Ji Wanmei continued, "But when he discovered that you weren't from the farm, but rather a tourist from out of town like them, his attitude suddenly changed completely. He became very obsequious towards you. Didn't you notice? Or is it that you're so used to hearing people flatter you that you can't tell anymore, Director Ji?"

“Don’t talk nonsense. I never allow my subordinates to flatter me,” Ji Xingguo said seriously.

Ji Wanmei said, "Alright, let me add something else. When that farm owner accidentally spilled soup on him, look at how he treated ordinary people! His attitude was arrogant and haughty, and he kept showing off how expensive his clothes were. As a result, his mother made him go back, take off his clothes, and give them to her to wash. Just think about it, a man who's almost thirty years old still has his old woman washing his clothes? Doesn't this show that this kind of person is a bully who picks on the weak and fears the strong, and is lazy and unwilling to work?"

"And another point, didn't you notice that he was staring at your daughter the whole time he was eating? It was clearly malicious, greedy and lustful."

Ji Xingguo's face darkened.

Yes, he was very displeased because the young man had been staring intently at his daughter that night.

After Ji Wanmei went upstairs, he put down his chopsticks without even eating.

Now that his daughter has said that, he really thinks it makes sense. These subtle, hard-to-notice little details can indeed reveal a person's potential flaws.

Ji Xingguo said, "I understand. It's all Dad's fault for misjudging people. You should pack your things quickly, and we'll leave here first thing tomorrow morning. Let's not get involved with this family."

Seeing that they had finally gotten to the point, Ji Wanmei said, "So you know you can't judge people well? You can be so enthusiastic towards a complete stranger, why can't you be a little nicer to Lei Tingjun?"

Ji Wanmei said, "Look, I can analyze the bad character of someone I've just met in great detail. Do you think I would allow Lei Tingjun to get close to me if I thought he was bad or had this or that bad habit?"

“So you have to trust your daughter’s own judgment. I’m using this incident to prove to you that I have a good eye for men.” Ji Wanmei took a deep breath and glanced at her father. “On the contrary, you are easily swayed by slander and unable to distinguish right from wrong. You treat people with sincerity, but just because someone says a few nice things to you, you think they’re a good person? Father, you’re older than me and have more experience. You should understand this principle. To judge whether someone is good or not, you can’t look at what nice things they say, but rather at what they actually do.”

Ji Xingguo, who is over a decade old, was actually taught a lesson and given a lecture by his own daughter today.

He opened his mouth, but remained speechless for a long time.

Looking at his daughter in front of him, he felt for the first time that she had truly matured and become sensible.

She has developed her own ability to understand the world and her own judgment in dealing with everything around her. It seems that she no longer needs her father's protection.

Ji Xingguo felt a little sad and a bit bittersweet.

The daughter she had cherished for twenty years was finally leaving her to go to her own world.

After a long pause, he sighed deeply, coughed, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and turned around to say, "Forget it, forget it. Your stubbornness is just like your mother's back then. There's no use in me saying anything. If you really like Lei Tingjun that much, and you're still willing to be with him after you graduate, I won't object."

Ji Wanmei finally smiled, stepped forward, and hugged her father tightly: "Dad, you're so good to me. I knew you wouldn't want to see your daughter sad."