As soon as the words left his mouth, Jiang Lixuan knew what a stupid question he had asked.
Bai Wenying's diary is in Nan Yuanman's hands. How could she not know that he had wrongly accused her mother?
Jiang Lixuan looked flustered and looked away, not daring to meet Nan Yuanman's gaze. He raised his hand to cover his eyes: "...Sorry, I think I asked a stupid question."
Nan Yuanman wiggled her little bottom, adjusted her position, and sat up straight. Hearing this, she snorted softly, "Does this even need to be calculated?"
"It's because you adults are too stupid that you can't tell who's a good person and who's a bad person."
Jiang Lixuan gave a bitter laugh and said in a hoarse voice, "...Yuanman is right."
"Once I've investigated everything, I will give Wen Yin justice. Don't worry. I've also sent people to look for your mother. I'll let you know if I have any news."
Nan Yuanman looked at him with a complicated expression, then sighed heavily like a little adult. Jiang Lixuan was really hopeless; he still couldn't believe his mother was dead.
never mind.
If he saw his mother's tombstone, he would probably believe it, right?
Nan Yuanman, being rather wicked, didn't tell Jiang Lixuan where his mother's tombstone was located.
He treated his mother so badly before, let him suffer a little longer.
Jiang Lixuan perked up and stopped talking to Nan Yuanman about these heavy topics between adults. Instead, he asked her how her day went with Meng Qinian and whether she had fun.
"I'm so happy! Brother Qinian took me to eat so many delicious things." Mentioning Nan Yuanman made her wide awake, her eyes sparkling as she chattered about what Meng Qinian had taken her to eat.
Hearing Nan Yuanman address them so affectionately, Jiang Lixuan felt a pang of sadness, but he dared not suggest that Nan Yuanman call him "little uncle" again.
He dared not imagine how wronged Bai Wenying would have felt if he had wronged her back then.
He was indeed not a good older brother, nor... a good uncle.
Amidst the chattering of children, Jiang Lixuan and Nan Yuanman returned to the Jiang family home.
Ge Peiyao went out to have afternoon tea with other wealthy ladies, and Jiang Hengzhi was not at home either. Only Jiang Yueyao and Jiang Xinxin were in the living room.
Jiang Yueyao was holding a storybook and gently telling a story to Jiang Xinxin when she heard the sound coming from the doorway.
Jiang Xinxin quickly looked up, and when she saw Nan Yuanman leading Jiang Lixuan in, she instantly puffed up her cheeks, snorted very loudly, and then turned her face away.
She looked very angry, but her round eyes couldn't help glancing at Jiang Lixuan again and again, hoping that he would rush over to kiss and hug her and coax her as he used to do when he saw she was angry.
Jiang Xinxin secretly vowed that if her uncle came to coax her, she would sincerely apologize to Nan Yuanman and never be jealous of her again.
Jiang Yueyao sat on the sofa and greeted Jiang Lixuan with a smile: "Brother, you're back! You must be tired from work. Did you bring the cloud cakes from Xu's shop that I asked you to bring back?"
Jiang Lixuan looked at the mother and daughter sitting on the sofa, as if nothing had happened that morning, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes. He felt particularly uncomfortable.
He hadn't forgotten how Jiang Xinxin had targeted Nan Yuanman for no reason this morning, and how Jiang Yueyao had sided with Jiang Xinxin.
How come he never noticed before that Jiang Yueyao was so shameless?
She bullied his own niece and then pretended nothing had happened by asking him for pastries.
Jiang Lixuan's expression darkened slightly. He took Nan Yuanman's pink slippers from the shoe rack, lifted her up and sat her on his lap. While helping her change her shoes, he said coldly, "No."
"I'm busy today. If you want pastries in the future, you can ask the maid to buy them. Okay, lift your left foot."
Nan Yuanman lifted her left foot, and Jiang Lixuan put her slippers on. He said, "Butler Li just had someone renovate your room today. You'll be sleeping with me for the next couple of days."
Nan Yuanman yawned delicately, let out a lazy "ooh," and ignored Jiang Yueyao and her daughter, pattering as she walked upstairs in her slippers.
Jiang Yueyao stared blankly at Jiang Lixuan, her beautiful face showing disbelief.
This was... the first time in his life that Jiang Lixuan had refused her request.
You should know that Jiang Lixuan is her youngest brother. He used to dote on her in almost everything. Not to mention Xu Ji's cloud cake, even if she wanted jewelry worth millions, he would buy it for her without batting an eye.
Jiang Yueyao suddenly felt wronged, and she opened her mouth to call out to him, "Brother..."
"I'm a little tired, I'm going upstairs to rest first." Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Lixuan interrupted her, without even glancing at her, and followed Nan Yuanman upstairs.
He was in a state of confusion and didn't know how to calmly face Jiang Yueyao.
He was afraid that if he stayed in front of her any longer, he would be unable to resist questioning her.
Jiang Yueyao's face darkened uncontrollably. She looked at Jiang Lixuan's back with slight unease. What was going on? Why did Jiang Lixuan's attitude suddenly become so cold?
Is it because of what happened between Xinxin and Nanmanyuan this morning?
But didn't she and Xinxin already apologize? Jiang Lixuan couldn't possibly be this angry, could he?
Or... did something happen today that she doesn't know about?
Before Jiang Lixuan could coax her, Jiang Xinxin pouted and grabbed Jiang Yueyao's sleeve in grievance, her childish voice trembling with tears: "Mommy, I hate Uncle."
"My uncle scolded me today because of the new girl, and he didn't even try to comfort me. I don't want to be friends with him anymore, Mom. I miss my eldest uncle. I want to call him..."
Jiang Yueyao's eyes flickered. She gently patted Jiang Yueyao's back, didn't speak up for Jiang Lixuan, and handed her the phone: "Mom misses Uncle too, why don't you call him?"
Jiang Xinxin couldn't wait to dial the number of Jiang Juncheng, the eldest son of the Jiang family. The phone rang twice, and a deep, magnetic male voice with a hint of doting asked, "Yaoyao, what's wrong? Why are you calling me all of a sudden?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Jiang Xinxin burst into tears: "Uncle, Uncle and the new sister are bullying Xinxin, waaaaah, please come back quickly and help Xinxin, waaaah..."
Having just finished a meeting, Jiang Juncheng, who was listening to his assistant's summary in his office, raised his hand to signal his assistant to stop for a moment. His brows were furrowed, and his voice was low: "Xinxin, what happened? How did your uncle bully you? Who is that new sister? Is she a child brought by the family's maid?"
The assistant standing to the side glanced at Jiang Juncheng, hesitated, and remained silent so as not to disturb him on the phone.
While crying, Jiang Xinxin told him incoherently about what had happened at home in the past two days. Her words were so unclear that Jiang Juncheng listened for a long time but still couldn't understand what she was saying. However, he felt extremely distressed.
He pinched his slightly sore nose and gently coaxed her for a while, promising to come home tomorrow and bring her a gift. Jiang Xinxin then hung up the phone, sobbing.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Juncheng realized that he had forgotten to ask Jiang Xinxin to give the phone to Jiang Yueyao so he could ask her about her family situation.
He held his phone and pondered for a moment before saying to his assistant, "Go and find out which maid brought a child to the house recently and bullied Xinxin."
The assistant glanced at him cautiously: "Um... President, you forgot, a few days ago, the Chairman had Fifth Young Master pick up Miss Bai Wenying's child..."
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