Speaking of the three tasks left behind by the original owner, she had already completed two of them. Now, Jiang Chan was truly the model student in the eyes of teachers and classmates. Every time she took an exam, she came out on top, consistently leaving the second-place scorer dozens of points behind.
The company had also been saved, and under Jiang Chan’s management, its scale had expanded considerably. That task could be considered complete as well. Now, the second remaining task was to make Qin Miao, Jiang Lianyu, and the others reveal their true colors.
Now that Qin Miao and Jiang Yu were divorced, Qin Miao’s life was no longer as lavish as before. Jiang Lianyu also had to tread carefully under Qi Yan’s control. This could be considered a small bit of interest collected on the original owner’s behalf.
There were still three years left before the time in the original owner’s memory, when Qin Miao bribed local thugs to get the original owner addicted to drugs. The original owner had fallen into addiction when she was eighteen, in her final year of high school.
Jiang Chan was currently fifteen years old. Even if she wanted to submit the task, she still needed to ensure the original owner passed safely through that period. Moreover, Jiang Chan had a bit of perfectionism. If she was going to do something, she wanted to do it well.
Time passed steadily, and Jiang Chan dutifully lived out her life as a high school student. Her academic performance was like a flag planted atop Mount Everest, never once had anyone been able to topple it.
Originally, the teacher wanted her to participate in competitions, but Jiang Chan was too busy. The company’s affairs already kept her busy, and she also had to balance her schoolwork. Where would she find the time?
If she were in her original world, she might have taken the competition route for the sake of scholarships and bonus points for the college entrance exam. But now, she only needed to earnestly complete the original owner’s tasks.
Students also had their own little social circles. In class, apart from being regularly with Mo Xingyu, Jiang Chan was mostly seen hanging around Li Yan and the others.
The good thing was that under her guidance, Li Yan and the others finally started taking their studies seriously. This made Jiang Chan particularly pleased. These days, many people preached the idea that studying was useless, but Jiang Chan completely disagreed.
In this society, there’s never anything wrong with learning more. Maybe it wouldn’t be useful right away, but over time, the accumulated knowledge would eventually pay off.
Mo Xingyu, Li Yan, Shen Yu, and the rest got along well. These girls had completely “turned over a new leaf.” They no longer wore bizarre clothing and didn’t fool around or cause trouble during the day.
Still, they hadn’t forgotten their weekly study sessions at the Lin residence. With Jiang Chan and Mo Xingyu there, both academic powerhouses, the four girls’ academic performance steadily improved.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for Qi Yan to give birth. Jiang Lianyu still tried to stir up trouble, but Qi Yan saw through her easily. In the end, Jiang Yu sent Jiang Lianyu to Qin Miao.
All of this was reported to Jiang Chan by Manager Gao. He never liked Jiang Yu to begin with. After all, Jiang Yu had previously interfered with his work. Hearing about the current state of Jiang Lianyu and Qin Miao, Jiang Chan narrowed her eyes. “Keep watching. Don’t do anything.”
Qin Miao was used to getting things without working for them. Jiang Chan wanted to see how she would maintain her glamorous life without Jiang Yu’s financial support, especially while still having to raise Jiang Lianyue and Jiang Siyu.
Jiang Chan wouldn’t take direct action, hatred wasn’t the entirety of life. She hadn’t forgotten her original intention. She had promised Qingyuan Shangxian that she would help people let go of their obsessions.
But if eliminating obsessions required getting her hands dirty, Jiang Chan wasn’t willing. There were thousands of ways to solve a problem in this world, there was no need to choose the most extreme route.
Besides, there were still a few years before Qin Miao would make her move. During these years, Jiang Chan would keep a close watch and remain on guard. She believed that as long as she prepared properly, taking down Qin Miao when the time came would be a natural conclusion.
Sent off to Qin Miao’s place, Jiang Lianyu was extremely unwilling. But she had no choice. After all, she had done something shameful. Qi Yan’s premature delivery this time was entirely thanks to her.
There had still been two weeks to go until Qi Yan’s due date. Jiang Yu had been taking extra care of her. In a moment of clouded judgment, Jiang Lianyu seized the chance when Qi Yan went to the kitchen for water to pour oil on the kitchen floor.
Qi Yan slipped and fell. At the hospital, she was immediately rushed to the delivery room, eventually giving birth to a baby boy via caesarean section. According to the doctor, the baby would need to spend some time in an incubator.
Now Jiang Yu absolutely hated Jiang Lianyu. He had finally gotten a son, and she had almost ruined everything. He ignored Jiang Lianyu’s desperate pleas and directly sent her packing to Qin Miao.
Looking at Jiang Lianyu’s face, which bore a striking resemblance to Qin Miao’s, Jiang Yu clenched his teeth so hard they cracked. “There’s no place for you in this family anymore. You can’t even tolerate your own little brother, who knows when you might come for us next?”
Watching Jiang Lianyu cry and scream as she was taken away, Qi Yan smiled. She had seen the oil on the kitchen floor. The fall had been intentional. She had calculated everything carefully and protected her belly on purpose.
Although the fall still triggered some contractions, the child was not seriously harmed. She had merely taken advantage of Jiang Lianyu’s hand to play out her own plan. Now that Jiang Lianyu was out of the picture, Qi Yan couldn’t have been happier.
Manager Gao was very surprised when he spoke about this. “That woman is truly ruthless, ruthless to others and even more ruthless to herself.”
Jiang Chan didn’t even lift her head. “It’s normal. Anyone with a bit of brains would choose to do the same. The key point is that the matter with this child is still hard to say. You could just say the child is lucky to be alive.”
Qi Yan had taken a risk by doing this, but she had won her gamble. She completely turned Jiang Yu against Jiang Lianyu and secured her place as Mrs. Jiang.
Even after the baby was born, Qi Yan insisted that Jiang Yu take a paternity test. It was to put his heart at ease. Even Qin Miao, with whom he had decades of affection, had cheated on him. Why would Qi Yan believe he would completely trust her?
Sure enough, though Jiang Yu claimed he trusted her, he was very proactive when it came to getting the paternity test. Qi Yan lowered her eyes, still feeling disappointed in Jiang Yu.
But in the next moment, she cheered up. After all, she was only in this for Jiang Yu’s money and the title of Mrs. Jiang. If that was the case, what was wrong with him wanting to inspect the goods?
Once she’d thought it through, Qi Yan felt much better. Seeing Jiang Yu return with joy written all over his face, Qi Yan curled her lips. “So? What were the results?”
Jiang Yu was grinning from ear to ear. He threw his arms around Qi Yan. “Yanyan, I never thought I’d still be able to have a son at my age. Thank you so much!”
Qi Yan rested her cheek on Jiang Yu’s shoulder, her eyes calm and composed. She gently patted his back. “Isn’t this something worth celebrating? Since you want to thank me, you’d better treat us mother and son well from now on!”
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