USWHC -Chapter 206 Sold by Someone Yet Still Counting the Money (Part 6)

“Look at my memory!” Old Madam Sun suddenly said with a smile. “I even prepared a meeting gift for Miss Ji, yet I completely forgot to give it!”

As she spoke, she kindly beckoned to Ji Mei. “Miss Ji Mei, come here.”

A private selection?

Zhu Jie’s heart felt as if a cat were scratching inside it. What should she do now? She could only brace herself and continue clinging to Ji Mei’s arm, walking over with her like they were conjoined twins.

“Old Madam, you are too kind. Meizi is deeply honored!” Zhu Jie spoke first, but she didn’t reach out her hand.

Ji Mei had already grown used to Zhu Jie speaking first. She simply echoed, “Old Madam, you are too kind. Meizi is deeply honored!” Seeing that Zhu Jie hadn’t stretched out her hand, she didn’t dare do so either.

“I feel happy just seeing you,” Old Madam Sun said warmly. As she spoke, she slid another bracelet off her wrist. “What’s this? Why aren’t you reaching out your hand?”

Whether they wanted to or not, they had to reach out now.

The moment Ji Mei saw the gleaming bracelet, she immediately stretched out her hand, even forgetting to check Zhu Jie’s reaction first. Zhu Jie hurriedly extended her hand as well.

But this time, she couldn’t bluff her way through so easily.

Old Madam Sun frowned slightly and said, “Why are two people reaching out their hands? Oh dear, I didn’t prepare that many!” She even looked rather embarrassed as she said it.

When Old Madam Ji saw this, she immediately realized that her daughter was about to receive a precious gift, yet this second daughter-in-law—who had already separated from the family—still dared to reach out and join the excitement.

She immediately rushed forward like an arrow and fiercely yanked Zhu Jie’s hand away, scolding loudly, “Have you lost your mind? You dare try to snatch something meant for our Meizi?”

Zhu Jie staggered backward from the sudden pull.

At that moment, it was unmistakably clear who Ji Mei really was.

With a loud bang, the balloon filled with lies burst.

This time I’m dead for sure!

Zhu Jie hurriedly shrank behind Old Madam Ji, looking utterly defeated.

Heavens! Could you please let me teleport away right now and disappear from in front of these people? Or make them all lose their memories!

She stood there with her head lowered and shoulders slumped, waiting for the Sun family’s loud accusations and sharp insults.

But strangely enough, after waiting for quite a while, not a single sound came.

When she finally raised her head again, she saw Old Madam Sun gently slipping the bracelet onto Ji Mei’s wrist with a loving expression, softly praising her:

“What a good child.”

Huh?

What was going on?

Did they already know the truth from the start? Had she misunderstood everything?

Zhu Jie’s jaw nearly dropped.

What exactly had happened here? Why was the Sun family showing absolutely no reaction?

Ji Mei smiled shyly. Without Zhu Jie prompting her, she didn’t know what to say, so she simply chuckled and said, “Thank you, Old Madam!”

But while saying it, her eyes were practically glued to the bracelet on her wrist. Her gaze was filled with nothing but that green gleam, as if nothing else in the world existed.

The Sun family continued to politely escort the Ji family onto the ox cart. They watched as the group climbed onto the shabby cart and slowly rattled away.

Zhu Jie kept staring at the Sun family’s faces.

There had been no change at all.

Even the shy young master Sun Shaoyan showed no reaction.

She suddenly felt a bit disappointed. It seemed she really had misunderstood. Perhaps the Sun family had been interested in Ji Mei from the very beginning.

“What’s wrong with you today? Why were you everywhere?” Old Madam Ji stood with her hands on her hips and even poked Zhu Jie’s forehead with her finger. “And your hair—can’t you tie it up? You don’t look like a proper married woman at all!”

Zhu Jie rolled her eyes in disgust. Still poking me with your finger? Aren’t you afraid someone might chop it off?

“I’d like to tie it up,” she said. “But there’s no one to comb my hair. How about you help complete the ceremony for me first, Mother?”

The moment Old Madam Ji heard that, she fell silent.

The hair-combing ceremony wasn’t something you could just do by grabbing a comb and brushing someone’s hair. It was part of the wedding ritual. In other words, if Zhu Jie wanted to wear her hair up, they would first have to arrange her wedding ceremony.

But Old Madam Ji had no money.

She had no intention of spending money to marry off a son who had already split from the family. Just hosting a wedding banquet would cost a fortune.

Not a chance!

While Old Madam Ji and Zhu Jie glared at each other like fighting roosters, Ji Mei unexpectedly spoke up to smooth things over.

“Mother, you don’t know. Today we really have to thank Second Sister-in-law. Without her, we might have made a lot of mistakes.”

Old Madam Ji froze when she heard her precious daughter—who was about to rise in status—say that.

“What do you mean?”

“Today the Sun family was here to look at a potential daughter-in-law. We didn’t understand the etiquette, but Second Sister-in-law kept reminding me what to do so I wouldn’t make any mistakes,” Ji Mei said gratefully.

Then she even turned to Zhu Jie with complete sincerity and said, “Thank you.”

She really said thank you!

Hearing that, Zhu Jie actually felt a little embarrassed. She could only smile awkwardly and say, “You’re welcome, you’re welcome.”

She spoke awkwardly, but at that moment Ji Yi—who was standing at the front of the cart holding the reins of the old yellow ox—suddenly burst out laughing.

No one knew exactly what he was laughing about.