Perhaps she had too many concerns on her mind.
As soon as Ji Yunxi closed her eyes,
all sorts of scenes of her tragic death on her wedding day flashed through her mind.
They were bloody and terrifying.
Feeling extremely heavy - hearted, Ji Yunxi simply opened her eyes and looked around the room. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the list of betrothal gifts sent by Feng Xingzhi that her father had given her before she left, telling her to take a good look at it.
Since she had nothing to do now, she got up and picked up the list.
The list was extremely long, and Ji Yunxi's eyes began to feel sore from reading.
The warehouse had always been under her management, and the key was on her. Since she couldn't sleep anyway, it might as well go to the warehouse to take an inventory so that she could classify and arrange the gifts properly later.
Ji Yunxi took the key and walked towards the warehouse.
When she reached the outside of the room,
she had just taken out the key to open the door when the warehouse door opened with a light touch.
Ji Yunxi immediately became vigilant.
In the blink of an eye, a dark shadow flashed before her eyes.
"How daring! You actually steal from the Ji family's warehouse!"
After saying that, Ji Yunxi was about to make a move, instantly mobilizing her spiritual power. The imposing force immediately swept through the entire warehouse.
"Sister, it's me." A female voice suddenly sounded.
Ji Yunxi frowned. She reached inside and pulled, then gave a hard tug, dragging the sneaky Ji Yuyan in front of her.
Because it was so sudden, Ji Yuyan didn't even have time to put away the hairpin in her hand.
Apart from the hairpin in Ji Yuyan's hand, the pouch on her waist was also bulging. It seemed that she had stuffed a lot of good things in it.
Seeing that there were so many betrothal gifts sent by the Prince Feng today, she thought it wouldn't matter if she took a few secretly. She never expected that Ji Yunxi would suddenly appear in the warehouse in the middle of the night.
"Entering the warehouse without permission and stealing things from the mansion. Ji Yuyan, you family thief. How many times have you stolen?"
In her previous life,
Ji Yuyan also stole things from home to sell, and then used the money to help the woman in the western suburb.
Previously, out of pity for her, Ji Yunxi often covered for her and took the blame on herself.
The woman locked in the western suburb was Ji Yuyan's biological mother. Because that woman had killed the grand - lady of the prime minister's mansion, Ji Yunxi's own mother, she was imprisoned by Ji Qilin in the western suburb.
Because of the unforgivable crimes she had committed, Ji Qilin only allowed Ji Yuyan to visit her on festivals.
Before, Ji Yuyan often secretly used the mansion's money to help the woman in the western suburb. In a fit of anger, Ji Qilin deducted Ji Yuyan's monthly allowance.
Counting it up,
this should be the fifth month since her allowance was deducted.
"Sister, I had no other choice. You didn't give me any money, so I had to come to the warehouse to 'get' some myself."
It was clearly stealing, but Ji Yuyan made it sound so trivial.
It was really ridiculous. In her previous life, out of pity for her younger sister, Ji Yunxi often secretly gave half of her monthly allowance to Ji Yuyan.
However, true feelings might not be reciprocated.
Even though she had taken good care of Ji Yuyan in her previous life, didn't she still end up with a sword through her heart?
"Put the things down. I can overlook this matter this time."
Hearing this, Ji Yuyan disdainfully threw the hairpin in her hand into the warehouse.
"Put it down then. I don't even want it anyway." After saying that, she pretended to leave.
Ji Yunxi drew a sharp sword across her path. Frightened, Ji Yuyan immediately straightened her body and didn't dare to take a step forward.
"I said, put the things down!"
Ji Yuyan immediately retorted, "Sister, I just came to the warehouse to take a look. I didn't take anything. I've already put down the hairpin. Why are you being so unrelenting?"
Ji Yunxi looked at her coldly as she acted.
After she was done,
Ji Yunxi said sternly, "Ji Yuyan, I've given you a chance."
After saying that,
Ji Yunxi put her hand to her lips and let out a long whistle, directly summoning the Ji family's secret guards.
"Go and inform my father and elder brothers. Tell them that I've caught a thief who stole from the prime minister's mansion's warehouse. Wait for them to come and decide the punishment."
"Yes, Eldest Miss!"
Seeing this, Ji Yuyan panicked extremely. She wanted to stop the secret guard.
But how could Ji Yunxi let her have her way?
"Ji Yunxi, what on earth are you doing? I'm your younger sister. Why do you have to be so heartless!"
"Getting anxious now? It's too late."
When Ji Qilin arrived with his two sons, Ji Yuyan was crying piteously.
Seeing only his two daughters outside the warehouse and no sign of the so - called thief, Ji Qilin quickly asked, "Where is the thief?"
Ji Yunxi grabbed Ji Yuyan with one hand and pushed her forward.
"Here."
Under the gazes of her father and two elder brothers, Ji Yunxi told them everything she had discovered. Finally, she even found a lot of red agates hidden in Ji Yuyan's pouch.
"Isn't this the blood agate from the betrothal gifts sent by the Prince Feng today?"
Seeing that the facts were in front of her and she couldn't refute, Ji Yuyan still stubbornly said, "Sister is going to get married soon. Once she gets married, she won't be a Ji family member anymore. Won't these things belong to me in the future? I just took a few in advance. How can it be considered 'stealing'?"
Furious, Ji Yunxi grabbed Ji Yuyan again and then threw her hard to the ground.
"Ji Yuyan, taking things without asking is stealing."
"I, Ji Yunxi, am still a member of the Ji family now."
"Even if I get married one day, I will always be the legitimate daughter of the Ji family. My things will never be for you to covet!"
After saying that,
Ji Yunxi didn't even wait for Ji Yuyan to speak.
She turned to Ji Qilin and said, "Father, since younger sister has admitted to stealing things from the warehouse, please enforce the family law."
Ji Qilin looked at Ji Yuyan on the ground and sighed.
Ji Yunyi was different. He had long disliked Ji Yuyan. Now seeing that she even dared to set her sights on his own younger sister's betrothal gifts, he was even more furious. Without waiting for his father's order, he directly called the steward.
"If you're guilty, you must accept the punishment."
Seeing this, Ji Yuyan knew that this time it was for real. She quickly crawled in front of Ji Yuchen.
Out of fear, her voice trembled as she cried, "I know I was wrong, Big Brother. Please save me. I'm your younger sister too. I've been in poor health since childhood, and my mother is not with me. I can't bear such a punishment."
Ji Yuchen softened his heart. He tentatively looked at Ji Yunxi and said, "Yunxi, how about forgiving Yuyan this time? She's a poor child, and now she knows she was wrong."
Seeing the gentle elder brother pleading, Ji Yunxi was just about to give in.
Ji Yunyi immediately jumped out and roared hoarsely, "Big Brother, is Ji Yuyan the only one who's pitiful? Isn't Yunxi pitiful? When Mother passed away, Yunxi was not even one year old. But what about Ji Yuyan? Her mother is still alive and well. What's so pitiful about her!"
"Big Brother, the thing Mother was most worried about before she left was Yunxi."
"We promised Mother that no matter what happened in the future, we would never allow anyone to hurt Yunxi."
"But now you want to plead for the daughter of the woman who killed our mother? For Yunxi?"
"Big Brother, have you ever considered how Yunxi feels?"
Hearing this, Ji Yuchen looked at Ji Yunxi with guilt in his eyes.
After that, he didn't say another word and silently walked away from in front of Ji Yuyan.