Chapter – 33
Even Asking for Half of the Family Fortune as a Reward Isn’t Too Much, Right?
The moment Jiang Xixu uttered the words “taking on someone else’s misfortune,” Bai Shuqin and Guan Baocheng’s expressions changed drastically.
Bai Shuqin’s pupils shook violently, and she almost blurted out, “How do you know about that?”
But just as her lips moved, she finally became aware of the current situation. Feeling the probing gazes from those around her, she hurriedly composed her expression, putting on a look of confusion and bewilderment directed at Jiang Xixu.
“Xixu, where did you hear that? How can you believe in such superstition!”
As she spoke, she again adopted a sorrowful expression,
“Now you’re a young lady of the Jiang family. I understand you might not want to acknowledge us since your status has risen. But there’s no need to make up such an absurd reason. It really hurts me…”
Jiang Xixu narrowed her eyes coldly. But she knew if she didn’t settle things clearly today, the Guan family would continue to cling to her in the future. Having finally broken away from the Guan family, she had no desire for further entanglement.
Just as she was determined, a loud voice rang out from outside the door.
“I believe Miss Jiang!”
Everyone turned to see Song Yongming and his wife. The couple held gifts in their hands, made their way through the crowd to stand beside Jiang Xixu, and Madam Song glared at Bai Shuqin.
“Miss Jiang is not the kind of person who forgets kindness just because she’s risen in status as you claim. If she says you ‘raised her to take on someone else’s fate,’ then you must have done exactly that! Having done it, and now putting on such an act… do you think everyone here is a fool?”
ā Everyone present: ???
While inwardly murmuring, “We got caught in the crossfire…” no one dared to interrupt.
Most of the guests invited to the Jiang house today were those with close connections. The Song family was also a well-known prominent family, and Madam Song was famous for her kindness and refinement. No one expected her to speak so sharply.
And all for this young lady who had just returned to the Jiang family.
Could it be they knew each other beforeā?
Not only the guests, but even the Jiang family members exchanged surprised glances. However, they intuitively felt it must be related to the Song couple’s hurried visit to the Jiang house last night.
Though they didn’t know what exactly Xixu had done.
Jiang Xixu herself was also somewhat surprised by Madam Song’s straightforward defense. Regardless of the reason, she took this kindness to heart.
Meanwhile, Bai Shuqin, whose act had been disrupted by the sudden interruption, was full of resentment. But before she could even open her mouth to retortā
Jiang Xixu, who had been closely watching her movements, lightly flicked her fingertips, drawing a Truth Talisman in the air. With a slight wave of her hand, the talisman flew silently towards Bai Shuqin.
Unaware of anything, Bai Shuqin opened her mouth, but what came out was an uncontrollable stream of blunt truth.
“That’s right, so what if we did! Our Ruirui’s fate constitution is weak, the master said so. If we found someone with a strong fate to bear her misfortune, we could change her destiny. That child had a good fate constitution, so using her life to suppress our Ruirui’s fate, what’s wrong with that!”
In that instant, not only the guests, but even Guan Baocheng’s expression beside her changed drastically.
Guan Ruirui couldn’t help but let out a sharp cry.
“Mom!”
Bai Shuqin finally realized what she had just blurted out and hurriedly covered her mouth. But the next moment, words once again spilled out uncontrollably.
“Now that you’ve become a young lady of the Jiang family, you’re putting on airs! You were nothing more than a tool in our house to bear Ruirui’s misfortune! The master said if Ruirui kept absorbing your fortune and luck, after she turned eighteen, your two fate constitutions would completely switch. Otherwise, why would we let you return to your birth family so easily!”
“What did you say?!”
Jiang Huai’s face turned icy cold, and the Jiang brothers, Jiang Su and the others, all looked grim.
Although they usually weren’t particularly warm towards Xixu, she was still a member of the Jiang family. They could squabble among themselves at home, but for outsiders to trample on her like this was tantamount to insulting the Jiang family.
ā The Guan family was getting way too arrogant!
The guests were also stunned.
Just moments ago, they thought the Jiang daughter’s story was ridiculous. But now, they had to believe.
No one truly believed something like “swapping fate constitutions” actually existed. They just understood that the Guan family was an absurdly superstitious household.
Guan Baocheng sensed the anomaly and hurriedly tried to lead Bai Shuqin away. His face was pale, but he desperately tried to salvage the situation with his words.
“Shuqin, has your illness flared up again? Spouting such nonsense…”
Then he bowed to the guests.
“My wife has a slight hysterical condition. She gets symptoms when overly emotional. We’ll take our leave now.”
Having said that, he tried to wrap things up and leave, butā
The moment they tried to move, the younger Jiang men like Jiang Su and Jiang Han stepped forward, blocking their path.
Jiang Huai sneered and spoke in a cold voice.
“Director Guan, rushing off like this will only look more suspicious.”
He was already aware of Xixu’s abilities and guessed immediately from Bai Shuqin’s abnormal state that this was Xixu’s doing. Therefore, he certainly wouldn’t let such a perfect opportunity slip by.
ā Today, right here, they would completely tear off the Guan family’s mask!
Jiang Xixu was confident in the effect of the Truth Talisman. Seeing the Jiang youths blocking them, she calmly pressed on.
“Madam Guan, do you really have hysteria?”
“Me? Of course not!”
Bai Shuqin, eyes tearing up, still spoke with brutal honesty.
“My family just doesn’t want me to tell the truth! He’s always been a coward, less daring than me, a woman!”
Guan Baocheng’s face darkened completely.
(Is she planning to expose not just about Xixu, but me too?!)
Jiang Yucheng had been barely containing his anger since learning the Guan family treated Xixu as a “misfortune-bearing tool.” He stepped forward and interrogated coldly.
“What else did you do to my daughter?”
“What did I do? That child just didn’t know her place!”
“Once, she picked up an injured bird and said she wanted to ‘keep it.’ For a foster daughter, someone who eats for free, what right did she have? I beat it to death right then and there.”
“Since she was little, she was always a handful. She even fought with Ruirui over a toy once. I locked her in the attic for two days without food until she finally behaved.”
The expressions of the Jiang family members grew extremely grim, and the guests looked on with sympathy.
Everyone had thought Xixu, raised by a wealthy family, had lived a comfortable life at the very least. They never imagined she had suffered such cruel treatment.
But Jiang Xixu paid no mind to the sympathy or the gazes. Her calm eyes remained fixed on Bai Shuqin as she continued her questioning.
“What is your purpose for coming here today?”
Bai Shuqin answered immediately.
“To get our due reward, of course! We raised her all these years. Now that she’s become a young lady of the Jiang family, of course we should be rewarded! Even asking for half of that huge Jiang family fortune isn’t too much at all!”
ā The guests present collectively gasped.
The Guan family’s greed was simply too great!
To suddenly demand half of the Jiang family’s wealth was beyond audaciousā
