Listening to the man's shouts and the woman's cursing in the fire, Ji Zhinan curled his lips, turned around and left gracefully.
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When Ji Zhinan returned to the Ji residence after leaving the abandoned factory, it was already past five in the morning.
A faint light appeared on the eastern horizon; the sky was just beginning to lighten, and it was as quiet as ever outside.
Ji Zhinan walked into the bathroom, took off her black dress, and used the hot water to wash away the burnt smell from her body.
It was nearly seven o'clock when she came out of the bathroom.
She walked to the window and pulled back the curtains, letting sunlight stream into the room, instantly filling the dark space with light.
Ji Zhinan walked around to the table, sat down, turned on the computer, entered the password, and the screen displayed a complex line graph that looked like an electrocardiogram. If a passerby had a glance, they would have recognized it as a stock candlestick chart.
Ji Zhinan was looking at the stock charts of the Mu and Ji families.
She once saw a saying: If you want to destroy something, first understand it thoroughly, then annihilate it in one fell swoop, leaving it no room to resist.
Ji Zhinan is now like a wolf lurking in the darkness, waiting for them to reveal their weakness.
"Bang bang bang!"
A loud knocking came from the door. Ji Zhinan's eyes changed, and he stared warily at the door. His hands were already moving, and he immediately closed the computer.
She stood up and walked to the door, only to be met with Aunt Min's impatient old face as soon as she opened it.
"Why is the door locked? It takes so long to open!"
"Second Miss, really, you're not young anymore, twenty years old, how can you still be so immature? Back when I was with Madam..."
Ji Zhinan narrowed his eyes, crossed his arms, leaned against the door frame, and his eyes revealed a hint of coldness: "After so many years with Madam, you haven't learned to be respectful, but you've learned to speak rudely, to be disrespectful to your superiors, and to lecture your master?"
Aunt Min glared and rolled her eyes, completely disregarding Ji Zhinan: "So what if you're a young lady? I've served Madam for so many years, we're like sisters, like family. I'm no less lowly than you, a mere young lady. Do you even deserve my lecture? I'm here to see the eldest young lady!"
It turns out they were looking for Ji Zhixia.
Her voice was clear and cold, and her pace was neither fast nor slow: "No matter how beautiful, it is still a crow; no matter how down on its luck, it is still a phoenix. A crow can never become a phoenix, just like a servant can never be a master. Aunt Min should understand her own position. If you are not content and want to replace your master, then our Ji family will not tolerate you."
Ji Zhinan gave a nonchalant smile, his beautiful eyes fixed on Aunt Min, the mockery in them undisguised.
Aunt Min tensed up under that gaze: "What do you want to do!"
Ji Zhinan straightened up, turned around, and adopted a "take it or leave it" attitude: "You can't even keep an eye on the young lady, what use is a useless servant like you to our Ji family? Just to collect your retirement pension?"
"You!" Aunt Min glared angrily, grabbed her hand, and wouldn't let her into the house: "Ji Zhinan, who do you think you're talking to!"
Aunt Min, who was used to being arrogant and domineering in the Ji family, had never suffered such humiliation. She lost her temper and instinctively reached out to slap him.
Ji Zhinan narrowed his eyes, unable to suppress his murderous aura. He grabbed her wrist hard with his left hand and slapped her across the face without hesitation with his right.
"Smack!"
The world seemed to fall silent after the resounding slap.
"..." Aunt Min's mind was buzzing, her eyes were wide open, and she had not yet recovered from the shock.
She was beaten?
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