Chapter 378 - 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.