CHAPTER 587: CHAPTER 585: RECONCILIATION

Mr. Jiang choked and felt that Wan Chu’er, his granddaughter-in-law, was being ridiculously stubborn and disobedient, so he angrily said:

"Jiayi isn’t like you, waving her claws around. Jiayi is obedient and sensible. Jiayi said that she wanted to get along well with you, so why would she suddenly say such things? It must be because she’s aggrieved by you. Tell me, how have you bullied her!"

What nonsense is this old man talking about? He’s calling her troublesome, complaining she isn’t obedient and sensible, and accusing her of bullying Lin Jiayi. Wan Chu’er felt like she was running out of patience.

"Do you even know what Lin Jiayi has done?

Lingling and I opened a clothing studio, and right after that, she discouraged Lingling and threw cold water on our plans, then sneakily opened her own studio to compete with us.

Fine, there are plenty of studios around; she’s free to open her own, we didn’t say anything.

But then, she secretly lured away our employees and stole the designs our designers worked so hard to create. Do you know what kind of behavior this is? It’s theft! It’s a crime!

If I really wanted to deal with her, I could just call the police and send her to jail, but did I? No! Lin Jiayi, all safe and sound, brings a bunch of reporters to others and claims that Jiang Lingling and I plagiarized her work.

You are experienced and well-informed, so tell me, isn’t this the thief crying ’Stop thief?’ Isn’t this defamation?

Not only that, but she also comes to you to sow discord, asking you to scold me for bullying her.

You are the elder, and you had my mother-in-law call me over. I respect you, without a second word, I dropped everything and hurried over, only to be labeled as a shrew the moment I arrived.

Grandpa, since I do call you grandpa, I won’t hold this against you this time. But next time, I won’t come to endure these baseless accusations."

Wan Chu’er decided to face the music and clarify the situation with Mr. Jiang, clearly telling him what Lin Jiayi had done. Of course, she spared the details of her own actions to avoid giving him more trouble and raising his blood pressure.

Neither Mrs. Jiang nor Mr. Jiang expected Wan Chu’er to suddenly blow up, rattling off so much, and, moreover, seemed to be clear and reasonable in everything she said, making it appear that she was the one who had been wronged, not Lin Jiayi.

Mrs. Jiang muttered, "Xiao Chu, is it really so? Why didn’t you tell the family?"

Had she told the family, they could have taken her side—after all, as their daughter-in-law, she was much more important than Lin Jiayi, who was just a niece.

Mrs. Jiang felt a bit guilty for not understanding the whole situation and for helping Mr. Jiang summon Wan Chu’er back, and she had even advised her not to take Mr. Jiang’s words to heart.

Wan Chu’er softened her tone, saying, "It’s nothing, we’re all adults here, we’ll always think of a solution."

Mr. Jiang felt somewhat awkward for a moment and, after pursing his lips several times, still asked, "Is what you’re saying true?"

Even though he preferred his well-behaved granddaughter Lin Jiayi, he wasn’t the kind of person who couldn’t tell right from wrong, especially since another granddaughter, Jiang Lingling, was involved.

Wan Chu’er said, "You can call Lin Jiayi to confront her face to face, you can also ask Jiang Lingling."

Seeing her speak with such certainty, Mr. Jiang knew that what Wan Chu’er said was mostly true; it seemed he had indeed wronged his granddaughter-in-law.

Mr. Jiang held his face taut, somewhat unnaturally saying, "I will ask Jiayi for clarification. No matter what, since you’ve married into the Jiang Family, we are all family. A family should help each other, show love, and get along with each other in the future."

Even though he knew he was wrong, Mr. Jiang, a man who had been strong-willed his entire life and always considered himself the head of the family, couldn’t lower his face to apologize to Wan Chu’er. Instead, he took the opportunity to give her a lecture, which made Mrs. Jiang furrow her brows in disapproval.

Wan Chu’er sneered inwardly and calmly said, "If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving now."

Mr. Jiang turned his face away and said nothing, Mrs. Jiang sighed and asked Wan Chu’er, "It’s almost time for dinner, do you want to stay here and eat before heading back?"

Where was she in the mood to eat here? Seeing Mr. Jiang’s face, Wan Chu’er naturally declined: "I’ve promised to have dinner with Chuanqi and Hunter today."

Since Chuanqi and Hunter had started kindergarten, they didn’t have much time to come to the compound during the day.

Mrs. Jiang naturally prioritized her grandchildren and thus let Wan Chu’er leave earlier to pick up the kids. She escorted Wan Chu’er outside.

"Xiao Chu, if anything comes up in the future, don’t suffer in silence. If it’s inconvenient to talk to me and your dad, just tell Ke Chu and let him help you solve it."

Wan Chu’er smiled, her eyes twinkling as she said, "Don’t worry, Lin Jiayi didn’t get much advantage from me. She’s actually hit her own foot with the rock, and now she’s in a total mess."

Mrs. Jiang was taken aback and then chuckled twice, "Good, that’s how it should be, don’t let yourself be taken advantage of."

Compared to a niece who was always up to no good, her daughter-in-law was more important.

Hearing Mrs. Jiang say this made Wan Chu’er feel much better, and she smiled, "I’ll bring the kids over for a meal this weekend."

"Ah, good, whatever you all feel like eating, just let me know in advance," Mrs. Jiang said happily.

Two days later, Jiang Lingling came bounding into Jinse Garden.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, guess who came looking for me today?" As soon as she entered, Jiang Lingling began shouting and then didn’t wait for Wan Chu’er to guess before blurting out the answer herself.

"It was Lin Jiayi! I was so surprised, never thought it. When I heard she was coming, I thought she was itching for a fight and came to start one with me. I was all geared up with weapons ready, but then Lin Jiayi hit me with an ’I’m sorry’ out of nowhere, gave me quite the scare. I thought she had taken the wrong medicine or something."

"She even apologized to me in front of so many people, said she was sorry about the past and wanted to get along well in the future. She also asked me to apologize to you on her behalf."

"Here, this is the apology gift she sent us. Originally, I did not want to accept it, but she said I couldn’t decide for you, so I had no choice but to bring it over. Sister-in-law, what do you think we should do?"

Facing Jiang Lingling’s excitement, Wan Chu’er was much calmer. Lin Jiayi had called her, but she didn’t answer; Lin Jiayi had sent her an apology text, which she also didn’t reply to.

Wan Chu’er said, "If she wants to reconcile, then let bygones be bygones."

Jiang Lingling gasped, blurting out, "How can that be alright? Director Yu hasn’t had her revenge yet, and Lin Jiayi still hasn’t fired that Rose."

"Whether Rose is fired is Lin Jiayi’s business; Director Yu seeking revenge is Rose’s concern. We are just reconciling with Lin Jiayi; Director Yu hasn’t reconciled with Rose," said Wan Chu’er.

Jiang Lingling pouted, "What’s all this about?"

"If others don’t offend me, I don’t offend others," Wan Chu’er replied.

"And if others offend me?"

"Then fight back, of course. Haven’t you seen how Zhi Mei is barely surviving now? Plus, Lin Jiayi has even bowed her noble head," Wan Chu’er said with a laugh.

Zhi Mei used to be on par with Time, even vaguely suppressing it. But after this incident, its reputation in the circle plummeted, and it’s no longer feasible to compare it with Time.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Lingling suddenly understood and exclaimed, "Oh, I get what you mean now!"