Chapter 142

Jiang Family

Except for Jiang Liangjin's fourth uncle Jiang Qi, who is often away and rarely involves himself in family affairs, all core members of the Jiang family are present.

Jiang Liangjin was replying to Mu Youyu's message; originally, the corner of his mouth still had a smile.

He looked up and saw several people standing for five minutes without speaking; he didn't understand why these people liked to gather at his house.

Just like now, people stood one by one with solemn expressions, not holding a meeting at the old residence but coming to his house to meet.

He leaned lazily against the sofa armrest, relaxed.

Only when he caught sight of Jiang Ye Ye's angry face in his peripheral vision did he straighten up, changing from a half-sitting posture to standing.

Jiang Ye Ye saw this, first glaring at Elder Uncle Jiang Huan, causing Jiang Huan to instinctively shrink his neck, before turning his head; his gaze toward Jiang Liangjin instantly softened.

His tone was filled with obvious pity: "A Jin, sit down quickly; don't stand and tire yourself."

He then turned to Shen Ningmu, his tone also softening: "A Mu, you sit too."

"A Mu, didn't you marry into the family because you didn't want to wrong yourself? Why are you still waiting for him to say something before sitting down now?"

"Jiang Su, why didn't you pull her to sit?"

"Okay, Dad." Shen Ningmu sat down.

Jiang Liangjin's gaze deliberately swept across the faces of Elder Uncle Jiang Huan and Cousin Jiang Yun; his expression was half-smiling, half-not, with a hint of indescribable playfulness.

He then spoke lightly: "Grandfather, with so many elders standing, is it inappropriate for me, a junior, to sit?"

Jiang Su indicated with his eyes: "Stop pretending, just sit."

Shen Ningmu: "……"

Jiang Yun, already uneasy, saw that Jiang Liangjin, whom he always disliked, was obviously taking advantage yet putting on an act; his anger flared instantly, and without thinking further he blurted: "Grandfather, how can you be so biased, me and Dad…"

"Shut up!"

Jiang Ye Ye's angry roar suddenly rang out.

Jiang Huan and Jiang Yun were startled by the shout.

Jiang Yun's words got stuck in his throat; he almost choked swallowing the second half.

Elder Aunt Cheng Siqing stood beside Jiang Huan, her face expressionless, as if it had nothing to do with her.

Her son and daughter stood lazily, saying nothing.

Jiang Yun would have stayed silent had he known earlier, but having just received Jiang Liangjin's gaze, he instinctively spoke out.

He had forgotten how frightening it is when Grandfather loses his temper.

He shrank his neck, instinctively straightened his back, squeezed out a few ingratiating expressions, and cautiously looked at Jiang Ye Ye: "Grandfather, what's wrong? Did someone upset you at the banquet? Tell me, I'll help you vent your anger."

Jiang Liangjin replied bluntly: "Do you really need to vent your anger?"

Jiang Yun ignored him, only looking at English: Jiang Ye Ye.

English: Jiang Ye Ye's chest heaved violently with anger, he pointed at Jiang Yun's nose, his voice trembling: "It's you two clueless things that have made me unhappy!"

Jiang Huan's heart skipped a beat, and he forced himself to stay calm: "Dad, we didn't do anything—did you hear some gossip?"

As his words fell, the Butler hurried in, holding a stack of documents.

English: Jiang Ye Ye slammed the things down hard on the coffee table, scattering papers everywhere.

The topmost sheet was clearly a surveillance screenshot, clearly capturing Jiang Yun and several strange men conspiring, along with voice recorders given by the various drivers.

"Gossip? Look for yourself! The June incident—do you think you pulled it off flawlessly?"

English: Jiang Ye Ye picked up another screenshot and slammed it hard into Jiang Huan's face: "On A Jin's way to the competition, he was hit by a car, struck by a billboard, and scammed by a motorcycle—all your doing! To keep him from getting the recommendation spot, you actually dared to harbor murderous intent!"

Jiang Huan's face instantly turned pale, and he frantically waved his hands: "Dad, please hear me out—it wasn't us…"

"Not you?" Jiang Su let out a cold laugh and began to exert force.

He pressed the play button on his phone, and Jiang Yun's sinister voice came out: "As long as we make a slight move, we can keep him from even stepping onto the competition field, or saddle him with the reputation of cheating…"

The recording continued, exposing Jiang Yun's arrogance and jealousy at the time in full.

Jiang Huan went limp all over, nearly collapsing to the ground, while Jiang Yun had already lost all color in his face, his lips trembling, unable to speak.

Cheng Siqing's eyes flashed with a quick gleam of triumph, then she switched to a panicked expression, grabbing Jiang Huan's arm: "A Huan, what on earth is going on? How could you let A Yun do something like this! Even if we can't beat A Jin, we shouldn't take the wrong path!"

Though her words sounded like blame, they actually confirmed the father and son's guilt.

Jiang Huan and Jiang Yun had already been frightened to the point of not noticing anything else, and they didn't realize there was anything wrong with what she said.

"Dad, this… this is a misunderstanding!"

Jiang Huan still wanted to explain: "We were just momentarily confused, we didn't really mean to hurt A Jin… we just… just didn't want him to stand out too much…"

Forget it, let's just admit it—earlier, when we got Jiang Liangjin hospitalized, didn't the old man already give us a year-plus of cold shoulder?

"You didn't want him to stand out?" Jiang Su stood up, his tone icy: "When you harbored those twisted thoughts, did you ever consider what would happen to the Jiang family if A Jin met with an accident? I've been holding back on exposing you these days to spare you face, but I never expected you to remain unrepentant even now."

Jiang Huan's face stiffened—he was calling 'Dad,' so what should Jiang Su answer?

Jiang Liangjin leaned against the sofa, his tone flat yet piercingly cold: "I didn't pursue the June incident or the earlier ones, out of respect for Grandfather… but do you really think I'll keep tolerating your repeated little tricks?"

He hadn't even investigated that day, yet he already guessed the mastermind behind it, and combined with the evidence Gu Xingnan had uncovered, it all pointed directly to these two.

He only held back because he was mindful of Grandfather's age and didn't want to anger him into illness, so he suppressed it until now.

Moreover, over these past months, the Jiang Huan father and son not only failed to restrain themselves, but secretly coveted the Jiang clan's projects, continually making small moves—until Jiang Su caught them red-handed.

He was just about to say it out.

He lifted his gaze, sweeping over the two men's ashen faces: "As for the Jiang family's foothold…"

He paused, the corner of his mouth curling into a faint smile: "From the day a year ago when you hired someone to kidnap me and began harboring those twisted thoughts, you no longer have a place here."

English: Jiang Ye Ye grew even angrier at this: "It's you who got A Jin hospitalized for nearly fourteen days!"

He hadn't even taken the middle-school entrance exam yet!

Cheng Siqing stood to the side, looking worried: "Dad, A Huan and A Yun were just momentarily confused; out of consideration for the family, please spare them this once…"

The two children said nothing, just watching the show.

"Spare them?" Jiang Ye Ye's face turned ashen with anger, "If A Jin really came to harm, who could spare them?"