Ever since she got Ji Huai's phone number, Grandma Ji often called her. As soon as she called, she would chat with Song Xuan, asking her when she could come back for dinner, and cooking whatever she wanted.
Song Xuan was a little embarrassed, but also a little flattered. She looked at Ji Huai and found that his face was expressionless and he didn't even react to anything.
After hanging up the phone, she said to him: "Your grandma is very good to you."
"Yes." Ji Huai replied not enthusiastically.
Song Xuan felt a little sad when she saw him like this. He was actually a little indifferent to family and friendship, and showed a bit of "love incompetence".
He noticed that she was in a bad mood, but he still said truthfully, "I don't want to take you back."
"Why?" She became even more sad, her expression gloomy.
She said she could get married and accept Dink, but doesn't she even have the qualifications to meet his family? In her traditional thinking, meeting her family also represents his recognition of her.
"Because they will urge you to marry, and me wanting to marry you is the same as being urged to marry you." Ji Huai looked at her with cool eyes, "I want to marry you because I think I will definitely treat you well. I If I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I don’t need other people’s blessings.”
"But they are your family..."
"Xuanxuan." He interrupted her, "Except for you, I don't believe in anyone, including blessings, including the so-called sincere kindness to me, because everyone has their own selfish interests."
Song Xuan thought he was too extreme, and Ji Huai didn't explain it to her. He hugged her and hid under the quilt, "Forget it."
"Ji Huai, don't think so bad of everyone." She said softly, and asked cautiously, "Are your grandparents treating you badly? Then we won't talk about them."
She didn't know the real situation of the Ji family, so she didn't dare to make any comments.
Ji Huai looked at her, sighed slightly, and reached out to touch her face, "I'm going back to see my grandparents at the weekend. I'll take you back to meet them then, okay?"
Since Grandpa Ji was discharged from the hospital, Grandma Ji called a lot. Song Xuan felt that it would be inappropriate not to go back and have a look. She would be the one to marry Ji Huai in the future.
On the last weekend of the month, the two returned to Ji's house.
For the Ji family, this is a huge happy event. If the girl is willing to come back with Ji Huai, it means she is still willing to follow him, which means she may get married.
Song Xuan carefully prepared some gifts. After returning, she found that Aunt Ji and Aunt Ji were also back. They were very warm when facing her. Grandma Ji was busy in the kitchen.
"Grandma, let me help you." Song Xuan walked to the kitchen.
"No, no, we can eat in a while. Sit outside and eat some fruit first." Grandma Ji quickly refused and pushed her out with a smile.
Ji's father also rushed over before eating. Song Xuan didn't see the stepmother Ji Huai talked about, but she didn't like her very much and didn't want to see her, let alone Ji Huai's emotions.
"Is it hard for Xiaoxuan to work in the hospital?" Aunt Ji asked first, with a gentle tone, like a kind elder.
"It's okay, it's not hard." Song Xuan replied.
"That's good, as long as it's not hard." Aunt Ji smiled, "Xiaohuai's work seems to be quite hard. What kind of data do you do?"
Hearing this, Song Xuan's pupils changed slightly and she also laughed, but did not answer.
In fact, that was Ji Huai's first job. He had changed jobs several times. His family had no idea where he worked. Did he not tell him
"Eat an orange." Ji Huai peeled an orange and put it in Song Xuan's hand.
Song Xuan felt embarrassed and handed the orange to Aunt Ji, "Auntie, eat the orange."
"You eat, you eat, Auntie doesn't." Aunt Ji smiled wider, looking at her with more and more satisfaction, "Xiaoxuan's family is in the next city, right? I remember it's not too far away."
"Yes, in the city next door." She nodded, took back her hand, and ate the oranges Ji Huai peeled for her.
Her family is in the city next door. She came here to study and was admitted to the hospital here, so she stayed here.
"The city next door has developed well in recent years, and it has been engaged in tourism recently." Grandpa Ji also intervened in the conversation and chatted with her, while Father Ji stood aside, saying nothing but not showing off to her.
Ji Huai was sitting next to Song Xuan. She listened to his family talking at first, but later she found that he was a bit strange. She couldn't tell what was strange, but it was different when he was with her.
He doesn't speak and listens to what others say. Sometimes he will explain a few words about her topic, but other than that, there is no other communication.
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He didn't feel like he was flesh and blood when he was with her, and no one there noticed anything wrong, as if being "quiet and well-behaved" like this was his normal state.
Grandma Ji and Aunt Ji cooked a table of dishes. Grandma Ji was very enthusiastic and kept asking for food for Song Xuan. She also placed the sweet and sour fish in front of Ji Huai and said with a smile, "Xiao Huai likes sweet and sour fish very much. When he was a kid, whenever he wanted to eat fish, he would come here on weekends and ask me to cook it for him, as well as sweet and sour pork ribs, which would give him an extra bowl of rice."
Ji Huai quietly sandwiched the sweet and sour fish, took a bite, and twitched the corner of his mouth, "Grandma's cooking always tastes good."
"That's right, you make a fuss about eating every time you come here, and you gain weight during the summer vacation. Isn't it because I raised you?" Grandma Ji was quite happy, but seemed to have thought of something else. She calmed down slightly and changed the topic. "You grew taller very fast back then, and you kept climbing up. Xiaoxuan also had a taste of it."
Ji Huai gave Song Xuan a piece of fish. It was very small. She didn't know how she felt when she ate the piece of fish, praising Grandma Ji's cooking skills.
The sweet and sour fish made her feel very sour.
She remembered that what he disliked most was sweet and sour food. Why did he bother to come here on weekends, winter and summer vacations to eat sweet and sour fish that she didn't like
Is it because this is his temporary "refuge"
"Your relationship is very stable. Have you ever considered when to get married?" Ji's father ate his meal, his words were calm and he was clearly concerned, but he also pretended not to care and pretended to be casual.
"Yes, Xiaohuai, you are not young anymore. When will you get married to Xiaoxuan? Grandma likes Xiaoxuan very much. You can't let Xiaoxuan down." Grandma Ji pretended to be serious and said to Ji Huai.
"This year, I want to go home with Xuanxuan and discuss marriage." Ji Huai gave Song Xuan beans, not asking them, but announcing.
Song Xuan felt that she might be rude, and was about to speak to help him out, but the people present didn't care, and even smiled on their faces. Grandpa Ji's expression softened a bit, "That's okay."
"Then do both parents want to meet? Let's go to Xiaoxuan's house first, so that we can be more sincere." Grandma Ji said.
Ji Huai: "Let's meet again when Xuanxuan and I come back."
"That's okay. Otherwise, it's too abrupt. Then I'll wait until I get back to meet my in-laws." Grandma Ji smiled and looked at Song Xuan with even more affection. "Xuanxuan
, you should come back to see grandma often in the future. "
"Grandma, I know." Song Xuan responded, looking at Ji Huai next to her out of the corner of her eye. He looked at her, with a smile on his expressionless face, "You've been busy recently. You can come over when you're not busy."
"Yeah." She thought he was helping her out, but in fact he didn't want to come, and he didn't want to bring her. Ji Huai smiled unhappy, which made her sad.
"You are still renting a house now. When you get married, our family will pay for Ji Huai to buy a house. Then you will repay the mortgage together. The down payment budget is 10 million. You can go and see if you want to buy it after a while. It's up to you to choose which location." Ji's father said that he was buying a house for Ji Huai, but he actually said it to Song Xuan.
If you want to buy a higher-end one, then pay off the rest of the mortgage yourself. If you want to be less stressed, then buy something with less than the full payment.
Song Xuan was surprised at first, because she originally thought that Ji Huai's family was better off, and she had planned that he would never be able to afford a house in his life. Ji's father's words really caught her by surprise. Furthermore, when she realized After that, I felt a little weird, and I always felt like something was wrong.
"I said, I don't want it." Ji Huai said with a cold face and a firm tone, "I can't afford it, don't pity me because I'm sick."
"Xiaohuai, what are you talking about?" Grandma Ji interrupted hastily, forcing out a smile, "You and Xuanxuan are about to get married, how can you let Xuanxuan rent a house with you? You don't care, Xuanxuan is Girl, is it difficult for me to keep renting a house with you?"
"Girls need a sense of security." Aunt Ji also smiled and scolded, "Listen to Auntie."
Ji Huai seemed to hesitate for a moment, then turned to look at Song Xuan.
"Actually..." Song Xuan gently held his hand under the table, looked at him and whispered, "I know you want us to work together, and we can work together..."
He doesn't want to have his reasons.
"Houses are very expensive now." Aunt Ji didn't know how to say good things to Song Xuan. Is this girl really stupid
Before the topic could continue, the doorbell rang.
Grandma Ji went to open the door. As soon as she opened the door, her face froze. Ji Lanxin had a smile on her face and said loudly: "Grandma, I came to see you and bought you some fruit."
"Mom." Xu Mei also walked in and saw a family sitting together. There was another girl beside Ji Huai, who seemed to be his girlfriend? She smiled wider and said, "It seems that I came late and had already eaten. It's a little late for Lan Xin to make up for her classes today."
That was the first time Song Xuan met Xu Mei. She had dyed curly hair and an oval face with these facial features. She looked a bit mean and not easy to get along with.
The expressions of the people present changed suddenly, and it seemed that they were deliberately hiding the truth from her.
"Lan Xin, wash your hands and eat." Xu Mei called her daughter in a soft voice. Even though she was smiling, Song Xuan still felt that she was a little angry and did not hide it well. She was a grumpy person.
After that, Ji's family rarely spoke, and the scene became a little weird. It was all Ji Lanxin's responsibility to liven up the atmosphere. Grandma Ji would sometimes mediate in the middle, but her words were stiff. Although Aunt Ji and Aunt Ji were dissatisfied, they didn't say anything. Whatever she said, it would only hurt Xu Mei a few words without hurting her, but the other party didn't care.
The matter of the house was not mentioned again, nor was the marriage between her and Ji Huai mentioned. She was even halfway through talking about what kind of gifts she would like Ji Huai to prepare at her house, and whether there were any customs or anything like that.
She finally understood why Ji Huai was so indifferent to this family and didn't want to take her back. Because everyone plays the role of a "peace messenger" in the middle, only seeking superficial "peace". Being close is not the so-called closeness, and probably love is not the so-called love.
It is a very complex and very subtle relationship that deserves deep thought and cannot withstand speculation.
After eating, Grandma Ji and Aunt Ji were cleaning up in the kitchen. Ji Lanxin went to coax Grandpa Ji. During this period, Grandma Ji brought out fruit for Song Xuan to eat. She and Ji Huai sat on the sofa watching TV, looking at each other from time to time. There is an o'clock on the wall, praying that it will pass quickly so that the two of them can go home.
Xu Mei was also there, but Song Xuan didn't want to say a word to her. She ate some fruit and wanted to get up to go to the toilet. Ji Huai also stood up, "Do you want me to go with you?"
"It's right inside, why are you going with me?" Song Xuan laughed and lowered her voice, "I'll be back in a minute."
"Well, be careful of the slippery ground." Ji Huai warned.
Song Xuan looked at him twice more. She didn't know why, but she always felt that Ji Huai was different when facing her and Ji's family. She didn't know if it was an illusion.
Song Xuan went to the toilet. As soon as she washed her hands, before she came out, there was a loud noise in the hall, and the whole building shook.
"What are you doing!" Xu Mei screamed in horror, with the sound of killing a pig.
Song Xuan panicked and quickly ran to the living room. She saw that the vase in the hall was broken to the ground, and the green plants on it fell to the ground. It was a mess. Ji Huai stood aside with clenched fists. Xu Mei seemed a little bit confused. He was so frightened that his face turned pale.
"Crazy, you are simply crazy." Xu Mei pointed at Ji Huai, stared and shouted, "He is crazy, he hit me with a chair, he must be crazy, crazy!"
There was a wooden stool next to the vase, and someone obviously used the wooden stool to smash the vase.
Grandpa Ji covered his chest and said nothing. His face was already ugly. He looked at Ji's father and gritted his teeth.
"I don't have time to make trouble with you today." Ji Huai squeezed out each word through his teeth. Song Xuan saw that something was wrong with him and quickly stepped forward to stop him, "Are you injured? Are you okay? ah?"
Ji Huai didn't speak or move.
"Ji Huai." Seeing that his face was getting more and more ugly, Song Xuan kept calling him, holding his hand and starting to walk out, her voice trembling, "Are we going back?"
"He's going crazy and trying to hit me with a wooden stool. He wants to kill someone. He's a pervert!" Seeing that Song Xuan was going to take Ji Huai away, Xu Mei was so anxious that she went crazy. She was so frightened that her eyes blurred and her mouth He said without hesitation, "He is sick. Ji Huai is sick, you know, right? He can kill people!"
"It kills people!"
"Don't talk about him!" Song Xuan was very angry, her face darkened, and she retorted, "You are the one who knows how to kill people. Ji Huai will not do that. You are talking nonsense!" "
"You must have provoked him, you went too far!"
Ji's father was furious. He rushed forward, grabbed Xu Mei's hair, and slapped her twice as hard as he could. "I asked you to make trouble for me. Haven't you done enough for so many years?"
"Did I let you come? Get out of here!"
Xu Mei was so dizzy from being slapped that she cried and shouted, "He was the one who threw the stool at me. Ji Huai is really crazy, crazy!"
Aunt Ji cursed, "Others are sick every day. I think it's you who is sick. Do you want to have a look at your brain? You couldn't get along with a child when you were a child, and you can't get over it now. In addition to tossing, what else can you do these years? "
Ji Huai looked at Xu Mei who was shouting with no special expression, while Song Xuan's eyes were full of trust and distress.
Ji's father didn't respond. Xu Mei was like a deflated ball. The next second she walked towards Ji Huai with scarlet eyes. Song Xuan quickly hugged Ji Huai, her anger was also ignited and she was even more angry than her.
After all, for more than ten years, only Ji Huai has been wrongly accused. Where was Xu Mei being wronged? She was so angry that she was hysterical and said, "You Ji family are just working together to kill me, right?"
"Okay, come and kill me, kill me!"
When the stool flew over mercilessly just now, there was no concealed murderous intent in Ji Huai's eyes, and she was so cold-blooded that she was frightened to the point where her legs were weak. Now she is in a state of mental illness. She is so frightened that she is abnormal.
Ji's father grabbed her, and she fought with Ji's father. There were pieces on the ground, and both of them were cut. Aunt Ji went to stop the fight and was slapped. Grandpa Ji roared, "If you can't survive, get divorced!" What's the fuss about?!"
"Get out of here!"
This is the first time Grandpa Ji has talked about divorce. In the past, he thought about Ji's father and Ji Lan's heart. He kept the family scandal from being spread, and he had to endure Xu Mei's troubles. Now he couldn't help it.
"Shrew!" Ji's father was also scratched several times and his face was scratched. He said viciously, "Don't think that I don't know that you directed and acted in the past, and you still want to make trouble? Just pack up your package and get out of here. If you hear it, No!"
"I will never get divorced even if I die!" Xu Mei also shouted.
Ji's father slapped her so hard that she fell to the ground.
"Mom, mom." Ji Lanxin cried and stepped forward.
"Look what your mother has done. She is making trouble, and you are making trouble with her!" Veins popped up on Ji's father's forehead. Ji Lan was so frightened that she couldn't speak. She cried for a while before she saw Xu Mei. Angry and burying her grievances, she cried and cried, "Mom, please stop lying, stop making trouble, and stop making trouble at grandpa's house, wuwuwu... Lan Xin doesn't want to help you make trouble, and I don't want to bully my brother."
Xu Mei was unable to stand up after being beaten, so she threw Ji Lanxin's hand away, pushed her away, and started to mess around on the ground. Her eyes met Ji Huai's, who looked like he was watching a show.
It seemed a bit pity that she performed so poorly.
Isn't that right? How poor is this quality
Xu Mei's face froze, and she was filled with fear when she looked at him. Then she looked at Ji Lanxin, who was crying on the side, and her body became even colder.
This scene is very similar to the countless times she used Ji Lanxin to bully Ji Huai. Everyone "believed" in her and designed him to be an unreasonable and ruthless "white-eyed wolf" time and time again, so that Ji's family would no longer pay attention.
Ji Huai made her tremble with fear, and she was speechless for a moment, "No... no..."
"A child is more sensible than you!" Aunt Ji also looked very impatient and disgusted, "I really don't know what is going on in your mind."
Ji Huai's eyes were very sarcastic, admiring her embarrassment, he lowered his head and said to Song Xuan in a hoarse voice, "Xuanxuan, let's go back?"
"Okay." Song Xuan choked up in her answer. She hurriedly picked up her bag, and Ji Huai took her out.
Grandma Ji and Aunt Ji called him several times, but Ji Huai didn't even stop. He didn't pay attention to anyone except Song Xuan.
As soon as the two left, Xu Mei had just pushed Ji Lanxin again, and there were still fragments around her, so she was naturally injured. Ji's father was so angry that he just picked up Xu Mei and started beating her, and no one in Ji's family stopped her.
Xu Mei was not someone to be bullied and refused to admit defeat at all, but men were always stronger than women. The more she resisted, the harder Ji's father beat her, and she was rushed to the hospital.