Chapter 602
Chapter 602
Jiang Yuanrang seemed to sense Li Zhiwei’s presence. His gaze turned toward Li Tianyou and Lady Yao.
What he saw were two elderly people standing before him, tears streaming down their faces. He did not know why, but a dull ache suddenly filled his heart.
Jiang Yuanrang immediately dismounted and walked over to Li Tianyou, bowing respectfully.
“This humble student is Jiang Yuanrang. Greetings, Uncle.” Jiang Yuanrang was actually quite curious. Why did this man look so much like him?
“Zhou’er!” Lady Yao looked at Jiang Yuanrang and could not help calling out.
Jiang Yuanrang froze for a moment. For some reason, that voice sounded strangely familiar to him.
“You are the Young Master Jiang?” Xu Heming asked from the side.
“I am Jiang Yuanrang of the Jiang family.” Jiang Yuanrang looked at Xu Heming. The man had such a commanding presence that Jiang Yuanrang knew he was someone he could not afford to provoke.
“On someone’s behalf, I have brought your birth parents to you. I hope you will treat them well from now on. As for why you ended up in Lu City, it was because your adoptive mother schemed to make you fall into the water and disappear. Your birth parents believed that you had already died.” Xu Heming patiently explained everything to Jiang Yuanrang.
“Xu Heming, hurry and tell him that Jiang Siyue isn’t the right woman for him. He mustn’t marry her.” The moment Li Zhiwei thought of Jiang Siyue, she hurriedly spoke up.
Although she was not certain whether the person in the bridal sedan was Jiang Siyue.
“There is also someone who asked me to tell you not to marry Jiang Siyue. She is not a suitable match for you.”
After saying this, Xu Heming turned to leave.
“Prince An!” Li Tianyou quickly chased after him.
“Master Li, is there something else?” Xu Heming asked, puzzled, as he turned to look at Li Tianyou.
“Is something wrong with Weiwei?” Li Tianyou asked, staring at Xu Heming with trembling hope in his eyes.
“Please accept my condolences.” Xu Heming looked at Li Tianyou’s hopeful expression. Although he knew the answer would wound him deeply, he still told him the truth.
“Was it someone from the Ruan Marquis Residence who harmed my Weiwei?” Li Tianyou asked in anguish.
“The dead cannot be brought back to life, Master Li. Cherish what you still have.” Xu Heming sighed. He could not think of any words that would truly comfort Li Tianyou.
This was simply the truth.
“Your Highness Prince An, I have a favor to ask.” With reddened eyes, Li Tianyou looked at Xu Heming, his gaze filled with pleading.
“Father, Mother, and Big Brother, please live well from now on and forget your daughter.” Li Zhiwei stood to the side, her eyes red with tears.
But her parents could no longer see her.
“Tell me,” Xu Heming said. As long as Li Tianyou’s request was not too excessive, Xu Heming was willing to fulfill it for him, considering the extraordinary bond he shared with Li Zhiwei.
“Li Tianyou is willing to hand over all of the Li family’s property and donate it to the imperial court. I ask only that you bring my daughter justice.” Li Tianyou’s voice rang out firmly as he looked at Xu Heming.
“Master Li, even if you handed over every last bit of the Li family’s wealth, your daughter would not return.” Xu Heming was taken aback at first, but he still spoke honestly.
“I know my daughter cannot return. I only wish to seek justice for her.” At this point, tears of grief streamed down Li Tianyou’s face.
“Settle down in Lu City for now. We will discuss this matter later.” Xu Heming did not agree immediately. Instead, he decided to visit Lu City in secret and investigate for himself.
Jiang Yuanrang watched Xu Heming leave, then turned to look at Li Tianyou, who bore an uncanny resemblance to him.
For a moment, he found it impossible not to believe Xu Heming’s words.
Yet he had no idea what he was supposed to do.
“Cousin?”
A displeased yet coquettish female voice came from behind.
Jiang Yuanrang frowned and turned around.
He saw Jiang Siyue lifting the curtain of the bridal sedan, her face filled with displeasure.
Jiang Yuanrang thought of what that man had just told him.
He could not say that he liked Jiang Siyue. The reason he had agreed to marry her was largely because Madame Jiang favored her.
But now, he had doubts about his own identity.
For a moment, Jiang Yuanrang wanted to call off the wedding.
“Young Master, we should hurry back. Otherwise, we’ll miss the auspicious hour,” Changsheng cautiously reminded him.
However, when Changsheng looked at the disheveled Li Tianyou and Lady Yao, his eyes filled with disdain.
He wondered whether these two might be some poor relatives who had come from nowhere.
Still, today was the Young Master’s wedding day. They absolutely could not allow these two people to ruin it.
“Let’s return to the residence first.” Jiang Yuanrang had no intention of continuing the ceremonial procession through the streets.
At that moment, he was desperate to return and ask Madame Jiang exactly what was going on.
“Although I do not know where the two of you have come from, meeting one another is fate. Would you be willing to come to the residence today and share a cup of wedding wine with us?” Jiang Yuanrang bowed to Li Tianyou and Lady Yao before extending the invitation.
“Give us a little time to tidy ourselves up. We will certainly come,” Li Tianyou replied after a moment’s hesitation.
The man standing before him might be his biological son.
Naturally, he could not miss the most important moment of his son’s life. However, the couple looked rather disheveled at present.
Li Tianyou planned to change into more presentable clothes, prepare a congratulatory gift, and then go to the Jiang residence.
“Then Jiang Yuanrang shall await Master and Madam at the Jiang residence,” Jiang Yuanrang said before leading his people away.
“Master, why didn’t you go with him?” Lady Yao asked anxiously.
“My dear, if we are going to visit them, we should change our clothes and prepare something first. Otherwise, people might think we are poor relatives who have come to mooch off them.”
Li Zhiwei watched as her parents went to a clothing shop and bought suitable garments. They then purchased several gifts before finally setting out for the Jiang residence.
Li Zhiwei felt relieved.
As long as her parents had found Jiang Yuanrang, she believed they would be all right.
Still, when she thought about Madame Jiang’s presence in this lifetime, Li Zhiwei could not help feeling troubled.
“Big Brother, you mustn’t disappoint me!”
Li Zhiwei was about to say more when she suddenly felt as though some invisible force had seized her and begun dragging her away.
Her eyes widened in fear. Could she be on her way to the underworld?
After all, wasn’t that how it always happened in the storybooks?
But then she remembered that her parents had found a good place to go. Even if she truly died, she could rest in peace.
As for her parents’ life in the Jiang family, Li Zhiwei believed that, given Big Brother’s character, they would not be mistreated.
Besides, even if her parents did not wish to remain with the Jiang family, the Li family had enough wealth for them to settle down in Lu City.
Thinking of this, Li Zhiwei finally relaxed.
Yet when she opened her eyes again, she discovered that she had returned to Xu Heming’s side.
Only this time, Xu Heming lay unconscious on the bed, gravely wounded.
“What happened to you?” Li Zhiwei asked, puzzled, as she looked at the man lying on the bed.
She could not understand it. Hadn’t he been perfectly fine just moments ago?
How had he suddenly collapsed?
“Weiwei?”
Just as Li Zhiwei was staring at the man on the bed in confusion, she suddenly heard a delighted voice.