Chapter 39 Chicken
◎Ji Nan: "I can marry far away."◎
Ji Nan did have a home, but his family members didn't really welcome him.
As early as two days ago, his dear father took his mother to Sanya to escape the cold. They even didn't inform their son until half a day after landing, as if they were afraid that he would join them later.
Ji's father threw him some money like a nouveau riche and said, "Take the money and leave us alone. We don't need a third party in our world of two."
The thing that Ji's father likes to talk about most in the past two years is that when he was young, he was hit on the back by a bare wooden stick, so now when he sees a bachelor, he gets angry and wants to kick him.
Regardless of whether this statement was true or not, and regardless of how absurd or irrelevant his father's words were, Ji Nan knew that his father was openly and secretly scolding him for being useless.
Ji Nan didn't even have the time to explain that he was no longer single before the call was abruptly hung up by the other end.
Just after sending Zhong Jiajing to the high-speed rail station in the morning, Ji Nan received a call from Ye Tan, asking him if he wanted to celebrate New Year's Eve together in the evening. Thinking that he was alone, he simply agreed.
Ye Tan organized a dinner party and invited the single comrades who were wandering in Shanghai and had not returned home to drink to relieve their sorrow.
Ji Nan stared at the dozen or so single men and women he knew well in the private room and asked, "Are you guys having a singles party?"
"What else? Do you think those who have a partner would have time to hang out with us?" Ye Tan asked back.
Ji Nan was silent. "It's really a bit difficult for you to use your limited mind to consider infinite possibilities."
"What do you mean?" Ye Tan was confused. "Are you finding another way to discredit my incredibly smart brain?"
"I'm wondering if there's a possibility," Ji Nan said coldly, crossing his arms. "I'm no longer your single classmate."
"Just you?" Ye Tan covered his stomach and burst into laughter.
Not only did he laugh himself, he also made more than a dozen of his compatriots laugh together.
"Are you using money to cover someone's mouth, or does the girl owe you something in her past life?"
"If you said you poisoned your mouth and made it mute, I could still believe that the girl agreed out of pity for you."
"But you're still so good at talking. I have to suspect you're trying to make us laugh by celebrating April Fools' Day four months early."
Ji Nan's face was expressionless. "So what? You're a blockhead. No matter how anxious or cold I am, I can't set you on fire."
Ye Tan was dissatisfied, "You are not going to spend your whole life with me, so you can just bear with it, but it is really difficult for me to live with you day and night."
Ji Nan was already unhappy today, and he became even more depressed after hearing what he said. He didn't even have the mood to explain.
He picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all, muttering, "I'm not living with you, why worry about it?"
The meal took two hours, and when we left the restaurant it was around 7:30 in the evening, and it was already completely dark.
The New Year decorations on the streets were installed half a month ago, but it was not until today that the real New Year atmosphere was felt.
Many fashionably dressed single men and women gathered in twos and threes, wearing festive red hairpins on their heads, apparently waiting to go to the Bund to celebrate the New Year.
Their next game was to go to a nearby bar, but Ji Nan wasn't in the mood and just lazily followed the group.
The phone in his shirt pocket buzzed. Ji Nan took it out and saw that it was a video call invitation from Zhong Jiajing.
He took it, and on the screen was Zhong Jiajing's delicate and beautiful face, red.
"Have you been drinking?" Ji Nan asked.
Zhong Jiajing shook her head. "No, it's just a little warm in the house. My dad installed floor heating for the whole house before the New Year. I only used it this year. I feel like I wasted all those years."
Ji Nan smiled with his eyes crooked. "My house has had heating since I was born. Does that mean I've been living in the dark for the past twenty years?"
"Are you outside? I can't even see your face clearly, it's indeed a bit dark." Zhong Jiajing smiled.
Ji Nan glanced around and walked forward to the street light.
"What now?"
Half of the man's face was covered by a gray scarf, but the scarf added a subtle sense of temptation to the remaining half of his face.
He has strong and heroic eyebrows, cold and upturned eyes, and a tall and smooth nose bridge. Every part of him is perfect.
Zhong Jiajing smiled and praised him, "You're so handsome! If I opened an entertainment company, all the artists under it would have to be groomed according to your standards."
"You look so happy, Jia Jia is talking to her boyfriend on the phone?"
Suddenly, a slightly older female voice came from the other end of the phone.
Zhong Jiajing felt a little guilty. She put her phone against her chest and stammered, "No, I was sending New Year's greetings to my friends."
Even though she had graduated from university and had been working for half a year, Zhong Jiajing still felt guilty about being caught in a premature love affair at school, so she subconsciously denied it.
She didn't even need to think about it, she knew Ji Nan's face on the other end of the phone must be very dark.
She picked up the phone again, looking ready to die. "I was wrong. I shouldn't have ruthlessly tarnished our sincere and passionate feelings. This is treasonous."
"It doesn't matter. I'm black anyway, so you can't tell if I'm stained." He snorted coldly.
Ji Nan's face was indeed smelly, and it was even more obvious when he took off his scarf.
He didn't say anything, just stared at her without blinking, and his dissatisfaction and resentment filled the entire screen.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and suddenly Zhong Jiajing spoke in a very soft voice, "Ji Nan, do you want to come to my house for the New Year?"
This was not something that came to Zhong Jiajing's mind on a whim. The idea came to her mind the moment the two of them stepped onto the high-speed train. It was this moment that became the final driving force.
The right time, place and people were fully demonstrated on this day. On the night of the 31st, Ji Nan even bought the last high-speed rail ticket to Zhenjiang.
Maybe one of my compatriots canceled his ticket at the last minute, so poor Ji Nan got lucky and got the chance.
The train starts at around nine o'clock, and Ji Nan still has about an hour and a half to prepare.
He didn't need to pack much luggage because he had already made preparations to move to Zhong Jiajing's house for the New Year's Eve, but it almost didn't happen. Fortunately, he didn't give up.
He took another empty box and stuffed the tea and collections he had asked from Ji's father into it, while at the same time making a video call to supervise Ye Tan's purchases in the mall.
"Take the scarf on the left. Pay for the silk scarf as well. Then go downstairs and help me choose two sets of skin care products..."
As he spoke, he arranged the lives of the cats and dogs, and finally arrived at the waiting hall ten minutes early.
The Magic City is not far from Zhenjiang, and the high-speed rail ride only takes an hour and a half. It was not yet eleven o'clock when Ji Nan arrived.
Zhong Jiajing stood at the exit and waved at him vigorously, "Ji Nan, over here!"
In fact, she didn't even need to shout, he saw the unique existence at a glance.
She was wearing a lovely red coat with horn buttons, which made her already fair skin seem to glow, making her stand out even in the dense crowd.
Ji Nan quickly walked forward and put his arm around her, rubbing her. "It feels like we haven't seen each other for half a month."
"What? Is it just because I'm wearing new clothes?" Zhong Jiajing was confused.
Ji Nan said there was nothing much to say about those who didn't know how to behave.
Zhong Jiajing drove out in her father's car. She even lied to her parents that Ji Nan was a shy coward, so that they agreed to her request of coming out alone to pick someone up, which was not very polite.
Of course, Zhong Jiajing just wanted to sneak out in advance to buy some gifts, otherwise her boyfriend would come home empty-handed and her relatives would gossip about him for the rest of his life.
It's just that she was narrow-minded. Ji Nan was obviously more thoughtful than she was. Even two-thirds of the luggage were gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhong were waiting downstairs in the community in advance, and kept saying polite words when they received the gifts.
But the more they thought about it, why did they feel that Ji Nan’s personality was different from what Zhong Jiajing described?
Even Zhong's mother was thinking of breaking up the couple. After all, in her traditional concept, boys who are too timid and introverted often cannot bear the responsibility of a family.
But the one in front of me is obviously not like that.
Ji Nan was born with a good appearance, and Zhong's mother was born with a face control, and she couldn't stop smiling.
She pulled Ji Nan to sit on the sofa, bringing him water and feeding him fruits. She was even more like his biological son than Zhong Jiajing.
Zhong Jiajing was furious, "Mom, have you forgotten that I am your daughter?"
Mother Zhong stuffed two oranges into her hands and said, "Eat it."
Zhong Jiajing: “…”
Ji Nan silently took the orange peel from her hand and handed it to Zhong Jiajing after peeling it. Mother Zhong looked at it and nodded repeatedly.
"I didn't tell you two before I came here. It's really presumptuous. Please forgive me, uncle and aunt."
Seeing how thoughtful and polite he was, Mother Zhong was even more excited. "This is all Jiajia's fault. It was almost eight o'clock before she hesitantly said she wanted to invite you home. You said you were all alone and how pitiful it would be. If you had come earlier, we could have dinner together."
"Don't blame her. After all, we are just friends, so it's inevitable that you two will have some wild thoughts."
Ji Nan emphasized the word "friend" and was full of resentment.
Zhong Jiajing twisted his thighs almost into a knot, but she couldn't stop the arrow from being shot.
Ji Nan didn't understand what was going on, but he saw that Mother Zhong looked suspicious.
"Friends? But Jiajia said you two are in a relationship."
Ji Nan was completely confused. It was obviously Zhong Jiajing who wanted to have a relationship, but he cooperated with her out of kindness and ended up being blamed?
While everyone was still confused, Zhong's father suddenly realized, "I know, Jiajia must be secretly in love with someone and is deliberately playing tricks on us."
Zhong Jiajing almost vomited blood. Ji Nan patted her back to comfort her. After his brain raced, he spoke nervously.
"Uncle, you misunderstood. Actually, I have a crush on Jiajia, but as her parents' little cotton-padded jacket, she dare not make any rash decisions without your consent. So I came here today to actually win your consent."
The cleverness of this move was that it saved Zhong Jiajing's precarious life and even elevated her status.
Just imagine, which parent would be unhappy if their daughter puts her parents’ opinions first when dating?
As expected, the parents became happy again. Mother Zhong held Ji Nan's hand and smiled.
"Xiao Ji is tall, handsome, and has excellent qualities in every aspect."
Zhong Jiajing wanted to laugh. In her ears, there was no difference between her mother calling her Xiao Ji and calling her Xiao Ji.
Even though Zhong Jiajing kept calling him "little chicken" in his ear, Ji Nan's expression remained normal.
"You're too kind. Jia Jia is a person who has both strength and beauty. You two have trained her very well."
Mr. Zhong didn't take these superficial words seriously. He asked, "Let me be blunt. Dating is definitely based on marriage. Are you prepared in every way?"
Ji Nan nodded. "I own a car, a house, and savings in my name, plus a few shops. I'm the only child in my family. My parents are in good health and each has a pension."
The more Mother Zhong listened, the more satisfied she became. "Very good, very good, but where in Jiangsu is Xiao Ji from?"
Ji Nan was stunned for a moment, "I'm from Shandong."
Mother Zhong's interest instantly disappeared. "That won't work. It's too far. Our Jia Jia won't marry far away."
"I live in the Magic City permanently." Ji Nan said silently, "But if necessary, I can marry far away."
The author has something to say:
Water sesame: This year's National Day holiday is very long. Have you thought about where to go?
Zhong Jiajing: Maybe Beijing? It would be perfect for this holiday, and bringing Xiaobai and Yaying along would be perfect!
Ji Nan (Jealous Yin and Yang version): It is said that we should have a sense of family and country. In my family, Zhong Jiajing is responsible for the country, so I will be responsible for the family.
Water hyacinth: So Boss Ji is going back to Qingdao?
Ji Nan: No, I'm going to my mother-in-law's house.
Zhong Jiajing was furious: Are you going to complain to my mom again?!
Ji Nan's face was expressionless: "What am I accusing you of? You just went to KTV with Ren Jiang yesterday, and today you planned to leave me alone to take care of the three kids. What crime have you committed?"
Water sesame frantically tried to stop the fight: Haha, marrying far away is a bit unfair...
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