Ji Zhi nodded indifferently.
But according to the truth they had uncovered,
she felt that Ji the Old Master probably would not let him continue.
Sure enough, before Ji the Eldest could speak,
Ji the Old Master spoke first. "Your matter can wait."
He looked down at Ji the Old Madam. "I'll only ask you one question. Is what's written there true?"
"It's true!" Ji Yue answered first.
Ji the Old Madam looked up at Ji Yue in disbelief.
Ji Yue turned her head aside, avoiding her gaze.
She had been forced by Ji the Old Madam too!
When Ji the Old Madam kept defending herself, where did that leave her?
Standing here now, she wished there were a crack in the ground for her to crawl into.
It made it sound as though she had stolen everything from Ji Zhi.
But when they had been switched, she had only been an infant in swaddling clothes!
Did she have a choice? No, she did not!
She was no longer young, and she had three children.
She could not lose the Ji Household!
No longer bothering to pretend to be frail, Ji the Old Madam anxiously rose to her feet and tried to cover Ji Yue's mouth.
Over the years, she had used the leverage she held over Ji Yue
to make her do far too many shameful things.
Ji Yue quickly took two steps forward and dropped to her knees before Ji the Old Master with a thud.
She wrapped her arms around Ji the Old Master's leg. "Dad, I was forced too!"
Ji Heng promptly stepped two paces aside.
At the same time, he expressionlessly steadied Ji the Old Madam, who had rushed over to stop Ji Yue from speaking.
He did not meet the hopeful gaze in Ji