“Mother, my sister is still sick. Aren’t you concerned about her? Instead of taking her to the hospital, you have the energy to question me.”
Li Shuhui: "..."
She was prepared to attack Xiang Jin, but who would have thought that she wouldn't even take the bait!
"A mouse, a huge mouse! Sister, it crawled right under your feet!"
"Ahhhhhh!" Xiang Qi screamed in fright, broke free from Zhou Zhou and the maid's restraints, and grabbed a vase from the side and smashed it on the ground.
After smashing it, he quickly ran behind Li Shuhui to hide, and gave orders to Butler Feng and Zhou Zhou beside him: "Hurry up, hurry up and kill it! What are you waiting for? Get started!"
Those two voices were full of energy and vitality.
"Oh, so you can walk by yourself, sister. Didn't you say you were too sick to get out of bed and needed to be carried? You weren't faking it, were you? Sister, faking illness isn't good." Xiang Jin smiled calmly.
Xiang Qi was stunned!
She belatedly realized she'd been tricked!
This is Haitang Bay, one of the most luxurious residences in Huadu, with the strictest security and management in the entire city. How could there possibly be rats here! Xiang Jin knows she's afraid of rats and is deliberately provoking her with this method!
That bitch, when did she become so cunning?
She's now in a real bind. If Murong Xiao finds out she's faking illness, her kind and gentle image will be severely damaged. She has to salvage the situation, even if it means faking it.
"Little sister, how could you lie to me? You know I'm terrified of mice..." Xiang Qi held her forehead, looking weak and pitiful, about to cry. Then she groaned twice, rolled her eyes, and fainted.
"Aqi, Aqi, are you alright..." Although she knew her daughter was acting, Li Shuhui still couldn't help but panic when she saw this scene. She quickly stepped forward, picked up her daughter, and looked at Xiang Jin with a pained expression.
"Ah Jin, how could you be so cruel? Your sister is clearly sick, and you still have to scare her... Master Xiao, I don't ask for anything else, I just ask that you discipline this unfilial daughter of mine properly, and tell her to stop humiliating me and her sister." After saying that, she also began to wipe away her tears.
Murong Xiao remained calm, his gaze fixed intently on Xiang Jin.
He didn't seem to intend to get involved in this farce; instead, he adopted a spectator's stance.
Xiang Jin didn't know what he was thinking, whether he was also blaming her for bullying Xiang Qi, but she didn't want to think about it too much. Some things should be put to rest.
She squatted down in front of Li Shuhui.
“Mother, since you’ve put it that way, why don’t we find some time to have a proper talk?”
"Tell me how I married into the Murong family, tell me how I went to jail, tell me why my voice became hoarse. Since the Xiang family dotes on me so much and indulges me in every way, why did they still marry me off to a short-lived man, leaving me to wander in the slums and live a life worse than this?"
"Mother, why do you think this is?" Xiang Jin's expression was calm, but there was a hint of stubbornness in her calmness.
She was never one to be bullied by everyone; she just used to be tolerant.
Li Shuhui was stunned; she stared blankly at Xiang Jin.
Is this still the Xiang Jin she knows? Is this still the Xiang Jin who always tolerates and dares not utter a word? She is threatening her! She actually threatens her!
Good, very good. As soon as she has a free time, she will have someone deal with Jiang Anqing and make him suffer!
She'll see if she dares to be so arrogant then!
"Ah Jin, have you thought about the consequences? At that time, will the Murong family still dare to take you?"
"Then let's get a divorce. Do you think I wanted to marry into this family?"
Li Shuhui quickly retorted, "What nonsense are you talking about? What divorce? Master Xiao is still here. What problem can't be solved?"
She panicked. If they really got divorced, Xiang Qi wouldn't be able to live openly in the villa and use the opportunity to cultivate their relationship. Without Murong Xiao's favoritism, would Murong Xiao still marry Xiang Qi? She wasn't sure!
No, no, no, there's been enough drama today. She suddenly felt a little scared.
Murong Xiao is a smart man. If he were to become suspicious and investigate them, they would suffer a great loss. Some things need to be done slowly and patiently. It's just a matter of seducing Murong Xiao; they will always find an opportunity.
Thinking of this, her voice softened: "Ah Jin, Mom is arguing with you for your own good. Even if you don't appreciate it, you can't use divorce as a way to spite me. Master Xiao, Ah Jin was just saying it in anger, please don't take it to heart."
Murong Xiao shifted his deep gaze from Xiang Jin: "This is between Xiang Jin and me, no need for you to worry about it."
Li Shuhui looked somewhat embarrassed.
"Then I'll take Aqi to the hospital first. Ajin, you should try to appease Master Xiao and tell him not to be so willful."
Zhou Zhou and the maid quickly helped Xiang Qi up and put her in the hospital car. Li Shuhui also went along, and the messy villa finally quieted down.
The doorway to the master bedroom was quiet again, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Xiang Jin felt the atmosphere was too oppressive, so she awkwardly tugged at her clothes, cautiously looked up at Murong Xiao, and then lowered her head again.
Although what he just said was true, anyone would be angry after hearing it, let alone someone like Murong Xiao. Their relationship had only improved slightly in the last two days; was he really going to ruin it all by himself?
She didn't want to.
But... how should he explain it? These things are complicated and tedious. Does he really have the patience to listen to her explanation?
“You’ve forgotten, I’ve known all along that you married into this family in place of Xiang Qi, but that’s not what I want to know.” Murong Xiao broke the silence first. “What I want to know is, Xiang Jin, do you really want a divorce, or are you just saying it out of anger?”
She also filed for divorce as soon as she learned that he was Murong Xiao.
He was never angry with her about the substitute marriage; he was grateful it was her, so he didn't believe a word Li Shuhui said. What he cared about was that when she found out he was Murong Xiao, she filed for divorce.
Even now, she can still easily say the word "divorce," which is something he cannot tolerate.
"Think it through carefully before you answer me."
“Just said in anger, just said in anger.” She could answer that without even thinking, “It was just to make Li Shuhui angry… that’s all.”
"Back then, you threatened the Xiang family to marry off their daughter, putting them in a difficult position. I had just been released from prison, and they chose to sacrifice me. So... you actually knew all along, didn't you? I was never some Xiang family heiress, and I was never favored. I was just a convict, and I only deserved Jianian..." Her voice trailed off.
But Murong Xiao... such a high and mighty person, how could she bear to ruin his life?
"So you want a divorce because you feel you're not good enough for me." His tone softened.
Xiang Jin nodded and lowered her head even further.
Her inferiority complex was deeply ingrained, especially when she was with him; the shame and inadequacy she felt often caused her immense pain. The chasm between clouds and mud is not something that can be crossed easily, at least not by Xiang Jin.
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