Chapter 52
Back at the Ye family home, Ye Jiaojiao rushed to hug her mother the moment she walked in.
A flash of panic crossed Mother Ye's eyes. "Jiaojiao, don't—"
But it was too late; Ye Jiaojiao had already thrown herself at her.
With a thud, they both tumbled to the floor. Mother Ye, who took the brunt of the fall, had her face contorted in pain.
Ye Jiaojiao panicked. "Oh, Mom, I'm so sorry! I'll get up right now..."
As Ye Jiaojiao tried to scramble up, her hand slipped, and she fell right back onto her mother, inflicting a second round of pain.
It was Nanny Wang, the cook, who heard the commotion and rushed over to help them both up.
Mother Ye felt that the past few days had been nothing but trouble. Her entire body ached.
She had just started to recover, only for Ye Jiaojiao's tackle to ruin it all. As much as she doted on her daughter, she couldn't help but complain, "Why are you always so clumsy? Don't you know I've been having all sorts of problems lately?"
Ye Jiaojiao felt wronged, too. "I didn't do it on purpose! I didn't expect this to happen."
But this was the daughter she had spoiled her whole life. After a brief grumble, Mother Ye changed the subject. "Did you have fun out today?"
Ye Jiaojiao immediately shook her head. "No, not at all! Mom, I ran into Ye Tiantian, and she was just awful. Didn't you say Fu Nanjue had taken a liking to her? Why hasn't he locked her up? Why is he still letting her run around?"
At the mention of Ye Tiantian, Mother Ye's expression darkened. She stroked Ye Jiaojiao's head. "Don't worry, Jiaojiao. She'll definitely be locked up."
Little did they know, Fu Nanjue had already been locked up by Qiu Chi.
They were still deluding themselves, thinking they could use Qiu Chi to curry favor with Fu Nanjue.
Meanwhile, Qiu Chi was contemplating whether she should make Ye Jiaojiao experience everything Ye Tiantian had gone through.
The thought flashed through her mind, but she quickly dismissed it.
Ye Jiaojiao was a "face-con"—she only cared about handsome men. She had no interest in beautiful women like Ye Tiantian.
Even if she were to pick up a man off the street like Ye Tiantian did, he would have to be handsome. And if a handsome man fell for her, she would be thrilled, not constantly trying to escape like Ye Tiantian, even if she already had someone else she liked.
Therefore, the best way to make the Ye family suffer was to bankrupt them.
Bankrupting the Ye family was a simple matter for Qiu Chi.
She simply drew a small bad-luck formation at the Ye family's front door. It would only last a month, but a month was more than enough.
With this bad-luck formation in place, the Ye family became incredibly unlucky.
Mother Ye had it slightly better, as her previous accidents had made her reluctant to leave the house. Ye Jiaojiao, however, was exceptionally unlucky.
This manifested in various ways: she would step in dog poop the moment she left the house, water would fall from the sky and drench her, and chairs and tables would inexplicably break the moment she used them...
The instances of bad luck were countless.
After a few days of this, she recalled what Qiu Chi had said.
She picked up her phone to call Qiu Chi, but the call wouldn't go through.
Realizing Qiu Chi had most likely blocked her number, Ye Jiaojiao was furious.
She went to find Xu Wen. "Give me your phone. I need to call Ye Tiantian!"
Xu Wen pursed his lips. "You should call her Sister."
Ye Jiaojiao stomped her foot in frustration. After days of non-stop bad luck, she had completely forgotten about maintaining her image in front of a handsome boy.
"What sister? She's not my sister! She's just some stray my family adopted. She's not worthy of being called my sister! Now hurry up and give me your phone, I need to call her!"
Ye Jiaojiao ranted on, completely oblivious to the change in Xu Wen's expression when he heard that Ye Tiantian was an adopted stray.
He didn't hand over his phone as she demanded. Instead, he lowered his gaze and said, "I don't have my phone on me. You should ask someone else."
Ye Jiaojiao's eyes widened. "Xu Wen, what are you talking about? Do you think I'm blind? Your phone is right there in your hand!"
"What I mean is, we shouldn't see each other anymore. I'm also an adopted stray. I'm not good enough for a young lady like you."
Ye Jiaojiao was stunned. "I... I didn't mean it like that. I was talking about her, not you."
Xu Wen looked up at her, his eyes filled with an emotion she couldn't comprehend.
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