Chapter 230: It's only about whether you want to, not whether you can—do you understand?

"Practice, help me practice." Jiang Fengsheng finally said.

Zhuang Miao felt her heart thumping nonstop; her environment with the second brother's wife was different—she was the daughter of a merchant family, a greenhouse flower since childhood, and she doted on her children to the utmost, never letting them get hurt or bumped.

But…

Thinking of the children's smiling faces when they returned and their determined gazes, she couldn't say a word.

"Yun chu, the children are entrusted to you."

She said nothing more, placing all her worries in her heart; she didn't want to burden Yun chu nor disappoint the children.

"Good."

Jiang Yunchu glanced at the two aunts and lightly curled her lips.

"What are you talking about out there? Come inside quickly." Kang Mei saw the three chatting outside, hurried out, and the food was already on the table—when did these three have so much to talk about?

"Aunt." Jiang Yunchu greeted with a chuckle.

Kang Mei glanced at her, lightly nodded, and sighed, "Ah."

Zhuang Miao and Jiang Fengsheng stepped forward first, saying, "Let's go call the children over."

Kang Mei gently asked, "Feeling unwell? Did your Gui water arrive?"

……

Jiang Yunchu raised her head doubtfully and looked toward Kang Mei.

Kang Mei sighed, "As soon as your Gui water arrives, you feel aches all over, weak, and at this time you're most prone to fever and catching a chill."

"When you were young, I secretly consulted many herbalists and famous doctors, but none could diagnose the cause; I also secretly gave you plenty of medicine, yet there was no improvement."

"I thought you'd get better when you grew older, but it seems not."

Kang Mei furrowed her brows, looking at her with some worry.

"Aunt, did something happen when I was young?" Jiang Yunchu asked doubtfully.

Just seeing the recently worried Kang Mei, her expression shifted slightly; although nothing was obvious, Jiang Yunchu sensed something was off.

Could it be that something really happened when she was young?

"What are you saying, you child?"

"You grew up in the Grand General's Manor, always in the inner court—how could anything have happened?"

Kang Mei came to her senses, answered with a chuckle, but her gaze stayed fixed ahead, not on herself.

Jiang Yunchu already had the answer in her heart.

It seems many things happened during the period she has no memory of.

She had always known that her maternal grandfather, Ningguang Master, and Qing Feng Da Ru were hiding something from her, but they wouldn't harm her, so she let it be—perhaps she wasn't meant to know yet, or perhaps she's still too weak and needs to grow a little stronger.

"I also think there's nothing wrong; otherwise, how could I have grown this big?"

Jiang Yunchu grabbed Kang Mei's sleeve, showing a rare childlike demeanor.

Kang Mei glanced at her disdainfully, "How old are you, already married, yet still acting like a little girl?"

However…

In her eyes lay hidden relief and joy, which couldn't deceive an attentive person.

The previous owner could be deceived because she believed it deep down, forgetting the evidence.

But she isn't…

"Isn't there a saying that no matter how old I am, I'm always your junior? Do you dislike me?" That pitiful little gaze, blinking, seemed abandoned, making one's heart ache.

At that moment, a voice chimed in jokingly, "From afar I thought you were mother and daughter!"

Jiang Yun Hui took Kang Zhidong's hand with one hand and Ning Yue Xue's with the other, the three walking slowly over.

They were just slowing down a bit when getting out of the car—let alone the greeters, even her mother and sister were strutting ahead…

Who exactly isn't blood-related? If we reject this sister now, can we still make it in time?

"Yun hui!" Kang Mei frowned, her voice soft and elegant, yet her tone made it clear.

Jiang Yun Hui stuck out her tongue, far from her former dignified and tranquil self.

"How come? Aunt is also a mother, are you jealous? There's plenty in the fire room; I'll have someone fetch it for you."

Jiang Yunchu laughed at Jiang Yun Hui's remark, then tugged at her aunt's sleeve.

Upon hearing Yun chu's words, Kang Mei blinked, her earlier tension instantly easing; she feared touching the child's inner pain, and also feared that because of Yun hui's words, the child would continue avoiding her, the Kang Clan, and the Jiang Clan.

"Mom, sister's changed—her skin's gotten thick!"

Jiang Yun Hui complained, saying she'd been at the Regent Prince's Manor for over half a year, gaining a new understanding of her sister; she never expected that one day, when the Third Prince's Manor sent people to fetch her, her sister would grab a broom and directly drive them away.

"Tell Ning Qianchu, don't let that toad dream of eating swan meat—he's shown up at my doorstep; he's a toad, but my Yun hui is no swan for him to covet—get lost, old woman, as far as you can!"

At the Regent Prince's Manor, Jiang Yunchu stood with one hand on her hip and the other gripping the broom for sweeping the courtyard, exuding an aura of "one man holds the gate, ten thousand cannot open"—her carefulness, caution, and fear suddenly vanished.

From that moment, she realized she had a sister.

Her sister is the best person in the world, who will dote on and protect her.

Although when no outsiders are around, her sister also squeezes and bullies her…

"So timid—are you even a Kang Clan member? Or from the Grand General's Manor?"

"Your maternal grandfather is a retired prime minister, his students spread throughout Da Ning; your father is the current Grand General, guarding the realm."

"Jiang Yun Hui, remember: it's only about whether you want to, not whether you can—got it?"

At that moment, looking at her sister's contemptuous gaze, she was smiling, eyes dry without tears; when a person is extremely excited, she merely felt her eyes parched, with no moisture.

"Yun hui, you must know seniority—your sister is elder, you are younger, order matters." Kang Mei looked at Jiang Yun Hui, not scolding, but her words carried a hint of instruction.

"Heard that? Seniority matters." Jiang Yunchu made a face at Jiang Yun Hui.

Jiang Yun Hui ground her teeth, "Elder sister!"

Her voice sounded like it was squeezed from between her teeth, making Jiang Yunchu's chest vibrate as she stifled laughter.

"Ah, younger sister." She really couldn't hold back, responding while bursting into loud laughter.

"Mother and aunt, what are they doing?" Ning Yue Xue didn't quite understand, she asked Kang Zhidong beside her.

Kang Zhidong lifted his head from the candied hawthorn, glanced at the teacher, then at the Dean, then honestly shook his head, the candied hawthorn is really sweet, the Dean's candied hawthorn is even more delicious.