Ji Ran didn't quite understand what Chen Qianqiong meant.
In this complicated and annoying relationship with the Ji family, Chen Qianqiong must also be one of the victims. A pregnant woman suddenly appeared beside her husband, and no one could accept it.
Unlike Zhao Qingtong, Chen Qianqiong is not a vegetarian. She knows how to maximize her own interests in this failed marriage and quickly distance herself from the Ji family emotionally.
Therefore, Ji Ran did not have any element of resentment towards Chen Qianqiong.
He even admired this woman who had only met once.
It's just that in her eyes, he's probably not a snake or a grain of sand, and he can't hold it. Ji Ran understood and accepted it.
But he didn't expect that when Chen Qianqiong saw him again, his reaction would be so calm.
Qin Man whispered: "Don't eat, I'll take you back."
"What are you doing standing?" Chen Qianqiong put out the cigarette and raised her eyebrows, "Aren't you used to the smell of smoke?"
Mother Qin smiled: "how come, Xiaoman also smokes, but not much. What are you two doing standing? Come down quickly."
"Why are you here?" Qin Man asked as he walked down the stairs.
"Xiaoman, don't talk to the guests like that." Qin's mother put the soup on the table, and the food was ready. "When your father and I first arrived in the United States, Qianqiong helped us a lot. Now that I'm back, of course I want to Invite her over for dinner."
Qin Man looked at Chen Qianqiong nonchalantly: "We have something to do, first..."
"Where do we sit?" Ji Ran interrupted him.
"Sit casually, I originally invited other friends, she can't come for a while, so it's just us tonight." Qin's mother sat down, clenched her fists on her chest, looking like a girl, "Just be casual. ."
Qin Man frowned and said to Ji Ran, "You have to think..."
"I don't think so." After Ji Ran finished speaking, he sat down on the corner chair.
Qin Man didn't hesitate, and sat between the two to separate them.
After a meal, the atmosphere is not too embarrassing. Mother Qin had been chatting with Chen Qianqiong about their interesting events in the United States, and the men hardly interrupted.
Ji Ran listened silently. Although he has almost zero contact with Chen Qianqiong, he has often heard of her from others, and the labels are always those.
Strong woman, workaholic, and career-oriented.
But perhaps she was infected by Qin's mother's enthusiasm. Chen Qianqiong responded to every word she said, and occasionally laughed softly.
After dinner, Chen Qianqiong took out a cigarette from her bag: "I'll go out."
Mother Qin said, "Smoosh less, it's really bad for your body. So are you, Xiaoman."
Qin Man filled Ji Ran with a bowl of old duck soup and responded casually.
Chen Qianqiong stood up, moved for a while, then turned her head and said, "Ji Ran, I remember you smoked too, come out with me?"
Ji Ran chopped his chopsticks and turned to look at her: "I don't smoke ladies."
"It's okay, I brought something else." Chen Qianqiong said.
Qin Man stopped his chopsticks and frowned: "He quit, you can go by yourself."
Mother Qin was startled, and the strange feeling became stronger and stronger. She smiled awkwardly: "That is, how could the elder invite the younger to smoke?"
Chen Qianqiong nodded and turned to go out.
The chair slid on the ground, making a sound.
Ji Ran said: "... I'm full, so I'll go out with you to blow air."
He didn't feel her hostility, and intuitively Chen Qianqiong had something to tell him, so he stayed.
Qin Manzheng was about to get up, but Ji Ran pressed his shoulders and hurriedly left a sentence, "Come back soon."
—
The potted plants in the garden have withered because they have not been taken care of for a long time.
The two stood on the balcony, neither of them said a word.
After a long while, Chen Qianqiong let out a breath of smoke and broke the silence: "Long time no see, you have grown up."
They really don't have a good relationship.
"What's the matter with me?" Ji Ran asked directly.
"What do you think?" Chen Qianqiong asked him, "What do you think I can do with my husband's illegitimate child?"
Ji Ran said: "You can't beat me, and you can't take advantage of it verbally. Even if you really want to make trouble, you don't need to call me out. It's impossible. It's just to let me come here to take two puffs of second-hand smoke."
Chen Qianqiong smiled.
Unlike Mother Qin, she has been treated a little harshly over the years. Although she was a great beauty when she was young from her five senses, she still had a lot of wrinkles on her face.
"I heard that Ji Guozheng is dying in the hospital." She said coldly, as if she was not talking about her nominal husband.
Ji Ran paused: "Almost."
"Mrs. Ji should be looking for you a lot recently, right? For the inheritance."
Ji Ran didn't speak.
Mrs. Ji has been contacting him, but he has been turning a blind eye. It is estimated that soon, he should come to the door.
"She's getting old, and Ji Guozheng has only you and Ji Wei. You guess Ji Guozheng is dead, and who will be in the hands of Eternal?"
The hint in the words was undisguised, and Ji Ran was clear: "Do you want to win me over?"
Chen Qianqiong: "I can't talk about winning, I just want to save some time. You can't compete with Ji Wei."
Ji Ran sneered: "How do you know if you don't argue?"
Chen Qianqiong turned her head and looked at him for a long time.
"You don't have to act in front of me." She looked back and said, "You don't have any desire in your eyes."
Ji Wei told her that Ji Ran only wished to stay away from eternity, not to mention the word inheritance.
I was afraid that Mrs. Ji had to drag Ji Ran into this game. She didn't want anything to happen.
"Don't you hate them?" Chen Qianqiong changed her words, "How did they torment your mother, and how did they hurt her. And that old lady who is ignorant..."
"Hurting her? What do you mean?" Ji Ran suffocated and interrupted her, "You make it clear."
Chen Qianqiong paused, and the two looked at each other for a few seconds.
She looked back: "I just heard about it."
"The employee was originally going to give your mother a hush money. During that time, the company's top management was in turmoil. In order not to fall into the limelight, they wanted your mother to go abroad to hide - it's better not to come back."
"Who knew that something happened to the employee's house. He drank to relieve his worries, and when he wanted to stop, he stepped on the brakes..."
"Impossible." Ji Ran's eyes were cold, "Then why did Ji Guozheng pay that person?!"
"You found quite a lot." Chen Qianqiong laughed, "The man was threatening Ji Guozheng, his mouth opened and closed, and he was holding the money Ji Guozheng gave him at the time, Ji Guozheng wanted to get out cleanly, almost impossible."
She asked, "Do you think that Ji Guo is killing Zhao Qingtong? How is it possible, Zhao Qingtong is so easy to handle, he doesn't need to take his life."
Ji Ran stood on the spot and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
He thought about countless possibilities, murder, ordinary accidents, even suicide.
If it was really what Chen Qianqiong said, then he didn't know who to blame for Zhao Qingtong's death.
A drunk driver
Ji Guozheng, who wants to spend money to eliminate disasters
Or is it Zhao Qingtong, who knows that the other party is uneasy and kind, but still obediently goes to the appointment
Chen Qianqiong thought Ji Ran could digest it for a while, but whoever thought about it within half a minute heard him ask.
"Why do you think I'll help you?"
"If you still have a little conscience, you will naturally help me." Chen Qianqiong took a breath. "Without me, you can still stand here now?"
"If it weren't for me, Zhao Qingtong would have been dragged by Ji's family to the hospital for an abortion."
Ji Ran was very calm.
He said, "The version I heard was that Mrs. Ji left me behind."
"Really." Chen Qianqiong was not surprised at all, "As far as you understand Madam Ji, do you think she is willing to let someone who ruined the reputation of the Ji family stay?"
"The Ji family looks beautiful, but in fact it's not as good as some small families, it's just a little more money than others. Especially the old lady Ji, who looks like a lady, but in fact is old-fashioned and vicious, she is also a woman, But I feel that women are inherently inferior to men…”
Ji Ran smiled.
It's absurd, how many lies he has lived in for so many years.
"What about you?" he asked. "Why did you keep me?"
"As long as you are here, in the eyes of outsiders, I will always be the weak side of this marriage, isn't it?" Chen Qianqiong had no scruples, "This will give me a lot of benefits, even if I get divorced or split the family property in the future, I will have an absolute advantage. ."
And maybe a little sympathy for the woman who came to beg her.
But only a millimeter, insignificant, not worth mentioning.
"How about it." She returned to her senses a little, "I don't need you to do anything, as long as you're not around, I can save a lot of time. After it's done, I'll… "
"I refuse." Ji Ran lowered his eyes and said calmly.
Chen Qianqiong was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Why?"
"I don't trust you."
Leaving this sentence, Ji Ran turned around and went back to the living room.
Chen Qianqiong looked at his back and exhaled lightly.
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"We're going back." Qin Man sat in the driver's seat, lowered the window, and said to the people outside the window.
"Okay, drive carefully and pay attention to safety." Mother Qin nodded.
"Is it convenient for you to give me a ride?" Chen Qianqiong came over with a smile, "I drank some wine, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to drive... I'll leave the car with you, and I'll have someone pick it up tomorrow, okay?"
Before Mother Qin could speak, Qin Man spoke first. He coldly refused: "Sorry. It's inconvenient."
The car drives out of the house. Qin Man looked sideways at the person wearing a blindfold next to him.
"She embarrassed you?"
"No one can embarrass me." Ji Ran closed his eyes.
Qin Man didn't speak anymore, the car returned to quietness, and Ji Ran's heart also calmed down.
He was recalling what Chen Qianqiong had just said.
In fact, he believed more than half of what Chen Qianqiong said.
He had wondered before, if Mrs. Ji really said, she spent a lot of time to save him from Chen Qianqiong, why did she just go abroad and ignore him? Even Ji Guozheng may have done more than her.
Ji Ran felt sick to his stomach and wanted to vomit when he remembered that he had been patient and restrained in front of her before.
Before changing it, he must have promised Chen Qianqiong and turned the Ji family upside down.
But he refused.
He suddenly felt very tired and could not find the point of doing it all.
Ji Ran has no secondary illness, and never thought of becoming an avenger.
From start to finish, all he wanted was justice and truth.
Just as he was thinking, someone grabbed his left hand.
Through the blindfold, Ji Ran couldn't see anything, he could only feel the warmth of the other party's skin.
"Why are my hands so cold?" Qin Man raised the temperature.
He thought that Ji Ran would throw him away immediately, and then scolded him a few words.
Ji Ran remained motionless, curling his fingertips slightly, letting him lead.
"Qin Man."
"Um?"
"Look at my face," he said. "Does it say the word "idiot?"
"No, it just says 'I like Qin Man'."
"… "
An inexplicable warm current poured into the tired heart.
Ji Ran's Adam's apple moved slightly, and after a while, he said hoarsely, "... I'll take you to get glasses another day. You are short-sighted, at least 800 degrees."