Chapter 130 The Show Begins
As soon as Ji Yushu returned, Chen Guilan came over and asked, "How's it going? What did that girl say?"
"She said she'll buy a ticket and come back soon. Mom, you can start preparing for the wedding." Ji Yushu's tone was filled with pride. This time, he wanted Jiang Lili to know that he was his father and he could always find a way to control her.
"So the notice is really useful? Then we'll just return it to her when the time comes?" Chen Guilan felt a little unwilling to accept this.
"Of course not. Didn't her school give her a 10,000 yuan reward?" Ji Yushu didn't say the rest, but Chen Guilan quickly understood what he meant. She agreed with him, "That's the way it should be. We can't rely on that girl in the future anyway, so we might as well get what we want right away."
Ji Mingyue, who was playing with Ji Xingyue, lowered her eyes to hide the emotions in her eyes. She would not get involved in these things. If they succeeded, she would find a way to let Ji Yushu use the money for herself. If they failed, Jiang Lili would definitely make them pay the price, and they would then assist her plan even more. The most important thing was that she had successfully annoyed Jiang Lili. No matter what the result was, it would be more beneficial than harmful to her.
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"Did he really threaten you with the notice?" Jiang Yulan asked softly after seeing Jiang Lili hang up the phone.
"Well, since they like to hold a banquet so much, let them do it." Jiang Lili said in a light tone. Sure enough, once a person's bottom line is broken, then there will be no bottom line.
"I didn't expect that he would do this. He is not afraid of being criticized." Speculation is one thing, but when this day really came, Jiang Yulan felt extremely uncomfortable. She felt uncomfortable that she had slept in the same bed with such a person for so many years. She originally thought that he was bad enough, but she didn't expect that he could be even worse.
"He might have cared about face before, but does the Ji family still care about face now? Mom, don't worry, I will take care of it." Jiang Lili comforted.
"Do you want your uncle to accompany you at that time?" Jiang Yulan was a little worried.
"No need. They probably want to take advantage of this banquet to restore their reputation. Let's do as they wish." Jiang Lili also wanted to know whether Ji Mingyue had any advice on this matter.
"Are you sure you can do it?" Jiang Yulan was still a little worried.
"I can do it, don't worry. This time we have put an end to it. We will have fewer and fewer opportunities to return to Yuncheng in the future." Jiang Lili tried to reassure her.
"When the time comes, let your uncle go with you. If he doesn't want to go in with you, he can wait for you outside." Jiang Yulan insisted on her own opinion.
"Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll book the ticket this afternoon." Jiang Lili wanted to make a quick decision, so she still chose the plane ticket.
The Jiang family knew about this, so when they heard that the Ji family was planning to hold a wedding banquet for Lili, they were very calm. In response to inquiries from others at the cotton mill, Jiang Jianyi said, "After all, he is Lili's father. Lili got into university, and he wants to celebrate for Lili. We can't object, right?"
Jiang Jianyi did not mention that the notice was in Ji Yushu's hands. He left this matter to Li Li to deal with. As for Ji Yushu, he deliberately dressed himself up and invited his former colleagues from the cotton mill to attend.
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"Just hold it at home and make it lively." Chen Guilan reminded him of the purpose of holding the wedding banquet.
"Okay, then you can take care of the arrangements. We must accept a gift money this time." Ji Yushu was already planning what the gift money would be used for.
"Mingyue, do you want to invite the kid from the Lu family over when the time comes?" Ji Yushu suddenly thought of Lu Jiaze, and wanted to create an opportunity for him and Ji Mingyue, so he quickly waved to Ji Mingyue to come over.
Ji Mingyue was stunned for a moment, then raised the corner of her lips and said, "Dad, let's not do it. The Jiang family must have invited them before. It would be embarrassing if we invite them again."
"That's right. It's been such a long vacation and you two haven't seen each other. Is that okay?" Ji Yushu said and glanced at Ji Mingyue.
"Dad, you also said it's summer vacation. They have already gone out to play and are not in Yuncheng. How can we meet? Are you afraid that there will be no chance when we get to Nanshi?" Ji Mingyue shook her head. It was impossible for her to invite Lu Jiaze. After all, this matter had nothing to do with her.
"Okay, let's solve this matter first. No one can touch that girl's notice." Ji Yushu glanced at Ji Mingyue after he said that. This was not only a reminder but also a warning. He had been holding back from touching the notice for the sake of profit.
"Dad, don't worry, I won't touch Lili's notice. It's best for me for her to go to Beijing. Instead of worrying about me, you might as well worry about grandma and Wenwu." After Ji Mingyue finished speaking, she cursed Ji Wenwu in her heart. She had hinted so obviously, but this loser didn't know how to take advantage of the opportunity to do something?
"You make sense. I have to go and take a look." He just wanted to make some money from this, but he didn't intend to ruin Jiang Lili's future. Otherwise, with that girl's temper, she would definitely fight him to the death.
Ji Mingyue didn't say anything. After his back disappeared, she looked down at Ji Xingyue and said softly, "Xingyue, do you want some candy?"
"Tangtang?" Ji Xingyue's eyes lit up.
"Yes, sweet candy." Ji Mingyue continued to coax.
"Yes, yes." The little girl's eyes lit up instantly.
"Only good children can have candy." Ji Mingyue squatted down and stroked the little girl's hair, smiling gently.
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Jiang Lili bought a plane ticket for the afternoon and returned to Yuncheng from Jing City. It was already evening when she arrived at the cotton mill. It was just after get off work, and when they saw her return, they all smiled and greeted her, and then asked casually, "Lili, didn't you go to Jing City? Why are you just back?"
"Yes, it's not just the admission letter that has arrived, my dad insisted on having a wedding banquet for me." Jiang Lili looked helpless.
"Admission letter, which school?" Jiang Jianyi had not revealed her school before.
"Tsing Hua University." Jiang Lili said, looking a little embarrassed.
"Wow, Tsinghua University, Lili, you are amazing." The person who spoke praised.
"Lili is the top scorer in the college entrance examination in our Yuncheng. Isn't it normal for her to go to Tsinghua University?"
In less than an hour, the news that Jiang Lili was admitted to Tsinghua University spread throughout the entire cotton mill staff compound like wings.
At the ironworks, thanks to Ji Yushu and his mother's propaganda, everyone knew that Jiang Lili had been admitted to Tsinghua University and that the Ji family was planning to host a wedding in her honor. They had to put on a full show, and the next morning, Jiang Lili went to the ironworks. Ji Yushu, probably feeling that the five thousand yuan was already his, hadn't set up shop for the past two days. Seeing Jiang Lili, his eyes flashed with joy. "Lili, you're here! Come in! Your grandparents and I haven't seen you in ages. We missed you so much! You went to Beijing without even telling us."
"Where's my admission letter?" Jiang Lili was too lazy to play the role of loving father and filial son with him. She just frowned at him. She knew that he would definitely not give it to her at this time.
"Don't worry, I'll keep it well for you and return it to you after the banquet tomorrow." Ji Yushu said as he looked at Jiang Lili, hoping that she would still remember what he mentioned to her on the phone.
"You will return it to me after the wedding tomorrow, right?" Jiang Lili did not let him lead her away and continued to confirm with him.
"What's wrong with you, girl? He is your father, how can he harm you? Since you are here, come in and sit down." Chen Guilan came out of the house and was about to reach out to pull her.
Disgust flashed in Jiang Lili's eyes. She took a step back, avoiding the hand she extended, and said in a cold tone: "I can walk by myself."
"What's your attitude? Is this how your mother taught you to treat your elders?" Chen Guilan looked at her with a stern face. She felt that they had already got a hold of her, so she shouldn't have this attitude.
Jiang Lili didn't look at her, but only looked at Ji Yushu, sneering: "Why, do you think you can control me just by holding my notice?"
"How could that be, Mom? Go and do your own thing. I'm here for you, Lili." Ji Yushu quickly winked at Chen Guilan, telling her not to forget that tomorrow is the most important thing.
Even though Chen Guilan was unwilling, she went back into the house cursing when she thought of the wedding banquet tomorrow.
"Lili, don't argue with your grandma. Come on in and sit down." Ji Yushu planned to go into the house and talk to her about the money.
"No need, just tell me what time to come tomorrow. I have something else to do." Jiang Lili said in a cold tone.
Ji Yushu was somewhat dissatisfied with her indifference, and his expression turned cold. He decided to talk about it tomorrow: "Okay, then come over early in the afternoon after lunch tomorrow. Everyone is here to congratulate you."
"I will be there on time." Jiang Lili said and turned to leave. Ji Yushu was angry but also felt that her attitude was normal.
After Jiang Lili left, Ji Mingyue came out of the room holding Ji Xingyue's hand. She reached out and rubbed Ji Xingyue's head, smiling gently, saying, "There will be a good show tomorrow."
When Chen Guilan heard that she had left, she came out and looked at Ji Yushu: "Are you just going to let her go like that?"
"What else can we do? As long as she arrives on time for the wedding banquet tomorrow, that's all that's needed. Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow. Anyway, we have the notice." After Ji Yushu finished speaking, he began to ask when the chef they would hire for tomorrow would arrive and what they needed to buy early tomorrow morning. The mother and son went into the inner room to discuss.
Ji Mingyue looked back at Ji Wenwu's room. She didn't expect that he could be so patient this time. It almost ruined her plan. Fortunately, there was this little guy. She reached out and pinched Ji Xingyue's cheek. The little guy thought he was joking with her and giggled.
When Jiang Lili returned to the Jiang family, Jiang Jianyi realized that she had gone to the iron factory alone. He looked at her with a stern face and asked, "What did you promise me last night?"
"Oh, grandpa, I forgot for a moment. Besides, the banquet is the highlight. They won't do anything before that." It was obvious that he was really angry. Jiang Lili quickly took his arm and acted coquettishly to calm him down.
"When will they have the wedding tomorrow?" Jiang Jianyi gave her an unpleasant look. This girl has always been very brave.
"Tomorrow night, he asked me to go there early in the afternoon. I'll go at five o'clock. Grandpa, you can come with me then." Jiang Lili said with a flattering look on her face.
"Well, I'll be waiting for you outside. If you don't want to, just come out. In my opinion, why bother with such villains?" Jiang Jianyi was a little confused. Why should he just take the notice back at the beginning? Wouldn't all these things that happened later have happened without giving them the chance to get the notice?
"They always want to disgust me. It's no use for me to avoid them. This time I'm going to disgust them back and let them know that there is a price to pay for everything. They should think carefully before doing anything next time." Jiang Lili explained to him.
Now the arrow was on the string and had to be released. Jiang Jianyi could no longer stop her and could only urge her to be careful. Zhou Qingfen, who was standing next to her, also said, "Tell your uncle to come back early tomorrow and go with you."
"Yes, I will ask for leave early tomorrow morning." Jiang Aiguo nodded quickly.
Jiang Qitong next to her quickly raised her hand: "What about me? I want to go too."
"Just stay at home with me tomorrow." Zhou Qingfen rubbed her head and said.
"But I want to go too." Jiang Qitong really wanted to go.
"I'll take you there next time. There's a new toy in Beijing. I'll send it back to you then." Jiang Lili comforted him.
"What toy?" Jiang Qitong was indeed diverted to the topic.
"You'll know when the time comes." Jiang Lili just said it casually. She hadn't actually seen the new model yet.
"Okay." Jiang Qitong nodded helplessly.
The next morning, at the iron factory, Ji Yushu's family was preparing for a wedding banquet and borrowing tables and chairs from everywhere. Although the neighbors usually laughed at his family, holding a wedding banquet was a serious matter, and even people who were not working came to help. They couldn't help but wonder whether the relationship between Jiang Lili and the Ji family would ease after this banquet. It would be good if it eased.
"I heard that Lili gave all of her materials to the people at the cotton mill for copying. If Ji Laoer can borrow them for the kids at our iron mill to copy, it would be a good thing." The people who came to help also had their own plans. You know, many tutoring books are very expensive. If they could get Jiang Lili's notes, they would only have to pay for the copying fees.
"That's the truth. When the time comes, let's bring it up. Children are shy and probably won't refuse." Someone suggested.
"Although Lili hasn't come back here very often since she was little, she's obviously a good kid. If we ask her out loud, she probably won't refuse."
"That's right. That child and her mother are much more generous. They are completely different from the Ji family members." The person who spoke glanced at Chen Guilan who was busy over there and said in a low voice.
Soon, everyone's topic shifted from discussing notes to the mother and daughter going to Beijing. After an unknown amount of time, the person at the door pretended to cough several times before the person stopped talking. Then they heard Ji Laoer's voice: "Lili is here."
"Yeah." Jiang Lili's attitude was lukewarm. Although the guests who had already arrived were a little surprised, they could understand it after thinking about what had happened in the past two years.
This wedding banquet was different from other weddings and funerals at home. At wedding banquets like this, everyone would personally hand the red envelopes to Jiang Lili as a token of congratulations, so Ji Yushu had been following Jiang Lili, and his intention was obvious.
Soon it was time to start the meal. Ji Yushu specially invited the guest of honor. After the guest of honor finished speaking, he stepped forward and said, "Today we are here to congratulate my daughter on getting admitted to Tsinghua University. Thank you all for coming today. Everyone, enjoy your meal."
This was also a reminder to everyone that it was time to express their gratitude, but Jiang Lili obviously didn't give him the chance. She stepped forward and said, "My dad is right. Today's banquet is to celebrate my admission to Tsinghua University, so I won't accept any red envelopes today. Just eat and drink well, that's all."
"That won't work. The red envelopes are our token of our love," someone retorted.
"Aunt, it's really not necessary. It's not easy for everyone. I originally thought about not having a wedding banquet because I was afraid that everyone would spend too much money. But my dad said that this is a happy event and we have to celebrate. It doesn't matter if we don't accept the red envelopes. The important thing is that we can have fun together." Jiang Lili said with a smile on her face.
Everyone present was a fool. The red envelopes they had prepared were originally for Jiang Lili. When they heard her say this, some people directly agreed, "Then listen to Lili."
"Jiang Lili, do you know what you are doing?" Ji Yushu, who was standing next to her, said coldly.
"Dad, didn't we discuss this with you before? Do you want to go back on your word now, or do you insist on me coming back to hold a wedding banquet just to receive gifts?" Jiang Lili covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes full of surprise.
Seeing the looks from others, Ji Yushu said with a fake smile, "Of course not." He suppressed his displeasure and planned to settle the score with her later.
Ji Mingyue, who was taking care of Ji Xingyue in the inner room, heard the noise coming from outside. She couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips. She knew that Jiang Lili would not let them manipulate her at will, and she was looking forward to what would happen next.
Compared to Ji Yushu's forced calmness, Chen Guilan was more nervous. She stepped forward and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid?"
"Grandma, I'm not talking nonsense. Didn't Dad say that at the time? He didn't mean anything else. He just wanted the neighbors to have some fun and wish me the best. Isn't that his intention?" Jiang Lili looked like she was being deceived.
"Mom, listen to Lili." Ji Yushu's expression was almost unable to contain his emotions.
Those who came today were all neighbors near the iron factory. Originally, these people came for Jiang Lili, and they were happy to see the Ji family suffer a setback. They even said with a smile: "Then let's do as Lili wishes and wish Lili a bright future." Everyone was also thinking in their hearts that after this was over, they would just give their thoughts to her in person.
"Lili, can you lend us your old notes so we can make copies?" someone asked loudly.
"Of course, auntie, just come to the cotton mill and get it from me tomorrow." Jiang Lili nodded with a smile.
As the banquet drew to a close, Jiang Lili looked at Ji Yushu beside her and said loudly, "Dad, can you give me the admission letter now?"
"Kid, why are you in such a hurry? I'll give it to you later." Ji Yushu glared at her and threatened her with his eyes.
"Dad, what do you mean? I didn't want to come back, but you insisted that I come back and promised to hold a wedding banquet before giving me the notice. Now I'm back as you said, what else do you want?" Jiang Lili said sternly.
The originally noisy courtyard suddenly became silent because of Jiang Lili's two words. After a long while, someone asked, "No, how come Lili's notice is in Ji Laoer's hands?"
"I don't know how the admission notice that should have been sent to the cotton mill ended up in my dad's hands. Dad, I'm back now as you asked. What else do you want me to do in order to return the admission notice to me? It's very important to me." Jiang Lili said as tears started to flow down her face.
Although it had been many years since the resumption of the college entrance examination, there weren't many college students around. Especially in the past few years, there had been cases of people using admission letters to impersonate others, so everyone subconsciously still felt that the admission letter was very important. Everyone looked at Ji Yushu with scrutiny. Did he deliberately intercept Jiang Lili's admission letter just to get her to come back for a banquet and receive red envelopes? Thinking of this, everyone looked at the Ji family with disdain.
"What are you talking about, kid? I went to the cotton mill that day to inquire about your grades. I happened to meet the postman delivering the notice. He knew we were father and daughter, so he gave it to me. I didn't mean any other thing." Ji Yushu explained stiffly.
"Since you don't have any other intentions, can you return the admission letter to me now? I'm earning tuition in Beijing, and I took a special leave to come back this time." Jiang Lili continued to ask him for her admission letter.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I'll give it to you later. Let's eat first. There are so many guests here." Ji Yushu still adopted the strategy of procrastination.
"I've almost finished eating. I haven't seen my admission letter yet. Please take it out and show it to everyone." Jiang Lili guessed that they had never opened it, or even if they opened it, they didn't find anything wrong inside. After all, no one in the family had ever seen a admission letter from Tsinghua University.
"Yes, yes, we have never seen the notification letter from Tsinghua University. Ji Laoer, please take it out and let us all open our eyes." Jiang Lili's words were echoed by everyone. They really had never seen it. If Jiang Lili was willing, they would also like to let their children touch the notification letter and share in the joy.
"With so many people here, what if it breaks? Lili, wait for your dad to give it to you directly." Ji Yushu finally understood that Jiang Lili came here today just to embarrass them.
"Dad, you still don't want to take it out. Have you actually destroyed my admission letter? I know that grandpa and grandma have always disliked me and my mom. They despise me for being a girl. You want to continue to pursue having a son, and my mom divorced you as you wished. Besides, my mom didn't plan to ask you for the college tuition. Now you deliberately destroyed my letter. Do you want to ruin me?" Jiang Lili looked at Ji Yushu while crying. The people around couldn't bear to watch and urged him, "Ji Laoer, this is a great day. Hurry and take out the letter and give it to the child. If you don't take it out, we will really suspect that you have destroyed it."
"How is it possible? How could I do such a thing?" Ji Yushu didn't expect that he would shoot himself in the foot this time, and was instead held back by these people.
"Then why have you been hesitant to take it out?"
"Could he have other thoughts?" someone speculated.
At this point, Ji Yushu knew that if he didn't take it out, he would arouse public anger. His family still had to live in the iron factory. He glared at Jiang Lili and said, "Lili, how could you think of me like this? I'll go get it for you right away."
Jiang Lili lowered her eyes to hide the emotion in them. Didn't he love to hold banquets? She did as he wished, but she didn't know if he still liked to hold banquets now.
Ji Yushu moved quickly, not even looking at the acceptance letter carefully. He handed it to Jiang Lili directly and said in a feigned displeasure, "You are such an impatient child. I am your father. How could I possibly harm you?"
As soon as the voice fell, Jiang Lili saw her opening the envelope of the notice. What she took out was paper scraps stuck with bubble gum. Jiang Lili's tears immediately fell: "Dad, it turns out you really want to destroy me."
People who were nearby couldn't help but exclaim when they saw the bubble gum scraps stuck in Jiang Lili's hand. Ji Yushu's face turned pale. Who did this?
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