Jiang Segu was about to leave when Liang Shaojie arrived, but she hadn't had a chance to tell Jiang Wenlin about Liang Shaojie yet. She was afraid that Liang Shaojie would pretend to be pitiful to gain Jiang Wenlin's sympathy and cause some trouble, so she stayed.

This is also a good opportunity to sound out Liang Shaojie's opinion.

She had heard rumors circulating in the Marquis's mansion that she was possessed by a demon, and today there was also news that her grandfather said a master had predicted she had a jinxed fate. She felt that the two things were related.

As soon as Liang Shaojie entered, Jiang Wenlin was surprised by his injured left eye.

"Shaojie, your eyes..."

Liang Shaojie lowered his eyelashes slightly and said calmly that it was nothing, "I was accidentally injured while I was studying at the Imperial Academy!"

"How could it be an accidental injury? Has it been found out who was responsible?"

Liang Shaojie glanced at Jiang Segu, who was sitting upright on the couch, and shook his head. "Grandmother has already sent people to investigate, but there was no mark on the arrow, so they have not been able to find out who lost it!"

“That means someone deliberately wanted to kill you! Otherwise, why wouldn’t the arrows issued to the students during the Imperial Academy’s hunting trip be unmarked?” Jiang Wenlin analyzed carefully. “Before that, had you offended anyone?”

After asking, he immediately shook his head in denial, saying, "You've always been kind and easygoing, and it's impossible for you to have any enemies. Could it be that someone is jealous of your being valued by the teacher, and that's why they have such malicious intentions?"

Liang Shaojie forced a smile. "It's been a long time since then, and I'm in this state, so I might as well not think about it and add to my troubles! But what happened to you? How did you break your leg?"

Jiang Segu sat up straight. This was something she had always wanted to ask, but hadn't been able to.

"Don't even mention it! It was just bad luck! I was riding the horse just fine, and suddenly it went crazy and galloped off, and then I fell off!"

Jiang Segu raised a question: "The horse was inspected afterwards, so was it tampered with?"

"It seems the academy did send people to investigate, but they didn't find anything!"

"That's strange. Horses don't go crazy for no reason unless they're stimulated by external factors!"

Liang Shaojie nodded, "Cousin Azi is right. We still need to have the academy investigate that horse again, and it would be best to find out who had contact with it yesterday!"

"Father has already left people at the academy, but I don't know if they'll be able to find anything out!"

"Did the doctor say if this leg can recover?"

"Hmm! They say it will take three months to get better!"

Jiang Segu, who had been secretly observing Liang Shaojie, saw a cold glint flash across Liang Shaojie's eyes after Jiang Wenlin answered his question.

Startled, she said, "Brother is injured and needs to rest and recuperate. Doctor Li just told me not to let anyone come and disturb you these next few days. I will tell Changxi later that no one is allowed to visit you these next few days!"

Just as Jiang Wenlin was about to speak, Jiang Segu added, "Cousin Liang, you have already met my brother, so please leave!"

"Very well! You just returned from Youzhou today, you must be exhausted. I'll come to see you again in a few days!"

Liang Shaojie wisely left.

Jiang Wenlin noticed the strangeness between the two!

In the past, her younger sister would practically cling to Liang Shaojie whenever she saw him, but now she seems to have changed completely. The fervor in her eyes is gone, replaced by a sense of estrangement!

Something's up!

What happened between you and Shaojie?

Everything else is easy to explain, but her sudden coldness towards Liang Shaojie is hard to say openly.

Qiaolian, standing to the side, stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Young Master, you don't know, back then, when Miss was punished by the Marquis to go to the ancestral hall because of the Shunde incident, Young Master Liang not only didn't plead for Miss, but instead chased after her to the ancestral hall and almost strangled her to death! If it weren't for me and Qiaohe arriving in time, Young Master might not have been able to see Miss this time!"

Jiang Wenlin asked Jiang Segu in disbelief, "Shaojie wanted to strangle you? Why? This doesn't seem like something he would do!"

Jiang Segu gave a sarcastic smirk. "Brother should have heard the saying, 'You can know a person's face but not their heart!'"

"But why would he strangle you? Does he not know your personality? You may seem arrogant on the surface, but when it comes to bloodshed, you're the last person he can't stand to see or do anything like that! Why would he strangle you just because someone died in Shunde!"

Qiaolian very considerately repeated what Zhou's mother had said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wenlin exclaimed, "Outsiders are outsiders, but how has Azi treated him all these years? Doesn't he know? Even if outsiders believed those baseless rumors, he shouldn't act like this!"

Besides, he was framed and his family was destroyed. If he had the guts, he should go and strangle his enemy, not Ah Zi!

"So my daughter was heartbroken and wanted to sever all ties with Young Master Liang, and took back all the things she had given him in the past."

But young master Liang persisted relentlessly, even resorting to underhanded tactics, using a blood pack and a retractable dagger to put on an act right in front of our young lady. Luckily, she was clever and saw through his scheme at a glance!

Qiaolian still feels a little scared when she thinks about how Jiang Segu returned to the hospital with his hands covered in blood that day!

The girl was terrified of blood, but on that day, there was no fear on her face, only a terrifying ferocity.

For some reason, she started thinking about the nonsense the servants had been spouting lately.

She quietly raised her eyes and glanced at Jiang Segu, who was sitting on the couch by the window.

Soft sunlight streamed through the window paper, falling on Jiang Segu. Because she was backlit, her face was somewhat indistinct, but her bright eyes were particularly striking.

Her eyes and brows, though seemingly distant, were no longer as gentle and innocent as before, but instead held a sharp and clear edge, as if she could see right through people's hearts!

Just like now!

Her daughter's watery eyes glanced at her with a calm, still gaze, yet the icy sharpness within them sent a chill down her spine, silencing any further thoughts.

Whether it was because Qiaolian's words were too drastic for Jiang Wenlin's impression of Liang Shaojie, or because he was surprised that Jiang Segu could make such a swift decision, he remained silent for a long time!

Knowing that Jiang Wenlin had suffered too much today, Jiang Segu stood up and said, "Brother, rest well these two days. You don't need to worry about things in the manor. Just be careful of your aunt's side and don't fall into her trap!"

Before she left, she repeatedly instructed Changxi and Changshun not to allow anyone to disturb Jiang Wenlin's recuperation!

No sooner had Jiang Segu left than Madam Jiang sent a pretty maid to deliver a food box.

Her figure is like a willow branch, swaying gracefully.

"Greetings to the two young gentlemen! This servant is here on the orders of the Madam to deliver some refreshments to the young masters!"

Her voice was so charming that Changxi and Changshun trembled on the spot and couldn't speak properly.

Fortunately, the two remembered Jiang Segu's instructions and, despite their reluctance, managed to keep the maid out of the courtyard...