Tang Wanru hugged her with an aching heart. She glared at the middle-aged man on the sofa. “What did Xianrou say wrong? Your father was biased, to begin with. Before Qiao Nian came back, he doted on Xianrou the most. Xianrou is also a victim this time, but he removed her from the family tree without a word. In the past, when Xianrou was admitted to a famous school and won an award for piano, why didn’t the old man say that Xianrou wasn’t worthy of being a family member…”
“Enough!” Jiang Zongnan was unwilling to listen anymore.
Deep down, he felt that the old man was too biased this time. However, he was his father after all. He couldn’t let his wife and daughter speak ill of his old father behind his back.
Jiang Zongnan stood up with a straight face and looked at Jiang Xianrou solemnly. “There’s no chance to turn this around. What your brother said makes sense. If you have to choose between the two, I hope you can study abroad and come back in a few years.”
Jiang Xianrou raised her head and looked at him with her bright eyes. She couldn’t accept this outcome at all.
Jiang Zongnan couldn’t accept such an outcome, either. After all, like Jiang Yao, Jiang Xianrou had always been his pride.
His lips moved, and weakness flooded through him.
After a long time, he raised his hand, patted Jiang Xianrou’s shoulder silently, and turned to go upstairs.
Jiang Xianrou seemed to have lost all her strength and almost slipped to the ground as soon as he left.
What embarrassed her even more was yet to come.
Soon, someone called her. At first, it was Ruan Sisi. Then, more people called. Jiang Xianrou’s phone was about to explode.
Ruan Sisi and the others sent messages when she didn’t answer the phone.
Jiang Xianrou clicked on Ruan Sisi’s message.
She forced herself to read calmly, but the tips of her fingers betrayed her heart.
[Ruan Sisi: I heard that you were removed from your family tree? Master Wang even said that he wanted to expel you from the circle. Xianrou, what’s going on? Aren’t you very close to Master Wang and the others? Why would they fall out with you?]
The word “removed” stung her eyes deeply, not to mention Ruan Sisi’s words that seemed concerned, but in fact, she was beating around the bush to get information.
Jiang Xianrou’s face turned pale.
She gripped her phone tightly and had yet to recover from the message from Ruan Sisi and the others. Soon, she received a notification on WeChat.
[You have been removed from the group chat.]
Jiang Xianrou’s fingers trembled as she clicked on the notification with a pale face. Upon taking a closer look, she saw that she was indeed removed from the group.
She remembered that the group leader was Ye Wangchuan.
Jiang Xianrou’s heart tightened as if she had been slapped. Her face was pale.
Tang Wanru’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly grabbed her wrist and asked, “Xianrou, what’s wrong?”
Jiang Xianrou’s blood turned cold. She only whispered stubbornly, “Mom, I’m not going overseas.”
She refused to.
Why should she go abroad?
She hadn’t done anything, but Qiao Nian had ruined her reputation and put her in such an embarrassing situation. Why should she hide overseas? Just to avoid Qiao Nian?
No.
She refused to.
It wasn’t as if she had anything to hide. Why should she hide?
However, although Jiang Xianrou spoke forcefully, her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. It cut open her heart piece by piece, dripping with blood. It was embarrassing.
She was in a sorry state at this moment.
Everything had been smooth-sailing for her in Beijing until now, and more people from families higher than the Jiang family had tried to curry favor with her.
But what about now?
