Chapter 1229 - 956 Questioning the Past_3
The Elder Madam Ji rose and headed toward the inner chamber.
"Mother! You...how about I call Third Sister-in-law and Second Sister-in-law to keep you company?"
The Elder Madam Ji ignored them, having returned to the inner chamber, and began to cough lightly while sitting in front of the dressing mirror.
"Eldest Brother! Mother’s...
Ji Youzhi looked worriedly towards the interior of the room.
Ji Youyuan shook his head, signaling for him to step outside with him to talk later.
"Eldest Brother, Mother’s condition... Why do I feel like Mother’s health isn’t too good?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Youyuan paused in his steps.
Then he turned his head to look at him, and after a while he asked, "Do you have any major cases to handle recently?"
Ji Youzhi replied, "There’s no major case in the capital, but previously the Li Family’s case implicated too many people, and His Majesty wants to take some officials into account and thoroughly investigate some who’ve passed the examinations for years but never entered office.
We need to see who can be used and who cannot. Apart from the information checked by Old Eight’s hidden compartment, I have to investigate all over again in the open, so I’ve been very busy lately!"
Ji Youyuan nodded upon hearing this and asked further, "Do you need to leave the capital? Not being in the capital for a long time?"
"Some need to go out of the capital for investigation, some don’t. After all, since this time His Majesty decided to employ scholars from humble origins, most need to investigate the roots and go to their local household registrations to investigate."
Ji Youyuan responded, "For the tasks that require leaving the capital, delegate them to others as much as you can!
Try your best to stay in the capital during this period and not leave!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Youzhi’s eyes widened in disbelief, fixating on Ji Youyuan.
"E-Eldest Brother, what do you mean?"
An inexplicable look of fear appeared in Ji Youzhi’s eyes.
Even his breathing became a bit heavier.
Ji Youyuan was the first to walk to the back garden, at this time the garden was already blooming with many flowers.
Ji Youyuan sat directly on a stone stool.
Took out a jug of wine and two cups from his sleeve.
He poured a cup of wine for Ji Youzhi and himself.
"I... I still have to go to the Divine Hunter’s station to handle matters later, so I won’t drink wine."
Ji Youyuan ignored him, picked up a cup of wine, and drank it down in one gulp.
"Old Seven, do you know why Mother likes Suisui so much?"
Hearing this, Ji Youzhi chuckled lightly, saying, "Suisui is so likable, isn’t it natural for Mother to like her?
Don’t you also like her, Eldest Brother?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Youyuan chuckled softly.
"Then have you ever thought about why after Xi’Er passed away back then, Mother didn’t bring Suisui back, but always kept her at the Li Family?"
Ji Youzhi replied.
"Eldest Brother, I have two ways to answer this question, which one would you like to hear?"
Ji Youyuan responded, "Tell me both."
Ji Youzhi thought for a moment and said.
"The first way is the normal attitude of common people towards outsiders.
People always say that a married daughter is like water poured out.
Back then, Fifth Sister and Li Qi got married unprovoked, our Ji Family wasn’t even aware of her marriage. If not for Yuan Yifan mentioning a past incident between them today, we wouldn’t have known what kind of person Li Qi was, right?"
Ji Youyuan nodded, indicating for him to continue.
Ji Youzhi continued to speak.
"Another way is that Mother must have been angry, and a few years ago, we didn’t have any capability at all. I calculated the time. When Fifth Sister got married and had children, Old Eight and I hadn’t fully set up our information network in the capital, and you happened to be breaking your leg in Nanjiang. Although Third Brother was the best at that time, his business already extended across Da Jiang, but he was also busy. He couldn’t have imagined Fifth Sister would be so daring, right?"
Ji Youyuan glared at him fiercely, "Can’t you say something useful? What I’m talking about is Mother, why didn’t she think of bringing Suisui back to the Ji Family?
If Suisui hadn’t had the ability to seek help in the Dream Realm, wouldn’t it mean that Suisui would have died last year?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Youzhi scratched his nose, picked up the wine cup on the stone table, and drank it down hard.
Then he said, "That’s inevitable!"
"Do you think Mother is such a hard-hearted person?
Didn’t she think about Suisui’s future?"
Ji Youzhi remained silent and directly took Ji Youyuan’s wine jug, poured himself a cup, drank it all at once, then said.
"Eldest Brother, then I’ll tell the truth!
When I first learned that Suisui was almost beaten to death and that the old lady of the Li Family intended to bury her alive, I also questioned myself as to why I’ve never thought about going home to check in between cases all these years. If I could have known about Suisui’s situation earlier, perhaps things wouldn’t have turned out this way.
Sometimes I also thought about asking Mother why, all these years, she and the three sisters-in-law have been so close to the Li Family, they surely knew how the Li Family treated Suisui, why they couldn’t check on Suisui a bit more, or bring her to live in the Ji Family, wouldn’t that make everything different?"