chapter 68

‘Now my biggest obstacle is Ji Xiaoli.’ Thinking of this, Ji Xuewei couldn’t help feeling headache, ‘Today is my dad’s birthday. If I guess well, I should meet Ji Xiaoli at home today. I really don’t want to see this annoying woman right now.’

Qin Zhenyang said last night that he would be home before 10:30 in the morning, so when it was just 10:00, he returned home. Ji Xiaoli had to suspect that he might have run the red light in order to rush home.

“Shall we go now?” Qin Zhenyang wore a military uniform when he went out this morning, so he might have gone to the military region. By this time, he had gone upstairs and changed into a shirt and trousers, and his suit was draped around his wrist.

Ji Xiaoli nodded and prepared to go upstairs to change clothes. Huahua in her arms was asleep. So she had to carefully put it on the sofa. This made Qin Zhenyang feel envious again… ‘She is so nice to the cat, and it is so unscientific. I will ask Tao Xiaoning to take this lazy fat cat back sooner or later.’

Huahua opened its eyes slowly after being put on the sofa. Once again, the beautiful hostess left it and went upstairs. Poor Huahua opened its big eyes and wailed bitterly…

Ji Xiaoli turned around and suddenly saw the cat looking at her pitifully. She couldn’t bear to leave the cat for a while. Qin Zhenyang coughed twice on purpose, “You go upstairs to change clothes first. The cat should be hungry, and I asked Aunt Wang to prepare something for it to eat.”

Ji Xiaoli didn’t want to delay time, so she went to the bedroom to change clothes. Looking at the indifferent Qin Zhenyang, it pitifully lied on the sofa and squinted its eyes. Huahua clearly knew that in front of Ji Xiaoli, it could act cute and seek comfort. In front of Qin Zhenyang, if it did so, it would definitely bring about its own destruction.

So it wisely chose to remain silent.

Qin Zhenyang carried the fat cat to Aunt Wang and said, “Aunt Wang, I’ll put this cat with you first. Just now it called several times outside. It may be in heat. These days, try to find a female cat to accompany it.”

Aunt Wang felt it was strange, ‘It’s just autumn, and it’s not the winter solstice. How does this cat get into estrus at this time?’ After seeing her Young Master’s dull expression, she had to choose to keep silent. It seemed that the matter of looking for the female cat had been arranged on the schedule… Huahua still didn’t know that its master had been choosing a concubine for it…

Before, Huahua had been bullied by the female husky of Tao Xiaoning’s family, so it was very afraid of female animals in its heart. If such a fierce female cat came to its side, it would be miserable…

Huahua had been settled. After Ji Xiao came downstairs, she did not see Huahua, “Did Huahua go to dinner again?” She remembered that Huahua had just had a meal not long ago, ‘It eats too much. I’m afraid it will be too fat to walk normally.’

Qin Zhenyang nodded, “It’s with Aunt Wang. When it’s finished eating, it should go back to sleep.” The fat cat only ate and slept. Of course, it would also act cute and seek comfort.

“It can’t be allowed to eat so much food in the future. It should lose weight…” Ji Xiaoli said anxiously. But every time she saw the poor expression in Huahua’s eyes because it couldn’t have enough to eat, she couldn’t help giving it food, ‘Sure enough, I can’t play its mother all the time. Once in a while someone needs to play its stepmother.’ However, she decided that the role of its stepmother would be vacant for the time being, because Qin Zhenyang could play its stepfather.

At this time, they were already on their way to Ji family, and Ji Xuewei was still worrying about it.

She was discharged from hospital yesterday, and when she was discharged, Qin Zheng did not come to accompany her. In addition, her so-called mother-in-law did not come to see her. She left the hospital alone. So far, Qin Zheng had not contacted her.

‘Today is my dad’s birthday. If Ji Xiaoli wants to go home, she will definitely let Qin Zhenyang accompany her. If I go home alone, I will definitely be despised by Ji Xiaoli.’ She didn’t want her family and Ji Xiaoli to know that there was a rift between her and Qin Zheng. She didn’t want any taunts or threats.

Ji Xuewei humbly dialed Qin Zheng’s private phone. But Qin Zheng did not answer her phone call at all. She called twice in a row, but Qin Zheng never answered her call.

‘Maybe he doesn’t want to answer my call at all.’

Ji Xuewei did not give up trying, but dialed his office phone at the company. The person answering the phone was Ouyang Yu, a special assistant of the general manager. Ouyang Yu said in a normal tone, “Hello, I’m Ouyang Yu, the special assistant of the general manager of Qin’s Financial Group. Who is this?”

Ji Xuewei was a little embarrassed. But considering that it was almost ten o’clock, she didn’t want to delay any more, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to get home before noon, “Hello, Miss Ouyang. I’m Qin Zheng’s fiancee. Can you transfer me to Qin Zheng?”

“Are you Miss Ji? General manager… The general manager is in a meeting now. You can call back later.” Ouyang Yu stammered.

Hearing her hesitation and pause, Ji Xuewei made some guesses, “Miss Ouyang, don’t hang up. I have a real fight with A’Zheng these two days. But because of a small matter, he didn’t answer my phone. So I have to call his company’s office phone. Will you connect me with Qin Zheng? I will certainly appreciate it.”

Ouyang Yu deliberately said that Qin Zheng was in a meeting. She was Qin Zheng’s special assistant, so she served Qin Zheng wholeheartedly. In addition, she should have a certain degree of flexibility and the ability to adapt to circumstances.

Obviously, the future wife of the general manager could call the general manager’s private mobile phone. She chose to dial the company’s office phone, so the general manager must not answer her call. Since the manager was not willing to communicate with her, Ouyang Yu was bound to help her general manager intercept the call.

‘But what Miss Ji said is also reasonable. After all, they will be married in the future. If I make a fuss over a trifle, the general manager will be angry with me.’

“Let me connect you to the general manager…” Ouyang Yu smiled to please Ji Xuewei. After all, they were engaged. If there was no accident, Miss Ji would be the wife of the general manager. She might become a director of the Qin’s Financial Group in the future. Therefore, Ouyang Yu must flatter her.

Ji Xuewei understood Ouyang Yu’s meaning, and then she was secretly happy, “Thank you very much, Miss Ouyang. I will repay you well in the future. Don’t tell Qin Zheng it’s me who called, and I want to surprise Qin Zheng.”

“OK.”

Of course, Ouyang Yu didn’t know what Ji Xuewei’s surprise was. In fact, if she said the call was from Ji Xuewei, Qin Zheng would not answer the call at all. As for now, Qin Zheng only thought that this call was from ordinary customers.

“A’Zheng, are you still busy?” Ji Xuewei said in a very gentle tone. She knew that Qin Zheng liked gentle women, so at this time she was more gentle and pitiful. Qin Zheng was looking at a document, but when he heard Ji Xuewei’s gentle voice on the phone, he could not help frowning, “How could it be you?”

After asking, he blamed Ouyang Yu in his heart. Poor Ouyang Yu did not know that her move had offended the general manager. Maybe her year-end bonus this year was deducted on the ground that she did not do well.

Ji Xuewei seemed to be unaware of Qin Zheng’s unhappiness. She still said in a slow tone, “A’Zheng, today is my father’s birthday, I want…” Before she finished, Qin Zheng interrupted her in a hurry, “Today, a big client came to our company. I can’t go to your home with you. Go home yourself. I will pay for anything you need to buy.”

After listening to Qin Zhenyang’s words, Ji Xuewei was a little disappointed, and then she said helplessly, “A’Zheng, I know you are still angry with me. Besides, I know you can’t forgive me so soon… But I don’t want my parents to see us getting along like this. And a week ago, I told my dad that we would all go back to celebrate his birthday. But now…”

She hoped that Qin Zheng could accompany her home out of respect for Ji Chunlin. She knew that Qin Zheng respected her father very much, so she said so.

Sure enough, Qin Zheng was embarrassed to refuse her again. He had no choice but to say, “I’ll come out of the office later and pick you up. Then we’ll go to your house together.”

“OK.” Ji Xuewei hung up with satisfaction. At the end of the day, it was just a stopgap. However, she was confident that she could regain Qin Zheng’s love.

Qin Zheng promised Ji Xuewei to accompany her home, not just out of respect for Ji Chunlin… Of course, he would not admit that he still wanted to see Ji Xiaoli, even if she no longer belonged to him. Considering the attitude of the Qin family, Ji Xiaoli might not be able to stay with Qin Zhengyang for a long time. So Qin Zheng still hoped that they might be reconciled in the future.

Ji Xiaoli had arrived at the community where Ji family was now, and she saw Aunt He ready to go out. Aunt He was one of the few women in this community who was friendly to Ji Xiaoli. Fang Youlan often told her neighbors about her family, and often said that his own daughter was very clever. And she often complained that Ji Xiaoli was a bad girl who was neither clever nor obedient. In addition, she said Ji Xiaoli was admitted to a key university because of her husband’s relationship. Over time, the women in the community would have prejudice against Ji Xiaoli.

‘After all, she is an orphan. Even if she has foster parents, she is still disobedient.’ After listening to Fang Youlan, the neighbors in the community didn’t like Ji Xiaoli. So to a certain extent, public opinion was still very important.

And Aunt He was a widow, and her husband died when she was forty years old. She raised her son on her own. Therefore, her independent ability was stronger than ordinary women, and she also had a very strong ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood. She would not judge a person just by listening to other people’s opinions, and she believed her own judgment more.

In fact, Aunt He’s son He Chen was Ji Xiaoli’s high school classmate. At that time, he Chen already liked Ji Xiaoli. After all, there were not many beautiful girls in a community. And Ji Xiaoli often met He Chen in the community.

Coincidentally, He Chen was also admitted to the university where Ji Xiaoli went to, and they became students of a department.

He Chen’s mother certainly understood her son’s mind. And she found that Ji Xiaoli was adopted by the Ji family, but Ji Xiaoli was more clever than Fang Youlan’s own daughter.

They have graduated two years now. He Chen did not dare to show his love to Ji Xiaoli, and he was not willing to go on a blind date… Aunt He didn’t get along very well with Fang Youlan, so she couldn’t go to the Ji family to propose a marriage for her son.

‘Who is the man beside Ji Xiaoli? And they hold hands, looking very close. Are they lovers?’

Aunt He felt very sad, but she still said with a smile, “Ji Xiaoli, I haven’t seen you for many days. What have you been up to recently? Who is he?”

Ji Xiaoli did not notice the change of Aunt He’s mood. Qin Zhenyang noticed that Aunt He seemed a little unhappy and clenched his wife’s hand.

Looking at Aunt He, Ji Xiaoli smiled and said, “This is my husband. We registered for marriage a few months ago.”

Aunt He suddenly looked at them in surprise. Obviously, she had a sad look… She was blaming her son for not showing his love to Ji Xiaoli earlier.