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The atmosphere in the Jiang family has been a bit solemn recently. Everyone from top to bottom looks solemn and silent.
No one told them what had happened. From some day on, the laughter and joy in the villa suddenly disappeared, and even talking loudly was forbidden.
Everyone secretly speculated whether something big had happened.
But no matter how much they guessed, no one could give a definite answer. Everyone had to become more and more silent day by day and try their best to focus on the things at hand.
Until two days ago, a servant secretly spread the news that the lady was very ill and had difficulty recognizing people, and even did not recognize the young master.
For a time, everyone in the Jiang family was in panic.
In the villa, Butler Liang repeatedly reminded everyone behind him to be careful when entering and not to disturb the lady. No matter what they saw after entering, they should not say a word. If anyone did not comply, they would be expelled from the Jiang family and never employed again.
Everyone nodded and promised to keep their mouths shut.
Seeing that the knocking was effective, Butler Liang opened the door and brought everyone in.
The bedroom was pitch black. Butler Liang walked in front. He carefully groped his way to the window and opened the curtains. The bedroom, which was originally shrouded in darkness, was instantly illuminated again.
However, there was suddenly a loud noise coming from the big bed which had been quiet just now.
"Don't come over here, don't come over here."
Jiang Yanyi, who had been sleeping, suddenly opened her eyes and sat up straight. Her eyes were dull, her face was pale, and her hair was disheveled, a far cry from her usual elegant and dignified appearance.
"Ghost, there is a ghost."
"Don't eat me, don't come over here, just let me go."
When they first saw her like this, everyone who came in with Butler Liang was shocked.
Madam, what happened?!
Just when everyone was at a loss, Butler Liang took the bowl from someone and tremblingly walked to Jiang Yanyi, "Madam, it's time for you to take your medicine."
Jiang Yanyi seemed to be trapped in his own world, still talking to himself, without any response to his words.
Butler Liang moved closer and said, "Madam, it's time for you to take your medicine. The young master personally made soup for you today, please drink some." He lowered his voice, as if coaxing a child, for fear of startling Jiang Yanyi.
"Ghost, you are a ghost, the ghost is coming to find me, please don't kill me."
Jiang Yanyi turned a deaf ear to his persuasion, and even suddenly waved his hand when he was not paying attention, knocking over the bowl in his hand. The brown medicine immediately contaminated the expensive silk quilt.
Jiang Yan pulled the quilt over her head and shivered in the bed. She kept mumbling to herself, sometimes about ghosts, sometimes about people trying to kill her, but none of her words were true.
Butler Liang sighed. Madam's condition had lasted for several days. Not only was there no sign of improvement, but it was getting worse. What should they do?
He waved his hand: "Alright, alright, everyone go out, Madam is just too tired, let Madam have a good rest."
A group of people filed out and the room became empty again.
Butler Liang closed the curtains he had just opened. Although he knew that his wife couldn't understand what he was saying, he still showed his gentlemanly etiquette and asked for permission: "Madam, I will be leaving first. You should have a good rest. If you need anything, please ring the bell to call me. I am at your service at any time."
The person on the bed naturally did not respond to him.
Butler Liang left the room and gently closed the two doors.
Turning around, he saw the man standing at the door. He shook his head with a worried look on his face: "Master, Madam's condition is getting worse."
Jiang Yuchen frowned and then revealed an expression of pain and disbelief, muttering to himself, "How could this happen?"
Butler Liang shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
"Move aside and let me in."
Butler Liang opened his arms to stop Jiang Yuchen.
"No, Master. Madam is uncomfortable whenever she sees anyone. Please let her rest and recuperate."
Jiang Yuchen pushed him aside and asked harshly, "Butler Liang, what are you talking about? You feel uncomfortable when you see people. My mother is sick now. Can't I, her son, go in and see her and take care of her? Tell me, what are you thinking? Is this your conspiracy?"
Being suddenly accused of such a serious crime, Butler Liang felt like a scholar meeting a soldier, unable to explain himself.
"Master, you have to have evidence when you speak. Madam is ill now, and what we should do is to make her get better quickly, instead of speculating with each other about who is behind this conspiracy."
"Hmph, that's what you say, but my mother suddenly became so seriously ill. I wanted to go in to see her, but you kept making excuses. Tell me, do you have something to hide? Okay, why am I wasting my time talking to you? Get out of the way. I have to go in to see my mother today." After saying that, Jiang Yuchen pushed the door open and rushed in, regardless of the objection of Butler Liang.
Jiang Yanyi seemed to have just fallen asleep, and the sudden sound made her body tremble unconsciously.
"Young Master..." Butler Liang was unable to stop him. He could only watch Jiang Yuchen walking and shouting as he rushed to Jiang Yanyi's bed.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Come on, I'll take you to the hospital." Jiang Yuchen stretched out his hand to help Jiang Yan up.
As soon as his hand touched Jiang Yanyi, Jiang Yanyi opened her eyes in an instant, "Ghost, there is a ghost." As soon as she woke up, she immediately started screaming, waving her hands in the air wildly, and her whole body was shaking.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? I'm Yuchen. Look carefully, I'm your son Yuchen." Jiang Yuchen grabbed her hands anxiously, trying to calm her down.
Unexpectedly, when Jiang Yan saw that it was him, he became even more excited.
"Ghost, you are a ghost. You are here to harm me. Don't harm me, I beg you, I can give you whatever you want, please don't harm me, help, ghost, there is a ghost, someone come and save me." As she spoke, she began to sob, her loose hair mixed with tears stuck to her face, she looked so embarrassed, no longer the noble and cold Madam Jiang of the past.
Jiang Yuchen's hands that were holding hers suddenly loosened. He still couldn't believe what he saw. He said to himself in pain, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Of course no one could give him an answer.
Butler Liang, who had hurriedly caught up, lowered his voice and advised: "Master, this is the Madam's current situation. You have seen it. Please go out first and let Madam have a good rest."
"What's going on? Tell me what's going on." Jiang Yuchen grabbed Butler Liang's collar, his eyes red as he asked through gritted teeth, "He was fine just two days ago, why did he suddenly become like this? Is this you? Speak now."
Butler Liang's face flushed red due to difficulty breathing. He shook his head desperately to deny it, but Jiang Yuchen turned a deaf ear to him and kept holding him, vowing to get the truth.
Butler Liang felt that the old woman who had died many years ago was calling him. White light began to appear in his eyes. If he continued like this, he would die.
"Ghost, you are a ghost. I will kill you, this evil ghost."
At the critical moment, Jiang Yan, who had been shouting that there was a ghost, picked up the vase on the bedside and hit Jiang Yuchen on the head with a bang. The vase broke, Jiang Yuchen fell to the ground, and Butler Liang was saved.
The rescued housekeeper Liang collapsed on the ground in a mess, breathing in the long-lost fresh air in big gulps. He had never felt that being alive was so wonderful.
"Thank...thank you for calling me."
Jiang Yan clapped his hands and glanced at Jiang Yuchen who was unconscious on the ground, "Lao Liang, thank you for your hard work. I will give you a big red envelope for the New Year this year." There was no trace of his previous crazy look in his words.
Butler Liang frowned and coughed loudly, "It's not hard, it's not hard, Madam, what should we do next?"
Jiang Yanyi shook his head: "Don't do anything, just wait and see what happens, and then wait and see."
"I understand ma'am."
Butler Liang propped himself up and lifted Jiang Yuchen up with both hands. Although he looked old and frail, he burst out with amazing strength at this moment.
"Ma'am, I'm going out first."
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Recently, two major events happened in the Jiang family. First, a new rumor was spread. Some people said that the lady was possessed by evil spirits and kept shouting that there was a ghost in the villa. The person who spread this rumor imitated Jiang Yanyi's words and deeds while speaking, and his words sounded very convincing.
At first, no one believed it and thought it was a rumor spread by someone with ulterior motives. Gradually, everyone found that more and more people were saying this, and everyone seemed to have seen it with their own eyes, and every detail was described clearly.
Three people make a tiger, and gradually, everyone believed it even though they didn't believe it.
The rumors of ghosts in the villa became more and more intense, the servants were in a panic, and more and more people offered to resign. The lady had already fallen ill because of this matter, and they were afraid that if they didn't leave, they would have the life to earn money but not the life to spend it.
In the past, if Butler Liang saw something like this, he would have to gather everyone together to give them some warning and do some ideological work, but now, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter, and when disaster strikes, everyone flees for their own safety, and no one cares about them at all.
The second major event in the Jiang family was that Butler Liang was fired. Butler Liang, who had worked loyally for the Jiang family all his life, was about to retire when he was suddenly fired overnight.
On the surface, it was announced to the outside world that Butler Liang resigned on his own initiative with a high pension because he was too old and frail to perform the job of a butler. In fact, everyone in the Jiang family knew that Butler Liang did not resign on his own initiative, but was kicked out by the young master.
The young master said that the reason why the lady became like this was all because of the manipulation of Butler Liang. As an old man of the Jiang family, he knew clearly all of the lady's preferences and habits. It was precisely because of his familiarity that he was able to harm the lady like this without anyone noticing.
It rained heavily on the day that Butler Liang was kicked out, even heavier than the rain on the day Yiping went to her father to ask for money. Butler Liang angrily asked the young master where the evidence was. Without evidence, he would not go anywhere.
The young master didn't produce the evidence Steward Liang requested. He quickly regained his usual arrogance and raised his chin nonchalantly. "Evidence? What evidence do you want? You've harmed my mother to this point in order to seize my Jiang family's wealth, and now you shamelessly demand evidence? I'm telling you, I am the evidence. Steward Liang, considering your dedication over the years, I won't pursue legal action against you. But you should be content with what you have. Stop coveting what doesn't belong to you. Someone, throw him out." His head was still wrapped in thick gauze, which looked completely out of place with his arrogance, even a little comical. However, no one dared to laugh in his presence.
Several burly men responded and carried Butler Liang out of the villa. When they got outside, they threw Butler Liang to the ground like a rag.
Inside the villa, Jiang Yuchen was standing on the second floor giving orders. He looked down at everyone from above. This long-lost feeling made his blood boil. He closed his eyes in enjoyment for a long time, then took a deep breath, feeling the supreme and incomparable happiness that money and power brought him.
Just when everyone was still not getting a response and began to discuss in low voices, Jiang Yuchen spoke.
"Listen up, everyone! From today on, anyone who keeps gossiping about ghosts and gods will end up like Butler Liang. If you want to make money from the Jiang family, shut up. My mother has been ill recently, and as her only son, I should shoulder all the responsibilities of this family. From now on, everything in the family, including what should and shouldn't be done, must be approved by me. If I hear any bad news about the Jiang family, then everyone here will be held responsible. As for what the responsibility is, I don't think you are interested in knowing. In short, from today, from this moment on, I am the master of the Jiang family, the true and only master. Do you understand?"
Everyone was stunned at first, and then, no one knew who started it, but applause began to rise and fall in the hall on the first floor. The applause spread from points to lines, from lines to surfaces, and finally merged into a force that shook the mountains and the earth.
Jiang Yuchen was immersed in the thunderous applause. The great excitement made the veins on his forehead throb, and it seemed as if there was a ferocious beast rampaging in his chest, ready to rush out at any time.
Ten minutes later, Jiang Yuchen raised his hand to stop everyone's applause.
He waved to Mrs. Jiang, "Mrs. Jiang, come here."
Under the surprised and envious gazes of the crowd, Mrs. Jiang straightened her back and came in front of Jiang Yuchen.
"Master, what are your instructions?"
Jiang Yuchen showed helplessness on his face: "Sister Jiang, my mother has always loved the soup you made. Now that she is sick, I can't do anything for her. Please take the trouble to teach me so that I can do my best to be filial to my mother."
After hearing what he said, not only Mrs. Jiang, but also other people changed their opinion of him greatly, and they all said that the young master had a filial heart.
"Master, you're joking. What trouble is it? This is my job. I'm glad you're so kind. If Madam knew, she would be very happy."
Jiang Yuchen smiled slightly: "Thank you for your hard work."
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With the help of Mrs. Jiang, Jiang Yuchen quickly made the soup. This was the fourth soup he had learned to make.
Jiang Yuchen brought the soup and had someone open Jiang Yanyi's door. Two days ago, a private doctor and a feng shui master had moved into the house. With their help, Jiang Yanyi was no longer as emotional as before and kept making a fuss about ghosts.
Now she is very quiet and can sit in her room all day without making any noise or disturbance.
Jiang Yuchen recognized the abilities of the doctor and the master and praised them highly.
"Mom, I made your favorite pigeon soup. Come and have some, okay?" He said as he fed the soup into Jiang Yanyi's mouth, not caring whether the soup was hot or not. "Mom, I have good news to tell you. I have found the black sheep in our family. You may not know it yet, but it is all because of that bastard Liang, the housekeeper, that you have become like this. He wants the huge wealth that you have earned for half your life, so he has lost his conscience. But don't be afraid, I have kicked him out, and he can no longer harm you. Mom, are you happy?"
No matter what he said, Jiang Yanyi just listened mechanically, without any reaction or response. She couldn't even swallow, and could only let the pigeon soup fed into her mouth flow down her chin onto her clothes and the ground.
It's a mess.
Jiang Yuchen didn't care about her reaction. He stirred the soup in the bowl with a spoon and continued to talk to himself: "Mom, you used to make soup for me, and now your son can make soup too. I will make soup for you every day in the future. Are you happy? If you are happy, can you help your son?" His tone became extremely soft, with a coaxing tone.
"Mom, your son has everything now. The only thing he lacks is the company seal. You have loved me so much since I was a child. Can you help me?"
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