Su Anqi listened to their conversation in a daze, but still caught a few key words that startled her—
"Appear in the newspaper? Interviewed?"
Yes!
This might be a key factor that made things different from the previous life.
Su Anqi didn’t know what He Jingtian encountered while taking his mother on the train. Maybe he met a journalist from the newspaper, who noticed Mrs. He’s strangeness and out of curiosity, conducted an interview.
With the journalist’s interview, there was more attention from people around, so He Jingtian didn’t dare to secretly abandon his real mother like in the previous life.
As someone reborn, Su Anqi certainly knew about the "butterfly effect," and also understood that even with the same person and the same thing, a slight deviation could lead to completely different results.
The same was true for He Jingtian. He might still be selfish and hypocritical, but because of a small accident, his life changed.
Unable to shake off his real mother and being interviewed by a journalist, He Jingtian had to put up a brave front and pretend to be a "filial son."
With Mrs. He as such a big presence around him, no matter how slick his words, he couldn’t deceive the Su Family.
Not to mention the Su professor couple, even someone as pure as Su Anqi, knowing that her ambiguous future boyfriend had a mad mother, wouldn’t dare to agree easily.
In the previous life, Su Anqi chose He Jingtian first because she was taken in by him, and second because she felt that without many relatives in the Su Family, she wouldn’t have to face in-laws, sister-in-law, and other conflicts.
And He Jingtian was very smart and had long studied Su Anqi thoroughly in his pursuit of her.
He Jingtian knew Su Anqi well and understood that the Su professor couple were not easy to fool, so knowing he had a mad mother, it almost eliminated his chance of becoming Su Family’s son-in-law.
He simply went for "the broken pot approach," no longer hiding in front of Su Anqi.
Just like in the previous life, when Professor Su passed away, and Mrs. Su fell ill, He Jingtian felt the mountain pressing on him was moved, and immediately revealed his true self.
This person was ungrateful, selfish, and a heartless scumbag!
Su Anqi carefully recalled the scene when she met He Jingtian yesterday, repeatedly analyzing his expressions and the content of what he said.
She increasingly felt that He Jingtian had given up pursuing her, realizing there was no possibility of being together and simply stopped hiding.
Thus—
Su Anqi felt very displeased.
She was reborn with hatred but was inherently kind.
Besides, apart from deceiving herself, He Jingtian ignored their daughter but didn’t seem to do anything illegal or criminal.
In the past life, Professor Su indeed died of illness, and Su Anqi did indeed have an accident.
Regarding their daughter, He Jingtian was indeed instigated by the mistress to become a stepfather, but materially he didn’t neglect their daughter and even arranged for her in what he thought was a good way.
...If I follow this line of thinking carefully, He Jingtian didn’t seem to have committed any heinous crimes.
Of course, it might also be due to He Jingtian’s "self-destruction" yesterday that slightly reduced Su Anqi’s hatred towards him.
If Su Anqi, upon rebirth, found herself once again deceived by He Jingtian and became a true lover with him, even discussing marriage, she would die of anger, wishing she could grab a kitchen knife to kill this bastard.
He Jingtian did not know Su Anqi’s thoughts at the moment, otherwise he would be immensely grateful for following the advice of his inner voice.
Su Anqi might feel relieved, but she also felt an inexplicable suffocation.
She truly hated He Jingtian so much, but she had her limits, and thinking of their daughter, it wouldn’t be right to seek revenge immediately upon rebirth.
After all, He Jingtian hadn’t done anything yet, and even if he pursued her tirelessly like in the past life, as long as he didn’t violate morality or laws, Su Anqi couldn’t act against him without any mental burden.
Originally, Su Anqi thought that as long as He Jingtian showed any sign of deception or harm, she would settle both new and old scores together.
This way she could both avenge and not bear any burden.
But in the end, He Jingtian didn’t give her this chance.
Do you think Su Anqi feels stifled?
Forget it! Since He Jingtian didn’t act recklessly, she would let him go and also herself.
The only pity was their daughter.
Su Anqi truly couldn’t bear to part with her and really wanted a chance to make it up to her and protect her.
But—
Su Anqi thought of He Jingtian’s remark yesterday about "wanting a son."