Chapter 359 The protective and devoted woman VS The soft-hearted man who harbors a grudge 17
About an hour later, around dinnertime, Jiang Zhiyi took the children out to eat.
"My aunt hasn't come to pick me up yet..." Jiang Zhiwu mentioned.
Jiang Zhiyi replied, "I'll take you there after we finish eating. I'll let my aunt go home first."
The group went to a private room in a restaurant.
During the meal, Jiang Zhiyi took the opportunity to ask about the injury on Jiang Zhisi's hand.
"How did you get this injury? Did someone bully you? You need to tell your sister what's wrong, you can't keep it from her."
Jiang Zhisi hesitated, but ultimately said nothing and simply shook his head.
Jiang Zhiyi's face darkened, and her tone became serious: "You can't hide it from your sister. Do you not want to listen to her now?"
Jiang Zhisi hesitated for a while, but finally gave in. "I... they said bad things about Qiqi, saying that Qiqi couldn't be cured and would die. I got a little angry, so I fought with them... They couldn't beat me, but they brought help after school. Those guys were tall and big, and they smoked, so they used cigarette butts to teach me a lesson..."
He told most of what he knew, but he kept some things from him. Those people had previously mocked the scars on his hands, calling him an ugly monster who had contracted an unclean disease.
He ignored it all. Although the scar was indeed unsightly, it could be covered up. It wasn't his fault; he had been injured accidentally.
They shouldn't have said that about Qiqi. It's okay if he gets scolded, but they shouldn't bully his family.
"When did this happen? Why didn't you tell us?" Jiang Zhiyi's eyes were full of heartache.
Jiang Zhisi, holding her chopsticks, said, "It's alright, I'm all better now. They're not bullying me anymore. Sister, you don't need to worry."
Hearing his answer, Jiang Zhiyi felt a pang of sadness, but she knew she couldn't let the matter rest. "I'll go to your school tomorrow."
"No, sister, no need!" Jiang Zhisi suddenly became anxious. "Don't go to school, don't let the teacher know..."
Jiang Zhiyi: "They made a mistake, they should be punished. Let's go talk to the teacher and solve the problem together, otherwise they will bully you again in the future."
"But...but I got into a fight too, and I don't want the teacher to know about it..." Jiang Zhisi said hurriedly, "When school started, Uncle Li said that my grades were already failing, and if I don't study hard or behave properly at school, and he finds out, he'll immediately have the school expel me..."
He's grown up now and should be more sensible. He doesn't want to cause trouble for his family because of his affairs, and he knows very well that asking for favors is unpleasant. He doesn't want to put his sister in a difficult position.
"That's what he told you?" Jiang Zhiyi felt a lump in her throat.
The Uncle Li that Jiang Zhisi mentioned is Li Jin.
When her younger siblings were in school, Fu Chengyan helped them. Fu Chengyan originally wanted to send them to private schools, but Jiang Zhiyi refused.
Firstly, most of the students at private schools are from wealthy families, and she was worried that the surrounding environment would affect her younger siblings. Secondly, she couldn't rely on Fu Chengyan for the rest of her life, and she still wanted them to study hard for university. Even if they didn't become rich and powerful, it would be good enough if they mastered a professional skill and had a stable job.
So they were all assigned to the best public schools, where the vast majority of students were academically excellent, with a very small number being admitted through connections.
Jiang Zhisi's grades at the time were far below the current admission score for this middle school, and Fu Chengyan spent a lot of money to get someone to add a spot for him separately.
But she never expected that such a thing would happen even in such a good school, nor did she expect that Li Jin had said so much to Jiang Zhisi before the start of the semester.
Jiang Zhiyi could probably guess why Li Jin reminded Jiang Zhisi like that; it was simply because he didn't want him to cause trouble for Fu Chengyan.
She felt both angry and helpless.
After sending her younger siblings back to her aunt's house, Jiang Zhiyi returned to her residence; it was already quite late.
"Miss, you're back? Your husband has returned from his business trip and is upstairs now..."
She went straight upstairs.
Fu Chengyan should be in his study right now, so she went back to her bedroom for the time being.
On her dressing table sat a small, unfamiliar blue velvet box. She opened it and found a sapphire necklace inside.
She remembered that this should be the same one she had seen when she accompanied him to an auction last time.
When Fu Chengyan asked her what jewelry she liked, she casually pointed to this sapphire necklace.
He photographed a lot of things later, and besides this necklace, she remembered there was also a ruby bracelet...
Just as she was looking at the necklace, a hand suddenly landed on her left shoulder.
"Does it look good? I'll put it on you now." Fu Chengyan stood behind her.
Jiang Zhiyi didn't say anything, but directly pressed his hand down to stop him from moving.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it?" Fu Chengyan quickly noticed that something was wrong with her. "Didn't you say this necklace was pretty last time? Have you forgotten?"
"..." No one in the room paid him any attention.
"Why are you unhappy?" Fu Chengyan asked again.
Jiang Zhiyi remained silent.
She was still troubled by Jiang Zhisi being bullied, and at the same time, she was also very dissatisfied with Li Jin's actions.
She knew she was relying on Fu Chengyan, or to put it bluntly, she was sucking his blood, and she had no official status or relationship with him. So, people around him thought she and her family were troublesome... But she could bear to suffer herself, and she didn't expect that her younger brother and her family would also suffer because of her, even when they were bullied at school, they didn't dare to speak up.
How could she not be angry now?
“I remember you took pictures of two pieces of jewelry…” She placed the necklace on the table, “This one is for me, but who did you give the other one to?”
Fu Chengyan didn't expect her to ask about this, but he didn't hide it. "It was a friend's birthday, so I gave it to him as a birthday present."
"Oh...it's your girlfriend's birthday." Her tone wasn't very friendly.
Fu Chengyan frowned and denied it, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about? No, we're just ordinary friends."
Such exchanges of favors are common, and usually the assistant is in charge. However, last time at the auction, he saw something he liked and bought it himself.
Jiang Zhiyi snorted and said, "That's right. Even if your friend is just an ordinary friend, you should still treat them well and give them the best things. You can give me the rest of the useless things."
"What's wrong with you today? Who upset you?" He could tell, of course, that she was deliberately picking a fight; her words were laced with barbs.
"What's wrong with me? What could possibly be wrong with me?"
Fu Chengyan frowned as he looked at her. "What are you doing now?"
Seeing his expression, Jiang Zhi felt even more impatient. "Yes, it was me who was making a scene."
She was furious. She sat in front of the dressing table and started smashing her jewelry.
The necklaces, earrings, and bracelets he had given me before... I took them off one by one and threw them on the ground.
"These are just junk too, right? You send me anything nobody wants. Am I a garbage collector? Oh, no wonder. What am I anyway? Of course, I'm not worth your time..."
Fu Chengyan didn't know why she suddenly got so angry. He wanted to go over, but she wouldn't let him get close at all.
Later, things must have gotten really heated, and she didn't care about anything anymore. She went into the walk-in closet and locked the door from the inside.
Fu Chengyan called the nanny to get the key, but before she could bring it back, the door had already been opened.
He saw thick smoke billowing from the room behind her, seemingly originating from his row of wardrobes, where the clothes had been set on fire.
It seems that smashing things wasn't enough for her; now she wants to burn his house down too.
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