novelaction Chapter 39 No, is she sick?
Chapter 39 No, is she sick?
The cave is about to close, and continuing this entanglement will not yield any results.
"I'll count to three, then I'll let go, and we'll go our separate ways."
"it is good."
Pei responded.
"three,
two,
one……"
Jiang He immediately released her grip on Pei Ci's neck, and then Pei Ci seemed to have vanished. Jiang He guessed that he must have used some kind of advanced technology or invisibility pill.
However, she didn't pay much attention, as Jiang He ran desperately towards the cave entrance.
"If my sister doesn't come out soon, things will get complicated."
Jiang Yaoyi sighed.
The old butler still had a kind smile on his face and didn't say anything.
"It seems like someone has come out?" Jiang Shuo looked into the distance.
A figure rushed out of the cave entrance. The person had wet hair and multiple wounds on their body.
When Jiang Yaoyi saw Jiang He's disheveled appearance, she was secretly delighted.
She said that a useless Qi Refining stage cultivator could not possibly withstand those sword moves, and that his stubbornness had resulted in this situation.
"Sister, what's wrong? The stone tablet sword technique is dangerous. If you couldn't beat it, you should have come out sooner. I'm very worried about you, sister."
Jiang Yaoyi pretended to come over to help Jiang He, but in reality, she was disgusted by Jiang He's appearance and only pretended to lend a hand.
Seeing Jiang Yaoyi's fake face, Jiang He leaned towards Jiang Yaoyi.
Jiang Yaoyi clearly didn't expect Jiang He, who had just been opposing her, to make such a move. She didn't have time to support Jiang He and even subconsciously took a step back.
Jiang He then collapsed to the ground.
To those present, this scene appeared to be Jiang Yaoyi avoiding and showing disdain.
Jiang Shuo tacitly acknowledged that he disliked Jiang He, so he remained silent.
The old butler had seen everything and quickly went over to help Jiang He up.
"Miss."
"It's nothing, it's just that the sword techniques are too powerful, and my skills are not good enough."
Jiang He lowered her eyes innocently, looking sad.
Anyone can pretend to be innocent and pure.
Jiang He was helped back to the conference room by the old housekeeper.
The others were also startled to see Jiang He in such a disheveled state.
"What happened? He got himself into this state just by studying the stone tablet. He really is a good-for-nothing as the outside world says."
"Stop talking, stop talking, the patriarch is looking over here."
Jiang Yaoyi didn't care about the incident just now. In her opinion, the Jiang family only valued talented juniors. Compared to her, Jiang He could never win.
Jiang He naturally didn't mention what happened in front of the stone cave earlier. She simply wanted to annoy Jiang Yaoyi and leave a different impression on the old steward.
The old butler often followed Jiang Shan and could be considered Jiang Shan's eyes and ears. He would also help Jiang He when needed.
After the three finished studying the stone tablet, the Jiang family held a lively family banquet.
When Jiang He saw the dishes on the table, she felt they were tasteless. Although they were expensive organic foods, the cooking methods were monotonous, all of them being steamed or blanched.
She had no appetite at all and only ate meat.
The younger generation sat at one table, and Jiang Xiazhu happened to sit next to Jiang He.
Thinking about the suffering she had endured today because of Jiang He, her eyes were filled with hatred.
Jiang Xiazhu leisurely picked up a dish and placed it in Jiang He's bowl:
“Sister Jiang He, you’re so thin. You should eat more vegetables when you come to the Jiang family. Don’t just eat meat. This is a spiritual plant. One plant is worth hundreds of thousands on the Star Network.”
She smiled sweetly, but her smile held a hidden dagger:
"Oh dear, look at my memory, I've forgotten that Sister Jiang He just came back from the garbage planet and doesn't even recognize all these dishes yet."
Whether Jiang Xiazhu had learned her lesson or consulted someone, her subtle words, though lacking any mocking language, were all sarcastically implying that Jiang He was an ignorant citizen of a small planet.
After these words were spoken, the women around Jiang He distanced themselves from her.
"Garbage planet? I've never been to a planet like that since I was a child. I've heard that the people on garbage planets wear tattered clothes and don't care about hygiene."
They knew Jiang He had been found on a remote planet, but they didn't know it was this remote.
"Let alone spiritual plants, I don't even recognize the ordinary organic natural vegetables on this."
Someone whispered.
Everyone present heard this. Jiang He paused, her chopsticks still holding the fish, and before she knew it, someone had put a piece of food into her bowl.
It looked like it still had someone's saliva on it, and Jiang He instantly lost her appetite.
“Jiang Xiazhu, if you’re mentally ill, go get it treated. If you keep acting like a scapegoat, I’ll really start to think you’re targeting me and that you don’t like me.”
Jiang Xiazhu hadn't expected Jiang He to be so blunt. Before she could speak, Jiang He continued:
"It's understandable that you look down on me, after all, you said this morning that I was born of a mother but not raised by one. But I clearly have a mother."
As soon as Jiang He finished speaking, her eyes filled with tears, which streamed down her face in a pitiful way.
The people at the table were already shocked enough by Jiang He's words, but they never expected Jiang Xiazhu to say such a thing, which directly offended Xue Qiu.
No wonder some of them saw Jiang Xiazhu kneeling at the entrance of the ancestral hall all day today.
Jiang He placed herself in a vulnerable position, and when the others saw Jiang He crying like this, they all turned their reproachful gazes toward Jiang Xiazhu.
Jiang Xiazhu almost couldn't catch her breath:
“I didn’t look down on Sister Jiang He.”
“Sister, Xia Zhu is serving you food because she cares about you. How could she possibly dislike you?”
Jiang Yaoyi stepped in to speak up. As the most skilled among the younger generation, everyone heard her as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Oh dear, but I don't eat water spinach that's been smeared with other people's saliva. Yaoyi, why don't you have a bite? Don't let Xiazhu's concern go to waste."
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
Jiang Xiazhu was speaking incoherently.
When Jiang He said this, she deliberately emphasized the words "saliva" and "water spinach".
Upon hearing this, the younger generation at the table couldn't help but glance at Jiang He's bowl.
Regardless of whether there was saliva on the food, their expressions were somewhat surprised and complicated after hearing what Jiang He said.
Jiang He smiled and handed the bowl to Jiang Yaoyi:
"Sister Yaoyi, could you try a bite of the water spinach for me first?"
Jiang Yaoyi looked at the bowl in Jiang He's hand, unsure whether to take it or not, caught in a dilemma.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Xiazhu's face turned bright red with anger. She snatched the bowl from Jiang He's hand, slammed it on the table, and then ran out crying.
"What a pity! So many spiritual plants like bok choy, water spinach, and radishes. It's a shame that Jiang Xiazhu didn't get to eat any."
The people at the table looked at each other in bewilderment. They hadn't expected that Jiang He could make Jiang Xiazhu cry with just a few words, and Jiang Yaoyi had also suffered a setback.
Jiang Xiazhu's earlier statement that Jiang He was unsophisticated is now completely unfounded.
Jiang He didn't seem to come from a remote planet at all. They didn't even know the names of many of these spiritual plants, but Jiang He knew them all.
After Jiang Xiazhu's outburst, no one dared to provoke Jiang He anymore.
Regardless of how awkward the people at the table were, Jiang He felt that Jiang Xiazhu and Jiang Yaoyi were truly insane.
Not to mention that this table of dishes wasn't even as delicious as a simple spicy cabbage dish from her previous life; they were all just ordinary vegetables.
Jiang He would have left long ago if she hadn't seen that everyone else was still there.
Jiang Xiazhu's attempt to challenge her expertise with ordinary vegetables can only be attributed to bad luck.