Chapter 909: Nianyin Has Changed

Jian Yining:...

"If you go, what will I do? I'll go with you."

Wan'er: "You stay home and watch the children; the three little ones are entrusted to you."

Jian Yining objected: "No, I must be with you. Wherever you are, I am."

Ever since the couple reconciled, they have been like conjoined twins, never separating no matter where they go.

Especially Jian Yining, who watches his wife nervously every day, terrified that Wan'er might be snatched away by another man.

This time, they really needed Wan'er to go to the Ji Family and deal with Ji Yingjie; the men were basically useless.

Only with Wan'er and Shi Youxuan working together was there a possibility of success!

But no one expected that Jian Yining would actually become a "drag."

It would be fine for the couple to go together, but there would be no one at home to watch the children.

Jian Yixin: "It's fine, you two go together. Send the children to Mom and Dad's house; I'm free, so I'll go over to help look after them. No problem."

With the worries resolved, the matter was settled.

The group set off.

They took a private plane directly to the Ji Family. They intentionally didn't give notice before going, arriving suddenly as if they had dropped from the sky.

The Ji Family acted as if facing a formidable enemy.

Nianci blocked the group, her smile very unnatural: "Miss Xuanxuan, Miss Wan'er, why have you come?"

Shi Youxuan: "We wanted to come over and see Auntie and Nianyin. What, are we not welcome?"

"Welcome, welcome, of course you are welcome."

While saying "welcome," she actually monitored them like prisoners.

Everywhere they went, they were surrounded by guards, euphemistically called: taking care of them.

In reality, it was surveillance.

Nianci arranged for the group to rest in their quarters and sent over a sumptuous meal, but then heavy guards were posted at the door of every room, forbidding them from walking around at will.

Want to see the Clan Leader?

Ji Yingjie was not there.

She had gone out to travel.

For the past two years, she had basically stopped managing affairs, leaving everything to Nianyin to handle, while her own favorite thing was to wander the world, roaming about all day long with an uncertain itinerary; no one knew where she would go.

It was best that she wasn't home; it made things easier to handle.

Then, when the group wanted to see Nianyin and the children, they were refused.

Lao Qi caused a scene: "You are going too far. I am the children's father; I have visitation rights."

Nianci: "Miss Meiyin's status is noble; she is not someone a commoner like you can see just because you want to."

Lao Qi raged: "Nianci, I warn you to stop using that Ji Family routine on me. I am not a member of the Ji Family. Do you want to try calling me a commoner one more time?"

Try it, then.

"Commoner."

"Commoner."

"Commoner."

Important words must be said three times.

Lao Qi was already bursting with anger; how could he be provoked repeatedly? So the two started fighting.

In the end, Lao Qi didn't win.

He was subdued by Nianci's subordinates and thrown into the Dungeon.

Shi Youxuan flared up: "Are you treating me like air? You throw the person I brought into the Dungeon just like that? You don't take me seriously at all, do you?"

Nianci knelt on the ground to apologize: "I'm sorry, Miss. This subordinate is only following the Clan Leader's wishes. Please, Miss, do not be angry."

"Nonsense."

Shi Youxuan: "The Clan Leader isn't even in the clan. Could she have had the foresight to know we were coming?"

Nianci answered honestly: "Yes, that is correct. The Clan Leader set the rule a year ago: if you all came, you were to be treated with good food and drink, but you were not allowed to meet Elder Nianyin, and certainly not allowed to see Miss Meiyin."

Shi Youxuan: "I don't believe what you're saying. Perhaps the Clan Leader and Nianyin have both been controlled by you, and you've made up this lie to deceive us because you want to rebel."

Nianci was the most loyal person imaginable; Shi Youxuan said this deliberately to force Nianci to bring out Nianyin.

She fell for it, swearing and vowing that she was loyal to the Ji Family and the Clan Leader, with heaven and earth as her witness.

"Tch."

Shi Youxuan sneered, curling her lip: "Who can't swear an oath? If swearing worked, there wouldn't be anyone left in this world."

Nianci defended herself excitedly: "Miss Xuanxuan, it was indeed the Clan Leader's instruction. The guards under my command can all testify for me."

Shi Youxuan: "They are all your people; of course they will testify for you. Do you think I'm as easy to fool as a three-year-old child? Anyway, no matter what you say today, if I don't see the person, it means you are rebelling!"

Nianci had no choice and finally had to lead Shi Youxuan to see Nianyin.

Only she herself could see her; no one else could.

Shi Youxuan hadn't seen Nianyin for two years, and she was shocked when they met!

"How did you become like this?"

Nianyin was only twenty-three, yet her dark hair was already streaked with quite a few white strands.

Her gaze was becoming more and more like Ji Yingjie's, lacking the sunshine and vitality she once had!

"How am I? I'm doing quite well." Nianyin spoke in a business-like tone, with a bit more distance and a bit less intimacy.

"If Miss Xuanxuan insists on seeing me, is there something important? If so, speak quickly. Once you're done, please leave; I have a lot of official business to attend to."

Shi Youxuan:...

She did not expect that after finally managing to see Nianyin, she would be met with such an attitude.

"Nianyin, you have changed."

Nianyin:...

Just from that short sentence, tears almost fell from her eyes.

There was no blame, no anger, just a calm "you have changed."

She held back the tears in her eyes and continued in a flat, distant tone: "Yes, I have changed."

"We haven't seen each other for two years; too many things can happen in two years, and it is enough to change a person, isn't it?"

Shi Youxuan: "No, that is not what I meant; I meant that you have become unhappy."

"Although your status is high and lofty now, and you are the noblest woman of the Ji Family, your eyes lack the brilliance and sunshine they once had. Nianyin, do you still remember what you once said?"

"You said that happiness is the most important thing, but what about now? You have lost the most important thing you had! If you are no longer happy, let alone being the noblest woman of the Ji Family, what would it matter even if you won the whole world?"

"Stop it, don't say any more!"

Nianyin turned around and covered her ears.

Shi Youxuan had only just begun, and she would not stop.

"Nianyin, you are crying; it has been a long time since you last cried, right? Cry; crying is a way to vent emotions. Having a good, thorough cry is good for your health."

Nianyin did not fall for it; she became alert.

She reached out to wipe away her tears, turned back around, and resumed her previous coldness: "Miss Xuanxuan, didn't you want to see if I was being controlled? Now I can tell you clearly: I am not."

"Everything in the Ji Family is as usual, and Nianci is loyal and dutiful. Since you have come to the Ji Family as guests, you should act like guests and not point fingers or meddle too much in the affairs of the Ji Family."

"Meiyin is my daughter, and she is also a daughter of the Ji Family. Whether she goes to see that man or not is not for you to decide."

Shi Youxuan:...

She felt that Nianyin was so like a stranger.

The Nianyin of now had become cold-blooded, becoming more and more like her aunt.

"Nianyin, you have changed; you have become someone I no longer recognize."

"Sister, just pretend you never knew me; the Nianyin you knew back then is already dead."