Ji Yunyi cursed non - stop along the way, so the guards were not very polite to him. When they entered the hall, they directly threw him to the ground.
He instantly let out a hiss from the fall.
Li Jiuge's heart tightened. This was the first time she and Ji Yunyi had met since they were imprisoned in the Jiang family. She saw that his face was covered in wounds, his clothes were torn and still bleeding. Moreover, his eyes were bloodshot. It seemed that he had suffered severe torture and was obviously very exhausted.
His emaciated appearance made Li Jiuge gasp. In just a few days, he had become skin and bones.
Although Ji Yunyi hissed in pain, when he saw that Li Jiuge was okay, he immediately showed his teeth and gave her a smile.
Her heart ached. This glib guy was still smiling at a time like this!
Li Jiuge covered her mouth, and tears fell uncontrollably.
Ji Yunyi raised his hand and mouthed, "Don't cry. I'm okay. Don't cry..."
Jiang Yaoji had no interest in watching their affectionate moment. She waved her finger and said, "Really lacking in manners. How could we let the Second Young Master Ji lie on the ground? ... Kneel."
There was a pause in her voice, and her expression changed slightly. It seemed that as long as a member of the Ji family suffered under her hand, it would bring her joy.
Ji Yunyi was held by the guards and brought to kneel beside Li Jiuge.
When Li Jiuge saw him approaching, she immediately rushed over to check his wounds and even unceremoniously pulled open his clothes.
The guards thought that such behavior was unruly and the family head would surely be unhappy, so they wanted to stop her. Unexpectedly, Feng Xingzhi raised his hand to stop them instead, signaling them not to interfere.
Li Jiuge's hands trembled slightly. Although she was eager to check Ji Yunyi's wounds, she was afraid of accidentally hurting him, so she didn't know what to do for a moment.
Ji Yunyi looked at her red - rimmed eyes and reached out to grab her hand that was hovering in mid - air, too afraid to fully touch him. "I'm okay. Don't worry."
"How could you be okay? You've lost so much weight, and there's so much blood here..."
As she spoke, her body trembled even more.
Jiang Yaoji and Feng Xingzhi had divine powers, so they could clearly hear their whispered conversation.
They thought they would hear something about Ji Yunxi, but unexpectedly, there seemed to be some unclear feelings between these two people.
She glanced at Feng Xingzhi out of the corner of her eye. When would she be able to stand beside Feng Xingzhi not as a friend or an ally?
"Xingzhi, I didn't expect your sister to..."
Feng Xingzhi still had a blank expression, as if all this had nothing to do with him.
Jiang Yaoji paused and then sat back down awkwardly. But she was unhappy because of Feng Xingzhi's cold treatment.
When Li Jiuge saw the deep and bone - visible wounds on Ji Yunyi's body, her heart wavered for a moment. She wanted to speak out. After all, only Feng Heyang and the others could fight against Jiang Yaoji. She and Ji Yunyi were just small fries and might be insignificant in this matter.
Moreover, looking at the current situation, she was afraid that Ji Yunyi wouldn't be able to hold on until Ji Yunxi and the others came.
The hesitation in her eyes made Ji Yunyi panicked. He seemed to see through her thoughts and immediately shook his head at her. "I'm okay. Don't waste it."
He knew that Jiang Yaoji and the others could hear what he said, so he spoke very implicitly.
Li Jiuge's wavering heart settled down again, and she didn't dare to be indecisive anymore.
She was even a little scared. If she had really been confused, wouldn't she have ruined a great event for the world!
Ji Yunyi looked up at the people sitting on the seats. It was impossible for him not to have resentment in his heart, but he also knew that Feng Xingzhi was currently in a daze about everything, and it was all Jiang Yaoji's doing.
He retracted his unfriendly look, lowered his head, and found that Li Jiuge was hugging his shoulder and crying loudly.
Neither of them spoke, and Feng Xingzhi also showed no intention of speaking.
After a while, Li Jiuge finally looked up. "Feng Xingzhi, the Second Brother and I grew up together. Even if you have many misunderstandings with Yunxi or have heard some nonsense, how could you bear to do something to him?"
The name Yunxi seemed to pinch Feng Xingzhi's heart.
He didn't say a word, but privately, he also didn't approve of Jiang Yaoji's torture of the captives. According to Jiang Yaoji's personality in the past few days, if it weren't for her order, these servants would never have dared to do anything to the two of them.
Now, out of consideration for him, she really didn't hurt Li Jiuge, but she had hurt Ji Yunyi like this. Her mind was really narrow.
Jiang Yaoji keenly sensed Feng Xingzhi's unhappiness. Thinking it was caused by Li Jiuge's questioning, she quickly said, "Don't make things difficult for your cousin. It was my order. It has nothing to do with him."
She thought that by siding with Feng Xingzhi, she could get a bit of his gratitude. However, he still looked indifferent, as if he didn't care about any of this. Even after a short while, he left without saying a word.
Seeing him leave, Jiang Yaoji's expression that she had maintained for a long time finally couldn't hold up. She angrily walked up to Li Jiuge.
"What a good princess. Are your bones really that hard?" Jiang Yaoji stepped forward and pinched Li Jiuge's chin. "Are you blind? Ji Yunyi is right in front of you. You've seen what he looks like. This is the consequence of not telling the truth!"
She used quite a bit of strength, making Li Jiuge clench her teeth.
Seeing this, Ji Yunyi raised his hand and slapped Jiang Yaoji's hand. "Stay away from her!"
The guards immediately drew their swords and wanted to teach him a lesson. But Jiang Yaoji found it interesting. She had many spies, but she really hadn't seen that the relationship between these two was so good.
She stood up, took out a silk handkerchief to wipe her hand, and her expression was vicious. "Li Jiuge, although you are Azhi's sister, now you can see that he doesn't care about you at all."
If this sentence had been said earlier, it might have touched Li Jiuge. But now that she had regained her senses, she was completely unmoved.
"You know very well why he doesn't care about us, Jiang Yaoji. What you get by deception will always be a deception. And even if it's a deception, I haven't seen my cousin show you the slightest bit of favoritism." Li Jiuge didn't hide her straightforwardness. "You'll never be able to compare to Yunxi."
"Humph, what a sharp - tongued mouth." Jiang Yaoji was angry in her heart and threw the silk handkerchief on the ground forcefully. "I advise you to confess earlier so that you can suffer less!"
"Pah! You only know these dirty tricks. Do you think you can threaten me like this? Just see if your grandma here will be intimidated!"
Her repeated provocations completely angered Jiang Yaoji. She was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped Li Jiuge.
Li Jiuge was not to be outdone and directly bit on her arm.
Jiang Yin was standing on one side. Seeing Jiang Yaoji's expression change in pain, he rushed up without hesitation and kicked Li Jiuge. The surrounding guards also rushed up and held Ji Yunyi, who wanted to fight back, so that he couldn't move.
"Pfft!" Li Jiuge wasn't prepared, and a mouthful of fresh blood spurted onto Jiang Yaoji's dress.