Chapter 1032: The Unwelcome Guest Is You

Ji Yingjie did not expect Wang Yinghao to be so afraid of Wang Yingzhi, so she comforted her: "It's fine, with me here, she won't dare to do anything to you."

Seeing that Ji Yingjie had arrived, Wang Yingzhi's attitude changed for the better immediately.

She stood up, nodding and bowing: "You've arrived? It's scorching hot outside, sit here and cool off."

"A-Hao, go pour some water."

In fact, there was no need for her to order, as Wang Yinghao had already gone to pour water.

When the tea was brought over, Wang Yingzhi found fault: "How can you be so ignorant of etiquette? A guest arrives at your home and you serve lukewarm water? Go change it for boiling hot tea."

There is a custom in Jiangzhou: when a guest comes to the house, no matter the weather, the tea must be boiling hot to be considered hospitable; otherwise, it signifies that the guest is unwelcome.

After she had entered the door, Wang Yinghao finally said a complete sentence: "This cup of lukewarm water is for you; that cup of boiling hot tea is for the guest."

Ji Yingjie sneered at her: "Look, you've misunderstood, haven't you? The clown is right beside me, and the unwelcome guest is you." She was very annoyed that Wang Yingzhi was bossing the hostess around in someone else's home, and she prepared to speak up against the injustice.

But even the well-traveled Ji Yingjie still underestimated the thickness of Wang Yingzhi's skin.

She was neither hurried nor annoyed, saying as a matter of course: "I am not a guest; I am family."

Ji Yingjie:...

Now, not only Wang Yinghao, but even Ji Yingjie was shocked by her words.

"Wang Yingzhi, isn't your skin a bit too thick? What kind of family member are you? What relationship do you have with this family?"

Wang Yingzhi did not want to "discuss" this issue with Ji Yingjie.

Because debating with her would not yield any advantage.

"Let's not talk about this; let's talk about the matter between us. Did you bring the final payment?"

Ji Yingjie: "Are you crazy with poverty? You didn't get the job done for me and you still want the final payment? Don't dream." She said bluntly: "The police are searching the whole world for you right now; they suspect you are an accomplice of Zhu Qingxiang."

"I am not."

Wang Yingzhi naturally denied it: "How could I be his accomplice? I don't even know him. If it weren't for you asking me to act with you, would I even know whose grandson he is?"

She gritted her teeth, filled with hatred.

Her expression did not look fake; Ji Yingjie could tell the truth from the false with a single glance.

Ji Yingjie believed she wasn't lying, but she was still puzzled: "Who did you see when you went to the Prison to visit, and what did he say to you?"

She needed to know exactly what happened when she went to see Zhu Qingxiang.

Wang Yingzhi thought carefully and began to recount in detail, starting from the road, until she mentioned bumping into that young man, when Ji Yingjie called a halt: "Wait, what did that person who bumped into you look like?"

Wang Yingzhi shook her head: "I didn't see clearly; he was wearing a baseball cap that covered his features."

"How old?" Ji Yingjie's eyes lit up.

"He looked very young, not even twenty."

"It must be him, Zhu Qingrui, it must be him!"

Ji Yingjie was both excited and regretful.

Just at this moment, the people who had gone to the airport to see off the guests returned.

Seeing Wang Yingzhi, Sheng Hanyu frowned: "What are you doing here? Get out."

Ji Yingjie intervened: "She cannot leave. She is the only one here who has seen Zhu Qingrui and has recently been in contact with Zhu Qingxiang. If we want to catch those two brats, we have to rely on her."

Having found someone to back her up, Wang Yingzhi immediately said: "That's right, your hopes are all on me now. Don't glare at me; if I get scared, I won't be able to remember anything."

Thus, she stayed behind with justification.

Wang Yinghao arranged a guest room for her, but she was dissatisfied, complaining that the guest room was too small and demanding to live in a large room.

She looked at her younger sister with ill intent: "Your room must be bigger than the guest room. You occupied ten years of my life; let me have your room for a few days. I believe you won't refuse, right?"

Sheng Jiang stepped forward to support his wife: "No."

"If you want to stay, stay; if you don't want to, leave. I think you and Zhu Qingxiang are in cahoots. Maybe his escape was your idea; after all, you were the one who delivered the food..."

Wang Yingzhi panicked and pointed her finger at him, threatening: "I warn you not to talk nonsense. I only went to the Prison to see him because you instigated me. I am in the same boat as you. If you send me back to the Prison, none of you will be able to run away; you are all my accomplices."

"You..."

"You what? If I go to the Prison, I'll drag you all down with me."

When the whole family was present, she didn't dare to make a scene and behaved properly.

But during the day when everyone went out, she immediately seemed like a different person, acting like a tyrant at home.

"A-Hao, wash my clothes."

Wang Yinghao was holding the clothes, preparing to take them to the laundry room, when she shouted from behind: "Hey, my clothes cannot be machine-washed; they must be hand-washed."

Wang Yinghao: "Washing machines now are different from before; the effect of machine washing is the same as hand washing."

She curled her lips: "Yo, you've really been a wealthy lady for too long. Your hands are delicate and you are even more delicate. What's wrong with letting you hand-wash a few pieces of clothing? I suffered so much and endured so much in the Prison for ten years; you owe me, and you should compensate me."

"You even have the nerve to talk to me about washing machine upgrades? You're mocking me for not keeping up with the times, right? But I am a mature person who doesn't hold grudges against small-minded people, so I won't lower myself to your level. Who told me to be your older sister? I just have to teach you how to behave..."

Wang Yingzhi rambled on endlessly. Wang Yinghao couldn't win an argument against her, so she hugged the clothes and went to the laundry room.

Hand wash it is, then; it was only a few pieces of clothing, and it wouldn't kill her.

The kindness and weakness of the younger sister did not bring about a vast sky, but rather led to her being taken advantage of!

Wang Yinghao helped her wash the clothes, while she leaned against the door frame, cracking melon seeds and making sarcastic remarks: "Tsk tsk, seeing you work so skillfully, you are clearly a person meant for labor. On the surface, you are Mrs. Sheng, but in reality, you are just a maid at home, and a free maid at that. Isn't that a loss?"

"You serve them as a servant, as a housekeeper; how much money do they give you?"

She didn't speak; she didn't want to talk to her sister.

Because she knew that no matter what she said, it would be wrong, and she would be mercilessly mocked once again.

"Speak up, have you turned mute? Oh, I know, you're afraid I'll ask you for money? Stingy."

Wang Yinghao denied: "No."

"Hmph! I don't think you'd dare to have any. What are you dissatisfied with? You occupied my life. If it weren't for me, the Old Madam of the Sheng Family would be me right now. You have to compensate me and give me money."

"I don't have any money. The money in our family has already been given to you by A-Jiang."

Wang Yingzhi: "Don't you try that with me. It's just a little pocket change, something that leaks out from between your fingers. You have the nerve to talk about such a small amount? If there's no money, jewelry will do..."

Her eyes were fixed firmly on the diamond necklace around her sister's neck, wishing she could snatch it off and make it her own.

Wang Yingzhi felt resentful; what her sister was wearing and had on her body was many times better than her own.

Although she hadn't been out of prison for long, she had already investigated the market value of Dingsheng and Tianma. Sheng Hanyu had been firmly seated as the richest man in Jiangzhou for many years; he had only just squeezed a few tens of millions out of Sheng Jiang, yet he was crying poverty and saying he had no money?

She did not believe it.