Seeing the 80-year-old lady walking away on crutches out of anger, Fang Ning said after the fact, “Did I go too far?”

　　Although they also scolded her, they were the old lady’s grandchildren after all.

　　Her conscience suddenly felt a little uneasy.

　　There was a hint of coldness in Ji Xiangyi’s clear eyes. Was it too much? She felt that it was not too much at all.

　　She remembered clearly how Mrs. Ji and her two sons were eager to take over the company run by her father when his parents were not around.

　　Before Mom and Dad were buried, she brought her lawyers and uncles over, under the pretext of helping them manage the Ji family.

　　If Ji Xiangnian had not been tough, the business that his parents had worked so hard to build would have been squandered by them long ago.

　　She even had some doubts as to whether her father was the old lady’s biological son.

　　Although she was only seven or eight years old at the time, she will never forget that incident and how she treated the four of them back then.

　　Afterwards, she used the excuse that Ji Xiangnian was in college and couldn’t take care of them, so she took care of her, Ji Xiangchen and Ji Xiangzhou for a while.

　　But she knew that Old Lady Ji just wanted Ji’s money. In the eyes of the old lady, her sons were much more important than her grandchildren.

　　Ji Xiangyi thought Fang Ning was blaming herself, so she consoled her: “It’s not too much, the scolding was pretty good.”

　　Fang Ning: “???”

　　Ji Xiangzhou, who was doing his homework, poked his head out and nodded in agreement with Ji Xiangyi’s words: “Yeah, I think so too.”

　　They had already experienced thoroughly what kind of person Old Lady Ji was.

　　Ji Xiangchen nodded: “Yes, you don’t have to feel guilty or think you are going too far. What’s wrong with you? She scolded you even more harshly first.”

　　Fang Ning: “…”

　　Why do these three people seem like they are not very filial?

　　———

　　As soon as Mrs. Ji left, the matter came to an end.

　　It was already three or four in the afternoon. Fang Ning stretched and felt a little hungry: “Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?”

　　After hearing what Fang Ning said, Ji Xiangyi was indeed a little hungry. A few days ago, her assistant introduced her to a delicious restaurant. After thinking about it, she slowly said, “I know a delicious place. Do you want to go out for dinner together?”

　　Fang Ning was of course willing to accept an invitation to dinner: “Sure, let’s go.”

　　Ji Xiangchen had just been thinking about inviting Fang Ning to have dinner together, and when he saw Ji Xiangyi pulling Fang Ning, he wanted to follow too.

　　Seeing this, Ji Xiangzhou followed along. In the end, Ji Xiangyi’s car was full of four people.

　　Ji Xiangyi, who was driving, originally just wanted to take Fang Ning out to dinner alone, but now that two more eyesores had come along, she was even more unhappy.

　　She was about to curse, but she found Fang Ning was concentrating with her head down, searching the restaurant she had just mentioned.

　　And because Fang Ning was there, Ji Xiangyi suppressed her dissatisfaction and disgust in her heart and didn’t say anything else.

　　The restaurant was not too far away, and Ji Xiangyi arrived in half an hour by car.

　　The restaurant looks like a high-end restaurant, the environment is very nice, and there are many people coming.

　　Ji Xiangyi had already booked a seat in advance.

　　This restaurant has a wide variety of dishes to suit all tastes. It is recommended that you sit down with a few people and order some delicious dishes.

　　When the dishes were finished, in a flash, Fang Ning thought of Ji Xiangnian’s return tomorrow. She didn’t know whether Ji Xiangyi and the others had received the news that Ji Xiangnian would be back tomorrow.

　　But Fang Ning still wanted to ask, after all, she didn’t know Ji Xiangnian. What if she recognized the wrong person? It would be so embarrassing.

　　And having someone to accompany me won’t be too awkward.

　　Fang Ning put some food into her bowl, thought for a moment, and slowly said, “By the way, your brother will be back from his business trip tomorrow. Are you free tomorrow? Do you want to pick him up?”

　　The first person to answer this question was Ji Xiangyi.

　　She picked up a vegetable. She didn’t even think about Fang Ning’s question: “I’m busy.”

　　Why mention him at this time? It’s bad luck.

　　Ji Xiangchen naturally had the same reaction, and just like Ji Xiangyi, he coldly said: “I’m busy.”

　　Ji Xiangzhou also refused: “I want to go to school.”

　　It was rare that all three rejections were so decisive, without the slightest hesitation, and the answers were surprisingly consistent.

　　Fang Ning: “…………”

　　How about this, is Ji Xiangnian your brother?

　　Ji Xiangyi still felt that it was not enough and asked coldly: “He is such a grown-up, but he still needs others to pick him up. Is he a child?”

　　He had never come to pick her up when she was on a business trip before, so why should she pick him up herself?

　　Ji Xiangchen raised his eyes: “He won’t fall, why should I pick him up?”

　　Ji Xiangzhou: “If his leg is broken, shouldn’t we use an ambulance? Why do we need to pick him up? I still have to go to school.”

　　Fang Ning: “…”

　　This is terrible brotherhood and sisterhood.

　　So, what did Ji Xiangnian do to make the three of them hate him?

　　According to the plot of the book, after the Ji family’s parents passed away, although Ji Xiangnian did not give them enough love and warmth like other parents, he did not do anything excessive either.

　　He supported the Ji family and provided them with sufficient living expenses.

　　From her point of view, this is already very good, much better than the scumbag father of original owner.

　　Of course, the plot here was not described in great detail, and there might be things she didn’t know.

　　Fang Ning calmly scanned the three of them for a few times, thought for a while, and finally couldn’t help but asked curiously, “What did Ji Xiangnian do to you guys?”

　　Although she didn’t have much right to ask this, she was really curious.

　　Hearing this, the three siblings of the Ji family paused their eating movements in sync.

　　But they soon returned to normal.

　　For some reason, Ji Xiangyi suddenly felt that the food in her mouth was tasteless.

　　What did Ji Xiangnian do to her? In high school, she fell in love with a boy. She sneaked out with the boy and was caught by Ji Xiangnian. Ji Xiangnian didn’t ask the reason or the whole story, but forced her to transfer to another school.

　　Of course, it’s not just that. When she was in college, she had two boyfriends, and Ji Xiangnian insisted that her boyfriend was a scumbag and was determined to separate the two of them by force.

　　She could understand that dating was not allowed in high school as it would interfere with her studies, but there was no need to let her transfer schools without saying anything. I heard that her boyfriend found a new one later, and she was still young, so she was sad for a long time.

　　But in college, her first two boyfriends were both very nice people.

　　They would buy her breakfast every day and save a seat for her during class, and they would also make handmade birthday gifts for themselves on her birthday.

　　Saying good night to her every night doesn’t look like a scumbag at all. Ji Xiangnian forced them to leave her.

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　　Moreover, she had two boyfriends, which was not a big deal. Ji Xiangnian actually scolded herself for having poor vision.

　　Also, after graduating from university, Ji Xiangnian did not let her choose a job she liked, and insisted on arranging her to work in the Ji family, where she worked hard every day, working overtime and correcting documents.

　　She felt like she was being suffocated by Ji Xiangnian.

　　His various behaviors have caused me to feel annoyed whenever I see him. If possible, I would rather not see him for the rest of my life.

　　So, what does it mean to pick someone up at the airport?

　　However, Ji Xiangyi did not intend to tell Fang Ning about these things. Although Fang Ning was a good person, she felt that now was not a good time to tell Fang Ning about these things.

　　After all, she was not quite sure whether Fang Ning was on Ji Xiangnian’s side.

　　Ji Xiangyi shook her head, suppressing the pain she had hidden in her heart for all these years, and tried to speak in a light tone: “It’s nothing, I just don’t like him.”

　　Compared with Ji Xiangyi, Ji Xiangchen’s dissatisfaction with Ji Xiangnian only increased.

　　Ji Xiangchen has been a troublemaker since he was a child, and fighting in school was commonplace. During Ji Xiangchen’s rebellious period, Ji Xiangnian had just graduated from college. He was scheming for power with his uncles and cousins ​​in the Ji family every day. Ji Xiangnian did not have the patience to teach Ji Xiangchen’s rebellion, and instead used force to suppress it.

　　After graduating from university, Ji Xiangnian also insisted that he join the company for development. Of course, Ji Xiangchen had a bad temper and did not obey Ji Xiangnian’s arrangement, and he ventured into the entertainment industry alone.

　　Talking about this matter, Ji Xiangchen recalled Ji Xiangnian’s mockery of his own lyricism.

　　When he entered the entertainment industry, Ji Xiangnian actually scolded him, saying that people with well-developed limbs but a simple mind and a bad temper are not suitable for the dark entertainment industry.

　　What else is said about that sooner or later there will be black fans all over the world.

　　Therefore, it would be impossible for Ji Xiangchen to have any good feelings towards Ji Xiangnian, who interfered in his life and scolded him.

　　Recalling the past, Ji Xiangchen’s dislike for Ji Xiangnian deepened.

　　Ji Xiangchen actually wanted to complain about Ji Xiangnian, but he glanced at Fang Ning and felt that this was not a good idea, so Ji Xiangchen shook his head like Ji Xiangyi and said, “It’s okay, I just don’t like him.”

　　Ji Xiangzhou felt differently. In fact, to be honest, he didn’t like Ji Xiangnian or the two so-called brother and sister in front of him. Each of them was so cold and looked at everyone with the same dead eyes. It would be strange for him to have a good impression of them.

　　The boy picked up a piece of meat from the plate, his movements were gentle, just like his mood: “Well, I don’t like any of them.”

　　Fang Ning felt a little complicated about the answers given by these three people. It seemed that the affairs of the Ji family were more complicated than she had imagined.

　　The dish was a little spicy. Fang Ning took a sip of water and gave up the urge to continue asking questions. After thinking about it, she decided to give up.

　　After all, it was their family affair, and it would be inappropriate for her, an outsider, to interfere too much.

　　For some things, it is best to keep a proper distance from them. Doing too much will only make people dislike you.

　　———

　　After dinner in the evening, Ji Xiangyi and Ji Xiangchen returned to their own place, and Ji Xiangzhou went back to school for classes.

　　None of these three people went to pick up Ji Xiangnian, so there was nothing Fang Ning could do. She had to solve the trouble she had caused herself.

　　The pick-up was at around 12 noon the next day. The airport was not far from my home, just over an hour.

　　Fang Ning dressed up a little, wearing a casual suspender dress, tied her hair up slowly, and put on a bag on her back.

　　Looking in the mirror, the girl with long sleeves, long hair, red lips, white teeth, tall figure, youthful and beautiful.

　　Fang Ning was very satisfied.

　　We arrived at the airport neither too late nor too early, just right, as Ji Xiangnian’s flight had just arrived.

　　However, there are many flights at this time and many people are leaving the country.

　　Fang Ning was standing upright at the airport with her bag on her back, and the driver was standing behind her holding a sign.

　　In fact, at this moment, Fang Ning felt a little nervous, if for no other reason than that the original owner must have met Ji Xiangnian.

　　But she had never seen Ji Xiangnian. She had been very busy recently, busy dealing with the mess left by original owner. She had no time to search for anything about Ji Xiangnian on the Internet, so naturally she had no idea what Ji Xiangnian looked like.

　　She was really afraid that she wouldn’t even know when someone came to her.

　　What should I do if it’s embarrassing?

　　Just as Fang Ning was deep in thought, the cell phone in her hand vibrated.

　　Fang Ning pressed the power button and lowered her eyes:

　　The text message read: I have got off the plane and will be at the east exit in a few minutes.

　　The text message was sent by Ji Xiangnian. The original owner did not seem to have exchanged WeChat with him, so they had been communicating through text messages in the past few days.

　　Fang Ning’s slender fingers danced on the phone screen: Okay, we’re holding up the sign, remember to look at it later.

　　After sending the text message, Fang Ning thought of something and her eyes lit up. Isn’t there a mobile phone?

　　It’s so easy to check information! I forgot about the existence of such a good thing as a mobile phone!

　　Fang Ning opened the browser and searched for Ji Xiangnian’s information on the web page. After the page jumped a few times, Ji Xiangnian’s information soon appeared.

　　Fang Ning is too lazy to look at the information.

　　She clicked on the photo directly.

　　The photo in the profile information was also very formal. He was wearing a suit and looked pretty good. The lines on his face were cold and smooth, his eyebrows were raised and his eyes were deep. His facial features were regular and he looked quite good.

　　———

　　Ji Xiangnian had just got off the plane, followed by his assistant. He was busy replying to people from the company. His boss had told him that someone was picking him up at the airport and there was no need for the company to make any arrangements.

　　However, the CEO of a cooperating company learned that his boss was coming back today, so he came back specifically to observe and even called him.

　　The assistant walked forward quickly, wanting to ask his boss’s opinion, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he found that his boss was walking steadily and concentrating on looking at his phone.

　　I don’t know who he was talking to, but it was rare that his usually serious and cold face revealed a barely perceptible smile, and there was a hint of tenderness in his smile.

　　After following his boss for so many years, this was the first time he saw the man with such an expression.

　　This made the assistant very curious about who made this cold and hard old man express such emotions.

　　”What’s wrong? What’s the matter?” Ji Xiangnian’s sudden voice pulled the assistant out of his thoughts.

　　The assistant quickly came back to his senses and sorted out his emotions: “It’s like this, there is something. President Xia learned that you are coming back today and said he would pick you up. What do you think…”

　　Ji Xiangnian refused without a second thought: “Please help me reject him, and put the work for the next few days aside so that you can save time for the next few days.”

　　He has been too busy recently and needs to take a break.

　　The assistant bravely asked, “Is President Ji coming to pick you up at the airport today?”

　　Apart from the boss’s younger brothers and sister, he couldn’t think of anyone else who could make his boss cut off the president of the cooperative company like this.

　　Ji Xiangnian was self-aware about this matter and said with a smile: “Xiang Yi, forget it, there is no way she would come here, it’s Fang Ning.”

　　Fang Ning? Madam!

　　The assistant’s brain was startled. It turned out to be the wife! He was still wondering who had such a big face.