A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles

Ji Youzhi didn’t lie at all, it was truly what he thought.

"You’re right in your thoughts, but who told you that we didn’t visit Suisui every now and then?

My sister-in-law and I often went, only the second sister-in-law is a bit silent, always going out early and returning late, but she has also gone with me and the sister-in-law to see Suisui a few times."

Suddenly, Zhu Xiuxiu’s voice came from the side.

Ji Youzhi and Ji Youyuan hurriedly looked over at her.

"Third sister-in-law!"

"Third brother’s wife!"

Zhu Xiuxiu carried a tray and placed it on the stone table.

"I know you must have a lot of questions about what happened to Suisui at the old Li Family’s house.

In fact, when Suisui was rescued, I knew you would definitely ask, but for the sake of harmony in the Ji Family, plus we’re daughters-in-law married into the Ji Family after all, you have no reason to question us."

Ji Youzhi silently lowered his head.

Ji Youyuan coughed to cover up and said, "Third brother’s wife, don’t think too much, we’re just... reviewing, yes, like the eighth brother often says, when things happen, we need to review and need the truth."

Zhu Xiuxiu sat down, took out her own wine glass, and poured herself a drink.

"I know, big brother, don’t worry, in fact, there are things I’m more eager to know than you."

"Things third sister-in-law is eager to know?"

"Yes! Big brother and sister-in-law have been married for many years without a child, and sister-in-law has always been brooding over this. You know about this, don’t you, big brother?"

Ji Youyuan nodded, recalling when he faced the Great Wizard in Nanjiang, he almost couldn’t come back. Later, his meridian flow reversed, and he forcibly increased his cultivation to confront the Great Wizard, leading to the cost of severing his leg meridians for victory.

Even then, despite being injured, he couldn’t leave.

It was only when his sect junior, Wang Dongxue, arrived just in time to take him away.

The junior sister took meticulous care of him, and since they were originally childhood sweethearts, after his recovery and return to the Sect, Wang Dongxue on her own planned the wedding, wearing a red wedding dress in front of the entire Sect, to marry him.

At that time, he was both helpless and moved, and under the instigation of everyone in the Sect, he married Wang Dongxue.

After years of marriage without a child, he knew the problem mostly lay with his legs, and the doctor said it was related to his state of mind.

When his mother learned his legs were broken, she traveled a thousand miles with his second brother to visit the Illusion Sect, but after many troubles, she still couldn’t cure him. However, the second brother had some insights, saying if the opportunity was right, collecting the necessary medicinal materials and concocting an extraordinary formula, or refining an elixir, his legs could be restored.

With these words from the second brother, the mother found some solace, so she left the Illusion Sect to find Xi’Er.

He also dispatched many people to search, but they still couldn’t find her.

Another year passed in the blink of an eye, but he still had no news of Xi’Er.

However, Wang Dongxue was becoming anxious; after being married for more than a year, she still had no child.

Although she never mentioned it in front of him, he knew it was because of his disabled legs, leading to frequent neglect of his wife in marital matters.

So when he received a letter from his mother saying Xi’Er was found, he and Wang Dongxue returned home together.

Upon seeing his mother, he was shocked; she looked ten years older than a year ago, and had lost all her martial arts.

His sister had died in childbirth, leaving a newborn child.

His brother-in-law, whom he had never met, had died heroically on the battlefield!

All of this was beyond his expectations.

Their four brothers were scattered in different places back then, and they all felt very guilty about this; they wanted to find out the truth about the missing year of their sister.

The truth about whether Li Dalang joined the army was uncertain.

After asking the Li Family, the Li Family was evasive and entangled, unable to clarify what Li Dalang had been doing all these years.

Therefore, they genuinely had no way to investigate their sister’s affairs.

The Li Family did say that Li Dalang was an apprentice in an Escort Agency, but never mentioned which Escort Agency he was an apprentice of, let alone that he was an escort; everything was unclear, and no one mentioned he had another name, Li Qi!

So when Ji Youyuan and the others sent people to the Escort Agency, they were informed there was no such person as Li Dalang.

In fact, there was another possibility they hadn’t considered: Ji Xi’Er might have asked the Escort Agency to hide all information about Li Qi.

Plus, Ji Laoba’s information network hadn’t been fully established at that time.

Later, they figured everything out, but by then Suisui was already in trouble.

Just as they were getting to the bottom of everything related to their sister, the conspiracy of Xunyang began to unfold overwhelmingly before them.

Everything was beyond their control!

"Big brother, seventh brother, I think I still need to tell you about what Suisui has gone through all these years."

Zhu Xiuxiu saw that Ji Youyuan remained silent, so she said, "Sister-in-law entered the family before me and the second sister-in-law, and by the time I got to Ling Village, Suisui was already over a year old. Sister-in-law often went to see Suisui, and Suisui was being raised chubby and fair; every time we visited, the old Li lady and Zhao Chunxiang wouldn’t let go of Suisui, not even letting us hold her for a moment.

At that time, I found it strange because Suisui was not Zhao Chunxiang’s biological child, yet she was so reluctant to let us hold her!

But since I hadn’t encountered such a malicious woman before, I didn’t think in other directions.

It wasn’t until Suisui got into trouble that I realized Zhao Chunxiang and her mother-in-law didn’t want us to have close contact with Suisui, probably because they were treating Suisui badly at that time.

But I was too young and didn’t think deeply enough, so I didn’t discover Suisui’s situation in the Li Family!"

"What does this have to do with Dongxue’s failure to conceive?"

Ji Youyuan asked as Zhu Xiuxiu had been talking for some time without mentioning anything related to Wang Dongxue.

"Big brother might not know, but the sister-in-law always wanted to bring Suisui back to the Ji Family to raise. I once overheard sister-in-law say that when Suisui was weaned, she would bring her over; she even made lots of small clothes for Xiaosuisui, and while she was at it, made some for that Li Yanyan too, delivering them every now and then. Later, when we met Zhao Chunxiang and her daughter in town, we found all of Suisui’s clothes were being worn by Li Yanyan, while Suisui was wearing worn-out clothes that Zhao Chunxiang’s family modified.

Only then did the sister-in-law stop, saying she would wait until Suisui was older and no longer needed breastfeeding to bring her over."

Upon hearing this, Ji Youzhi couldn’t help but frown and ask, "Since sister-in-law had this plan, why didn’t you go pick Suisui up when she was one and no longer breastfeeding?"

Zhu Xiuxiu just gave a bitter smile, "Mother didn’t agree! Sister-in-law mentioned it several times, but Mother just wouldn’t agree!"

"Why didn’t Mother agree?"

Ji Youzhi asked, deeply puzzled.

Ji Youyuan coughed and replied.

"Mother probably knew at that time that she didn’t have much time left. At that time, Suisui seemed ordinary, with no outstanding talents or bones. She perhaps shared the same thoughts as Xi’Er—our surroundings were very dangerous, leaving Suisui with the Li Family to live an ordinary life might have been the best choice for her!"

These words from Ji Youyuan made Ji Youzhi fall silent.

"That’s right, I once heard Mother and sister-in-law saying this."

Zhu Xiuxiu nodded firmly, confirming Ji Youyuan’s guess.

"This was indeed Mother’s thought, but we never expected that the world would harbor an Evil God Xunyang, who was hiding in the dark, plotting all this!"

"To this day, we’ve managed to uncover and thwart Xunyang’s conspiracy in time, and Suisui is now doing well. The main issue now is with Mother. Third brother’s wife, concerning Mother’s living needs, you will have to take the trouble to care for her more, using nourishing ingredients in her meals."

"Rest assured, big brother, over the years, Mother has treated us like her own daughters, and I will certainly take good care of her."

"Seventh brother, your case..."

"I will handle it properly and try not to leave Capital City."

Ji Youyuan nodded, "The eighth brother has suddenly left the city, keep an eye on his movements outside, and it’s best to write him a letter, telling him not to delay outside and to return as soon as possible."

"Alright!"

Ji Youzhi nodded, then worriedly said to him.

"Big brother, it’s nothing else, but the fourth brother..."

Ji Youyuan sighed, "What he wants to do, none of us can stop it!"

"Achoo!"

Riding on horseback toward the Nine-Tiered Tower of Xiling, Ji Youbo sneezed hard, but paid it no mind as he waved the horsewhip and headed west.

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