met free Chapter 685: Maintaining the Daughter's Respect
Chapter 685: Maintaining the Daughter's Respect
The servants in the old house began to waver after hearing Chen Qingyu's words, but they were still afraid because of the bodyguards brought by Jiang An.
Just when Chen Qingyu and Jiang An were in a stalemate, Jiang Ping was finally taken to the ancestral hall.
When he saw Jiang Jinglan was also pinned to his knees by Jiang An's men, Jiang Ping's face suddenly turned pale. He thought that Jiang An was not happy about what he had done and that was why he took his anger out on Jiang Jinglan.
"Ah An, what are you doing? Jinglan is innocent in that incident. Don't do anything to her. She was still young at that time and didn't know anything. If you're still not satisfied, just come to me. Don't embarrass her."
Seeing Jiang Ping sitting in a wheelchair and still talking for Jiang Jinglan, Jiang An felt a flash of pain in his heart, but he quickly suppressed it because Jiang An thought of Jiang Mubai. If it weren't for Jiang Jinglan and Jiang Ping, he wouldn't have been separated from Jiang Mubai for so long and couldn't recognize each other. As soon as he thought of this, Jiang An's heart hardened again.
"Innocent? Jinglan may not know what you and father did to me, but do you still dare to say that she is innocent in Mu Bai's car accident?"
Jiang Ping was shocked when he heard Jiang An say that. He had handled that matter very well back then and was not afraid of being investigated. He couldn't understand why Jiang An suddenly investigated the incident and he found out about it so easily.
"Aan? What do you mean by that?"
"Brother, don't you know what I mean? It was you who covered up the car accident that year. Have you forgotten it now that you ask me this? I trusted you so much at that time, but you still lied to me in the end. Your daughter needs to be protected, but can it be okay for my daughter to die in such an unclear way? Jiang Ping, when did you become like this? Were you already a changed person when your father asked you to do those things?"
"No, it's not like that. An, listen to your brother's explanation!"
"Explain? What do you want to explain this time? You can find an excuse to say that your father forced you to do it last time, but was there someone who forced you to hide the car accident from me?"
"No, I was very sad when I knew the truth. Jinglan was still young and I didn't know what to do when she did those things. Besides, everyone thought Mubai was dead at that time. I thought since it was like this, we might as well just keep doing it. You have already lost your daughter and the Jiang family has lost a child. I can't let Jinglan lose one too. The Jiang family still needs her."
After hearing Jiang Ping say this, Jiang An finally saw clearly what kind of person his brother was. Seeing them like this, Jiang An could no longer sympathize with anyone in their family.
"The fact that Jinglan was able to find someone to plan those things back then shows that she is no longer a child. It was you who spoiled her and pampered her until she became what she is today. I can only say that you and your family deserve the way she is now!"
"Ah...Aan?"
"You and sister-in-law don't know yet, right? I brought Jinglan to the ancestral hall today and made her kneel down to reflect on her sins because your good daughter wanted to hide this from me and attack Mubai. She wanted to kill her sister and her second uncle's daughter again!"
As soon as Jiang An's words fell to the ground, the ancestral hall suddenly became quiet, and no one dared to believe what Jiang An said.
"How could it be? Jinglan is too kind to do such a thing. You must be framing her! You must be bullying my daughter because you have so many people around you. That must be the case!"
"Jinglan is kind? Sister-in-law, don't you feel guilty when you say this? When Mu Bai was first brought back to the old house by me, who was it that risked his life to jump into the pool to frame Mu Bai? Everyone knows what happened at that time. I didn't care because we are all relatives and Mu Bai just came back and didn't want to ruin the celebration. Do you still think Jinglan was kind for what she did at that time? If Mu Bai wasn't so eloquent, she would be pointed at by all of you. Do you still think your child is a kind person?"
After hearing what Jiang An said, Chen Qingyu's face turned pale, and the servants who were listening nearby started whispering to each other. This matter was indeed known to some people in the old house. Although Chen Qingyu asked everyone to mind their mouths, it was inevitable that some people would gossip behind her back. Now seeing everyone pointing fingers at her daughter, Chen Qingyu was so angry that she could not bear this grievance, so she ordered all the unimportant people to leave the ancestral hall and not stay here.
Seeing Chen Qingyu like this, the servants in the old house walked outside obediently and respectfully.
Now there were only a few of them and the people brought by Jiang An in the ancestral hall. Chen Qingyu didn't want what her daughter had done to be known to others, so she thought of calling out the people brought by Jiang An as well.
But those people were working for Jiang An, so they naturally wouldn't listen to other people's orders. Seeing this, Chen Qingyu had no choice but to ask Jiang An to ask everyone to leave.
Jiang An ignored him: "Jinglan knows those things, so is sister-in-law afraid that others will know? If that's the case, why didn't you discipline your child properly in the beginning? If you had paid more attention to her, she wouldn't have fallen into such an unmanageable state today."
"An, this is our Jiang family's business, please don't let outsiders know about it. If there is anything, we can just solve it behind closed doors. You leave the door open and want others to know about it and then make fun of our Jiang family."
"I won't ask them to leave. My people are very tight-lipped and won't reveal the Jiang family's affairs or Jing Lan's affairs, so don't worry, sister-in-law."
Chen Qingyu was so angry when she heard Jiang An say that. Besides not wanting others to know what Jiang Jinglan had done, she was actually just trying to protect Jiang Jinglan's dignity. If Jiang An revealed those shameful things she had done in front of everyone, Jiang Jinglan would definitely feel embarrassed, so Chen Qingyu did this just to protect her daughter's dignity.
Chen Qingyu saw that Jiang An just refused to agree and there was nothing she could do. "Didn't they say Jinglan did those things to Mu Bai? Where's the evidence? You have to have evidence when you speak and do things! Otherwise, I won't believe your one-sided words."
"Sister-in-law should know my character. I can give you any evidence you want. I can produce both personal and physical evidence. When brother and sister-in-law see this, don't talk nonsense to me!"
Seeing Jiang An speaking so confidently, Chen Qingyu's heart had sunk to the bottom. She looked at Jiang Jinglan who was kneeling on the ground. Jiang Jinglan couldn't stand the look in her mother's eyes, so she lowered her head guiltily and didn't make eye contact with Chen Qingyu.
What was there for Chen Qingyu to not understand after seeing this? Even Jiang An believed that Jiang Jinglan had indeed done something to Jiang Mubai.
At this point, it doesn't matter whether the evidence is seen or not. Both Chen Qingyu and Jiang Ping have also seen the outcome of the matter clearly.