Seeing the slightly complicated expression on Zhou Yi's face, Jiang Youli raised an eyebrow and asked with a half-smile, "Was that a call from Jiang Yonghe?"
Zhou Yi was surprised, "How do you know this too?"
Jiang Youli said bluntly, "I told her about your identity."
Zhou Yi smiled wryly in resignation, "You're deliberately stirring up trouble for me."
Jiang Youli laughed, "Tit for tat. Didn't I also do you a favor by meeting Jiang Yonghe and the others as 'Lili Yuanshang'? Although the meeting didn't end well, of course."
Zhou Yi answered the call with a casual air, putting it on speakerphone. Jiang Yonghe's sweet voice immediately came through.
"Brother Zhou Yi."
"Miss Jiang Yonghe, I didn't expect you to call me. Didn't you already decide yesterday that I was in cahoots with Xiao Li to trick you?" Zhou Yi's words were full of sarcasm.
Jiang Yonghe hurriedly said, "Brother Zhou Yi, I'm sorry. I didn't trust you yesterday. That was my fault. I'm calling to apologize to you. I'm truly sorry. When my second brother was rude to you, I didn't stop him in time."
"From the sound of it, all the blame lies with your second brother?" Zhou Yi gave a cold laugh.
"Of course not! That's just my second brother's personality; he didn't mean to target you specifically, Brother Zhou Yi."
Even now, she was still trying to pin the blame on her second brother. For a moment, Zhou Yi felt it really wasn't worth it for the Jiang Family's Second Young Master!
"How your second brother suspected me, how dismissive his attitude was, none of that really matters to me. The main issue is you, Miss Jiang Yonghe. After all, we were acquainted. Your suspicion and disregard were the greatest insult to me."
After a moment of silence, Jiang Yonghe replied with a bitter laugh, "Brother Zhou Yi, if you put yourself in my shoes and considered my position, you wouldn't say that. Do you think with my status as an adopted daughter in the Jiang Family, I have any real power to speak? My second brother dotes on me because I'm obedient and well-behaved. So I can only go along with him to make him happy, to keep him treating me like a beloved little sister. What else can I do? Oppose him and defy him?"
Her voice grew increasingly pitiable. "I'm not like Sister Youli. No matter what she does, she's the Jiang Family's true heiress, so she has the capital to be arrogant. But I'm just an adopted daughter. Every step I take in the Jiang Family must be cautious, seeking the approval of the Jiang Family members. Otherwise, I'll lose everything I have now."
Jiang Youli plucked a washed grape from the bedside table and tossed it into her mouth, unable not to admire Jiang Yonghe's skill at garnering sympathy and pity. Seeing that acting docile and submissive wasn't working, she was now switching to a tragic act.
Zhou Yi remained completely unmoved. "Miss Jiang Yonghe, if you ask me, you're the author of your own misfortune. With the twenty years of meticulous upbringing you've received in the Jiang Family, even if you truly left, your life wouldn't be too bad. You just wouldn't be the high-and-mighty wealthy heiress anymore, but your starting point would still be higher than that of countless ordinary people. Yet you insist on clinging to things that don't belong to you, stubbornly staying in the Jiang Family. Who can you blame for that?"
"And you actually have the nerve to self-pityingly believe your second brother's affection for you is because of your cautious obedience, and to think Youli is arrogant simply because she has Jiang Family blood. Your words truly disgust me."
Zhou Yi's words were merciless, leaving Jiang Yonghe on the other end of the line at a loss for how to respond.
"Brother Zhou Yi, that's not what I meant... I genuinely wanted to apologize to you... Brother Zhou Yi, if you have time, let's meet. I'll apologize to you in person..."
"No need. You're only apologizing to me specifically because you found out about my identity, not because you sincerely think you were wrong, right?" Zhou Yi continued. "Don't waste your efforts on me. I'm very disappointed in you and will absolutely not be friends with someone like you again."
With that, Zhou Yi hung up directly.
Jiang Youli's eyebrows shot even higher. "Wow, Brother Zhou Yi, I didn't expect you to be so heartless, not showing a shred of sympathy for Jiang Yonghe's words."
Zhou Yi put away his phone and said seriously, "If you are indecisive when a decision is needed, you will inevitably suffer chaos."
After a pause, he said, "You deliberately revealed my identity to Jiang Yonghe. It probably wasn't just to make her regret it, was it?"
Knowing this scheming girl, there was definitely a follow-up plan!
A cunning glint flashed in Jiang Youli's eyes. "Of course. On the surface, I was telling Jiang Yonghe, but the real target was Jiang Yangxu. After all, he manages the Jiang Family's most important pharmaceutical company. From what I know, he's been trying to collaborate with your Zhou Family for years, but never found an opportunity. Now, knowing that an opportunity was right within reach but slipped away due to a careless mistake, he's probably green with rage. Don't you think he'll be anxious? Won't he have opinions about his adopted daughter and put pressure on her?"
Zhou Yi said with a look of disdain, "For Jiang Yangxu to treat his own biological daughter like that and still fantasize about collaborating with our Zhou Family is simply delusional."
After a brief pause, Zhou Yi continued his analysis, "So your real goal is to wait for the right moment, take complete control of the Jiang Family's pharmaceutical company, and then successfully connect it with our Zhou Family's crucial medicinal herb cultivation and production supply line behind the scenes, achieving a powerful alliance. Right?"
Jiang Youli nodded. "Right."
Zhou Yi fully believed in Jiang Youli's ability and said expectantly, "Then I'll wait for your good news on the Jiang Family side. For people like Jiang Yangxu and his family, who are so heartless and cruel as to abandon their own biological daughter and sister, ending up with nothing is exactly what they deserve."
...
After having her call hung up by Zhou Yi, Jiang Yonghe's face was extremely ugly.
She never would have thought that Zhou Yi, whom she once considered a lapdog, could actually be so ruthless to her!
It must be because Jiang Youli said a lot of bad things about her to him!
That uncouth woman Jiang Youli, how could she really be 'Lili Yuanshang'! And how did she get to know Zhou Yi, the sole heir of the top-tier wealthy Zhou Family!
Amid her annoyance and resentment, most of her hatred was directed at Jiang Zhao.
If Jiang Zhao hadn't been so impulsive back then, stubbornly suspecting Zhou Yi, he wouldn't have made Zhou Yi so angry!
After all, even if she doubted Jiang Youli's identity, she wouldn't have mocked Zhou Yi. It was all because Jiang Zhao looked down on Zhou Yi from the start, disdaining the fact that he only drove a two hundred thousand yuan new energy car.
Who would have thought he was just being low-key, not that he couldn't afford a luxury car!
Thinking of this, her hatred for Jiang Zhao grew even stronger.
When she goes for the night vigil tonight, she must vent her anger thoroughly on that useless vegetable, Jiang Zhao, to feel better!
...
At dusk, the sunset was like blood, its afterglow spilling into every corner of the hospital.
With a grave expression, Old Master Jiang, accompanied by the head butler who had returned from the investigation in Mi Mi Zhi Xiang, once again headed to Jiang Youli's hospital room.
At the same time, he had someone notify his second son, Jiang Yangxu, and his wife, Qin Yulian, in advance.
When Qin Yulian rushed into the hospital room in a frantic hurry, her urgent voice instantly shattered the previously quiet atmosphere: "Dad, what's the situation exactly? Have they found anything out? I dare say that Jiang Youli, that little wild thing, is framing my son Zhao. Dad, you really shouldn't waste your efforts on this. You should just tell big brother and sister-in-law to hand Jiang Youli over to Yangxu and me to deal with properly!"
As she spoke, she looked toward Jiang Youli, who was lying quite comfortably on the hospital bed. Her eyes were filled with resentment and displeasure, as if she wished she could finish Jiang Youli off right then and there.
