Chu Xinyue said lightly, "Is everything okay now? I’ll be going out then."

The white, simple silk nightgown fluttering, the young girl left the bedroom.

Seeing that the eldest miss and the second young miss had left, Xiaxia "slipped" in from the doorway, asking worriedly, "Is the third young miss all right?"

Jiayi shook her head, "I’m fine." She couldn’t help but ask, "Xiaxia, what was my relationship like with the second young miss in the past?"

Xiaxia also knew that the third young miss had had an accident in China and seemed to have injured her head; she couldn’t remember many things and hurriedly said, "The second young miss was okay towards the third young miss, much better than the eldest miss. Although she seldom talked to you, she didn’t bully you either. The second young miss has always been weak since she was young, and perhaps because of that, her temperament is much milder than the eldest miss’s."

As Jiayi had suspected, her past relationship with Chu Xinyue at the Chu Family had been quite peaceful, with no conflicts ever having occurred.

But if it wasn’t Chu Xinyu, and it wasn’t Chu Xinyue, then who else could it be?

If it was just ordinary hatred, why would someone go so far as to hurt her so cruelly?

What exactly had she done to offend the assailant?

Her head began to ache again, and she could only regulate her breathing, trying not to think too much.

...

The next day, as dawn was breaking, Jiayi got up.

Firstly, she was anxious to visit her mommy; she had hardly slept well all night.

Secondly, this bed that Xiaxia said she had slept in for two years felt so strange to her; she was not accustomed to it at all.

...She even started to miss the bed in Huo Garden.

After washing up and dressing, Jiayi asked Xiaxia, "Is madam awake yet?"

Xiaxia replied, "It’s too early, she hasn’t gotten up."

It didn’t matter whether madam was up or not; today, she had to see her mommy no matter what.

She opened the door and went downstairs, with Xiaxia accompanying her to the living room on the first floor, where she sat on the sofa.

Time ticked away slowly.

Maybe because she had gotten up too early and hadn’t slept well the night before, after waiting for over an hour, drowsiness overcame Jiayi.

She told herself, just a little nap, just for a while...

But what if Xuan Yu went out again?

She reminded Xiaxia, "If madam comes downstairs, you must wake me up immediately."

Xiaxia immediately agreed, "Sure, third young miss. You can rest easy for a while."

Eventually, Jiayi, with dark circles under her eyes, dozed off.

The next time she woke up, the sun was almost burning her rear.

She arched her back like a carp and jumped up from the sofa!

Checking the time, it was already eleven in the morning!

She quickly turned to Xiaxia, "What about madam? Is she up yet?"

"Madam went out," Xiaxia swallowed nervously.

"Why didn’t you wake me? Didn’t I say I had something important to discuss with madam?" Jiayi got anxious.

Xiaxia helplessly said, "I was going to wake you, but madam wouldn’t permit it..."

A bad premonition flashed through Jiayi’s mind.

From yesterday until today, Xuan Yu seemed to have been avoiding her and not addressing the issue.

Now, it became even more apparent that she was dodging her, delaying time!

"How long has madam been gone? Where did she go?"

Xiaxia answered, "She left over half an hour ago, seeming to have gone to the department store in town to personally buy clothes for the eldest miss and the second young miss."

Jiayi dashed out of the villa.

Xiaxia was startled and chased after her, calling, "Third Miss, where are you going? Madam has ordered that you can’t go out on a whim..."

Amid Xiaxia’s shouts, Jiayi had already run out of the villa and was about to head for the Chu Family’s bronze gate when a group of brawny men dressed in black swarmed around her!

In the blink of an eye, they surrounded her so tightly that not a breath of air could get through!

"Third Miss, Madam has instructed you to stay in your room in the villa obediently, and not to come out, please go back."

A man who looked like the chief of the security guards stretched his hand towards the villa and said sternly.

Confused, Jiayi thought, what does this mean, not even allowing her to go out of the gate?

Was this house arrest?

Seeing the girl pause for a few seconds, the security guards exchanged glances and intensified their tone, "Third Miss, please don’t make things difficult for us. Please go in!"

Jiayi’s fingers curled tightly into her palms.

What on earth did Xuan Yu mean?

With a cold laugh, she parted her red lips lightly, "What if I insist on going out today?"

The Chu Family’s security guards had seen the Third Miss before, but this was the first time they saw her so imposing that they were all momentarily stunned.

The Third Miss, who had been brought back from China, seemed to have shed her former timidity and fearfulness, becoming bold enough to fight for herself.

Finally, one of the guards regained his composure, "If the Third Miss insists on going out, then please don’t blame us for being impolite. We will have to tie the Third Miss up and take her back to her bedroom."

Tie up?

What on earth was Xuan Yu planning?

Jiayi felt as though she had fallen into an ice cellar, her body chilling through and through.

Just then, Xiaxia had caught up and steadied Jiayi, "I’m sorry! I’ll take the Third Miss back now!"

She also whispered to Jiayi, "Third Miss, these people are top-tier security guards from S Country. Going against them will surely lead to a loss. Let’s wait until Madam returns, okay?"

Jiayi suppressed the turmoil in her heart, turned around, and had no choice but to follow Xiaxia back into the villa.

A day passed, long and torturous.

Not until the sound of a car’s horn at the gate and the voice saying "Madam is back" did Jiayi shoot down the stairs like an arrow, with Xiaxia unable to catch up!

The living room on the first floor.

Xuan Yu had gone to the department store today to shop for clothes for Chu Xinyu and Chu Xinyue to wear to the Ya Family banquet in two days.

She entered the house with her two beloved daughters, all smiling, only to see Jiayi running down the stairs towards her!

The smiles on the faces of the three of them vanished instantly.

Chu Xinyu huffed, "Mommy, I’m going inside! I hate seeing annoying people."

Chu Xinyue also yawned lazily, "Mommy, I’m tired after shopping all day. I’m going to rest."

Watching her two daughters head upstairs, Xuan Yu lifted her hand, signaling the servants to take today’s shopping trophies down, and asked gently, "What’s the matter, Jiayi?"

Still playing dumb?

Controlling her excitement, Jiayi got straight to the point, "Madam Chu should be very aware of why I came to S Country. It is for my mom. Please take me to her now. I don’t want to delay another day."

Xuan Yu smiled softly and grabbed her hand, "Jiayi, didn’t I say? You’ve just arrived in S Country, rest well for a couple of days first. I will naturally send the best doctors and nurses to take care of your mother. By the way, her condition has improved recently; it’s stable now, don’t worry."

Jiayi suddenly understood Xuan Yu’s intentions.

She was completely using her mother’s situation to manipulate her!

She lured her back to the country with her mother’s car accident and then used bodyguards to limit her freedom. What on earth did she want Jiayi to do?

She looked at Xuan Yu calmly and, without a trace of mercy, pointed out, "Since Madam Chu doesn’t wish for me to see my mother, there is no point for me to stay here. I will go back to China now."