Chapter 34 The Ungrateful Childhood Sweetheart (The End)

Qin Shuang didn't understand and walked away while looking at the noodles in front of her.

After changing his clothes in his room, he took his car keys and left.

Jiang Ermei followed behind: "President Qin? You haven't eaten your noodles yet."

"Bang!"

Qin Shuang, wearing headphones, told her assistant about the matter: "Help me deal with this; it's already disrupting my life."

"I don't understand her."

"President Qin," the assistant seemed to understand Jiang Ermei's meaning, "she probably wants you to give her a job."

“I don’t need anyone with only an elementary school education. I don’t have a job for her,” Qin Shuang said directly.

"Yes, Mr. Qin, I will handle it."

"Wait a minute." Qin Shuang suddenly remembered her background and her cautious manner yesterday, and sighed while holding the steering wheel: "Never mind, I just happen to need a personal assistant."

"Once her leg heals, I'll train her to follow my lifestyle."

The assistant told Jiang Ermei when she delivered the items.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ermei jumped up with joy, forgetting that her leg was injured, and with a crack, she fell.

The male assistant looked at her in alarm: "Are you alright?"

Jiang Ermei forced a smile: "It's nothing, I'll be fine after a rest."

Are you sure?

Jiang Ermei said uncertainly, "Why don't you take me to the hospital again? I feel like my knee is dislocated again."

"But don't worry, I'll recover quickly and won't miss that... training you mentioned."

When Qin Shuang received the call from her assistant, her usually indifferent face finally gave way into a roll of her eyes: "You mean she dislocated her leg again because she was so happy?"

"Forget it, I don't even know if the decision I made was the right one."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Shuang couldn't help but laugh out loud when she thought about the situation.

Then I continued working in front of the computer.

~

When Ji Huaizhi returned home, it was already past midnight. The house was pitch black except for the night light in the study and the computer screen.

Ji Huaizhi turned on the light, walked over, and touched Xiaomei's hair.

"What's wrong? No inspiration?"

“Where do you think Ermei will go? She’s all alone, unlike me back then when I had you…” Jiang Xiaomei started crying as she spoke: “I told you, she could come to the provincial capital.”

Ji Huaizhi gently coaxed her, "Don't worry, your second sister is more cunning than you."

"You might not even recognize her the next time you see her."

"She's not that she's cunning; her family has few resources, so she has to resort to tricks to make a better life for herself."

"Yes, she's very honest."

Jiang Xiaomei: "..."

When Ji Xianglong came out of prison, he was timid and looked behind him twice while carrying a bag.

"Ji Xianglong, live a good life after you get out, and don't come back in."

"Let's go back."

"Yes, boss, I promise I won't cause any more trouble."

"Let's go, your parents are standing outside."

Ji Xianglong squinted at them, licked his chapped lips, and called out in a voice only he could hear, "Mom and Dad?"

Ji Xianglong took two slow steps, and then heard the sound of an iron gate closing behind him.

He didn't look back, but the sound startled him so much that his shoulders trembled.

Mr. and Mrs. Ji rushed over, exclaiming, "Son!"

"You have suffered, my son."

Ji Xianglong was held by them, and after a while, he cried out loudly, "Mom and Dad!"

"Waaaaaah, Mom and Dad!"

"My poor son, my poor son!" Mother Ji held his head and almost fainted from crying.

Father Ji was a little more composed, but he still couldn't hold back his tears: "It's okay, let's go home, let's go home."

The three walked home.

Ji Xianglong was pulled along by them, and he was timid and hesitant the whole way, afraid of everything.

He always felt like everyone was watching him.

When I finally got to my doorstep, I heard noises coming from the Jiang family.

Ji Xianglong looked over.

"Never mind them, their family is a mess too. Jiang's second son has run away. Like father, like son." Ji's mother held her son's hand the whole way.

"Go inside, take a good shower and get some sleep. Mom will make you some stewed chicken."

Ji Xianglong looked up at their house: "Is this our home?"

"Yes, your brother has mastered the craft. After we built the house, the wardrobes, doors, and ceilings inside were all made by your brother and his master." Father Ji didn't notice his expression when he told him this.

When Ji's mother saw this, she said, "We thought that since you've been inside for so long, you need a house so you can get married."

“You’re the eldest in our family, so once this house is built, it’s yours.”

As she spoke, she patted the back of his hand.

Father Ji frowned but remained silent.

Ji Xianglong laughed when he heard that.

After entering, Ji's mother patted him with a peach branch to ward off bad luck.

Watching him devour his noodles, Ji's mother wiped away her tears: "Shouldn't you have been out long ago? Why have you stayed inside for so many years?"

“When I first went in, I didn’t respect the people in the prison and got into a conflict with them,” Ji Xianglong said, looking down. “In the end, when we were fighting, I poked his eye with a toothbrush.”

"He's been convicted again."

Ji's mother was so angry that she cried and hit him, saying, "How did you become like this?"

How could you do such a thing?

Upon hearing this, Ji's father got up, not wanting to see him anymore.

He's just been released; he can't be beaten up again.

The younger brother already knew they were going to pick up his older brother, but he was still taken aback when he saw him: "Big brother."

Seeing his younger brother, who used to be short, Ji Xianglong couldn't smile.

He has now mastered the craft, and when he returned, he learned that the old master had no son, so he adopted the younger brother as his godson.

He still can't help but be jealous of him, jealous of Ji Huaizhi.

They were all three brothers, so why was his life so unfortunate?

“You’ve changed, little brother. If it weren’t for you, big brother, you probably wouldn’t know what you’d be doing right now. Don’t forget that you are where you are today because I gave you the opportunity to learn the trade back then.”

Upon hearing this, the younger brother's face darkened, and he immediately turned around and went out to call his older sister.

Ji Xianglong suddenly looked repulsive: "Look at him, he looks down on me too."

"He claims we're family, but he just looks down on me because I've been to jail!"

As she spoke, she started throwing things: "Ugh, why? Why is everyone else doing so well, and only me? Only me?"

"Son, what's wrong with you?" Mrs. Ji asked anxiously.

Her gray hair made her look even older: "Mom will talk to him, no one will dare to dislike you!"

"His dad! Go and talk to him!"

"They have absolutely no respect for their elder brother!"

Ji Xianglong was calmed down by his mother.

But Ji Xiaodi had already left. He went to his godfather's place, and his godfather said he had work in another city and wanted to take him with him, but Ji's parents disagreed.

After talking with my sister, I went to work in another city with my godfather.

While sitting in the car, he suddenly remembered his second brother.

In fact, he couldn't even remember what he looked like anymore.

I just suddenly thought of him.

~

Jiang Ermei got off the plane with Qin Shuang.

No, it should be Jiang Lili now.

She was no longer the country bumpkin who had just arrived in the city.

She had soft, slightly wavy chestnut hair, wore a white T-shirt, had a jacket hanging in one hand, and pushed a suitcase alongside Qin Shuang with the other.

"Lily, what brings you here?"

"Before I met you, I owed someone money." Jiang Lili gently tilted her head, tucking the hair behind her ear.

“I told you I would pay her back.”

(over)