Jiang Yueyao's heart skipped a beat, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face: "Brother, why are you saying this? Wasn't your hand broken back then because Bai Wenying was scared and ran away, leaving you alone to face those thugs?"
She couldn't help but clench her fists, and cold sweat broke out on her back as she gradually panicked.
Why would Jiang Lixuan ask that? Did he discover something?
No, that's impossible. She's already dealt with all the people from back then. Jiang Lixuan usually dotes on her so much, he definitely wouldn't go out of his way to investigate.
What went wrong...?
Jiang Yueyao took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and stepped forward to take Jiang Lixuan's hand: "Brother, did Bai Wenying come to you and say something to you..."
Jiang Lixuan's anger burned even brighter. He let out a cold laugh, forcefully pulled his hand out of hers, and glared at her with bloodshot eyes: "Even now, you're still lying! You're still making excuses! You're still trying to shift the blame to Bai Wenying!"
Jiang Lixuan is not a heartless person. When he investigated the truth of the incident back then, he was tormented for a moment.
Jiang Tianzong warned him not to ruin the family atmosphere. Jiang Lixuan was conflicted, in pain and regretful, but he was also hoping that Jiang Yueyao would notice that something was wrong with him and take the initiative to confess to him.
He had thought that as long as Jiang Yueyao took the initiative to confess and apologize to Bai Wenying, he would give her another chance.
However, a few days passed in the blink of an eye, and Jiang Yueyao turned a blind eye to his pain. Now she even pretended that nothing had happened and questioned him about why he was cold to her!
How come he never noticed before that Jiang Yueyao was such a good actress?
"Jiang Yueyao, you must have been very proud of yourself back then, right?" Jiang Lixuan asked in a low voice, his eyes filled with sarcasm, "You paid someone to sever my tendons and then hurt Bai Wenying, who was protecting me."
"She even lied to me afterwards, making me mistakenly believe that Bai Wenying really abandoned me and ran away alone back then, causing me to misunderstand her for so many years..."
"I've asked myself honestly, and I haven't done anything to wrong you! Why are you doing this to me! Why!"
The agonizing pressure of the past few days finally caused Jiang Lixuan to explode. He grabbed Jiang Yueyao by the collar, his eyes bloodshot, and roared in a low voice.
When Jiang Yueyao heard him mention hiring people, her scalp tingled and her heart sank.
When Jiang Lixuan grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up, she panicked, her eyes instantly reddened, and she said in a trembling voice, "Brother, please, please don't do this, I'm scared."
She reached out and grasped Jiang Lixuan's hand, still trying to argue, "Brother, where did you hear these things from? They're just making things up, I'm innocent, I..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lixuan was utterly disappointed in Jiang Yueyao. He forcefully threw her to the ground: "Even now, you're still trying to deny it. Do you think I have no evidence?"
“Jiang Yueyao, let me tell you, I have all the evidence of what you did back then.”
His gaze was icy as he looked down at Jiang Yueyao, who was staggering backward. His voice was cold: "You have your father and brother to protect you, so I can't touch you for now. But, Jiang Yueyao, if you dare to lay a finger on Wan Yuan, I will make sure you are completely disgraced in the high society circles of S City!"
Jiang Yueyao: "!!!"
After saying that, Jiang Lixuan gave Jiang Yueyao a deep look, restrained his urge to attack her, and turned to leave.
Jiang Yueyao could no longer maintain her innocent facade. She rushed forward, grabbed Jiang Lixuan's hand, and cried out in panic, "No! Brother, you can't do this!"
She had worked so hard to become the most envied person in the elite circles of S City, and she didn't want to become a laughing stock! She also didn't want to be kicked out of the Jiang family!
Jiang Lixuan paused, turned to look at her: "Now you admit that you did what happened back then?"
Jiang Yueyao couldn't tell whether Jiang Lixuan was just trying to scare her or if he actually had evidence, but she knew she couldn't keep denying it.
She gritted her teeth and said, "I did it, but... you were in the wrong back then!"
Jiang Lixuan asked incredulously, "Was I in the wrong first?"
"Yes!" Jiang Yueyao's beautiful face finally revealed a hint of ferocious jealousy: "If it weren't for how good you were to Bai Wenying back then, I wouldn't have thought of hitting you!"
"I'm good to Bai Wenying?" Jiang Lixuan looked at him with amusement. "Isn't it only natural for me to be good to her? She's my own sister!"
"Besides, we weren't as good to her as we were to her! We always put you first, and you're still not satisfied?!"
"Satisfied? Ha! As long as Bai Wenying comes back, all your attention will be on her, and you won't see me at all!" Jiang Yueyao sneered.
She still remembers that when Bai Wenying first came back, Jiang Lixuan said he hated and rejected her, but when he went out to the mall, he still had the family driver wait for her.
That's when she realized that as long as Bai Wenying was around, she could never become the eldest daughter of the Jiang family; she would always be an outsider in the Jiang family.
"Just like now, Yuanman is back, but you no longer see Xinxin, nor do you see me. You even... are secretly investigating me!"
Jiang Yueyao was both angry and disappointed. She looked up at Jiang Lixuan and said, "Brother, so much time has passed. Why do you have to bring this up again? Wouldn't it be better to just pretend you don't know anything and move on?"
“I admit I was too young and made mistakes back then, but I also took care of you and made it up to you, brother, can’t you forgive me?”
Jiang Lixuan's pupils contracted slightly, and he looked at Jiang Yueyao with disbelief, as if he were meeting this girl he had doted on since childhood for the first time.
After her initial panic, Jiang Yueyao gradually calmed down. She had forgotten that she was no longer the girl who would only hide and cry when something happened.
She is now the only true daughter of the Jiang family.
Even if Jiang Lixuan has evidence, he cannot kick her out of the Jiang family.
"Brother, you always forgave me when I did wrong things as a child. Forgive me one more time this time, and give me the evidence, okay?" Jiang Yueyao softened her voice, coaxing him as she always had.
Jiang Lixuan's chest heaved rapidly, and the indescribable emotions within him brought tears to his eyes. He jerked away from Jiang Yueyao's hand as if in shock, his face full of disappointment: "Jiang Yueyao, this is the first time I've realized that you can be so shameless!"
"I won't hand over the evidence to you!" Jiang Lixuan lowered his eyes and said coldly, "Out of consideration for our past relationship, I'm not harming you. That's my last act of mercy. Jiang Yueyao, from now on, I will no longer treat you as my sister!"
"You'd better watch yourself!"
After saying that, Jiang Lixuan turned and strode away, afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would lose control and attack Jiang Yueyao.
Jiang Yueyao's expression darkened, and she couldn't help but throw the small bag in her hand to the ground, scattering the small items she carried inside into a corner.
She irritably swept her hair back, her eyes filled with frustration: "Damn it! Who! Who gave Jiang Lixuan the evidence? Was it Bai Wenying? Is she not dead? Is she really hiding?"
If that's true, Bai Wenying has a vicious mind; she used her daughter to distract her while secretly plotting against her.
Sure enough, whenever she encountered people or things related to Bai Wenying, things started to go wrong for her...
Jiang Yueyao, her face grim, stared through the glass at Nan Yuanman, who was curiously wandering around the mall. "If that's how it is," she thought, "then don't blame me for targeting her daughter..."
However, before that, she needed to find a way to destroy the evidence in Jiang Lixuan's hands...
Inside the mall, Nan Yuanman, who was looking around like a kitten, suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, as if she were being watched by some evil spirit. She looked around warily, but saw nothing.
Jiang Xinxin followed behind her, panting, and growled impatiently in a low voice, "Can you stop running around like a country bumpkin! It's embarrassing!"
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