Before all this, her brother ended up in prison, and Jian Yazhen didn't bother acknowledging the siblings. It wasn't until now that Jian Yazhen reached out to her and said: "Scared now, aren't you?"
She nodded.
"Your brother's situation — don't worry about it. A couple of years in prison and he'll get his sentence reduced. A couple of years after that, he'll be released, and then we'll ship him abroad for a little escape. Nothing to worry about. But in your grandparents' eyes, you've always held a higher place than your brother. You know why?"
"Why?"
"Because of Chang Yunxi."
Jian Yazhen's mention of Chang Yunxi now carried an entirely different weight.
Sun Mei's gaze sharpened: "Why her?"
