Huo Xing'Er and Ji Youzhi looked at Ji Youcheng with helpless expressions of sympathy and sorrow.
"The night before last, didn't he argue with you?" Ji Youzhi said to Zhu Xiuxiu. "That's when the seeds of this disaster were sown!"
Zhu Xiuxiu widened her eyes and stared at Ji Youzhi. "Are you telling the truth?"
Ji Youzhi gave a bitter smile. "Do I have a reason to lie?"
Zhu Xiuxiu shook her head. "No!"
She slumped weakly into the chair, asking with a grief that left her almost tearless, "What did she say at that time?"
The corners of Huo Xing'Er's mouth twitched, and she recounted what happened. "This whole thing, it really started with Third Brother. He made you angry, so Mother stood up for you and scolded him a bit. Suisui just made a casual remark after that, and then things escalated to this."
"What did Mother say?" Zhu Xiuxiu asked.
"Mother said Third Brother has his head stuck in money, that he doesn't know what's truly important in life," Huo Xing'Er replied.
