Jiang Youli's words made Qin Yulian's eyes widen. Instantly furious and exasperated, she snapped, "You wretched girl, how dare you speak to me like that! Have you forgotten something?"
Jiang Youli replied bluntly, "I haven't forgotten. Didn't you just kidnap my mother, cut off her ring finger with her wedding band on it, and give it to me to threaten me into obeying your family using her safety?"
Hearing Jiang Youli's words, the members of the Long family finally understood. So they had been using the life of the First Madam of the Jiang family, Zhang Susu, to force Jiang Youli into apologizing and making amends to the Long family.
Qin Yulian froze. Looking at Jiang Youli's reaction, could it be that she didn't care about Zhang Susu's safety at all?
If that were true, Qin Yulian's feelings on the matter would be quite complicated.
On one hand, she felt a bit of schadenfreude, thinking Zhang Susu completely deserved it. Who asked her to be so meddlesome and take in this wretched girl, Jiang Youli!
On the other hand, if Jiang Youli didn't care about Zhang Susu's safety, they wouldn't be able to threaten her, and that would be a huge problem!
Since Jiang Youli had laid it all out in the open, Jiang Yangxu couldn't be bothered to hide it anymore. Frowning, he said straightforwardly, "So, with your current attitude, do you really not care about your mother's life anymore?"
At this point, Jiang Yangxu paused. He picked up the phone resting nearby and dialed Zhao Zhigang's number right in front of Jiang Youli, intending to have Zhao Zhigang cut off another one of Zhang Susu's fingers and bring it over.
Unexpectedly, after the call went through, the faint ringing of a phone could be heard coming from outside the villa.
Before Jiang Yangxu could even wonder about it, Zhang Susu's voice suddenly rang out from outside.
"Jiang Yangxu, it's not that Youli doesn't care about my life. It's because I am already safe and no longer in Zhao Zhigang's hands."
Jiang Yangxu's eyes widened in disbelief as he watched Zhang Susu walk in, supporting Old Master Jiang, with Jiang Yehan right beside her.
Could it be that Jiang Yehan found her after stabbing him last night?
No, that wasn't right!
Jiang Yangxu noticed that Zhang Susu's fingers were still completely intact!
So that severed finger did not belong to Zhang Susu!
Jiang Youli knew exactly what Jiang Yangxu was shocked about. She pulled a wooden box from her coat pocket and tossed it in front of him. "Second Uncle, whose finger do you think this is?"
Jiang Yangxu hung up the phone, picked up the wooden box, and opened the lid. His breath hitched instantly.
The finger was large and calloused; it clearly did not belong to a pampered woman!
He realized he had been played!
This finger belonged to Lao Zhao!
Jiang Yehan turned his head and ordered the butler of the East District, "Bring him in."
The East District butler dragged the tied-up Zhao Zhigang inside and threw him directly onto the floor.
Zhao Zhigang looked up in panic at the room full of people, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Jiang Yangxu's heart sank heavily, and a chill shot up his spine straight to his head. He knew full well that his hiring of Zhao Zhigang to kidnap Zhang Susu had been completely exposed! At this moment, he felt as if he had plunged into an ice cellar, standing there entirely at a loss for what to do.
Jiang Yehan's bone-chilling question rang out: "Jiang Yangxu, in front of Dad, do you have any more excuses to make?"
This angry shout plunged the entire room into a deathly silence.
Old Master Jiang's already aged face was now shrouded in disappointment, every wrinkle seemingly expressing his heartache and fury toward his son.
He questioned sternly, "Number Two, did you really hire someone to kidnap your sister-in-law?"
Jiang Yangxu knew in his heart that no matter how he denied it, he could not cover up the crime he had committed, so he chose to remain silent.
However, Jiang Yangxu's increasingly pale face completely exposed his inner fear and panic.
Seeing this, Old Master Jiang trembled with rage. He raised his voice again and roared, "Speak! I want you to tell me yourself, did you or did you not hire someone to kidnap your sister-in-law!"
Jiang Yangxu remained silent, his body merely beginning to shake from the terror of his exposure.
Old Master Jiang's face was livid. He moved away Zhang Susu's supporting hand, leaned on his cane, and walked toward Jiang Yangxu with faltering but exceptionally firm and quick steps.
When he got close, he raised his cane and struck Jiang Yangxu's shoulder fiercely with all his might, cursing loudly, "You beast! How dare you do something so utterly unconscionable!"
The cane came down blow after blow. The wound on Jiang Yangxu's abdomen bled from the extreme tension, staining his hospital gown.
"Dad, stop hitting him, Dad..." Seeing this, Qin Yulian anxiously rushed forward to grab Old Master Jiang's hand, trying to stop him from continuing to beat her husband.
Old Master Jiang turned his head and roared, "Shut up, you deserve to be beaten just as much!"
Saying that, he turned and swung his cane at Qin Yulian.
Struck on the waist by the cane, Qin Yulian instantly couldn't bear it and quickly let go, dodging backward.
"Dad, stop hitting, it hurts..."
Jiang Xing hurriedly stepped up to block, and the cane fell upon him instead.
"Blocking, I'll give you blocking!" Old Master Jiang angrily swung his cane, hitting Jiang Xing's arm.
At this moment, an aged voice came from outside the door.
"Old Master Jiang, your son Jiang Yangxu dared to hire someone to kidnap my daughter and even wanted to chop off her fingers. You aren't thinking that hitting them a few times with a stick will settle the matter, are you? Our Zhang family will never agree to that!"
As the voice fell, an elderly couple and five middle-aged men strode in.
Jiang Youli looked at the seven people who entered. Although the elderly couple had heads full of silver hair, they still looked hale and hearty, their mental state much better than that of Old Master Jiang.
As for the five middle-aged men following behind them, each was tall and burly with an extraordinary aura. Standing together, they gave off an overwhelming, oppressive presence like Mount Tai bearing down.
Beside her, Zhang Susu said, "Youli, they are your maternal grandparents and your five uncles. I don't plan to let your Second Uncle and Second Aunt off the hook this time, so I called your grandparents over."
Jiang Youli nodded, murmuring an "Mhm."
Seeing the seven people enter, Jiang Yangxu and Qin Yulian turned pale with fright. Oh no, Zhang Susu's maiden family had all come!
The Long family's expressions weren't much better. They originally thought they came here today to watch Jiang Youli be humiliated and punished, but they never expected the situation to completely reverse!
Old Master Jiang's face was incredibly ugly. He lowered his cane and replied solemnly, "Rest assured, I will absolutely not tolerate the mistakes Number Two has made this time!"
Saying so, his gaze swept over Jiang Yangxu's family. "I've said it before, it doesn't matter how much you bicker and fight among yourselves, but you must never lay a hand on your own people! Number Two, you have crossed the bottom line this time!"
Seeing that her husband's wound had torn open and was bleeding again, Qin Yulian anxiously pleaded, "Dad, Yangxu only sent someone to kidnap Sister-in-law because he was forced by Jiang Youli! Do you know what Jiang Youli did? She actually poisoned your eldest grandson! It wasn't just some minor squabble, it was poisoning! She clearly wanted Xing'er's life! How could we just sit by and do nothing, waiting for Xing'er to be poisoned to death?"
Old Master Jiang froze. He looked at his granddaughter, Jiang Youli, and asked doubtfully, "Youli, is what your Second Aunt said true?"
Jiang Youli shook her head and denied it outright. "Grandpa, I didn't poison Jiang Xing. Second Aunt is framing me."
