Jia She endured the ordeal for an hour and a half, becoming completely soaked, as if he had been pulled from the water. His face was ashen, and when the servants untied him, he collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.
As they were being carried to wash up, they passed by Grandmother Jia. Jia She stared blankly at her and asked in a hoarse voice,
"Mother, am I really not as good as him?"
Grandmother Jia's fingertips trembled as she asked, "How old are you, still throwing a tantrum?"
He turned his face away and instructed the servants to take good care of the master.
Upon hearing Grandmother Jia's words, the last glimmer of light in Jia She's eyes vanished with a soft "poof."
Destroyed...
"Hahaha, hahaha..."
As Jia Mu watched Jia She being carried out by the servants, her body went limp. She had stayed with him for as long as he was in pain, but in his eyes, it didn't matter at all?
Still worrying about other things?
...
Shen Ajiao, along with Wang Xifeng and others, sat in the courtyard accompanying Madam Xing when Jia Zheng and Madam Wang arrived late. Shen Ajiao had never seen Jia Zheng before. Wang Xifeng muttered a few words under her breath, and only then did Shen Ajiao realize that this was the Jia Zheng that Lin Ruhai had praised as having inherited his grandfather's good manners!
"Mrs. Lin is here too?"
"Hey, sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh, Madam Wang, are you alright? Are you alright? You don't know what happened?"
[When did you change from "Old Schemer" to "Old Six"? That's inappropriate, isn't it? Have you forgotten your own role?]
As expected, Madam Xing's face darkened, but she stood up with a smile, "Sister-in-law and Uncle have a good relationship?"
"I haven't seen my sister-in-law for a few days, and they've started chatting and laughing. Has no one from the Wang family come?"
[Haha, in the first sentence, Madam Xing knocked out Madam Wang, Madam Xing wins.]
Jia Zheng glared at Madam Wang, thinking, "She really knows how to bring up the most awkward things! How embarrassing!" Suddenly, he saw Shen Ajiao next to Wang Xifeng and remembered that his brother-in-law had recently married a wife. "This must be her," he thought.
"Is it Mrs. Lin?"
Shen Ajiao bowed but said nothing. Jia Zheng nodded and prepared to go inside to see what was happening. Just then, he saw Jia She being carried out.
"Big brother!"
He rushed forward and helped Jia She up, "Brother, how are you? How did you get like this!"
Jia She glanced at Jia Zheng silently, then remained silent. Jia Zheng could only instruct the servants to take good care of Jia She. Seeing that Grandmother Jia was in the room, he hurriedly went up to greet her, saying, "Grandmother is back."
Upon seeing Jia Zheng, Grandmother Jia's tears, brimming with grievance, could no longer be held back. "My son!"
Jia Zheng stepped forward and knelt beside Grandmother Jia. Grandmother Jia embraced Jia Zheng and said, "My son, do whatever you ask your mother to do."
Jia Zheng clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves, and after a long while asked, "Did your elder brother upset you? Mother, you mustn't let this harm your health."
“Brother didn’t do it on purpose, Mother, please don’t blame him. Just tell me what’s wrong. He’s in a bad state right now and can’t take any more stress. Once he’s better, I’ll talk to him properly, and he’ll definitely come back and apologize to you.”
"Mother, this is not your fault. It is your son who failed to persuade my elder brother properly. If you want to hit or scold me, hit me instead. Please don't blame my elder brother!"
...
Shen Ajiao, who was listening outside, was stunned and couldn't process what was happening. Was this Jia Zheng?
【Pah! This is fucking a cup of green tea!】
I'm truly impressed! Lady Wang and Jia Zheng are a perfect match! A celestial being, no, an unbeatable couple!
Listen to this! He keeps saying he was wrong, but the more I listen, the angrier I get. It's all Jia She's fault. His younger brother is so obedient and well-behaved, yue...
No wonder Grandmother Jia was biased. If it were me, I would also favor the talkative second son and complain about the disobedient eldest son. Tsk tsk.
I used to think that Baoyu's lying tongue was innate, but now it seems that no one can escape the influence of genetics.
Wang Xifeng: Mrs. Lin, you've hit the nail on the head! It's a pity I was deaf and blind before…
At this moment, Grandmother Jia was filled with anger. She hugged Jia Zheng and cried, "My son, your brother is useless. You'll have to support him from now on!"
Jia Zheng's eyes lit up.
"Mother, you're making your son feel terrible."
"Your brother is like this now, this family... this family... sob sob sob."
Is it Gillian Chung? An elderly man on the subway is looking at his phone.
Isn't this just like a scam?
[They acquired a household so easily? I now seriously suspect that Jia She was the one who orchestrated it, not Jia Zheng.]
Jia Zheng made many promises to comfort Grandmother Jia, who recovered. The mother and son reconciled and walked out hand in hand.
"You are a good person, I misunderstood you."
"It's good that Mother isn't angry," Jia Zheng said with a smile.
Oh, Mom, even though you misunderstood me, I don't mind, as long as you're not angry.
This kind of bewitching potion, once poured down, will leave anyone who drinks it bewildered.
Wang Xifeng: You've only just witnessed the hypocrisy of this whole family, Mrs. Lin?
When Grandmother Jia saw Shen Ajiao, she quickly took her hand and said to Jia Zheng and Lady Wang, "These past few days, we are very grateful for Mrs. Lin's care. Please take good care of her for me and thank her."
[Don't be so formal, a few hundred or a thousand will do.]
"Thank you very much, Madam Lin, for these past few days," said Jia Zheng and Madam Wang.
Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. She was so shameless! She said thank you, but it was all just empty words. The couple were truly alike—no, their whole family was alike.
"I think that for someone like Mrs. Lin, saying thank you is too inadequate; it would be more practical to give her a few hundred taels."
Grandmother Jia...
Jia Zheng, Lady Wang...
"Where did you get it?"
"If I say it's okay, then it's okay." Wang Xifeng, holding Shen Ajiao's hand, looked at Madam Wang.
"Didn't the First Madam say yesterday that she wanted to thank Sister Lin and Mrs. Lin?"
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