The Genius Doctor, My Wife, Is Valiant Chapter 5

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Master Zhan always maintained a dignified demeanor, yet he responded to Jing Qian with utmost sincerity whenever they conversed.

He cooperated by stating, “Yuxi is the granddaughter of my old friend Jiang Cheng. Before his death, he entrusted her care to me since she was still underage. Thus, I intended to support her until she reached 23 and finished college. After that, she would depart from the Zhan family to pursue her independent life, entirely separate from Lichuan.”

Jiang Yuxi's cynical smirk gradually vanished upon hearing Master Zhan's words, her complexion draining to paleness.

“Grandfather?!”

Her voice quivered as she cried out to Master Zhan, unable to accept those words coming directly from him.

She had long believed that even if the old man was confused enough to heed the charlatan's words and wed Brother Chuan to this wretched woman, he still held genuine affection for her! She even assumed he treated her like his real granddaughter!

Jing Qian grabbed a Gongpao prawn and slipped it into her mouth. She savored the flavorful homemade dish at a leisurely pace before remarking, “Grandfather, see for yourself. Even after hearing it straight from you, she wears that disbelieving expression. If she ignores her foster guardian's words, do you honestly believe she'll know her boundaries and fulfill her duties in your absence?”

“Jing Qian, shut up!”

A bone-chilling cold gripped Jiang Yuxi's body as it shook with fury. She never realized the old man had no intention of her marrying Zhan Lichuan and even planned to expel her from the Zhan family.

Her primary worry now: at 22 years old this year, she had merely six months until turning 23!

Jing Qian shrugged carelessly and kept provoking without a hint of unease, boldly facing the fearsome Master Zhan whose grave aura deterred any challengers.

“Grandfather, whenever you're away, she treats me like this all the time. Others call me Young Mistress, but she addresses me by name alone. Occasionally, she labels me a b*tch. Clearly, she rejects my position.”

“When have I ever called you a b*tch?!”

Jiang Yuxi stood stunned and mute, her expression resembling that of someone facing a madwoman.

True enough, she had privately cursed Jing Qian that way in her thoughts alone. Yuxi wasn't foolish enough to voice it aloud. Without irrefutable proof and certainty of permanently removing Jing Qian, she avoided such blatant moves.

The way Jing Qian phrased it made clear she was framing her!

Yet Jing Qian felt no shame in her fabrications and pressed on. “At first, I overlooked it. Her disapproval didn't faze me since I had no need to justify myself to her.

“However, the third young master is married with his wife residing here. This temporarily sheltered woman enters my husband's room daily. It's reached the stage where even I wonder if she's the true mistress of the house, while I'm merely a decorative vase in the Zhan family.”

In putting down Jiang Yuxi, Jing Qian sneakily praised herself too. She was thoroughly satisfied with the new body she'd obtained.

“Jing Qian, stop lying!” Jiang Yuxi grew so enraged by Jing Qian's claims that her chest heaved dramatically.

“Me, lying? Who entered the third young master’s room this morning in a sheer nightdress revealing a glimpse of cleavage, attempting to spoon-feed him bird’s nest?”

Jing Qian eyed a specific area on Jiang Yuxi with contempt and sneered on, “I'm not saying this to wound you, but your flat figure makes it tough for anyone to discern your gender, even with unnecessary ‘contacts.’ If someone brushed against you by mistake, they'd mistake it for a man's chest. That's why I've held back from commenting—I truly pity someone so unfortunate and flawed as you.”

Master Zhan stood utterly shocked.

The eldest Young Master, Zhan Yuheng, who had remained silent throughout, mirrored the reaction.

Jiang Yuxi’s cheeks burned scarlet, her whole frame trembling violently.

Noticing Jiang Yuxi's speechlessness from the deep humiliation, Jing Qian calmly sipped her mushroom soup before parting her lips to continue.