Ji Xianli turned on the lights in the private room, and it was instantly as bright as day.

Ji Xianreng opened his eyes and looked towards the door: "Big brother, you've arrived."

"How did you get yourself into this state?" Ji Xianli kicked away the wine bottle at his feet and walked to the single sofa to sit down.

Ji Xianreng's eyes revealed a deep sense of self-mockery.

He raised his hand to cover his face and said, "Brother, do you know what it feels like to love someone you can't have?"

Ji Xianli was taken aback and looked at him with a complicated expression.

Ji Xianren didn't hear his reply and didn't care. He continued, "I was the one who played with her when she was little, I was the one who met her first, and I liked her a long time ago. Why can't you see that? Why? Is it because you're the eldest brother that the engagement has to start with you?"

"This was a decision made by our elders."

Ji Xianli declined to comment and instead brought up another matter: "Xianreng, I went to see Miss Yan."

Ji Xianreng sat up, glaring at him with red eyes: "I will not marry anyone but her!"

His tone was resolute, as if he couldn't live without Rongrong, otherwise he would remain single forever.

Ji Xianli frowned: "Xianreng..."

Suddenly, Ji Xianren knelt down before him.

"Big brother, I beg you, please give Rongrong to me, okay? I know you only see her as a sister, otherwise you would have married her long ago. Big brother, I promise you, as long as you let Rongrong marry me, I will do whatever you say, even if it means going through fire and water, I won't even blink an eye!"

Ji Xianreng raised his hand and swore an oath.

A strange glint flashed in Ji Xianli's eyes. If his second brother helped him, his chances of taking back everything that belonged to the eldest branch of the Ji family would increase considerably.

But the second brother always listens to his uncle, so would he listen to himself?

Ji Xianli was not entirely at ease.

Ji Xianreng pleaded, choking back tears, "Brother, I beg you."

It is said that men do not easily shed tears, but only when they are deeply saddened. The once spirited young master Ji has now become a lovesick fool.

It's truly heartbreaking.

For a moment, Ji Xianli wondered: Is love really that good?

But soon, his mind was filled with the words his father had said before he left!

After a long silence, Ji Xianli sighed heavily.

"You can get up now."

Ji Xianren looked up excitedly: "Big brother, you promised me?"

Ji Xianli neither agreed nor disagreed, but simply said, "Rongrong is a person, not something that can be given away so easily, do you understand?"

But Ji Xianreng was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "I understand, I understand!"

“I like Rongrong and want to give her the best of everything. She has been living in our house as your fiancée, so if I pursue her, I definitely need your permission. I can't let people talk about her behind her back. When are you going to break off your engagement with Rongrong?”

Ji Xianreng's long-suppressed emotions were finally released, and he was like a wild horse that had been released from its reins, extremely excited, joyful, and happy!

Ji Xianli observed his behavior closely and sighed, "This matter cannot be rushed. Let me think it over carefully. However, you need to explain things clearly to the Yan family yourself."

Although he said he would consider it, it was essentially an agreement. Ji Xianreng was overjoyed: "I know, I will explain it to the Yan family!"

As long as he marries Rongrong, nothing else matters to him!

Ji Xianreng was overjoyed and completely changed, a stark contrast to his previous dejected state.

He poured a glass of wine and handed it to Ji Xianli with both hands: "Brother, let me toast you. Thank you for making Rongrong and me possible."

Ji Xianli accepted the wine, intending to tell him something, but the words caught in his throat as he swallowed them back down with a mouthful of wine.

Fine, let him figure it out himself.

Only when the pain is deep and the hatred is strong will he have room to maneuver!

Ji Xianli downed the glass of red wine in one gulp.

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As night falls and the city lights come on, the streets and alleys of the capital are illuminated with colorful neon lights, twinkling and making the city's night dazzling.

Shangguan Wu and Ji Moyan got out of the car, and Du Wei followed behind, carrying the sleeping Gu Xiaobao.

When Gu Yilou saw them return, he walked over to Du Wei and said, "Thank you. Give him to me."

Du Wei handed Gu Xiaobao to him and turned to leave the villa.

Gu Yilou carried his son upstairs.

Gu Xiaobao groggily opened his eyes: "Daddy?"

Gu Yilou lowered his head and said gently, "Okay, go back to sleep. Daddy will give you a bath."

"oh."

Gu Xiaobao closed his eyes again, but he couldn't fall asleep.

He opened one eye first and peeked at his dad.

Gu Yilou naturally noticed his gaze, went into his son's room, and put him on the small sofa.

"If you can't sleep, then don't sleep."

Gu Xiaobao immediately grinned, opened his eyes, and excitedly told his daddy everything about where he had gone, what he had played, and what he had eaten that day.

Gu Yilou listened quietly, and when his son said he wanted to go out to eat and play with him again, he nodded in agreement.

Downstairs in the living room, Ji Moyan sat wearily on the sofa.

"I feel like these two legs don't belong to me anymore. Taking care of a child is so tiring. How did I get through it back then?"

Seeing this, Shangguan Wu went around behind the sofa and said to her, "Mom, let me give you a massage."

However, Ji Moyan refused, saying, "You've been up all day, you should go back to your room and rest. I'll go find your dad and ask him to give me a full-body massage."

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