Chapter 1948

"That's not right, officers, you shouldn't be arresting us, you should be arresting her! You should be arresting that woman outside!" Gu Zhihao shouted and hollered.

Because her "profession" was not exactly glorious, the shaman was relatively low-key and didn't dare shout as loudly, but she kept defending herself: "That's right, that woman attacked us with a kitchen knife and threatened our personal safety. We were the ones screaming for help..."

Consequently, Ji Yingjie was also taken away.

Police station.

Ji Yingjie argued forcefully: "Officer, they broke into my house without my permission. How was I to know who they were or what they wanted? I used the kitchen knife in self-defense; they are the ones making false accusations with malicious intent..."

After all, having spent time in Prison before, Ji Yingjie knew what to say to her advantage.

Very quickly, the situation turned against Gu Zhihao. Ji Yingjie insisted that they had entered her home with ill intent, wanting to commit robbery and murder. No matter how Gu Zhihao and the shaman explained, it was useless; they were still kept at the police station for investigation.

As a case of self-defense, Ji Yingjie walked out of the police station with a swagger.

The first thing she did after coming out was to find Shi Yuke and tell her: "Your husband is at the police station now. You should go see him; if you don't go now, you won't be able to see him again."

Shi Yuke rushed to the police station, but she didn't see her husband. Instead, the police told her: "Gu Zhihao is suspected of home invasion, robbery, and attempted murder. He has been reported by someone."

Shi Yuke explained: "Officer, this is all a misunderstanding. My husband went to my parents' house; he has the keys to the home. How can it be considered a home invasion when it's family?"

The police: "What you say doesn't count. The person who reported the crime didn't say that. You should go find your stepmother; she is the one who filed the report. If she drops the charges, we will release him immediately."

Shi Yuke had no choice but to turn back and beg her stepmother to let her husband go.

Could Ji Yingjie not know it was a misunderstanding?

She was doing it on purpose.

She intentionally created such an opportunity for her own use, to catch Shi Yuke in a weak spot and take the chance to negotiate terms.

Now the time was ripe; it was a good moment to negotiate.

She said: "It's possible for me to let your husband go, but you must agree to one condition."

Shi Yuke was pleasantly surprised: "Okay, I agree. Never mind one, even if it were ten or a hundred, I would agree."

Ji Yingjie: "There aren't that many, just one condition. As long as you can agree to it, that's fine. I want to take your father back to the Ji Family. As long as you agree, I will call the police station immediately to release him."

"No."

Shi Yuke refused flatly: "The Ji Family is a long way off, and my father's body is so weak right now that he simply cannot withstand a long-distance journey. You are trying to kill him."

These words struck directly at Ji Yingjie's sore spot.

"If I wanted to kill him, I would have done it long ago; would I have waited until today? Shi Yuke, I'm telling you, don't go too far. Stop playing the righteous messenger in front of me; it's useless."

"Shi Yucheng is my husband. I will take him wherever I want to take him; I don't need to discuss it with you at all. Telling you is me doing you a favor. You had better not be ungrateful. If you provoke me, I will make sure you don't get to see either your father or your husband."

Ji Yingjie kept her word; she always did what she said she would do.

If it were any other matter, Shi Yuke would be very yielding, but on this matter, she didn't want to give an inch.

She owed her father too much. In the past, she was immature and made her father worry and suffer, leaving him with a body full of illnesses. Now that he had become a vegetable, could she not even fulfill her filial duties at his Hospital Ward?

Shi Yuke couldn't get past this hurdle in her heart.

But her husband was the person she had shared her life with for decades; she couldn't just leave him be either.

She had no way out, so she went to find her younger sister, Shi Youxuan, for help.

"Xuanxuan, you must help me. I really have no other way..."

Shi Youxuan comforted her: "Sister, don't cry. Crying is useless. I'll go talk to our aunt, but I have no confidence in whether I can persuade her!"

She wasn't being polite, nor was she being modest; she truly had no confidence.

Her aunt now had regained her own personality, and the character that had been suppressed for so many years was like a volcanic eruption—even more extreme than before.

Hospital.

Seeing Shi Yuke return and bring her niece along, Ji Yingjie naturally knew what she wanted.

So, before Shi Youxuan could speak, she described how Gu Zhihao and the shaman had come to her house to play at ghosts and gods, adding her own embellishments.

Then she asked her niece righteously: "You tell me, who is the one going too far?"

"They have already ridden over my head to bully me; can I just let them off easily? Do they think I'm a soft persimmon that's easy to squeeze?"

Shi Youxuan:...

She looked at her sister. Shi Yuke lowered her head, feeling guilty, and didn't dare to meet her sister's eyes.

When she went to find her sister, she only said that her stepmother wanted to take her father back to the Ji Family and that her stepmother had put Gu Zhihao in Prison, but she hadn't mentioned the reason.

So that was it. With such a big handle held by her aunt, could she expect her to let it go easily?

That was a pipe dream.

But looking at her father, who was lying unconscious on the hospital bed, she thought, forget it, she still had to help!

Her father was indeed, as her sister said, not suited for a long-distance journey.

"Aunt, can my father's body handle a plane ride?"

She had just started when she was blocked by Ji Yingjie's words.

"He can. I have already booked the most advanced plane and the best pilots. From takeoff to landing, it will be as smooth as a flat road, without any bumps or discomfort."

"In addition, there is the best medical team accompanying the flight. The nursing Hospital Ward and medical team at the Ji Family side are also ready. Everything is prepared; we are just waiting to go over..."

The Shi Youxuan sisters were dumbfounded.

So everything had already been arranged?

Shi Yuke still didn't agree; she shook her head desperately, almost to the point of tears.

Seeing her sister's state, Shi Youxuan couldn't bear it and could only try hard to persuade her aunt once more.

"You have considered everything very thoroughly, I admire that!" She gave a sweet treat first, then threw out a practical problem: "You're putting on such a big show, it must cost a lot of money, right? But do you have that much money now?"

The Ji Family's Treasure had already been distributed. Even if Ji Yingjie still had money in her hands, buying the best private jet and hiring the best medical team... the money required was not a small amount.

Ji Yingjie's expression didn't change in the slightest. She smiled in a way that was infuriating: "I don't have money, but don't you have it? I only paid the deposit; the rest of the money will be deducted from your account."

Shi Youxuan:...

So she was the big sucker.

Could she say no?

Of course she could not.

Shi Yuke saw with her own eyes that even someone as clever as her younger sister had been schemed against by their stepmother, so she could only accept reality.

If you cannot win, just lie flat.