Jian Ke was slowly wiping the grape juice that had accidentally gotten onto the fingertips of her right hand with a tissue when she heard the distinctive sound of high heels approaching from outside the door.
Once the person entered the room, Jian Ke threw the tissue into the trash can before looking up to examine You Ru.
Only then did Jian Ke realize that they really were mother and daughter. Their appearances were not exactly identical, but they looked at least ninety nine percent alike.
This also helped her understand her scumbag father’s taste. So he was simply fond of the delicate, innocent type.
However, their temperament was exposed as soon as they opened their mouths.
“Jian Ke, I heard that you injured Cha’er and Sister Zhang at home?”
“Yes.”
Jian Ke calmly stood up and casually picked up the bouquet of roses placed on the table.
Jian Ke’s direct admission left You Ru somewhat stunned. Wasn’t she supposed to be frightened and kneel on the ground begging for forgiveness?
Jian Ke walked closer and looked at You Ru.
“May I ask what Madam would like to advise me?”
She deliberately emphasized the word “Madam.”
This was actually something You Ru had privately demanded. She had said that Jian Ke was not worthy of calling her Auntie, let alone Mom.
For some reason, You Ru found those two words particularly grating today.
However, Jian Ke did seem somewhat different today. You Ru did not think much of it. Even when her own daughter had said that Jian Ke had changed, she had not taken it seriously and had simply assumed Jian Cha was exaggerating.
After all, she had bullied Jian Ke for so many years. Jian Ke’s timid personality was already deeply ingrained in her mind.
So she immediately put on the attitude of an elder.
“You bullied your younger sister and even beat a servant. If you continue behaving like this, your father will reject you.”
“Oh?”
Jian Ke straightened the roses in her hand.
She removed all the flowers, leaving only the stems, then wrapped a piece of cloth she had casually torn off around them.
“Then what does Auntie think I should do?”
Jian Ke lowered her head, making it impossible for You Ru to see her expression. Thinking that Jian Ke had finally realized she should be afraid, You Ru relaxed and spoke smugly.
“You should take the initiative to apologize to Cha’er. When your father comes home, kneel at the entrance and plead guilty. Only then will we like you.”
“Pfft.”
Jian Ke could not help laughing.
Seeing the astonished expression on You Ru’s face, she said, “Sorry. I couldn’t help myself.”
“But what you suggested is actually quite feasible.”
After Jian Ke finished speaking, disdain appeared in You Ru’s eyes.
They said this person had changed, but in her eyes, she was clearly still the same idiot.
You Ru was just about to speak when Jian Ke continued.
“Since you like this method so much, how could I possibly disappoint you?”
With that, Jian Ke no longer had any interest in wasting time talking to You Ru. She raised the weapon she had just made and brought it down.
There were still tiny thorns on the rose stems, so being struck with them naturally hurt much more than being hit with a belt.
“Ah!”
You Ru collapsed to the ground from the pain after just one strike and cried out.
It was not as though she had suffered any hardship after marrying Jian Jianyi. Even before that, when she had still been a daughter in her own family, she had never been beaten.
“I remember one year when my younger sister’s Barbie doll went missing. She came back and said that I had taken it and thrown it away. I told her I hadn’t, but you didn’t listen to my explanation at all. You made me kneel in the living room for an entire night, saying that you were teaching me the rules.”
Jian Ke spoke while swinging her homemade whip.
“You said that I was the older sister and should give in to my younger sister. So you all schemed to marry me off to that bald, pot bellied business partner simply so my younger sister could use me to establish a connection with the top wealthy He family.”
“You always told my father how annoying and disobedient I was. But for all those terrible things that supposedly happened, do you dare say that I, Jian Ke, was really the one who did them?”
Perhaps because of the original owner’s lingering emotions, Jian Ke felt an inexplicable heaviness in her chest.
Because of that, she swung the whip even harder.
Anyway, this woman had thick skin and would not die from a beating.
It was just that a whip was still not as useful as a machete. Jian Ke thought she really needed to make a large machete through the system.
The main reason was that it looked cool!
“Ah… Ke’er, I was wrong…”
After taking several lashes, You Ru could no longer endure it. Where was the arrogance she had shown when ordering Jian Ke to kneel and plead guilty?
Jian Ke thought to herself that just because this woman admitted her mistake did not mean she had to listen.
Besides, the way this woman called her name sounded far too unpleasant.
So Jian Ke stuffed a piece of cloth into You Ru’s mouth and gave her another thorough beating before finally putting down her weapon with satisfaction.
“If you like pleading guilty so much, then go kneel at the entrance.”
As she spoke, Jian Ke tied You Ru up tightly from head to toe. She did not even remove the cloth from her mouth.
After dealing with You Ru, Jian Ke counted on her fingers.
She had already taught three people a lesson. Once she dealt with the final big boss, she could leave the Jian family.
However, after checking the time, Jian Ke realized that she was hungry.
She took the original owner’s phone and checked the balance on WeChat. Then Jian Ke opened a food delivery app and prepared to order takeout.
You Ru was practically furious.
She truly had not expected this little brat Jian Ke to change so much. Most importantly, Jian Cha had actually hidden upstairs instead of coming down when You Ru was being beaten.
At that moment, Jian Cha and Sister Zhang were trembling upstairs. They had heard the sounds from downstairs clearly despite being so far away.
Jian Cha had rarely shown such good sense. She had no intention of going downstairs to provoke Jian Ke.
In her heart, she silently apologized to You Ru, telling her that she had not deliberately refused to help.
Jian Ke had no idea what the people inside the house were thinking.
She had not eaten Blue Star food in a very long time.
Now, as she looked at the luosifen, boneless chicken feet, grilled gluten, grilled cold noodles, and other snacks displayed on the app, she became extremely hungry.
She quickly ordered several different foods.
Only then did Jian Ke sit on the sofa and wait for the delivery.
There was still time to find something entertaining to do while waiting for the food.
So whenever You Ru’s kneeling position was not proper, Jian Ke would come over and “guide” her.
This made You Ru suffer terribly.
Finally, after the third round of “guidance,” Jian Ke’s food arrived.
She placed the takeout on the table and opened each container one after another before quickly devouring the food.
After taking her first bite, Jian Ke almost burst into tears.
How many years had it been?
Ever since she had gone to the Interstellar Era, she had not eaten this much Blue Star food again!
So, with the principle that food should not be wasted, Jian Ke ate every bit of the takeout.
Naturally, she ended up completely stuffed.
After eating her fill, she walked around a few times to help with digestion while occasionally checking on You Ru.
Jian Ke finally passed the time until five thirty in the afternoon.
Her scumbag father should be home soon.
When Jian Jianyi reached the entrance of the house, he felt somewhat puzzled.
Normally, You Ru should have already come outside to greet him.
Carrying his doubts, he entered the house.
What he saw was his gentle and charming wife tied up and kneeling on the floor, while his most hated eldest daughter sat on the sofa eating fruit.
There was no hot food in the kitchen.
Sister Zhang and Jian Cha were nowhere to be seen.
“Mm… Mm…”
You Ru struggled when she saw Jian Jianyi.
Jian Jianyi immediately focused on freeing his beloved wife and did not even bother reprimanding Jian Ke first.
Jian Ke watched his movements and calmly said, “Madam said she did something wrong, so she specifically knelt here to ask for your forgiveness.”
“Bah.”
With someone backing her up, You Ru immediately became bold again.
“Clearly, you beat me up and threatened to keep beating me if I refused to kneel.”
“You unfilial daughter!”
Jian Jianyi had not expected there to be such a matter.
Hearing this, he pointed at Jian Ke.
“How dare you treat your mother like this?”
Jian Ke frowned.
She did not like people pointing their fingers at her.
“Smack!”
With a crisp sound, Jian Ke slapped Jian Jianyi’s hand away.
That felt much better.
Jian Ke took out a tissue and wiped her hand, as though something dirty had gotten onto it.
“You!”
Jian Jianyi tried to reach out again.
“If you don’t want your finger broken, you’d better show me some respect.”
Jian Ke waved the small knife in her hand and made a chopping motion through the air.