The Double-Chapter 710 - 216 Sister and Brother_2

Xue Zhao also felt at a loss as he looked at Jiang Li. When this girl heard that his leg was broken, she cried like this, and he could tell that she was genuinely sad for him. But precisely because of this, Xue Zhao became even more puzzled. He indeed had never seen this strange girl before, so why should she be so distressed for him? All he could do was to frantically try to comfort her, "Miss, you don’t need to pity me. Although I can’t stand up, I’m still alive. As long as I’m alive, I can do whatever I want in the future. There are countless people more pitiful than me in this world; some aren’t even alive. Compared to them, I’m already in good shape."

At these words, Jiang Li was stunned. She said, "Alive? Right... why are you here... Aren’t you dead?"

Xue Zhao was taken aback, looking towards Jih Heng.

Jih Heng said warmly, "Do you remember that day you asked me to go to Princess Yongning’s private prison to find Jiang Youyao?"

Jiang Li nodded.

"While I was in the private prison, I saw him. He begged me to save him, so I brought him back with me," Jih Heng replied.

Hearing this, a flash of realization suddenly crossed the young man’s face. He said, "You are... Miss Jiang the Second?"

Xue Zhao still remembered what Zhao Ke had said: that day, it was Miss Jiang the Second who had asked Jih Heng to go to the private prison in the Princess’s Mansion to find someone, and coincidentally, she stumbled upon him. Counting it up, Jih Heng was his lifesaver, and Jiang Li could also be considered to have saved his life. If it weren’t for Miss Jiang the Second asking Jih Heng to go to the Princess’s private prison, he might not have been discovered.

He said, "So Miss is Miss Jiang the Second of the Jiang Family."

Jiang Li looked at him; his eyes were filled with gratitude towards her. In Xue Zhao’s eyes, Jiang Li was just an accidental lifesaver.

"I’m not Miss Jiang the Second," she said, "I am your sister, Ah Zhao."

Xue Zhao was taken aback.

He was somewhat confused by Jiang Li’s words. Jiang Li looked clearly younger than himself, so why would she call herself his sister, and besides, it was rather presumptuous for her to ask him to call her sister upon their first meeting.

Seeing that he was still confused, Jiang Li knew that Xue Zhao hadn’t understood her, and she repeated, "Ah Zhao, I am Xue Fangfei, your sister."

Her voice could not help but tremble, and Jih Heng reached out to hold his hand, which somewhat calmed Jiang Li. But Ah Zhao was as if struck by lightning, staring at Jiang Li, and it took a while before he said, "What... what are you talking about..."

The girl in front of him was a stranger; Xue Zhao had definitely never seen this lady before, and his sister, as soon as Xue Zhao thought of her, he felt extreme heartache. While in the private prison, Xue Zhao had already learned of Xue Fangfei’s death, his poor sister, victimized by that adulterous couple and burdened with baseless accusations.

"You don’t believe me, do you?" Jiang Li asked softly.

"I don’t know you... My sister is already dead." Xue Zhao looked at her, replying blankly.

"You have a round birthmark on your body," Jiang Li said.

Xue Zhao was stunned. He indeed had a birthmark on the inner side of his thigh, there since childhood, which no one apart from his family should know about. But that was nothing; after he was brought to the Duke Residence to be treated for his injuries, perhaps someone saw it.

"When you were five years old, you followed me into the forest and fell into a swamp. I was the one who rescued you. At that time, we both thought we were not going to survive, but in the end, we were lucky enough to come out alive. Father forbade us from playing in the woods, so when we returned home, neither of us told Father about it. That was our secret, unknown to any third person," she said.

Xue Zhao’s eyes slowly widened. He knew what Jiang Li was saying was true; that incident indeed had no third person privy to it. But because it was a matter of life and death, it was etched exceptionally clearly in his mind and still unforgettable to this day.

"You love Osmanthus Cake, enjoy drinking Green Bamboo Wine the most, and you like to go to Uncle Zhang’s tavern in Tongxiang. Whenever you go out, you always carry a string of copper coins, One Ingot of silver. That silver was won from the gambling house, and you never liked to spend it, saying that you would save up Fifty Taels of silver to buy a Treasured Sword. You like the boots I made for you, not the brushes and ink Father bought, you’ve always been closer to me since we were young..."

She went on at length, not even pausing through her discourse. Those memories seemed to be deeply engraved in her heart, never forgotten for a moment. As she spoke more and more, it seemed as if those listening could see Xue Zhao growing from a little boy to a spirited young man right before their eyes.

Tears unknowingly welled up in Ah Zhao’s eyes, and his body also began to tremble, staring at Jiang Li as if he was forcefully suppressing his excitement.

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