With every word she spoke, Qiao Yonghui shuddered.
Especially when it came to mentioning her shooting skills, the faces of all three members of the Qiao Family turned white.
Goodness gracious, she learned this specifically to deal with them!
“Then you’re great!” Qiao Yonghui gritted his teeth, ready to give up on disciplining his wayward daughter.
He truly wasn’t her match!
She even knew how to shoot!
Even the servants in the kitchen who were watching the drama unfold were startled, suddenly viewing Jian Xi in a whole new light.
From now on, they would do their best to avoid provoking this young miss!
“Alright, alright, we’re all family here.
Let’s talk things out calmly from now on.
Honey, I’ll help you upstairs to rest.
Xiao Xi, you should get some sleep too!”
Song Jia helped Qiao Yonghui up the stairs.
Qiao Jiaying also wanted to slip away but Jian Xi stopped her, “Dear sister, aren’t you going to help by getting a medical kit or something with your sister injured like this?”
“Okay…”
Qiao Jiaying shrank back a little and brought the medical kit over to Jian Xi.
“Open it.” Jian Xi commanded.
Qiao Jiaying opened the medical kit.
“Take out the alcohol swabs, scissors, gauze…”
Qiao Jiaying followed Jian Xi’s instructions, taking each item out, and then tried to leave.
“You stand right there, don’t you dare move!”
“…Okay then!”
Jian Xi began to treat her own wounds right in front of Qiao Jiaying – cleaning, medicating, and bandaging…
Throughout the whole process, she didn’t even furrow her brow, as if she felt no pain at all.
Poor Qiao Jiaying, a pampered young lady, watched on the side, trembling with fear, her face as pale as a sheet.
“Do you enjoy the spectacle?” Jian Xi asked, her voice so soft and even, like discussing the weather.
She deliberately threw a bloodstained cotton ball near Qiao Jiaying’s feet.
Qiao Jiaying was about to faint, “Sister, let me take you to the hospital!”
“Can you drive?”
“I can’t, but we have a driver…”
“I’m not looking to die a second time.”
“…”
Jian Xi finished bandaging and let down her pant leg, “Clean this up, and you should wash up and sleep too!”
Qiao Jiaying, holding back nausea and fear, managed to clean up before daring to go upstairs to sleep.
Even she hadn’t realized she was completely intimidated by Jian Xi!
Back in her room, Qiao Jiaying couldn’t hold back her fear any longer and collapsed on the bed, sobbing quietly—to her, it seemed she had made a grave mistake!
Why on earth had she tampered with the car?!
If Jian Xi found out the truth, she’d be going to jail!
At that thought, she shivered and hugged the duvet tightly.
Song Jia entered the room and upon seeing her daughter curled up in the duvet like an ostrich, she closed the door behind her, walked over, and comforted her gently, “Yingying, did she bully you?”
“Mom…”
Qiao Jiaying sat up and threw herself into Song Jia’s arms, “Mom, help me!”
Song Jia’s face changed dramatically, “Baby, what did she do to you?”
“She didn’t.
It’s me…” Qiao Jiaying looked timidly at Song Jia and whispered, “Mom, what do I do if I get found out?”
Song Jia’s eyes widened in shock, “Yingying, you did it?”
“Yes…”
“You’re crazy!”
Song Jia stood up, angrily glaring at her daughter, “That’s a crime of murder!”
“Mom, it’s not the first time…” Qiao Jiaying’s voice grew even lower, “I just couldn’t stand it.
Such a good man like Nan Mufeng, why does he have to be hers…”
“Slap!”
Song Jia slapped her across the face.
Qiao Jiaying’s face stung with pain, disbelief, and sorrow, “Mom, you hit me?
You’ve never hit me since I was a child.
You actually hit me for Jian Xi…”