Chapter 49: Jiang Family Boss, Jiang Junsheng
As soon as the words left his mouth, Jiang Lixuan knew he had asked a ridiculously stupid question.
Bai Wenyin’s diary was in Nan Yuanman’s hands, so how could she not know that he had wrongly accused her mother?
Jiang Lixuan looked flustered, averted his gaze and didn’t dare to meet Nan Yuanman’s eyes, raised his hand to cover his eyes: “…Sorry, I seem to have asked a stupid question.”
Nan Yuanman twisted her little buttocks, adjusted her position and sat steadily, hummed lightly upon hearing this: “Do I even need to calculate that?”
“It’s you adults who are too dumb, unable to tell who is a good person and who is a bad person.”
Jiang Lixuan gave a bitter laugh, said hoarsely: “…Perfection is right.”
“Once I investigate everything, I will give Wenyin justice, don’t worry, I’ve also sent someone to look for your mother, if there’s any news, I will tell you.”
Nan Yuanman looked at him with an indescribable expression, sighed heavily like a little adult, Jiang Lixuan was really hopeless, even now he still didn’t believe that her mother was dead.
Forget it.
If he saw her mother’s tombstone, he should believe it then, right?
Nan Yuanman thought, and mischievously didn’t tell Jiang Lixuan where her mother’s tombstone was.
He had been so bad to her mother before, so let him suffer a bit more.
Jiang Lixuan pulled himself together, no longer chatted with Nan Yuanman about these heavy topics between adults, and instead asked her how her day playing with Meng Qinian went, whether she was happy.
“Happy, Brother Qinian took me to eat lots of delicious things.” Mentioning this, Nan Yuanman was no longer sleepy, her eyes sparkled, and she chattered on about what Meng Qinian had taken her to eat.
Jiang Lixuan listened to Nan Yuanman’s intimate form of address for them, feeling a bit sour in his heart, but he didn’t dare to say anything like making Nan Yuanman call him uncle again.
He didn’t dare to imagine, if he had wrongly accused and wronged Bai Wenyin back then, how aggrieved Bai Wenyin must have been.
He really wasn’t a good brother, and… not a good uncle either.
Amid this chattering childlike voice, Jiang Lixuan and Nan Yuanman returned to the Jiang family home.
Ge Peiyao had gone out for afternoon tea with other rich ladies, Jiang Hengzhi was not home either, only Jiang Yueyao and Jiang Xinxin were in the living room.
Jiang Yueyao was holding a storybook in her hand, reading softly to Jiang Xinxin, when she heard the sound from the doorway.
Jiang Xinxin quickly looked up, and upon seeing Nan Yuanman holding Jiang Lixuan’s hand as they came in, she instantly puffed up her cheeks in anger, let out a super loud hum, then turned her face to the side.
She looked very angry, but her round eyes couldn’t help glancing at Jiang Lixuan again and again, expecting him to come over as before, kiss her and hug her when he saw she was angry, and coax her.
Jiang Xinxin secretly swore in her heart, if her uncle came to coax her, then she would sincerely apologize to Nan Yuanman and never be jealous of her again.
Jiang Yueyao sat on the sofa, smiling as she greeted Jiang Lixuan: “Little brother, you’re back, work must have been hard, did you bring the Xu family’s cloud cakes that I asked you to get for me?”
Jiang Lixuan looked at the mother and daughter sitting on the sofa, as if this morning’s incident had never happened, a flash of displeasure in his eyes, feeling particularly uncomfortable inside.
He hadn’t forgotten yet how Jiang Xinxin had targeted Nan Yuanman for no reason this morning, and how Jiang Yueyao had sided with Jiang Xinxin.
How had he never noticed before that Jiang Yueyao had such thick skin?
Bullying his own niece, and still pretending as if nothing happened while asking him for pastries?
Jiang Lixuan’s expression cooled a bit, he took Nan Yuanman’s pink slippers from the shoe rack, lifted her up onto his lap, and while helping her change shoes, said indifferently: “No.”
“Busy today, if you want pastries in the future, you can have the servants buy them, alright, lift your left foot.”
Nan Yuanman lifted her left foot, Jiang Lixuan put the slipper on for her, and said: “Butler Li had someone renovate your room today, so for these couple days, you’ll sleep with me temporarily.”
Nan Yuanman let out a dainty yawn, lazily let out an “oh,” ignored the mother and daughter Jiang Yueyao entirely, and went upstairs in her little slippers with pattering steps.
Jiang Yueyao stared blankly at Jiang Lixuan, a look of disbelief on her delicate face.
This was… from childhood to now, the first time Jiang Lixuan had refused her request.
You know, Jiang Lixuan was her youngest brother, who had always indulged her almost without limit before, not to mention Xu family’s cloud cakes, even if she wanted millions-worth of jewelry, he would buy it immediately without batting an eye and give it to her.
Jiang Yueyao suddenly felt aggrieved inside, she opened her mouth to call him: “Little brother…”
“I’m a bit tired, going up to rest first.” Before she could finish, Jiang Lixuan interrupted her first, didn’t even glance at her, followed behind Nan Yuanman, and went upstairs together.
He was now in a turbulent mood, didn’t know how to calmly face Jiang Yueyao.
He was afraid of staying in front of her any longer, or he might not be able to resist questioning her.
Jiang Yueyao’s face darkened uncontrollably, feeling slightly uneasy as she watched Jiang Lixuan’s back, what exactly was going on? Why had Jiang Lixuan’s attitude suddenly become so cold?
Was it because of what happened between Xinxin and Nan Yuanman this morning?
But she and Xinxin had already apologized, right? Jiang Lixuan couldn’t possibly hold such a grudge?
Or… something happened today that she didn’t know about?
Jiang Xinxin, who hadn’t waited for Jiang Lixuan to come coax her, pouted, grabbed Jiang Yueyao’s sleeve aggrievedly, her childish voice carrying a cry: “Mommy, I hate uncle.”
“Uncle was mean to me today for the new sister, and won’t come coax me, I don’t want to be good with uncle anymore, Mommy, I miss Uncle, I want to call Uncle…”
Jiang Yueyao’s eyes flickered, she gently patted Jiang Xinxin’s back, didn’t speak up for Jiang Lixuan, handed her the mobile phone: “Mommy misses Uncle too, you call him.”
Jiang Xinxin eagerly dialed the Jiang family boss Jiang Junsheng’s number, after two rings on the other end, a low, magnetic male voice with a hint of indulgence sounded: “Yao Yao, what’s wrong? Why the sudden call?”
Hearing the familiar voice, Jiang Xinxin burst into tears with a wail: “Uncle, uncle and the new sister bullied Xinxin, wuu wuu come back quick to help Xinxin wuu wuu…”
Jiang Junsheng, who had just finished a meeting and was in the office listening to his assistant’s summary, raised his hand to signal the assistant to pause, frowned tightly, voice low: “Xinxin, what’s going on? How did your uncle bully you? Who is that new sister? A child brought by one of the servants at home?”
The assistant standing nearby glanced at Jiang Junsheng twice, hesitated to speak, but stayed quiet without disturbing his call.
Jiang Xinxin cried while incoherently telling him about what had happened at home these past couple days, her words too muddled, Jiang Junsheng listened for a long time but still couldn’t make out what she was saying, though it distressed him terribly.
He pinched his slightly aching nose bridge, softly coaxed her for a good while, promised to definitely come home tomorrow and bring her a gift, only then did Jiang Xinxin hang up the phone sniffling.
After hanging up, Jiang Junsheng then remembered, he had forgotten to ask Jiang Xinxin to pass the phone to Jiang Yueyao to ask her about things at home.
He held the mobile phone and pondered for a moment, then said to the assistant: “Go investigate, which servant at home recently brought a child who bullied Xinxin.”
The assistant carefully glanced at him: “That… President, you forgot, a few days ago, the Chairman had Fifth Young Master bring back Miss Bai Wenyin’s child…”
