CHAPTER 743: CHAPTER 733 INTENTIONAL BLACKMAIL

Seeing Jiang Lingxi coming out, the team members who had been waiting outside for almost a whole day promptly stood up.

They hesitated whether to go up and say hello.

After all, they’ve been exposed, wouldn’t it be impolite not to greet?

But before she could resolve her dilemma, she saw her surveillance target heading towards the entrance. As she passed by, she didn’t spare a glance her way, leaving without looking sideways.

Instead, the lady accompanying her turned her head to take a good look at her.

In a moment of daze, a hint of understanding arose in her heart.

Miss Jiang wishes to maintain a tacit understanding with her?

Thinking this way, she instantly felt much more at ease and reassured.

Otherwise, in the upcoming surveillance time, she really wouldn’t know how to face Miss Jiang, who had already discovered her existence.

Watching the person already leaving and about to return to the car, the team member quickly turned back to ask the waiter, "How much is the total for my food and lunch?"

"No need to pay, your meals are free."

Team member: "..."

She also wants to be a fan of Jiang Lingxi!

Such a good person, her pension, it’s finally preserved!

Tong Yue started the car, "Xixi, who exactly was that girl just now?"

Saying one thing and acting another, it left her quite puzzled.

"Just think of her as a slightly special bodyguard."

Tong Yue immediately associated with a lot of messy stuff, her expression turned serious: "Understood, I won’t ask more. Will you be in danger then?"

Jiang Lingxi: "..."

What on earth is she imagining?

She shook her head helplessly, "No."

"Then I’ll take you back to Xiyuan now. When Director Feng is available, I’ll arrange a meeting for you to discuss the new film. If there’s nothing else, I won’t disturb you."

"...Alright."

She doesn’t really know what the misunderstanding is, but since the real reason can’t be explained, they may as well let it be misunderstood for now.

As Jiang Lingxi returned to Xiyuan, Shen Yunqing also arrived.

The two of them saw each other and almost simultaneously asked, "How was your day?"

But before they could share their experiences of being watched, Jiang Lingxi’s phone rang, so she had to answer it first.

"Mom?"

"Xixi, sigh!"

Jiang Lingxi raised an eyebrow, "What are you sighing about?"

"Are you done with your work over there?"

"Yes, I’m back at Xiyuan."

"That’s good, sigh, I’m just not sure how to tell you, your grand-aunt indeed has some issues with her mind as your brother inquired before."

Jiang Lingxi now understood why Jiang Wenhu sighed.

Although she had never met the grand-uncle in question, just by listening to Jiang Wenhu, she could tell he was a wise and intelligent elder. However, precisely such an elder married a wife with mental health issues, which also led to them being unable to have a next generation, naturally leading to feelings of imbalance.

"What kind of issues?"

Mental issues come in various forms: intellectual deficiency, emotional instability, manic rage, possible forgetfulness, etc.

"The lady next door to your grand-uncle, Aunt Chen, lives nearby and has had the most interaction with your grand-aunt, but she said she couldn’t tell what exactly was wrong with grand-aunt either.

She mentioned that whenever they coincidentally met grand-aunt outside, she looked no different from a normal person and would sometimes wander in the residential compound herself, just never went out alone, probably due to grand-uncle’s specific instructions.

There was once when some stray cats in the compound raised by everyone were being stealthily captured by cat dealers, and your grand-aunt happened to be feeding the strays when she encountered them. While squatting behind the green belt, the cat dealers didn’t notice her. Usually, a normal person would have quietly hidden and called the police or sought help, but your grand-aunt bravely dashed forward to grab a female cat dealer and refused to let go. When everyone arrived after hearing the commotion, two of her fingers were broken by the cat dealer, but she held on regardless of the pain, glaring at the cat dealer and scaring her.

It was at the hospital that they found out not only were two fingers broken, but a few strands of hair pulled out so severely that it bled, and she had several significant bruises on her back and thighs from being kicked by the cat dealer’s accomplice, nearly injuring her bones and internal organs."

Jiang Wenhu couldn’t help but pause for breath at this point, "Xixi, you have no idea. When I heard this over the phone, I didn’t even dare to breathe heavily, and Aunt Chen on the other end of the line nearly cried, she was scared out of her wits. I can’t imagine the scene at that time, your grand-aunt truly has a kind heart, to go to such lengths for a few stray cats, but a typical person could never do such a thing, who would disregard their own safety for a few stray cats!"

"Aunt Chen also said that your grand-uncle actually takes your grand-aunt to big cities for treatment every winter and summer, but this illness in her brain is, to put it simply, a comfort. Knowing such a fact, all the neighbors and acquaintances try to be careful and look after your grand-aunt, treating her as normal as they can. Your grand-uncle has also thought of various ways to prevent things like this from happening again. But everyone knows deep down, your grand-aunt is not quite the same as ordinary people."

Jiang Lingxi quietly listened to Jiang Wenhu relay all this information, calmly reminding, "Jiang Wenjia probably knows about grand-aunt’s situation and plans to use this to bring grand-uncle back to the Imperial City with her, so you can’t neglect the Jiang Family."

"Shameless!"

Jiang Lingxi: "..."

She noticed Miss Jiang seems to have only this one insult.

"Luckily you, dad, and Xiaoxu went there personally.

Jiang Wenhu immediately brightened, "That’s right, it’s just Jiang Wenjia who came to Mao City, but we have three people here. And she left today as soon as she heard your grand-uncle wasn’t in, not knowing that your dad, brother, and I have also come."

"Yes, so the advantage is in our hands now."

"I initially left my contact with your grand-uncle’s neighbor so they could inform me as soon as grand-uncle returned, but thinking about it now, it’s a bit insecure, so tomorrow morning, the three of us will go over to watch."

Jiang Lingxi opened her mouth but did not dissuade her, if it feels more reassuring then they should do it.

"It’s quite chilly in the morning, remember to dress warmly."

"Got it, got it."

"After seeing grand-uncle, what do you plan to do?"

This question left Jiang Wenhu silent for a moment; she initially just wanted to check if her uncle was living well all these years, but unexpectedly learned that Jiang Wenjia was scheming to use her uncle and aunt to blackmail her, focusing only on rage and trying to thwart Jiang Wenjia’s plans without deciding on the next step.

Now that Jiang Wenjia knows the address of her uncle and aunt, and her aunt is in such a worrisome condition, staying in this place is likely out of the question!