enjoyebooks Chapter 44 The banquet is over
Chapter 44 The banquet is over
"Mom, you're awake..."
Tan Yajun had just opened her eyes when she heard her son's voice beside her.
She stared blankly at the ceiling for a few seconds before slowly turning her head to look in the direction from which the sound came.
"...A-Shu?"
"Mm." Jiang Shu responded, took a cushion from the side, and helped Tan Yajun sit up.
Tan Yajun took the water glass from Jiang Shu. The warm water flowed into her empty stomach, and a warm feeling spread from the inside out, which also made her a little more awake from her dizzy state.
She looked around, somewhat dazed, and asked, "How did I get here?"
Jiang Shu helped her put the water glass back on the table, replying, "Because you fainted just now, Mom."
"I originally wanted you to go back to your room before the doctor came to see you, but your room is a bit messy and needs to be tidied up, so I asked the housekeeper to tidy up a guest room first."
"The doctor has already examined you."
"Mom, you fainted because you were too emotional..."
"The doctor has taken care of all the cuts and scratches on your body."
Tan Yajun gave a blank "Oh," and after a moment's thought, continued, "And what about your dad?"
"Dad..." Jiang Shu looked at his mother's slightly bewildered face, clearly she hadn't fully recovered yet, and sighed, "Dad and Shuyue are downstairs seeing off guests."
After Tan Yajun's previous incident, it was clear that the banquet could no longer continue.
Jiang Shu, who was standing right next to the guests, clearly saw that after hearing what his mother said, the guests began exchanging glances. Jiang Shu was quite certain that if these guests hadn't remembered to give face to the host, they probably would have already started whispering among themselves.
Even if they pretended nothing had happened and forced the banquet to continue, the guests' minds had already wandered away.
So when Jiang Lifeng used Tan Yajun's poor health as an excuse to apologize and say that the banquet would end here for today and that he would make amends later, the guests had no complaints at all. They even eagerly said, "This is the right thing to do," and "Madam's health is more important," and then left in a hurry without looking back.
Jiang Shu didn't even need to guess; he knew that the first thing they would do after returning home was to gossip about the Jiang family and what his mother meant by those words she had shouted at the banquet.
Today, the Jiang family has become a laughing stock in the industry.
Thinking about this, Jiang Shu's head started to throb, and her tone involuntarily carried a hint of reproach: "Mom, what's wrong with you today?"
"Do you even know what people will say about us after today, what they'll say about Dad's position as head of the family?!"
"At that time, Dad was talking about finding the person who harmed Jiang Yi and was trying to win over those who thought he had come to power unjustly, and you just jumped out and said, 'Jiang Yi has come back for revenge.' Wasn't that making Dad lose face?!"
"No! No! That's not it."
Tanya Jun, who had been slow to react and seemed a bit dazed, suddenly became excited after hearing the name "Jiang Yi," exclaiming, "It's true! It's true, Shu!"
She suddenly sat up straight and grabbed Jiang Shu's arm tightly. "I really saw it! I really saw Jiang Yi!"
"She's in the mirror! In the mirror in our room!"
"She was also wearing a red dress!"
"She's still smiling at me! She's smiling at me!"
"Then I smashed the mirror!"
"But it didn't work! You know what, after I smashed the mirror—"
"Enough!" Jiang Shu forcefully broke free from Tan Yajun's grip on his arm, his tone filled with the same impatience as Jiang Lifeng's: "Mom, can you please stop making a scene?!"
"What? I didn't! You have to believe Mom, I really saw it—"
"Mom!" Jiang Shu interrupted her again, "Dad just had the surveillance footage delivered."
"Surveillance footage?" Tan Yajun took a moment to realize this, then her face lit up with joy. "Yes, yes, there's surveillance footage!"
"Then quickly check the security footage. Once you see it, you'll know I was right!"
Jiang Shu looked at his mother's nagging and his disappointment deepened. "Mom..." He had to interrupt Tan Yajun's beautiful fantasy: "There's nothing on the surveillance footage."
There was no Jiang Yi, nor any red dress... only his mother sitting in front of the dressing table, suddenly turning her head nervously to look around, suddenly screaming, and suddenly running away when no one was chasing her; moreover, he had people check, and there was nothing wrong with the master bedroom door, but in the surveillance footage, his mother seemed to be locked inside, constantly banging on the door and calling for help; and finally, she suddenly picked up an ornament and smashed the mirror.
In particular, when he received the video, he made the doctor watch it with him so that the doctor could figure out what had hurt his mother.
The doctor's reaction at the time was... hesitantly suggesting that he should take the time to examine Tanya Jun's mental state more thoroughly.
If this doctor hadn't been the Jiang family's private physician, and if he hadn't known that the doctor would keep the secret, Jiang Shu probably wouldn't have let the doctor who saw the video leave the house.
"This is surveillance video."
Seeing Tan Yajun's disbelieving look, he didn't bother with any more words and simply played the video for her.
"No, that's impossible!"
Tan Yajun stared at the video, unwilling to believe that the madman in the video... was herself.
"I really saw it! I really saw it!"
Seeing Tan Yajun still refusing to admit it despite having the evidence right in front of her, Jiang Shu felt that his patience was about to run out.
"Mom, if you keep insisting on saying that..."
He stood up from the bedside, looking down at his mother: "I might really have to consider taking the doctor's advice—"
"I'll give you a thorough check-up to see if you're mentally sound..."