The Double
Chapter 378 - 131 Aunt

Chapter 378: Chapter 131 Aunt

Jiang Li had a rough guess of Ji Shuran’s next move, which calmed her down.

The worst thing was to be in a passive situation, not knowing what one would face, and hence unprepared. But once you know, even if it is a predicament, you can always find a way out following the clues; you’re not completely helpless.

Jiang Li knew that the Xue Family case had put her under Princess Yongning’s scrutiny. Setting aside Shen Yurong’s reaction, the haughty princess was bound to look for reasons to trouble her in the near future. Before this, if Lady Ji and her daughter had behaved, Jiang Li wouldn’t have had the time to waste on this matter. But since Lady Ji remained unrepentantly troublesome, Jiang Li was convinced that keeping Lady Ji at the Jiang Residence wasn’t a good idea anymore.

She needed to remove these extraneous people.

Now that Zhao Ke had left, Jiang Li sat on the couch, a question arising in her mind. Why was Lady Ji relentlessly pursuing her? If Ye Zhenzhen had left behind a child who was of marriageable age now, they didn’t have to be utterly ruthless. Even if Lady Ji coveted Zhou Yanbang’s marriage proposal, she didn’t need to drive Jiang Li to her death. It was common knowledge that Jiang Li had once killed her mother and brother, and there was no denying these publicly observed facts. But before that incident, Jiang Li and Ji Shuran were said to get along amicably.

There was no hatred without cause, although later rumors suggested that Jiang Li was quite scheming, pretending to be friendly with her stepmother, only to push Ji Shuran into a miscarriage when she was carrying a child. But Jiang Li felt that back then, she was too young, and growing up in such an environment, nobody had taught her such tactics and cunning. How could she have reached the stage where she could even outwit Ji Shuran?

Jiang Li found this whole matter quite suspicious, but as so much time had passed, it was not easy to investigate. However, Ji Shuran’s ever-tightening pressure made Jiang Li determined to thoroughly investigate the matter. If there was any hidden information, it could become a tool against Ji Shuran.

Regardless, she would visit Zhao Ke again tomorrow to inquire.

With that thought, Jiang Li went to sleep.

In Yaoguang Mansion tonight, Jiang Youyao also couldn’t sleep.

Her maid, Jin Hua, was walking behind Jiang Li’s maid Tonger in the corridor of the Jiang Residence today, when Tonger dropped an invitation without noticing. Jin Hua picked it up and read it, only to find out it was an invitation from the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion to Jiang Li. She didn’t dare delay and immediately gave the invitation to Jiang Youyao.

Jiang Youyao, unable to sleep, kept caressing the invitation over and over. It wasn’t Zhou Yanbang who had sent the invitation, but Jiang Yue. Thinking of Jiang Yue, Jiang Youyao clenched her teeth in hatred. Zhou Yanbang should have been Jiang Yue’s brother-in-law, but now he had become her husband. The man she loved now held Jiang Yue in his arms every night. Although Jiang Yue was only a concubine and Shen Ruyun was Zhou Yanbang’s official wife, the thought that the third daughter of the household, whom she had never taken seriously and had always looked down upon, had snatched her beloved made Jiang Youyao wish she could tear Jiang Yue to pieces.

But at the moment, Jiang Yue had already been brought into Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion. The marriage between Shen Ruyun and Zhou Yanbang was fast approaching, and Jiang Youyao was powerless. She wanted to find Zhou Yanbang, but didn’t know how to explain everything to him. She didn’t believe Zhou Yanbang had no feelings for her; if it wasn’t for other people’s schemes, they could have been a good match.

"Jiang Li..." Jiang Youyao stared at the invitation before her. Jiang Yue and Jiang Li had never gotten along, and Jiang Yue had always been on her side in the past. But why did she invite Jiang Li to a get-together after marrying into the Zhou Family? Not to mention herself, Jiang Youyao and Jiang Yue hadn’t even wanted to maintain a façade of sisterly harmony after she had scarred Jiang Yue’s forehead. Jiang Yue refused to meet even her own elder sister Jiang Yuyan, yet she specifically invited Jiang Li, which was thought-provoking.

At the palace banquet, Ji Shuran had said that her original plan was to target Jiang Li and Ye Shijie, but somehow, Zhou Yanbang and Jiang Yue ended up being the ones in trouble. It must have been Jiang Li who meddled, likely reaching some agreement with Jiang Yue. That’s how Jiang Yue got to have her way. Now, the appearance of this invitation seemed to prove that Ji Shuran’s guess was correct.

Only if Jiang Li and Jiang Yue had formed a private bond could they have reached such a state.

Jiang Youyao didn’t tell Ji Shuran about the invitation, but she kept it and had no intention of returning it to Jiang Li. She decided to reply to Jiang Yue in the name of Jiang Li, setting a new time and place, to see what exactly Jiang Yue and Jiang Li were up