Jiang Yue was thoroughly fed up with this inexplicable show of goodwill.
She actually knew that the original owner's biological parents and brother treated her like a fragile porcelain, which was an explicit and implicit hint that she should move back to the Qin family and live under their protection.
But isn't this kind of protection a sign of not believing that she can live her own life well?
In their eyes, she might still be the person described in the news—a woman who is infatuated with love, who will stop at nothing to humiliate others, and who is neither particularly intelligent nor popular.
They loved her and pitied her.
But they didn't really trust her.
Jiang Yue chuckled: "Do you even believe what you're saying? It seems like you weren't the one I avoided when I went to your school before."
"Of course, what I did in the past may seem extreme, shameful, and wrong to you, and it's only natural that you want to distance yourself from me."
"Therefore, it is only natural for me to distance myself from you now."
"I'm still the same person I always was. My personality hasn't improved; it's only gotten worse. So you really don't need to force yourself to please me. It's exhausting."
With each word she spoke, the boy's face paled an inch.
Recalling his past actions, Jiang Zhi silently clenched his fingers, his knuckles turning white. Why was he so cold-hearted back then? Seeing her only brought him disgust.
She was right about every single word she said.
I feel ashamed and embarrassed.
I find it unbearable.
She's still the same person, with the same temper, maybe even worse, but—
But I still want to get close to her.
It was as if he was possessed by a demon, as if a rope was dragging him in an uncontrollable direction.
Jiang Zhi offered no explanation; his pale words were like powerless sophistry in the face of past transgressions.
He lowered his head, his voice gentle and pleasant, "In a couple of days you won't need to wrap the bandages anymore. Just apply some scar-reducing ointment and you'll be back to normal."
Jiang Yue hadn't realized Jiang Zhi was so shameless; all her talk about feelings was just empty words.
I wonder where he learned this method of not responding to attacks.
Pretending to be deaf and dumb won't work on Her Highness.
"Pretending not to hear won't work; this princess won't fall for that."
When the little girl gets a little angry, she tends to speak in her old manner. She has not been assimilated by this world, nor has she been influenced by the system.
Deep down, she still considered herself the little princess of the Jiang Kingdom.
Jiang Zhi raised his face. It was a face that anyone who saw it would say was handsome; otherwise, he wouldn't have been a legend at school, the campus heartthrob who was secretly admired by everyone.
He gave a soft "hmm".
He took on this unpleasantness with a nonchalant air.
After a while, Jiang Zhi took out a key from his pocket, pried open her fingers one by one, and gently placed the key in her palm.
"This is the house key; there's only one key."
"The house was bought with cash, so you can live here without worry. I won't go there."
"The environment is great, the security is excellent, and the property management and security guards are very responsible; they won't let any unrelated people in."
“If you don’t want to live in the Qin family’s house, then stay with me. I won’t interfere with anything you do.”
After the boy finished speaking earnestly, he paused and continued, "When I get my bonus this quarter, I'll buy you a car. What kind of car do you like?"
Jiang Yue looked at the key in her palm and felt somewhat puzzled.
She suddenly remembered that Jiang Zhi had mentioned wanting to buy a house before. She didn't expect him to take action so quickly. Was he really that capable? Wasn't he just a poor student still in school?
Even if he becomes incredibly successful in the future, he's only a few years old now!
Jiang Yue deeply felt the book's malice towards the villainous female supporting character, while everyone else had smooth sailing and their careers soared.
Jiang Yue's intuition was never wrong.
Whether it was the original owner's parents, her brother, or Jiang Zhi in front of her, they all seemed to treat her like a parasitic plant that couldn't survive on its own after the divorce.
The vines that grow by clinging to the tree trunk.
Jiang Yue owns a house and has savings, but that doesn't stop her from accepting the house key that Jiang Zhi offered her. "Are you giving it to me or letting me stay here?"
Upon hearing the word "borrow," Jiang Zhi frowned slightly. "The house is in your name."
Jiang Yue responded with an "oh," but wasn't moved. It seemed everyone thought that material things could make up for past hurts, and that her acceptance meant forgiveness.
In fact.
Jiang Yue accepted the offer simply because she wouldn't suffer any loss.
Why pretend to be high-minded when you can just take advantage of a free lunch?
Jiang Yue certainly wouldn't live in this house, but she could rent it out or sell it. Thinking about it, it wasn't worth it for the original owner. Getting something back for her wouldn't be a loss.
Perhaps one day his soul will return to its rightful place.
Despite the system's description that the original owner was a terrible and worthless bad person.
Dark-hearted, wicked, jealous, and fond of causing trouble.
But Jiang Yue didn't think she was a very bad person. In fact, she was a pitiful person. She was a rich heiress, but she ended up as a Cinderella in the slums.
She was abused by her adoptive mother.
The heroine, with her halo, stole away his lover and family.
Their reputations are ruined, and they also have to endure online abuse.
I have never received anything.
It was just an insignificant stepping stone.
"I'm going to school now. I'll change your dressing when I get back tonight."
*
Jiang Yue's stay at the Qin family's house wasn't without its troubles.
Every Saturday is a family banquet at the Qin family's home.
The family has strict rules, and everyone was present.
Jiang Yue could clearly sense the distance others were maintaining towards her. It wasn't a hostile attitude, but simply that they didn't want to have any contact with her.
He smiled at her on the surface, but a hint of disdain flashed in the depths of his eyes.
The children raised in humble circumstances all had some knowledge of their character.
Like begets like. Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and rats beget rats.
Even though it wasn't born of rats, it was raised by rats. How good could it be? Its personality is already set in stone and can't be changed.
Jiang Yue did not actively befriend these cousins, and the two sides maintained a state of mutual non-interference.
Qin Genzhi and Qin Zhao weren't home every day; when they were busy, they would disappear for several days at a time and didn't notice the subtle atmosphere among the younger generation.
The Qin family are also big shots in the media industry, holding media resources, but they have no intention of giving her any of them. When their cousin was slandered online, they turned a blind eye.
They even withdrew sponsorships for several program advertisements.
An attitude of completely avoiding any connection.
Jiang Yue didn't tell Mr. and Mrs. Qin any of this. She's not a three-year-old child; she wouldn't complain just because someone doesn't favor her.
Since these people didn't like her, she tacitly kept her distance from them.
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