Even a girl like Yingying knows that she should be down-to-earth and climb up the ladder through her own efforts, because only what she has obtained by her own hands will truly belong to her.

As for Ji Yuan, he has been uneducated and incompetent since childhood, and he is not like a man of the Ji family at all. He has no talent, yet he insists on squeezing into the Ji Group. What can he bring to the Ji Group except to cause trouble?

"Dad, that's why I want him to join the group for experience. Maybe he'll have something worthwhile to do and he'll soon turn over a new leaf."

Ji Lingchuan was still unwilling to give up. When he was young, he couldn't compete with Ji Ming, and now his son can't compete with Ji Yan and Ji Ze either. If this continues, his second branch of the family will only be able to rely on Dafang's whims to make a living.

Upon hearing his words, the old man laughed instead of getting angry, "Asking for the position of general manager as soon as you join the company, you call that experience?"

"Ji Yan is already the company's president, what's wrong with giving Ji Yuan a general manager position? They're both your grandsons, don't you want Ji Yuan to be successful?"

Ji Ming couldn't hold back any longer. Ji Lingchuan wanted to secure a future for his son, which was originally none of his business, but he couldn't tolerate Ji Lingchuan mentioning Ji Yan so often.

His face held a hint of anger. "Ji Yan is indeed the president, but don't forget who asked him to start from the bottom. He climbed to the position of president through his own abilities."

Ji Ming's words left Ji Lingchuan speechless. It was indeed he who had made Ji Yan start from the bottom, and he hadn't expected Ji Yan to be so capable, climbing to the position of president in just a few years.

Pei Yu, who had been silent all along, saw her husband being pushed so hard he couldn't speak, and her face instantly changed. She cursed him under her breath as a good-for-nothing.

Since marrying him, she has had no shortage of worries. She can't do anything right, and she doesn't learn anything. All she does every day is complain about this and that.

Otherwise, how could such a large Ji Group have fallen into the hands of the eldest son's wife, while the second son's wife gets nothing but a small year-end bonus?

She looked at Ji Ming, a smile playing on her lips. "Brother, it was indeed Ling Chuan's fault that Ji Yan was involved, and he knows he was wrong. Our Ji Yuan isn't as shrewd as Ji Yan, but he's reached the age where he should get married. Not having a decent job might affect his marriage prospects."

Faced with Pei Yu's gentle and pleasant demeanor, Ji Ming's anger subsided somewhat; the Ji family's upbringing did not allow him to target women.

"It's no use talking to me like that. I don't interfere in company affairs." Ji Ming leaned back on the sofa, looking like it was none of his business.

Unable to bear the atmosphere filled with deceit and treachery, Anhe simply pulled Ji Fuying away and led her to the pavilion in the garden.

"Yingying, how's it going at the hotel? If you really can't get used to it, move back here. We're skipping this shift."

These days she is constantly worried about her daughter, who is all alone in the hotel with no one to take care of her.

What if she gets a headache or fever? Who can take care of her?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. This Ji Yan was really outrageous. He forced her own sister to run away from home for some unknown woman.

She kindly gave him a chance, but he still didn't repent. It seems she has to go see Song Yuxi herself. She can tolerate other things, but she absolutely cannot tolerate him forcing Yingying away and wronging her.

"Mom, will you be angry if I leave for a while?"

"Where do you want to go this time? You can't keep making your mother worry."

Looking at her obedient and sensible appearance, Anhe couldn't guess what she was up to.

Yingying had left before, and when she returned, she always had some new and old scars on her body.

She was the only one who knew about this, and Ji Ming hadn't even told her. She could vaguely sense that Yingying had some secrets she couldn't reveal to others.

However, if she wants to keep it a secret, she will respect her choice. She also believes that she is a sensible child who can distinguish right from wrong, and she will not interfere as long as she does not do anything bad.

"My second brother is going to a seminar, and I want to go with him."

Ji Fuying felt like she was in dire straits, with no way to move forward or backward.

She couldn't bear to recall what Ji Yan had done to her in the lounge that day, and ever since then she had deliberately avoided him.

When they met downstairs at the company, she would deliberately turn her face away so he wouldn't see her, but this couldn't be a long-term solution.

That's why she wanted to go abroad with her second brother and come back in a few months. Maybe by then Ji Yan would have already married Song Yuxi.

The thought of Ji Yanhan marrying Song Yuxi brought a strange sense of bitterness to her heart.

Can she really be that composed?

But what can she do if she can't? There's absolutely no possibility between her and Ji Yan.