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Chapter 52 Outsider Boundaries
The first thing Jiang Guier did after returning home was rush into her walk-in closet, open the closet door, take out her suitcase, open the suitcase, and lay it flat in the closet.

“Okay, where should we start packing?” She put her hands on her hips and looked around the walk-in closet.

The first thing I picked up and put in was her loungewear. For people with mild OCD and allergies, when traveling and staying in hotels, long sleeves and pants are a must for sleeping, and a pair of sleep socks would be perfect.

She was leaning against the door, searching for the weather in Taiwan on her phone, and putting the clothes she had just taken inside when she suddenly heard a "click," as if the door outside had been opened.

Who will come?

She put down the clothes in her hand, and the skirt scattered inside the suitcase, like a beautiful flower that had just opened.

Several names flashed through her mind.

The footsteps grew clearer, and with a soft click, the door opened.

"Gui'er, why are you packing your luggage?" Lin Wan stood at the door of the dressing room, wearing a new LV dress that was bright and elegant, and a Bulgari snake bracelet on her wrist that was fashionable and luxurious. At this moment, however, her eyes were full of inquiry.

Jiang Guier hadn't contacted her for several days; her messages were going unanswered.
Jiang Guier glanced at her, then turned around and squatted down with a cold face. She carefully folded and laid out the dresses that had been lying loose in the suitcase. "It's nothing, just a business trip."

"Business trip? Where are you going?" Lin Wan took two steps forward, her gaze sweeping over the passport in the suitcase, her eyes flickering. "Where are you going on a business trip? Why are you carrying your passport? Aren't you in the country?"

"It's in China."

"Gui'er, don't lie to me. Why do you still carry your passport with you in China?" Lin Wan asked again, relentlessly.

She saw the passport in the suitcase; how could it not be for going abroad?

"What's wrong? Is there something you can't tell me?"

Hearing this, Jiang Guier frowned. She slammed the lid of her suitcase shut with some force, pulling the metal zipper all the way up. Her movements were clearly impatient and angry. "Why are you asking so many questions? Who are you going to report my situation to again? I think you should mind your own business."

Her voice was low and her tone was harsh. Upon hearing this, Lin Wan's expression froze, and her face turned pale for a moment. She hurriedly stepped forward to grab Jiang Guier's wrist, but Jiang Guier stepped back to avoid her.

Lin Wan's outstretched hand seemed even stiffer. She felt a chill spreading from her fingertips. She tried to compose herself, her tone deliberately ingratiating, "Gui'er, who upset you? Why are you taking your anger out on me? I know Qian Xin's actions made you angry, but you can't yell at me like that. I only asked you questions because I was concerned about you. You can't make decisions when you're angry. Impulsive decisions usually lead to regret. Can't we sit down and talk things out?"

As she spoke, she reached for Jiang Guier's hand again. This time, Jiang Guier held onto it. Seeing this, she assumed that Jiang Guier had softened her stance and smiled, saying, "You agree, right?"

"Let go!"

Jiang Guier's voice deepened, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes. Lin Wan's words just now confirmed her identity as a 'traitor'. She forcefully pulled her hand away from Lin Wan's, feeling a sharp pain from the Bulgari snake bracelet on her wrist.

"My affairs are none of your business."

"I have no intention of caring about you."

"Lin Wan, I've always treated you like a good older sister. Ask yourself honestly, have you ever kept anything from me?" Jiang Guier's eyes turned cold.

Lin Wan's breathing quickened. "Gui'er, listen to me. You're still young, and your judgment of things is always idealistic. Many of the things you do are for your own good."

"Hehe..." Jiang Guier's lips had just curled into a cold smile when her phone rang. Seeing the words 'biological mother' pop up on the screen act like a catalyst, pushing the two people who were already walking a tightrope on the edge of a cliff all the way down.

Jiang Guier pointed at her phone, "Is this what you call doing it for my own good?" She swiped her finger across the phone, answered the call, and Jiang Yun's icy voice immediately came through the receiver, "Jiang Guier, you're not a child anymore. You need to learn to control your emotions and take responsibility for your own affairs. Is all you can do when you can't handle things is throw a tantrum?" "So what if I am?"

Jiang Guier gripped her phone tightly, looking at Lin Wan standing opposite her with a mocking gaze. "You've gone to such lengths, not only bribing the people around me but also sending someone to monitor me. I'm so sorry to have troubled you, my dear mother."

Jiang Yun on the other end of the phone narrowed her eyes, pressing down hard on the nib of the Montblanc pen she was using to sign, tearing the paper underneath.

"Jiang Guier, you've grown wings." The deep voice carried a strong sense of pressure.

Jiang Guier wasn't afraid at all. Now that she had her grandmother's support, she felt she could give it her all.

"It's alright. Young birds need to grow their wings properly before they can fly." She said, gesturing for Lin Wan to follow.

Lin Wan looked at Jiang Guier with a disappointed, incomprehensible, and helpless gaze, and slowly moved her feet.

On the other side, Jiang Yun sneered and said, "You'll regret this."

"Don't worry, my dear mother. I might regret anything, but this is the one thing I will never regret." Jiang Guier spoke each word firmly, her fingertips slightly red from the pressure.

“You’re very good.” Jiang Yun’s voice rose, and the sound of porcelain clinking came from the phone.

"Beep—" The phone was hung up immediately. Lin Wan, who was standing at the door, didn't leave. Instead, she took two steps forward, blocking the connection between the dressing room and the bedroom. The crystal chandelier in the hallway illuminated her face clearly. At this moment, her expression was serious, her lips were pursed into a straight line, and her eyes were full of disapproval.

"I suggest you keep quiet." Jiang Guier glanced at her, not even wanting to look at her.

Lin Wan's expression changed instantly. "Your aunt is your mother. She raised you all these years for your own good. She did so much because she didn't want you to suffer. How can you be so stubborn? Do you think it's so easy to get by outside? Why do you have to tear down this protective umbrella?"

Jiang Guier's eyes drooped slightly as she glanced at Lin Wan's face, which was full of "it's for your own good" expressions. Her tone remained flat and unchanged. "Lin Wan, you know that's my mother. How I get along with my mother is none of your business, an outsider."

"Outsider!" Lin Wan's expression became agitated. "We grew up together, how can you be an outsider? Just because I said a few words for my aunt, you're dismissing me like this! Jiang Guier, you've gone too far."

Jiang Guier withdrew her gaze from Lin Wan's face inch by inch, her tone as cold as ice, "Have you forgotten that my mother is your former aunt, and my parents are divorced? In terms of social relations and blood relations, you and she are complete strangers."

Ignoring the stunned Lin Wan, she bypassed her hand and walked directly closer, forcing Lin Wan to take several steps back. "It's late, please leave my house." Her voice remained unchanged, conveying an undeniable sense of distance. "By the way, I'll be changing the password later. I don't really like strangers coming and going from my house so easily."

Lin Wan was escorted to the door by Jiang Guier in a manner that was both forceful and polite.

She hadn't expected Jiang Guier to be so direct in kicking her out.

She wanted to speak up and defend herself, and she wanted to find a good point to argue back, but the word "outsider" really shattered her stance.

The door slammed shut in front of her. She stood there, stunned, her heart trembling slightly. Had she really done something wrong?

She was just trying to help, so why was Gui'er so averse to it...?

She didn't understand, just like the tightly shut door in front of her right now, she received no response.

(End of this chapter)