MARRIAGE OF THE DI DAUGHTER

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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 136 Part 2: Girl

“This poor Taoist really did not talk carelessly. Coming into being with an avail spirit, the most likely manifestation that can be seen is the huge change of temperament, like being a different person. It’s said that people’s temperament will not turn upside down overnight. If the temperament changes, the previous habits and essence would still retain the former style. Whether this young lady’s temperament has undergone great changes, has it changed greatly from before?”

When this was spoken, the people in the courtyard were silent.

Didn’t Jiang Li’s temperament change greatly after her return from Mount Qingcheng? Thinking of the previous Jiang Li, before she was sent to Mount Qingcheng, she had a fiery character, willful and bright, loved to cry, with whatever her mood was written on her face. Time passed very quickly, the Jiang Li who returned to the residence made all the people who knew her could not see through her.

She was calm, gentle, always carrying a soft smile, but what she was thinking in her heart was unknown to anyone. She no longer cried, she did not even have feelings such as “fear”, and “grievance”. No matter what she encountered, she merely smiled.

As if she did not care.

“Yes…..” In the silence, Ji Shuran’s voice rang out. She said, “After Li’er returned to the residence, she is indeed very different from before. She became more stable than before, but she does not resemble a 15 years old girl. You Yao’s age is similar to her, and she looks like a girl who has not grown up….. She used to like eating meat and fish, and loved the mutton soup made by the kitchen most. But now, just the smell of mutton disgust her. Compared to meat and fish, she loves eating vegetables more….. Everything is not the same…..”

Can’t wait to accuse her? Jiang Li looked coldly at Ji Shuran listing her differences with the Jiang second miss one by one. She did not say anything, and there were more doubts on the faces of the people in the garden. Yes, she was not the real Jiang second miss, there wasn’t any place like her either in maturity, temperament, or preferences. Therefore, it was easy for Ji Shuran to find their differences. There wasn’t any place that they seemed to overlap as they were basically two different people.

Old madam Jiang and Jiang Yuan Bai certainly had these doubts, but they did not remember as clearly as Ji Shuran. Ji Shuran exposing these at this time was for no other reason but to make everyone even more convinced by Taoist priest Chong Xu’s words.

In a way, Ji Shuran could be said as being aware of some truth.

Jiang Li did not retort or refute and waited for Ji Shuran to finish retelling each thing. Ji Shuran looked anxiously at Jiang Yuan Bai, “So, Li-er is really different from before….. Master, I’m not suspecting Li-er to be an evil spirit. But everything is for Li-er, for the Jiang family’s consideration. If Li-er….. Li-er is really the host of an evil spirit, the Taoist priest will definitely have a way to drive the evil spirit out. After that, won’t Li-er be fine?”

Jiang Li said, “Mother.”

Ji Shuran looked at her with glistening teardrops remaining in her eyes. It seemed that she was wholeheartedly considering her. However, she also carried a bit of caution, as if afraid of being infected by evil. In regards to acting in a play, Jiang Li secretly admired Ji Shuran very much. She felt that with Ji Shuran’s style, in Ji Heng’s eyes she ought to be the best actress in Yanjing.

“Mother is always affectionate, no matter whether Jiang Li was truly an evil spirit, the eloquence of speaking for Jiang Li is still there.”

Old madam Jiang looked at Jiang Yuan Bai. Jiang Yuan Bai stared at this unfamiliar daughter and said, “Speak.”

“What Taoist priest said is correct, people’s temperament and preferences indeed would not change overnight. However, I was away from home and stayed in the Buddhist nunnery not for one night, not for a day or two, and also not for a month or two, but for eight years.”

“Eight years cannot be said as a short time.” She looked at Taoist priest Chong Xu with a smile.

Taoist priest Chong Xu was astonished facing the girl’s gentleness. He nodded and said, “It’s a long period of time.”

“Over time, many things change. Mother said that my age is similar to the third sister, yet the temperaments are as different as heaven and earth, yet didn’t mention that there are originally differences between people. If wanting me to be as innocent and unaffected as the third sister, for me, it will really be too demanding.” The corners of her mouth carried a smile as always, “Madam Liu came to worship Buddha that day and saw me by chance. Don’t know if anyone took note of her words, when she saw me then, I was punished in the ancestral hall and did not get a drop of water for a day and a night.”

“For me, this is the normal living state, can’t eat until full, can’t wear warm clothes, and accustomed to it. Under these circumstances, forgive Jiang Li’s incompetence as it’s really hard to remain innocent and unaffected.”

When these words came out, old madam Jiang and Jiang Yuan Bai’s faces were a bit gloomy. How Jiang Li passed her life in those years, though they never inquired about it, they were aware that the days in the Buddhist nunnery would certainly be full of hardship. It’s just that because Jiang Li harmed Ji Shuran and made her miscarry, causing people to be angry that they intentionally or unintentionally neglected her.

Now raising this old topic in front of the entire Jiang residents, although Jiang Li did not use an accusatory tone, it was like a resolute slap on old madam Jiang and Jiang Yuan Bai’s faces.

“Talking about habits, I really loved eating meat and fish when I was a child, loved sleeping on a soft bed, even loved bright-colored clothes with exquisite stitches. However, in the many years in the Buddhist nunnery, where can I find mutton soup? Even the blanket spread on the bed was only one, where cotton was sewn in winter and taken out in summer. Perhaps mother did not know, the cotton used over and over again quickly turned to dregs. People’s environment was like this, to maintain the former habits, afraid Jiang Li would not be able to stay and had gone mad early. So I changed my habits, nothing else but to keep on living. Let alone bright-colored clothes, any extra clothes in the temple is good enough to cover the body.”

“I only want to struggle to survive, but it’s different from the third sister. The third sister does not lack anything in the residence, so she naturally cultivates a temper of not lacking anything. I was polished by life, if I don’t compromise and mature early….. It’s really unknown if I will still have this life, to return and meet my father.”

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