"Willing to die for me?" Jiang Youli wore a cold sneer on her lips.
Seeing this, Qin Yulian, who was standing to the side, felt her heart tighten. She hurried forward and grabbed Jiang Zhao's hand. Her eyes were filled with worry and panic as she said with a trembling voice, "Zhao'er, don't do anything reckless. I know you feel guilty toward your sister and want to prove your remorse, but you can't joke around with your own life."
Jiang Zhao pushed away his mother Qin Yulian's hand. "Mom, I'm serious."
He continued to look at Jiang Youli solemnly and devoutly, saying, "Youli, as long as you..."
Jiang Youli interrupted him playfully, "Sure! Then choose how you want to die right now."
Saying that, she looked at Qi An'an. "An'an, please help me find some tools to end it all with your friends in this house."
Qi An'an stood at attention and saluted, "Roger that!"
She winked at her three best friends. "Let's go! We'll find some suicide tools for Jiang Zhao to end himself! Jiang Zhao, you just wait!"
The three friends nodded.
So the four of them eagerly went to different places to look for tools to end his life.
Qin Yulian's expression was complicated.
Jiang Zhao was even more speechless.
Jiang Xing: "..."
Jiang Yangxu felt extremely humiliated.
Jiang Yehan looked at his worried wife, Zhang Susu, and said, "Let Youli handle the rest herself. Let's take Mom and Dad back to rest first."
Now that the dust had settled, Jiang Yangxu's family indeed posed no threat to Youli anymore. Zhang Susu nodded, "Okay."
Qi Huan joked, "Should I go find a handy tool for Jiang Zhao too?"
Jiang Youli chuckled lightly, "No need, Huanhuan. You just stay here with me."
Before long, Qi An'an ran out of the kitchen, holding a kitchen knife in her left hand and a bag of salt in her right. "Cousin-in-law, I got it!"
Not long after, her three friends also returned to the living room one after another, holding a pair of scissors, a three-meter-long rope, and an old brick picked up from who knows where.
Jiang Youli asked Qi An'an and her friends to put down the things in their hands, and she took out a porcelain bottle from her pocket, placing it on the coffee table as well.
"Come, Jiang Zhao, pick whatever you like. Do you want to stab yourself with the knife, swallow this bag of salt, snip your neck with the scissors, hang yourself with the rope, or if none of those work, drink this bottle of poison."
Jiang Zhao was at a loss for what to do.
He was willing to die to make up for his biological sister, Jiang Youli, but he wanted his death to be meaningful, not a worthless suicide like this.
"What, you're not willing to die for me anymore?" Jiang Youli mocked.
Jiang Zhao quickly defended himself, "Of course I am, it's just that I..."
Jiang Youli coldly interrupted him, "Enough, Jiang Zhao. Do you think you're being incredibly noble? Just like when you tampered with my brakes for your good sister Jiang Yonghe, completely disregarding whether I lived or died."
Facing Jiang Youli's accusations, Jiang Zhao's face filled with anxiety as he tried to explain, "I don't think I'm noble, I just really want to make amends..."
Before Jiang Zhao could finish denying it, Jiang Youli interrupted again, "Enough, Jiang Zhao. Your life has absolutely no value to me. I don't care whether you live or die."
Jiang Youli's icy gaze and resolute words deeply pierced Jiang Zhao's heart. His whole body's blood seemed to surge with regret in an instant, regretting beyond measure all the harm he had inflicted on his own biological sister.
Jiang Youli continued, "Jiang Zhao, I woke you up just to let your family know how ridiculous and pathetic you all are. You refused to acknowledge your own biological daughter for the sake of a criminal's daughter—the very criminal who switched your real daughter and sister. I wanted you to see how miserable your end would be."
"Now that my goal has been achieved, if you don't want to end up even worse, don't ever appear in front of me and bother me again, otherwise I still won't hold back!"
Having said that, she left the West District Villa without looking back.
Cheng Jing pushed Qi Huan's wheelchair and followed closely behind.
Jiang Zhao clutched his chest, watching Jiang Youli walk further away, his eyes full of remorse.
He knew... he had brought all of this upon himself!
He also knew that no matter what he said now, his sister Jiang Youli would never believe him!
Let alone forgive him!
He didn't dare to hope that his sister Jiang Youli could forgive him and accept him back as her brother without any grudges!!
He only wanted to do everything in his power to make it up to his sister Jiang Youli in the days to come!
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhao turned to look at Jiang Yonghe, who was still lying on the ground. He viciously stomped on her finger joints, grinding his foot down hard.
"You vicious woman, I won't let you off! I will torture you constantly, making you watch how happy my sister Jiang Youli will be in the future, while you can only live a miserable life! This is what you owe my sister!"
Jiang Yonghe screamed miserably, but she didn't receive any pity like before. The pain inflicted upon her became even more bone-piercing. Finally unable to endure this layer upon layer of agony, she fainted.
Looking at the bruised and battered Jiang Yonghe, and realizing that no matter how much they tortured her, their family could never go back to the days of the past, Qin Yulian cast a helpless gaze at her husband. "Yangxu, what should we do now?"
Jiang Yangxu had witnessed the methods and courage of his biological daughter. Since she had declared that their family must move out, they had to leave.
Otherwise, if they provoked his biological daughter's displeasure again, getting her forgiveness would be even more hopeless.
Jiang Yangxu made up his mind and said, "We'll move out first, and figure things out later."
As long as the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood!
...
After leaving the West District Villa, Qi An'an tactfully took her three friends and left.
Jiang Youli specifically told Qi An'an that they could gossip about the Jiang family's messy affairs to their hearts' content.
Qi An'an naturally understood Jiang Youli's intention, which was to spread the news of Jiang Yangxu's family's downfall, turning them into the laughingstock of the entire wealthy circle after meals.
Qi Huan did not leave the Jiang household. Instead, he followed Jiang Youli to the East District Villa. In his words, today he came firstly to watch a show, and secondly to formally meet the parents.
As soon as Jiang Youli entered the villa, Old Madam Zhang looked at her and smiled with relief, "Susu is lucky to have finally gotten such a precious daughter like Youli."
Old Mr. Zhang recalled Jiang Youli's unshakeable courage over at the West District Villa and couldn't help but sigh, "Yes, Youli is not a simple child. She's someone who can achieve great things. When I was her age, I didn't have her ability to remain so calm in the face of trouble."
Zhang Susu stood up and walked over. After nodding to Qi Huan, she took Jiang Youli's hand and introduced her to her elderly parents, "Youli, these are your maternal grandfather and grandmother."
Jiang Youli smiled sweetly at them, "Grandpa, Grandma."
"Good, good, what a good child." Old Madam Zhang couldn't stop smiling. "Every time Susu calls me, she praises you, saying you are strong, independent, resilient, and highly capable. You really are an excellent child."
After saying that, she gave her husband a meaningful look.
Beside them, Old Mr. Zhang immediately spoke up. "Youli, we all saw the Long family demanding an apology from you today, and your mother just explained the reason to us. Given the Long family's influence, I'm afraid they won't let this go easily. But don't worry. Although our Zhang family might not rival the Long family here in Beijing, it doesn't mean we can't protect you."
Old Madam Zhang looked over at Qi Huan. "Besides, even if it wasn't just us, isn't there still the Qi family? If the Long family wants to cause trouble for you, they will have to carefully weigh whether they can afford the consequences."
Qi Huan understood the underlying meaning behind Old Mr. Zhang and Old Madam Zhang's coordinated remarks. They wanted him to make a verbal promise, right in front of the Zhang family, to protect Jiang Youli.
In truth, even without the Zhang family applying pressure, he would absolutely do everything in his power to keep Jiang Youli safe.
It wasn't merely because of his marriage alliance with Jiang Youli, but more importantly, because he truly had feelings for her.
