Jiang Huai noticed the conflicted expression on her face and asked, "Aunt Zhang, what's wrong?"
The woman called Aunt Zhang immediately stepped forward and said, "When Aunt Wu first came to the Jiang family, she did mention that her son had intellectual issues and had been living in a special needs school for a while."
They had both started working at the Jiang family around the same time, and privately, they got along well, so she knew quite a bit about Aunt Wu's family situation.
Guan Xuxu then asked, "Do you know when her son stopped being 'slow'?"
Aunt Zhang thought for a moment and said, "It should have been eight years ago. I remember one day, she was particularly happy and said that her son had gotten better. It was probably in the summer."
Guan Xuxu nodded in understanding, then turned to Jiang Huai and asked, "Eight years ago, did any child around Aunt Wu or near the Jiang family's area, who had normal intelligence, suddenly become mentally impaired one day?"
Everyone in the room, including Jiang Yucheng, who had been silent up until now, froze when they heard her words. "What do you mean by that...?" Jiang Yucheng asked.
Guan Xuxu continued, "To make a child who had lost their intelligence return to normal, the only way would be to transfer intelligence from someone else onto that child. But the person whose intelligence is taken away would inevitably regress, becoming a mentally impaired child."
She asked about Aunt Wu's surroundings and the Jiang family specifically because Aunt Wu had been working in the Jiang family for ten years, and her daily activities had been limited to that scope. Therefore, the pool of people she could choose from was quite limited.
At this point, everyone could see where this was heading.
Jiang Su, who had been angry that Guan Xuxu had ignored him, suddenly thought of someone after hearing her words. He blurted out, "That silly girl from Uncle Song's family!"
Everyone turned to look at Jiang Su, and Jiang Yucheng's face turned cold as he scolded, "Don't call her that!"
He then turned to Guan Xuxu.
By this point, even though he still didn't fully believe that Guan Xuxu had some extraordinary abilities, he was starting to take her words more seriously.
After all, if what she said was true, and it involved the Song family's daughter, then this wasn't just about Aunt Wu anymore.
The Song family and the Jiang family had long been family friends, and it was true that the Song family's daughter had become mentally impaired eight years ago.
However...
"The Song family's daughter became mentally impaired because she had an accident while learning to ride a horse and hit her head," Jiang Yucheng explained. "Otherwise, with the Song family's wealth, if their child had suddenly become mentally impaired, they would've definitely sought out a master to help."
Since the impairment was caused by an external injury, the Song family had never considered any non-medical reasons.
Guan Xuxu didn't give a definitive answer. Instead, she asked, "Did the Song family's daughter come to the Jiang family as a guest eight years ago?"
Jiang Huai's expression became more serious when he heard this. He nodded and said firmly, "She did."
As the eldest grandson of the Jiang family, Jiang Huai was always in charge of receiving guests, so he remembered this clearly.
Moreover, the Song family's daughter had a round, cute face, and she was more well-behaved than the other second-generation heirs, so he had a clear impression of her.
It seemed that the accident had happened after her visit to the Jiang family, and after that, the Song family never brought her over again.
"Do you have a picture of her?" Guan Xuxu asked.
Jiang Huai didn't have a photo of the Song family's daughter, but it wasn't hard to get one. He quickly had someone find a photo of her from social media and showed it to Guan Xuxu.
She glanced at the photo and immediately confirmed, "It's her."
Guan Xuxu was certain, but no one in the living room looked any more relaxed.
The Song family was not a trivial matter, and this wasn't something that could be joked about.
The Song family had deep roots and had been a prestigious family for centuries. If what Guan Xuxu said was true, it would mean the Song family's daughter had been indirectly harmed by the Jiang family.
Even though the Jiang family had no knowledge of the situation, from an outsider's perspective, what Aunt Wu had done was essentially the same as what the Jiang family had done.
Considering how the Song family had continued to treat their daughter with care after she became mentally impaired, one wrong move could mean the end of the relationship between the Jiang and Song families.
"Intelligence this and intelligence that... Sounds like nonsense. If it were that easy to transfer, could I do it too?" Jiang Su said, unable to decide whether he didn't believe it or if he was just being contrary to his new cousin.
Guan Xuxu, finally tired of his antics, gave him a serious response, "You can actually switch one."
Guan Xuxu's features were delicate, with a babyish softness to her cheeks. At first glance, she looked very well-behaved. So, when she answered him so seriously, Jiang Su thought she was genuinely giving him advice.
But the next moment, when he realized what she had actually said, Jiang Su's eyes widened in realization.
She was calling him stupid!
"You dare insult me?" Jiang Su's face turned red, and he pointed at Guan Xuxu, looking ready to fight.
When the second and third branches of the Jiang family came downstairs, they saw the scene and Jiang Yutong quickly rushed over, slapping Jiang Su's backside with a loud "smack." "What's going on here? Are you going to argue with your sister forever?!"
Jiang Yutong's slap was quite strong. With a loud "pop," Jiang Su jumped on the spot with a yell, "Dad!"
Turning around, he raised his neck and shouted angrily, "Why are you hitting me? She started it! She called me stupid!"
Jiang Yutong and the rest of the second branch turned to look at Guan Xuxu. Lu Xuexi, who had been nearby, hurriedly explained what had happened, including Guan Xuxu's earlier theory about the Song family's daughter being mentally impaired after Aunt Wu transferred intelligence from her to someone else.
The third madam, Jiang Su's mother, listened and then patted her son's head sympathetically. "Xuxu didn't say anything wrong."
This brain of yours could indeed be replaced.
Jiang Su stared at his mother in disbelief.
Was this really his mother?
But compared to Guan Xuxu "insulting" him, the Jiang family was more concerned about the talismans Aunt Wu had been burying in the garden.
Although they didn't fully believe in these things, having someone bury them in their own garden still felt uncomfortable.
As for Guan Xuxu, the family assumed she had accidentally stumbled upon the truth. They didn't believe in the idea of people switching intelligence and becoming mentally impaired because of it.
"It's fine for a young girl to be interested in astrology or fortune-telling, but don't talk about it in the house," said Jiang Yumin, the second son of the Jiang family. Although he worked in the entertainment industry, he didn't believe in such things at all and even thought his elder brother's daughter was being a bit inappropriate, trying to get attention by discussing such random things.
Jiang Yumin thought he understood these young girls' psychology perfectly.
It was just that she had just been accepted back into the family, and now she wanted to make herself noticed.
Not just Jiang Yumin, but the rest of the family thought similarly.
Jiang Yucheng observed everyone's attitude and his expression darkened. He turned to Guan Xuxu and said, "I'll have someone remind the Song family about this. You don't need to worry about it."
Guan Xuxu, having just returned home, didn't want to become the target of everyone's attention over this matter.
She looked at Jiang Yucheng silently for a moment before nodding in agreement.
Since the Jiang family didn't want her involved...
She would take matters into her own hands quietly.
No matter what, she was going to earn that money.