Ji Wei was completely baffled by Ji Yunli’s words.
"Dad, what are you talking about? I really don’t understand..."
Ji Wei turned her searching gaze toward Gu Moqian. The man met her eyes with a gaze that was steadfast and profound.
Based on her understanding of Gu Moqian, he would never act without a reason. For him to insist on handing Ji Yunxiang over to the police... it seemed last night’s events were undoubtedly tied to Ji Yunxiang!
Ji Wei’s heart trembled sharply. She turned her head and shot a piercing glare at Ji Yunxiang before saying to Ji Yunli, "I trust that Moqian has his reasons for acting this way. He’s always measured in his actions; he wouldn’t do something reckless."
Ji Yunli stared at his daughter, who was wholeheartedly supporting Gu Moqian, and instantly felt a twinge of displeasure.
She hadn’t even married him yet, and he already had the unsettling impression that the daughter he raised was becoming someone else’s.
Ji Yunli let out a disgruntled snort. "Are you saying that everything your aunt said was a lie? With so many servants who witnessed it firsthand, when Mr. Gu barged into the Ji Family last night with a group of people, intimidating your aunt and cousin? If I hadn’t been out hosting guests last night, how could I tolerate him acting so outrageously in the Ji Family?"
Gu Moqian cast a cold glance at Ji Yunxiang, who was cowering behind Ji Yunli. His stare made her shrink her neck instantly, visibly fearful.
"You’re still not fully recovered. Come over here and sit," Gu Moqian didn’t rush into arguing; instead, he helped Ji Wei over to sit on the sofa.
"Bring some hot water for your young lady," he said to the servant standing nearby.
The servant glanced cautiously at Ji Yunli’s grim expression before hesitating momentarily, then turned to pour the water and handed it to Ji Wei.
Ji Wei took the cup, drank a few mouthfuls, and held the warm cup in her hands. She looked at Ji Yunli with a faint, pale smile. "Dad, do you know what I went through last night?"
Even though Gu Moqian hadn’t explained a word to her, listening to Ji Yunli’s words since she entered, Ji Wei had more or less pieced things together.
The one responsible for trapping her by the lake last night was certainly Ji Yunxiang!
Ji Yunli was utterly baffled by her words. "What happened last night? All I know is that you seemed to have gotten caught in the rain and weren’t feeling well. You’re a grown-up now; you should learn to take better care of yourself."
Ji Wei responded with a bitter smile. "Dad, I almost drowned in the lake last night."
Thinking of how, if not for Gu Moqian arriving in time, she would’ve sunk to the bottom of the lake and become a ghost brimming with injustice—Ji Wei couldn’t help but lose her composure.
With her eyes reddened, she clenched the water cup in her hands even tighter. When her gaze landed on Ji Yunxiang, the icy glint in her eyes sent chills down the spine.
"What are you saying!" Ji Yunli abruptly stood up, staring at Ji Wei in shock and disbelief. "What on earth happened?"
Seeing the shock in Ji Yunli’s eyes, Ji Wei understood that he likely wasn’t aware of last night’s events yet.
It was possible that Gu Moqian hadn’t had the chance to lay everything out before being reprimanded by her father. Coupled with Ji Yunxiang’s embellishments, her father’s anger seemed understandable.
"If you want to know what happened, Mr. Ji should ask the person behind you."
Gu Moqian’s icy voice suddenly broke the air, concealing a deep anger in his shadowy gaze as he stared at Ji Yunxiang, who trembled fearfully under his scrutiny.
Ji Yunli’s face instantly turned ashen as he turned to interrogate Ji Yunxiang. "Yunxiang, what’s going on? Say everything clearly and truthfully!"
"...I didn’t do anything, I don’t know anything."
Ji Yunxiang shook her head, her expression visibly panicked. "Mr. Gu misunderstood me. The servant who called Little Wei has nothing to do with me at all, big brother. I swear I’m telling the truth!"
She clung tightly to Ji Yunli’s arm and continued her accusations. "It’s Mr. Gu who barged into the Ji Family without discernment, harboring who knows what intentions. He claims he wants to form a marriage alliance with our family, but after all these years, he still hasn’t married Ji Wei. Keeping the Ji Family hanging —it’s clear he has sinister motives! He might even be planning to seize the Ji Family’s business!"