Jiang Xueqi seemed surprised to be the one being noticed.
She glanced at Jiang Li with a flickering look in her eyes, and said in a panic, "It has nothing to do with anyone else, it was my own carelessness..."
This attempt to cover up the truth immediately drew everyone's attention to Jiang Li.
Jiang Li remained expressionless and slowly walked downstairs under everyone's gaze.
"Jiang Li!" Seeing Jiang Li walk past him, Jiang Chengxi, the eldest son of the Jiang family, looked at Jiang Li with displeasure and said, "Stop right there!"
Jiang Li looked over. "Is something wrong?"
Jiang Li wasn't stupid; these people exuded resistance and dislike towards her from head to toe.
She certainly wouldn't rush to get close to him.
Treat the other person as a stranger living under the same roof; it's better for everyone that way.
"Don't you know how to greet your brothers? Where has your manners gone?" Jiang Chengxi scolded. "As a daughter of the Jiang family, how can you not understand any rules?"
“I remember someone just said they wouldn’t acknowledge me as their sister.” Jiang Li’s expression remained unchanged. “Coincidentally, I’m not particularly interested in you either. If you hadn’t come to take me back, my master wouldn’t have kicked me out. Otherwise, do you think I would really want to join the Jiang family?”
"you!"
“Mr. Jiang and Ms. Su gave birth to me. They didn’t raise me, but they did give me life. They can order me around, but you…” Jiang Li revealed a mocking smile, “What right do you have to point fingers at me?”
Do they really think she's an easy target?
If it weren't for this incident, she wouldn't have minded spending the rest of her time peacefully with these people.
But since these people have made it so obvious, distancing herself from them actually did just what she wanted.
"Alright, stop talking." Su Ruan's face was very unpleasant. "Jiang Li is back for the first time, what kind of nonsense is this? She even came over to eat while washing her hands."
Jiang's father, Jiang Chi, suddenly flew abroad due to company matters and will not return for two days.
So apart from Jiang Chi, the whole family was present.
"Sister..." Jiang Xueqi suddenly wanted to say something, but then quickly changed her mind, remembering Jiang Li's words, "Jiang Li, what school are you in now? Should we ask Mom to transfer you to another school? Schools in Beijing are quite strict and have high requirements. I don't know if you can adapt?"
“No need, I stopped going to school a long time ago,” Jiang Li replied. “You don’t need to worry about me.”
“No!” Su Ruan frowned upon hearing this. “You are my daughter. I was not involved in your past, so I have no right to say anything about how you have become like this. But now that you have returned home, I cannot ignore you. I do not expect you to be as outstanding as Xueqi, but you must finish your studies.”
If people found out, her biological daughter would have dropped out of school long ago and become an illiterate person with no knowledge. She couldn't bear the shame!
"Boss!" Su Ruan looked at Jiang Chengxi again and instructed, "Tomorrow is Monday, take her to Xueqi's school to complete the enrollment procedures."
"Mom!" Jiang Xueqi blinked, asking with some concern, "Do you want Jiang Li to be in the same class as me? If we're in the same class, I can indeed help her a bit, but our class has very high requirements. Are you sure she can keep up after she goes there? Won't the pressure be too much?"
"Let's give it a try first." Before Su Ruan could speak, Jiang Chengxi stated his position first, "If you can't keep up, you can start from the first year of high school again. If you really can't learn it, you can donate a building to the school and get a diploma. You can't be without a diploma."
“Big brother is right.” Jiang Xueqi smiled at Jiang Li again. “Jiang Li, our class is the top class. My grades are second in the class and second in the whole school. If you have any questions, be sure to ask me. I will help you with the questions.”
“I don’t need it,” Jiang Li said seriously. “I’m just not going to school anymore, it doesn’t mean I…”
“It’s settled then.” Su Ruan interrupted Jiang Li. “You must report to Sacred Heart Academy tomorrow.”
Sacred Heart Academy?
That was a real coincidence.
Jiang Li narrowed her eyes, then gave up struggling. "Fine, whatever makes you happy."
"That's great!" Jiang Xueqi smiled happily. "Jiang Li, I really hope you can be in my class so we can take care of each other."
"As long as you don't regret it," Jiang Li said meaningfully.
Jiang Xueqi smiled smugly. She was only afraid that Jiang Li wouldn't be able to go, so how could she possibly regret it?
She wanted to crush Jiang Li, the Jiang family's biological daughter, under her feet, so that she could never steal her favor and would never be able to hold her head high for the rest of her life.
After eating, Jiang Li went back to her room.
She had seen all the members of the Jiang family except for Jiang Chi.
Apart from Jiang Xueqi encountering some setbacks in the near future, the others are all doing fine.
Of course, those who deliberately court death don't count.
At 10 p.m., there was a knock on Jiang Li's door.
Jiang Li got up and opened the door, only to see Jiang Chenghao standing there, grinning at her.
"Jiang Li, today is your first day back home. I was not nice to you before, and after thinking about it, I think I should give you an apology gift," Jiang Chenghao said sincerely.
"Oh, I don't care about your attitude, so I don't need an apology gift. Is there anything else?"
“Since it’s an apology gift, you have to accept it, otherwise how can we get along in the future?” Jiang Chenghao grabbed Jiang Li’s wrist and walked out.
Jiang Li didn't struggle and let him pull her along. She didn't forget to sincerely advise him, "Since you want to give me an apology gift, then I'll give you a piece of advice in return. If you continue to pull me along, there will be bloodshed tonight."
“Although you were adopted by the Xuanmen, don’t really think of yourself as a charlatan.” Jiang Chenghao sneered. “Don’t worry, my family doesn’t believe in that stuff. You’ve scared the wrong person.”
Jiang Chenghao pulled Jiang Li into the courtyard and then pushed her into a storage room.
Inside the storage room were skulls of various shapes and sizes, some terrifying in their own way, others ugly in a uniform way, and some even had red bloodstains rolling down from their eye sockets.
Every prop in every corner is so realistic that it makes you want to scream.
Jiang Li stared blankly at the props, even tapping the skull next to her with her hand and uttering two words in disdain, "Childish!"
From the moment she began cultivating, she was able to see all sorts of demons and monsters. Some mischievous ghosts lingering in the human world would try to scare her with all sorts of terrifying gestures when they discovered that she could see them. She had become numb to it all.
If we're not afraid of the real thing, then what's there to fear about these fake ones?
Jiang Chenghao deliberately created this place to scare Jiang Li in order to avenge Jiang Xueqi, but now that he hasn't heard the predicted scream, he can't help but panic.
Could Jiang Li have fainted from fright?
That's so useless!
Jiang Chenghao opened the door and saw Jiang Li standing motionless inside, clearly terrified.
He stepped forward and patted Jiang Li on the back.
The next second...
A scream rang out, startling everyone in the villa.
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