Rebirth: General, Don't Mess Around!

Du Jiayi was no longer willing to endure and, after thinking for a bit, pressed her lips together and voiced her own thoughts, ”Mom, I always feel that keeping Ye Jian around will be a big problem. Whether she is the uncle’s murderer or not, we cannot let her continue to stay.”

If she stayed on, there’s no telling how many troubles she could stir up!

Even Grandma Qin was on her side!

Feeling powerless to deal with it immediately, Du Jiayi suggested another plan, ”Why don’t we ask the old subordinates of grandpa from the past to help us investigate this matter? Out of respect for grandpa, they would surely be willing to help us.”

”It makes sense, but we need to find someone trustworthy for the task,” Madam Li nodded. She could indeed approach her father’s old subordinates; many of them were raised to their positions by her father, and would naturally be willing to help them out of respect, even using their influence to deal with that lowly girl Ye Jian. But this was a grave matter, not something to be entrusted to just anyone on a whim.

In the past, there had been attempts to seek their help, all of which had been rejected. This time, they couldn’t afford to be reckless as before.

After the old master passed away, the Li family was like a fallen tree and the hearts of people... scattered.

Li Ronghuan dared to come home and make trouble precisely because the hearts of the Li family were no longer united, right?!

”I just don’t understand if what Little Six from the Xia family said was true or not. How could the Xia family like a rustic girl? How could they accept her so easily?” Madam Li was still pondering over this matter; if the Xia family really had accepted that girl, then it would be even harder to deal with her.

”Mom, do you realize the status of the Xia family? How could they easily accept such a lowly and originless girl? Maybe Xia Jinyuan was just deceiving us,” Du Jiayi, whose heart had already brought Ye Jian down to the mud, believed that this was impossible. Even if it were possible, she would not back down.

If neither the Li nor Du families could solve her issue, then... what about Li Jun, Li Qin?

Ye Jian was their father’s murderer!

Putting those thoughts to one side for now, what made her most resentful was how that lowly girl could so easily win over Old Madam of the Qin family! How could she also gain the Xia family’s favor?

It was absolutely impossible; Xia Jinyuan must be deceiving them.

”We should investigate this matter thoroughly, and then we will know,” Madam Li said with a grave expression, not wanting to make a move before being certain of the stances of both the Qin and Xia families towards Ye Jian.

Perceptive Du Jiayi guessed what Madam Li was worried about and, after a while, lowered her voice, whispering, ”Mom, don’t forget about Aunt Xiao. Right now Xia Jinyuan may be unwilling to forgive Aunt Xiao, but after all, they are mother and son, connected by blood. How could there be eternal grudges between mother and son?”

”Xia Jinyuan is currently unwilling to forgive Aunt Xiao, but who knows if it was Ye Jian who incited this? Once Xia Jinyuan and Aunt Xiao reconcile, do you think Aunt Xiao would want a woman who has caused discord in their mother-son relationship to become her daughter-in-law? Then, she would just be left to be cast aside.”

The words of Du Jiayi were filled with barely concealed spite, and imagining Ye Jian being abandoned brought a cold, mocking smile to the corners of her eyes, ”Aunt Xiao hasn’t seen Xia Jinyuan for so many years. Do you think, if she finds out that Ye Jian was the one behind everything, what would Aunt Xiao’s reaction be? Would she make a scene at the Xia family home?”

”Even though the Xia family may not protect Aunt Xiao, at the very least, it would let the Xia family be aware of Ye Jian’s existence. Mom, why don’t you invite Aunt Xiao out for shopping or a meal?”