Accidents come without warning.
Jiang Nanshu had no time to react when the rack came crashing down; her position left her no chance to escape.
She clenched her teeth, raised her hands to shield her head, trying to minimize the damage to her body.
Yet she was suddenly encompassed in a warm embrace.
"Uh..." A muffled grunt sounded, which quickly turned into a pained moan.
Jiang Leyi, with Jiang Nanshu in tow, hit the ground hard, the metal rack pinning her down as she pressed tightly against Jiang Nanshu.
Jiang Nanshu was stunned by the impact until she felt something unusually sticky at her chest and realized something was wrong. She supported Jiang Leyi with one hand as she struggled to push the metal rack off them.
"It hurts, it hurts so much..." Jiang Leyi winced in pain, drenched in cold sweat.
Only then did Jiang Nanshu notice a piece of solid wire piercing through Jiang Leyi’s shoulder, the weight having driven it completely through.
"Somebody..." Jiang Nanshu suddenly yelled out to the surroundings: "Quick, someone help us!"
Mrs. Jiang was shocked by the accident, and the five bodyguards behind her did not move without her command.
In that moment of Mrs. Jiang’s hesitation, Director Wen loudly called for the crew on set to help and frantically dialed for an ambulance.
The uninjured hand of Jiang Leyi tightly grasped Jiang Nanshu’s arm as she murmured, "As long as you’re uninjured, as long as you’re okay..."
Jiang Nanshu had never imagined that Jiang Leyi would go to such lengths to save her.
Her dealings with her were based on kindness but also exploitation, helping her be acknowledged by the Zhou Family because she wanted Zhou Yanbai to have it hard.
If Jiang Leyi did just a little bit better, and with Zhou Zhenghui having only this one daughter, why couldn’t she contend for the world’s Zhou Family heir position?
Otherwise, why would Zhou Yanbai, after Jiang Leyi’s appearance, urgently replace Zhou Zhenghui’s daughter with Su Ran, the goal being to plant his own person next to Zhou Zhenghui, so when he passed, he could naturally be involved in the massive family fortune.
Of course, this was all predicated on the assumption that Zhou Zhenghui had not acknowledged any daughters.
He also feared that Zhou Zhenghui, in a moment of madness, would leave his fortune to any randomly acknowledged goddaughter.
Therefore, making others feel grateful towards her would facilitate many things she would need to do in the future, even if she couldn’t return to her original world, she definitely wouldn’t be too badly off.
Chu Muxi was shocked: "How could Jiang Leyi go to save you?"
The wire was then pulled out.
Jiang Leyi fainted from the pain.
Director Wen directed the crew to quickly carry Jiang Leyi out.
Jiang Nanshu first looked at Mrs. Jiang and saw that her once beloved and cherished daughter had been hurt because of Chu Muxi, yet she didn’t utter a word, nor did she show any defensive behavior.
In her memory, Mrs. Jiang would rather have the transcender dislike Jiang Leyi than to send Jiang Leyi away; if the transcender bullied Jiang Leyi, Mrs. Jiang would always be the first to scold the disobedient and unruly transcender, which only led to further retaliation.
But with her protection over the false daughter, Jiang Leyi has never been at a disadvantage.
But now.
Her newly acknowledged "daughter" had caused such harm to Jiang Leyi, and there she stood, an indifferent spectator, without lifting a finger.
Where exactly did her "love" for her daughters manifest?
When they were of use to her, not detrimental to her interests, she could "unreservedly" love them.
Jiang Nanshu thought, if she hadn’t offended the Song Family, then Mrs. Jiang could still maintain a superficial favoritism, even going so far as to confront, alongside Mr. Jiang at the school gates, the approaching Cheng Family members looking for trouble, fearing that Jiang Nanshu would be at disadvantage.
Jiang Nanshu’s light-colored sweater was covered in bloodstains, spreading over a large area.
She gave a cold look at the unmoved Mrs. Jiang.
"Your love for your sister was no better, but luckily, she has found her biological family, parents who love her more. She won’t ever have to come back to your side."
Mrs. Jiang’s face turned pale.
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