Chapter Fifteen: Ironclad Evidence

  "You've seen it all clearly before, why ask me again?" Mo Li didn't raise his head, only responded with a sentence, with an expression that showed he wasn't concerned.

  Zhang Haosheng lightly hummed in agreement and didn't ask further questions.

  Actually, from start to finish, he had already seen it clearly, but somehow couldn't understand why the always so kind and innocent Jing'er would have such bad thoughts, and the person involved was still her own sister.

  Zhang Haicheng's chess piece hesitated to fall, but Mo Li saw through his thoughts at a glance. He asked calmly, "You won't forget that you still have an engagement with the Han family, will you?"

  Upon hearing Mo Li's words, Zhang Haocheng couldn't help but pause for a moment, then forced out two awkward laughs: "You also know about this matter, it was decided by the elders of both families back when I was just born and Han Jiangxue wasn't even around yet. Why are you suddenly bringing this up, could it have something to do with today's events?"

  "If I'm not mistaken, back then the two families didn't specifically designate a marriage partner, and now the Han family has more than just one legitimate daughter, Han Jiang Xue!" Mo Li's words were clearly hinting at something else, but he didn't elaborate further.

  Moreover, he had previously seen a detail that no one else had noticed. Han Yajing's intention to harm people was true, but the fact that she fell and injured her leg seemed somewhat mysterious. However, he didn't plan to mention this to Zhang Haicheng at all. In his opinion, evil deeds would eventually be punished accordingly.

  Mo Li's words caused Zhang Haocheng's expression to change slightly, and it was clear that he had already understood the implied meaning. He rubbed the chess piece back and forth in his hand three or five times before saying "Let's play chess", then put down the piece and didn't say anything else.

  By dusk, Han Jiangxue's house had welcomed its third batch of visitors for the day.

  At first, Han Ya Jing came over with tears in her eyes and repeatedly explained and apologized to Liu Shi. Later, Liu Shi stepped in to mediate and smooth things over, pointing out that it was all just a misunderstanding, and telling Han Jiang Xue not to let it create any distance between her and her own sister.

  And in the end, it was actually his own brother Han Jing who came, which made Han Jiang Xue quite annoyed.

  "Is big brother also here to plead on behalf of Han Yajing?" Her tone was clearly somewhat displeased, she hadn't expected her own big brother to completely ignore the reminder she had given him at her maternal grandfather's house, and yet he still managed to find time amidst his busy schedule to come here and speak on Han Yajing's behalf.

  "Look at you, still arguing like a child even though you're so big now. Jing'er already said it wasn't intentional, and it's normal to have occasional blurry vision, right? Besides, she's already fallen like that, just stop overthinking."

  "Does big brother think that I'm just being paranoid and wrongly accusing others? Or does he really think that his sister is so stupid, she can't even tell if someone is harming her?" Han Jiang gave Han Jing a cold glance, too lazy to say more to him. She turned directly to Ziyue beside her: "Ziyue, tell big brother everything that happened today from start to finish, so he won't just listen to one side of the story and can't even distinguish right from wrong."

  Zi Yue recounted the events of today objectively and justly, from Han Ya Jing intentionally saying those unfavorable words about Han Jing to blaming Han Jiang Xue for the final fall, without missing a single detail. Of course, some minor details that were not known to others were naturally avoided, such as the small stone she quietly threw at Han Ya Jing's foot acupoint.

  In fact, Ziyue also found it strange that the eldest miss knew in advance that Han Yajing would set up such a trap to harm people. Fortunately, the eldest miss was well-prepared and let her assist from the side, otherwise today the eldest miss would have been framed again.

  After listening to Ziyue's words, Han Jing couldn't help but fall silent, and he didn't expect Yajing to have such a side. He wouldn't doubt Ziyue's words, of course, but in his heart, he still didn't want to believe it.

  "Big brother, you still don't want to believe me? I've long said that the mother and daughter are not as kind as they seem on the surface, but you'd rather suspect me, your own sister, than suspect them?" Han Jiangxue furrowed her brow, not hiding her dissatisfaction with Han Jing at all.

  "Sister, don't be angry, I didn't mean it that way, just some things can't be figured out. Why did Jing'er have to design something to harm you today?" Seeing his sister getting annoyed with him, Han Jing hastily spoke up.

  Han Jiangxue sighed and said with a "you still don't understand" expression: "Big brother is really muddled, can't you see that she's intentionally trying to make me lose face in front of Zhang Haicheng, intentionally making me offend Zhang Wanru, so that the Zhang family will think even less of me?"

  "But then what's the benefit for her?" Han Jing couldn't understand, mainly because deep down he didn't want to believe in such a result.

  "What's the benefit?" Han Jiang Xue coldly snorted, "Big brother, have you forgotten? Zhang Hao Cheng is actually engaged to our Han family. Although both you and father subconsciously think I'm the one engaged to him, in reality, the two families haven't formally decided on a marriage partner. And now, the legitimate daughter of the Han family isn't just me alone!"

  This was said so clearly that if Han Jing still couldn't understand the reason behind it, then it would be impossible.

  His expression suddenly turned ugly, just as he was about to speak up, but saw Zi Yue suddenly and inexplicably take a swift step towards the door and rush out. Before Han Jing could react, Zi Yue returned once again, this time with a panicked maid in tow.

  "Miss, as expected, someone was eavesdropping and I caught them red-handed!" Zi Yue threw the maid to the ground and then turned around without looking back, using her palm strength to slam the door shut.

  "Sure enough, someone was eavesdropping," Zi Yue said in a low voice. It wasn't until then that Han Jing suddenly realized his sister had anticipated the conversation between them would take a turn for the worse today, and her expression became even more solemn. What he didn't expect was that the eavesdropper would be Shui Er, the personal maid who had been serving by his sister's side since childhood.

  After being caught, Shui'er's first reaction was to shout injustice, saying that she had just passed by outside and didn't know what was going on before being caught by Zi Yue, it really wasn't eavesdropping.

  However, Han Jiangxue didn't give Shui'er a chance to make excuses, and directly took out two pieces of ironclad evidence to shut her up. One was the fine jade bracelet on Shui'er's wrist under her sleeve, and the other was the testimony of another maid in her house, Xiner.

  "This excellent jade bangle, even if you sell yourself ten or eight times, you can't afford it. I saw you wearing it the other day, don't tell me this is your family heirloom! Han Jiangxue glared at Shuier with an extremely severe tone: "And Heart previously witnessed you saying some things that shouldn't be said when sending Madam out. There are several old mice in my house who keep an eye on and report to Madam, no wonder your family has changed to a new mansion, it seems that over the years, you haven't missed out on many benefits from Madam!"

  Shui'er was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she knelt there for half a day without being able to say a word. She had no idea that the eldest sister would have investigated everything clearly, and at this point, she didn't even know where to start making excuses.

  "You're still pretending to be innocent, if you don't confess quickly, I'll set your new house on fire and then sell you as a cripple to a brothel!" On the side, Ziyue couldn't stand this kind of trashy person, scolding while kicking Shuier with one foot.

  Shui'er was even more frightened, and didn't care about the pain anymore. She hastily knocked her head on the ground and begged for mercy: "Big sister, spare my life! I confess, I confess!"

  The little girl wasn't afraid at all, and besides, there was no chance of luck now, so in a short while, she thoroughly explained the situation like spilling beans, admitting that she had indeed received instructions from Liu's family for some benefits. In recent years, she has been acting as an informant, not only monitoring Han Jiangxue's every move but also secretly fanning the flames and causing trouble, in short, not letting Han Jiangxue get anything good.

  "What a ridiculous thing!" Han Jing was suddenly furious, never expecting that the things his sister had said earlier were all true. It turned out that Liu's mother and daughter were such despicable people, with good skin hiding unknown evil intentions.

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