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[My husband had such a good eye for investments, only for that dumbass Third Young Master Jiang to screw it all up.]

[Wait, did that count as marital property too?!]

[Ah! My money! Jiang Chao, you bastard, give me back my money.]

[Jiang Ye, could you beat him to death? Could you two love-brains stop squandering my money?]

If circumstances had allowed it, Song Shiwei would have dearly loved to lose her mind right then and there.

Jiang Chao glanced at the message the so-called mysterious person had sent to his phone. [If you want to know the details of your parents' deaths, all I need is the base bid for the Jiang Group's next investment project.]

It matched what he had heard perfectly. Could it be... He looked at Song Shiwei, then at the other members of the Jiang Family. From their expressions, they seemed long accustomed to this.

So they could hear Song Shiwei's thoughts too, and she most likely had some ability to foresee the future or knew the plot. Everything she said was true, which was why Dad had explained so much just now?

In the end, he really had been scammed, and had even been lured to Northern Myanmar to have his kidneys harvested?

Everyone in the Jiang Family stared at Jiang Chao's waist. He suddenly felt a pang there. Why did his lower back suddenly feel uncomfortable?

Jiang Chao raised his eyes, glanced at Song Shiwei, then quietly pulled a card from his pocket. "Sister-in-law, I brought you a little welcome gift. I'm not sure whether you'll like it."

Suddenly put on the spot, Song Shiwei finally raised her head in righteous indignation. [Jiang Chao, you'd better actually have a present for me, or I really will hack you to death.]

Hearing Song Shiwei's mental rant, Jiang Chao couldn't help feeling a chill down his back. He looked at his older brother doubtfully. Jiang Xun raised an eyebrow without saying anything.

He could only steel himself and say, "Sister-in-law, I didn't have time to buy a gift, so I prepared a bank card for you instead. There are two million in it. I hope you don't mind."

Ever since receiving that message, he had involuntarily begun breaking out in a cold sweat. Everything Song Shiwei had ranted about was true. In that case, wouldn't his fate be...

Now, as he looked at Song Shiwei, not a trace remained of the arrogance he'd had when he first walked in. It was as though he were looking at the King of Hell. He had to hurry up and make an offering to save his life.

Looking at the bank card pressed into her hand, Song Shiwei was positively delighted. [Holy shit, Jiang Chao, you're more generous than that love-brained second brother of yours! Whatever you do, don't agree to that idiot's demands. And cut things off with that online sweetheart of yours as soon as possible.]

[You think she's an innocent, resilient little white flower, but you have no idea there's actually a foot-picking burly man behind her. Ugh, disgusting. Wait, does your Jiang Family have some hereditary taste for this kind of girl?]

[They've never even met, and that dumbass Jiang Chao has already spent nearly a million on her? Even when her family's sow got sick and needed injections, Jiang Chao had to pay?]

[Love-brains are terrifying. Has he never wondered why, after dating for so long, every time they're supposed to meet, she says someone in her family is sick? When that love-brain Jiang Chao says he wants to visit them in the hospital, she immediately says they're going abroad for treatment. Isn't that absurd? Does that make sense? Jiang Chao, you didn't buy your postgraduate degree, did you?]

Jiang Chao fell silent. She did seem to have mentioned that her family's sow was sick, and he really had sent her tens of thousands.

Well... Several times when he had suggested meeting, she had said she was sick, or someone in her family was sick, or even that they needed to go abroad for treatment. He had thought it was simply an illness.

Now, listening to Song Shiwei's thoughts, he was so angry at himself that he almost laughed. He really was sick in the head, just as Song Shiwei had said, and it was no mild case.

[Hahahahaha, I'm dying of laughter. The one who lured Jiang Chao into this pig-butchering scam wasn't even a person. An AI was dating Jiang Chao. Wasn't Jiang Chao himself in charge of the internet side of things?]

[He could still get scammed by that? His love-brain is even worse than Jiang Ye's. Drag him out and behead him.]

[Could Jiang Xun like this type too? A kind, cute, pure little white flower of an assistant who keeps making mistakes? A gentle, clumsy receptionist? An office romance between an icy CEO and an innocent, cute, clumsy little white flower. Wow, wow, wow, I ship it! Should I get a divorce to make way for Jiang Xun's destined heroine?]

Hearing Song Shiwei's mental commentary, the Jiang Family's hearts lurched. Everything had been perfectly fine, and now she wanted a divorce?

Jiang Xun's gaze darkened. With a soft snort, he said, "My wife, my assistants are all men. Also, I have no plans to divorce at present."

Song Shiwei froze, then blinked. "Oh, oh, oh, of course I trust you, honey."

A moment later, she silently grumbled to herself, [Oh, please. A man's mouth is a lying devil-except for those two hopeless love-brains, Jiang Ye and Jiang Chao.]

Jiang Ye and Jiang Chao: ...

Suddenly, they felt that being a love-brain might not be entirely without benefits.

The two exchanged a glance, then turned their faces away in unison. Damn it, they still couldn't stand each other.

Song Shiwei had feasted on gossip all morning until she was stuffed. After finishing her meal, she got up and went upstairs for a nap.

College students really were fragile. Sometimes, they could even die from not getting enough sleep.

Her tummy was full, and she had had her fill of gossip too. It was time to hurry off and play dead in bed.

Only after Song Shiwei had turned and gone upstairs did the Jiang Family gather around and sit together.

Jiang Ye spoke first. "Jiang Chao, are you sick in the head?! Mom and Dad have treated you so well, yet you actually-"

"You're not much better. Weren't you going to cut ties with the family over a girl too?" Jiang Chao coughed sharply and snapped back without holding back.

Jiang Ye flushed scarlet with anger. "That's still better than brothers killing each other."

"Enough. Haven't you embarrassed yourselves enough?" Jiang Xun said coldly. In an instant, both Jiang Ye and Jiang Chao shut their mouths.

"Jiang Chao, we only want to explain this one last time. We never wronged your parents. If you insist on taking revenge..."

Father Jiang and Mother Jiang sounded somewhat stern. Jiang Chao immediately said, "Dad, Mom, that's not what I-I don't know why I would become like that either, but I can promise you that, as of now, I've never thought of harming the family's interests."