On the way back, Aman was still fuming.
“What kind of person was that? To think there are such lechers in this world. It’s a pity about our umbrella, it nearly got broken…”
Jiang Si quickened her pace.
Aman continued muttering, “Miss, that man trespassed into a private residence. We should have taken him to report to the authorities. What if he escapes now that we’ve just left?”
“He’s probably Elder Sister Dou’s brother,” Jiang Si said casually.
Aman’s eyes widened suddenly, “You mean the Elder Sister Dou who arrived today?”
Jiang Si nodded.
Aman was even more shocked, stammering, “M-Miss, he, he was trying to seduce you…”
This was a difference in generational status—no, even peers shouldn’t seduce each other!
However, the generational difference was still too shocking. This was simply outrageous…
Aman carefully observed Jiang Si’s expression but found her mistress’s face impassive, only her footsteps had quickened.
“Miss, don’t lower yourself to the level of such people,” the little maid tried to comfort her, choosing her words carefully.
The young miss looks so calm on the surface, but she must be furious inside.
Who wouldn’t be angry? Being harassed by an elder…
The more Aman thought about it, the more she wanted to go back and give him a few more kicks.
Jiang Si curved her lips, “Who says we won’t deal with such people? When we see the Master later, remember to say this…”
Jiang Ancheng was lounging in his study reading a leisure book. When he heard that Jiang Si had arrived, he hurriedly stuffed the book back onto the shelf and picked up a history book to peruse instead.
“It’s snowing outside, why did Si’er come over?”
Jiang Si stood at the doorway, stamping her feet to shake off the snow. She handed her large red cloak to Aman and entered with her head lowered.
Jiang Ancheng quickly noticed something was amiss and sat up straight, “Si’er?”
Jiang Si looked up, tears hanging on her eyelashes, about to fall but not quite.
Jiang Ancheng was greatly alarmed and stood up abruptly, “What on earth happened to Si’er?”
His daughter was crying.
She could scold the Zhu family to the point where they couldn’t lift their heads in court, so why would she cry now?
She must have suffered a great injustice!
The more Jiang Ancheng thought about it, the more anxious he became. He wanted to support his daughter but it wasn’t appropriate, so he didn’t know where to put his hands for a moment.
Jiang Si reached out and grabbed Jiang Ancheng’s sleeve, “Father, someone harassed me…”
Jiang Ancheng nearly choked on his breath. He steadied himself against the wall and shouted, “Where is he?”
He wanted to kill that scoundrel!
Jiang Si clutched Jiang Ancheng’s sleeve without saying a word.
Aman spoke quickly from the side, “Master, you don’t know, just now when I was accompanying the young miss here, we encountered a man in our garden…”
Seeing Jiang Ancheng’s face turn three shades bluer, the little maid nodded vigorously, “You heard right, there was a strange young man in our garden!”
“And then?” Jiang Ancheng’s temple throbbed, if his sleeve wasn’t still being held by his daughter and if he knew the identity of that scoundrel, he would have already rushed out with a sword.
“Then that lecher came straight for the young miss, blocking her way and not letting her pass. He even tried to grab the young miss’s hand… The young miss and I barely managed to escape, our legs are still weak from fright.”
Jiang Ancheng looked at Jiang Si and asked through gritted teeth, “Is this true?”
Jiang Si nodded slightly.
“Bastard!” Jiang Ancheng kicked away the small stool in front of him.
The poor stool was still 80% new, and now it was in pieces.
After calming down a bit, Jiang Ancheng asked further, “Did that person run away afterward? Do you remember what he looked like?”
Aman avoided the first question and directly answered the latter, “He looked to be in his early twenties, wearing a mouse-gray jacket, not like a servant.”
Jiang Ancheng was stunned for a moment, suddenly remembering someone.
The cousin who had just arrived at the Earl’s mansion today was wearing a mouse-gray jacket…
Thinking of this, Jiang Ancheng’s anger rose, almost bursting through the top of his head to the sky.
To think that an uncle would harass his niece, was simply outrageous!
No, he had to go settle accounts with that scoundrel.
Glancing at his daughter, Jiang Ancheng forcefully suppressed his anger and comforted her, “Si’er, let me send you back to Haitang Residence first. As for today’s incident, you must not take it to heart. Father will find that person and give him a good thrashing.”
“Who could that person be?” Jiang Si asked.
Jiang Ancheng was stumped by the question and touched his nose, “We don’t know yet, but Father will investigate.”
“Aman, you go out first,” Jiang Si said.
Aman withdrew, leaving only the father and daughter in the study.
Jiang Ancheng was a bit worried, “Si’er?”
Jiang Si looked at Jiang Ancheng, “Father, do you know who that person is?”
Jiang Ancheng’s expression changed, suddenly feeling immense pressure.
“Daughter thought about it all the way here. That person appeared in our garden in broad daylight, he certainly wasn’t a petty thief, nor a servant from another household. So, he must be a guest of Father’s or the uncles’.” Jiang Si pursed her lips, a flash of embarrassment crossing her face, “Daughter just paid respects to Elder Sister Dou who came from afar today, and I heard that an Elder Brother Dou came with her…”
Jiang Ancheng awkwardly averted his gaze.
Being caught in a lie by his daughter was more embarrassing than anything. It was all because of that scoundrel Dou Qitong. He would break that bastard’s legs and throw him out later!
“What does Father plan to do?”
“Break his dog legs and throw him out!”
Jiang Si sighed, “Father if you do that, won’t the news of me being harassed by him spread?”
Jiang Ancheng was dumbfounded.
Si’er’s concern was right. Dou Qitong wasn’t just anyone, he was his cousin from his aunt’s family. If he beat him up and threw him out after he came from afar, anyone would know something was wrong. With a little investigation, the unfortunate incident Si’er encountered wouldn’t be kept secret.
It didn’t matter if a piece of trash like Dou Qitong lost face, but how could Si’er be splashed with such dirty water?
The more he thought about it, the more infuriated he became. Jiang Ancheng hit his head hard.
“Father, don’t be angry anymore.”
Jiang Ancheng looked at Jiang Si.
Jiang Si smiled slightly, “Daughter is not angry anymore either. Now that I know what kind of person he is, I’ll just stay away from him in the future.”
“You must stay away,” Jiang Ancheng pondered that he still needed to teach Dou Qitong a harsh lesson when he had the chance, just not now.
“Father must stay away too.”
Jiang Ancheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded solemnly, “Of course.”
Only then did Jiang Si smile with relief.
She was relieved, not because that scoundrel Elder Brother Dou would be punished somehow, but because after this incident, her father would keep his distance from Elder Sister Dou.
At this point, Jiang Si understood her father very well.
Faced with the sister of the man who harassed his daughter, his initial impression of Elder Sister Dou would start from rock bottom. In the future, if Elder Sister Dou could get within ten feet of her father, Jiang Si would consider it her loss.
“By the way, what did Si’er come to see me about?”
Jiang Si’s eyes flickered, and she tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear, “I made a pair of shoes for Father. Try them on to see if they fit.”
“They fit, they fit,” Jiang Ancheng took the shoes handed to him, declaring they fit before even trying them on.
Looking at that face so similar to his late wife’s, Jiang Ancheng’s eyes reddened slightly.
His daughter had grown up. He wondered which pile of cow dung would be lucky enough to have her!
Suddenly, the Great Master Jiang was filled with deep malice towards all unmarried men who weren’t surnamed Jiang.