Shocking! The Broke Campus Heartthrob Is My Child’s Father - Chapter 37

At this moment, Jiang Yan had no mind to spare for Lin Kexing.

Now that things had come to this critical point, Jiang Ruoqiao alone consumed all his thoughts. He couldn’t think about Lin Kexing—partly because he didn’t know how to face her, and partly because of his complicated emotions. Jiang Yan sat in the courtyard, staring blankly into space. In that moment, he was thinking about everything and nothing at all. Du Yu and Wang Jianfeng had gone upstairs to their rooms. Since Lu Siyan was just a child, Lu Yicheng wouldn’t leave him alone, so he too had returned to his room. As the moonlight deepened, only Jiang Yan’s solitary figure remained in the courtyard.

After a long while, a taxi arrived with its high beams on, casting harsh light across the yard.

Jiang Yan instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes.

The driver switched from high beams to low beams.

Jiang Yan squinted.

In the next moment, Jiang Yan’s mother stepped out of the car. She glanced up at the courtyard, surprise flashing across her face when she spotted her son. After saying a few words to the driver, she quickly walked over, looked Jiang Yan up and down, and asked, “What happened? You look like a mess.”

Jiang Yan didn’t speak. He just looked at his mother.

As his thoughts gradually returned, he probably guessed why his mother had come—Lin Kexing must have called her.

Only then did he remember—why he had brought Lin Kexing here in the first place.

He hadn’t planned to bring her, hadn’t even considered it. It was only after his mother’s repeated persuasion that he finally agreed. He knew he couldn’t blame anyone—not his mother, not Lin Kexing. If there was anyone to blame, it could only be himself for drinking and mistaking someone’s identity. But he couldn’t help wondering: if he hadn’t brought Lin Kexing along, perhaps none of this would have happened. Maybe right now, he and Ruoqiao would be sitting in the courtyard, watching the stars and chatting.

He continued staring at his mother.

She grew increasingly uneasy. “Ah Yan, what’s wrong?”

Jiang Yan’s voice was hoarse. “Take Lin Kexing home with you. She’s in Room 203 on the second floor.”

“Ah Yan…”

Only then did his mother realize that perhaps because her son’s mood had improved these past six months, his temperament becoming more cheerful, she had forgotten that for a very, very long time, her son had been silent and gloomy. Now, faced with him like this, she was cautious and didn’t dare ask anything more.

The urgent matter now was to find out what had happened.

She nodded slightly, turned, and headed toward the stairs. But before she reached the hallway, Jiang Yan’s voice came from behind.

In the moonlight, his tall figure slightly hunched, he said, “I shouldn’t have listened to you and brought her here.”

His mother turned back in surprise.

Jiang Yan’s eyes and face were filled with regret. “I shouldn’t have agreed. I never should have agreed.”

With that, he turned and walked out of the courtyard.

His mother stood stunned for a long time. Then, thinking of Lin Kexing, she went upstairs with growing unease. At the door of Room 203, she knocked but received no response. She tentatively tried the doorknob and the door opened. She walked in as quietly as possible and saw Lin Kexing curled up on the bed, silently crying.

Heart tightening, Mrs. Jiang hurried over, sat on the edge of the bed, and gently reached out to touch her. “Kexing, what’s wrong?”

Lin Kexing’s tears burst forth as she shook her head desperately.

How could she dare to say it? How could she even have the face to say it!

She couldn’t! She was too ashamed!

When she finally managed to speak, she could only repeatedly blame herself. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”

She had wronged Brother Jiang Yan. Now that Jiang Ruoqiao had broken up with him, he must be devastated.

She had let down Auntie too. Auntie had clearly hoped that Jiang Yan would one day settle down and start a family. She never said it outright, but Lin Kexing could feel it—Auntie liked Jiang Ruoqiao.

But now, she had ruined everything.

She had been too greedy. She should have let go long ago. How did it come to this?

Mrs. Jiang felt a stir in her heart.

This was too strange—something must have happened. To be fair, she wasn’t satisfied with the current situation. What did Ah Yan mean earlier? What was he regretting? Could he know about Kexing’s feelings? No, that shouldn’t be the case.

She knew her son well. Ah Yan was stubborn and deeply loyal. Right now he liked Jiang Ruoqiao; his heart and eyes were filled only with her. If he discovered that Kexing’s feelings for him weren’t those of a sister but of a woman, he would immediately distance himself. In this lifetime, he would never be with Kexing. Unless… unless he and Jiang Ruoqiao had broken up first, unless he had been hurt by Jiang Ruoqiao. In short, they definitely had to break up, but it absolutely couldn’t be because of Kexing.

She hugged Lin Kexing tightly, smoothing her hair. “What happened? Kexing, did someone bully you?”

She paused, then asked, “Was it Ah Yan? Was it him? Don’t worry, Auntie is on your side. Even if Ah Yan bullied you, I won’t let him get away with it!”

Lin Kexing still shook her head. “No, no.”

His mother probed further, “Then was it Ah Yan’s girlfriend?”

Lin Kexing cried even louder. “No! I’m the one who wronged her!”

Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang’s heart sank completely.

Meanwhile, Yun Jia and the others had learned about Jiang Yan’s mother’s arrival and were even more furious.

Yun Jia, always the fiery one, ignored Luo Wen’s attempts to stop her and tagged Jiang Ruoqiao in the dormitory group chat: 「Ruoqiao, that scumbag Jiang Yan’s mom is here. She went to Lin Kexing’s room—probably to comfort her and take her home! Damn!!」

She typed furiously: 「Ruoqiao, I’m saying this as your real friend—don’t let Jiang the Scumbag sweet-talk you back into anything. If you’ve broken up, make sure it stays that way. I won’t even mention his “sister”—those two being all clingy is just disgusting! And his mother? She clearly favors Lin Kexing and probably considers her as her future daughter-in-law. She must have strong opinions about you. If you two stayed together, she’d bully you to death and make your life miserable! Never underestimate mother-in-law problems. Just because of his mom alone, you should never get back with him!」

Jiang Ruoqiao had just returned to her apartment when she saw this message.

How to put it? It wasn’t surprising at all.

See? As soon as Jiang Yan’s mother appeared, even Yun Jia and the others, with their keen intuition, could sense how much she cared about Lin Kexing.

Liked her? Who knew how much of Jiang Yan’s mother’s affection for Lin Kexing was genuine or fake, but she definitely cared about her.

Now, her rushing over only confirmed what Ruoqiao had already suspected.

Jiang Ruoqiao replied calmly: 「Don’t worry.」

To reassure her friends, she deliberately replied in a joking tone: 「If I ever get back together with him, I’m a dog.」

Isn’t that right?

She would have to be completely pathetic and thick-skinned to reconcile with Jiang Yan.

It was impossible—impossible in this lifetime. They had only dated for a few months. Sure, she had liked him at the beginning and had feelings for him, but those feelings had long since worn away. The emotion itself wasn’t that deep—just a few months of being together. Could it really be as steadfast as gold, as deep as the sea? If leftovers were really that good, why leave in the first place?

Jiang Ruoqiao stretched lazily.

She was a person who avoided trouble.

It wasn’t just about the male and female protagonists’ aura—it was that she truly couldn’t handle the current people involved.

As long as they didn’t actively provoke her, she was willing to part ways forever. Even if they ran into each other on the street or at school, she could pretend they were dead and not spare them a glance.

You mess with her, you pay the price. If they still wanted to treat her like cannon fodder, they couldn’t blame her for fighting back hard.

…It had been an exhausting day.

Her body was tired, her heart even more so. After showering, she still couldn’t fall asleep right away. She sat on the couch, lost in thought.

Back at the farmhouse, no one knew where Jiang Yan had gone. He hadn’t returned to his room.

Only Lu Yicheng and his son Lu Siyan remained in the room.

Lu Siyan was still worried about Jiang Ruoqiao. After his bath, wrapped in a towel, he shook the water droplets from his curly hair and mumbled, “I wonder how Mommy’s doing.”

He was still very young—only five years old—and didn’t understand the complexities of adult relationships.

But even so, he could tell his mommy had been wronged—wronged by that guy named Jiang Yan.

The only reason he wasn’t crying and making a fuss about wanting to see his mommy and find out what happened was because… well, Daddy had been kind of scary today.

Lu Siyan was most afraid of his mommy, that’s for sure, but he truly hadn’t expected his father to be so frightening when angry…

So tonight, Lu Siyan was particularly well-behaved. Even the curls on his head seemed docile.

Lu Yicheng glanced at him and continued applying baby powder on his body, his voice calm. “If you’re worried, you can call her.”

Lu Siyan: “Can I?”

“When have I ever stopped you from calling her?” Lu Yicheng covered his neck completely with powder. “At this hour, she should still be awake.”

From here to the city, without traffic, it would take about two hours to drive.

By now, she should have just arrived at her apartment not long ago.

After such a major event, it wasn’t likely she would go straight to bed.

Lu Siyan cheered and asked, “Daddy, how are you feeling right now?”

Lu Yicheng: “…”

He asked softly, “Why do you ask?”

Lu Siyan blinked. “So I can decide how many questions I can ask.”

Lu Yicheng laughed—the first time he had felt relaxed tonight—his expression softening. “Go ahead and ask.”

Before Lu Siyan could get too excited, he added, “But whether I answer or not is up to me.”

Lu Siyan: “?”

He shook his head and asked quietly, “Did Mommy break up with that Jiang Yan?”

Lu Yicheng felt a moment of bewilderment.

He didn’t even know how to answer this question.

Did they break up? It… seemed so.

Lu Yicheng looked at Lu Siyan. “I don’t know.”

Lu Siyan pouted. “I know they broke up. No—Mommy dumped him!”

Lu Yicheng: “…”

“All right, that’s none of your business.” He ruffled his son’s hair.

“Why did they break up?” Lu Siyan asked again, little fists clenched, face full of righteous anger. “Did that Jiang Yan and his sister bully Mommy?? I knew it!!”

“You ‘knew’ it? What exactly do you know?” Lu Yicheng asked.

Lu Siyan replied with a serious face, “I just know that if Jiang Yan was good, Mommy wouldn’t break up with him. If Mommy didn’t break up with him, where would Daddy come in? Without Daddy in the picture, I wouldn’t be born!”

Lu Yicheng fell into deep thought: “…”

“That’s not quite right,” he corrected gently.

“Then how should I say it?” Lu Siyan patted his chest proudly. “I’m the proof~”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Lu Yicheng changed the subject. “Weren’t you going to call her? If you don’t call soon, she’ll be asleep.”

Lu Siyan nodded. But seeing that Lu Yicheng was still there, he said, “Daddy, when I comfort Mommy, I don’t want anyone else around.”

“?”

Was he being kicked out?