Chapter 22 - Smoke of Battle" between Uncle and Nephew

Chapter 22: “Smoke of Battle” between Uncle and NephewTranslator: Wu YufanProofread by Liang Yaping

Ji Xuewei had intended to accuse Ji Xiaoli to Dad before her arrival, but now she wondered why Ji Xiaoli had another companion from Qin family now, just half a year after separating with Qin Zheng?

Did she want to reunite with Qin Zheng through that man? No! She couldn’t allow these things to happen! In these days, Qin Zheng’s inexplicable indifference towards her made her think of Ji Xiaoli instantly!

Ji Xuewei believed that it was Ji Xiaoli who appeared before Qin Zheng every now and then with the intention of taking him from her. With this idea occurring to her mind, she involuntarily ground her teeth.

When she entered, she didn’t notice Ji Xiaoli and Qin Zhenyang had arrived.

However, she opened her mouth and complained to Fang Youlan, “Mom, I come back to talk to you about something today. What’s the matter with Ji Xiaoli? Having been driven away, how shameless she is to seduce Qin Zheng again? After all, I’m her nominal sister!”

In fact, if Ji Xuewei didn’t be sweet on Qin Zheng and took him away from Ji Xiaoli, there would be no such thing as this.

Certainly, Fang Youlan did not say these. After all, an adopted daughter was not anything. They had raised this wicked girl for so many years, and in her opinion, it was really not a big deal for Ji Xiaoli to give up her boyfriend.

“What happened?” She frowned.

“Somehow she seduced a man, who is Qin Zheng’s uncle, and what a coincidence! I think that she comes to be with this man for the very sake of Qin Zheng!” Ji Xuewei said with absolute certainty.

Fang Youlan thought about it.

It seemed that the man’s surname was actually Qin, but they had got the license. It was not realistic that this wicked girl was still thinking about Qin Zheng.

“Stop your preposterous thoughts! Your business is to marry Qin Zheng as early as possible! You have been with him for about half a year, and things need to be put on the agenda!” Thinking that the adopted daughter had married, and there was nothing encouraging about her own daughter, Fang Youlan felt more inequitable.

Ji Xuewei looked pallid, “I had mentioned it for many times, but every time Qin Zheng would say ‘wait’…Who knows when he will make his final decision?”

After a short silence, Fang Youlan thought that this thing really had to be discussed with her daughter in detail. There were only advantages to marry a man from such a rich family, especially she didn’t want her own daughter to be exceeded by that wicked girl.

“How do you do, Aunt!…” Qin Zheng came over at this moment.

Seeing her handsome son-in-law, Fang Youlan was full of satisfaction, “Well, come in, and I’m going to prepare lunch in the kitchen.”

When Ji Xuewei and Qin Zheng entered the living room, they found that they were not the only visitors who came here today…

Qin Zheng’s whole body froze, which confused Ji Xuewei next to him. But anger flared up when she saw the man sitting by Ji Xiaoli’s side.

This man even entered her house, so they were…

“Why do you…, Uncle?” Based on his experiences in the shopping mall and the villa before, where he came across her, Qin Zheng knew that Ji Xiaoli must have something to do with his uncle.

But he would prefer that their relationship was superficial and even hoped that maybe she was reluctant to leave him. She approached his uncle with the intention of reuniting with him.

However, he was not sure about that when he saw their hands holding together.

Qin Zhenyang lifted his eyes to glance at him, without enthusiasm, and nodded, “Yes, I’m here to visit my father-in-law.”

He was never a euphemistic man, and of course, it was not fit for him.

Father-in-law? This word was like a bomb that exploded at the ears of Ji Xuewei and Qin Zheng. Did they really get married? But Qin Zheng hadn’t received any information from the family. Was it a secret marriage?

“We registered just yesterday. Is there any question?” Qin Zheng had nothing to say as soon as Qin Zhenyang lifted his eyebrows.

Since he was a child, he had been adoring his uncle who struggled in the army. Although their age was similar, the special temperament that belonged to a soldier was noticeable and admirable. But now, he and Xiaoli…

Qin Zheng said nothing.

It was Ji Xuewei who got up and pointed at Ji Xiaoli, questioning, “When did you make the acquaintance of him, and even get married? Why did we know nothing!”

Ji Xiaoli’s pretty eyebrows frowned, and displeasure flashed in her eyes, “Is there anything to do with you? The moment when you and Mrs. Fang drove me out of this house, I had nothing to do with this family.”

Her father was an exception, of course.

Ji Chunlin sighed, but said nothing at all. He knew that his wife had prejudice against Xiaoli. Although both were important to him, he had no way to pull them together. It was the best now that Xiaoli still worried about him.

“How can you say these words? At least my mother had raised you for twenty years!”

Twenty years? During the twenty years, she had been suppressed for many times. She was not allowed to answer the whole examination questions correctly in the mid-term examination, not allowed to achieve a perfect score on the test and even was denied the access to the key high school and key university. As for such upbringing, she did not know how to repay!

“Ji Xuewei, I’m not here to quarrel with you today! I remember everything you have done to me, including him!” She glanced at Qin Zheng, and sneered, “Now he belongs to you and I don’t want to compete with you for anything in this family. What are you still dissatisfied with?”

Previously, she didn’t want her father to argue with her adoptive mother about her, so she compromised. But now, she didn’t need that compromise or stayed silent even while she was scolded.

Ji Xuewei hummed coldly.

Satisfaction? What was satisfaction? She had Qin Zheng, but when she felt his indifference, she began to be jealous, crazily jealous.

Qin Zhenyang also felt the cold sight from Ji Xuewei, narrowed his dark eyes and glanced back coldly.

Ji Xuewei had seen Qin Zhnyang for only twice. But every time she could only feel his indifference and alienation, especially his fierce eyes, which made her shiver.

Surprisingly, this man was staring at her.

This man always stayed around that bitch! Why? Different from the bookishness of Qin Zheng, that man was handsome and masculine, especially his angular face and tall figure. She couldn’t figure out why such a man chose Ji Xiaoli! What made her angrier was that this man was also from Qin family, and he was the uncle of Qin Zheng. So even if she married Qin Zheng in the future, she would still be suppressed by Ji Xiaoli in Qin family!

“Now that you’ve finished visiting your father, do you want to stay here for dinner, or do you want to go home with me?” Qin Zhenyang gently rubbed the palm of her hand with the tip of his finger that had thin callus, and he puckered his thin lips slightly, asking for her opinion in a low voice.

Ji Xiaoli returned him a smile.

She could have chosen to have a meal with her father just now, but Ji Xuewei’s return unquestionably destroyed this…it would be counterproductive if she decided to stay.

“Next time. Now that there are others, I’d better go back home with you.” His tolerance and warmth were sweet and captivating.

No matter how badly the mother and daughter treated her, she would never be alone again. It was enough that she had him and a family.

“Dad, Zhenyang and I are going to leave and we will visit you next time.”

Ji Chunlin still hoped that they could stay with him for dinner, but closed his mouth when he saw the resentful eyes of his little daughter.

“All right. Next time. Mr. Qin, please be kind to Xiaoli and take good care of her.” He couldn’t help opening his mouth and enjoined.

Qin Zhenyang nodded. “I will do it even without your words.”

Ji Chunlin’s eyes were not blind. He could naturally feel the fondness of this military officer for his daughter. But they were just newlyweds, and he hoped that their happiness could last forever.

All of this was so dazzling for Ji Xuewei.

In spite of Qin Zheng who stood aside, she walked directly towards Qin Zhenyang, and sneered, “Don’t you really mind whether she is utilizing you? She married you just to get close to Qin Zheng. Would you still like to be with her if it is the truth?”

Ji Xiaoli’s countenance changed, while Qin Zheng was extremely sullen. The muscles of his forehead were almost bursting.

Qin Zhenyang glanced contemptuously at her, then squinted, “Is Miss Ji provoking dissension? Or do you think you know my wife best? I don’t care this time because of my wife, but if there is another time, I won’t let you go that easily!”

Ji Xuewei was so wrathful that she blushed greatly. “Why do you believe her like this! Maybe she is a dissipated woman as I have said, who wants to compete with me for Qin Zheng, and married you straight because you’re from Qin family! Such a loose woman, do you still cherish her?”

Qin Zhenyang’s principle was never beating women. But when the bottom line was trampled, his principle needed to be changed!

So sullen and inimical his face was, and he stretched out his hand and took her by the throat, “I never repeat my words!”

“Xuewei!”

“Ah!” Fang Youlan saw this after coming out from the kitchen, and she darted an annihilating look at Ji Chunlin. “Old damned! Why not help our poor daughter!”

Ji Chunlin returned her a sardonic look and turned back towards his study.

Qin Zheng knew Qin Zhenyang’s temperament best, who always stood by his words. Seeing the pale face of Ji Xuewei, he had to stop him.

“Uncle, please forgive her for the sake of me. It is an unintentional mistake…”

An unintentional mistake. Such an unintentional mistake!

“For your sake?” Qin Zhenyang sneered, but he also just wanted to give warnings to Ji Xuewei and released his hands slowly.

It was courting death to provoke a man who always fought between life and death! Ji Xuewei was such a woman who lacked a clear estimation of herself.

Looking at the expressionless Ji Xiaoli and the ruthless Qin Zhenyang, Qin Zheng sighed heavily.

“Keep a close eye on your woman, or there will be no next time!”

Qin Zhenyang was holding his wife by her waist and leaving while Qin Zheng followed, “Uncle, did you really marry her?”

“Is there any question?”

“No…but, did grandparents agree?” He opened his mouth. It seemed that the elder generation had been choosing a wife for his uncle previously. Now he got a marriage license by himself directly without noticing anyone. It must be a bomb in the family.

However, Qin Zhenyang didn’t care it, and he was never a weak man whose family could control him.

At this moment he just glanced at Qin Zheng meaningfully: “Don’t worry about me, and it’s my business, not theirs! I have seen your growth, Qin Zheng, so you can understand something even without my words…Take care of your own wife, and do not be avaricious. It’s unrealistic and impossible! Xiaoli is mine, no one can take her away from me!”

This was a pledge, but more like a silent warning!