After enduring bullying from the young masters and misses of the Lin family, despair consumed him, filling his heart with hatred.
He hated his father, but hated his mother even more. Who in the world doesn’t consider their child their heart and soul? She had abandoned him outside, not seeing him for over a decade.
Could there be such a heartless mother? Was Jiang Xiangyang’s mother truly so unfeeling?
Why don’t you want me? After learning to think at a young age, this question consumed him. No one answered; perhaps this was the fate of all illegitimate children—abandoned and despised.
Gradually, he accepted this fate, waiting to grow strong enough to take control of his destiny. Despite living under others’ roofs and enduring bullying, he grew like a small tree, becoming taller and more outstanding than children his age.
On Christmas of his seventh year, his father sent him to Canada, discarding him like a burden. Following the nanny’s supposed kind arrangement, he was left in a foreign country, never to be inquired about again.
The nanny, aunt, father, and everyone in the Gao family watched him warily, always fearing he might take their property. As he grew older, he began to understand what being an illegitimate child meant.
He began learning about his family through online media and gossip, uncovering the man his father was.
He secretly saved enough for a ticket home and, at fourteen, eagerly escaped back.
Flying at thirty thousand feet, he looked out indifferently at the floating clouds outside, clenching his fist. This lifetime, his fate would no longer be controlled by the Gao family.
He swore that whatever Gao Zhanhong disliked, he, Jiang Xiangyang, would do.
Jiang Xiangyang never expected that upon returning, the first thing he wanted to do was find his mother.
His mother held him tightly, stroking his hair and crying painfully. Tears wet his face. In her warm embrace, the hatred he had accumulated towards her over the years crumbled in an instant.
Connected by heart, he understood his mother’s pain—her longing, difficult life, helplessness, and emotional wounds—seemingly in a moment.
At nineteen, when he dropped out to pursue his dreams, he had considered her feelings. For the past two years, he hadn’t dared to fight for fear of causing her worry.
