Ji Yuwei truly lives up to her reputation as someone who studied acting.
A pale face, a weak voice, and eyes brimming with tears.
As soon as she opened her mouth, large tears slid down her cheeks, her tone filled with self-reproach.
Ji Yanli looked at the blood-stained fruit knife on the ground in disbelief: "Yuwei, are you saying that Niannian cut you with a knife just now?"
The Ji family's servants were also terrified.
He rushed in and helped Ji Yuwei up: "Miss Yuwei, are you alright? Let me help you up."
Ji Yuwei didn't want the maid to help her up.
She hasn't lived at home for so many years, which is why her brothers have become distant from her now. Her eldest brother used to dote on her a lot when they were young.
She made this cut for two reasons: first, to ruin Jiang Nian's image in her older brother's eyes, and second, to take this opportunity to reconnect with him.
So Ji Yuwei choked up and looked up, her voice trembling with tears: "Big brother, I feel a little weak in the legs, could you carry me back to my room?"
Ji Yanli's expression was cold and stern.
He didn't actually go over and pick Ji Yuwei up.
He simply instructed the maid to carry Ji Yuwei back to her room and called Dr. Chen to come back and bandage her up.
He then took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Nian: "Nian Nian... I know you care about Grandpa, but you shouldn't be so impulsive as to hurt someone with a knife."
Upon hearing Ji Yanli's words, Jiang Nian paused.
His eyes trembled almost imperceptibly.
Ji Yanli then said in a stiff tone, "I won't say anything more for now. Go back to your room and reflect on your actions."
Jiang Nian didn't say what she was about to say.
He twitched his fingertips and said, "...I understand."
Although she couldn't get her older brother to carry her back to her room, it was enough to see that he was dissatisfied with Jiang Nianxin.
Ji Yuwei saw Jiang Nian turn and leave, and a hint of smugness appeared in her eyes.
So what if my second and fifth brothers treat Jiang Nian differently? My eldest brother already thinks she's wicked.
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After watching Jiang Nian return to her room, Ji Yanli also went back to his own bedroom.
I sat at the table, but couldn't calm down for a long time.
He knew that the tone of his voice had hurt Niannian's feelings.
The child had only been home for four days. When he harshly told her to go back to her room to reflect on her actions, he wasn't entirely without compassion.
But as the older brother, he couldn't bear to blame his younger sister even a little bit after what had just happened.
Ji Yanli leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
Niannian lost her mother at birth and was abandoned by her father. She was raised by her cousin in the countryside and never even had a proper schooling.
So from childhood to adulthood, she may not have had any close relatives to teach her and cultivate her correct values.
When Ji Yanli saw a few days ago that Jiang Nian had been expelled from Yaoxian High School for beating six of the 17 girls to the point of hospitalization, he didn't feel any of the smugness that people online had for his sister; he only felt worried.
When he received a message from the Jiangcheng Police Station today, saying that Niannian had beaten Song Wenjing and five thugs from the Song family unconscious and sent them to the hospital after school on the first day of school, his worries intensified.
...Thinking about her, she was too violent.
More than the violence itself, he was worried that Niannian had become accustomed to using violence as a way to solve problems.
Perhaps this is how Niannian has always been since she was a child, which has allowed her to protect herself and grow up to where she is today.
Perhaps Niannian's skills are indeed very impressive.
But if she has this kind of personality, what if she encounters someone even more vicious in the future? What if someone hurts her?
Ji Yanli dared not even think about it.
It was precisely because he knew about what Jiang Nian had done that he didn't suspect anything when he opened the door and saw Ji Yuwei clutching her bleeding arm, saying that Jiang Nian had scratched her.
After all, Nian Nian had indeed dragged Ji Yuwei to the storage room with a cold look in front of him and closed the door. He knew that Nian Nian was capable of doing such a thing.
Ji Yanli wanted to talk to Jiang Nian.
For a moment, I didn't know how to phrase it.
Just then, the butler knocked on the door from the outside.
Ji Yanli rubbed his furrowed brow, which was furrowed with irritation, took a deep breath, and let the person in.
The butler entered with a complicated expression, holding a cell phone in his hand: "Young Master, I shouldn't have come in when you should be resting. But I think you should still take a look at this surveillance footage..."
monitor?
Ji Yanli's pupils contracted.
He suddenly remembered that two months ago, the housekeeper had informed him that the home security equipment had been upgraded, and that the latest surveillance cameras had been installed in the storage room.
He had completely forgotten about that.
Opening the surveillance camera and scrolling the video progress bar to the end, Ji Yanli was shocked to see that Jiang Nian had only pressed Ji Yuwei against the wall as a warning before releasing her.
It was Ji Yuwei who cut her arm with a knife the moment Jiang Nian turned around, and then cried to him after the door opened.
This wasn't something Nian Nian did!
After watching the video, Ji Yanli suddenly stood up.
"Young Master..." Before the butler's voice could even finish, Ji Yanli had already hurriedly left the room with his phone in hand.
Standing outside Jiang Nian's room.
Ji Yanli took a deep breath and knocked on the door: "...Niannian, are you asleep?"
A few seconds later, the door was suddenly opened.
Jiang Nian had already changed into her pajamas.
The loose-fitting cotton pajamas made the girl's figure appear even more slender and delicate. Her skin looked bloodless under the cool white light, her face was small and delicate, and her soft black hair fell over her shoulders.
But at this moment, those usually aloof eyes appeared even paler, hazy and indistinct.
"...Big brother?"
Jiang Nian called out.
Thinking that Ji Yanli had come to see how he was reflecting on his actions, he said in a low voice, "I am reflecting on my actions."
Ji Yanli was suddenly struck in the heart by the girl's words of self-reflection, and a wave of guilt washed over him.
He clenched his fist, his thin lips pressed into a thin line: "You mean, it really was you who cut Yuwei with a knife today?"
That person said, if you're being slandered and don't have enough strong evidence, don't try to convince others to believe you through explanations. No one will believe you.
Jiang Nian paused for a moment, then lowered her eyes: "...Mm."
That "hmm" immediately broke Ji Yanli's guard.
This is his younger sister.
But she didn't think he would believe her.
They didn't even try to offer a defense.
He had planned to bring his younger sister back so he could be her support and give her the warmth of home. But in reality, he failed to do so at all. He didn't give his sister enough trust, nor did he give her enough security.
"What do you mean, 'hmm'? You clearly didn't do it, so why didn't you say so before, and why aren't you saying so now?"
For the first time, the usually composed Ji Yanli spoke with such impatience. He pulled his younger sister into his arms, his voice filled with self-reproach.
"It's all my fault... I didn't even ask you, I just assumed it was you who did it, and I even made you come back and reflect on your actions."
Ji Yanli stroked his sister's long hair, feeling a lump in his throat, and said in a low, hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, Niannian, can you forgive your brother?"
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