Jiang Segu felt as if his heart was being torn apart.
Thinking of her father, who was still lying beside her mother's bed, she rushed out, snatched the knife from Qiaolian's hand, and ran towards the bedroom.
Qiaolian and Xiuhe dared not let her do anything impulsive, and the two stepped forward to stop her despite the danger.
But Jiang Segu had already collapsed to the point of madness, and there was no way the two of them could stop him!
"What are you all standing there for? Come in and stop Sixth Miss!"
Fear gripped the crowd, and they shoved and pushed their way in, none daring to approach the knife Jiang Segu was brandishing.
"Girl, please calm down, okay? Qiaolian begs you! Third Grandmother is gone, you can't do anything foolish and let others have their way!"
"I beg you, please, just for the sake of the young master, think of him..."
Xiu Rong, quick-witted and insightful, called out to the servants, "Quickly, go and fetch the young master!"
No matter how loud the commotion was outside, Master Jiang inside didn't react at all.
Because Master Jiang is already dead.
Looking at the lifeless Grandma Jiang, Third Master Jiang felt utterly disheartened, and memories of the past flashed through his mind.
When he was a child, he knew his mother didn't like him, so he tried his best to please his father. He thought that as long as he was like his father, his father would pay more attention to him.
So he tried his best to learn how to eat, drink, and have fun, and his father was indeed very pleased. But after he became the playboy his father had hoped for, his father never met him alone again.
Later, his father made him marry a woman surnamed Song, and he did. Looking at that frail woman, he thought a completely new life awaited him. Little did he know, Song had married him because she was pregnant with another man's child!
He went to question his father, but his father didn't care at all and said that the Marquis's mansion didn't need a pair of chopsticks!
He was utterly despondent, spending his days in a drunken stupor, wandering around with his cronies.
It was then that he met Achan, the only one who didn't mind that he was an alcoholic, and even constantly encouraged him, urging him not to give up on the one life he had only once!
During his time in Baoding, he finally felt like he was living like a human being.
But his good fortune didn't last long; Lady Song died, and he had no choice but to return to the capital.
Later, A-Chan also came to the capital. After learning this, he wanted to go to see A-Chan several times, but because his wife had just died, he was afraid that if he went there rashly, it would damage A-Chan's reputation.
Even if he were to run into Achan on the street, he would restrain himself until Achan's father was about to choose a husband for her.
He couldn't resist any longer and secretly had someone tell his father about the wealth of the Yin family. His father was indeed tempted and dragged him to a banquet, but little did he know that this would drag Achan into an abyss!
His mother disliked Achan, so he couldn't show any affection for her, lest he make his mother dislike him even more. He even obediently got involved with Hua Niang. But even so, why couldn't his mother let Achan go?
Grandpa Jiang reached out and stroked Grandma Jiang's still-warm cheek, his eyes filled with longing as he said, "It's all my fault for being so incompetent, for failing to protect you! I owe you, and I can only repay you after I catch up with you! Ah Chan, slow down, wait for me!"
He took a dagger from his sleeve.
He bought this dagger while shopping for clothes. He originally wanted to avenge Achan himself, but now there's no need for that anymore!
Ah Chan is gone; she certainly doesn't want the person who tormented her for years to stay with her!
And he didn't want to be bothered by his mother anymore...
Blood dripped from the dagger onto the ground.
Grandpa Jiang held Grandma Jiang's hand, smiled, and closed his eyes.
When Jiang Segu rushed in, this was the scene he saw.
The knife in her hand clattered to the ground, the handle striking her foot, but the pain didn't bring her back to her senses...
Even after Jiang Wenlin arrived disheveled, Jiang Segu remained like a puppet on a string.
"Young Master, you've finally arrived! Third Master has passed away along with Third Madam, and Sixth Miss is now mentally impaired. No matter how we call her, she... she doesn't respond at all!"
Jiang Wenlin was just a teenager. Upon hearing that his father and mother were gone, he was so overwhelmed with anger and fainted!
Lanyue Courtyard is in chaos again!
"Quickly, go and inform the Marquis and the Old Madam!"
Before Marquis Changping and Madam Jiang arrived, Gu Songhan arrived first with Doctor Li.
With pale lips and a haggard face, Gu Songhan felt a pang of pain in his heart when he saw Jiang Segu's usually bright and lively eyes now as still as a stagnant pool.
“Azi…”
This was the first time he had called her by her childhood nickname.
He always knew, but never dared to overstep the bounds; he only dared to utter his name in his midnight dreams.
But now, seeing the desolate Jiangse Valley, as bleak as fallen leaves in late autumn, Gu Songhan could no longer suppress his emotions.
Jiangse Valley, lost in confusion, twitched its eyes slightly upon hearing a strange shout, but then showed no further reaction.
Qiaolian explained the matter in a few words, and then bowed to Gu Songhan, saying, "I hope that Deputy Commander Gu will first have Doctor Li examine Third Madam. I'm afraid that you have other suspicions about Third Madam's death."
Gu Songhan nodded to Li Changshan.
Li Changshan stepped forward, first pricking her throat and abdomen with silver needles, then rolling her eyes and prying open her mouth to examine her. Just as he was about to order someone to help Jiang San's body up to examine her back and the back of her head, Marquis Changping and Old Madam Jiang arrived!
Before Marquis Changping even entered, they heard him expressing his dissatisfaction with Jiang San's attempt to commit suicide.
"What's going on? Why is she trying to kill herself at this crucial moment? Doesn't she know tomorrow is the day Yuan Niang goes out? She's really bringing bad luck to the family! And what about the third son? Let me tell you, no one is allowed to..."
When he lifted the curtain and came in, he saw his third son lying in a pool of blood. The Marquis of Changping's tongue looked as if it had been cut out.
Madam Jiang was also stunned, as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"Wasn't it said that Third Grandmother hanged herself? How come..."
Madam Jiang didn't ask what came next, but everyone in the room knew what she was going to ask.
Xiu Rong's mind stirred slightly as she realized that this was the person who had gone to report the matter. He didn't have the guts to tell the two of them about Third Master's suicide, fearing that he would be punished for it.
She hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward, knelt before the two men, and prostrated herself on the ground. She covered up the fact that Grandma Jiang had been humiliated and told them everything else.
Marquis Changping glared with bloodshot eyes and roared, "Useless thing! What should a real man worry about not having a wife! For a woman, you've even abandoned your father and mother! I, Jiang Chengde, have no son like this!"
After saying that, he didn't look at Master Jiang again, turned around and left.
No one noticed that as he turned away, a single, slightly red tear fell from his eye.
Madam Jiang was in a similar state to Jiang Segu. After saying that sentence, she seemed to have lost her soul. It wasn't until Marquis Changping bumped into her as he was leaving that Madam Jiang seemed to regain her senses.
Holding Zhou's mother's hand, she walked towards Jiang Sanye's body with tears streaming down her face.
But just three steps away, Old Madam Jiang couldn't hold on any longer and fainted...
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