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"You son is a thief, and your husband has abandoned his wife and child. If they aren't bad people, then what are they?" A woman pointed at Chu Qiao and scolded her.
Chu Qiao's face turned pale with anger, but she felt powerless to retort. She grabbed Zhang Xiaoming and hurriedly left the restaurant.
"It's all that useless Zhang Cheng's fault!" she said through gritted teeth. "If it weren't for him, how could we have ended up like this?"
In the evening, my phone suddenly rang with an unfamiliar number. After hesitating for a moment, I decided to answer the call.
I tightened my grip on the phone unconsciously and remained silent.
"Wen Jing, I know I was wrong to you in the past, but Xiaoming... he’s still a child; he needs help..." Zhang Cheng's voice grew softer, almost inaudible.
"Zhang Cheng," I interrupted him, "when you abandoned us, did you ever think that Jiajia was still a child too?"
"The company... it's about to go under... I... I'm really at my wit's end..." Zhang Cheng's voice choked with emotion.
I sighed softly. "Zhang Cheng, the choice you made back then was yours alone."
"I know... I know I was wrong... I'm sorry for you... I'm sorry for Jiajia."
"Wen Jing..." His voice was hoarse, tinged with desperation. "Can you help me?"
I took a deep breath and replied to Zhang Cheng, "I'm doing well now. My picture books are very popular in overseas markets, and the royalties are quite substantial. Zhang Cheng, you brought this upon yourself. When you abandoned your wife and child, did you ever think it would come to this?"
Zhang Cheng fell silent for a moment, a hint of regret in his voice. "I know I was wrong, Wen Jing. For Jiajia's sake, please help me."
"Zhang Cheng," I interrupted him, "when you abandoned me and Jiajia, did you ever think that we needed you too? Now that your company is bankrupt, you're thinking of me? What do you take me for?"
"You could unhesitatingly kick us out for Chu Qiao. What right do you have to come begging me now?" My tone grew increasingly cold, and a hint of frost glimmered in my eyes.
"Zhang Cheng, I'm doing well now," I said calmly. "My new picture book, Starry River Journey, has sold its overseas rights for a handsome royalty." I paused before continuing, "By the way, have you forgotten? I've remarried. My husband is Chen Hao, the Deputy Director of the Quality Supervision Bureau."
"I know I was wrong..." Zhang Cheng's voice was filled with regret. "I was... I was blinded..."
"What good is saying that now?" My voice was icy. "I've started my life anew, and we have nothing to do with each other anymore!"
Zhang Cheng's voice grew fainter, almost inaudible.
After hanging up the phone, I put it back in my bag, feeling a sense of calm wash over me.
Looking out at the myriad lights twinkling in the evening sky, my heart swelled with mixed emotions.
Once, I thought my world had collapsed, but now I have a new life and new happiness. As for Zhang Cheng, he once had a happy family—a gentle and virtuous wife and a lovely daughter—but he destroyed it all with his own hands.
In the evening, I returned to the Chen family with Jiajia.
Chen Hao was watering the flowers in the garden. Upon seeing us return, he smiled and came over to greet us.
“Jiajia, did you have fun today?” Chen Hao lifted Jiajia and kissed her on the cheek.
Some people are destined to be fleeting visitors in my life, teaching me to grow before moving on.
Rather than revenge, I yearn for rebirth.
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