[Acting cool.]
Jiang Lifeng's expression froze, and the corners of his upturned lips slowly drooped.
[Acting handsome.]
Jiang Lifeng widened his eyes indignantly, nearly turning around on the spot to demand-
How was he acting handsome?!
He had perfectly inherited the Jiang family's good looks, all right?!
But Jiang Yingcheng couldn't hear his thoughts. After those two jabs, she even vividly mimicked his final line in her mind-
[I am Jiang Yingcheng. A pleasure to meet you.]
Then she started giggling.
Jiang Lifeng took a deep breath and decided... to spinelessly pretend he hadn't heard her thoughts.
Turning to face Zou Cailiang, the Prefect of Wind Brocade Commandery, he declared, "Your Honor, the facts are now clear. I trust you will handle this impartially."
Zou Cailiang cast a subtle glance at the little girl eyeing him like a tiger watching its prey, bitterness welling up inside him.
This girl from the Ding Family had indeed swindled his family out of some money recently, but...
She was the Ding Family's most "flourishing" money tree. Locking her up meant cutting off a substantial portion of the "shares" sent over by the Ding Residence.
But he could no longer afford to mourn that little bit of silver. Zou Cailiang's hands clenched into fists beneath his broad sleeves as he forced himself to remain composed. "The Ding Woman colluded with merchants in the city to deliberately frame members of the imperial family. Her crime deserves death. I hereby..."
His voice bitter, Zou Cailiang practically forced himself to sentence the two to prison. Then, as though afraid he would regret it, he immediately ordered them taken away.
[Aww,] Jiang Yingcheng smacked her lips. [Chengcheng hasn't seen enough yet...]
The most satisfying part of a feel-good story was witnessing the villains' faces as they wept bitter