."
"Tang Xue Ying has a twin sister. After her divorce, she was taken away by her father to another place. Later, she got into a car accident and became a vegetative state."
"Huo Dong Ning gave her father a sum of money and brought Tang Xue Fei over, arranging for her to be admitted to the hospital. The paperwork was handled by Tang Yuan Shan."
It had to be said, the combined schemes of the three women were comparable to a bottle of highly poisonous hemlock.
They had even fooled the police and Zhan Bei Jue, their audacity was boundless!
With this, everything that needed to be confessed was confessed. The rest would be left to the law.
Ah Zhong called the police, and soon, Tang Xue Ying was wearing silver bracelets.
Gong Bei Bei and Huo Dong Ning thought they could escape.
But Zhan Bei Jue had no sense of contractual obligation.
"Tang Xue Ying is being interrogated, and you two will inevitably be implicated sooner or later. Instead of waiting to be caught, it's better to seek leniency through confession."
And so, the three of them were taken away together.
Jiang Nan Fang and Zhan Bei Jue returned to the hospital, and the two children had already woken up.
Seeing their mother return, they quickly sat up and hugged Jiang Nan Fang.
Jiang Nan Fang lovingly stroked the heads of her two children, asking them if they felt unwell anywhere.
"It's all my fault. I didn't notice you were unwell earlier. But it won't happen again."
"Mommy will stay by your side from now on and won't let anything happen to you again."
Seeing their parents' solemn expressions, Jing Tian asked.
"Mommy, did my brother and I get a very serious illness? Are we going to die?"
Jiang Nan Fang said, "How could that be?"
"There is no illness in this world that cannot be defeated. Moreover, with the money Mommy has earned, I will use the best resources in the world to treat you. Don't overthink it."
Finally, after coaxing the two children to sleep, and without the appetite to eat, Jiang Nan Fang and Zhan Bei Jue went to High Court's office again.
High Court informed them that blood had been drawn from the children for matching.
Next, their information would be sent to medical databases worldwide, aiming to match a suitable heart for transplantation before the condition worsened further.
"Is the surgical risk high? Are there any sequelae after the transplant?"
High Court said, "Theoretically, as long as there is no rejection, there should be no problem if the transplant is successful."
"But nothing is absolute. It also depends on the individual's physical condition. I cannot guarantee it 100%, so you must be prepared for the worst."
Hearing him say this, Jiang Nan Fang felt as if the sky was about to collapse.
"Can relatives be matched? I don't want to wait idly for a vague donation. I want to be matched. I am willing to donate my heart to my children!"
High Court tried to persuade her, "Miss Jiang, be rational."
"There is only one heart. No matter how much you love your children, you cannot save both at the same time."
"Furthermore, if you give them your heart, how much psychological pressure will the surviving child have to bear?"
"Don't think like that unless it's absolutely necessary. Medical conditions are advanced now; hope will always come."
Despite what was said, Jiang Nan Fang felt a heavy stone pressing on her heart, making it difficult to breathe.
As she left High Court's office, she wanted to return to the ward to be alone.
But Zhan Bei Jue suddenly called out to her, "Wait a moment."
Jiang Nan Fang guessed that he wanted to express his views on the Tang Xue Ying incident, or even apologize.
But she didn't want to hear it, feeling that an apology was meaningless.
She turned back expressionlessly, "You don't need to apologize to me. It's unnecessary."
"From the moment I decided to have the children alone, we had no relationship. I wanted to have the children by myself back then; their fate had nothing to do with you."
"Go back to your business. From now on, you take your broad road, and I'll walk my single-plank bridge. Neither of us will interfere with the other."
Zhan Bei Jue knew his sins were deep.
It was impossible for her to forgive him with just a few words of apology.
Moreover, he was not one to say pleasantries.
So, after thinking about it, he suppressed the words he had intended to say.
"I'll have Ah Zhong stay to accompany you. If you need anything, find him."