Chapter 45 - Unexpected Visitor

This afternoon, Qi Xiaoguang left early because her mother-in-law came back from Europe and she had to go to the airport to meet her mother-in-law. And Ji Xiaoli went to the supermarket alone and then went straight home.

And it was rare that when Ji Xiaoli was not at home in the afternoon, a guest came to her house to visit her. Aunt Wang received the guest, who was said to be Ji Xiaoli’s relative. When Ji Xiaoli saw the guest, she was still surprised. She didn’t expect that the guest was Ji Ruoyun.

The relationship between Ji Ruoyun and her was more like two strangers than relatives. They wouldn’t intrude into each other’s daily life and live on their own.

She was different from Ji Xuewei, who needed to take advantage of Ji Ruoyun. So she usually did not deliberately ingratiate herself with or care about Ji Ruoyun’s feelings. And Ji Ruoyun must have treated her in the same way.

But for Ji Ruoyun’s sudden visit, Ji Xiaoli had a bad premonition. They hadn’t contacted each other for a long time, and at that time she suddenly appeared inexplicably. She was a bit unconvinced that nothing happened.

Before Ji Xiaoli came back, Ji Ruoyun had arrived at her home. She originally wanted her cousin Ji Xuewei to come with her, but Ji Xuewei rejected the proposal.

The reason why Ji Xuewei didn’t come with Ji Ruoyun was simple. Ji Xuewei pretended to be an innocent person and sighed, “I’d better not go. You may not know that Ji Xiaoli still hates me now. Because Qin Zheng loves me, she always regards me as an imaginary enemy. Nothing forcibly done is going to be agreeable. I can’t force Qin Zheng to love her.”

Ji Ruoyun also heard her mother mention this. At that time, she said angrily, “You don’t care if she understands you. There are many people who can understand you.”

“Yeah, I think so too. My mother introduced her to a blind date last time, but she left the man silently, dated with other man, and didn’t go home all night. At that time, my mother was in a hurry all night. When she came back the next day, my mother asked her simply and didn’t criticize her. But she still ran away from home.” Ji Xuewei said plainly, and she seemed very sad.

Ji Xuewei was very good at pretending. Naturally, Ji Ruoyun failed to see through her tricks. When Ji Ruoyun was a child, she thought Ji Xuewei was very effeminate. After hearing this, she said angrily, “She was so out of line. She regarded your kindness as the maliciousness. When she had a blind date, she actually went to date with other man? Does my cousin-in-law know about it?”

‘Just informed of Qin Zhenyang within a day, Ji Ruoyun affectionately called Qin Zhenyang her cousin-in-law. She must have had a great interest in Qin Zhenyang.’ Ji Xuewei was secretly happy, but she naturally hided her joy.

“Your cousin-in-law may not know about it, or he will not marry her…” Ji Xuewei began to speak and then hesitated.

Ji Ruoyun nodded as she had understood it, “I see.” ‘If cousin-in-law knew that Ji Xiaoli was such a woman, he would definitely not marry her. If he knew it, they would definitely have a conflict, and I would show up at the right time, maybe I was the one who married Qin Zhenyang.’

Everything was possible.

Ji Ruoyun fantasized about her future with Qin Zhenyang, so she took a taxi to find Ji Xiaoli at the address provided by Ji Xuewei early in the afternoon. At first, she rang the doorbell for a long time and no one paid attention to her. Later, an old lady came to open the door. Ji Ruoyun was a little impatient with her long wait outside her house, ‘Is this Ji Xiaoli’s hospitality?’

‘Ji Xuewei and Ji Xiaoli are both my uncle’s daughters. Why does Cousin Ji Xuewei treat me so well and Cousin Ji Xiaoli treat me so coldly? In this case, if I accidentally offended Ji Xiaoli later, she can’t blame me.’

During the few minutes when she stood at the gate of the villa, she observed all the surroundings of the villa. This area was a vast territory with a sparse population and had a good environment. ‘How much does it cost for such a large garden villa?’ She couldn’t help being curious, ‘No wonder Sister Ji Xuewei said that this Qin Zhenyang is very capable. It’s not easy to get a villa here.’

Aunt Wang actually heard the doorbell for a long time. She saw that the girl outside the door looked like a thief, so she didn’t want to let her in. When she was impatient with the incessant doorbell, she walked slowly to open the door for Ji Ruoyun.

When Ji Ruoyun saw Aunt Wang, she shouted arrogantly, “How come you don’t open the door until now? Don’t your ears work well? You must be the old housekeeper here. Open the door quickly. I’m Ji Xiaoli’s cousin. I come to visit her for something.”

Aunt Wang had been in the villa for many years. Since the villa was built, she came here. To others, she was the housekeeper of the villa. In fact, the old master wanted to find a place to for Aunt Wang to spend her retirement life. She offered to take care of the young master herself. She still had this ability at that time. Moreover, the young master was brought up by her, who was more used to her care.

There was only one cook and two or three hourly employees here, but she had a good time. No one here spoke to her in this tone. Even the young master and the young madam were polite to her. And this woman was too bold to treat her with such a bad attitude.

Aunt Wang stared at the woman up and down coldly, who was enchanting and heavily powdered. ‘She certainly was up to no good coming here to find the young madam.’

But Aunt Wang did not deliberately embarrass Ji Ruoyun, but let her into the house. It was just that Aunt Wang’s expression was not very friendly.

Ji Ruoyun was even more arrogant after entering the villa. Looking at everything in front of her, she seemed to see the scene after she became the hostess, ‘Such a large garden villa may belong to me in the future.’

Although she hadn’t seen the master of the house, she subconsciously thought he should be her favorite type. She was looking forward to seeing this man, and her footsteps became lighter. Aunt Wang was upset at Ji Ruoyun’s behavior. While Aunt Wang did not pay attention of her, Ji Ruoyun had entered the living room and was ready to go upstairs.

It was Aunt Wang’s utmost forbearance to let this woman in. Aunt Wang would never allow this woman to go upstairs, because the upstairs belonged to the private space of the young master and the young madam. So when Ji Ruoyun just stepped on the stairs, Aunt Wang quickly ran over and dragged her down.

“Why are you dragging me down? I’m Ji Xiaoli’s cousin. Can’t I even go upstairs when I come to visit her?” Ji Ruoyun said arrogantly. She was much more arrogant than Ji Xiaoli.

Aunt Wang smiled coldly and dragged the woman downstairs. She had great strength. Even if she was older now, she was more than enough to deal with the weak woman.

“Are you also a Miss Ji? You are indeed the guest, but the guest must also behave herself. If you want to see our young madam, please wait on the sofa. Upstairs is not where you can go.” Aunt Wang said very sternly. Although she was not as powerful as Qin Zhenyang, Ji Ruoyun was also scared.

‘How can the old witch be so cruel?’ Her arms were pinched so hard that she felt pain in her arms. But she was still curious about the upstairs, especially the bedroom.

But she couldn’t go upstairs, no matter how much she wanted to go. The old witch had been standing here looking at her. She was not allowed to step upstairs. Ji Ruoyun could only sit on the sofa reluctantly waiting for her cousin.

She always felt gloomy here. Maybe it was because Qin Zhenyang didn’t like too many people in his family and didn’t hire nurses, which made his family very cold and cheerless. It would be better if there was no one here, but an old lady next to her stared at her fiercely, which made Ji Ruoyun get goose bumps.

Finally, at four o’clock in the afternoon, Ji Xiaoli came back. As soon as she came in, she saw Ji Ruoyun huddled in the corner of the sofa like a little sheep, staring blankly. Aunt Wang stared at her like staring at a thief. These two people looked like wolves attacking sheep.

But Ji Xiaoli never thought this cousin was reliable, or the weak one that would be bullied easily. She had been with Aunt Wang for several months. She felt that although Aunt Wang was sometimes serious, she was kind-hearted. Aunt Wang basically smiled every day when Aunt Wang was familiar with her. ‘There must be a reason why Aunt Wang treats Ji Ruoyun so harshly today.’

Ji Ruoyun felt relieved when she saw Ji Xiaoli coming back. After she glared back at the old witch, she complained, “Cousin Xiaoli, I seldom come to visit you, but this time I am treated like this. You are the hostess here. How can you tolerate such arrogance of an old servant here? You don’t know how arrogant she is.”

‘Old servant?’

Ji Xiaoli’s expression became serious, ‘Ji Ruoyun is really rude.’ “Ji Ruoyun, I don’t know what you came to visit me for today. But what I want to clarify is that Aunt Wang is not a servant here, nor a housekeeper, but a relative of Qin Zhenyang and me. She doesn’t have to follow anyone’s instructions here. What she does is up to her own decision, and she doesn’t need anyone’s guidance. Do you understand? You have to apologize to Aunt Wang for what you just said.”

Aunt Wang knew what kind of person Ji Xiaoli was. After hearing this, she still felt warm and smiled at her. Ji Ruoyun was the kind of person who refused to give up until all hope was gone. She didn’t take it seriously, “I will not apologize to her. I didn’t say anything wrong.”

Hearing this, Ji Xiaoli said coldly, “Since you don’t respect my family, I don’t welcome you here any more.”

This meant to order for Ji Ruoyun to leave.

Ji Ruoyun gnashed her teeth angrily and secretly hated Ji Xiaoli. Previously, she only thought Ji Xiaoli’s character was relatively indifferent. But now she thought that Ji Xiaoli was far worse than Ji Xuewei. It was the difference between heaven and hell.

She couldn’t stand it, but thinking of what she came here for, she had to suppress her anger and apologized to the old witch, “I’m sorry.”

Ji Xiaoli hated her cousin very much. But since her cousin had apologized to Aunt Wang, she had no choice but to say to Aunt Wang, “Aunt Wang, my cousin is not sensible. If she offended you, I’ll apologize to you again. Please forgive her this time.”

Aunt Wang was a straightforward person. Even if she was angry, she was very gratified after hearing Ji Xiaoli’s words, “Young madam, I’m OK. If you have no orders, I’ll go to the kitchen first.”

After Aunt Wang left, Ji Ruoyun was relieved and sat on the sofa carelessly. She looked Ji Xiaoli up and down carefully. She admitted that Ji Xiaoli was beautiful and highly educated, ‘But she was still fired by a company. Even if she married a rich man now, it was hard to guarantee that one day the man wouldn’t be fond of the new and tired of the old. The man might also fall in love with me one day.’

“Cousin Ji Xiaoli, aren’t you the hostess here? Why don’t you have a house maid here? Do you have to do everything yourselves? You are too easy to be manipulated.”

Ji Xiaoli frowned, and she thought her cousin’s words were rather baffling. This was a private affair between her and Qin Zhengyang.

“Qin Zhenyang and I don’t like too many people in the house. We usually hire chefs to make meals. Sometimes we also hire hourly employees. There’s nothing else we need to hire a house maid to do.”

After hearing Ji Xiaoli’s words, Ji Ruoyun despised her a little, ‘You are such a fool who don’t know how to spend money. If I become the hostess here, I must employ more servants to serve me. Not everyone know how to live a rich lady’s life. This cousin Ji Xiaoli doesn’t know how to live a rich lady’s life. Then she might as well give me this opportunity.’

Ji Ruoyun maintained her composure and smiled, “Cousin Ji Xiaoli, I heard that you have stopped working recently?”

“Yes.”

“Are you a full-time house wife now? Oh, fortunately, my cousin-in-law Qin Zhenyang is a promising man, otherwise you will not be able to maintain such a life.”

Ji Xiaoli was puzzled by her cousin Ji Ruoyun’s words. Ji Ruoyun even interfered in her private affairs. Ji Xiaoli looked at her cousin unhappily. She felt that the purpose of her cousin coming here must not be simple. Looking at Ji Ruoyun’s colorful clothes and heavy makeup, she felt helpless.

“Why are you visiting me today?”