After leaving her room, Jiang Xinrou went directly to Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue's room.
The poison in the room had not yet been completely removed. She looked at the two corpses on the bed from afar and felt an immense sense of pleasure.
Seeing Lin Xiuyan crying as if her heart was breaking, she felt even happier.
In her opinion, Lin Xiuyan was only able to act arrogantly in Chongqing because of the favor she received from Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue.
Now that they're dead, dealing with that good-for-nothing Lin Xiuyan will be a piece of cake.
She walked up to Lin Xiuyan with feigned concern and said, "Cousin, don't be sad. Your aunt and uncle would be heartbroken to see you like this."
She squeezed out a few tears as she finished speaking: "Now that my aunt and uncle are gone, my sister and I must support each other."
Lin Xiuyan seemed to be completely distraught from crying. She looked at Jiang Xinrou and said, "I don't believe that my parents are gone like this!"
"Cousin, you're usually the smartest. Tell me, they're alright, right?"
Jiang Xinrou looked at Lin Xiuyan coldly and said, "Cousin, your aunt and uncle are dead. You have to face this fact."
Lin Xiuyan stared at her with wide eyes, but there was not a trace of sadness in them.
Lin Xiuyan knew she was an ingrate and ruthless, but she still underestimated her shamelessness; she wasn't even going to pretend anymore.
Jiang Xinrou stopped looking at her, her lips slightly upturned, her smugness undisguised.
She looked back at Lin Xiuyan and said, "Cousin, your aunt and uncle are gone. There will be no one to support you anymore."
"It's not that I look down on you, but all you do all day is fight and run around aimlessly. This Lin mansion is not something you can manage."
"From now on, I will manage the Lin family mansion. Don't worry, I won't let you starve to death."
Lin Xiuyan said coldly, "What do you mean? Are you trying to compete with me for the Lin family's inheritance?"
Jiang Xinrou smiled, pursing her lips: "Compete with you for the family fortune? You're not worthy."
She still remembers the time Lin Xiuyan forced her to go find Zhou Chenyang. Whenever she thinks about how Lin Xiuyan bullied her, she grits her teeth with hatred.
She looked coldly at Lin Xiuyan and said, "From now on, I will be the city lord's wife. Although you are still the eldest daughter of the Lin family, you don't know anything about business."
“If you can’t manage the Lin family business, then I’ll have to do the hard work for you. After all, I was the one who managed the Lin family business before, and you don’t know anything about it.”
After she finished speaking, she reached out and patted Lin Xiuyan's face, saying, "From now on, our positions will be reversed, and you'll have to live at my beck and call."
She couldn't hide her pride as she said this, and burst into laughter.
Lin Xiuyan narrowed her eyes slightly when she saw her arrogant demeanor.
Jiang Xinrou saw Lin An staring at her with wide eyes. She remembered the persona she had established in the Lin family. At this time, the Lin family was not yet completely under her control, and she could not afford to let it collapse.
So she took out a handkerchief and pretended to wipe her eyes, saying, "Auntie, Uncle, you died so tragically!"
"Your behavior makes me so sad!"
Lin Xiuyan really wanted to roll her eyes. Jiang Xinrou was also being unprofessional. Although she knew that Jiang Xinrou was faking her tears, she couldn't suppress the smile in her fake tears.
Her eyes were deep and unfathomable. She gave a cold laugh and decided to let Jiang Xinrou be smug for a while longer.
The more triumphant and happy Jiang Xinrou is now, the greater the fall from grace will be, and the more miserable she will become later.
A servant's timid voice came from the side: "How could there be so many poisonous insects? How could the master and madam just die like this?"
Chongqing is surrounded by mountains, and while there are many poisonous creatures in the mountains, they rarely venture into areas populated by humans. (cascoo.net)
Jiang Xinrou knew, of course, where those poisonous insects came from; she had Zhou Chenyang go to great lengths to collect them.
For some time now, she had been thinking about how to obtain everything from the Lin family while also torturing Lin Xiuyan to death.
After thinking it over, she finally decided that only by killing the two people in charge of the Lin family could she plot against Lin Xiuyan.
The reason she chose to take action today is simply because it's her wedding day.
This auspicious day was a new beginning for her, and of course she needed the entire Lin family's dowry.
Jiang Xinrou's crying was completely insincere. She wiped away her tears in a fake manner and said softly, "Since things have come to this, please accept my condolences, cousin."
After she finished speaking, she summoned several people to handle the relevant matters, as if she had already become the master of the Lin family.
Those people obeyed Jiang Xinrou's orders without question, and quickly took out bright red silk from the storeroom to decorate the Lin residence.
Lin An questioned coldly, "Master and Madam just had an accident, isn't it inappropriate for you to hang bright red silk now?"
The man slapped Lin An across the face: "The master and madam are no longer here, but Miss Lin is marrying the city lord today!"
“From now on, the Lin family will have to rely on Miss Lin to uphold its reputation. At this time, we should naturally put Miss Lin first in everything.”
Lin An covered his face, his expression extremely unpleasant.
He looked at Lin Xiuyan, but Lin Xiuyan was staring at the two corpses and crying, seemingly oblivious to everything else.
Jiang Xinrou felt even more smug when she saw this.
She also wanted to have the storeroom opened and all the valuables in the Lin family mansion moved away.
However, apart from the key to the storeroom where the dowry was stored, which could be found with a steward, the other storeroom keys were nowhere to be found.
Jiang Xinrou really wanted to have the door of the Lin family's storeroom smashed down, but then she thought that since the two old geezers were already dead, and only Lin Xiuyan was left, she was not to be afraid of.
From now on, the Lin family mansion will all belong to her. Her most urgent task now is to get herself ready and then get married to Zhou Chenyang.
In an instant, the entire Lin residence was thrown into chaos.
A large portion of the servants revolved around Jiang Xinrou, greatly satisfying her vanity.
Lin Xiuyan memorized all those people's names in her mind.
She knew that many people in the Lin family had been bribed by Jiang Xinrou, but apart from the few who were openly known, it was very troublesome to investigate.
Today, everything has come to light, saving her a lot of trouble.
Seeing this, Lin An became anxious and came over, saying, "Miss, you must step forward now, otherwise the Lin family will be in chaos."
Lin Xiuyan sniffed lightly and said, "I only want my father and mother!"
Seeing her so vulnerable, Lin An felt both sorry for her and anxious. He immediately went to find several loyal servants to help her with the necessary arrangements.
He wanted to protect the Lin family mansion for her and prevent it from falling into Jiang Xinrou's hands.
The funeral arrangements for Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue also needed to be handled properly, so he immediately ordered people to prepare coffins.
Lin Xiuyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him and his loyal servants. Some people in the Lin family could not be bought off by Jiang Xinrou with a little benefit.
Seeing Lin An's worried expression and how busy he was, she felt a little guilty.
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