Chapter 2412

Chapter 2412: Chapter 2412

"From the way you were talking just now, it sounded like Ruan Jiaojiao has hurt you all before? I was only hoping to get a general idea, so I could better protect you, but it seems that’s not necessary anymore."

The coaxing and trickery in Jiang Xun’s words were practically obvious, but if Duan Sishu were capable of picking up on that, her relationship with the Duan Family wouldn’t have become so strained over these years.

As soon as she heard Jiang Xun say he wanted to protect them, she was instantly moved, convinced she’d really found the right son-in-law.

She barely hesitated at all and completely forgot Feng Nianian’s repeated instructions over the years; she just spilled everything that had happened back then in one go.

"Back then, my son was killed by that wicked evil spirit, and at that time my Nianian was still suffering in some other body. That poor child—if it weren’t for that scourge Ruan Jiaojiao attracting those filthy things, my family wouldn’t have ended up like this. Oh, right, you don’t know, do you? Ruan Jiaojiao is a Monster; she once lived inside a cat’s body! See? Someone who’s been a Monster is different—Monsters all bewitch people. Didn’t she bewitch that stupid nephew of mine and my two older brothers so they’d do whatever she said!"

"And another thing, the Ruan Family really isn’t clean. A few years ago I even saw two huge Pythons in their house! Huge, huge ones. And they insisted I was crazy and locked me up. They’re my own brothers—if it weren’t for that Monster Ruan Jiaojiao egging them on, how could they possibly treat me like that!"

All the suffering and unfair treatment she’d endured over the years, in Duan Sishu’s eyes, were all Ruan Jiaojiao’s fault; she even felt that Ruan Jiaojiao herself was a Monster.

It was just that whenever she said this to Feng Nianian, Feng Nianian would scold her and tell her to shut up, and sometimes even threatened her.

She’d been bottling up all this bitterness in her heart, and now that she’d finally found someone she could talk to, of course she wasn’t going to hold back anymore—anything she could say or shouldn’t say, she said it all.

Meanwhile, Jiang Xun’s expression had already changed drastically.

What Duan Sishu was describing sounded utterly absurd; if it were anyone else, they really would think she was talking nonsense, mentally deranged. ℯℯ𝑙.

Including Jiang Xun—if he hadn’t once seen that big yellow cat that Duan Xi held like a treasure, he wouldn’t have believed it either.

In his eyes, Duan Xi was a complete weirdo.

Although they were about the same age, ever since Duan Xi was adopted by the Ruan Family, he seemed like a different person; the only one he could see in his eyes was Ruan Jiaojiao.

At first Jiang Xun thought Duan Xi was just trying to curry favor with the Ruan Family, so he treated Ruan Jiaojiao well, but later, once he realized his own feelings for Ruan Jiaojiao, he finally understood that what Duan Xi felt was an obsessive infatuation.

And this Duan Xi, who loved Ruan Jiaojiao just as much as Jiang Xun did, had once treated a cat with special regard, doting on it no less than on Ruan Jiaojiao.

Back then he couldn’t make sense of it; now, after hearing Duan Sishu say all this, no matter how outrageous it sounded, he believed at least part of it.

"All of this, Nianian has never allowed me to tell anyone. Xiaoxun, you’re not an outsider—there shouldn’t be any problem telling you, right?" Duan Sishu asked Jiang Xun at the end, still a little hesitant in her heart.

Jiang Xun steadied his expression before lifting his head: "Right, I’m not an outsider. I won’t go talking about this to anyone."

"Then do you believe me? Do you also think I’m crazy?" Duan Sishu asked suspiciously.

"I believe everything you’ve said." Jiang Xun replied.

He paused, then added, "Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone, and I won’t let Nianian find out that I know about this."