Huo Junyu frowned. "The birthmark on your body? The crescent-shaped one?"

"Yes." Jiang Mianmian smiled shyly, "I didn't tell you before because I was a little worried...aren't you men generally quite averse to women getting plastic surgery?"

"That's not true." Huo Junyu gently stroked her hair. "Men are very tolerant of the women they like."

"But why did you want to remove the birthmark?"

Jiang Mianmian paused for a moment, then said softly, "Xia Zhi took me there. She said... that thing on my waist doesn't look good and it affects the appearance of my clothes."

"Actually, I was pretty silly back then," she laughed. "How many times could I wear clothes that show my waist and belly? What's the point of looking good or not! But I was just blinded by greed and listened to her advice to get my birthmark removed."

Huo Junyu's eyes darkened.

Xia Zhi had actually been in contact with Lu Ming for a long time, so she must have had a conspiracy behind her actions, and that conspiracy was quite obvious...

It's all about preventing Jiang Mianmian from returning to the Lu family!

"What are you staring at?" Jiang Mianmian waved her small hand in front of his eyes and smiled sweetly. "Are you hungry? Come eat with me!"

"It's okay, I'm not hungry." Huo Junyu felt a pang of sympathy for this naive little fool and gently pulled her into his arms.

Just then, the security guard downstairs called to say that someone from the Huo family had delivered medicine.

Jiang Mianmian asked someone to come up.

However, the table was filled with all sorts of medicines, which startled her.

"this……"

"These were all ordered by the second young master," the butler said with a smile.

Huo Junyu looked down and realized that in his haste, he had accidentally sent the voice message to a group...

"Young Master, what else do you need?"

"Hmm...that's about enough."

Huo Junyu pursed his lips slightly. Every year, the latest medicines would be sent from Southeast Asia, and with the help of his aunt and uncle... the Huo family never lacked medicine.

The old butler respectfully withdrew.

Huo Junyu picked up a bottle from the table, looked at the label, and almost lost his balance.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Mianmian came closer, and Huo Junyu quickly hid the bottle behind his back, but she still found it.

"Secretly Recipe Vajra Pill?" Jiang Mianmian wondered, "What is that?"

Huo Junyu gave a forced smile, not knowing how to answer.

This Huo Junyang! How did he even dig out the medicine that Grandpa gave to Dad?

"Oh, this, this..." Huo Junyu snatched it away, stammering and unable to explain, "This is a kind of pill, it's... it's from Southeast Asia, it cures all diseases!"

"Really?" Jiang Mianmian suddenly remembered Jiang Youcai. "My dad twisted his back before, and you cured it with acupuncture. Can he eat this?"

"..."

Huo Junyu's expression changed rapidly.

Just then, my phone vibrated; Huo Junyang had sent me a message:

"Brother, this medicine isn't expired, you can use it without worry!"

It was followed by a tongue-out emoji.

Huo Junyu's head vibrated as his phone buzzed, and his blood pressure instantly spiked.

Then he painstakingly typed four words on his phone:

"Thank you!"

Huo Junyang: "Hey, no need to be so polite, we're practically family! Have a wonderful evening!"

If Huo Junyu weren't in the office, he would definitely drag Huo Junyang to the yard for a one-on-one training session!

*

Two days later, when Jiang Mianmian went downstairs to buy coffee, a familiar figure suddenly flashed before her eyes.

"Mianmian, it's been a long time."

Jiang Mianmian was taken aback.

Xia Zhi didn't look well, and her clothes weren't as bright as before; she looked much more haggard.

But the only thing that remains unchanged is the calculating look in his eyes and brows.

Jiang Mianmian smiled faintly and said softly, "It hasn't been too long. It seems like only a week has passed since you were fired."

"But I've had a terrible week."

Xia Zhi lowered her eyelids, her pale expression giving her a somewhat pitiful look.

But Jiang Mianmian remained unmoved by this.

"Mianmian, I was so close... to getting my internship certificate from Lu's Group. I told you before that as soon as I got the certificate, I would immediately apply to study abroad and would never show my face in front of you again! Why are you still making things difficult for me like this?"

"Xia Zhi, it's not that I'm trying to make things difficult for you." Jiang Mianmian looked at her coldly, "Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. I hope you understand this principle."

“I haven’t done anything unjust,” Xia Zhi argued, “I was just thinking of myself… Is that wrong?”

"It's fine to think of yourself, but it shouldn't be at the expense of hurting others!"

"Heh, I'm not like you." Xia Zhi sneered. "You are the princess of the Lu family. Even though you lived the life of an ordinary person for twenty years, you were still pampered and spoiled by the Jiang family!"

"And what about me? I have nothing! I have no choice but to climb over others to get ahead!"

Jiang Mianmian felt she couldn't reason with her at all, so she waved her hand and said, "Sometimes a person's choices have nothing to do with the environment, but more with your heart! Ranran faced a much harsher environment than you, but the choices she made were completely different from yours!"

"She's your sister, of course you're going to side with her!"

"She didn't know I was her older sister when she made that choice!"

Jiang Mianmian exuded a powerful aura, causing Xia Zhi to pause for a moment. Her eyes darted around before she smiled bitterly and said, "It's so good to have family... Whether they gave you life or raised you, they all love you very much. But Mianmian, their love for you doesn't come without a price!"

"Mrs. Lu has been looking for you for twenty years and has developed severe depression. As for Aunt Su, she's not doing too well either... Heh, I heard that breast cancer is related to emotions. I wonder if it's because she's been living in constant fear for the past twenty years, afraid that your family will find you, that she got this disease?"

"What did you say?"

Jiang Mianmian felt a buzzing in her ears, and her mind went completely blank.

She froze for a moment, then suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Xia Zhi by the collar, her fierce expression intimidating.

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Jiang Mianmian gritted her teeth. "If your dog mouth really can't produce anything ivory, I can sew it shut for you!"

"Mianmian, don't be so fierce!"

Xia Zhi still pretended to look pitiful, but the smugness in her eyes was no longer concealed.

She curled her lips into a smirk and continued to provoke Jiang Mianmian: "What, you don't know Aunt Su is sick? Ha, it's breast cancer. I saw it with my own eyes in the hospital last time!"

"Oh, by the way, your biological mother, that Mrs. Lu, was also at the hospital at the same time!"

"Mianmian, this is strange. Mrs. Lu knows how important Aunt Su is to you, so why did she keep such a big thing as Aunt Su's illness from you? What is she trying to do?"

Jiang Mianmian's hand, gripping her collar, trembled slightly, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her cold gaze.