"Brother-in-law was just speaking off the cuff. He had no idea how many assassins there were," Feng Qing immediately defended.
She cursed the fool inwardly. How could he have blurted out the exact number of assassins?
"Oh?" Feng Yuqin raised an eyebrow. "Mr. Ji just happened to guess the number of assassins correctly. Doesn't everyone find that a bit strange?"
This was a golden opportunity handed to her on a silver platter. If she let it slip by, she'd feel she hadn't made the most of her transmigration.
The others also cast suspicious glances at Ji Wenjie. Except for those arranged by Ji Wenjie, the rest regarded him with a hint of doubt.
Some even had wild thoughts. Could it be that Ji Wenjie was the one who sent the assassins?
Seeing the change in everyone's looks, Ji Wenjie panicked instantly. "What's so strange about that? I just said it casually. I really don't know the exact number."
"Mr. Ji, do you think anyone will believe you?" Feng Yuqin turned to Feng Pingqiu. "Father, I said before that I'd find out who was behind the assassins as soon as possible. Now I believe this Mr. Ji is the one who hired them."
In fact, in Feng Yuqin's heart, she didn't think that a fool like Ji Wenjie was capable of arranging so many assassins.
After all, there were quite a number of assassins, and hiring them would cost a fortune.
She had conducted some tests before. Although she didn't have solid evidence, she was certain that the assassins had a great deal to do with her heartless father and Feng Qing.
But without evidence, she couldn't bring them down. Since Ji Wenjie had walked right into her trap, she'd use him to vent her anger for now.
"Aqin, with Wenjie's personality, he wouldn't dare to hire assassins to kill you even if you gave him a hundred guts," Feng Pingqiu tried to excuse Ji Wenjie.
Humph!
This heartless father of hers was nicer to an outsider than to his own daughter.
Since that was the case, she wouldn't hold back any longer.
"Although Mr. Ji doesn't have the guts, doesn't he have an older brother?" Feng Yuqin's implication was quite clear.
Hearing this, Feng Pingqiu and Feng Qing immediately grew anxious.
"Sister, this has absolutely nothing to do with my eldest cousin," Feng Qing quickly said.
"Aqin, it definitely has nothing to do with Wen'an," Feng Pingqiu also chimed in. "I'm here today to take you home. Once you're back, I'll definitely send someone to investigate the matter of the assassins thoroughly."
"Father, since the matter here hasn't been sorted out yet, let's postpone the trip back to the mansion," Feng Yuqin was determined to make trouble for Ji Wenjie.
Ji Wenjie instantly flew into a rage. "Feng Yuqin, don't be ungrateful. Do you think Uncle came to pick you up today because of your own face? It's because of the face of Prince Mo Xuanye of the Dongyuan Kingdom. Otherwise, do you think Uncle would come for you?"
"Shut up!" Feng Pingqiu didn't expect Ji Wenjie to say such a thing. Angrily, he turned around and slapped him.
Ji Wenjie never thought he'd be slapped.
He had never been beaten in his life, let alone in public.
Uncle had always been very kind to him, even nicer than to Feng Yuqin.
But today, he was slapped because of Feng Yuqin.
"Uncle, you actually hit me? You hit me for a good-for-nothing," Ji Wenjie roared.
Feng Qing didn't expect the situation to take such a turn. She immediately stepped forward to pull Ji Wenjie, but her words inadvertently angered him even more. "Second cousin, you can't talk to sister like that. Sister is part of our family. Hurry up and apologize to her so that she'll forgive you. Otherwise, what if she refuses to go home with us?"
In fact, Feng Qing hoped that Ji Wenjie would apologize quickly to divert everyone's attention and make Feng Yuqin stop dwelling on the matter of the assassins.
But she didn't realize that Feng Yuqin wouldn't let it go so easily.
She had noticed a slight change in Feng Yuqin, but deep down, she still thought of Feng Yuqin as a weak and useless person.
In the past in the prime minister's mansion, there had been similar situations. Even though her little friends had bullied Feng Yuqin, when she asked them to apologize for the sake of appearance, Feng Yuqin would always let the matter drop.
"Cousin, you want me to apologize to this good-for-nothing?" Ji Wenjie roared.
The others were a bit dazed by the unexpected twists and turns.
They were just talking about the assassins, and now it was about an apology.
So some smart people kept silent, deciding to be good onlookers.
Only a few people looked at Feng Yuqin with dissatisfaction. "She's a good-for-nothing. Even if she can cultivate now, she's still just a first-level weakling. What right does she have to make Second Young Master Ji apologize?"
"Exactly. Second Young Master Ji is the favored second son of the Ji family. His cultivation is several levels higher than Feng Yuqin's. Even if he beat her up, she'd deserve it for provoking Mr. Ji."
These people's words of distorting the truth enraged the Gold-devouring Beast.
If it weren't for Feng Yuqin's order not to act rashly, it would have rushed out to beat these people up.
"Master, I can exert a little bit of pressure on Ji Wenjie to make him tell some of the truth," the Gold-devouring Beast said.
Feng Yuqin's eyes lit up. She didn't expect such a pleasant surprise. "Won't it expose your aura?"
"A little bit of influence won't be a problem. The effect may not be very good, but it will make his mind a bit confused. It depends on how you question him, Master," the Gold-devouring Beast replied.
"Let's give it a try. If I can bring down Ji Wenjie today, this heartless father of mine won't be able to account to the Ji family," Feng Yuqin said.
With the Gold-devouring Beast's help, Feng Yuqin looked at Ji Wenjie and directly said, "Please, Mr. Ji, explain first why you knew the number of assassins before we talk about anything else."
No one expected Feng Yuqin to bring the topic back again. Some people who were watching the show thought that Feng Yuqin was very different from before.
They were all looking forward to seeing how far Feng Yuqin would go.
"What assassins? It has nothing to do with me," Ji Wenjie said, avoiding her gaze.
"Then it must have something to do with the eldest young master," Feng Yuqin said calmly. Then she signaled the Gold-devouring Beast to exert a little bit of pressure to affect Ji Wenjie's mind.
"It has nothing to do with my brother either. The money for hiring the assassins wasn't paid by my brother," Ji Wenjie blurted out involuntarily.
Hearing this, Feng Qing was furious. She kept scolding Ji Wenjie for being a fool in her heart.
"Wenjie, don't talk nonsense," Feng Pingqiu roared. Ji Wenjie finally realized what he had just said.
"Who paid for the assassins?" Feng Yuqin looked into Ji Wenjie's eyes and continued to ask.
"I..." Of course, he knew, but before he could finish the sentence, he was slapped by Feng Pingqiu.
"You scoundrel! How dare you hire assassins to kill my daughter," Feng Pingqiu pointed at Ji Wenjie and shouted.
Feng Qing glanced at her father and instantly understood. Her father was going to sacrifice Second Cousin in front of everyone today to settle the matter of the assassins.
If they kept investigating, they would also be implicated.
So she immediately stepped forward and grabbed Ji Wenjie. "Second cousin, how could you do this? I've always regarded you as family, but you wanted to kill my sister."