The silence lasted for a long time before Jiang Ji finally spoke again: "I've often heard people say that my mother is lucky. She has never suffered from hardship since she was a child. After she followed my father, she never had to worry about anything. My mother is an early childhood education teacher. She likes dealing with children from the bottom of her heart. She always has a smile on her face every day. Parents and children like her very much.
"As for my dad... He was a university teacher at the time. When I was a kid, I thought he was very knowledgeable, and I always thought that when I grew up, I wanted to be like him. When I was six, Jiang Keyuan suddenly resigned from the university and started a company with someone else. From then on, he became busier and busier, and his business trips became more and more frequent. When I was nine, he didn't come home for a long time. When he came home again, he had lost weight and his personality had changed a lot. He became irritable and angry. My mother asked him what happened, but he didn't say anything. He just said it was okay and he could handle it himself.
"Until one afternoon, Uncle Sui, the man you met tonight, who is my dad's good friend, came to my house to see my dad. My mom then learned that my dad had made a mistake in his decision, which caused the company to lose a large sum of money. Not only did the project fail, but hundreds of workers were also owed wages for several months, and the company was on the verge of bankruptcy.
"He didn't tell the truth to anyone about this matter. He used investment as an excuse to trick Uncle Sui into being his debt guarantor and borrowed a loan with high interest rates, hoping to make a comeback through gambling and make up for his own losses, but he lost all his money overnight. Uncle Sui was kept in the dark until the creditor came to his door and said he couldn't find Jiang Keyuan and asked him to pay back the money on his behalf. Only then did Uncle Sui realize that he had been cheated.
"Jiang Keyuan disappeared at that time. Since then, no one could find him. Uncle Sui couldn't find him, and my mother couldn't find him. We contacted all his friends and relatives, but there was no news. We even called the police, but there was no clue. It was as if Jiang Keyuan had evaporated from the face of the earth. There has been no news of him in the past ten years.
"Jiang Keyuan disappeared, but the debt remained. The creditor asked Uncle Sui, the guarantor, to repay the debt. Because of this debt, Uncle Sui's family suffered a lot. In the end, he sold all his property, but still failed to pay off the huge debt owed by Jiang Keyuan. Because of this incident, Uncle Sui's family also fell apart. From then on, he seemed to have become a different person. He was full of disgust and hatred towards me and my mother. Every now and then, he would find someone to come to my house to knock on the door and collect debts. He also insisted that we had contact with Jiang Keyuan and asked us to tell him Jiang Keyuan's whereabouts.
"The debt was owed by Jiang Keyuan. Uncle Sui's family suffered an unexpected disaster. My mother felt guilty. Since then, she has worked hard to earn money, hoping to repay Uncle Sui as soon as possible. She asked me to study with peace of mind, and she worked several jobs privately. After a long time, her body couldn't bear it and she got sick. I don't know when she got the disease. She kept it secret from me until one day she suddenly fainted while working. I was called to the hospital and the doctor told me that my mother was in the late stage of renal failure and they could no longer treat her.
Jiang Ji said this and took a deep breath. Qin Qingzhuo heard his breath tremble slightly when he exhaled, as if he was trying hard to suppress his emotions.