Although Jiang Nuan wasn't shameless enough to admit it directly, her words were still very persuasive.
Although the Huang brothers remained skeptical, they dared not refute it any further and ultimately acquiesced to the matter.
Grandma Jiang was very excited when she heard the news.
"You brat, how did you get into such a mess?"
"Don't worry, Mother, I know what I'm doing."
"What a load of bull," Old Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but slap her daughter. "Just because you got a little bit of divine favor, you dare to call yourself a banished immortal? Why don't you just say you're a celestial being?"
That really infuriated that old woman.
She just got back and this huge accident happened. Is she trying to scare her to death?
"Mom," Jiang Nuan awkwardly touched her nose, "there's no need to get so excited."
"How could I not be excited?" Old Mrs. Jiang wished she could dredge up her daughter with a bucket of water. "Do you think you can bear the title of 'banished immortal'? Putting aside the fact that others will find out that you are not a real immortal and you will not have a good outcome, what if the gods in heaven find out that you have disrespected them and take back the immortal destiny given to you?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuan silently lowered her head.
Sure enough, you have to jump into the hole you dug yourself sooner or later.
If I had known, I would have just said she was a reincarnated immortal instead of talking about obtaining a divine destiny.
"Don't worry, Mother, none of these things will happen."
It's impossible for it to overturn; it will never happen.
"You brat!" Seeing that Jiang Nuan was still stubborn, Old Madam Jiang was furious. "You think you're all grown up now? You don't even listen to your mother. Do you want a beating?"
"Mother," Jiang Nuan asked, feeling wronged, "Do you know what the consequences will be if I admit that I'm a fake?"
"What's the result? Are you going to be killed?"
"To be left with a whole corpse is considered a good outcome."
"No way!" Old Mrs. Jiang's eyes widened immediately. "Why? We'd be beheaded if we didn't lie? What kind of logic is that?"
“The ways of the world,” Jiang Nuan spread her hands, “Now the whole world knows about the banished immortal. If I said it was a misunderstanding, what do you think those who praise the banished immortal would do?”
"I would feel embarrassed."
"Then what?"
"What else can happen? They'll just stop liking you."
“Mother thinks too highly of people,” Jiang Nuan shook her head. “If they find out that her daughter is a fake, those people will definitely want to eat her flesh and drink her blood.”
"It can't be that bad. They just made wild guesses, how can you be blamed for it?"
"This is human nature: to love someone so much that you want them to live, and to hate someone so much that you want them to die!"
Upon hearing this, Grandma Jiang fell silent.
His cloudy eyes were filled with turmoil as he looked at Jiang Nuan, his mouth opening and closing several times.
"Girl, you're not exaggerating to fool me, are you?"
“How could that be?” Jiang Nuan straightened her chest. “Don’t you know your own daughter? I’m not that kind of person.”
It's precisely because I gave birth to her that I have such doubts.
My daughter's ability to deceive people is far superior to that of her mother; I have to be wary.
However, after hearing Jiang Nuan's words, the old lady's doubts lessened somewhat, but she was still unwilling to give up:
"Is there no other way?"
"I can't think of that, but with your resourceful mother, you'll definitely come up with something."
If she could figure it out, why would she be spouting nonsense?
"You brat, you'll drive me crazy one day!"
"No, it won't happen," Jiang Nuan chuckled, taking Grandma Jiang's arm. "With me here, you and Dad will definitely live to be a hundred years old."
"No way, living too long is annoying. Sixty is enough," Old Mrs. Jiang snorted and continued, "Every extra day I live means another day I'll be annoyed by you. I don't want that."
"What I'm saying is true, I'm your little darling, so sweet and considerate, how could I possibly upset you?"
At most, it might leak a little air occasionally.
"I wouldn't dare take a cotton-padded coat that would freeze me to death in winter and scorch me to death in summer."
Although Grandma Jiang was sharp-tongued, she was in a much better mood, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up.
No one really wants to die; they just don't want to be a burden on their children. The longer they live, the greater the burden becomes.
However, her daughter is capable enough to support the two old men, and she still does silly things from time to time, so someone has to keep an eye on her.
Well then, I'll just try to live a decent life, albeit barely!
Jiang Nuan had no idea of the old lady's proud thoughts. Seeing that she was no longer pursuing the matter, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Once you've won over the old lady, you don't need to worry about anyone else. Even if you do nothing, she'll take care of everything perfectly.
It has to be said that my mother was really wronged to be born in this era. She could only manage trivial matters. If she were in later generations, she would definitely be a strong woman, the kind that would make men feel suffocated.
Although Grandma Jiang had accepted that her daughter had lied, she was still worried, "Girl, are you really sure you won't be discovered?"
“Of course,” Jiang Nuan raised her chin, “not everyone is as fortunate as my daughter to have received a divine gift.”
"Don't get cocky, or you'll get slapped to death. You fake don't have the magic of a true immortal, so you can't come back to life."
"Mom, how can you be so disrespectful?"
"It's your fault for being so unreliable," Grandma Jiang paused, then carefully walked to the door, and after making sure no one was there, closed the door. "Girl, we still need to do something so that others won't suspect you're a fake."
"What are your thoughts, Mother?"
"Let me think about it."
Grandma Jiang felt that this matter could not be taken lightly, so she sat cross-legged in her chair and began to think about it carefully.
After a moment, he slapped his thigh and said, "I've got it! What do you think about me dreaming of a sage the day you were born?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuan's lips twitched slightly. "Mother's idea is very good."
She never thought of such a down-to-earth method.
Sure enough, even though I had integrated into life here, there was still a generation gap in my thinking.
"This, plus all the lies your mother told before, is almost enough," Grandma Jiang paused, looking at her daughter, "The key is that you yourself must live up to expectations and do a few things worthwhile to maintain the reputation of being a banished immortal."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuan raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Mother, you even know this?"
"Who are you looking down on?" the old lady said unhappily. "Do you think I don't understand the principles you already know? You're bound to be indebted to those who take your money. As long as there's something in it for us, even if we say we're fake immortals, people won't believe us."
After all, no one can go to heaven to ask the old man.
"What Mother said makes a lot of sense. I have learned a lot from it."
"Learn more from your mother in the future," Grandma Jiang said proudly, raising her chin. "With your mother around, I guarantee you won't suffer any losses."
"Yes, yes, thank you, Mother. You're the best."
It took a while of praising and coaxing to finally get the old lady to leave the room with a beaming smile.
Jiang Nuan knew that even without the old lady's nagging, she would have handled things without leaving any hidden dangers.
However, the old lady's good intentions could not be ignored.
As a mother, she genuinely cared for her daughter, racking her brains for solutions, fearing that she might accidentally make a mistake and suffer a bad end.
A mother's sincerity for her daughter is more precious than gold, and it's something no one would want to betray.
Whenever she thinks of this, Jiang Nuan feels as if a fire is burning in her chest, warm and bittersweet.
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