Accidents come without warning.
Jiang Nanshu had no time to react when the rack came crashing down; her position left her no chance to escape.
She clenched her teeth, raised her hands to shield her head, trying to minimize the damage to her body.
Yet she was suddenly encompassed in a warm embrace.
“Uh…” A muffled grunt sounded, which quickly turned into a pained moan.
Jiang Leyi, with Jiang Nanshu in tow, hit the ground hard, the metal rack pinning her down as she pressed tightly against Jiang Nanshu.
Jiang Nanshu was stunned by the impact until she felt something unusually sticky at her chest and realized something was wrong. She supported Jiang Leyi with one hand as she struggled to push the metal rack off them.
“It hurts, it hurts so much…” Jiang Leyi winced in pain, drenched in cold sweat.
Only then did Jiang Nanshu notice a piece of solid wire piercing through Jiang Leyi’s shoulder, the weight having driven it completely through.
“Somebody…” Jiang Nanshu suddenly yelled out to the surroundings: “Quick, someone help us!”
Mrs. Jiang was shocked by the accident, and the five bodyguards behind her did not move without her command.
In that moment of Mrs. Jiang’s hesitation, Director Wen loudly called for the crew on set to help and frantically dialed for an ambulance.
The uninjured hand of Jiang Leyi tightly grasped Jiang Nanshu’s arm as she murmured, “As long as you’re uninjured, as long as you’re okay…”
Jiang Nanshu had never imagined that Jiang Leyi would go to such lengths to save her.
Her dealings with her were based on kindness but also exploitation, helping her be acknowledged by the Zhou Family because she wanted Zhou Yanbai to have it hard.
If Jiang Leyi did just a little bit better, and with Zhou Zhenghui having only this one daughter, why couldn’t she contend for the world’s Zhou Family heir position?
Otherwise, why would Zhou Yanbai, after Jiang Leyi’s appearance, urgently replace Zhou Zhenghui’s daughter with Su Ran, the goal being to plant his own person next to Zhou Zhenghui, so when he passed, he could naturally be involved in the massive family fortune.
Of course, this was all predicated on the assumption that Zhou Zhenghui had not acknowledged any daughters.
He also feared that Zhou Zhenghui, in a moment of madness, would leave his fortune to any randomly acknowledged goddaughter.
Therefore, making others feel grateful towards her would facilitate many things she would need to do in the future, even if she couldn’t return to her original world, she definitely wouldn’t be too badly off.
Chu Muxi was shocked: “How could Jiang Leyi go to save you?”
The wire was then pulled out.
Jiang Leyi fainted from the pain.
Director Wen directed the crew to quickly carry Jiang Leyi out.
Jiang Nanshu first looked at Mrs. Jiang and saw that her once beloved and cherished daughter had been hurt because of Chu Muxi, yet she didn’t utter a word, nor did she show any defensive behavior.
In her memory, Mrs. Jiang would rather have the transcender dislike Jiang Leyi than to send Jiang Leyi away; if the transcender bullied Jiang Leyi, Mrs. Jiang would always be the first to scold the disobedient and unruly transcender, which only led to further retaliation.
But with her protection over the false daughter, Jiang Leyi has never been at a disadvantage.
But now.
Her newly acknowledged “daughter” had caused such harm to Jiang Leyi, and there she stood, an indifferent spectator, without lifting a finger.
Where exactly did her “love” for her daughters manifest?
When they were of use to her, not detrimental to her interests, she could “unreservedly” love them.
Jiang Nanshu thought, if she hadn’t offended the Song Family, then Mrs. Jiang could still maintain a superficial favoritism, even going so far as to confront, alongside Mr. Jiang at the school gates, the approaching Cheng Family members looking for trouble, fearing that Jiang Nanshu would be at disadvantage.
Jiang Nanshu’s light-colored sweater was covered in bloodstains, spreading over a large area.
She gave a cold look at the unmoved Mrs. Jiang.
“Your love for your sister was no better, but luckily, she has found her biological family, parents who love her more. She won’t ever have to come back to your side.”
Mrs. Jiang’s face turned pale.
What?
Yiyi found her biological family?
How is that possible…
Jiang Nanshu didn’t pay any further attention and approached Chu Muxi.
Chu Muxi stiffened her neck and glared violently, “What are you doing?”
“Slap!”
Jiang Nanshu fiercely slapped her across the face.
Chu Muxi turned her head, covering her face, tasting the blood in her mouth.
She viciously raised her hand to strike back.
But Jiang Nanshu forcefully grasped her about-to-strike hand and backhanded her with another slap.
Feeling it was not enough, she slapped her several times hard, until her own hand ached, then vengefully pushed her to the ground and mounted her, pummeling her with left and right blows.
At first, Chu Muxi cursed and swore, but then she started begging for mercy.
“Wuuwuu, Mom, save me, she’s gone mad, she’s a lunatic, it hurts so much, Mom!!!”
Chu Muxi’s face swelled, oozing with traces of blood.
Her eyes filled with tears of fear.
Mrs. Jiang seemed to finally react and hurried forward, “Are you sick? How dare you hit someone like this, let go of Xixi.”
Jiang Nanshu picked up an iron rod nearby and struck Mrs. Jiang, causing her to gasp in pain and stagger backward, clutching her well-maintained arm.
Jiang Nanshu’s eyes burned with fierce anger, “Get lost, or I’ll hit you too, daren’t you try.”
Mrs. Jiang’s body stiffened and couldn’t move, actually paralyzed by Jiang Nanshu’s overwhelming presence.
During this moment of shock, Chu Muxi had been beaten to the point of being unable to fight back.
Jiang Nanshu stood up, picking up the short rod that had dropped beside her and smashed it down on Chu Muxi.
Mrs. Jiang’s face turned pale, “Quick, go save her! This lunatic, she’s really out of her mind!”
Five burly bodyguards stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Nanshu to drag her away.
Jiang Nanshu did not resist, but as she was pulled away, she still viciously kicked Chu Muxi twice. Breathing heavily, she looked sharply at the two men restraining her and said icily, “Let go.”
They didn’t know how to describe the feeling.
It was as if they did not release her, she would desperately leap at them, which perfectly fit the saying, ’the bully fears the thug, the thug fears the one who doesn’t care about their own life’, and Jiang Nanshu was the latter.
Regardless, Jiang Nanshu was a daughter of the Jiang family. The guards didn’t dare to be too harsh, and after weighing the situation, they finally let go. However, they stood close to Chu Muxi to prevent Jiang Nanshu from injuring her again.
Jiang Nanshu turned her gaze toward the frightened Mrs. Jiang.
Her eyes were filled with shock and fear, and her voice trembled, “What, what do you want to do, if you come any closer, I will call the police.”
The arm Mrs. Jiang had been hit with by the iron rod was black and blue, now too painful to lift.
Jiang Nanshu smiled wickedly at her, “Ms. Song, I really want to kill you and see what your brain is filled with.”
Mrs. Jiang was horrified and immediately pulled out her phone, trembling under the protection of the bodyguards as she dialed the police.
Jiang Nanshu watched her coldly.
“Nannan.”
She heard someone calling her.
Jiang Nanshu looked toward the hurriedly arriving Lu Qingyan.
His face finally changed when he saw the blood on her.