"Fourth brother, stop. I've changed my mind. Go ahead and sue me, as long as you're happy. By the way, fourth brother, since this snake isn't your pet, why don't you find the Red Serpent and give it to the cook to stew together? I don't like to eat alone, and snake soup is a novelty, so I should at least give some to Father and Mother to try." Xu Wanying picked up a round fan and fanned herself, seemingly blowing away the stench around her, and returned to her previous infuriating demeanor.
Good grief, I originally wanted to pretend to be a weak and scheming girl in ancient times to survive more easily. But I never expected that someone would actually be able to break my facade.
[Jiang Chengyi is only a teenager, a vibrant young man, but all I see in him is greasiness and ruthlessness.]
"What?! Madam Xu, don't think I wouldn't dare! You're not even pretending anymore, you're directly trying to eat my Red Serpent! Red Serpent isn't just any ordinary snake, it's my beloved pet that I've raised for many years, it's like family to me. You poisonous woman!"
Seeing her return with such a provocative attitude, Jiang Chengyi was even more furious, her tone urgent and angry.
"Jinyu, you be the judge. Does such a vicious woman as Xu deserve to be our third sister-in-law?"
Seeing that Xu Wanying was unmoved by his words, he immediately pulled others into the fray to fight together.
Jiang Jinyu's mind was not on this at all; she seemed to be in a daze until he mentioned her name, which brought her back to her senses.
"ah?"
"Jinyu, are you alright? Why do you seem so distracted?" Jiang Chengyi couldn't help but ask with concern when he saw her absent-minded appearance.
"It's nothing, I was just a little distracted."
Xu Wanying pouted, finding Jiang Chengyi increasingly unpleasant, and immediately began to inquire with the system.
[System, System, look how infuriating this little bastard is! He's even more hated than that fat kid. Quickly dig up his dark history; this kind of scoundrel must have done all sorts of evil deeds!]
When Jiang Jinyu heard her call for the system, her heart jumped. Was there anyone else here?
Immediately following was a hissing sound, a slightly eerie sound that was utterly novel.
[That's truly a little beast. He's inherently cruel and despicable, abusing animals since childhood, and now he's even started torturing and killing them. That snake from earlier wouldn't have survived until today if it hadn't been for scaring you. When he found it yesterday, he planned to pull out its fangs one by one, then skin and dismember it. But after receiving a letter from the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion, he changed his mind and brought the snake back specifically to frighten you.]
Xu Wanying couldn't help but sneer: "I knew this little beast didn't seem like someone who kept pets. Turns out, all that talk about beloved pets was just a lie. And because of me, this snake lived another day."
[His personality is truly sinister. From abusing animals to slaughtering them, if he continues like this for a few years, those animals will probably turn into humans! He's a complete psychopath! How could the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion raise such a wicked creature! Compared to him, even the chubby boy is much more innocent and kind!]
Upon hearing what the system said, Jiang Jinyu felt a chill run down her spine. She couldn't help but look at Jiang Chengyi, her heart filled with astonishment, but she didn't show it on her face.
In terms of cultivating inner strength, she has inherited the true teachings of the Cen family and rarely reveals her emotions.
【Wait a minute, he and Jiang Jinyu are twins, the brother and sister are almost inseparable, how could Jiang Jinyu not know about what he's doing?】Xu Wanying became curious.
The system began to explain slowly and methodically: "Although they are twins, they are still boys and girls, and as they grow older, they are not as close as they were when they were children. Furthermore, when they were young, Jiang Chengyi liked to crush insects with his bare hands and would show off to Jiang Jinyu. Jiang Jinyu found this disgusting and would scold him every time he saw it, after which he stopped sharing such things."
The sons of the Marquis of Zhongyi's household learn martial arts from a young age. Although they don't need to study the Four Books and Five Classics, they must learn loyalty, filial piety, and etiquette. Jiang Chengyi is also aware that his hobby is something that cannot be done in public, so he always does it in his room. His garden is filled with the corpses of countless small animals, mostly rats and sparrows. Recently, he has become obsessed with snakes, especially venomous snakes. However, snakes are all hibernating, and it is estimated that countless snakes will die at his hands after spring arrives and the weather warms up.
Xu Wanying couldn't help but rub her arms, clearly still shaken: "He...he buried the carcasses of the animals he tortured in his own yard. Isn't he afraid the heavy yin energy will attract unclean spirits?"
The system remained noncommittal: [A psychopath like him probably just wants to summon unclean things, and might even torture and kill them too.]
"Tsk, it's truly unimaginable what a twisted mind can be. You just said he was brutal and despicable, but you only mentioned brutality. Where is the despicable aspect? He wouldn't do anything indecent to animals, would he?" Xu Wanying continued to press.
[His lewdness was directed at women. When the chubby eight-year-old boy wet the bed, eight-year-old Jiang Chengyi threw the carcass of a rat he had tortured and killed through the window into the maid's room. The maid was taking a bath at the time and ran out naked. After that, he frequently did this, and would try to steal something from the maid as a trophy. At first, it was small items like handkerchiefs and fans, later it became embroidered shoes and socks, and recently it's been a bib.]
As soon as the system finished speaking, Xu Wanying cursed inwardly.
[What is this? Isn't this just a thief stealing underwear? It's disgusting! No, he's a young master from a noble family; he could have any maid he wanted. Even if he took someone as a concubine, it would still be aboveboard. What's so special about him stealing maids' undergarments!]
The system clearly felt that this scoop wasn't big enough, so it added an even bigger one.
He felt that taking concubines wasn't exciting enough; stealing satisfied his perverse morbid curiosity, so he recently started targeting Jiang Jinyu.
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