Chapter 77 Indifference

Jiang Yiruan returned to the Jiang family with the injury on her face. Li Shuwan, who had invited several wealthy ladies to have afternoon tea at home, was so shocked when she saw the handprint on Jiang Yiruan's face that she dropped her carefully maintained composure.

“Ruan Ruan…” She walked quickly to Jiang Yiruan, wanting to touch her face but then stopped:

"How did your face get like this? Who did this to you?"

The red and blue finger marks on Jiang Yiruan's obedient face were faintly visible, and the more serious ones were swollen, making her look quite terrifying.

Jiang Yiruan wanted to answer Li Shuwan, but for some reason, Jiang Siyu's words, "Don't worry, I will let you and your daughter experience it," kept lingering in her mind.

On the way back, because of Jiang Siyu's words, she ignored the burning pain on her face and only had Jiang Siyu's fierce eyes when she said those words in her mind.

Jiang Siyu isn't the type to threaten people with words, but when she says something like that, it means she's definitely going to do something.

The more Jiang Yiruan thought about it, the more panicked she became. "Mom!"

Jiang Yiruan grasped Li Shuwan's hand: "Jiang Siyu, she..."

"Ruan Ruan!" Li Shuwan interrupted Jiang Yiruan before she could finish speaking, then turned her head to look at the group of people who seemed to be drinking tea but whose attention was actually on the mother and daughter, and greeted them with a smile.

"My daughter Ruanruan was wronged by her sister, so I have to comfort her. Let's end the afternoon tea here for today. I will definitely prepare tea and snacks to entertain everyone again another day."

Once Li Shuwan spoke, the others wouldn't insist on staying, so they all got up and left.

Once there were no outsiders left in the house, Jiang Yiruan immediately grabbed Li Shuwan's hand in a panic.

She recounted everything that had just happened to Li Shuwan, and then asked nervously:

"Mom, why did Jiang Siyu say that? What is she trying to do?"

“Dad already feels guilty towards her, and since she’s the CEO of Guanjing, he’s trying to please her… If she really does something, will Dad really kick us out of the house?”

Li Shuwan's expression wasn't good either, but she was thinking more than Jiang Yiruan.

Could it be that Jiang Siyu, that little beast, has found out something?

Li Shuwan's heart sank a few degrees, but she quickly denied her guess.

Four years have passed since this incident. Even if Jiang Siyu has suspicions, she can't possibly obtain evidence. Without evidence, what can she do to the mother and daughter?

With this thought in mind, Li Shuwan's anxious heart gradually calmed down.

She gently stroked Jiang Yiruan's face: "Don't worry, you are also your father's flesh and blood, he won't kick us out."

"Don't go to work for now. Focus on healing the injury on your face. Leave everything else to Mom."

Although the mother and daughter had had conflicts, Li Shuwan's gentle yet firm voice calmed Jiang Yiruan's uneasy heart.

She nodded, not even considering seeking justice from Jiang Dingbang for the two slaps he took on her behalf.

She provoked Jiang Siyu first, and Gu Xiao was also involved. Even if the matter is brought to Jiang Dingbang's attention, she is still in the wrong.

Moreover, Gu Xiao will definitely not let this go.

At that time, Jiang Dingbang might come to hold him accountable.

Jiang Yiruan, remembering the sharp look in Gu Xiao's eyes when he left, fearfully grabbed Li Shuwan's hand again.

"Mom, what about the Gu family..."

Li Shuwan felt a headache coming on when she thought about how Jiang Yiruan's attempt to use her had backfired and she had been exposed on the spot.

The Jiang family has been declining, and if it weren't for the Ji family's influence, the Gu family wouldn't have given Jiang Yi any face.

Now that Jiang Yiruan has offended Gu Xiao, if she doesn't offer a sincere apology, it might be difficult to resolve once the Gu family takes it to heart.

Thinking this, Li Shuwan also felt a headache coming on when she looked at her daughter's swollen face.

"Stay away from Jiang Siyu from now on. Mom will handle anything that comes up."

"Mom..." Jiang Yiruan called out unwillingly, sensing the disdain and warning in Li Shuwan's words, but she had no reason to defend herself.

Every time she tried to provoke Jiang Siyu, she suffered a crushing defeat.

The only time she won was four years ago when Ji Yanheng deliberately got close to Jiang Siyu to provoke her.

Back then, Jiang Yiruan thought she had won a great victory, but now, looking at Jiang Siyu's attitude towards Ji Yanheng, she vaguely felt that Jiang Siyu didn't care about her self-perceived victory at all.

After comforting Jiang Yiruan and sending her back to her room to rest, the gentleness on Li Shuwan's face vanished instantly.

She stared at the extremely offensive wedding photo in the living room downstairs, wishing she could tear it to pieces and burn it to ashes.

During the years she lived in the Jiang family, Jiang Dingbang changed the layout of the house inside and out according to all her requests, but he wouldn't let her touch the wedding photo of Jiang Dingbang and Song Jinhe in the living room.

The wedding photo was over a meter tall and took up half the wall of the living room.

Everyone who enters the Jiang family home can see this wedding photo at a glance.

In the photo, Song Jinhe, with her gentle and delicate features, smiles as she leans against Jiang Dingbang's chest.

Although there was a hint of sorrow in the woman's eyes, her smile was still stunningly beautiful.

Jiang Dingbang, who was young and handsome, was a perfect match made in heaven.

However, every time Li Shuwan saw this photo, she wished she could dig up Song Jinhe's grave and grind her bones to dust.

Li Shuwan held back!

Rather than venting her momentary anger, she wanted the Jiang family's lasting wealth and prosperity.

Now that Jiang Siyu actually wants to destroy everything she has painstakingly obtained, then don't blame her for going all out!

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"Ayu, are you really not sleeping at my house tonight?" Fu Lin, who got out of the car, leaned pitifully against the driver's side window, her misty eyes staring at Jiang Siyu, putting on a great show of acting.

Jiang Siyu rested her elbows on the steering wheel, her head lazily leaning against her bent fingers.

"No, I can't sleep well in unfamiliar beds."

Jiang Siyu barely slept last night; she was afraid of dying from overwork after staying up for two days straight.

"Okay~" Knowing that Jiang Siyu had a sleep disorder, Fu Lin didn't try to persuade her any further.

"Then I'll come see you tomorrow?"

"I'll text you when I wake up." Jiang Siyu wanted to sleep until she naturally woke up, but she didn't even know the exact time.

"Mmm." Fu Lin stood still and watched Jiang Siyu back the car out and leave.

When Mr. and Mrs. Fu came out of the house after hearing the commotion, they only saw the taillights of Jiang Siyu's departing car.

"What's wrong, Ayu...?" Fu Ma asked, puzzled.

Fu Lin handed over the things Jiang Siyu had bought for them: "Ayu is not used to sleeping in a new bed, so she should go home to sleep tonight."

"Mom and Dad, this is the tea that Ayu bought for you, and a chessboard. Doesn't Dad like to play chess? Ayu specially chose it for you."

"This child didn't even say goodbye in person." Looking at the pile of gift boxes in Fu Lin's hands and at her feet, Fu's mother's words, though seemingly a complaint, were full of heartache and reluctance.

Fu Lin said with a smile, "She's just reluctant to leave my dear mom and dad. If she said goodbye in person, you would definitely try to persuade her to stay. Ayu is also afraid that if she refuses, it will make you sad."

"She's just too sensible." Fu's mother sighed. Everyone thought Jiang Siyu was cold-hearted, but how could a child who could endure loneliness and stay by her mother's side every day be sensible?

She was too precocious, too quick to understand people's hearts, which is why she remained detached from all this pretense and hypocrisy.

Ultimately, it was the inaction of the father, Jiang Dingbang, that caused this disaster.