Chapter 471 The Problematic Baby VS The Arrogant Guy Who Loves to Ask Questions 23
They instinctively looked up, but all they saw was a clear blue sky, so clear that nothing seemed amiss.
There was no one on the balcony next door either; the older boy who was on the second floor earlier was gone.
They exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with doubt, but without hesitation, they took off running in the direction from which the sound had come.
The bags of snacks that had fallen to the ground were bulging, with the openings tightly sealed and no signs of having been opened. They were clearly not left behind by someone else.
"Brother..." Jiang Qiuyin wanted to eat, her gaze fixed on the bag, her eyes unblinking, as if a little hand was scratching at her throat, but she didn't say anything.
They don't know whose these things are. They might belong to the older boy from earlier, or they might not. If the owner of these snacks accidentally dropped them, they can't just eat them; they belong to someone else.
Jiang Qiujin thought for a moment, "Let's take it back first, and then wait for my sister to come back so she can ask who dropped it."
If no one comes to claim them, they'll just eat them!
It's not safe to eat now.
Jiang Qiuyin nodded vigorously, giving her brother's idea her wholehearted approval.
After they left, Lu Jingxun revealed half of his figure.
Just now, those two dirty little kids picked up the empty bag and left. They looked silly and pitiful. Giving them some food was fine, but he didn't want them to know that he gave it to them. Otherwise, they might come and bother him every day and make him never have a moment's peace.
That was the best thing to do.
...
Half an hour later.
Jiang Qiujin and Jiang Qiuyin had been guarding the pile of snacks in the room. They were so tempted that their eyes were glued to the food, never looking away. But at the same time, they both knew very well that they absolutely could not steal any, so they sat obediently.
To suppress their cravings, they had no choice but to take out the empty snack shells from before and lick them occasionally.
When Jiang Zhiyi returned home, this was the scene she saw.
"What are you eating?" She frowned instinctively. How come there were so many snacks in the house all of a sudden, and the packaging looked expensive?
The village store wouldn't sell these, and they probably weren't bought by Jiang Liangcai and his group, so where did they come from?
Upon hearing her words, Jiang Qiujin immediately said, "We didn't eat! We didn't eat anything. We're all here, and we didn't eat anyone else's food."
He explained that he was worried Jiang Zhiyi would misunderstand and think they were bad kids who had eaten snacks that someone else had accidentally thrown away.
Jiang Zhiyi's gaze fell on the bag.
"This is empty, we don't want it!" Jiang Qiuyin quickly added, "We only licked it. We can't eat the rest, we have to return it..."
They were all speaking according to their own understanding, completely missing the point and ignoring many things, leaving Jiang Zhiyi utterly confused.
She asked a few more questions, but the two children couldn't answer them either, giving incoherent answers. One minute they said their older brother gave them the food, the next they said they found it, and some of it was edible while some wasn't...
As Jiang Zhi pondered these scattered fragments of information, she gradually came to understand.
So... these things belong to Lu Jingxun. He threw the leftover snack bags downstairs for his younger siblings to lick, but he wanted them back for the new snack bags, saying they couldn't eat them...
Is it because she subtly insulted him this morning by saying she was in a hurry to get home to feed the dog, that he deliberately retaliated by taking it out on her family?
That's something a petty person like him would do.
Looking at the two fair-skinned children in front of her, and remembering that they had just been licking garbage, Jiang Zhiyi was furious.
How dare he make fun of her younger siblings like that!
They are human beings, not pet dogs for people to play with.
That's absolutely outrageous!
Jiang Zhiyi felt a fire suddenly rise from the bottom of her heart, burning her head until she was dizzy and couldn't care less about anything else.
She stormed out of the door and went to the courtyard wall.
His gaze swept to his feet, and he bent down to pick up a stone from the ground. With great force, he hurled it upstairs.
That dead man, Lu Jingxun, is so rude and doesn't know how to respect people at all.
She's not done with him yet!
She threw a stone, but it didn't quell her anger at all. So she picked up another stone and continued throwing it upstairs.
In fact, those so-called "stones" are not solid at all. They are loose in texture and more like small clods of dirt. When they are thrown onto the balcony floor, they shatter into pieces instantly, with fragments flying everywhere.
Hearing this noise, Lu Jingxun felt something was strange.
He frowned, stood up, and subconsciously looked downstairs.
Jiang Zhiyi's face was full of anger, clearly she had been provoked, and the stone she had just thrown hit him squarely.
"You—" Lu Jingxun's face instantly darkened to a point where it could drip water, his tone filled with disbelief and anger, "You dare to smash me?"
Lu Jingxun had never been treated like this before.
Although he wasn't a sickly man who couldn't be touched at all, who would dare to lay a hand on him?
Outside, everyone treats him with utmost respect.
Well, this is really bad. First, there was that ungrateful Lu Yanlin, and now another fool who's not afraid of death has arrived.
"You're not allowed to bully my younger brother and sister anymore!" Jiang Zhiyi ignored his ugly expression and continued to warn him.
Let alone throwing stones at him, she would definitely slap him a few times if he weren't in front of her right now.
She had never met such an arrogant person in her entire life.
Yes, he is rich, and being rich is great; money can make the devil turn the millstone. But that doesn't mean he can disrespect people.
Even a three-year-old child has self-respect.
They are young and don't know any better, but for a grown man to tease children like that is really lacking in manners.
Jiang Zhiyi met his gaze without fear.
Lu Jingxun's face was so cold it seemed like ice shards could fall from it. His thin lips parted slightly, and his voice seemed to carry the chill of ice: "Who do you think you are?"
The look in his eyes was full of contempt, as if he were looking at an insignificant ant.
And that was indeed the case; with just a flick of his finger, he could make her cry and kneel before him, begging for mercy.
If he were to target her, she would only face certain death.
It would be a lie to say that Jiang Zhiyi wasn't afraid at all; Lu Jingxun really did look a bit creepy now, and her mood was at its lowest point.
But she only wanted to get justice for her younger siblings; she hadn't done anything wrong. "Get away from me! Don't you dare come near my younger siblings again! If I find out you made them lick garbage bags again, I'll never forgive you!"
She said a few harsh words, then immediately turned around and left.
From behind, her back was very straight and her steps were steady, showing no sign of yielding, but in fact, her expression was somewhat flustered.
But no matter what, you absolutely cannot lose your momentum.
When Jiang Zhiyi got home, as soon as she opened the door, her two little ones, Jiang Qiujin and Jiang Qiuyin, immediately rushed out of the house and surrounded her.
The two of them tilted their heads back, their big, dark eyes filled with dependence.
"Sister, what's wrong..." The two children were very perceptive and quickly noticed that something was wrong.
My sister's usually bright eyes were now devoid of smiles, and her lips were slightly drooping; she was clearly unhappy.
Jiang Zhiyi calmed herself down and tried to make her voice sound normal. "It's okay. You're not allowed to take these things anymore, whether they're new or opened. I'll return them later. If you want to eat, just tell me, and I'll buy them for you when I go to town. Don't take other people's things, and don't lick empty bags. It's very unhygienic, and licking them will give you a stomachache. You'll need to get a shot to get better."
"Okay, we understand!" they both said in unison, nodding in unison.
They are all obedient and good children. Since their older sister said they couldn't take it, they wouldn't take it no matter how delicious it was, and they wouldn't take it in the future.
Moreover, they are most afraid of injections. Although they are very brave, they don't want to get injections at all.
"Sister, don't be sad, let us play with you... We just watched ants outside, there were so many ants... They were lining up to find food..."
"Hmm." Jiang Zhiyi patted their heads.
...
Lu Jingxun was furious, sweeping everything around him to the ground and smashing it everywhere.
The nanny who came in to tidy up didn't dare to breathe, trying to keep her presence to herself and not daring to ask what had happened.
I was in a pretty good mood this morning, but now I've suddenly gotten so angry.
They had been by Lu Jingxun's side for several years, and they had rarely seen him so angry. Even when he had argued with Mr. Lu before, he was always indifferent, unlike now, when he was practically fuming with anger written all over his face.
Also, the flowers and plants in the flowerpots next to me are all fine, without any signs of being disturbed. So where did the soil scattered on the floor come from?
The clods of soil were of varying sizes and did not resemble the damp soil from flowerpots; they looked more like they had been picked up from outside.
The nanny's eyes darted around the room, trying to find the source of the clods of earth, but to no avail.
She silently bent down and began to tidy up the clutter on the ground, her movements careful and subtle, trying to keep the noise to a minimum, so as not to disturb Lu Jingxun.
Just as the nanny was busy, a phone rang urgently from the table.
Lu Jingxun remained seated, showing no intention of getting up to answer the phone.
Seeing this, the nanny quickly stepped forward, picked up the phone nimbly, and carefully handed it to Lu Jingxun.
Lu Jingxun's gaze swept over the lit-up phone screen, where he saw that the caller ID showed it was from Beijing, and the contact name was "Wan Yanbo".
He slightly raised his hand, and his slender fingers gently pressed the answer button.
Before he could speak, a teasing yet slightly excited voice came from the other end.
"Brother Xun, it's all set! In a few days, I'll make sure that kid comes over here obediently to kowtow and apologize."
Upon hearing this, Lu Jingxun raised his eyebrows slightly, and a barely perceptible fluctuation flashed in his originally cold eyes.
Well, at least this is some news that's acceptable.
He remained silent, but Wan Yanbo on the other end of the phone clearly knew his temperament well and understood that silence meant consent. So he continued to talk on and on: "His younger brother, who's always loafing around abroad and doesn't know anything, we paid a foreign girl for him... They're very strict about this kind of thing over there, especially with young people like him. It's already gotten to the family. If they don't get their forgiveness, it won't be something money can solve. He'll be locked up for at least a few years, and who knows, he might even have to undergo chemical castration..."
"Everyone knows that his good mother treats this second son like her own life. I guarantee he'll be begging for her within three days... It's his bad luck that even his own mother doesn't like him..."
Lu Jingxun sneered, his brows temporarily relaxing.
Although this method is not exactly respectable, it is indeed disgusting.
"Take it easy," he said, but it was clear he had no intention of letting it go.
"Don't worry, we know what we're doing. If they really go all out, it won't be that simple..." A low laugh came from the other end. "Brother Xun, how are you doing over there? Is your injury healed? Siyu has been talking about you all the time, we're so tired of hearing it. We miss you terribly."
Wan Yanbo didn't want to bring up this topic. He knew Lu Jingxun's temperament and preferences very well, and he was afraid that if he said it, he would make a fool of himself. However, Yuan Siyu begged him several times, insisting that he mention her in front of Lu Jingxun.
Wan Yanbo couldn't bring himself to refuse the beauty's request, so he found an opportunity to bring up Yuan Siyu's matter in front of Lu Jingxun.
Lu Jingxun didn't reply.
He was by nature aloof and always kept himself pure and upright in public, never getting involved in anything romantic or frivolous.
In his view, most of the entanglements between men and women are boring and troublesome trifles, not worth wasting time and energy on.
Seeing his reaction, Wan Yanbo wasn't surprised. Everyone knew Lu Jingxun was notoriously unapproachable. He twitched the corner of his mouth and half-jokingly sighed, "What a pity. If Siyu knew your attitude, she'd be crying her eyes out. She'd look so pitiful... It's truly a case of unrequited love..."
"Are you bored?" Lu Jingxun suddenly spoke up, directly interrupting Wan Yanbo's incessant chatter, his tone revealing a hint of impatience. "If you're so eager to help others, why don't you go and marry her..."
“Then I’m not worthy of it. Everyone knows she’s for you…” Wan Yanbo stopped mid-sentence with a “Ouch!” He knew Lu Jingxun hated these kinds of messy things, so he smiled apologetically and said, “Alright, Brother Xun, I’ll shut up. You rest well, I won’t bother you anymore…”
After hanging up the phone, Lu Jingxun leaned back in his chair, narrowed his eyes slightly, and fell into deep thought.
One problem has been solved, but as for the other annoying problem...
Suddenly, a satisfying idea popped into his head.
Rather than using money and power to force Jiang Zhiyi to submit to him, he preferred to watch her torment herself in her inner turmoil and struggle.
I imagine that scene would be even more interesting.
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