"Found money? Exchanged it? Young Master Ji didn't spend the money, did he?" Li Chengdao asked on the other end of the phone.
"This... I don't know. What will happen if it's spent?" Ji's mother asked anxiously.
She wasn't sure if her little Fei Hua had spent that money.
"Going to all this trouble to switch things up, does that mean they want Young Master Ji to spend that money? If they want Young Master Ji to spend that money, well... that must be a life-saving fee," Li Chengdao muttered on the other end of the phone.
If it weren't for the money meant to be borrowed for one's life, there's no reason for someone to switch it, especially since it's money that was found on the street.
When Ji's mother heard the words "life-saving money," her hand holding the phone trembled, and her heart felt as if it had been stabbed, causing her some pain.
She tried to calm herself down and asked with restraint, "What does 'borrowing life money' mean?"
Borrowing a life?
These two absurd words made her think that perhaps there was something wrong with her Xiaofei's sudden illness.
Perhaps her daughter Xiaofei is suffering from illness because she is borrowing life!
"This is a folk saying that if someone is suffering from misfortune, illness, or constant minor ailments, they can borrow a little bit of the other person's life through a life-borrowing method."
“Tie money with a red string and scatter it on the street. Whoever picks it up and spends it can borrow a little bit of their life from the other person.”
Li Chengdao explained from the other end of the phone.
He was familiar with the Ji family's situation and had a rather good impression of the lady of the Ji family.
Therefore, he will do his best to answer the questions she raises.
"This life-borrowing... could it... could it take away my entire life?" Ji's mother clenched her other hand into a fist, her nails digging into her palm. When she said this, her throat was bitter, and her eyes were red.
"That won't happen, otherwise the world would be in chaos." Li Chengdao noticed that Ji's mother's tone on the other end of the phone was a bit strange, so he quickly explained.
"The money for borrowing a life can only borrow a tiny bit of life, just a tiny bit, as small as a fingernail," Li Chengdao said, using a metaphor.
"Madam Ji, has something happened?" Li Chengdao couldn't help but ask again.
One reason is that his love of gossip is burning brightly.
Secondly, Madam Ji's tone was definitely off, as if she had discovered something.
"Master Li, you know about my daughter Xiaofei, right?" Madam Ji asked.
“Yes, Madam Ji invited me to her home to perform a ritual for Young Master Ji,” Li Chengdao replied.
He also said at the time, "It's such a pity that he passed away at such a young age."
“Someone conspired with my nanny to set a trap for my daughter, Xiaofei. They switched the money Xiaofei found with the money that was originally in their wallet. That person wanted to take Xiaofei’s life.”
"That person even had my nanny steal my daughter Xiaofei's handwritten manuscript, and then submitted it to a publishing house under his own name. In the end, he became a well-known writer."
"Thinking back on it carefully, my little Fei suddenly had an accident just a few days after exchanging money."
"Master Li, it's hard for me not to connect these two things."
As Ji's mother spoke, tears streamed down her face.
Her heart was breaking.
She treated Zhang Xiaoai so well, yet Zhang Xiaoai harmed her son for that little bit of money.
"Madam Ji, you wouldn't be referring to...that second young master of the Jiang family, would you?" Li Chengdao asked tentatively. Seeing Madam Ji remain silent, he knew he had guessed correctly.
Was Jiang Yichen's novel really plagiarized?
Was it copied from the eldest son of the Ji family?
That money for borrowing lives must have been Jiang Yichen's doing too.
How old was Jiang Yichen back then? How could he be so cunning?
"Borrowing a life for money wouldn't get you to that extent, but... exchanging fates is possible. If Jiang Yichen had used borrowing a life as a starting point to create an opening, and then quietly swapped Young Master Ji's fate..."
"But that's impossible. Jiang Yichen was only a few years old then, just a child."
"It's normal for teenagers to be shrewd and know how to borrow money from others' lives, but if a teenager can change their destiny, that's really..."
Li Chengdao muttered to himself.
Jiang Yichen's story is now all over the place.
He casually tapped a button, and news about Jiang Yichen popped up; it was hard not to see it.
Before Madam Ji called, he was really looking at the analysis that showed the Jiang family members were not good to Jiang Yuan.
The analysis was logical, well-founded, and convincing.
He couldn't resist upvoting the post.
If Young Master Ji's matter is really related to Jiang Yichen, then the entire Jiang family is truly despicable.
"Changed fate? You mean, Jiang Yichen used his evil methods to change his own fate, and that fate is mine, Xiaofei's!" Ji's mother said in shock, a surge of hatred rising in her heart.
If this is true, she really...
I really want to kill Jiang Yichen with my own hands.
How could he do this to Xiaofei?!
He wants to live, but doesn't Xiaofei in her family want to live too?
Xiao Fei's last wish was for the family to go on a trip, but it was never fulfilled.
He became a well-known writer by borrowing her family's manuscript.
Her son, Xiaofei, can only rest in peace in the cold cemetery.
"Mrs. Ji, please calm down. This is just my guess, and I cannot confirm it with you."
"However, you might be able to ask Master Jiang..."
"Master Jiang must know something."
Li Chengdao offered reassurance.
"Master Jiang, Master Jiang..."
"Thank you, Master Li. I'll go ask Master Jiang now."
Mother Ji murmured, expressing her gratitude.
Before Li Chengdao could say anything more, Ji's mother hung up the phone and went upstairs to find Ji Lü.
She didn't have Jiang Yuan's contact information, but her daughter Xiao Lu should.
Inside the room.
Ji Lu kept refreshing the page with news about Jiang Yichen for a long time before closing the webpage. Then, with a serious expression, he dialed Jiang Yuan's number.
He wanted to ask about changing one's destiny.
Jiang Yichen used to be sickly, known for needing to go to the hospital and take medicine. Now, although Jiang Yichen's face is as pale as paper, his physical condition seems to be okay.
Is he like this because his fate has changed?
Is it his brother's fate that has been changed?
The phone beeped a few times before being answered.
"Master Jiang, this is Ji Lü." Ji Lü introduced himself the moment the call was answered.
Jiang Yuan seemed to have known that Ji Lü would call her, and responded with an "okay" without any surprise.
“I’m sorry to bother you, Master Jiang, but… I have something I’d like to ask you.”
"I should say that no one can answer my question except you."
Ji Lü apologized.
He still used the formal "you" when addressing Jiang Yuan.
Even though Jiang Yuan was younger than him, he couldn't help but address her with the formal "you" when they were together.
"Was my brother's fate changed by Jiang Yichen?"
"That's why my brother suddenly fell ill and eventually died, while Jiang Yichen is still alive and has become a writer."
"Did my brother die in place of Jiang Yichen?"
When he spoke of death, Ji Lü's gaze turned cold and his expression became serious.
Only Jiang Yuan can answer his question now.
He would only believe the answer Jiang Yuan gave him.
Upon hearing Ji Lü's question as she approached the room, Ji's mother instinctively pressed herself against the wall, not daring to step inside.
Her heart was pounding as she waited for Jiang Yuan's answer.
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