Chapter 227
Chapter 227
“Ji Yan’an, I went out for a walk, and everyone was praising you.”
After Jiang Yunsui returned, she drank a bowl of milk tea and went to bother Ji Yan’an again.
Ji Yan’an never hid his work from her. Little Mushroom was allowed to go anywhere she liked.
Goodness, it was already late at night and he was still busy. There were quite a few people in the study too.
Jiang Yunsui found herself being stared at again.
This time, everyone looked at her with eyes that practically glowed green like hungry wolves.
Jiang Yunsui promptly withdrew both feet.
Something felt terribly wrong.
“Hahaha! You’re Little Yunsui, aren’t you? Come let Grandpa Shen hold you.”
“Let me have a turn too. This child looks especially blessed.”
Little Mushroom was suddenly swept off her feet. A group of rough, bearded men passed her from one to another, touching her chubby little hands and patting her hair.
Jiang Yunsui’s eyes went round.
What were they doing? Had stealing children become fashionable now?
She stared at Ji Yan’an with enormous eyes. Save me! Save me!
Ji Yan’an cleared his throat. “Uncles, don’t frighten her.”
Nanshu quickly went over and took Jiang Yunsui from them. The moment her feet touched the floor, she pumped her short legs as fast as they could go, raced to Ji Yan’an, and hid behind him.
“What’s going on?”
Little Mushroom tugged at his hand and whispered the question.
Ji Yan’an pressed down on her furry little head. “I’ll tell you in a moment.”
After sending everyone away, he put a piece of cake in Little Mushroom’s mouth.
“They all think you’re the God of Wealth.”
Ji Yan’an had never intended to hide Jiang Yunsui’s contributions. The little girl had helped him in countless ways, and he did not want those around him to look down on her because of her status.
“We found the silver mine at Qingxi Mountain, and the treasure you brought back this time solved many problems. Both came from you. I didn’t conceal that.”
Together with the special clay deposit used to make porcelain that she had discovered in Mobei, Jiang Yunsui had unmistakably become a lucky little dumpling who attracted wealth.
Who would not like a child who brought riches wherever she went?
Naturally, everyone wanted to absorb a little of Jiang Yunsui’s good fortune. They regarded her as a tiny God of Wealth.
Understanding dawned on her little face.
“Jiang Yunsui,” Ji Yan’an said, “your present status no longer suits you. You shouldn’t remain a maid.”
Jiang Yunsui stared at him blankly. “Y-you don’t want me anymore?”
Ji Yan’an lightly flicked her forehead.
Her bangs and eyebrows had been singed into a state too awful to look at, but her delicate little face was so pretty that it survived even this dreadful hairstyle.
“What are you thinking? I’m only giving you a new status.”
If he were emperor now, he would at least make Jiang Yunsui a commandery princess or imperial princess.
Unfortunately, he was not. He would have to work harder at rebelling.
Jiang Yunsui sighed with relief. “That’s what I thought. I’m so pretty, clever, kind, talented, and cute. How could you bear to send me away?”
That shameless vanity of hers…
The corner of Ji Yan’an’s mouth twitched. “Stop learning from Song Jin.”
Jiang Yunsui pouted, unconvinced. She was plainly telling the truth.
“I intend to take you as my sworn younger sister.”
Jiang Yunsui blinked. “Then you’ll be my big brother?”
“Can I still call you Ji Yan’an?”
Ji Yan’an fell silent. Was that really her greatest concern?
“You may.”
The youth’s voice carried a trace of resignation.
Jiang Yunsui smiled happily. Good. Suddenly having to call him Brother would have felt strange.
“Tomorrow, I’ll inform everyone. From then on, you will be my sworn sister,” Ji Yan’an said.
Father, I have adopted a daughter for you.
“When we return to the Ji Family someday, I’ll take you to pay respects at Father and Grandfather’s graves. Since we’re away from home now, we’ll keep everything simple.”
Jiang Yunsui did not understand the formalities, so she simply nodded.
She was a good child. Whatever Ji Yan’an said was fine.
She took a luminous pearl from her treasure and handed it to him.
“Here. A gift for becoming family.”
Ji Yan’an wondered if they had gotten the direction of the gift backward.
Still, he accepted it.
Ji Yan’an had noticed that Jiang Yunsui liked beautiful pearls, luminous pearls, gemstones, and jadeite more than ordinary gold and silver.
Most of the contents of her little bag were luminous pearls.
Ji Yi had said they found twelve high-quality luminous pearls in the treasure chamber. Jiang Yunsui alone had tucked away ten.
She had left him two, and now she had given him another.
She had taken plenty of fine pearls as well.
Ji Yan’an did not mind. If the child liked them, she could keep them.
He needed silver chiefly because developing Dali and raising an army required enormous sums.
After saying good night to Ji Yan’an, Jiang Yunsui happily returned to her room, soaked her feet, and went to sleep.
The next day, Ji Yan’an brought her before Song Jin and his other trusted subordinates, as well as the elders who had arrived from Mobei, and announced that he was taking Jiang Yunsui as his sworn sister.
Everyone approved.
Shen Qingzhu, Song Jin, and the others supported it with both hands.
After all, Little Yunsui had already received treatment nearly identical to Ji Yan’an’s younger sister.
On her first day as his sister, Jiang Yunsui held her head high and her chest out. She tried to look exceptionally proper as she went everywhere showing off.
“Yi Yi, I’m Ji Yan’an’s little sister now.”
Ji Yi answered with perfect solemnity. “Greetings, Miss.”
Jiang Yunsui beamed. With the generosity of a little god of wealth, she gave him a white pearl.
“Greetings to you too, Yi Yi!”
Then she continued looking for others. She even stopped a passing cat to tell it the news.
“Big Orange, I have a brother now.”
The orange cat licked its paw. “Meow?”
Jiang Yunsui took its paw and shook it. “Congratulations to us both. You can have this egg yolk.”
“Si Si…”
As Jiang Yunsui scattered wealth, all the maids and manservants in the residence soon heard the news.
“Hurry and arrange to bump into Miss Jiang! If you meet her and say something nice, she’ll reward you with silver ingots.”
The servants were delighted. Anyone without work in hand immediately went to engineer a chance meeting with Jiang Yunsui.
“Hello. What’s your name?” Jiang Yunsui asked.
“This servant is Xing’er, Miss.”
“Xing’er, I have a brother now. Ji Yan’an is my brother. Did you know?”
“Congratulations, Miss. Anyone can see how close you and the young master are. He has always treated you like his own little sister…”
Pleased by the answer, Jiang Yunsui gave her two little silver ingots.
Following secretly behind her, Ji Si and Ji Lu watched in silence.
The corners of their mouths twitched. Ji Lu sounded helpless.
“Little Yunsui really has become a god of wealth scattering riches.”
“She has plenty of money,” Ji Si said.
Ji Lu nodded emphatically, consumed with envy.
The Young Master had not taken a single thing Jiang Yunsui brought from the tomb. He had let her keep it all.
He had even set aside a share of the treasure the others carried out for her, but the little girl refused it.
At her tender age, Jiang Yunsui had already earned herself more wealth than most people would accumulate in a lifetime.