"So what were you just saying, who must be listening to me?"
Ji Si paused as he was touching the little coal ball, and glanced at Ji Jingchen out of the corner of his eye. He did not answer immediately, and was struggling in his heart whether he should tell the truth.
Ji Jingchen immediately spoke up, changing the subject: "Xiaoshu, why are you back so soon?"
Li Shu tilted her head, her dark eyes flickering, "It wasn't you, big brother, who told me to come back early."
Ji Jingchen didn't expect to shoot himself in the foot. He took a sip of tea and said, "I thought you wouldn't be back until at least ten o'clock."
Li Shu narrowed her eyes slightly, glanced at her three brothers, and slowly expressed her suspicions, "You were just talking about her, right?"
Ji Jingchen pressed his eyebrows together. He knew that Li Shu was smart and he definitely couldn't hide it from her, so he simply said the truth: "Yes, we are talking about Mom. I plan to arrange for her to recuperate in a quiet place."
Li Shu's eyes flashed with surprise when she heard this, "Recuperate?"
Ji Jingchen nodded, and then told her about Ye Lan's current condition and situation.
After hearing this, Li Shu's fair face showed no emotion. She felt nothing about Ye Lan's illness. She just asked curiously, "Why did she mention me again? Why did she listen to me?"
Ji Jingchen put down the teacup in his hand. "We are discussing how to get Mom to agree to go out and recuperate. Her condition is not good right now. If she sees you, she might lose control of her emotions and become ill. In addition, if we forcibly send her there, there is a possibility that she will lose control of her emotions, which is not conducive to her recovery."
He paused and continued, "So after discussing it all, the simplest and only possible solution at the moment is to have you, Xiaoshu, talk to Mom about recuperating. We've found that as long as we mention you to Mom, she'll completely listen and do what you say."
Li Shu lowered her eyes to glance at the little coal ball that had run back to her feet, "Then big brother, why don't you just tell her that I want her to go out and recuperate?"
"I've thought about this, but Mom keeps talking about wanting to see you. I'm afraid that after I coax her into it, she'll still be thinking about you all day long. But if I keep stopping her from seeing you, she might still lose control of her emotions." Ji Jingchen said.
Li Shu raised her eyebrows slightly, "Isn't this very contradictory? Should she see me or not?"
Ji Yanli thought for a moment, his eyes fixed on Ji Jingchen. "Brother, you're overthinking things and are only making things difficult for yourself. Why don't you try this method first? We can talk about the rest later. The important thing now is to get Mom's consent to go out and recuperate."
Ji Si nodded and agreed: "I think what Second Brother said is right, why don't we try it this way first."
Ji Jing thought for a few seconds and said, "Okay, let's try this first."
Seeing that she had nothing to do, Li Shu picked up the small coal ball on the ground, slowly stood up from the sofa, and said to the three brothers: "I'm going back to my room first."
Ji Jingchen hummed and said softly, "Go ahead and get some rest."
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On this side, Li Shu just walked to the elevator door and saw it open. The next second, Ye Lan's figure appeared inside.
"Xiaoshu, you're back!" Ye Lan's eyes lit up and she walked out of the elevator.
Li Shu frowned slightly, not expecting to meet her here. Without saying a word, she walked past her and headed towards the elevator.
"Xiao Shu!" Seeing this, Ye Lan turned around and followed, reaching out to grab Li Shu, but the elevator door just closed and trapped her hand.
Because it recognized that it could not be completely closed, the elevator door opened automatically again.
"Ah!" Ye Lan screamed and withdrew her hand in pain.
Li Shu concealed the impatience in her eyes and slowly walked out of the elevator holding the little coal ball. The elevator door behind her closed again and went upstairs.
The three brothers who heard the noise in the living room rushed over immediately.
Ji Jingchen looked at Ye Lan who was holding his left hand and pressed his eyebrows, "Mom, why did you come down!"
Ye Lan lowered her hands and said, "I'll come down to see if Xiaoshu is back."
Ji Jingchen was helpless. He glanced at her red left hand and could probably guess what had just happened. "Didn't I tell you that I would notify you when Xiaoshu came back?"
Ye Lan didn't reply to him. Instead, she looked at Li Shu with a faint smile on her face. She said softly, "Xiao Shu, is there anything you want to eat? Mom will make it for you."
Li Shu's face was expressionless, and between her dark blue brows there was a cold and distant expression like frost. "No, I've already eaten."
Ye Lan didn't seem to notice the girl's aloofness and said, "Are you thirsty? Mom will make you some juice!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the elevator door dinged and slowly opened, and Ji Heng walked out.
His eyes fell on Ye Lan, and his voice was filled with anxiety, "Why did you come down here?"
"Dad, what's going on? Didn't you take Mom back to her room?" Ji Yanli asked.
Ji Heng rubbed his swollen temples and said, "I was just going to the bathroom when your mother ran out while I wasn't paying attention."
He glanced at Li Shu in front of him and said to Ye Lan, "Okay, now Xiao Shu is back and you've seen her. Now you can go back to my room and rest with me, right?"
Ye Lan acted as if she hadn't heard him and continued, "Xiao Shu, are you thirsty? Do you want me to make you some juice?"
Li Shu looked at her expressionlessly and said abruptly, "What's the point of you doing this now? I don't need it, understand?"
Ye Lan choked, her body swayed slightly, her face suddenly turned pale, and a look of pain appeared on her face.
Li Shu withdrew her gaze, said hello to the others, turned around and pressed the elevator button. When the elevator door opened, she stepped in.
Ye Lan covered her chest and looked at the slowly closing elevator door. She was a little dazed and murmured softly, "Xiao Shu, Mom knows she was wrong..."
Ji Jingchen's eyes narrowed, somewhat surprised. He had thought that Ye Lan would be provoked by what Li Shu said and lose control of her emotions, but he had not expected that at this moment she was actually much calmer than he had imagined.
"Mom, give Xiaoshu some time. Your current behavior will only disgust her."
Ye Lan came back to her senses and looked up at him, "Jing Chen, is this true?"
Ji Jingchen nodded and struck while the iron was hot, "Besides, your current health condition isn't very good, so I discussed it with Dad and decided to move you to a quiet environment to recuperate for a while."
Ye Lan subconsciously took two steps back and said in disbelief, "Are you going to chase me away?"
Ji Jingchen was patient and tried to lower his voice, "Mom, I'm not sending you away. Dad will go with you. Come back when you're well."
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