"… "
He Lin didn't expect that she was so sharp and actually guessed it was the Ji family.
Ji Lingfeng had previously warned him not to mention his help to Qiao Nian, so he pursed his lips and changed the subject: "Maybe you are lucky, young lady... By the way, Elder Feng will also be here that day, you can come with Dean Feng."
"Okay, I get it." Qiao Nian had guessed the answer from his reaction. She raised her head slowly and said, "Hang up."
…
He Lin heard the busy tone on the other end of the phone and put it down reluctantly.
He pushed open the door and went in to report to the people inside.
"Did you tell her?" Ji Lingfeng was busy with the Ji family's work. He put down what he was doing and looked up.
The Ji family's business is spread all over the world. He has to read a lot of work reports and review documents every day, and he only has four or five hours of sleep.
After long-term hard work.
His health had long been in decline, but he had always maintained a strong and capable demeanor.
He Lin has been with him for more than 20 years and has witnessed his changes firsthand.
He looked at the gray hair that had appeared on the man's temples under the light, and his heart ached. He lowered his head and whispered, "The young lady has agreed to come to your birthday party."
Ji Lingfeng was a little surprised. The tip of the pen he was holding drew an arc on the paper: "She agreed to come?"
"Um."
He Lin raised his head and smiled: "The young lady said she would think about it. I think she meant to come, otherwise she would have refused directly."
Qiao Nian is indeed the kind of person who won't drag his feet.
Black is black.
White is white.
There is very little gray area in her world.
Ji Lingfeng was slightly distracted. After a while, he pursed his lips and asked, "Did you tell her?"
"I didn't say that." He Lin waved his hands hurriedly, anxious to prove his innocence, and said, "If you don't let me say it, I won't tell the young lady." Ji Lingfeng still stared at him with sharp eyes.
He Lin knew that he couldn't hide it from him, so under his gaze, he lowered his head again and said softly: "The young lady asked me and said that she felt someone was helping her behind the scenes."
He immediately raised his head again: "But I didn't say it."
"I just said that she might be lucky. I didn't reveal anything else!"
Seeing this, Ji Lingfeng put down the pen in his hand, raised his hand to stop him from continuing, and frowned: "I know."
He Lin looked at him again, hesitant to speak: "Chief, you actually helped the young lady, why didn't you say it?"
Qiao Nian has always been soft-hearted and would not tolerate tough situations.
The young lady had had a very unpleasant quarrel with them before.
If the clan leader had said it, the relationship between the young lady and the Ji family might not have continued to be so strained.
Ji Lingfeng did not answer his question directly. He seemed to be lost in memories. After several minutes, he looked devastated and exhausted. "Because... I owe her a mother, and I will never be able to repay her in this lifetime!"
When that incident happened that year, he could have saved Ji Qing.
But for various reasons, he acquiesced to sacrificing his own sister, the love of his life.
He owed that kid so much.
This is a sin that he will never be able to atone for in his lifetime.
He Lin stood there blankly.
Ji Lingfeng didn't look at him. He calmed down, raised his eyebrows again, and ordered him in a cold tone: "Ask Ji Xiao to call Ji Ziyin back."
“We in the Ji family are not used to being dogs of a hidden family!”
The Ji family once ruled the secluded families.
Even though the hidden families have gradually gained the upper hand over the past few decades, no one from the Ji family has openly surrendered to them.
(End of this chapter)