son, don't mess around

In the dim secret room, Yu Yunyao had dishevelled hair and looked dishevelled, without any trace of her former noble lady's temperament.

She fell to the ground and looked at Lin Jiangnian who was looking down at her. His eyes were full of mockery.

I don't know if he was mocking Lin Jiangnian or himself.

“When I first met her, I approached her with a purpose.”

"After all, she is the high and mighty Fourth Miss of the Jiang Family, doted on by everyone. And what about me? I am just a lowly child born as a concubine of a small family. Even if I am called Miss Yu Family, that is only in the eyes of outsiders..."

"She always thought that I was her best friend and a good sister who grew up with her... But, that was just a deliberate arrangement of our family..."

"From the beginning, my purpose in approaching her was not pure..."

Yu Yunyao looked at Lin Jiangnian with self-mockery, "Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Lin Jiangnian said nothing.

Of course he understands.

The Yu family is just a third-rate small family in Chujiang City. In the Jiangnan area where aristocratic families abound, it is an extremely inconspicuous existence.

Even in Lin Jiangnian's eyes, the Yu family was not the target family for his visit to Jiangnan this time.

For such a small family, the only way to survive in the cruel Jiangnan family is to curry favor with the powerful and try to curry favor with the big family in order to survive.

Then, everything is about to come out.

Yu Yunyao and Jiang Yuxiang have known each other since childhood. They have known each other for more than ten years and are as close as sisters...at least that's what Jiang Yuxiang thinks.

But for Yu Yunyao, this was a purposeful approach from the beginning. She appeared beside Jiang Yuxiang, became her good friend, and became close to her.

All of this is just acting!

She approached Jiang Yuxiang only for her identity, to gain the trust of the fourth young lady of the Jiang family and get what she wanted from the Jiang family.

This is indeed the case.

Because of this relationship, the Yu family has indeed been taken care of by the Jiang family over the years, which also prevented the Yu family from being swallowed up in the cruel struggle among the aristocratic families.

But obviously, this is far from enough for the Yu family!
What they want is not to survive in the cracks.

"She is too naive and trusts me too much. She really believes that there is any true friendship between the children of so-called noble families..."

Yu Yunyao's face was full of sarcasm. "I have been using her all along, using her Jiang family's reputation to show off outside. But she still always thinks that I am her good sister."

Lin Jiangnian stared at her, his eyes gradually turning colder: "Since she is using you, and she treats you well, why do you treat her like this?!"

"Why?"

Yu Yunyao muttered to herself, a complex expression flashed across her face, and then a ferocious look emerged: "Didn't I already say that..."

"Because I'm jealous of her!"

At this moment, there seemed to be a flame of jealousy burning in Yu Yunyao's eyes.

She murmured to herself: "I am so jealous of her. Every time I see her, I can't suppress the jealousy in my heart..."

"Why can she be the fourth daughter of the Jiang family? Why can she be so lucky to become the apple of the Jiang family's eye even though she doesn't have any Jiang family blood in her body?"

"Why is everyone so nice to her? Why has she been so well-dressed and well-fed since she was a child, and why has she been admired by everyone?"

"Why? She is so beautiful? So many people like her, but she is dismissive... Why do all the good things belong to her?"

At this moment, the jealousy in Yu Yunyao's eyes was completely undisguised. Her face was distorted, her breathing was rapid, and her voice was hoarse.

"And what about me? Why does all the misfortune fall on me?!"

"Why is it that when I stand with her, no one ever notices me? Even if there is, why are they always those vulgar and low-class people who covet my body?!"

"Why is it that she, who comes from the same aristocratic family, can have no worries about food and clothing and does not have to worry about getting married, while I am forced to marry a complete stranger?"

"Why did I marry a man-loving bastard? Why did I have to see that desperate scene on my wedding night?"

"And why is everyone blaming it all on me? Because I'm not attractive enough? Because I can't have children? It's all my fault?!"

"Why don't they ask their son what he is?!"

"Why do even my parents think it's my fault and won't even let me go home? Why does everyone think there's something wrong with me?!"

"Why?!!"

"..."

By the end of her speech, she was already hysterical. She lay on the ground, unable to hide the hatred and anger in her eyes.

Why let her go through all this?
Why did her fate become so miserable?

She closed her eyes, but her whole body couldn't help shaking violently.

Lin Jiangnian still looked down at her, silent.

She is indeed a miserable person!

But her thoughts were twisted. She blamed others for all the suffering she had experienced and implicated innocent people.

This alone makes him unworthy of Lin Jiangnian's sympathy.

She is indeed miserable and pitiful, but how can her aunt be innocent?

Her aunt did nothing wrong and treated her as her best sister, but she almost ruined her aunt!
"So, that's your reason?"

Lin Jiangnian spoke, breaking the silence around him.

The voice was neither cold nor indifferent, without any emotion or sympathy.

Yu Yunyao's body twitched for a long time. When she slowly raised her head, her eyes became complicated again.

"Yes!"

Yu Yunyao sneered: "I'm jealous of her, so I want to destroy her!"

"I want her to become like me..."

"There is no cure!"

Lin Jiangnian said coldly.

"Yes, I am hopeless!"

Yu Yunyao's eyes gradually regained their calmness, and her face was full of calmness.

She looked as if she was ready to die. She murmured to herself, "I am sorry for her, but I have no choice."

She raised her head with difficulty and looked at Lin Jiangnian, with an indescribable strange color flashing in her eyes.

"I'm really jealous of her!"

"Why is she always so lucky... She clearly doesn't want to get married, but she is always surrounded by so many outstanding people..."

She stared at Lin Jiangnian, as if she was unwilling to accept it. She stared at Lin Jiangnian's face infatuatedly: "Why couldn't the person I married be like you?... Even if she was half like you, it would be fine!"

Her voice was weak, and she seemed to have lost some strength, leaning against the stone wall.

Until a cold voice suddenly came.

"So, this is why you hate me?"

When the voice sounded, Yu Yunyao's whole body trembled violently. She suddenly raised her head, and panic and fear surged from her heart.

She suddenly raised her head, staring ahead and looking behind Lin Jiangnian. In her sight, a graceful figure was slowly approaching.

A blue shirt and skirt wrapped up the woman's curvy and proud figure. A hint of weakness could be seen on her delicate and slightly pale face, but it could not hide her elegant temperament.

At this moment, she walked closer slowly.

As she approached, Yu Yunyao's whole body trembled violently, and her face became paler and paler. She breathed rapidly, staring at the figure approaching, as if she had done something wrong, her eyes dodged, and she didn't dare to look up at her.

At this moment, she was like a rat in a dark sewer. When exposed to direct sunlight, she felt fear and inferiority.

"I always thought we were the best sisters!"

Jiang Yuxiang looked weak and pale, with an expression that was hard to describe. She looked quietly at the figure in front of her, with complicated emotions in her eyes.

She always thought they were the best of sisters.

Even though they are far apart and haven't seen each other for so long, they have known so many people and should still be close.

But, she was just overthinking it!
"I never knew you would be so jealous of me." Jiang Yuxiang continued.

The voice was still calm, without much emotion.

But Yu Yunyao's heart was shaking violently, as if she was suffering from some torture.

"Just because you're jealous, you want to destroy me?"

Jiang Yuxiang looked at her quietly, her eyes full of disappointment: "Yu Yunyao, you have become very strange... You are not the Yu Yunyao I know!"

These words seemed to touch something in Yu Yunyao's heart.

She suddenly raised her head and met Jiang Yuxiang's eyes. She sneered and said, "I have never been the Yu Yunyao you know. That was all your wishful thinking... From the beginning, I approached you just to use you."

"In my eyes, you are just a stupid and weak fool. I approached you and have been your sister for so many years, but I was attracted by your identity as the fourth daughter of the Jiang family!"

These words made Jiang Yuxiang's face suddenly turn pale, and her body swayed, somewhat unsteady on her feet.

"Auntie?!"

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian hurried forward to support her.

"Are you OK?"

"fine."

Jiang Yuxiang took a deep breath, sadness revealed in her eyes. She closed her eyes and suppressed the emotions surging in her heart.

But even so, Lin Jiangnian could still feel her slightly trembling body. Obviously, when the good sister of many years told her the cruel truth, it was a big blow to her.

"Aunt?"

When Yu Yunyao heard Lin Jiangnian's address, she was stunned.

"So, in your opinion, I was a fool from the beginning to the end. You approached me just to use me, right?"

At this time, Jiang Yuxiang calmed down and looked at her.

"Yes."

Yu Yunyao gritted her teeth.

"Then I just want to ask you one question!"

Jiang Yuxiang pushed away Lin Jiangnian's support, walked to Yu Yunyao in two steps, and looked into her eyes: "We have known each other for so many years, have you never treated me as a good sister?!"

"You were using me from the beginning to the end?"

"You don't have any feelings for me?!"

Jiang Yuxiang's voice was very light, and it was obvious that she was still very weak.

Although the effect of the medicine was gone, her body was still seriously affected. After all, it was a medicine that even masters with strong internal strength could not resist. Jiang Yuxiang did not know any martial arts, so she was naturally more affected.

But her tone was very heavy, as if every word was shocking Yu Yunyao's heart.

Yu Yunyao's face turned pale and her breathing became rapid.

Faced with Jiang Yuxiang's questioning, she was speechless for a moment, and panic surged.

She suddenly closed her eyes, turned her head away, and said coldly: "Now that things have come to this, what's the point of saying this?"

"This time, I'm the one who harmed you... You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you."

Jiang Yuxiang stared at her quietly. Her avoidance was, in a sense, an answer.

"I understand."

Jiang Yuxiang spoke calmly. She looked at her and said slowly, word by word: "From now on, you and I are no longer sisters. From now on, you and I will be strangers!"

"Just take care of yourself!"

With every word Jiang Yuxiang said, Yu Yunyao's heart sank a little, until finally, her face turned completely pale.

The whole person fell to the ground, as if he had lost all life!
Jiang Yuxiang took one last look at her, then slowly turned around and walked out the door.

Never looked back.

Lin Jiangnian looked at his aunt's back as she left, then glanced at Yu Yunyao, who had already lost all hope and had a blank look in her eyes, without any sympathy in her eyes.

She deserves everything she has.

When Lin Jiangnian turned around and prepared to leave, he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him.

"and many more."

Yu Yunyao called out to Lin Jiangnian. Her voice was hoarse and her eyes seemed to be shining with the last ray of light: "You, you and her..."

"What is your relationship?!"

Facing Yu Yunyao's questioning, Lin Jiangnian just glanced at her and said expressionlessly: "My name is Lin Jiangnian."

After saying that, Lin Jiangnian turned around and left without looking back.

Yu Yunyao was left standing there in a daze, thinking about the name blankly.

"Lin Jiangnian? Lin Jiangnian?"

A very familiar name, extremely familiar.

The next second, Yu Yunyao's whole body trembled violently, as if she suddenly remembered something.

"Lin Jiangnian? Prince Lin...Crown Prince?!"

Yu Yunyao’s eyes widened.

He is the Prince of Lin? !

Then he is...

Jiang Yuxiang, is she his aunt?!

Yu Yunyao suddenly stood there in a daze. After a while, a hint of regret emerged in her eyes.

……

Outside the secret room, in the courtyard, under the eaves.

Lin Jiangnian walked out of the secret room and saw a figure standing quietly in the yard.

Jiang Yuxiang stood alone in the yard, looking into the distance, exuding a sense of sadness.

Lin Jiangnian slowed down his pace, walked into the yard, and came to her side.

Jiang Yuxiang seemed unaware of Lin Jiangnian's arrival. She was still staring into the distance, wondering what she was thinking.

When Lin Jiangnian glanced sideways, he saw a delicate, slightly pale face that exuded a sense of weakness, which made people unable to resist the urge to pity it.

At this moment, Jiang Yuxiang had a gloomy expression, as if he was a little lost. His eyes, which used to be bright, were dim and his eye sockets were slightly red.

Seeing this scene, Lin Jiangnian suddenly felt very distressed.

He opened his mouth to say something, but after a long time, no word came out.

At this time, even he didn't know what to say to comfort her.

He stood quietly beside his aunt, accompanying her quietly without saying a word.

Until, a long time passed.

Finally, Jiang Yuxiang seemed to come back to her senses. She raised her eyes to look at Lin Jiangnian, then looked away, seeming a little confused.

"Tell me, is she right?"

"Ok?"

Lin Jiangnian glanced sideways and could only see a delicate profile, looking at the courtyard in a trance.

"Are children from aristocratic families like us destined to never have true friends in this life?"

"is it?"

"..." (End of this chapter)