Ji Hanchen's large hand grasped hers, and his light, delicate kisses fell gently like fine sand.
Xu Qingyun's delicate body suddenly stiffened.
This wasn't the first time she'd been kissed; Ji Hanchen had kissed her before, but this kiss was completely different from the previous one—a forceful, domineering, and passionate one.
She couldn't understand Ji Hanchen, nor did she dare to believe in his sincerity.
Outside the villa, Xu Sen and Liang Wanrou were preparing to greet Ji Huai.
Liang Wanrou was furious. She grumbled as she walked, "Did you have to make her come back to upset me?"
Xu Sen put his hands behind his back and snorted, "How can you be so short-sighted? Haven't you figured out Ji Hanchen's attitude towards Xiao Yun yet?"
Liang Wanrou sneered, "What do you understand? You really think she can marry into the Ji family and become the future mistress of the Ji family?"
“If the Ji family really values her that much, then this marriage agreement wouldn’t be with Ji Lun, but with Ji Hanchen.”
"The Ji family didn't take the engagement seriously at all. Otherwise, if Xu Qingyun was engaged when she was three years old, why did they only bring it up after your father died?"
Liang Wanrou had overheard about the engagement a long time ago, but she didn't take it seriously at the time, since the Ji family and the Xu family were worlds apart.
But on New Year's Eve ten years ago, when she heard her daughter Jiajia mention that Xu Hongru was going to give the jade pendant to Xu Qingyun, she realized that the engagement might be real.
After Xu Hongru became a vegetable, Liang Wanrou immediately asked Shunyuan Jade to make a replica of the jade pendant and carefully hid it away.
The old man only woke up this year, and the first thing he did upon opening his eyes was to ask for the jade pendant. He then called Ji Huai, which Liang Wanrou overheard.
“Old Ji, I’m awake, but I know my time is running out. Don’t forget our promise to let my granddaughter marry into the Ji family. My biggest worry is that child. Our Xu family owes her and her mother a debt. Please take good care of her for me, so that my taking that bullet for you back then won’t have been in vain.”
It was only then that Liang Wanrou realized why the Ji family had allowed Xu Qingyun to enter the family!
But she couldn't bear to see Xu Qingyun living a better life than her daughter, so she simply killed Xu Hongru and made her daughter take his place.
Fortunately, Ji Huai is old and doesn't remember that Xu Qingyun was the one with the marriage agreement with the Ji family, otherwise this matter would have been difficult to handle.
"Say less," Xu Sen said impatiently, displaying a woman's narrow-mindedness.
Liang Wanrou was furious. "I just wanted to tell you to stop dreaming. If Xu Qingyun marries Ji Hanchen, she'll be Jiajia's aunt. Wouldn't she be able to suppress Jiajia in every way?!"
“Let me tell you, Xu Sen, we only have one daughter, Jiajia. I can’t let Jiajia suffer because of Xu Qingyun’s bastard child.”
Xu Sen, annoyed, glanced at his expensive watch. It was already this late, why hadn't Old Master Ji arrived yet?
Just then, a rare luxury car pulled up, and Xu Sen was overjoyed. Ji Huai had finally arrived. He had to finalize Jiajia and Xiaoyun's marriage tonight, so that they could both marry into the Ji family!
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