Seeing Miss Zhang’s pained appearance,

Ji Yunshu said, “Miss, it’s merely a bolt of fabric—no need to harm someone’s life over it.”

Someone suddenly appeared and gripped her wrist so painfully. Miss Zhang naturally had a belly full of anger.

Twisting her wrist while looking her up and down, “Who are you?”

“This person saw the miss holding scissors about to harm someone, so I came to mind this idle business.”

“You know it’s idle business, yet you still meddle?”

“Because this person is an idle person.”

“…” Miss Zhang was rendered speechless. She stretched out her hand pointing straight at Ji Wanxin. “She tore the red fabric for my wedding dress. Can’t I teach her a lesson?”

Yes!

Of course she could!

Best to kill her off.

Ji Wanxin hadn’t expected Ji Yunshu would appear here. She only knew she had come to Jinjiang, and even more unexpectedly, that she would help her!

Confusion filled her heart.

And thinking back to what happened in Shanhuai County, a trace of guilt involuntarily surged in her heart.

Panic also flashed in her eyes. She simply didn’t dare meet Ji Yunshu’s gaze, only weakly explaining to her, “This fabric… I didn’t tear it.”

Without confidence!

Ji Yunshu stared at that pale face and laughed coldly.

“Miss Ji Er, this fabric was clearly torn by you.”

“What did you say?” She suddenly raised her head.

“This person said, this fabric was indeed torn by you.”

Very certain.

“I… didn’t. It wasn’t me!”

Her eyes reddened as she desperately shook her head. That pitiful appearance truly made one’s heart ache!

But in Ji Yunshu’s eyes, it seemed extremely false.

Even somewhat nauseating!

She didn’t want to waste words. She directly grabbed the torn fabric, ran her hand over it, and said, “This fabric is premium mulberry silk fabric transported from the Western Regions. The surface is smooth, bright but not transparent. When rubbed, it produces a unique ‘silk cry’ sound. Moreover, it has good extensibility and heat resistance—among all fabrics, it’s the finest. However, it also has one bad weakness: it doesn’t withstand salt water corrosion. Whenever it touches salt, the silk surface turns black. Yet the edge of this tear has turned black, which means it was torn by something with salt properties?”

Uh!

Hearing this, the shopkeeper said, “This young master, you’ve said it all correctly. This fabric is indeed made of mulberry silk and absolutely cannot touch salt water. If it does, it will turn black.” Then he wondered aloud, “But this tear clearly looks like it was cut by a knife or something similar. Besides, if salt touched it, shouldn’t there be patches of black spots? How could there be a torn opening with black edges like this?”

Not without reason.

Miss Zhang also quickly pressed, “Hurry up and say it—what exactly tore it?”

Ji Yunshu glanced at Ji Wanxin, only to see her eyes panicked, not daring to meet anyone’s gaze.

She raised the fabric in her hand and said, “Because this fabric was torn by something angular.”

Having said that!

She reached out and pulled Ji Wanxin’s hand, which had been hidden in her lapel, out.

Raising it high.

“The culprit is precisely this ring she’s wearing on her hand.”

Gasp!

Everyone exclaimed in shock.

They all stared at it—that ring was an irregularly shaped flower, with pointed petals that didn’t look sharp, but if one reached out to touch them, one would know how fierce they were.

Only someone with a vicious heart would wear this ring that could harm others at any time, or even harm oneself.

Of course, some people questioned it!

“Is this ring made of salt?”

Are you the one soaked in salt!

Ji Wanxin bit her lip, her nose stinging, one hand gripped, while saying, “Yunshu, how can you wrongly accuse me?”

“Others may not know, but I know, and everyone in the Ji residence knows—you, Miss Ji, have a habit of being particularly fond of this ring on your hand. Every three days, you soak the ring in salt water for several hours. Every other day, you rub salt on the ring as a form of cleaning. Therefore, this ring of yours, more or less, will have salt properties in it. And you used it to tear this fabric. If you still want to make excuses, then have someone come examine whether this ring has salt on it or not.”

Her voice rang out forcefully!

As her words fell, Ji Yunshu even more forcefully flung her hand away.

Her body was weak. With this throw, she nearly crashed into the cabinet behind her, showing a face full of fear, sobbing softly.

However, with the evidence conclusive, she was powerless to refute.

Those gentle, water-like eyes tightly held tears.

Miss Zhang, having learned the truth, was furious beyond measure.

She stepped forward and grabbed her hand, angrily saying, “How can you be so vicious! Everyone says Miss Ji Er is kind-hearted, but you’re clearly a venomous scorpion. Just because you couldn’t get this fabric, you had to tear it up like this. You’re truly malicious.”

“I… I didn’t do it on purpose.”

“So you’re admitting it then.”

“No, I don’t know why it turned out this way. It was unintentional, an accident.”

“Truly disgusting.”

Being called this, Ji Wanxin truly had no place to hide her shame. The onlookers all pointed fingers at her and discussed among themselves.

Harsh words all entered her ears.

Miss Zhang was also quite straightforward!

The two argued endlessly!

Ji Yunshu saw that more and more people were gathering outside to watch. If this continued making a scene, it would inevitably go to court, and as someone who had intervened, she would naturally have to go along.

She couldn’t be bothered to go again.

Simply put, she said to Miss Zhang, “Miss, in my view, perhaps Miss Ji Er truly didn’t do it on purpose. You also said just now, since this is a joyous occasion, why make such a big fuss? How about this—the money for buying the fabric will all be paid by Miss Ji Er. Miss, you can select another bolt in the shop, also paid for by Miss Ji Er. What do you think?”

“Just let it go like that?”

Unsatisfied!

At the very least, her face should be slashed open.

Ji Yunshu then leaned to the side, moving close to her ear, speaking softly, “Miss Zhang, if you continue making a scene like this, you’ll be the one at a disadvantage. Forget about the money for buying fabric—you might end up with a bad reputation in the end. Why bother? Moreover, you’re a person of sense. Let’s make a big matter small, and a small matter nothing.”

“…”

Hearing this, Miss Zhang hesitated. In her heart, she knew the pros and cons.

After deliberating for a long while, she could only unwillingly glare with her eyes wide. “Fine, fine. I’ll let it go this time. I’ll just consider myself unlucky. What bad luck going out today. However, I get to pick the fabric in this shop as I please.”

Ji Wanxin pressed her pale lips together and nodded.

The shopkeeper also breathed a sigh of relief and immediately had someone bring out all the premium fabrics in the shop.

Thinking to himself that this time he would definitely profit.

Thus, Miss Zhang began very extravagantly selecting fabrics. In one breath, she took all the most expensive bolts in the shop—just short of buying the entire store.

The amount of silver spent would surely be quite substantial.

With this matter resolved, Ji Yunshu also quietly left the shop.

Outside, Jingrong was waiting for her.

Of course, he had also figured out the situation inside.

Ji Yunshu said, “Let’s go.”

She quickened her pace forward.

But Ji Wanxin still chased out and blocked her path, calling softly, “Yunshu.”

A maid supported her!

When she saw Jingrong, her pupils fixed for a moment. Just as she was about to bow—

“Outside, there’s no need!”

Jingrong’s tone was extremely cold as he turned his gaze away.

And these words made things extremely awkward.