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　　After leaving the hospital, Ji Xiangyi asked her driver Uncle Chen to go to the company. The meeting was only halfway through and she was not very satisfied with a few details. She would have to ask them to give her a new plan after returning.

　　We have been discussing cooperation with City B for several months.

　　Ji Xiangyi looked through the car window at the people outside who were chatting and laughing while shopping together in groups of three or four, with her brows lowered.

　　She has been too tired recently. The company’s affairs and the matter of Zhao Cheng have made her physically and mentally exhausted.

　　When this matter is over, give yourself a vacation, travel around and have fun. If possible, it would be better to have someone else with you, eat together, and take photos together at scenic spots around the world.

　　As she was thinking, Fang Ning’s face suddenly flashed through Ji Xiangyi’s mind.

　　Ji Xiangyi herself was stunned. Why did she think of Fang Ning?

　　Before Ji Xiangyi could figure out what was going on, the phone in his pocket rang.

　　Ji Xiangyi took out her cell phone and saw that it was Ji Xiangnian’s assistant.

　　This time, Ji Xiangyi’s expression changed from puzzlement to coldness.

　　She was already annoyed, and Ji Xiangnian wanted to annoy her even more at this time.

　　In her memory, Ji Xiangnian’s phone calls were the work that overwhelmed her and a bunch of annoying and nagging lessons.

　　Ji Xiangyi had a cold face. Without hesitation, she hung up the phone and threw it aside.

　　”Uncle Chen, drive faster and go back to the company.”

　　After finishing this cooperation, she will quit.

　　However, it was not just Ji Xiangnian that made Ji Xiangyi irritated, there was more to come.

　　The car stopped in front of a commercial building of Ji Company.

　　Ji Xiangyi opened the car door and just got out, she saw Zhao Cheng standing at the door holding a large bouquet of red roses. Of course, he was not the only one standing at the door, his parents were also standing behind him.

　　Ji Xiangyi felt like her head was going to explode. She knew it must be because she had asked people to withdraw their investment in the Zhao family a few days ago, so these three people came to her door.

　　Ji Xiangyi planned to go in from the side, not wanting to have any contact with this man who made her feel sick. Ever since she found out that Zhao Cheng had cheated on her, she felt sick even to look at him, let alone have any contact with him.

　　But she was a step too slow.

　　Zhao Cheng originally came here to wait for Ji Xiangyi, so from the moment the car stopped, he knew it was Ji Xiangyi’s, and he was afraid that Ji Xiangyi would run away.

　　So he immediately called his parents and ran over.

　　Ever since the Ji family withdrew their investment, the Zhao family’s business has been in a dilemma, and his parents forced him to coax Ji Xiangyi back.

　　He was unwilling. He was annoyed by Ji Xiangyi’s cold face. It was okay when they were intimate before, but now that she saw that his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, he was even more unwilling.

　　Who isn’t a rich second-generation?

　　He really didn’t want to see Ji Xiangyi’s cold face at all.

　　But his parents insisted on forcing him. If he was unwilling to coax Ji Xiangyi and not let the Ji family invest in the Zhao family again, the Zhao family’s business would have to be handed over to his younger brother in the future.

　　The Ji family is wealthy and powerful, and a small investment from them can support the Zhao family for a year or so.

　　There was no other way. For the sake of the Zhao family and for himself to be able to take over the Zhao family business in the future, he had to bite the bullet and go ahead.

　　Zhao Cheng adjusted his smile and gave Ji Xiangyi a guilty and regretful expression.

　　He slowly walked to Ji Xiangyi and handed her the flowers: “Xiangyi, are you still angry with me? I know I was wrong. I really only like you. Those women just came up to me shamelessly. I only love you. Xiangyi, can you give me a chance? I will love you wholeheartedly in the future and only love you.”

　　Zhao’s parents also echoed the sentiment. They really liked Ji Xiangyi. Of course, they didn’t like her as a person, but her identity, the second young lady of the Ji family and the president of the Ji family.

　　If Ji Xiangyi could marry Zhao Cheng, they wouldn’t have to worry about the Zhao family’s business. Of course, she might even be able to get a share of the Ji family’s shares. After all, she is the only daughter in the Ji family.

　　They believed that given how much Ji Xiangnian valued Ji Xiangyi, it was impossible for him not to give her some of the Ji family’s shares.

　　Zhao’s mother smiled and said, “Yes, Xiang Yi, Zhao Cheng’s father and I have already scolded Zhao Cheng and taught him a lesson.”

　　”Zhao Cheng was really seduced by those questionable girls outside.”

　　Zhao’s father also smiled and said, “Yes, Xiang Yi, you know that we only like you. No other girl can compare to you. Xiang Yi, just give Zhao Cheng a chance.”

　　Ji Xiangyi’s expression was not that cold originally, but after hearing the shameless words of these people, it became as cold as ice.

　　Zhao Cheng was shameless enough to cheat on his wife, but he pushed his shamelessness onto other girls. It’s disgusting.

　　Now there are people coming and going all around, and Ji Xiangyi doesn’t want to pay any attention to them at all and let others laugh at her.

　　I withdrew my gaze without leaving any trace and wanted to turn around and leave, but was stopped by them.

　　Ji Xiangyi felt a real headache and was also very disgusted, but her years of upbringing prevented her from cursing at this time.

　　Judging from their current reaction, they plan to continue to pester me.

　　———

　　Because of Ji Xiangzhou’s incident, Fang Ning can no longer live in this hospital room.

　　Thinking that she could get some money by attending a parent-teacher meeting, Fang Ning returned to Ji’s house without any hesitation, packed herself up, and Ji Xiangnian sent a car to pick her up.

　　Fang Ning set off for school.

　　Ji Xiangzhou had good grades and attended a public school. There were no big leaders or other people welcoming him on campus.

　　But Ji Xiangzhou had good grades and was among the top three in the school, so the head teacher was waiting for him in the office early.

　　Although Ji Xiangzhou is only in the second year of high school, with his grades, it is a sure thing for him to participate in competitions and be admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University in his third year of high school.

　　He is a top student, but he is also a troublemaker. On the one hand, he has good grades in school and is a top student. On the other hand, he climbs over the wall to play games outside the school late at night. Such a student gives the class teacher a headache.

　　Last night, when the head teacher wasn’t paying attention, he took his classmates over the wall to play games in the middle of the night. It wasn’t a big deal that they climbed over the wall to play games, but they also got into a fight with others.

　　When she received a call from the police station in the middle of the night, she was completely stunned.

　　She knew about Ji Xiangzhou’s family situation: he was rich, his parents were not around, and he only had older brothers and sister at home, but they didn’t seem to care much about Ji Xiangzhou. She had asked Ji Xiangzhou to invite his family to the school for parent-teacher meetings before, but she had never seen him successfully invite his family over once.

　　So after a few times, she rarely called Ji Xiangzhou’s parents to attend the parent-teacher meeting, but today, she had to call them. If this continued, he would rebel!

　　But she never dreamed that Ji Xiangzhou’s parents would be so young.

　　The head teacher was silent as he looked at the young and pretty person in front of him who looked like a college student but claimed to be Ji Xiangzhou’s parent.

　　Being so young, the head teacher suspected that she was a proxy, a college student hired by Ji Xiangzhou to pretend to be his parent. It was no wonder that she thought too much, after all, there were many such incidents previously.

　　The head teacher raised the black glasses on her nose and asked tentatively, “Are you sure you are Ji Xiangzhou’s parent?”

　　Fang Ning took off her black sunglasses and gave head teacher a big, friendly smile: “Teacher Chen, why do you have such a question? Is it because I don’t look like a parent?”

　　The head teacher really wants to say, no, you don’t look like a parent at all. You don’t look like a parent, but like a shill.

　　Of course, as a teacher, she would not say such a thing, but changed her statement to one that people could accept: “You said you are Ji Xiangzhou’s parent, may I ask, are you his?”

　　Fang Ning put away her sunglasses and said, “As for me, I’m his sister-in-law. His brother is a bit busy recently, so I came here in his place.”

　　The head teacher had met Ji Xiangzhou’s parents. That man was in his thirties, but the woman in front of her looked only around twenty years old. If what she said was true, then the world is really going downhill and morally corrupt!

　　Fang Ning said so, the head teacher could only be skeptical. She poured Fang Ning a glass of water and they sat face to face.

　　The head teacher told the story of Ji Xiangzhou: “It’s like this. Ji Xiangzhou climbed over the wall to go to the Internet cafe to play games last night and even got into a fight. Although he has good grades now and doesn’t need to be controlled too much in terms of study, I hope you still need to pay more attention to his lifestyle.”

　　Fang Ning just planned to come here to make some appearances. She now claims to be Ji Xiangzhou’s parent, but the fact is that she has no qualifications to manage Ji Xiangzhou.

　　So Fang Ning responded to Ji Xiangzhou’s words on the surface, but in reality, they went in one ear and out the other.

　　————

　　The conversation between the two was heard in its entirety by a student who came outside to deliver his homework.

　　The boy heard this, didn’t hand in his homework, and stumbled to the dean’s office.

　　Shouting loudly: “Report! It’s a huge news! Brother Zhou, your parents are here!”

　　————

　　Ji Xiangzhou was thrown into the teaching office by his class teacher for confinement and reflection. The dean of studies moved to another office, so this place became vacant.

　　It is empty anyway. Sometimes during evening self-study, it will be used as a discussion and study area for some students. In the past, when a student from other classes made a mistake, the head teacher would let him go to the dean of studies to reflect on himself. Over time, this place became a place reserved for students who violated discipline.

　　Today, Ji Xiangzhou is standing here. Of course, besides him, there is another classmate next to him, who is Ji Xiangzhou’s staunch comrade-in-arms who climbed over the wall to play games in the Internet cafe.

　　His name is Ye Yang.

　　Ye Yang kicked the floor and said sullenly, “Brother Zhou, this time I’m sure we won’t be as lucky as last time. Last time the head teacher didn’t call anyone, but this time we’ve all gone into the jail, the head teacher will definitely call our parents. It’s so annoying, my mom will definitely come over, I’m sure I’ll have to be Sun Wukong^[1]Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. In the novel, Sun Wukong … Continue reading again, what about you, Brother Zhou, who do you think will come to rescue you?”

　　Ji Xiangzhou stood straight, looking out the window at the leaves being blown by the wind, his eyes were calm, and he uttered two words very rarely: “No one.”

　　Ji Xiangnian just keeps busy with his crappy job every day, always thinking about money, and he won’t come.

　　The twins are even more unlikely. Ji Xiangyi is just like Ji Xiangnian. Apart from work, she does nothing else every day.

　　Ji Xiangchen, he plays those crappy TV dramas about love and romance every day.

　　When he was in junior high school, he was ignorant. He thought Ji Xiangnian, Ji Xiangyi, and Ji Xiangchen were like other parents. If he had good grades, they would come to attend their parent-teacher meetings.

　　But no matter how well or poorly he did in the exams, they never came to the school to hold a parent-teacher meeting for him.

　　Every time they were called to the parents’ meeting, the person who came was either the assistant or the housekeeper. Over time, other students kept asking why his parents were different every time.

　　After high school, he learned to be smart. When the head teacher asked him to call his parents, he was too lazy to do so and just said that they were too busy to put him off.

　　After that, the head teacher never called his parents again.

　　This time was the same. If the head teacher hadn’t forced him to call the parents, he wouldn’t have bothered to make the call.

　　As for the outcome, he had anticipated it long ago. One or two of them were either busy or had something else to do.

　　It’s impossible to come to the school to rescue him. The sky might fall, but there is no way they will come.

　　Ji Xiangzhou stood straight, his eyes fixed on the green trees outside the window. Thinking of these things, his eyes were filled with melancholy.

　　Ye Yang had never seen Ji Xiangzhou so melancholy and calm before. He and Ji Xiangzhou had been roommates for two years.

　　How to put it, his brother Zhou is cold and indifferent to others. He goes to class and goes home alone all day long. Apart from eating, drinking, going to the bathroom, attending classes, going home and playing games, he ignores everything else. It seems that he has no feelings for this world. He lives a plain and ordinary life every day, like a banished immortal who is detached from the world.

　　A man who wouldn’t even frown, even if the sky fell.

　　But today, he actually saw a hint of melancholy in those calm eyes. It was strange, really strange.

　　”Why, why didn’t anyone rescue you?” Ye Yang couldn’t help but ask.

　　Ji Xiangzhou raised his eyelids slightly, and his tone did not show much emotion: “Don’t ask why, but if you ask, they are busy and have no time.”

　　Ye Yang: “…”

　　What’s the difference between what you said and what you didn’t say?

　　But within a few seconds after Ji Xiangzhou finished speaking, he heard a voice outside howling loudly: “Report! Big news! Brother Zhou, your parents are here!”

　　Then the door was knocked, and Ye Yang saw that it was his good friend, Zhao Fei: “Zhao Fei, what are you doing? Why are you shouting so loudly! Are you deaf?”

　　Zhao Fei braked in time, gasping for breath: “Ahhh, I have to tip you off, Brother Zhou, your parents are here! Teacher Chen is criticizing you in office!!”

　　Ye Yang was puzzled: “What! Brother Zhou’s parents, but Brother Zhou said his parents couldn’t possibly come?”

　　Ye Yang was not the only one who was confused. Even Ji Xiangzhou was confused. He raised his eyes slightly, and a hint of curiosity appeared on his face, which did not show much emotion: “My parents? Who?”

　　Ji Xiangnian, Ji Xiangyi, Ji Xiangchen, or any assistant or housekeeper.

　　Zhao Fei was still panting, holding a pile of homework books in his hands: “Yes, your sister-in-law is here to rescue you!”

　　Ji Xiangzhou: “????Sister-in-law, what sister-in-law, when did I have a sister-in-law?”