Luck Reliant Beauty – CH 099

Chapter 99: Jiang Wu’s Resentment

Jiang Mi did not hesitate for long!

Having finally encountered Elder Brother, she wanted to die knowing why!

So, biting her lip, Jiang Mi suddenly chased after the carriage.

The guards were startled by Jiang Mi’s sudden action. Coming from a farming family, Jiang Mi’s stamina was undeniable; in the blink of an eye, she had already run five or six steps.

It must be said that on the streets of Jiangling, beauty like Jiang Mi’s was very eye-catching, and now that she was chasing after him, even more people were paying attention. Li Wu’s carriage had not gone far when a passerby sitting on the second-floor balcony leaned out and warned him, “Young Master, someone’s chasing you.”

Three or four people followed suit, and the carriage gradually slowed down. Chen Xin’er turned around curiously, glanced at him, and said unhappily, “It’s that woman we met earlier. She’s shameless! Even with Elder Brother Wu ignoring her, and she still dares to chase after us.”

Jiang Mi had changed so much over the years that Chen Xin’er did not recognize her at all.

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After muttering to herself, Chen Xin’er turned back and saw Li Wu sitting upright in the carriage, his lips tightly pressed together, a cold smile playing on his lips, and his handsome face dark and brooding.

Chen Xin’er had never seen anything like Li Wu’s expression before, and she immediately shrank back into the corner of the carriage, remaining silent.

In that short time, Jiang Mi caught up. After a moment of panting, Chen Xin’er and Li Wu heard Jiang Mi’s soft voice calling from outside, “Young Master, please stop.” She paused slightly, then said loudly, “Young Master of the Li family, I… I have something to say to you!”

Li Wu had not yet spoken. Chen Xin’er had already lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and glanced disdainfully at Jiang Mi, saying irritably, “My husband doesn’t want you; you’d better leave.” Then, Chen Xin’er scoffed, “What a shameless woman, actually chasing after a man like this.”

However, before Chen Xin’er could finish speaking, she suddenly heard Li Wu’s icy voice from inside the carriage. “Xin’er, go down for a while.”

Huh?

Chen Xin’er turned around in disbelief.

Meeting her gaze, Li Wu was as cold as ice. His face darkened, and he barked again, “Get down!”

This was the coldness Li Wu had never shown since he had specifically sent someone to fetch her. Tears welled in Chen Xin’er’s eyes. She bit her lip and finally jumped off the carriage.

Almost immediately after Chen Xin’er left, Li Wu’s command rang out again. “Form a circle; don’t let anyone near here,” he ordered the guards.

“Yes!” the guards responded in unison, scattering. They formed a circle around the carriage, blocking the view of passersby.

Then, Li Wu looked at Jiang Mi.

Jiang Mi had already reached the carriage. Even though she was somewhat prepared, she was still taken aback by Li Wu’s icy gaze. His emotionless eyes sent a shiver down her spine.

She opened her lips, her eyes red and swollen, and called out in a hoarse voice, “Elder Brother, it’s me, Ah’Mi.”

For so many years, she and Elder Brother had depended on each other. For so many years, she had regarded him as her only family, her only support. Jiang Mi never dreamed that they would one day meet face-to-face and be treated like strangers!

Li Wu looked at Jiang Mi expressionlessly. “Speak your mind!”

Speak her mind?

She had been searching for him for nearly two years, constantly dreaming of the joy of their reunion… Jiang Mi bit her lower lip tightly. Just then, a gust of wind blew by, bringing a bone-chilling cold. Jiang Mi quickly shrank back, hugging her arms tightly. She stared intently at Jiang Wu, who was looking at her impatiently, and finally asked in a hoarse voice, “Elder Brother, why?”

A tear rolled down her cheek, and Jiang Mi’s voice was choked with emotion. She sobbed anxiously, “What happened? Why doesn’t Elder Brother recognize Ah’Mi anymore?”

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In this world, if even her closest Elder Brother could turn his back on her in the blink of an eye, she truly did not know who else she could trust, who else she could rely on.

As Jiang Mi’s tears fell one by one, gradually soaking the soil, Li Wu spoke, his voice low and somber, “My surname’s Li. My father only had me as his son; he never had a little daughter named Jiang Mi!”

Jiang Mi’s face turned deathly pale, and Li Wu’s voice rang out again, “Young Lady Jiang, remember this: don’t rush to claim kinship with everyone you meet! A murderer’s daughter doesn’t deserve to be anyone’s little sister!”

A murderer’s daughter?

Jiang Mi rushed forward, reaching for Li Wu’s sleeve, but he shoved her away forcefully, nearly causing her to fall. Swaying, Jiang Mi quickly steadied herself by holding onto the carriage. Her face pale, she looked at Li Wu and said in a trembling voice, “What do you mean by ‘murderer’s daughter’? Elder Brother, even if you want to sever ties with Ah’Mi, you should at least let her know.”

Li Wu remained expressionless for a long while before speaking in a hoarse voice, “My birth mother was Father’s legal wife. Later, Father fell in love with Xu and left without saying goodbye. After Xu failed to conceive for a long time, she learned that Mother had given birth to me, and she instigated Father to take me away. I was only two years old at the time!”

Li Wu’s voice grew even colder as he spoke, “My mother’s family is quite powerful in the Southern Tang. To eliminate any future trouble, your mother turned around and used my Father’s name to come out and killed her. My mother was killed on the road, and I disappeared without a trace. My Master and my maternal grandparents searched for me for eighteen years. I was originally from the Southern Tang Emperor’s clan, and I had everything I could want, but because of your mother, I became a lowly country bumpkin, suffering neglect and humiliation for nineteen years. You should still remember how your mother treated me after you were born! Back then, not a single day was without wounds on my body! After arriving at Shu Capital, how high and mighty you, Princess Yihua, were, how those Shu people mocked me, this burdensome Elder Brother—you should still remember that too. So, Ah’Mi, you should never call this Prince Elder Brother again. I was not your Elder Brother!”

“Brother, I did not! I never acted superior, and I never looked down on you—”

Before she could finish, Li Wu interrupted her with a cold laugh, “It’s no longer important!”

After silencing Jiang Mi with those words, Li Wu raised his head arrogantly and said, “Jiang Mi, listen up! My surname is now Li, and I’m the first or second strongest Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Hey! I, Prince Wu, am no longer the hunched-over Jiang Wu who lived like a dog behind Princess Yihua. Now, I, Prince Wu, am high and mighty! Do you understand what I mean, Princess Yihua of Shu State? As the saying goes, fortunes change, and now I, Prince Wu, could easily decide your life or death! Even that Shu State Emperor should now treat me with utmost respect and courtesy! So, did not come knocking on my door calling me Elder Brother anymore. I’m not your Elder Brother!”

Jiang Mi seemed not to understand. She stared blankly at Li Wu with wide eyes until Li Wu abruptly pulled down the carriage curtain, until his guards pushed her to the side of the road, until his carriage sped away. She remained standing there, dumbfounded.

That evening, the noble young master returned to find Jiang Mi looking utterly dejected.

He took a few steps, summoned a guard, and whispered a few questions. The noble young master nodded knowingly.

A moment later, he brought a bowl of soup to Jiang Mi, bent down, and said gently, “Have some sugarcane soup; it’s very sweet.”

Without waiting for Jiang Mi to turn around, he had already taken the bowl of soup to her lips and was firmly feeding her.

Only after Jiang Mi unconsciously finished the bowl of soup did the noble young master casually set down the ceramic pot and slowly say, “Jiang Mi, does Jiang Wu refuse to acknowledge you?”

Upon hearing Jiang Wu’s name, Jiang Mi seemed to come alive. She stared blankly at the noble young master, murmuring in a hoarse voice, “He said I looked down on him at Shu Capital, and that everyone was humiliating him back then.”

The noble young master nodded, smiled, and casually said, “For a narrow-minded person, that kind of life would be humiliating.”

Jiang Mi herself was a fake princess; Jiang Wu, who had no relation to Lady Huarui, was naturally in an even more difficult situation. And because he was a man and an elder brother, he often had to silently swallow his grievances.

Hearing Young Master’s explanation, Jiang Mi lowered her eyes.

After a while, Jiang Mi said softly, “I never knew he would hate me.”

At this point, Jiang Mi gave a bitter laugh, covered her face with her hands, and murmured, “I never thought this day would come… I never thought it!”

T/N: Jiang Wu, you’re such a jerk!!!