Chapter 376: Chapter 376 Interrogating Cheng Li
"Grandma... Old Madam, what do you want me to say?" Cheng Li originally wanted to call her grandma, but facing Old Madam Jiang’s disgusted gaze, she swallowed the words back.
"What to say, do I need to teach you that? Weren’t you quite good at talking before, making both of us old folks smile from ear to ear? How come now, you can’t say a word?"
"Old Madam, I really don’t know what you want me to say." Cheng Li had already decided that she would play dumb to everything.
Otherwise, her outcome would definitely not be good. She even thought, if push came to shove, she’d pin all the blame on Mrs. Cheng.
"Don’t know? How convenient to not know." Old Madam Jiang sneered, pointing at Cheng Li’s nose and scolded, "I couldn’t tell at such a young age, you have such cunning, colluding with your mother to deceive us."
"Please understand, Old Madam, I am innocent." Cheng Li put on an innocent face, making Old Madam Jiang furious, yet unable to refute her.
Back then, they were the ones who so doggedly determined that Cheng Li was Jiang Yun’s daughter, because of Shangguan You’s letter. Thinking of that letter, Old Madam Jiang was momentarily stunned, unsure what came to mind, her gaze at Cheng Li turned to hatred.
She thought of a possibility, that Cheng Li might really be Shangguan You’s daughter, but not a blood relative of her Jiang family. If that was indeed the case, then the Jiang Family would be utterly disgraced.
However, she couldn’t bring it up in front of Cheng Li now. But her disdain for Cheng Li deepened, she considered Cheng Li a bastard.
Cheng Li naturally didn’t know what Old Madam Jiang was thinking, but seeing the dislike in her eyes, her gaze flickered slightly. She felt that playing dumb was indeed the right approach, even Old Jiang couldn’t do anything to her.
After all, wasn’t she in prison at that time?
Instead, Old Jiang looked deeply at Cheng Li and pointed out directly, "Cheng Li, you are not of the Jiang family blood."
Even though Cheng Li had realized this for a long time in her heart, when she heard Old Jiang’s words, she still feigned a surprised look and said, "How could this be? How could it be like this? At first, you insisted that I was your granddaughter, how come I’m not now?"
"Did someone say something in your ears, so you misunderstood me?"
With a face full of pitiful grievance, the words Cheng Li spoke made Old Jiang’s face darken. How could he not understand what Cheng Li meant, that she bore no responsibility at all. Since it was he who declared her as his granddaughter, even if it was a mistake, it’s their fault and not related to her.
What a crafty girl, he once thought she was obedient and sensible, yet she turned out to be such a person.
He really didn’t believe that Cheng Li would be entirely ignorant of her own background. So, she was actually deliberately perpetuating the mistake, and for a very simple reason, for the Jiang family’s power and wealth.
After all, he knew about Cheng Li’s family situation, and without him, who knows how long Cheng Li’s prison sentence would have lasted.
"Misunderstanding?" Old Jiang sneered, just about to lose his temper. Yet, who knows what he thought of, he suppressed his anger bit by bit, then looked at Cheng Li and said, "The Jiang family cannot accommodate deceit, nor does it keep idlers. Now, I give you a chance to admit on your own. Otherwise, I don’t mind using some extraordinary means on you."
"Perhaps you don’t know, the Jiang family’s punishments are extremely severe. Of course, if you wish to experience it, I shall fulfill that wish."