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"Drag? Who gave you the right to drag?!"

Xie Yuan glared fiercely at Xiao Liu, "She's nothing but a bully who relies on her master's power. What's she doing acting so arrogantly in front of me, a mere maid?!"

However, Xie Yuan still retained a sliver of rationality, knowing that she was in the wrong, and after venting her anger, she turned and left.

Xie Zhiping was slapped for no reason. He covered his face, feeling wronged, but seeing Xie Yuan leave angrily, he quickly followed after her.

"Miss! This is the person you kindly brought back!"

Xiao Liu was so angry that her body tensed up. "She's been so presumptuous, and you still tolerated it! If it were up to me, I should have had her kicked out of the Jiang family right away, so she would know who's in charge here!"

Don't bother with her.

Jiang Yuyue lazily crawled back into bed. "You've known her for a long time, don't you know how arrogant she is? Alright, don't be angry. Go and guard the door for me, and don't let anyone in to make a scene."

Jiang Yuyue was not the kind of person who could tolerate being insulted like this. If it weren't for the fact that Xie Yuan had greater uses, she would never have invited the entire Xie family into the house in the first place.

"Sister Yuan'er!"

Xie Zhi covered her face and quickly caught up with Xie Yuan. "Sister, I'm not trying to be mean, but we're all living and eating at the Jiang family's place now. What if you really anger her and she kicks our whole family out? Do you really want to go back to the old days?"

After calming down, Xie Yuan realized that her words and actions had indeed been somewhat impulsive, but what was the use of regretting it now that the words had already been spoken?

"So what?" Xie Yuan retorted stubbornly. "What I said wasn't wrong. If she really wants to drive us away, we'll just go and seek refuge with our elder brother!"

Seek refuge with Xie Yunqi?

A hint of contempt flashed in Xie Zhi's eyes. If Xie Yunqi were truly willing to help his family, how could they possibly have moved into Jiang Yuyue's house?

“Sister Yuan’er, I have noticed something strange about this Miss Jiang, but… I’m a little hesitant to say it.”

Xie Zhi deliberately acted hesitantly, and Xie Yuan became anxious when she saw this, urging her, "What are you being so coy about? Just say what you have to say!"

"I feel... that Miss Jiang is indeed pregnant."

Xie Zhi lowered her voice and said, "Haven't you noticed, sister? Her belly looks a little bigger than before!"

Now that you mention it, Xie Yuan was indeed reminded that Jiang Yuyue's belly did look different than before, but she had never thought about the possibility of her being pregnant.

"Didn't she swear to her grandmother and aunt that she was pregnant?"

Xie Zhi continued to fan the flames, "But after our eldest brother returned, she changed her story again, yet she clearly looks pregnant. There's probably more to it than meets the eye..."

Although Xie Zhi didn't finish her sentence, Xie Yuan immediately had a guess.

If Jiang Yuyue is clearly pregnant but doesn't dare to admit it in front of her elder brother, there's only one reason—

That means the child in her belly isn't her older brother's, but someone else's!

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuyue, who seemed so proper on the surface, was actually doing some shady things behind the scenes. Xie Yuan's face instantly showed a confident expression.

Isn't Jiang Yuyue looking down on them because of her family's wealth? Now that I have such leverage over her, won't Jiang Yuyue be subservient to me and do whatever I ask?

Xie Yuan was in a great mood. She never expected that Xie Zhi, that silly girl who was usually so quiet, would actually be able to discover the secret!

"You do have some use."

Xie Yuan smiled and said, "Alright, I'm not in the mood to go shopping today. You can go home by yourself."

After saying this, Xie Yuan hummed a little tune and walked towards the gate of the mansion. Although Xie Zhi did not know exactly what she was planning to do, she knew that there was bound to be a good show to be staged.

Compared to the flamboyant Xie Yuan, Xie Zhi understood the importance of keeping a low profile when living under someone else's roof, and went straight back to her own courtyard.

Jiang Yuyue didn't treat the second branch of the family as meticulously as the first branch. The four members of the second branch lived in the same courtyard. As soon as Xie Zhi pushed open the courtyard gate and walked in, she saw her mother holding a bowl of medicine, preparing to go into the house to feed Xie Jinbo his medicine.

"You brat, haven't I seen you for a moment and you've gone off to be that little slut from the first wife's side's sidekick again?"

Madam Xie had no servants to attend to her, and she was exhausted just taking care of the unconscious Xie Jinbo every day, so she could only vent her anger on her daughter.

"You didn't even come back to help me take care of your brother!"

"I wonder if the doctor Jiang Yuyue helped invite is really good at medicine. Why is Erlang's condition still not improving after taking the medicine according to his prescription?"

Seeing that her mother still treated her good-for-nothing second brother as her precious darling as always, Xie Zhi felt annoyed and too lazy to continue pretending to be timid as usual. She just sneered.

"What do you know? Do you really think that living in the Jiang family now, with food and drink, will bring you peace? If you're so content with the status quo, then just wait for the day when disaster strikes."

"How dare you talk to me like that?"

Seeing her usually taciturn daughter acting so unusually, Madam Xie frowned. "What do you mean by impending doom? Our family hasn't offended anyone, and the eldest branch has Princess Huajin as our backer. Does anyone dare to lay a hand on us?"

"Far away, yet so close."

Xie Zhi said coldly, "Hasn't Mother noticed that something is wrong with Jiang Yuyue? Although on the surface she seems to be doing her best for the Xie family, hasn't Mother noticed that since Xie Yunqi sent back news of his death, our family's situation has been deteriorating day by day under her management?"

Although the Xie family is mostly full of fools, Xie Zhi is one of the few who is clear-headed. Although she is usually quiet and doesn't have much presence, she is like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, quietly observing the current situation.

"As long as Jiang Yuyue is nice to someone, that person in our family will be unlucky. This pattern has been proven many times."

Xie Zhi slowly analyzed, "If she hadn't given Second Brother so much gambling money, how could he have gambled so much that he ended up owing four thousand taels of gambling debt?"

"Furthermore, there's the matter of my second brother losing all the land deeds a few days ago. The land deeds were originally in the hands of the old lady. Apart from the old lady, no one else in our family knows where they are hidden. It just so happens that Jiang Yuyue asked the old lady for the land deeds to open some kind of shop, and coincidentally, the land deeds were stolen by my second brother and gambled away that very day."