Su Pei'an spent two days under observation at the hospital and returned home without any complications.
As soon as Madam Su walked through the door and saw Jiang Jinyue, her brow knitted immediately. When she noticed that Su Jing was also there, she instantly lost her composure.
"Why have you come back!"
"This is Yueyue's home. If she doesn't come back here, where is she supposed to go?"
Su Jing spoke up, and no matter how much anger Madam Su held in her heart, she had no choice but to suppress it for the time being.
The Su family could hardly be considered a top-tier elite family in Longcheng; they could barely scrape into the second tier. Several years ago, due to a miscalculated investment by Su Pei'an, the family's vitality had been severely drained.
After graduating from college, Su Jing relied on his sharp investment vision and business acumen to help the Su family rise to prominence once again.
Therefore, neither Su Pei'an nor his wife would ever object to anything Su Jing said.
"How long do you plan to stay this time?" Madam Su asked, taking a sip of the herbal tea handed to her by the housekeeper.
"My studies over there are finished. I won't be going back."
"If you don't go back, are you trying to drag your brother down and make him the target of public criticism? Jiang Jinyue, don't you know how well your brother has treated you? Do you intend to ruin him along with yourself?"
Madam Su was emotionally agitated, completely unlike the woman she used to be—the one who would readily confront anyone daring to speak ill of Jiang Jinyue.
"I am no longer the Su Jing of three years ago," Su Jing said in a deep, resolute voice. "I am capable of protecting my own family."
"Does the family in Brother's eyes only include Yueyue, and not me, his own biological sister?"
Su Yan walked in through the front door, the smell of cigarette smoke still clinging to her Chanel jacket.
"Where on earth have you been? You're reeking of smoke." Having worried about Su Yan for the past two days, Madam Su pulled her over to sit beside her. "The Ye family didn't give you a hard time, did they?"
Ever since the wedding venue descended into chaos, Madam Su had accompanied her husband to the hospital, and fortunately, Su Jing's assistant had arrived in time to help cut the power.
Even so, many people had still witnessed Su Yan being intimate with a man in that room.
Let alone a prominent household like the Ye family, even an ordinary family would find such an incident unacceptable.
Madam Su had already prepared herself for Su Yan to be cast out by the Ye family in disgrace, yet days passed without a single sound.
Later, news broke that the man in the room with Su Yan was none other than Ye Zhan.
Only then did Madam Su finally set her mind at ease.
Yet the moment this was brought up, Su Yan burst into tears.
"The Ye family didn't give me a hard time, but Ye Zhan's mother took back all the jewelry and real estate she had previously promised to give me. And Ye Zhan—he's holding a grudge against me and refuses to even come home."
Su Yan wiped the tears from her face and glared at Jiang Jinyue. "Yueyue, why did you have to harm me?"
"What did I do?" Acting was second nature to her now. Jiang Jinyue looked at Su Yan with an expression of profound hurt. "You asked me to come back and be your bridesmaid. I rushed back at the risk of being scolded by Uncle and Auntie, and you prepared a lace miniskirt fit for a nightclub hostess for me to wear. I pretended not to mind what other people thought and wore it just as you wanted."
"You asked Yueyue to be your bridesmaid, and you made her wear a lace miniskirt?" Before Jiang Jinyue could say another word, Su Jing looked at Su Yan with a darkened expression.
Su Yan wasn't afraid of her parents, but she was terrified of this brother who was six years her senior.
"The bridesmaid dresses were all Roland purple," Su Yan denied flatly. "It's my own wedding, why would I make such a fool of myself?"
Since she had dared to pull off such a stunt, she naturally had ways to wash her hands clean of it.
The moment Su Yan's voice faded, a recording played from Jiang Jinyue's phone—and the voice speaking was none of other than Su Yan's own.
"I know your little failing company desperately needs an investment. I am now the young mistress of the Ye family. If you put on this black miniskirt and go up on stage, I will convince the Ye family to invest in you."
Su Yan froze completely.
"How do you have a recording?!"
That day, she had specifically arranged for someone to pose as a Ye family bodyguard, using the excuse that the Ye family did not want any wedding details leaking out. Anyone entering that room was required to place their phone in a box by the door.
She had watched with her own eyes as Jiang Jinyue dropped her phone into that box, and she had even made the bodyguard inspect it to ensure the recording function wasn't active before she dared say those things.
"The lesson from three years ago taught me never to blindly trust anyone again. In case you happened to lose some accessory or ruin a wedding dress again, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to clear my name."
Su Pei'an and Madam Su wore somewhat awkward expressions as well.
In the past, whenever Su Yan broke something or items went missing around the house, she would always blame Jiang Jinyue.
And Jiang Jinyue never had any evidence to prove her innocence.
Fortunately, neither Madam Su nor Su Pei'an had ever believed Su Yan's claims back then.
Yet when it came to the incident three years ago, not a single person had stood on Jiang Jinyue's side.
"I have another recording here. I wonder if Uncle and Auntie would like to keep listening." Holding her phone, Jiang Jinyue looked toward Su Pei'an and his wife.
"Jiang Jinyue!"
Su Yan cried out vindictively, and in the next instant, she hurled a glass of fruit juice straight at Jiang Jinyue.
She didn't like drinking plain water, so whenever others were served tea, she was always given a glass of freshly squeezed fruit juice.
If this entire glass of juice splashed over Jiang Jinyue and her phone, how could she possibly sit here this calmly and play recordings for everyone?
Whether the audio would even play afterward was questionable.
Besides, even if it didn't play right now, she had ways to ensure the recordings in Jiang Jinyue's hands would never be heard again.
However, the expected outcome did not occur.
Su Jing shifted his body sideways, shielding Jiang Jinyue behind him as half a glass of fruit juice splashed directly onto his right shoulder and arm.
Su Jing always carried a very refreshing scent, much like the smell of summer sunlight baking the grass in her family's courtyard—this was one of the reasons Jiang Jinyue had clung so tightly to Su Jing when she first arrived at the Su household.
Now, catching that familiar scent once more, her mind involuntarily conjured the woody fragrance that belonged to Lu Chenhuai.
"A-Jing..."
Startled by Su Yan's sudden outburst, Madam Su cried out instinctively.
By the time Jiang Jinyue snapped back to reality, Su Jing had already reseated himself, peeling off his dampened jacket and tossing it aside.
"I haven't even done anything yet, and you've already given yourself away without a fight. You really have no patience at all, do you?" Jiang Jinyue purposefully tilted her phone screen slightly toward Su Yan.
There was no recording playing at all; it was simply a mobile game interface.
"You played me!"
Su Yan jumped to her feet, pointing at Jiang Jinyue as she let loose a torrent of abuse. "Jiang Jinyue, who do you think you are? If our family hadn't taken you in, you'd probably still be whoring yourself out in some old man's bed right now!"
"Stop talking!"
Su Jing slammed his teacup down hard onto the coffee table. With a sharp crack, the cup shattered into multiple pieces.
Jiang Jinyue glanced at Su Yan and casually tapped her screen twice.
A wave of intense foreboding instantly rose in Su Yan's chest.
The very next second, Ye Zhilan's voice spilled out from Jiang Jinyue's phone.
"Su Yan, don't you despise Jiang Jinyue? As long as you find a way to get your brother drunk or knock him out so he can't come to rescue Jiang Jinyue, I'll find a way to help you achieve your goal."
Aside from Jiang Jinyue, the expression on everyone's face shifted dramatically!