Chapter 205

Chapter 205: Stupid and Vicious, That’s You

Yu Zhi Yi moved so fast that before Miss Su finished speaking, the talisman had already taken effect.

Yu Jiao Jiao spoke at once as if pulled by a string and said: “Of course I have to defend her. How else will I look kind? How else will I make her look vicious?”

Miss Su choked and twisted toward Yu Jiao Jiao, staring in disbelief as she said: “What did you say?”

Then she noticed the yellow slip on Yu Jiao Jiao’s brow and said: “On your head…”

“That is a Truth-Telling Talisman. While it is on her, every word she says is her true thoughts,” Yu Zhi Yi said with a slight smile, letting the moment speak for itself.

Smiling, she asked Yu Jiao Jiao: “In your heart, what kind of person is Miss Su?”

At the words Truth-Telling Talisman, Yu Jiao Jiao knew she was in trouble. After her mouth had already spilled that first line without her consent, she wanted to clamp both hands over her lips and keep from revealing anything more.

It was useless. No matter how hard she bit down or pressed her hand, the ugly truth still came out as she said: “She is a brainless fool.”

She continued, her face showing panic while her voice sounded smug: “She only got lucky to be born into the Grand Preceptor’s family, with a father who teaches the Son of Heaven and a big brother who grew up with the Son of Heaven. Besides those, what does she have?”

“She is unbelievably stupid. I only had to say at home that the fake bullied me, and this fool never asked if it made sense. She believed it right away and kept helping me deal with you, hahaha.”

Miss Su stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that her closest friend had always thought of her like this.

Yu Zhi Yi ignored Miss Su’s shock and asked with interest: “Oh? How did you lead her into helping you target me?”

Yu Jiao Jiao fought to hold her mouth shut. She did not want to answer at all. But she could not control it. The words came anyway as she said: “Do you remember my first year back, when I accidentally fell?”

Of course Yu Zhi Yi remembered.

When Yu Jiao Jiao first returned from the countryside, she had never worn long skirts. The first time she wore a fancy one, she stepped on the hem and fell.

Yu Zhi Yi happened to see it and went up to help her.

Second Brother, Yu Ming Yu, also saw that moment.

Feeling embarrassed, Yu Jiao Jiao pushed Yu Zhi Yi away before Second Brother could ask what happened, then ran off crying.

Yu Zhi Yi was baffled.

After that, Second Brother suspected that she had bullied Yu Jiao Jiao.

At the time Yu Zhi Yi valued these family members very much, so she hurried to explain with patience.

Second Brother believed her.

Then he went to speak with Yu Jiao Jiao.

Yu Jiao Jiao gave a satisfied little laugh and said under the talisman’s power: “I cried and told Second Brother the fall had nothing to do with Yu Zhi Yi, but I kept steering him to think she pushed me. Second Brother did not disappoint.”

From then on, every time Yu Ming Yu saw Yu Zhi Yi, his face showed disgust. Whatever bad thing Yu Jiao Jiao said about her, he believed, because he thought seeing was believing.

Miss Su, holding back her disgust, asked: “So the stories you told me about Yu Zhi Yi bullying you were all lies?”

Yu Jiao Jiao felt exhausted and wanted to give up resisting, but she could not stand the idea of ruining herself in front of so many people. It did not matter. No matter how hard she tried, she could not stop her mouth from saying the truth as she said: “More than that.”

She went on, still sounding proud: “Do you remember the first time we met? That little thief was actually caught by Yu Zhi Yi. I just grabbed the credit and used the chance to smear her so that you would hate her.”

That was when Yu Zhi Yi was twelve.

That day she slipped out of the manor to tell fortunes. On the way back, she heard someone shout to catch a thief. The thief ran right past her, and without thinking she gave chase.

A quarter of an hour later, she had subdued the thief. To be exact, she had accidentally knocked him out.

Because she was young and not strong, she could not carry him. She dragged him into a nearby alley to hide him, tied him up with his own belt, and planned to go to the office in Jing Prefecture to make a report.

But when she brought back two constables, the thief was gone.

The constables scolded her for a false report, though they let her go because she was a child.

She calculated the thief’s direction, wanting to guide the constables to him, but they no longer believed her.

After they left, she followed the signs she had read and tracked him herself.

She found Yu Jiao Jiao pointing at the thief on the ground, shamelessly claiming the credit in front of Miss Su.

Back then, Yu Zhi Yi had not yet lost hope in the Yu Clan, so she rushed over to explain.

But when she said she was the one who caught the thief, Miss Su did not believe her.

Miss Su looked at her with disgust and said: “Jiao Jiao is right. You really are stupid and vicious. You even throw away your brain to steal credit.”

She added: “That thief is a grown man. How could a twelve-year-old girl like you subdue him?”

The thief bore a grudge against Yu Zhi Yi for ruining his plan and landing him in jail, so he agreed with the lie. He claimed that the bodyguards with Yu Jiao Jiao had subdued him.

At twelve, Yu Zhi Yi could not defend herself. She had not yet learned to draw a Truth-Telling Talisman.

After the thief incident, Yu Jiao Jiao also twisted the story of the fall that day and said Yu Zhi Yi had tripped her.

Although these things were long past, and if they happened again now Yu Zhi Yi would feel nothing, she still smiled and poked right at Miss Su’s sore spot as she said: “You were sold and still helped count the money. Stupid and vicious. That is you.”

Miss Su had no words.

Yu Zhi Yi sprinkled a little more salt and said: “A couple of years ago, when you kept losing expensive jewelry for no clear reason, I suggest you report it now and search Yu Jiao Jiao’s room. You will find something.”

No.

Yu Jiao Jiao wanted to stop her, but what came out was: “She has so much money and so many nice things. She does not even wear them. What is wrong with giving me a little?”

Miss Su stared in disbelief and asked: “It was really you?”

Watching these former close sisters glare at each other like enemies with reddened eyes, Yu Zhi Yi almost wanted to grab melon seeds and watch the show.

But Miss Su was a proper young lady; she would not start a fight.

Yu Zhi Yi told someone to go to Jing Prefecture and report to the authorities.

Yu Jiao Jiao’s face changed and she turned to run, but Miss Su’s people blocked her as they said: “Trying to run?”

They took Yu Jiao Jiao back to deal with the matter of the stolen jewels.

Yu Zhi Yi felt a little regret that she could not follow to see the spectacle, so she turned to Princess Consort Ping and asked: “Do you still need something?”

Unexpectedly, there was no trace of dislike or doubt on Princess Consort Ping’s face. Instead, she smiled with clear interest.