The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 180

Chapter 180: Chapter 180

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All night long, the two of them neither slept nor rested.

Only when the sky turned greyish did they finally quiet down.

Jiang Moxi was so exhausted that she fell into a deep sleep.

Whereas Youhan usually cleaned up after himself and then returned to his own room to sleep.

But this night, he didn’t feel discomfort anywhere and just snuggled Jiang Moxi’s waist and fell into a deep sleep.

When they were woken up again, it was by the ringtone of Jiang Moxi’s phone.

It was already ten o’clock in the morning and Jiang Moxi, who was still groggy and confused, opened her eyes.

Not until Youhan brought the phone to her ear.

"Moxi, why did it take you so long to answer the phone?"

Jiang Moxi completely woke up when she heard Old Master Jiang, Jiang Tairan, laughing on the other end of the line.

"What is it?" Jiang Moxi’s voice instantly turned much colder.

Jiang Moxi remembered that she had previously blocked Jiang Tairan’s number, he must have changed his number to call her.

At this moment, Youhan had already helped her answer the call, so she reluctantly listened to see what old tricks Jiang Tairan had up his sleeve.

"This year’s New Year’s Eve banquet at the old mansion has been moved to noon, you should come over too. We are all family, let’s not be unhappy during the New Year."

In previous years, the Jiang Family’s New Year’s Eve banquet was held on New Year’s Eve night.

This year, however, considering that he had to attend the Fang Family’s New Year’s Eve banquet with Weiwei, Jiang Tairan had changed the time at the last minute.

But about this issue, Jiang Tairan didn’t explain to Jiang Moxi, also worrying that Jiang Moxi would feel they were biased and gave the opportunity to Weiwei, who was not blood-related.

Jiang Tairan kept mentioning that today Jiang Fengmian’s girlfriend Yu Zhiqi would come, and Weiwei would also bring Yiming, and everyone would gather together cheerfully.

Jiang Moxi initially wanted to hang up and block this number again, refusing to attend the New Year’s Eve banquet.

But upon hearing Yiming’s name, she suddenly changed her mind: "Alright, I’ll return soon."

After all, it would still be after New Year before Youhan could conclude his investigation into Yiming investing in Landu and then bring him down.

Jiang Moxi couldn’t wait, she wanted to give him a big "gift" before the year ended.

After finishing her words, Jiang Moxi hung up and tried to get out of bed.

Unexpectedly, Youhan pulled her back, nibbling at her ear, he asked, "Where are you going?"

Jiang Moxi felt that Youhan wanted to continue the warmth of last night, which was very obvious, so she pushed him away.

"Jiang’s Old Mansion. Stop it, let go!"

"Use and discard?" Youhan still held her waist, with a faint smile on his lips.

Jiang Moxi sensed the implication in his words, her face heating up involuntarily, annoyed, she said: "You also played your tricks on me, we are even."

If it were not for his sudden move to feed her drinks last night, she would not have been half-hearted.

Whether hurt by Jiang Moxi’s words or not, Youhan really did let go afterwards, put on a bathrobe, and went to the balcony to smoke.

Jiang Moxi didn’t want to delve further, so she took care of her personal grooming and changing.

By the time she was ready to leave, Youhan was on the phone on the balcony.

"Mm, just look into the composition of funds for Landu, the destinations of various funds, and also the business scope of Landu..."

Hearing these, Jiang Moxi knew, Youhan was serious about dealing with Yiming.

Looking at the man’s tall, upright silhouette, Jiang Moxi felt quite desolate in her heart.

Her words, no one in the Jiang family would believe.

Instead, Youhan, an outsider, had been convincible time and again...

Worried that her desolate emotions might be exposed in front of Youhan, she left without even greeting him.

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In front of Jiang’s Old Mansion, it was festively decorated, looking very joyful.

Housekeeper Aunt Yao was directing other maids to clean the door so that no gaps were visible, and upon seeing Jiang Moxi approaching from not far, she said coldly with sarcasm, "Oh, what a rare guest during the New Year."

Jiang Moxi didn’t even glance at Aunt Yao and went straight into the old mansion.

Watching Jiang Moxi’s retreating figure, Aunt Yao coldly muttered, "What virtue! No wonder no one likes her!"

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In the hall, Old Master Jiang, Jiang Tairan, and the old lady Du Yuke were all dressed in red.

Apart from the youngest daughter Jiang Ruxin, who returned to her in-laws for a family reunion today, all other descendants gathered together, chatting and laughing joyously.

It was not until Jiang Moxi entered the hall that the lively laughter gradually faded away.

Especially when Jiang Weiwei and Fu Yiming, with their smiling faces, entered alongside Yu Man, her expression instantly turned cold.

"Why did you come? Have your wings grown strong, and you decided not to come back in the future?"

Last time it ended unpleasantly, and Yu Man held a grudge.

Thus, when Jiang Guosheng suggested that Jiang Moxi should come home for the New Year, she immediately vetoed the idea.

But unexpectedly, Jiang Moxi returned anyway.

Jiang Moxi looked at Yu Man, her lips curled coldly: "I didn’t want to come back either; it was you who insisted on calling me over!"

Yu Man naturally couldn’t tolerate Jiang Moxi’s retort and was about to scold her.

But Jiang Tairan spoke up: "Enough, why cause a scene during the New Year? Do you really want the child to wander alone outside?"

Jiang Tairan actually thought that Jiang Moxi’s face still had its uses.

Building good relations might even help the Jiang family to expand their business empire in the future.

As for the incident with the Bu Family before, it should be their misfortune, and it has nothing to do with incompetent child Jiang Moxi.

Yu Man couldn’t talk back to Jiang Tairan and had to keep quiet for the time being.

On seeing Jiang Moxi, Jiang Weiwei immediately went through a typical "white lotus" routine, starting with a relieved smile and then her eyes reddening.

"Moxi, it’s good that you’re willing to come back for the New Year. If you really don’t want to see me, then I’ll just leave."

After making a show of it, Jiang Weiwei played out the whole scenario of being ousted by Jiang Moxi without Jiang Moxi saying a word.

Then, Jiang Weiwei prepared to sit back and wait for everyone to start blaming Jiang Moxi, retain her, and then drive Jiang Moxi away.

After all, apart from having Fu Yiming as a decent fiancé, she might likely become the Feng Family Matriarch in Emperor City.

The Jiang family would certainly not keep the useless Jiang Moxi and let her, Jiang Weiwei, leave.

Yet today, Jiang Moxi didn’t wait for others to start accusing her; she looked at Jiang Weiwei with a mocking smile.

"Then leave, are you waiting for me to hold you back? Every time I don’t say anything, you say you’re leaving, but I never see you actually leave."

Under Jiang Moxi’s taunting expression, the rest of the Jiang family looked at each other, seemingly agreeing that Jiang Moxi made a good point.

Jiang Weiwei’s pitiful expression froze on the spot.

She indeed was not planning to leave; after all, where could she go if she left the Jiang family?

But now that the drama had already unfolded, by not reacting, she would let others really believe she was indirectly forcing Jiang Moxi to leave.

Thus, Jiang Weiwei immediately covered her face and ran towards the door, looking as if she had suffered a great injustice.

This caused Yu Man and other Jiang family members, including Fu Yiming, to be alarmed.

Yu Man rushed forward to intercept Jiang Weiwei: "Silly girl, where are you going! If anyone should leave, it should be her, Mom can’t be without you."

Even Zhao Guangmei stepped forward, adding: "Weiwei, you know what Moxi is like, why bother stooping to her level?"

Xiao Qingyun did nothing but pretend to hold back.

Other male members and grandchildren of the Jiang family also criticized Jiang Moxi for Weiwei’s sake.

Fu Yiming, Jiang Weiwei’s nominal fiancé, naturally was not to be outdone and harshly rebuked Jiang Moxi.

"What did Weiwei do wrong that you have to make her cry during Chinese New Year, causing such a mess in your family? You’re utterly hopeless, rotten to the core."

A patch of gauze was still stuck on Fu Yiming’s forehead, the spot where Jiang Moxi had caused him to bleed the night before.

In addition to this, his handsome face bore bruises of varying degrees, and everyone who saw him asked what had happened.

Embarrassed, Fu Yiming dared not admit he was beaten by Jiang Moxi, only claiming to have had a car accident the night before.

But because of this, his resentment towards Jiang Moxi grew even stronger.

From the moment Jiang Moxi entered the old mansion, Fu Yiming’s venomous gaze followed her, even planning in his mind how to punish her later.

Now that Jiang Moxi had directly provoked him, he was naturally not going to show any mercy.

As Fu Yiming sharply accused Jiang Moxi, wishing he could tear a piece of flesh from her, Jiang Moxi suddenly asked him smilingly:

"Weiwei is going to the Fang family’s New Year’s Eve banquet tonight to meet someone, so in what capacity is Young Master Fu attending our Jiang family’s banquet?"