Lu Jincheng turned around abruptly and saw his sister standing behind him, looking at him with a smile. He felt incredibly embarrassed.
He put on a stern face, "Nuannuan, no smiling!"
"Okay, okay, I won't smile. Go sit on the sofa over there. I'll take a look for you. How could you be so hard on yourself?"
Jiang Nuan smiled and went to get the first-aid kit.
Lu Jincheng sat on the sofa and said angrily, "These people have gone too far. How can I not be angry? I'm almost suffocated by their anger."
Mentioning the Jin family downstairs, Lu Jincheng was still very angry.
Lu Jincheng couldn't help but complain, "When Mom took us there as children, Grandma never gave us a good look. The children from my uncle's family often bullied us. Later, Mom stopped taking us there because they were heartless."
Jiang Nuan came over with the medicine box and gestured for him to take off his shoes, "Why bother dwelling on the past?"
Lu Jincheng didn't want to either, but the two uncles from the Jin family were truly despicable.
His father had been framed by his uncle during his most difficult time.
Later, when it was investigated, because they were his mother's family, his father could only give up suing the Jin family.
Yet, these people became more and more unreasonable.
The more Lu Jincheng thought about it, the angrier he became. It wasn't until he felt a faint coolness on his toes that he managed to pull himself out of his frustrated mood.
He looked down at the medicine his sister was applying to his toes, a slightly yellowish liquid, cool and pain-relieving.
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Lu Jincheng felt that his sister's medicine was magical.
Her pair of slender, fair, long, and beautiful hands always seemed to possess a power that could turn decay into magic.
Jiang Nuan placed the medicine on the marble coffee table.
Jiang Nuan instructed him, "Brother, if it hurts, apply some of this medicine." A faint smile played on her beautiful face, "Take better care of yourself from now on."
Lu Jincheng looked at the smile on his sister's face and said nothing more.
He was just angry!
Was it that funny?
But Nuannuan looked so beautiful when she smiled!
Radiant as the warm sun!
"Brother, you should rest well. I'll go down and take a look."
"Okay! If they bully you, just call me down," Lu Jincheng said in a low voice.
Jiang Nuan nodded with a smile and turned to go downstairs.
Lu Jincheng watched his sister's frail back, so thin that she looked like she might disappear with a gust of wind.
He felt a pang in his heart. How wonderful it would be if she smiled more often. The little girl often wore a serious expression, which truly pained him.
Downstairs, the atmosphere remained tense.
After Jiang Nuan came down, she looked at Jin Tong and said in a calm voice, "No treatment is needed today. You can walk around appropriately. I'll come again tomorrow at three."
Jin Tong hesitated to meet Jiang Nuan's clear, cold eyes. She nodded slightly, "Okay!"
Jin Yan sighed. Nuannuan didn't hold grudges, yet she couldn't even offer a word of comfort.
Jiang Siyun and Jiang Yukuo heard this and immediately stood up. They could finally go home.
It was too uncomfortable here!
Jiang Yukuo looked at his maternal grandfather with some sympathy, "Grandpa, don't be too angry. Take care of yourself. I'm going to record a show tomorrow, but my third uncle is missing."
Lu Chengsi's eyes held a hint of coldness, "How many days has your third uncle been away from home?"
Jiang Yukuo thought for a moment and then said, "I forgot."
Lu Chengsi frowned, "Are you trying to pretend to be muddled like your great-grandfather?"
Jiang Yukuo quickly shook his head, "But I'm not pretending. I really don't know where my third uncle is. For my new song competition, if I don't get second place, I'll get first."
Lu Chengsi suddenly sat up straight, squinted, and gave a sly smile, "Kuo Bao, Grandpa will go and support you tomorrow?"
Jiang Yukuo quickly took a step back, shaking his head in refusal, "No, I have my own strength. You're not trying to rig the game, are you?"
Jiang Yukuo regretted saying that.
He would never ride on anyone's coattails.
Lu Chengsi looked at his handsome young face, looking fierce but adorable, and felt that this boy truly had backbone.
"Grandpa will just watch from the audience, doing nothing, just watching you compete?"
Lu Chengsi really wanted to see his grandson shine.
Jiang Yukuo continued to shake his head, "None of you come tomorrow. If my third uncle doesn't come back, I'll go by myself. The company people will pick me up."
Lu Chengsi frowned, "So difficult to talk to!"
Jiang Yukuo: "Yes!"
Once he got involved with the halos of his father and maternal grandfather's families, he would never be able to clear his name in this lifetime.
He couldn't wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Jin Yan couldn't help but ask, "Darling, we just want to cheer for you, encourage you, we don't have any other intentions. Is that not allowed either?"
Jiang Yukuo shook his head, his handsome young face filled with resolve, "No, I'm afraid I won't be able to wash myself clean even if I jump into the Yellow River. I just want to be myself without anyone's halo. If I win first place in the competition tomorrow, Grandpa and Grandma must reward me and encourage me to win first place again next time."
Lu Chengsi and Jin Yan nodded, and Jin Yan smiled affectionately, "Grandma is waiting for your good news!"
"Thank you, Grandma! Then we'll be leaving now. See you tomorrow!" Jiang Yukuo waved goodbye with a smile.
Lu Chengsi's jaw tightened.
He had a feeling this kid had a bit of schadenfreude in him.
After Jiang Nuan said goodbye to Mu Jiuchen, she left the Lu family.
Jin Yan looked at the butler and said, "Butler, arrange rooms for them. Put them all in the small building at the back. Only they will be staying there, and they will be more comfortable."
Jin Yan had considered it very thoughtfully, and it wouldn't be too awkward for everyone.
Jin Muya and Song Yanqing didn't say anything. Living together in this situation was indeed quite awkward.
The old lady couldn't help but ask, "Yanyan, what competition is that child participating in?"
Jin Yan shook her head and said, "I don't know. The child didn't say."
She really didn't know.
She never concerned herself with company matters.
The old lady couldn't bring herself to ask Lu Chengsi, so she could only sulk by herself.
Jin Tong was even more embarrassed to speak. She could feel that those two children were smart and clever.
Lu Chengsi couldn't help but ask, "I just don't understand, why did you all come back so suddenly?"
Just as they feared, the people who heard this question had unpleasant expressions. No one answered him.
The old lady said angrily, "What? Don't you want your daughter to be famous worldwide?"
By curing this kind of illness, they could achieve great wealth and status solely through this skill.
Lu Chengsi shook his head, he didn't want his daughter to be so tired.
"No, my daughter is already very famous. If she becomes more famous, she will be very tired. Aren't you afraid that our Nuannuan will use you as a test subject?"
The few people remained silent with grim expressions.
...
In the hospital.
Chu Yunying lay on the bed with a pale face. Her leg was in a cast, and it was heavy, making her very uncomfortable.
She cried for a long time, her eyes swollen and red, looking very pitiful. She stared resentfully out the window. The doctor said it was difficult to cure her leg, and even if it were cured, she would have sequelae when walking normally.
She knew that everything was still hazy, feeling like a dream.
It would be fine once she woke up from the dream.
How could one child injure an adult so severely?
The thought of that child's speed and strength made her tremble all over with fear.
She deeply regretted provoking Jiang Yukuo, which resulted in her becoming disabled.
Hong Bin looked at her pitiable appearance and felt heartbroken. He asked in confusion, "Yingying, I just don't understand, why don't you let me cause trouble for Jiang Nuan?"