Ji Yunxin rarely regrets anything, because she thinks twice before doing anything and always makes decisions after careful consideration, so she hardly ever regrets anything. But after she finished talking to Ji Han just now, she regretted it the instant she did.
She shouldn't have said such harsh words to Jian Yan, shouldn't have questioned her character, or even been malicious towards her. After three years of marriage, although she didn't know Jian Yan well enough, she had met her before and should have trusted her character. Besides, Ji Songlin would know about her divorce sooner or later, and he couldn't hide it from her.
Ji Yunxin stood in front of the window holding his phone. He lowered his head to look at the phone and saw Jian Yan's name on the screen. He flipped forward and saw the message she had sent him.
- The weather is getting cold, please keep warm.
- I'm going out traveling and there's no one in the apartment. If you want to go back, there are ready-made vegetables in the refrigerator.
--Yunxin, it rained today, did you go to work
--Aren't you coming back today? Are you on a business trip again? You have a bad stomach, remember to drink more soup.
- I went to visit my grandfather in the morning. He asked me what I was doing, and I said I didn't know what I was doing.
- Yunxin, I'm giving you a gift, do you like it
——Ji Yunxin, let’s get divorced.
She had never replied to her messages, but on that day she replied for the first time: OK.
Thinking of Jian Yan's slightly red eyes before she left, Ji Yunxin's heart suddenly twitched. She lowered her head and sent a message:
--sorry.
The three edited words were not sent out. Ji Yunxin thought for a while and added a few more words:
--Grandpa knows about our divorce. Xiaohan told me. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you.
The message was edited, but it hadn't been sent out yet. Ji Yunxin sighed into the phone, shook his head and turned off the screen, then turned and walked to the bedside. Ji Han was on the phone: "Hospital, yes, are you there? I'll pick you up."
After answering the phone, she looked up and said, "It's Dad and Mom. They're at the hospital."
Ji Yunxin opened her mouth and said, "Go out and pick them up."
Ji Han closed his phone and walked out with his bag. Ji Yunxin sat in the chair she had sat in before and looked at Ji Songlin on the hospital bed. Recalling the scene of their quarrel, Ji Yunxin pursed her lips. Her facial lines were straight and heroic, her eyebrows were still sharp, but her fierce eyes were softer. She held Ji Songlin's hand and looked at Ji Songlin carefully. He was much older than she thought, with deep wrinkles on his forehead and a slightly pale complexion. He had just had surgery and showed no signs of waking up. Ji Yunxin had just tucked in the corner of the quilt for Ji Songlin when she heard a voice behind her.
"What happened? Why are you hospitalized for no reason?"
It was her mother Du Yan's voice. Ji Yunxin turned around and saw Du Yan and Ji Shuiyuan hurried over. She stood up and said, "Dad, Mom."
Du Yan walked over to her, put down her bag, and asked, "What happened? Xiao Han didn't explain it clearly just now, tell me."
Ji Yunxin put his hands behind his back and said in a clear voice: "Jian Yan and I are divorced."
Even though Du Yan and Ji Shuiquan already knew about this, they were still stunned for a few seconds. Du Yan asked her, "Why did you get divorced? What happened to you two?"
Ji Yunxin lowered his eyes: "Jian Yan brought it up."
"Yanyan brought it up." Du Yan smiled wryly, "With your attitude, Yanyan has been able to live with you for three years, and that's because she was generous. Don't you think about how you treated her? You used cold violence, didn't communicate, didn't live together, and you made her a widow for three years. So, now you're getting a divorce and you're still blaspheming her?"
Ji Yunxin frowned. She really couldn't understand why everyone around her stood on Jian Yan's side. She was clearly the victim in this marriage, wasn't she
She was forced to get married and be with Jian Yan.
Just because Jian Yan liked her, she wanted to marry her? Before this, she hadn't even had a good contact with Jian Yan, and they didn't know each other at all!
She couldn't do it. Although cold violence was not her wish, it was the only way she could fight back.
Ji Shuiquan had been silent the whole time, and only spoke up when both mother and daughter were silent: "Well, now that we're divorced, what's the point of talking about this? Where does Yanyan live now?"
He had never been in favor of Ji Songlin's arranged marriage, but Ji Yunxin hadn't had anyone she liked for so many years, and he thought that maybe she was emotionally dull and hadn't figured it out, so maybe Jian Yan would treat her differently. Unexpectedly, she was still the same after marriage. If he had known this, he shouldn't have agreed with the old man's decision!
It’s hard for the two children.
Ji Yunxin said: "She left the villa, I don't know where she went."
"You!" Du Yan was about to scold when she heard the voice of the person on the bed. Everyone turned their heads. Ji Songlin slowly opened his eyes. The strong light made him frown. He blocked the light with his hands. Du Yan and Ji Shuiquan walked to his side and shouted, "Dad."
Ji Songlin's deep voice rang out in the ward: "They are all here."
Du Yan sat in front of the bed: "How are you? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Ji Songlin moved his gaze from her face to Ji Yunxin's face and shook his head: "No."
"Yanzi, you and Shuiquan go out first. I have something to say to Yunxin."
Du Yan glanced at Ji Yunxin, signaling her with her eyes not to make Grandpa angry again. Ji Yunxin put her hands behind her back, her back straight, her face tense, her lips pursed, and waited until Du Yan and Ji Shuiquan took Ji Han out before she shouted, "Grandpa."
"Sit down." Ji Songlin had just finished surgery, and his wound hurt whenever he moved. His forehead was covered with sweat. Seeing this, Ji Yunxin took out a tissue from the side to wipe his sweat, and sat down in front of the bed.
"Don't worry, you're both divorced, what else can I do?" Ji Songlin said, panting, "But I want to tell you that I let you marry Yanyan not because I have any regrets."
The relationship between Ji Songlin and the Jian family can be traced back to the generation of Jian Yan's grandmother. The Ji family has been in business for generations, and by the time of Ji Songlin, they had already achieved considerable success. He was young and impulsive, and wanted to make a name for himself, and did not want to rely on the Ji family as a big tree, so he found several partners to start a company, one of whom was Jian Yan's grandmother.
Jian Yan's grandmother is a strong woman. She is very capable and efficient in everything she does, including in her relationships. She likes Ji Songlin and confesses her feelings. She is smart, courageous, beautiful, and bright. Who can not like such a woman? Ji Songlin and her started dating smoothly, but the Ji family has already started looking for a suitable partner for him.
In Ji Songlin's generation, parents were still very conservative and paid attention to matching the family backgrounds, so they did not approve of Jian Yan's grandmother who came from an ordinary family. In this way, they successfully broke up the couple, but later Ji Songlin accidentally met Jian Yan's grandmother again, and even recognized Jian Yan's father as his godson.
"I was there in the car accident, but they protected me, so I wasn't injured." Ji Songlin said in a low voice, "But they are gone now."
"Yun Xin, I know you've heard these words so many times that you've become impatient. I admit that part of the reason I let you marry Yan Yan is because I want you to take care of Yan Yan, but part of the reason is that I'm doing this for your own good."
"Yan Yan is a good girl, and she likes you. You don't have anyone you like, so why can't you try it once?" This was the first time Ji Yunxin didn't feel annoyed when she heard his old-fashioned words. She always hated Ji Songlin for tying her up with such feelings. Because Jian Yan's parents left to save Ji Songlin, she was forced to marry Jian Yan and take care of her for the rest of her life. She was very resistant to this fact. She felt that she should decide her own marriage and shouldn't let them interfere. There were many ways to repay them. It was not necessary to get married. Even if they got married, they should understand each other and it should not be a hasty decision. So she had always been very resistant to it.
But now that they are really divorced, looking at Jian Yan who is extremely cold to her, she feels lost again.
Humans are really very complex emotional animals.
Ji Yunxin opened his mouth: "Grandpa..."
"Forget it. Now that things have come to this, you're both divorced, which means Yanyan has given up on you. You can just follow your own path in the future." Ji Songlin sighed deeply, "I won't ask about it anymore."
He stopped asking questions, stopped threatening her, and stopped putting pressure on her. The burden that Ji Yunxin had been carrying for three years was put down in an instant. She should have felt extremely relieved and happy from the bottom of her heart, but she couldn't even smile. Ji Songlin looked at her face and said, "Go out. I want to rest."
Ji Yunxin lowered his eyes and said in a clear voice: "Grandpa, I'm sorry."
Ji Songlin shook his head: "You don't owe me an apology, you owe Yanyan an apology."
Ji Yunxin's lips moved, but she said nothing in the end. She turned and left the ward. Du Yan and Ji Shuiquan were sitting on the bench outside. When they saw her coming out, they stood up and asked, "How is your grandfather?"
"It's OK." Ji Yunxin said, "The operation was successful. There's nothing serious. You can go home after a week of rest."
Du Yan patted his chest and said, "That's good. You scared us to death."
Ji Shuiquan looked at Ji Yunxin and said, "Since there is nothing else to do, you two can go back first. Your mother and I will stay with your grandfather."
Ji Han stood beside Du Yan and took her arm: "Mom, won't you go home with us?"
Du Yan turned around and said, "Be obedient and go back with your sister first. You still have to go to work tomorrow."
Ji Han muttered a few words and nodded, and Ji Yunxin said softly, "Let's go."
The two had just walked out for a few steps when Du Yan shouted, "Wait a minute."
She took out two long box-shaped objects from her bag and handed them to Ji Yunxin: "These are your gifts, one for each of you."
Ji Yunxin held the gift in his hand and was stunned for a long while.
The Ji family did not have the custom of bringing gifts when going out. This custom only started after Jian Yan got married. Every time she went out to travel, she would bring various gifts to the Ji family. Over time, everyone also developed the habit of bringing gifts when going out and coming home. Now this custom has been preserved, but Jian Yan is no longer in the Ji family.
Seeing that she was holding the gift without saying anything, Du Yan did not reject her strongly as before, so she asked, "Are you thinking about Yanyan?"
Ji Yunxin took the gift and said without turning around: "No."
Ji Han hurried to catch up.
The two walked further and further away, and occasionally the sound of conversation could be heard.
"Sister, do you really not care about your sister-in-law at all?"
"Sister, do you regret it now?"
"Sister, are you and Li Weiqing together?"
When Ji Yunxin heard this question, he looked at Ji Han sideways and explained, "Xiao Han, Wei Qing is just my friend."
"Friends." Ji Han knew that Ji Yunxin meant what she said and would never lie, so she felt relieved. After the two of them got in the car, Ji Yunxin sat in the driver's seat. She didn't start the engine, but looked at her phone. Ji Han tilted her head: "What are you looking at?"
"Nothing." Ji Yunxin put down her phone and started the engine. After several seconds, she didn't leave. She read the edited message over and over again and finally deleted it. Ji Han beside her fastened his seat belt, turned his body to touch her, and sent the message he had just typed.
Jian Yan was reading a script. When she heard the sound of her phone, she looked down and saw that Ji Yunxin had sent her a message on WeChat. She clicked on it:
--right
What the hell? She frowned and didn't move, suspecting that Ji Yunxin had sent the wrong message.
After a while, the other end sent another message: Wife, I'm sorry, I was wrong.
Jian Yan rubbed her eyes and stared at the screen, three question marks popping up in her mind: