Chapter 191: Chapter 191: Sister, Jiang Cheng is bullying me!

This change made Jiang Cheng extremely uncomfortable.

It was as if he had been an outsider from the very beginning.

He arrived at this house as an outsider.

And during the change, he became even more of an outsider.

After a cold laugh in his heart, he walked into the living room as usual, then found an excuse to send Jiang Ye away.

His room hadn’t changed much; the servants had kept it very clean, and everything was in its original place.

Jiang Cheng was satisfied, then he walked out of the room, as if wanting to identify every single change, he browsed this home he hadn’t returned to for a long time, room by room, inch by inch.

When he reached the fifth floor, he paused.

— because Jiang Shixu’s room door was open a crack.

This really surprised him.

After all, this guy’s door was always tightly shut all year round, and it had been a year since Jiang Cheng last saw him.

Jiang Cheng tentatively knocked on the door, there was no response, and the lights were not on.

So he pushed the door open and walked in outright.

Upon turning on the light and seeing the inside, Jiang Cheng froze on the spot.

For a moment, he thought he was in the wrong place—

The wall in front of him was filled with photos of girls.

If he hadn’t double-checked that this was indeed Jiang Shixu’s room, Jiang Cheng would have thought he was in the secret base of some obsessed fan.

After a careful examination, he became even more doubtful about life.

Because all these photos were of one person—

His half-sister from the same father, Shen Lan.

When had their relationship gotten this good?

This discovery both shocked and amused Jiang Cheng.

An autistic person has become closest with the female devil?

Jiang Cheng’s gaze moved elsewhere, and he began to notice how much Jiang Shixu had changed from before.

His room’s corners were filled with various musical instruments and scores.

Whereas previously, he had shown no interest in anything.

He even dropped out after a year of high school.

Why had he begun to study musical instruments now?

Jiang Cheng’s fingertips lingered on those Chinese musical instruments, finally resting on the guzheng.

On the strings of the guzheng, there was a small portable player placed.

Jiang Cheng picked it up and pressed the play button; a soothing melody of the guzheng flowed out.

It was ethereal and lonely, like a clear spring in a secluded valley, but also carried the exhilarating power of surging mountain rocks.

It was refreshing.

“What are you doing?!”

Suddenly, an icy voice rang out from behind. Distracted by the music, Jiang Cheng didn’t react in time, shivered, and dropped the portable player, which smashed heavily onto the floor.

The small screen immediately shattered into pieces, and the music abruptly stopped.

Standing at the door, Jiang Shixu’s eyes reddened instantly; he rushed forward and pushed Jiang Cheng away.

Jiang Cheng staggered, nearly falling, and any hint of panic and guilt that had started brewing in his eyes vanished entirely, replaced by a cold dark glow.

Meanwhile, Jiang Shixu was staring intensely at the fragments on the floor.

After a moment, he slowly squatted down, his hand trembling as he reached toward the now shattered portable player.

Seeing his extreme sadness and distress, Jiang Cheng straightened up, flicked his hand where he had just touched, and said disdainfully,

“It’s just a portable player, right? I’ll compensate you with ten of them.”

Jiang Shixu turned back, his eyes reddened, a cold light swirling in his gaze and his thin face now filled with anger.

For a moment, Jiang Cheng almost thought he was going to rush up and tear him apart.

He swayed slightly, unconsciously stepped back half a step, and a trace of cracks appeared on his previously indifferent face.

“What, what do you want to do?”

“I’m telling you, if you dare do anything to me, Grandpa won’t let you off.”

Jiang Shixu stood up, didn’t say a word, just squeezed the pieces in his hand and stared intensely at the boy in front of him, then lifted his foot.

But the next second, his phone rang from his pocket.

Initially, Jiang Shixu didn’t want to answer it, but the ringtone was so familiar—

it was the special ringtone he had set for Shen Lan.

After a moment of pause, he took out his phone and put it to his ear.

Then, from the receiver came a familiar voice—

“Shi Xu? What are you doing?”

As he listened to that incredibly gentle voice, tears instantly welled up in Jiang Shixu’s eyes.

Then, without any warning, he burst into tears and pointed at Jiang Cheng, exclaiming, “Sister, Jiang Cheng is bullying me!”

Jiang Cheng: ?

Shen Lan: ?

After a moment, Shen Lan recovered her memory of the name’s owner.

Jiang Cheng, her half-brother of the same father.

In her impression, this child was obedient and well-mannered, always showing a submissive demeanor to everyone.

But in reality, the true him—

In the setting of the book, this ostensibly obedient and well-mannered Jiang Cheng was actually the darkest presence in the family.

Due to his awkward status, no one in the family cared for him besides Old Sir Jiang, including herself under the control of the plot.

Sometimes, she would pretend on the surface, but as soon as they were alone, she would be full of sarcasm toward Jiang Cheng, and in extreme cases, even resort to hitting and scolding him.

Each time, he would simply lower his head and remain silent, making her believe that he was just a cowardly wimp.

But it was only when he and Shang Shaojing joined forces to thwart the Jiang Family that she truly realized how terrifying her brother could be.

He orchestrated her downfall, got Jiang Yan addicted to drugs, sowed discord between Shen Lan and Jiang Mingfeng, and incited Jiang Shixu to commit suicide…

It could be said that the Jiang Family’s ultimate ruin was inseparably linked to this Jiang Cheng.

Fortunately, he was still a high school student now, not yet fully corrupted, nor had he reached any agreement with Shang Shaojing.

Everything still had a chance to be mended.

But she thought Jiang Cheng was still at school when she left,

How come he suddenly came back?

Collecting her thoughts, Shen Lan furrowed her brows, and her voice deepened, “What happened, Shi Xu?”

After getting a response, Jiang Shixu cried even harder.

“Wuu wuu wuu, Jiang Cheng entered my room without permission, touched my things, and even broke the portable player you gave me.”

Shen Lan: ?

Jiang Cheng: ?

Jiang Cheng was quite surprised.

So, the portable player was a gift from Shen Lan.

Ha, what a big change she had undergone, never caring about her own brother and now not only giving a gift to someone else but also calling to check on him.

Indeed, such a close-knit family.

Truly ironic.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Cheng suppressed the turmoil of emotions, lowered his head, and managed a twist of the mouth:

“I, I didn’t mean to. I knocked on the door just now, but no one replied. I thought something happened to Shi Xu in the room, so I came in to check. The portable player breaking was an accident too, Shi Xu startled me.”

Jiang Shixu: ?

Shen Lan: ?

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