Chapter 195: Chapter 195 Setting Out to Mingyue Town
Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang’s expressions stiffened.
Especially Mrs. Jiang, she had been avoiding this question for years and didn’t want to meet the Ji Family members. Only then did she feel that Jiang Leyi was still the pearl and treasure she had raised.
Jiang Nanshu was still thinking.
“Golden Sister is not the Ji Family’s biological child, so who are her biological relatives? If there was a mix-up, where did the Ji Family’s daughter go? This plot is getting more and more unfamiliar to me, unbelievable!”
Mrs. Jiang’s expression of shock was almost too much to hide.
She almost blurted out asking Jiang Leyi if she really didn’t belong to the Ji Family.
Luckily, Mr. Jiang held her back.
He stood in front of Mrs. Jiang and smiled benignly at Jiang Nanshu, “Nannan, you don’t need to rush back this time. It’s been a few years since your foster mother saw you, you should spend more time with them.”
Jiang Nanshu pouted, pretending to be displeased, “I don’t want to hang out with those country bumpkins. I’ll go and come back soon.”
“Wuhu, off to breathe in the fresh air of nature, it’s definitely happier than here!”
Mr. Jiang: “…”
At that moment, the white manor gates opened.
A red Ferrari drove in.
Jiang Hemian casually tossed the car keys to Housekeeper Qian; someone would park the car in the garage.
Seeing everyone outside, his handsome face showed a hint of surprise, “Where are you all preparing to go?”
Then his gaze shifted to Jiang Nanshu, his face with a light smile, “Nannan, you tell me.”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
“Why has this freak come back again! Didn’t he just return last week! It’s strange for a workaholic like him to come home so frequently.”
Jiang Hemian felt quite innocent when he heard this thought.
He didn’t even know when his hand might break, how could he have the mind to do experiments?
Although there was nearly a month’s time, what if it was earlier?
Jiang Hemian didn’t want to take that chance. It was better to come find Jiang Nanshu and incidentally take her to the research institute. After all, girls should focus on building their careers.
Jiang Nanshu coughed lightly, “I’m going to visit my foster mother in the countryside. Brother Hemian, are you on a long holiday?”
“Going to the Ji Family?”
Jiang Nanshu nodded.
Jiang Hemian frowned slightly but then relaxed, “I was planning to take you to my lab today.”
Jiang Nanshu: “???”
She ducked behind Lu Qingyan, her voice careful, “Just, just you and me?”
Jiang Hemian smiled gently, “Of course.”
“If I go, can I still come back? You can dismember others, you can dismember me, who offended you before!”
“No, no, no, I’m going with Brother Qingyan, and I don’t know how to do experiments anyway. I’m afraid I’ll just cause a mess, forget about it…”
Jiang Nanshu shivered at his smile.
How could a psycho ever have a gentle moment?
Jiang Hemian had always been inherently morbid and gloomy.
The original book said, when he showed gentleness, most people who provoked him were done for.
The smile faded from Jiang Hemian’s face, and in the end, he let out a somewhat helpless sigh, his gaze a bit heavy, “Alright then, you won’t mind if I join you for a bit of fun, will you?”
“I’m not your bro, why are you sticking to me like glue? It freaks me out!”
Jiang Nanshu forced a smile, “I don’t mind… ”
“It’s over, today will definitely not be fun, wuwu.”
Jiang Hemian: “…”
Is he really that repulsive?
It’s not like he did anything, right?
Thankfully, he wasn’t the type to get easily offended. He walked towards Lu Qingyan’s car: “Future brother-in-law, let’s make it quick.”
What was initially a two-person trip turned into a journey for four.
After getting into the car, Jiang Nanshu realized that Shang Xu was sitting in the child safety seat in the back row.
He greeted him with a bright smile and a babyish voice: “Nan… ”
In the next instant, he received his little uncle’s cold gaze.
He pouted, grumbling, “Hello little uncle’s wife.”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
“I was told to wait for you to grow up, why did you change your tune? Look at that aggrieved face. Did my little uncle victimize you?”
“Good morning, Xuxu.”
Her gaze shifted to Jiang Hemian, who was sitting right next to Shang Xu unfazed, as comfortable as if it were his own car.
Seeing Jiang Nanshu look at him, Jiang Hemian raised an eyebrow: “Why are you looking at me?”
Jiang Nanshu’s mouth twitched slightly: “Third brother… There are lots of mosquitoes in the countryside, I’m afraid you might not be used to it. It’s much more comfortable to lounge around in the villa at home, why trouble yourself by following me?”
Jiang Hemian couldn’t help but smile, his tone cool: “You think I’m weak?”
Jiang Nanshu: “No… Then go ahead.”
He looked at Lu Qingyan. “Drive.”
“I think you’re toxic, cunning, and ruthless. Someone could get dismembered by you even with a prosthetic limb… Oh right, who did he dismember again…”
Jiang Hemian curled his lips and half-closed his eyes, as if drowsy. If he truly wanted someone dead, then that person must have wronged him to a tragic extent, justifying such a brutal method of killing.
If he ever found out who that person was…
Jiang Hemian would choose to take care of them in advance without getting himself tainted.
After seeing the car drive away, Mr. and Mrs. Jiang went to the study and closed the door.
Mrs. Jiang paced anxiously back and forth.
“Husband, why isn’t Yiyi the biological child of the Ji Family? What on earth is going on?”
Mr. Jiang shook his head, feeling a headache coming on: “I don’t know. When Nannan first came back, she even brought a paternity test. You went behind my back to get her tested, confirming that Nannan is the daughter of the Jiang Family, and we subconsciously thought it was a hospital mix-up with some family named Ji back in the day.”
Mrs. Jiang felt somewhat guilty: “You… you knew I went to retest? Then why didn’t you say anything?”
Mr. Jiang humphed heavily: “Don’t I know your temperament? Shuling, I know you’re strong-willed. I’ve chosen not to talk about your favoritism towards Yiyi over Nannan, but you knew your biological daughter had returned and still intentionally neglected her. Discovering you secretly checking the paternity test results was a second hurt to her… Actually, on the third day after Nannan came back, she suddenly said she wanted to return to the countryside. I stopped her, told her to stay here for a while, and lied that you would accept her. She only stayed because of that.”
Mrs. Jiang wiped away tears with her hand: “So, she saw everything?”
Her lips pursed, her well-maintained face seeming to age in that moment: “But what could I do? My family told me to send Yiyi away. How could I bear to let Yiyi suffer out there? My only option was to make Yiyi outshine Nannan, earn my family’s approval, and then she can stay with us.”
Only now did Mr. Jiang understand Mrs. Jiang’s true thoughts. He looked at her in shock: “Do you realize what you are doing? All these years, I thought you disliked her because she came from the countryside, but it turns out you’ve been paving the way for Yiyi? Using her as a foil for Yiyi? They are both your daughters, how can your heart be so biased!”
Remorse flooded Mrs. Jiang’s eyes.
Mr. Jiang couldn’t contain his anger: “It’s always your family, can’t they give it a rest? Whether Yiyi stays or goes is a matter for the Jiang Family, what do you need to prove to them? Now, Nannan doesn’t even dislike Yiyi. If she learns about what you’ve done all these years, that it was all intentional, how do you expect Nannan to feel?”