"Xueqi, what happened?" Su Ruan came out when she heard the voice.
When Su Ruan saw Jiang Xueqi fall to the ground with a handprint on her face, her expression changed drastically.
She immediately went over and helped Jiang Xueqi up. "Xueqi, who hit you? Huh?"
Although Jiang Xueqi is not her biological daughter, she has genuinely loved and nurtured her for eighteen years. Their mother-daughter relationship no longer needs to be maintained by a simple blood relationship.
In her heart, Jiang Xueqi is her daughter.
Even knowing that his daughter was switched at birth and that his biological daughter belonged to someone else, the affection he had for her over the past eighteen years was genuine.
"Mom...I...I..." Jiang Xueqi choked out, her tear-filled eyes looking uneasily at Jiang Li beside her.
In just a moment, she timidly looked away.
Su Ruan had been paying close attention to Jiang Xueqi, so she naturally noticed the change in her expression.
Turning around, I saw Jiang Li with a mocking expression.
"You? You're the one who bullied our Xueqi?" Su Ruan's expression turned cold. She was convinced that Jiang Li was the culprit who hurt Jiang Xueqi. She said in an unhappy tone, "You're so young and you're already learning bad habits. What kind of upbringing did your parents give you?"
The slap mark on Jiang Xueqi's face broke Su Ruan's heart.
His gaze toward Jiang Li grew even colder.
Jiang Li's mocking expression became even more pronounced.
She knew from a young age that she had few family ties, but she also felt that it was fate and there was nothing to say about it.
I never imagined that my own mother would be such a person who couldn't distinguish right from wrong and blindly believed everything she heard.
If that's the case...
Jiang Li smiled and nodded in agreement, "Yes, you're right. My parents really didn't teach me. I have no manners or upbringing, and that's all my parents' fault."
"No wonder! So he's a wild child with no one to teach him!" Su Ruan sneered, her gaze towards Jiang Li filled with disgust. "Like father, like son, that saying is indeed true."
Jiang Li wasn't angry at all, and even echoed her sentiments twice.
“Yes, you’re right.” Jiang Li’s expression became a little more obedient, and then she added with a smile, “Oh, right… I forgot to introduce myself. Hello, Ms. Su, my name is Jiang Li.”
"Jiang Li? Which Jiang Li?" Su Ruan asked subconsciously, then her expression froze.
What's the difference between her criticism of Jiang Li and her own self-criticism?
She has already found her biological daughter, so naturally she knows her daughter's name.
But she didn't expect...
This is what meeting my biological daughter turned out to be like.
Seeing Su Ruan stunned, Jiang Xueqi immediately burst into tears, blaming herself, "Mom... I'm... I'm sorry... It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been separated from my sister for eighteen years..."
Su Ruan snapped out of her complicated thoughts and gently rubbed Jiang Xueqi's head, comforting her, "This is not your fault. No matter what the reason, she cannot hit people at will. Hitting people is wrong of her."
“Mom…it’s not my sister’s fault…” Jiang Xueqi acted more and more like a considerate and obedient daughter. “I took my sister’s place, leaving her to wander outside, all alone and helpless for so many years. Whatever she did to me, it was all her duty…Now that my sister is back, even if I have to leave, I won’t complain at all…”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Su Ruan's expression turned serious. "Even if she comes back, you are still the daughter I've raised for eighteen years. This is your home, and no one has the right to kick you out!"
As she spoke, Su Ruan looked at Jiang Li and said, "Now that you're back, you should get rid of all the bad habits you picked up outside. Our Jiang family's daughters can't be without any manners or upbringing. Now... apologize to Xueqi right now!"
Jiang Li lifted her eyelids and glanced at Su Ruan, a playful smile curving her lips. "Are you sure... you want me to apologize?"
She never expected any kinship, and she came here obediently this time in order to sever this meager kinship.
She could never repay the debt of gratitude she owed for giving birth to her.
However, she can repay the kindness they have shown her in her own way.
Once the cause and effect are offset, then...
She can then return to the Xuanmen sect and focus wholeheartedly on doing what she wants to do.
"You did something wrong, shouldn't you apologize?" Su Ruan was amused by Jiang Li's attitude. "Xueqi doesn't owe you anything. Hitting her is your fault!"
“That makes sense,” Jiang Li nodded. “But you keep saying I did something wrong, but did you see me hit her?”
Jiang Li has a clear goal: she doesn't crave family ties, nor does she want to stay in the Jiang family.
Naturally, she wouldn't care about what others thought, let alone expect her to be submissive.
"Besides you, Xueqi is the only one here. If it wasn't you, then who else could it be Xueqi who did it herself?" Su Ruan was extremely displeased that her own daughter was so stubborn.
Her daughter should be like Xueqi.
She has excellent academic performance, is gentle, obedient and sensible, and is one of the top heiresses among the wealthy and noble families.
So many people envy her, they can't possibly envy her enough.
How could someone like Jiang Li, who has a pretty face but no manners, speaks rudely, and is full of lies, be worthy of being her daughter?
"So, Ms. Su is convinced that I was the one who hit her?" Jiang Li asked again.
"Who else could it be but you?" Su Ruan was losing her patience. "You'd better apologize to Xue Qi right now, or you can forget about stepping into this house!"
Seeing Jiang Li's stubborn expression, Jiang Xueqi cried, her face streaked with tears, looking pitiful. She choked out, "Sister... I know my existence makes you unhappy. Whatever you do to me... is justified..."
While marveling at Jiang Xueqi's amazing acting skills, Jiang Li slightly moved her wrists.
Then, to the astonishment of Su Ruan and Jiang Xueqi, he stepped forward and slapped Jiang Xueqi across the face.
That slap landed squarely on the slap mark on Jiang Xueqi's face.
The slap was extremely powerful, instantly causing Jiang Xueqi's face to swell up.
Jiang Xueqi forgot to let the tears fall from her face. She covered her face blankly and then screamed.
"Jiang Li! What are you doing?" Su Ruan shoved Jiang Li away and said angrily, "What did Xueqi do to offend you? Why are you treating her like this?"
Jiang Li stumbled from the push, but quickly regained her balance.
She scoffed and said, "Didn't you all say that I slapped her across the face? Since I've been so wronged, shouldn't I prove this false accusation true? Now I admit it, I hit her."
"You! You're being unreasonable!" Su Ruan gasped for breath, "It's utterly absurd!"
“Same to you, Ms. Su is no less impressive.” Jiang Li shrugged. “However…”
Jiang Li glanced at Jiang Xueqi's face again and reminded her very seriously, "Ms. Su might as well take a look and see if the two slap marks on your daughter's face were from the same person... After all, to me... the difference is quite big."
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