dognovel Chapter 439
Chapter 439
At this moment, in Lu City, at the Jiang residence.Jiang Yuanrang sat on the bed. His head was already bandaged, though traces of blood could still be seen seeping through.
Pale-faced, Jiang Yuanrang looked utterly exhausted.
"Young Master, are you alright?" Xiao Wu looked at the wound on his master's head, his heart aching for him.
"I won't die." Jiang Yuanrang recalled the perilous scene from earlier today. If not for the timely intervention of a noble benefactor, he likely would have lost his life over at Red Leaf Mountain.
"Have someone investigate that carriage driver." Jiang Yuanrang refused to believe it was a mere coincidence. The carriage didn't break down any earlier or later; it just had to break down exactly when he was about to head out.
Besides, this wasn't the first or second time something like this had happened. Only this time, he clearly felt that the culprit was aiming to kill.
"Is Young Master suspecting—" Xiao Wu frowned in thought. Could someone really be trying to murder the Young Master?
But the Young Master was the head of the Jiang family. Who would be so audacious? To even harm his own master?
"Have you found out where my benefactor is staying?" Jiang Yuanrang didn't answer Xiao Wu, asking instead about Xu Heming's whereabouts.
"Young Master, the benefactor must have been in a hurry. He was merely passing through Lu City and hasn't settled down anywhere here." Xiao Wu quickly relayed the information he had gathered.
"Is that so?" Jiang Yuanrang felt a pang of regret. He hadn't even had the chance to properly thank his savior.
"Rang'er! Rang'er!"
An urgent female voice drifted in from outside.
Hearing this, Xiao Wu quickly stepped aside.
"Mother, I'm fine." Jiang Yuanrang looked at Madame Jiang before him and sighed inwardly.
Over the years, although Madame Jiang treated him very well, for some reason, he could never bring himself to be close to her.
Every time, Madame Jiang would look at him with a hurt expression.
Yet, a voice in his heart always told him that this woman was not his mother.
However, everyone in the manor claimed he was Madame Jiang's biological son.
He had even secretly sent people to investigate, and they confirmed he was indeed born to Madame Jiang.
And his father, Jiang Chongshan, who had died early, only had him as his sole heir.
He didn't look like his mother, Madame Jiang, and having never seen Jiang Chongshan, he figured he must have taken after his father.
"You call this fine?" Seeing the bandages on Jiang Yuanrang's head, Madame Jiang was heartbroken.
Although she knew that Jiang Yuanrang wasn't her actual son 'Jiang Yuanrang'.
But over the years, she had long since come to treat him as her own flesh and blood.
In the eyes of outsiders, he was her son, Jiang Yuanrang.
He hadn't disappointed her either. He had propped up the First Branch of the Jiang family for her, and indeed, the entire Jiang family.
Back then, her husband Jiang Chongshan had lost his life to mountain bandits. On her way back with her severely ill son, the boy had succumbed to his illness. Amidst her grief, by a stroke of fate, she had saved this child by the river.
At the time, the child had lost his memory, so she simply told him that he was her son, Jiang Yuanrang.
Time flew by so fast; in a flash, nineteen years had passed.
Nobody knew about this secret except for her and Nanny Tang, who was by her side.
The Jiang family was a century-old aristocratic family that managed the medicinal herb trade for the entire Lanno Kingdom.
Over the years, this child had expanded their business several times over.
He had made the Jiang family name known to every household.
He was her pride and joy; he was her son, Jiang Yuanrang.
How could Madame Jiang tolerate anything happening to Jiang Yuanrang?
"It's just a flesh wound." Jiang Yuanrang lowered his head. He disliked Madame Jiang's overbearing manner.
He felt even more conflicted inside, as if things shouldn't be this way.
"Have you found out who did this?" Madame Jiang knew that the Second Branch had always coveted the position of the family head. Back then, if she had been all alone, her brother-in-law would have definitely snatched the position away.
It was only because she fought with her life that she managed to secure the position of family head for her son.
That was what Jiang Chongshan had left for the two of them; how could she hand it over to her brother-in-law?
All these years, her brother-in-law's family had eaten their food, lived in their house, and still wanted to seize their family estate.
The first suspect that came to Madame Jiang's mind was the Second Branch.
"Mother, it was just an accident."
Jiang Yuanrang naturally suspected the Second Branch as well. However, he didn't want to alert the snake in the grass just yet. If the Second Branch really dared to lay their hands on him, he wouldn't mind sending them right back to wherever they came from all those years ago.
They had no right to touch things they shouldn't be coveting in the first place.
"Rang'er, you are not young anymore. Shouldn't your marriage be put on the agenda?" Madame Jiang looked at her son, forced to bring up his marriage once again.
Over the years, it wasn't as if she couldn't feel his emotional distance. But she reasoned that this child was her only family; as she raised him, he would surely grow close to her eventually.
Now that he was grown, his marriage needed to be settled.
"There is no rush," Jiang Yuanrang rejected the idea without a second thought.
Lately, he kept having a dream. In the dream, someone would affectionately call out for Zhou'er, and there was also a younger sister.
But upon waking, he couldn't remember where he had heard that voice, nor did he know who this younger sister was.
He had even sent people to inquire about it. Madame Jiang had only given birth to him; there was no younger sister. Ever since he could remember, his father was gone, and Madame Jiang had never remarried. It was impossible for her to have given birth to a sister right under his nose.
"How can you say there is no rush? You are already twenty-four. Your Second Uncle's sons, Yuanda and Yuanjie, have children who are already running around, and Yuanli's child is about to be born. Rang'er, there are three forms of unfilial conduct, and having no descendants is the worst! Our First Branch is solely relying on you to carry on the family line!" At this point, Madame Jiang covered her face and wept. For some reason, she always felt that because her son hadn't started a family here, he might still be thinking of returning to his biological parents.
Even though she had kept his true identity a closely guarded secret.
But what if he actually knew?
"Rang'er, did you remember something?" Madame Jiang asked, looking at Jiang Yuanrang with a face full of apprehension.
She was terrified. Had Jiang Yuanrang remembered his past?
Had he remembered his biological parents?
"What?" Jiang Yuanrang was utterly confused.
Was there something he was supposed to remember?
"Nothing, it's nothing. Since you are fine, Mother will head back now. As for your marriage, you are not getting any younger; you really should consider it." After saying this, Madame Jiang practically fled the room.
Jiang Yuanrang, however, stared in the direction she had left.
He couldn't shake the feeling that there was a hidden meaning behind Madame Jiang's words just now.
Remember something?
Had he forgotten something?
"Xiao Wu, go and look into the matters of my childhood." After pondering it over, Jiang Yuanrang still felt uneasy and decided to have someone investigate.
"Yes!" Xiao Wu was a bit puzzled. Why would his young master suddenly want to investigate his own childhood?
"Wait!" Just as Xiao Wu was about to leave, Jiang Yuanrang called him back.
"Young Master!"
Xiao Wu wondered if his master had thought it through and decided not to investigate after all.
"Find a way to have someone ask Nanny Tang. She is a senior servant by my mother's side and must know things more clearly. Be careful, and don't give yourself away."