She paused and continued, "Besides, you promised to take Qianya to school before."
Ji Jingchen's expression was quite calm. "Well, I regret it now and don't want to send it off."
Ye Lan was speechless for a moment, obviously not expecting Ji Jingchen to refuse so bluntly and completely.
"Mom, it's okay. I'd better go to the solitary confinement room now." Ji Qianya said as she pretended to stand up.
"Sit down." Ji Si held her arm and glanced in Li Shu's direction. "Since eldest brother doesn't want to take you to school, third brother will take you there."
Ji Qianya's eyes flashed, and she suppressed the joy in her heart. She said hesitantly, "But Third Brother, aren't you going back to continue training tomorrow? You're so busy, so I'd better not bother you."
Ji Si: "It's okay, I'll take a few hours off then. Okay, it's settled."
Ji Qianya hummed, no longer refusing, and nodded obediently, "Thank you, Third Brother."
Li Shu tilted her head, her black and white eyes were quite pure, and she slowly said, "Then will Sister Qianya go back to the confinement room?"
Ji Qianya's expression became a little unnatural, and she almost couldn't breathe. This bitch Li Shu was really talking about things that were not related to the topic. She said she was going back to the confinement room but she was just pretending. There was no way she would really come out and go back in again.
Trying to control the expression on his face, he said softly, "Come back... Come back, sister, you haven't let go yet..."
A hint of amusement flashed in Li Shu's eyes, and her jade-like fingers tapped the table lightly. "Then why is Sister Qianya still sitting there? Is she just talking?"
Ji Qianya's face darkened, and she pinched her hands. For a moment, she didn't know whether to advance or retreat. She opened her mouth and was about to speak when she heard Ji Si say, "Mom, take Qianya back to the room to rest first."
Ji Qianya heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but she had to pretend on the surface, "But..."
Ye Lan took her hand and interrupted what she was about to say, "Okay, Qianya, mom will take you upstairs to rest."
Ji Qianya held Ye Lan's hand tightly, nodded slightly, glanced timidly at Ji Jingchen and Li Shu opposite her, and said hesitantly, "Okay."
Li Shu glanced at Ye Lan and Ji Qianya's leaving backs, yawned, stood up slowly, automatically ignored Ji Si's existence, said hello to Ji Jingchen and Ji Heng, and then left the restaurant.
Not long after Li Shu left, Ji Heng also left. At this time, only Ji Jingchen and Ji Si were left in the restaurant.
"Ji Si, you really don't like Xiaoshu." Ji Jingchen said in a firm tone.
Ji Si folded his arms, leaned back in his chair, and said seriously, "Brother, I haven't had much contact with her, so there's no question of whether I like her or not. I just feel that after bringing her back home, the family has become uneasy."
He paused and continued, "Actually, what I can't understand the most is you and my second brother. I've heard a lot of things from Qianya. Although Li Shu is our biological sister, she's only been back for a few days, and you and my second brother have changed. Have you ever thought about Qianya's feelings? Are all the more than ten years of getting along fake?"
Ji Jingchen frowned, "Ji Si, Qianya is not as good as we thought. You just don't know a lot of things. Not only does she lie, she also swears."
Ji Si's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this, and he sat up straighter, "How is that possible?"
Ji Jingchen's face was quite serious. "Brother, there's no need to lie to you. I know that you, like Mom, won't believe it unless you see it with your own eyes. But time will prove everything. And brother hopes that you won't be so hostile to Xiaoshu because of Qianya, otherwise you will regret it one day."
Ji Si frowned and couldn't help falling into deep thought. There was really no need for his elder brother to lie to him, but he had grown up with Qianya since childhood, and he really didn't want to believe that the person he was talking about was Qianya.
Ji Jingchen stood up, walked over to him, patted his shoulder, and said earnestly: "Think about it carefully. I just don't want you to regret it later."
Ji Si's eyes flickered slightly, and he hummed lightly, "I understand, big brother."
…
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Huo Yandong glanced at the information received on his phone and said loudly, "Brother Yu, I found it!"
Shen Yu sat up slightly, raised his lazy eyes slightly and looked at him, "What do you mean?"
"Let me see." Huo Yandong clicked on the file and began to read it, but his expression became a little solemn. "The night before she returned to the Ji family, Li Shu was still working at the milk tea shop as usual. She was on duty that night and was the last to leave. She passes through a small dark alley every day on her way home, but after checking the nearby surveillance cameras, she never came out after going in that night."
"Also, in the photos you sent, the dress she wore that night was quite neat, completely different from the state I took when I took the photos. Brother Yu, do you think she would be…"
Huo Yandong didn't finish the rest of the words, but through this information, his first reaction was that Li Shu might have been bullied in that alley. It was just strange that the surveillance camera didn't capture her walking out of the alley, and he met her somewhere else.
In addition, when he heard Chen Yu say yesterday that the female ghost lady was Li Shu, he was actually still a little skeptical in his heart. Now seeing the photos sent in the information, he was still quite surprised. He didn't expect that it was really the same person. The only difference was the cleanliness of the clothes.
Shen Yu's eyes dimmed, and his voice was filled with a hint of coldness. "Continue to investigate and see if there were any suspicious people entering or leaving the alley that night."
He paused, then suddenly thought of something and asked, "Where did you take that photo?"
Hearing this, Huo Yandong looked up at him, thought for a moment, and told him the road he took when he met Li Shu that night.
Shen Yu tapped the phone screen with his slender fingers, his dark eyes narrowed slightly, and he said slowly: "By the way, check if there are any abandoned buildings near that road."
Huo Yandong nodded, "Okay, I understand."
"Brother Yu, why do you think Li Shu had to get into trouble the night before she was taken back?"
Chen Yu leaned over and picked up the cigarette box on the table, took out a cigarette and bit it in the corner of his mouth, then picked up the lighter and turned it in a circle in his hand. His raven-black eyelashes slightly closed, and with a "click", a blue-purple flame ignited and lit the cigarette.
He took a deep breath, took off the cigarette and held it between his fingertips. His handsome features were a little distorted by the swirling smoke. "Someone must not want her to return to the Ji family."
Huo Yandong's eyes flickered slightly. "The person in the Ji family who least wants her to come back should be that fake daughter Ji Qianya. She is the most suspicious."
Shen Yu raised his eyebrows and nodded faintly, flicking the ash off his cigarette. "Check Ji Qianya's account transfer records."
Huo Yandong: "Okay."
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