The Double-Chapter 711 - 216 Sister and Brother_3

It wasn’t until Jiang Li saw him shed tears that she stopped speaking and asked, "Do you believe me now, Ah Zhao?"

With a mixture of laughter and tears, Ah Zhao looked at her. After quite a while, he suddenly exclaimed, "...Sister!"

Believe her? How could he not? Everything she had mentioned had truly happened to him. Including his habits, which if someone else wished to inquire, they’d find no trace of his inner thoughts. Those conversations of heart-to-heart talks he had with his sister over the years, Jiang Li could now repeat them without missing a word. He knew his sister had a photographic memory!

And her manner of speaking was just too similar to Xue Fangfei’s. If Jiang Li had not revealed her identity, Xue Zhao would have thought it was merely a coincidence, but once she disclosed who she was, all those little clues transformed into irrefutable evidence. Although the eyes and brows were unfamiliar, for a moment, Xue Zhao felt as if his sister had come back to life, tenderly indulging his naughtiness and telling him how to become a true man of honor and integrity.

"Sister!" Xue Zhao called out.

"Ah Zhao..." Jiang Li cried.

"Sister! You really are my sister!" Xue Zhao said, "Everyone outside says you’re dead, I thought you were dead too, how are you still alive, how did you become this person?" Suddenly, he realized, "Did you disguise yourself? But how did you become the Second Miss of the Jiang Family? How have you been these days, were Shen Yurong and Princess Yongning the ones who killed you? And father, have you seen him? Does he know about us?"

His questions were too many, which showed that he truly had a lot of puzzles he wanted to clarify. Smiling through her tears, Jiang Li simply said, "It’s alright, I’ll tell you everything one by one."

"Ah Zhao, I am no longer Xue Fangfei now; I am Jiang Li, the daughter of Jiang Yuanbai. At that time, Shen Yurong and Princess Yongning plotted against me, causing my reputation to suffer, forcing me to stay at home. Princess Yongning wanted to drug me, but when I discovered what was going on, she strangled me instead."

Even hearing this sort of thing for the second time, Jih Heng couldn’t help but furrow her brows slightly, holding Jiang Li’s hand a little tighter. Xue Zhao was even more furious, his teeth clenched as he swore, "Scoundrels!"

"I didn’t know what was going on, at the time I thought I was dead too, but when I woke up, I had become the Second Miss of the Jiang Family. The original Second Miss lived on Green City Mountain, so I made my way back to Yanjing City, seeking an opportunity for revenge."

Xue Zhao asked, "So, Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong being accused and punished, was it your doing?"

"Yes. Although I stayed in the shadows, it was father who wrote the accusation," she replied.

"Father?" Xue Zhao realized that Jiang Li was talking about Xue Huaiyuan, and with surprise, he asked, "Father is also in Yanjing?"

Jiang Li sighed. Xue Zhao had been locked up by Princess Yongning for far too long, completely unaware of what had happened outside. Princess Yongning hadn’t told him either, so Xue Zhao had no idea how much Xue Huaiyuan had suffered in Tongxiang.

"After my death, Princess Yongning even had people go to Tongxiang and falsely accuse father, sending him to prison where he was tortured and became delirious. After becoming Jiang Li, since her maternal grandfather was in Xiangyang, I found a way to go there and learned about father’s situation. To clear his name, I brought the people of Tongxiang to Yanjing City to petition the emperor. Afterwards, father stayed on in Yanjing City, and Miss Jiuyue healed him."

Jiang Li recounted to Xue Zhao how she had taken step by step revenge against Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong. After listening, Xue Zhao was astonished and outraged, experiencing a whirlwind of emotions, and finally, he said, "They truly are cruel. Sister... you’ve suffered a lot in the Jiang Family’s home, haven’t you?"

Although Jiang Li played down her experiences, Xue Zhao knew that establishing oneself in a strange place was not an easy task, especially in a big household with many rules. His sister had always been free-spirited, and now upon entering such a high-class family, she naturally had to endure many constraints—and he feared that along the way, someone might have plotted against her.

"I’m fine, the Jiang family members have been very kind to me," Jiang Li didn’t want Xue Zhao to worry about the unpleasant things and simply asked, "But what about you? On that day, I only knew you were killed by bandits, even buried you at Rainy Tower. It wasn’t until right before I died that Princess Yongning confessed it was the Mayor of Jingzhao who told her your whereabouts, and then she killed you."

Xue Zhao was evidently hearing about this for the first time too, and was greatly shocked. He immediately said, "On that day I was indeed seeking the Mayor of Jingzhao, and never would have imagined that he was in cahoots with Princess Yongning. But I did not die; I was knocked unconscious, and when I woke up, I was in the Princess’s Mansion’s private prison. Later I learned it was Princess Yongning’s doing and I wanted desperately to kill her to avenge you, but alas, I couldn’t. I suppose she deliberately lied to provoke you, to make my sister die with hatred and resentment."

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