Chapter 346

As Ji Wanmei was leaving, she remembered something.

"By the way, A-Qiang and the others came back with me this time. A-Qiang and Zhu Shuangyan are together now, and they're planning to get married. They're having a housewarming party at home the day after tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Chunyan scoffed dismissively, "He didn't invite me, what would I do there? Just go and get a dirty look? Forget it, I'm not going. You go by yourself."

"Alright then, you should close up shop and go home to rest. See you tomorrow."

Ji Wanmei left the shop, got into a tricycle, and went home.

When Ji Xingguo returned home from get off work, he saw the courtyard gate was half open and his daughter's luggage, and he was overjoyed.

When no one was home, Ji Xingguo was anxious for a moment. He then realized that his daughter might have gone to Luo Chunyan's place after returning home and finding no one there.

Ji Xingguo quickly put down his things and went into the kitchen to cook, thinking that he would have a delicious meal when his daughter came back.

When Ji Wanmei got home, it was almost six o'clock.

However, in summer, the sun sets late, and it's still bright outside at six o'clock.

As soon as Ji Wanmei returned to the courtyard, she smelled the aroma of soup wafting from the kitchen window, along with the occasional sound of chopping vegetables and mincing meat on the cutting board.

Upon entering the living room, I saw Ji Xingguo wearing an apron, busily working around the stove in the kitchen.

Ji Wanmei coughed softly and called out, "Dad."

Ji Xingguo was slicing meat when he heard Ji Wanmei's voice. He immediately turned around and saw his daughter return. His face lit up with a smile: "Hey, Meimei, you're back! Did you go to see Luo Chunyan? Dad is cooking. It's all your favorite dishes. Take a rest for a while. Dinner will be ready soon."

Ji Wanmei felt a pang of sadness when she saw her father being so careful, as if he was afraid of upsetting her.

She knew that her father had had a tough time all these years.

A grown man, acting as both father and mother, raised her and protected her.

If asked who loves her the most in this world, Ji Wanmei wouldn't dare say it's Lei Tingjun, but she would definitely say it's her father.

There's a misunderstanding between her father and Lei Tingjun. Ji Wanmei shouldn't be angry with either of them. She should act as a bridge, softening and appeasing the two men she loves most.

Let them accept each other, let them know that the other loves her and is willing to do anything for her.

Ji Wanmei concealed her emotions and smiled at her father: "Well, what dishes did you make? I want to eat your sweet and sour pork ribs."

"Yes, yes, yes, the sweet and sour pork ribs are being made, they'll be ready soon," Ji Xingguo said with a smile.

Originally, Ji Xingguo thought that his relationship with his daughter would definitely reach a freezing point after she came back this time, and he hadn't slept well for the past few days.

Unexpectedly, when his daughter came back, she smiled and talked to him as before, and even said she wanted to eat the sweet and sour pork ribs he made himself.

Ji Xingguo almost burst into tears, but quickly turned his back as if adjusting the fire, wiping his eyes so his daughter wouldn't see.

Ji Wanmei turned on the TV, randomly selected a program, and went to the kitchen to help.

"Hey, don't come in. The kitchen is smoky. Just wait to eat." Ji Xingguo pushed Ji Wanmei out. "Go watch your TV."

Ji Wanmei leaned against the kitchen door and said, "Dad, you have to teach me how to cook and do housework. Otherwise, when I get married in the future, there won't be anyone like you to protect me. Who will do these things for me?"

Ji Xingguo frowned: "Then find someone who can cook and is hardworking. What's the point of having a lazy person like that?"

Ji Wanmei deliberately said, "But I think most men these days are quite lazy. Housework, laundry, and cooking are usually done by women. There are also quite a few male college students in our school who are overly ambitious. Take Grandma Song's grandson, Senior Brother Lu, for example. He never cooks and never does any housework at home."

Ji Xingguo turned to look at her and said quietly, "Does that family need him to do anything?"

Ji Wanmei wasn't angry and still smiled as she said, "That's true. A man born with a silver spoon in his mouth, who is waited on hand and foot, will be waited on by his wife after marriage."

Ji Xingguo knew that the girl was all smiles at him as soon as she came back, so she must not have any good intentions.

So that's where he was waiting.

Ji Xingguo wasn't falling for her trap and said directly, "Don't you dislike your Senior Brother Lu?"

“I didn’t say I liked him. I was just stating the facts.” Ji Wanmei spread her hands. “I finally learned a few dishes at home, but after a year at school, I’ve almost forgotten them all. And now that I’m home for vacation, you won’t let me cook. In the future, you’ll find me one of those fair-skinned, delicate young masters. After I marry him, I’ll have to serve him. I’ll wash his clothes, mop the floor, do housework, cook, wash the dishes, and wash his smelly socks.”

"You used to never want my hands to get dirty with oil. Sigh, I'll be spending the rest of my life like this. All your hard work before was for nothing."

"I can already imagine what my hands will look like in the future. They'll be covered in calluses, rough and unsightly, and my face will be blackened by the smoke from the stove day and night, covered in wrinkles, making me look fifty when I'm only thirty."

"If you don't do something right, your husband will scold you. If you have a mean mother-in-law, you'll argue with her all the time, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will definitely be bad."

Ji Wanmei, like a nagging monk, kept repeating herself in Ji Xingguo's ear.

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