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Chapter 31 The Completely Twisted Ji Yexue
Mrs. Ji Ye stood behind her daughter, holding a rattan cane, and said sadly, "Xiao Xue, I know you will be unhappy, but your grandfather and I are doing this for your own good."

“Your grandfather is right. You were born to win everything. Losing to others is something that is absolutely forbidden and impossible.”

"Moreover, you lost in your area of ​​expertise, which shows that your mind is in disarray, and we need to correct you."

As Ji Yexue listened to her mother's harsh words, she had long since become numb to this kind of PUA rhetoric, and even found it somewhat ridiculous.

But on the surface, she had to maintain a humble and submissive demeanor.

“I know, there’s no need to say more, Mother.”

"Snapped!"

The moment she finished speaking, a crisp, loud whipping sound echoed throughout the Japanese-style room.

Ji Yexue felt a burning pain in her back, but she felt that this was nothing compared to the pain in her heart.

Physical pain can be healed and smoothed over with time, but how can she heal the wounds in her heart?
The long-term high-pressure environment and various forms of PUA had already taken a toll on her mental well-being.

If she hadn't suddenly awakened her superpowers and been relieved of the pressure, she might have already been driven to a mental breakdown and taken her own life.

Ji Yelongjun looked at Ji Yexue, who was silently enduring the family punishment, and sneered, "Hmph, the person who beat you was a country bumpkin with no background. Aren't you ashamed of that?"

"So, you're still not resilient enough, and your thinking is too naive. If you're not careful, you'll be overtaken. How can you inherit the Ji Ye family like that?"

"If your family's centuries-old legacy declines or even perishes because of you, how will your father and mother face their ancestors?"

As he berated Ji Yexue, Mrs. Ji Yexue continued to swing the rattan cane, striking Ji Yexue's back with all her might, leaving her fair skin torn and bleeding.

Seeing her daughter silently enduring the pain, her eyes reddened, and tears slid down her cheeks.

After striking her ten times, she finally stopped swinging the cane, knelt down in front of Ji Yexue, hugged her in her arms, and sobbed, "Xiaoxue, promise Mommy, don't let us down again, okay?"

"……it is good."

Ji Yexue frowned and responded with a pained expression, but in her heart she felt that everything was incredibly ridiculous and laughable.

Why is it her mother who is crying?

Why does her mother always look so pained whenever she is punished?

Shouldn't she be the one suffering?

If she were only scolded for not being serious enough, hardworking enough, and too careless, she wouldn't feel suffocated by this family environment.

What truly suffocated and tormented her was her parents' attitude towards her.

When she was punished, her parents always put on a heartbroken expression.

Just because she is the sole heir of the Ji Ye family, they turn a blind eye to her efforts and feel that she is only obligated to do everything.

To this day, she can still clearly remember that when she was young, she won a national gold medal, but when she happily came to her grandfather and parents to take credit, their attitude was so cold and hurtful.

"It's just a national gold medal, and you're already so proud of it? With a mind like yours, are you fit to be the next head of the Ji Ye family?"

As a young girl, she didn't understand what magnanimity was, nor did she understand what it meant to be the next head of the Ji Ye family.

She simply wanted to be patted on the head and praised by her family.

Even such coquettish behavior was not allowed, and she even received a severe scolding for it.

Since then, she has stopped trying to act cute, and her personality has gradually become closed off and introverted, slowly turning her into the person she is now.

"Honestly, my good-for-nothing granddaughter, when will she ever grow up..."

Ji Yelong sighed with deep disappointment, stood up, and left the Japanese-style room accompanied by Ji Yexue's father, leaving only Ji Ye and her mother behind.

After they left, Mrs. Ji Ye called the maids and ordered them to bring medicine. Then she personally applied the medicine to Ji Ye Xue.

When Ji Yexue took off her top, revealing her back, Mrs. Ji Yexue couldn't help but cover her mouth and sob softly again.

That once smooth and tender back was now torn open, bleeding profusely, a truly shocking sight.

Mrs. Ji Ye sobbed as she said, "Xiao Xue, I hit you so hard for your own good, to teach you a lesson. Don't blame your grandfather, blame your mother instead."

Ji Yexue looked at her mother, who was in tears, but her expression remained completely calm.

How could I blame you?

Yes.

How could she blame her mother?

After all, the mother has become twisted and abnormal.

When my mother was young, she also suffered the same pressure from my grandfather and great-grandfather.

Knowing the hardships involved, the mother didn't help her fight against this suffocating and oppressive high-pressure environment. Instead, she colluded with them, putting pressure on and psychologically manipulating her. Isn't that already a distortion?
"I hope you really don't blame me, Xiaoxue." Mrs. Ji Ye sighed as she applied medicine to Ji Yexue. "But no matter what, you really made a mistake this time. Why did you lose to someone else? And that person was a country bumpkin with no background. This is a great disgrace to us."

"..."

Seeing that Ji Yexue did not speak, Mrs. Ji raised her head to look at her face, only to find that, from some point on, her eyes had turned an unprecedentedly cold.

"Shameful?"

Ji Yexue suddenly laughed, but her laughter was full of self-mockery.

If losing to Akizuki Makoto once in a monthly exam is considered a great humiliation, what would they think if they knew that the soon-to-be-popular "Snow Country" was written by Akizuki Makoto?
Will they force her to confront Akizuki Makoto and write an article that rivals "Snow Country"?
After Ji Yexue printed out a copy of "Snow Country" and finished reading it, she felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

That's not something she could write, at least not literature that someone her age could write.

She lost not only in the monthly exam, but also in terms of talent; she was utterly defeated.

Do not……

It's not just about talent.

Whether it's mindset, life experience, or even family background, she admits that she is inferior to them.

So... she became jealous and started to hate Akizuki Makoto.

That's why she gave Akizuki Makoto such a cold look this morning.

Originally, she was just jealous of Akizuki Makoto's great character and unwavering will, but when she discovered that his talent far surpassed her own, her heart was instantly swallowed by boundless darkness.

Never before has the desire to take revenge on Akizuki Makoto been so strong.

She desperately wanted to drag him into misfortune, to drag him into the abyss, and to ruin his life.

"Heh... It seems I've become twisted too, haven't I?"

Ji Yexue thought to herself, knowing that blaming Qiu Yuecheng for everything would only make her seem more petty and highlight her incompetence, but she didn't care anymore.

She was willing to give anything to ruin Akizuki Makoto's life and twist him into a twisted form, even if it meant the world would perish with him.

She hated and envied Akizuki Makoto so much, and her heart was so dark and ugly.

……

"Xiaoxue, you should get some rest."

After applying the medicine to Ji Yexue, Mrs. Ji Ye helped her out of the main room and escorted her back to her room. She earnestly instructed her, "Although you are injured, don't slack off. You must study harder and improve yourself, understand?"

"Yes, Mother, I will."

Ji Yexue responded meekly, watching her mother close the door and leave.

then……

She then activated her superpowers.
Once I entered stealth mode, the pain in my back immediately disappeared, and I felt as relaxed as a fish in water.

"Splash, splash, splash!"

Ji Yexue walked straight through the wall and deliberately knocked over the screens placed outside.

Some passing servants looked at the screens that had inexplicably collapsed in sections and couldn't help but exchange bewildered glances.

How did the screen fall over when there was no wind indoors and no one touched it? Could it be haunted?

Ji Yexue walked through the long corridor and entered the innermost Japanese-style room, where her father and grandfather were drinking tea and chatting about something.

Upon seeing this, she stepped forward without saying a word and overturned the tea table.

The scalding hot tea spilled all over the floor, and the jade teacup, worth millions or even tens of millions of yen, was smashed into pieces.

Ji Yelongjun stared blankly at the mess on the ground, completely unaware that scalding tea had splashed onto his feet.

After overturning the tea table, Ji Yexue left without looking back and went outside the mansion.

As she watched the sunset sink into the horizon and the sky gradually darken, a genuine smile suddenly appeared on her face, which had remained expressionless like an iceberg for millennia.

"Akizuki-kun... let's see who can save you this time."

Yesterday afternoon, Akizuki Makoto felt that he was being followed, and it wasn't just his imagination; he was actually being followed.

After seeing Qiu Yuecheng's application to leave early, Ji Yexue decided to follow him to see what he was doing.

From the moment he left school in the afternoon, she stayed by his side, following him closely until he returned home.

(End of this chapter)