The people in the slums, working from dawn to dusk every day, have no extra energy to pay attention to the war outside, so this is their best choice at the moment.
Renting a house is relatively easy. There are various small advertisements posted everywhere in the dilapidated alleys, including many for renting houses.
Ji Chen made more than ten calls in a row and made appointments with several landlords in one day. After viewing them all, he chose one of them to rent.
The house they rented was the best one they had ever seen, but Zhang and Su Ruoxue still disliked it.
In the past, Su Zian had always taken care of them, so even though their identities were hidden, their food, shelter and food were all excellent.
This is really the first time I have seen something like this.
Let alone the fact that the house is old and not new, the decoration is also simple and unsightly. From the walls and floors to the bed and cabinets, everything is in extremely poor condition.
Outside, it was even more dilapidated, and a strange smell was always floating in the air.
The mother and daughter have been frowning. They don't want to rent a house here at all, but they are afraid that if they are elsewhere, the Yun family and Ji family will come to them.
Besides, I've been looking at houses everywhere today, and it's already getting late. If I don't rent, I'll have to sleep outside again tonight.
In desperation, he had no choice but to rent the house.
Not only them, but also Ji Chen felt extremely disgusted. In the past, he lived either in a mansion or a villa. Where had he ever lived in a place like this
However, today is different from the past, and he must overcome himself.
Ji Chen made a decision in his heart. Since he had already fallen out, he would never go back to beg them.
He wanted to prove to them that he could live a good life even without the Ji family.
But they had no heir. In total, their losses were much greater than his.
Ah…
One day, they will come and beg him to compromise, but he will never reconcile with them.
…
After signing the contract, Zhang stayed in the room to clean, while Su Ruoxue and Ji Chen went out to buy daily necessities.
On the way, Su Ruoxue kept her head down, silent, looking in a bad mood.
"Ruoxue, what's wrong with you? Are you tired?"
Ji Chen pulled her to a stop and looked at her worriedly.
Hearing this, Su Ruoxue raised her head, looked at him softly with her beautiful eyes, and shook her head gently.
"What happened?" Ji Chen became even more worried.
Su Ruoxue was hesitant to speak at first, and after struggling for a few times, she slowly said, "Originally, you were the aloof and powerful eldest son of the Ji family, but because of me, you will have to live a hard life in the future. I just feel that I am very sorry for you... "
She didn't want to live in the house she rented today, let alone for a long time in the future.
Just thinking that she might have to live in such a place for the rest of her life made her want to die, so she wanted to persuade Ji Chen to return to Ji's house.
As long as Ji Chen returns to the Ji family, Mrs. Ji cannot take care of him for the rest of his life, and he will inherit the Ji family sooner or later.
When he inherits the Ji family, won't he have the final say in everything
Before that, she could pretend to break up with him and maintain an underground relationship with him. After he seized power, she could successfully ascend to the throne and become Mrs. Ji.
At that time, even Yun Jingya couldn't do anything to her, and her identity was no worse than Yun Xi.
"Achen, I think you will definitely regret it in the future, and I can't bear to have you live a hard life with us..."
"Well, anyway, the house has been rented now, and my mother and I have a place to stay. Why don't you go back to Ji's house and admit your mistake to Mrs. Ji properly and coax her... "
"You want to break up with me?"
Before Su Ruoxue finished speaking, Ji Chen interjected and looked at her with deep eyes.
"How could it be," Su Ruoxue grabbed his arm and said anxiously, "How could I break up with you? Ah Chen, you misunderstood me."
"I just don't want you to live a hard life with us, so what I mean is that we pretend to break up, and you and Mrs. Ji give in and say that you won't care about me and my mother anymore."
"We can still contact each other in private, we just have to be careful not to be discovered by Mrs. Ji."
Hearing what she said, Ji Chen felt a little more comfortable.
He reached out and touched her head, and said in a soft voice, "Ruoxue, as long as I can be with you, it doesn't matter if I live a hard life, I'm not afraid."
"Ji family, I will never go back, and I will not regret it in the future. Please stop thinking nonsense and stop trying to persuade me."
He will never take the initiative to go back. He will wait to make the Ji family regret it and let them take the initiative to pick him up.
He wanted them to understand that even if they raised him and cultivated him carefully, they were not qualified to dictate his life.
They couldn't interfere with him at all.
You can't force him to make a choice by using the position of heir from time to time.
He was very grateful that they brought him back to the Ji family from the orphanage and gave him more than ten years of prosperity, but he also had dignity.
But he would not tell Ruoxue this.
Even if he told her, she couldn't understand because she hadn't experienced what he had experienced.
Seeing his firm attitude, Su Ruoxue was almost angry to death. She endured it again and again before calling him a fool.
He accompanies them through hard times, isn't their life not hard?
"But Ah Chen, the tuition for No. 1 Middle School is very high. We have paid all the fees for the past six months, so we don't need to teach anymore, but we haven't paid for the second half of the year yet."
"The college entrance examination will be held in the second half of the year. We can't transfer to another school, right?"
After renting the house, they still have more than 100,000 yuan left, but for No. 1 Middle School, it is a drop in the bucket.
Unless you are an academic master like Jiang Muye, the school will make an exception and accept you as a signboard. Not only will you not have to pay tuition, but you will also get high stipends and bonuses.
Although her and Ji Chen's grades were also very good, they were not up to the mark and needed to be taught what they should do.
With just that little savings, there is no doubt that they cannot afford to go to school.
"Don't worry, I will take care of the tuition issue."
Ji Chen smiled and didn't care about it. He still didn't believe that he couldn't even afford to go to school without the Ji family.
…
The news from Ji Chen and Su Ruoxue's side soon reached the ears of Yun Jingya and Ji's couple without missing a beat.
When she learned that Ji Chen accompanied the mother and daughter to live in the slums, Mrs. Ji felt distressed and angry, and almost fainted from anger.
Although Ji Chen is not her biological son, he came to Ji's family when he was four years old. After raising him for more than ten years, how could he really have no feelings at all
But the principles we should have should not be discarded just because we feel distressed.
So, while Mrs. Ji wiped her tears, she hardened her heart and made up her mind to make Ji Chen suffer a little and gain a memory.
(End of chapter)