Mrs. Ji sat beside him and cautiously probed, "Pengfei, have you been very busy lately?"
Ji Pengfei still didn't look up: "Hmm."
"..."
The atmosphere became awkward again, and Madam Ji felt somewhat uncomfortable. She pulled up her trouser leg and looked at the scars on her leg.
The fire left her with very noticeable burns on her legs, which were quite unsightly.
Madam Ji felt somewhat inferior and inevitably overthought things.
After a moment of inner turmoil, she hesitated, then said, "Pengfei, you've been so cold to me lately, and you don't seem to care about Xiaxia as much anymore. Even after what happened to Xiaxia, you were so busy with work that you didn't even go to the hospital to see the child..."
Ji Pengfei finally looked up, looking at her impatiently: "Are you bored? All you do all day is think about useless things!"
"..."
Ji Pengfei's rude attitude startled Mrs. Ji, and also startled Ji Zhixia, who was eating dumplings next to him.
Ji Zhixia still had injuries on her face, and Madam Ji hadn't lowered her trouser leg, revealing the burn scar.
Look at this family, there are only three people, two of whom are injured.
Ji Pengfei felt increasingly annoyed, and finally vented his anger on his wife.
"The company has just started operating, and I'm already incredibly busy. It's one thing if you don't help me with work, but you're constantly causing me trouble."
“I provide you with food and clothing, and I give you money to buy this and that every day. What more do you want? I asked you to take care of Xiaxia, and you can't even do that properly. How dare you say I don't go to the hospital to see Xiaxia? Xiaxia's condition is entirely your fault. What right do you have to criticize me!”
"I'm busy enough all day long, and you still think I don't have enough to do? You're always trying to annoy me, aren't you!"
"..."
Ji Pengfei's sudden outburst of anger startled Madam Ji, who trembled violently. For many years, Ji Pengfei had been the one to make sacrifices for the family. Madam Ji, lacking a prominent family to support her, already had a somewhat weak position in the family. Now, being righteously and vehemently criticized and berated by Ji Pengfei, she was so frightened that she dared not think of anything else. She could only tug at Ji Pengfei's sleeve and cautiously apologize.
"Pengfei, I was wrong. I shouldn't have said those things. Please forgive me."
"I...I just care about you too much. I'm afraid you don't care about me and Xiaxia as much as you used to..."
Ji Pengfei used to be alright; at least he would come home on time every day. But ever since he left the Ji family to create the Pengfei Group, the worst time he ever went home was once a week, and he would just grab a document and leave again.
Mrs. Ji didn't want to think too much about it, but Ji Pengfei's actions really made her think more.
"..." Ji Pengfei looked at Madam Ji with disgust, his eyes showing no tenderness or heartache, only impatience.
He waved his hand impatiently and shoved Madam Ji away: "Get out of here, go cry somewhere else, don't keep me from eating!"
He started causing trouble on the first day of the Lunar New Year, preventing him from having a proper meal of dumplings.
"..." Madam Ji sat to the side, silently shedding tears.
Seeing her parents arguing in front of her, especially her father's attitude, Ji Zhixia didn't dare to go and invite disaster. She silently held the plate and ate dumplings with her head down.
"Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong—" The doorbell rang at the door, someone had arrived.
Mrs. Ji quickly wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, and hurried to open the door.
"Lily?" Mrs. Ji was surprised to see who had arrived.
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