Chapter 1291: On Being Infuriating, Shi Youxuan Has Never Lost

"You..."

"Please don't get agitated. You should listen to people finish what they have to say before interrupting; this is the most basic form of politeness and upbringing."

"If you can't even do this, how will you educate your juniors in the future?"

Ji Yingjie was so choked up that she nearly lost her breath and fainted.

Shi Youxuan continued: "My mother was expelled from the Ji Family by the Clan Leader at the time, who was my grandmother. Wan'er and I were born to our parents in Jiangzhou. Strictly speaking, we were never members of the Ji Family to begin with, and we don't care to be members of the Ji Family either."

"Do you think we acknowledge you as our aunt and are willing to risk our lives to protect the Ji Family Treasure because it's our responsibility?"

Ji Yingjie's face was full of confusion, and her voice was much quieter: "Isn't it?"

"Of course not."

Shi Youxuan let out everything she had been bottling up for years all at once today; she had to get it off her chest.

She told her aunt clearly why they would do such things.

It was for the sake of family affection; it was because they valued this blood relationship that they were willing to take on the danger.

It was not because of money, and certainly not for the so-called glory of the Ji Family.

Neither she nor Wan'er grew up in the Ji Family, so they had no feelings for that so-called glory. There was only one reason they would do this—it was because of love!

Because they loved their aunt and couldn't bear to let her face all the malice from the outside world alone!

That was how they treated her, but how did she treat them?

In her heart, there was only the treasure, no people, and certainly no family affection.

Wan'er was kidnapped because of the map on her back and nearly died, yet she never once asked about Wan'er's safety from beginning to end, and even blamed her for being useless and failing to protect the treasure map!

Not everyone is a warrior.

No one is omnipotent. By what right did she demand that Wan'er be like a well-trained secret agent, capable of passing lie detector tests and the trials of potent drugs?

Her aunt took all of this as something they were supposed to do, believing they should be just like her—willing to sacrifice their entire lives for a single word from their ancestors, and even implicate other innocent people.

Since the conversation had reached this point, Shi Youxuan simply dragged Nianyin into it as well.

Shi Youxuan asked her aunt if she knew there was news about Lao Qi.

Ji Yingjie didn't want to answer; she wanted to steer the topic back, but her head nodded uncontrollably: "I know."

Shi Youxuan: "You know how to hide your own husband and children in a safe place, yet Nianyin finally got word of her husband and wanted to go find him, but was called to Jiangzhou by you at such a critical moment for the sake of your treasure."

"Do you know? In Nianyin's heart, her Lao Qi is no less important than your treasure is to you."

Ji Yingjie was unconvinced: "She isn't the only one who cares about Lao Qi. Didn't you send people too? If he can be found, he will be found; if he isn't in that place, it would be useless even if she went."

"Oh—"

Shi Youxuan drew out the sound, and Ji Yingjie had a premonition that nothing good would follow.

She guessed correctly, as expected.

Shi Youxuan was all smiles, beaming as she said to her aunt: "Then you should go back and do whatever you need to do. The treasure is right here anyway, it won't go anywhere. With Zhu Qingrui injured, even if he has the heart to steal the treasure, he doesn't have the guts. Whether you come or not doesn't make much difference."

"You..."

Ji Yingjie was choked into silence.

She was a classic case of someone who could criticize others but couldn't take it herself.

No one else could handle her; the only person in the world who could deal with Ji Yingjie was probably Shi Youxuan.

Wang Yong Villa.

There were many more people outside the villa; bodyguards stood at the entrance, guarding the people inside... or one could call it surveillance.

Zhu Qingrui lay on the bed, not yet awake.

Wang Yong and Liu Min sat facing each other. Liu Min was using a Dagger similar in style to yesterday's to peel an apple.

The apple spun rapidly in her hand; one could only see the apple rotating, not the blade moving.

Very quickly, an apple was peeled, as beautiful as a work of art!

There wasn't a speck of fruit flesh on the peel; the peel remained unbroken, and when pulled out, it was a long strip, but when gathered together, it formed the shape of another apple!

"Tsk tsk, girl, I know now what you were doing when you were in school. How neglectful of your studies you were!" Wang Yong sighed.

Liu Min handed him the apple and said proudly: "I went to school for so many years and my grades were so bad, did you think I only knew how to do this? I have many more skills." She was smug.

She was in a great mood after successfully catching Zhu Qingrui.

Wang Yong: "You have so many skills, but it's a pity I won't get to see them. In the future, when you have a boyfriend and get married, only others will be able to see your good qualities."

He was testing the waters.

Wang Yong had feelings for Liu Min, but he was twenty years older than her and felt embarrassed to confess, so he could only test to see if Liu Min had any thoughts about him as well.

Liu Min dropped her face and said bluntly: "Do you resent me living here? It doesn't matter. You saved my life; if you don't like me living here, you can just say so, and I'll leave right now."

She said she would leave and stood up, ready to go back to her room to pack her luggage.

But before she could walk away, her wrist was grabbed by a large hand.

Wang Yong's voice usually sounded like thunder, very loud, but now it was as quiet as a mosquito's hum: "You stay; it would be best if you stayed for a lifetime."

"What did you say?"

Liu Min turned back, eyes wide, the surprise in her gaze impossible to hide.

Wang Yong was encouraged, so he repeated it louder: "I said you should stay and live here for a lifetime."

"Okay."

"You agree?"

He was a straightforward person and usually hated people who dawdled.

But Liu Min's agreement was a bit too quick, so quick that it caught him off guard; he wasn't mentally prepared.

"Mm."

Liu Min nodded: "Actually, this idea has been in my heart for a long time. I wanted to tell you, but I was too embarrassed. After all, given my current status, others would gossip. They would say I am climbing the social ladder..."

"It is I who am climbing the social ladder."

Wang Yong interrupted her, clasping Liu Min's hands tightly in his palms: "Xiao Min, you are only half right. Others will gossip, but they won't say you are climbing the social ladder; they will only say I am. I don't care about others' gossip, as long as you don't look down on me."

Liu Min was just as excited as him... no, that's not right, she seemed much more excited than Wang Yong!

"How could I look down on you? I dream of becoming your goddaughter, that way I would have a father again..."

She said something else, but Wang Yong could not hear a single word that followed.

His mind was now filled with only one sentence—"I have a father again!"

Have a father again!

Have a father!

Father?

Godfather?

He looked as if he had been struck by lightning, petrified on the spot, motionless, his expression stiff.

In the end, it was indeed he who was climbing the social ladder.

The two were talking quite animatedly, but after talking for a long time, what they wanted to express was not the same thing at all!

Because of her excitement, Liu Min did not notice Wang Yong's abnormality at first and was still talking incessantly about a bright future.

In the future, the two would live like a biological father and daughter. She would not look for a man anymore, the father and daughter would depend on each other for survival, and she would provide for her godfather in his old age and bury him, wearing mourning clothes...