After failing to beg Jiang Youli to detoxify his older brother Jiang Xing, Jiang Zhao ate the rejected breakfast himself, then went to look at apartments in a daze.
While waiting for his sister Jiang Youli at the door of the Jiang family home last night, he had been browsing rental listings and set his sights on a four-bedroom commercial apartment.
The location wasn't great, but given their family's current difficult situation, they could only make do for now. Later, he planned to buy a house using the money he had earned since his debut with Starlight Entertainment.
After securing the apartment and paying the first month's rent and deposit, Jiang Zhao booked a moving service online before returning to the Qin residence.
Qin Xingcai had not gone to the company; he was waiting specifically at home.
Sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, he scrolled past Jiang Zhao's Weibo post and sneered inwardly.
What a piece of trash. It wasn't enough that his whole family was beaten like drowned dogs by a woman and had to hide in the Qin family home, but now he was actually wagging his tail and begging for pity by trying to curry favor with that same woman on Weibo.
What a disgrace!
He was dragging the Qin family down to lose face with them!
Seeing Jiang Zhao return, Qin Xingcai put down his phone and gave a cold snort. "Jiang Zhao, didn't you vow yesterday that you would move out today? Your mother left early in the morning, and neither you nor Jiang Xing showed up. What, are you trying to overstay your welcome again?"
Jiang Zhao shot Qin Xingcai a cold glare. If he hadn't wanted to avoid putting his uncle in a difficult position, he would never have tolerated Qin Xingcai's attitude in the past.
"You can rest assured. I have already called a moving company and will be leaving very soon."
Qin Xingcai said, "How soon is very soon? Don't tell me you're still trying to mooch off a free lunch at my house? I didn't ask the kitchen to prepare meals for your family."
Clenching his fists, Jiang Zhao said, "There's no need!" With that, he ignored Qin Xingcai, strode upstairs, knocked on the door of his father Jiang Yangxu's room, and pushed it open.
"Dad, pack up and get ready to leave."
Jiang Yangxu had been recuperating at the Qin residence for the past two days and was well aware of how his family was being treated there. Although he felt a stifling anger in his chest, there was nothing he could do.
After all, they were living under someone else's roof.
But he would remember this grievance!
Before long, the moving company Jiang Zhao hired arrived.
Qin Xingcai watched Jiang Zhao bustling about alone, crossed his arms, and mocked, "Next time, don't come scurrying back to hide in my house with your tail between your legs."
Jiang Zhao ignored Qin Xingcai's sarcastic remarks and left the Qin residence with his father, Jiang Yangxu.
By the time they moved into the rented apartment and finished everything, it was already 1:00 PM.
"Jiang Zhao, your painstaking efforts have been wasted by your sister again. Now Weibo is in an uproar over the matter between you and your sister."
Jiang Zhao had just washed his hands and sat on the sofa to rest. He was about to order takeout when he heard his father Jiang Yangxu say this. His hand holding the phone paused. "An uproar? Why is there an uproar?"
Logically speaking, seeing what he said, his fans should have defended his sister Jiang Youli on his behalf.
Jiang Yangxu sighed and put down his phone. "See for yourself."
Jiang Zhao checked Weibo and found that he and his sister Jiang Youli were already trending.
He continuously scrolled through the comments under his sister Jiang Youli's Weibo, his hands trembling more and more.
Jiang Zhao never expected that the Weibo post he made online would actually bring negative consequences to his sister Jiang Youli.
His original intention was to show his determination to his sister Jiang Youli.
Jiang Zhao knew that last night's trending topics, QiHuanCuckolded and JiangYouliKeptBySecondMasterLong, were actually the Long family's revenge against his sister Jiang Youli. And the reason the video turned into one of Long Yuan and Second Master Long was undoubtedly his sister Jiang Youli's counterattack.
By publicly stating that he wanted to protect his sister, he was prepared to offend the Long family.
He didn't expect it to backfire so badly.
[Did people from the countryside provoke you or something? What, are you some noble city dweller who looks down on rural folks? If you're so capable, don't eat agricultural products. Just eat your exotic delicacies and bird's nest soup every day!]
[What a bunch of brain-dead fans. Jiang Zhao did such terrible things, what right does he have to be forgiven! Anyway, I support Jiang Youli!]
[The fans are just as unreasonable as their idol! They only know how to shift the blame onto others. You say your Zhaozhao was deceived by his adopted sister, but how old is he? Doesn't he have any judgment? No normal person with a brain would mistreat their own biological sister! Could it be that your Zhaozhao is a grown man who still hasn't grown a brain?]
[I also heard that the reason Jiang Zhao was silent for so long before was because he was in a coma at the hospital after a car accident, and it was Jiang Youli who cured him and woke him up.]
[That's right, that's right! It's true! And according to reliable sources, the cause of the car accident was Jiang Zhao's own doing! It was because he tampered with the brakes on Jiang Youli's car, and Jiang Youli's car just happened to crash into his!]
[Holy crap! How can there be such a vicious person! Tampering with someone's car brakes could literally kill them if it's serious! Even if you can't stand your biological sister, you wouldn't go so far as to take her life, right!]
[It's easy to spread rumors! Do you have proof? You're just blindly hating on Zhaozhao!]
[Here comes the proof~]
Soon, the surveillance video of Jiang Zhao having his bodyguard tamper with the brakes of Jiang Youli's car circulated online.
[God! Jiang Zhao is too ruthless!]
[That face-slap came fast. Jiang Zhao's fans asked for evidence and they got it!]
[Even with this, his fans are still trying to whitewash him by saying he was deceived and provoked by his adopted sister! Jiang Zhao is clearly rotten to the core!]
[If you ask me, Jiang Youli should send Jiang Zhao straight to jail!]
[Looking purely at musical accomplishments, Jiang Youli's talent is definitely higher than Jiang Zhao's! He's already a tainted artist, yet he still wants Jiang Youli to act as his foil. He's so shameless!]
[Resolutely boycott tainted artists!]
[Resolutely boycott tainted artists!]
[Resolutely boycott tainted artists!]
Two factions were fighting fiercely online.
Reading these comments, Jiang Zhao felt almost entirely drained.
Jiang Yangxu raised his hand, which was missing its pinky finger, and patted Jiang Zhao gently on the shoulder.
"Enough, stop reading."
"Dad, what should we do? What do we have to do to make my sister forgive us? If she doesn't forgive us, what about my older brother's poison?"
A tear slipped from the corner of Jiang Zhao's eye.
Seeing this, Jiang Yangxu sighed and said, "Zhao'er, my way of educating you and your brother was different in the past. I never wanted to restrict the development of your personality, which is why you dare to love and hate. As for your brother, I placed high hopes on him, wishing him never to be soft-hearted toward his enemies."
"Therefore, after learning that we were deceived by Jiang Yonghe, your first thought was to repent, and you genuinely wanted to make it up to your sister, right?"
Jiang Zhao's eyes were somewhat confused. "Shouldn't we make it up to Xiao Li?"
Jiang Yangxu said, "Your sister will never forgive us. If she were going to forgive us, she wouldn't have driven us to a dead end and made your grandfather kick us out of the Jiang family."
"Dad, what do you mean?"
"I mean, drop your naivety. Stop focusing solely on making it up to your sister and getting her forgiveness." Jiang Yangxu spoke very seriously.
"Dad..."
"I know you want to argue with me, Zhao'er. I have lived a life of wealth and privilege for most of my days, and I will not allow myself to suffer such a miserable old age, only to become the laughingstock of the entire capital's elite circle!"
Saying this, a ruthless glint formed in Jiang Yangxu's eyes once again. "No matter what it takes, I must reclaim the Jiang family!"
"And right now, the best way to do that is to align ourselves with the Long family!"
Jiang Zhao sprang to his feet. Glaring furiously at the father he had always respected, he roared, "Dad, I absolutely will not allow you to hurt Xiao Li ever again!"
