Chapter 835 - 783: Everything Has Changed

"Or what!"

The elderly lady Jiang sighed and nodded.

"Or else, don’t expect me to send you off! And I won’t care about you anymore! You don’t even think of seeing me again!"

In his wavering speech, Jiang Zhilong seemed to summon great courage, gritting his teeth as he faced Jiang with a fierce look.

"Since four years ago, I never expected you to care for me or send me off! Having Yuan hold the spiritual tablet for the old lady, having Yino send her off, that’s enough!"

Listening to Jiang Zhilong’s childish words, the elderly lady Jiang spoke with an exceptionally calm demeanor.

She seemed not at all surprised that Jiang Zhilong could say these things.

"So, Grandma, are you severing ties with us?"

Jiang Zhilong, feeling cornered as his ultimatum was calmly deflected by the elderly lady Jiang, began to panic.

"Why not? Haha—say what you want, but once you’re done, move aside. Live at home, die in the grave, see or commemorate as you wish. The old lady doesn’t care about you! Anyway, the old house has been transferred to Yino’s name; you all better give up!"

Even though it was her eighty-first birthday today, the elderly lady Jiang was not shy to say these words. After all, at her age, she’s come to accept her fate, so she greeted Jiang Zhilong’s rebellious words with no emotional turbulence, still speaking calmly.

"But, but, but the old house was left by my grandfather! How can you give it to Jiang Yino? How dare you!"

Not expecting the elderly lady to be so unyielding, Jiang Zhilong couldn’t help but shout.

"How dare I? Hahaha, that’s enough!"

Jiang Zhilong’s senseless quarrel turned the elderly lady’s calm into anger, "Nearly a hundred pairs of eyes are watching, are you not afraid of being laughed at? Are you not afraid of being laughed at! You want to know how dare I? Because your grandfather transferred the ownership of the old house to me when he left!"

Having said so.

In an emotionally charged move, the elderly lady Jiang raised her Dragon Head Crutch and smashed it straight at Jiang Zhilong!

Bang-!

This sudden hit.

Jiang Zhilong staggered back, crying out in pain.

"This hit is not for your lack of filial piety, not for your disloyalty, not for your lack of kindness, nor for your betrayal, but for your ignorance! From today onwards, I do not wish to see you anymore!"

Her old body shaking violently, the elderly lady Jiang finished speaking and coldly scanned those so-called relatives who never spoke out the whole time.

No disappointment in her eyes, no heartbreak, no sorrow.

Perhaps these feelings existed before, but now she’s seen through them all.

"Grandma, if they want it, give it to them! I don’t want it anymore! He’s right, I have always been an outsider; inheriting the old house lacks justification! I don’t want to live so exhausted in these disputes of judgment! Moreover, I don’t want outsiders to laugh at our Jiang family! They can be disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and betray us, but I cannot, for the blood in my veins forbids it—this cannot change! Grandma, I’ve always obeyed you; can you listen to me just this once? Whoever wants it, just give it to them!"

Holding the elderly lady Jiang’s arm, Jiang Yino shook her head after weighing her options and spoke earnestly.

Not responding immediately to Jiang Yino.

Under her words, the elderly lady Jiang suddenly froze.

For a moment.

She then let out a helpless bitter smile.

Then she turned to Qin Fan and asked, "Xiao Fan, since Yino does not want disputes or the old house, can you tell Grandma if there are any solutions?"

"That’s easy, give it to them first, and let them obediently return it afterward, pleading with Yino to take the old house back—won’t everything be resolved then? Hm—although, understandably, people die for wealth, birds die for food, the preliminary valuation is in the millions, after some years, the amount will be even greater!"

As the saying goes, a clean official finds household matters hard to judge, so previously he kept silent regarding Jiang Family affairs, unsure of what to say and knowing it was improper.

Of course, the premise was these Jiang Family types shouldn’t trouble Jiang Yino, or he wouldn’t mind teaching them a lesson.

But now, facing the elderly lady’s meaningful inquiry, he responded meaningfully.

"Are you confident?" Jiang asked seriously.

"Piece of cake!" Qin Fan replied with a grin.

"Okay, I’m deciding Yino’s future life here, you’ll be responsible from now on!" said Jiang.

"I’ll honor the mission! I swear by the name Qin Fan that I’ll never let her suffer even a little!"

"I trust you!"

The conversation between Qin Fan and Jiang, oblivious to everyone else, left the crowd bewildered.

Only Jiang Yino, Jiang Yuan, and Lin Wending understood the deeper meaning of their words.

For this, Lin Wending sorrowfully looked at Jiang Zhilong.

There are thousands of ways to court disaster, but to knowingly venture into danger like this foolish child, he had never seen before.

It’s undeniable that the situation was primarily due to his parents.

"Yuan, what do you think about this?" After his conversation with Qin Fan, Jiang turned to Jiang Yuan.

Normally gentle and kind, and somewhat detached from worldly affairs, Jiang Yuan immediately replied, "Mom, let’s go with what Yino said!"

"Alright!"

Ying Luo responded with a solemn nod.

The elderly lady Jiang turned coldly to glance at those three siblings, expressionless, "Tomorrow, I’ll have the lawyer revise the inheritance documents and send them to Jiang Kai! You three siblings divide it however you want! Yino, Xiao Fan, let’s go!"

The Dragon Head Stick struck the ground.

The elderly lady, exuding authority, strode forward with her crutch.

With a playful eye over the crowd, Qin Fan followed closely.

Lastly, Lin Wending looked mournfully at the Jiang family still stuck in a daze.

He then turned to Jiang Kai, saying, "Some things, while they can be worth a fortune, can also be worthless!"

With that, he spoke no more and hurriedly followed outside.

Leaving behind the pale-faced, empty-eyed, fearful Jiang relatives.

...

No longer accepting Lin Wending’s diligent offer to accompany them.

Even in the spacious Phaeton, carrying three generations and four members of Yino’s family headed back to the outskirts of the city.

Outside a teacher’s building that seemed aged.

The Phaeton came to a slow stop.

Stepping out of the car, Jiang paused to look at the worn and weathered wall.

She did not immediately move forward.

Instead, she introduced to Qin Fan, "Yino’s grandfather used to work at a university, later the school financed housing for long-standing employees! We’ve lived here for about thirty years now! The children all grew up here; the grounds were once where grandchildren ran wild! But, alas, things are different now, after teaching half a lifetime, the old man still couldn’t teach his own children properly! It’s fortunate he passed away early, otherwise today’s situation would have upset him tremendously! The failure was not only the old man’s, but mine as well; the flesh that came off of me ended up being just scoundrels, traitorous white-eyed wolves—so sad, so sad!"

PS: Second update, more to come!