Chapter 23 23 Is this a humiliation to you?
Ji Yushu quickly gathered his thoughts. He looked at Ye Qiuju beside him and asked, "What kind of businesses did those rich people in your dream run?"
Ye Qiuju was stunned. Although she had lived a new life, in her previous life she had been an ignorant rural woman. She subconsciously wanted to shake her head, but she caught a glimpse of the disappointment in his eyes and quickly said, "The wealthy people nowadays are the first to become profiteers. Transportation isn't as convenient now, so this business is still viable."
Ye Qiuju nodded affirmatively after she finished speaking. After coming to the city, she was not idle. She almost went around the whole city. No matter whether it was selling clothes or something else, as long as she added that it was from Guangzhou, she would charge a few yuan more. And as for the DVD players at that time, she remembered that they were everywhere in the countryside in the early 2000s, so she could make money by reselling goods from other places.
"Okay, I get it. As for Mingyue, do you think it's better for her to live here or continue to stay at the iron factory?" Ji Yushu asked.
"Let her stay there. She is already so old and can help out at home. There is only one room here. Wouldn't it be inconvenient for you to come?" Ye Qiuju made a decision quickly. Compared to Ji Mingyue, Ji Yushu is of course more important. He is the future richest man in Yuncheng.
Seeing that she always put him first, Ji Yushu was very satisfied. Unlike Jiang Yulan, to her, anyone in the Jiang family was more important than herself. He nodded with satisfaction: "Well, go to sleep." It seemed that his general direction was correct. As long as he could accurately grasp everyone's needs, he could make money. Next, he just had to wait for Zhao Dacheng to come back.
Ji Mingyue had originally wanted to talk to Ji Yushu about the bicycle, but when she came back, she didn't even see Ji Yushu. The noodles in front of her were even more watery. She felt a little bit unable to eat. Chen Guilan next to her was still chattering non-stop. She quickly stood up and said, "Grandma, I'm done. I'm going to bed first."
"Mingyue, you haven't finished eating yet, so don't waste it." Chen Guilan said with a stern face as she looked at the remaining noodles in the bowl.
"Grandma, I really can't eat today." Ji Mingyue made an uncomfortable expression.
"Don't do it again. Go to sleep." Chen Guilan frowned and waved at her. She was really a money-loser who only knew how to waste food.
"I understand, grandma." Ji Mingyue turned around with a painful expression on her face. Living here, she and Ji Lanlan slept in the same room, and the two of them squeezed on one bed. She was so uncomfortable. Why did Ji Yushu have to divorce at this juncture? She thought with some resentment.
*
Apart from having dinner at Jiang Aiguo's place, the mother and daughter returned to their own home at night. Jiang Yulan pointed to Ji Mingyue's former room and said to her, "We should turn this room back into a study. What do you think?"
"Okay, I just need a study." Ji Lili nodded hurriedly. In this era, owning a study is a luxury.
"I'll have someone make you a new bookcase when the time comes." Jiang Yulan thought, since it would be just the mother and daughter living here from now on, they would naturally make it as comfortable as possible.
"How were the house and passbooks divided during the divorce? He didn't even make a fuss?" To be honest, Ji Lili was really curious.
"What's the point of making a fuss? Let's not talk about how this house came from. He doesn't have the face to live in it now. As for the passbook, just consider it as your child support. He must have had some shameful deal with Section Chief Liao before. I mentioned it casually and he agreed." Naturally, she had nothing to hide from Ji Lili.
"Mom, you're awesome." Ji Lili's tone was full of praise. She had originally thought that divorcing someone like Ji Yushu would at least result in some losses, but she had not expected that she could actually get away with it.
"That's enough. It's time to go to bed after you keep flattering me. Go to bed quickly." Jiang Yulan smiled and patted her shoulder.
"I'll go right away." Ji Lili was not only happy that she had gotten out of this divorce unscathed, but even more so that they had changed the plot's trajectory in the first place. According to the plot, they had remained married until Jiang Yulan's death. Now that they were divorced, it proved that the plot was reversible, and she no longer feared the reborn heroine or the book-traveling heroine.
That night, Ji Lili slept exceptionally soundly. When she woke up, she saw Jiang Yulan busy in the kitchen. She was a little surprised: "Mom, why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I can't sleep as I get older. Hurry up and wash up and have dinner." Ji Yushu was not at home last night, and Jiang Yulan had a rare good night's sleep. Thinking that she would sleep alone in the future and would no longer have to listen to his snoring, she felt that the world was becoming more and more beautiful.
After dinner, Ji Lili went to school. Unexpectedly, she met Zheng Gaoyang again. She always felt that the look in his eyes when he looked at her was a little strange. She couldn't help but wonder, did Ji Mingyue say something in front of him?
"Ji Lili, do you want me to give you a ride?" Zheng Gaoyang finally plucked up the courage to ask this question again.
"No, thank you." Ji Lili shook her head and rejected him.
Zheng Gaoyang had expected her rejection, but strangely, he didn't feel as bad about it as before. He even thought of Ji Mingyue again. Thinking of this, he looked at Ji Lili with a look of hesitation.
Ji Lili raised her eyebrows upon seeing this: "Anything else?"
"Well, I want to ask you something, you don't mind, right?" Reason told Zheng Gaoyang that he shouldn't ask Ji Lili. It was like rubbing salt into someone's wound. But when he thought of Ji Mingyue's red eyes, he couldn't help but speak.
"Ask." Ji Lili thought, if he really wanted to, he would never ask this question.
"After your parents divorced, did your dad and Ji Mingyue really stop living here? Wasn't your house allocated by the factory? Your parents both had a share." The adults in Zheng Gaoyang's family had also discussed this matter, and they were still guessing how they would divide the house.
"You're talking about this. Although this house was allocated by the factory, it was only a quota. The money was originally given by my grandfather. After something like this happened, my father has no face to live here. Besides, he sold his job, so he has no reason to live here. Of course, the most important thing is that Ji Mingyue's mother also lives near the iron factory. I guess their family thinks it's better to be closer." Ji Lili explained kindly.
"Is that so?" Zheng Gaoyang regretted his talkativeness. It turned out that the house was given by Grandpa Jiang. Thinking of this, he looked a little embarrassed.
"Yes, although my mother is also a victim in this matter, it is also true that my father was absent from Ji Mingyue's growth. So now that they are reunited as a family, my mother and I are happy for them." Ji Lili thought that it would be better to lock up the three of them and stop them from harming others.
"Ji Lili, don't be angry. I just felt a little sorry for Ji Mingyue running all the way from the iron factory to school that day." Hearing the ambiguity in her tone, Zheng Gaoyang hurriedly explained that he didn't mean anything else.
"Don't worry, I'm not angry. But why is she running to school? My dad has already taken the bicycle at home. Didn't he give it to Ji Mingyue?" Ji Lili looked puzzled. Jiang Yulan had just discovered this. The bicycle at home had always been stored downstairs. This morning, she had suddenly decided to check and found it was gone. The bicycle was locked and the key had always been with Ji Yushu. Who else could have done this except him?
"I don't know about that. I'll go first." Zheng Gaoyang almost fled. He regretted all the way. How could he doubt Ji Lili? They grew up together.
Looking at Zheng Gaoyang riding farther and farther away, Ji Lili couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that Ji Mingyue's strategy system was indeed powerful. Fortunately, in her eyes, Zheng Gaoyang was just an ordinary childhood playmate. She was not really sad about his questioning.
Ji Mingyue didn't expect Ji Yushu to send a bicycle over early in the morning. However, looking at the 28-bar bike, she couldn't help but frown: "Dad, this is too hard for me to ride."
"Ride it first, I'll get you a women's bike later." Ji Yushu was oiling the chain as he spoke. It was before he went to sleep the previous night that he suddenly remembered the bicycle they'd left downstairs. It had been Jiang Yulan's dowry, and except for the first two years, she'd ridden it less and less. Then it broke down, and Jiang Jianyi replaced it with a new one. Jiang Yulan barely knew how to ride, so before dawn, he'd ridden it back from the cotton mill. He figured since he'd given the house and bankbook to them, it was only right that he took the bicycle.
"Okay." Although Ji Mingyue disliked it, she would rather ride this bike than walk to school, no matter how heavy it was.
The bike was too heavy, and Ji Mingyue was afraid she would ride too slowly, so she set off early. Unexpectedly, she ran into Zheng Gaoyang at the school gate. She waved to him happily, "Zheng Gaoyang!"
Zheng Gaoyang's eyes fell on Ji Mingyue's bike. He seemed to have seen Uncle Ji riding this bike before. Thinking of his questioning just now, he felt even more guilty towards Ji Lili. So he looked at Ji Mingyue with a much calmer look: "Did Uncle Ji buy you a bike?"
"I don't know where my dad got this bike. It's very hard for me to ride it, but it's faster than walking." Ji Mingyue said with a bright smile on her face.
"Well, it's true that riding a bike is faster." Seeing her smile, Zheng Gaoyang turned his eyes away somewhat unnaturally. He thought, it's all Uncle Ji's fault. Ji Lili and Ji Mingyue are obviously very good girls. They became like this just because Uncle Ji did something wrong. The grudges of the previous generation should not affect the next generation.
Seeing the fluctuating attack value above his head, Ji Mingyue knew that haste makes waste. Moreover, his attitude was obviously much colder at this moment, so she waved at him: "Thank you for what happened that day. I'll go to the classroom first."
Staring at her back, Zheng Gaoyang felt a little annoyed for a moment, annoyed that he seemed to have messed things up. He clearly had no bad intentions, but now it seemed that he had made both of them unhappy.
When Ji Lili arrived, Ji Mingyue was locking her bike. Seeing the familiar bicycle, Ji Lili curled the corners of her lips. Jiang Yulan was right. The bike was taken away by Ji Yushu. This guy was really capable of doing such a thing.
"Hey, Mingyue, you have a car now?" Wu Juyue, who had just arrived, was surprised. Then she said happily, "Then you don't have to walk to school."
"Yes, with a bicycle I don't have to run to school." Ji Mingyue looked happy.
Seeing Ji Lili walking towards them, Wu Juyue subconsciously blocked Ji Mingyue behind her, then raised her eyes to look at her: "Lili."
"Don't be so defensive. I just came here to talk to Ji Mingyue." Ji Lili looked at her with some amusement. In her eyes, how fragile was Ji Mingyue?
"Lili, what do you want to tell me?" Ji Mingyue's tone was still soft and weak.
"My mom just discovered this morning that her bicycle is missing. It turns out that dad took it away and gave it to you. You said the same thing about dad. The house in our family was all bought with the money from my grandpa. It's okay that he doesn't have the face to share it, but in recent years, dad has given a small portion of his salary to my grandparents every month. We didn't understand it at first, but now it seems that he should have sent it to you. He knows that the family savings are all saved by my mom's own salary, but he still has the nerve to say that he doesn't share the savings in order to provide me with child support. Now he even wants to take my mom's dowry." Ji Lili sighed after she finished speaking.
"I didn't know this was my aunt's dowry. How about I return it to you? I'm sorry, Lili, I really didn't know." Ji Mingyue said weakly, but in her heart she hoped that she would take the broken car away quickly, so that she would have a reason to ask Ji Yushu to buy her a new car.
"No need. My mom is not such a stingy person. Now that your family is together, just think of it as a gift from my mom and me to your family reunion." Ji Lili said and left with a smile.
Wu Juyue stared at her back, then frowned and looked at Ji Mingyue: "Mingyue, what does she mean? Are your father and your mother together again?" And why is it different from what she said about the house and the passbook? Is this why Aunt Jiang insisted on getting a divorce? Thinking of this, she looked at Ji Mingyue with a questioning look in her eyes.
"I don't know anything about that either, Juyue. You know, I just got here too. And what she said about sending money is definitely not true." Ji Mingyue looked at the strategy value hovering above Wu Juyue's head and cursed Ji Lili in her heart. Of course, she was also confused by what Ji Lili had just said. Did Chen Guilan swallow the money, or was Ye Qiuju lying?
"That's right. We don't understand adult matters. Let's go. We should go to the classroom." Wu Juyue glanced at her after she finished speaking. Her mind flashed back to her mother's warning this morning, telling her to stay away from Ji Mingyue. She said she was an ungrateful person who could never be tamed. But Mingyue was clearly the victim. If anyone was at fault, it should be Uncle Ji and the others. What did Mingyue have to do with it? She didn't understand why her mother was doing this. Just because Ji Lili had good grades, did she think she was always right?
When Ji Lili arrived at the classroom and just sat down, her deskmate Ke Sisi produced some Oh-Oh milk candies and White Rabbit milk candies for her like a magic trick. She couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that Ke Sisi was a hidden rich second-generation.
"Thank you, I like it very much." Ji Lili did not refuse her kindness, but was thinking in her mind what to say in reply.
"As long as you like it." Ke Sisi felt that her parents' divorce must make her very sad, so she needed something sweet to calm her down. According to her father, eating something sweet when you are sad will make you feel better. Ke Sisi thought, she would just trust her father for once.
There are always people who are late for morning self-study, and today was no exception. Those who are late were punished to stand outside the classroom for morning reading. Wu Juyue couldn't help but think that it was a good thing that Mingyue now has a bicycle, otherwise she would be punished for being late.
In just one night, several versions of Jiang Yulan and Ji Yushu's divorce were circulated. Now that both parties were in Class 7, the classmates were bound to have some gossip. Wu Juyue's deskmate was one of them. She leaned over and asked, "Wu Juyue, you and Ji Lili and Ji Mingyue are good friends. So is their family situation really as others say?"
"What do others say?" Wu Juyue really didn't know. Her parents discussed this matter behind her back.
"It was the appearance of Ji Mingyue and her mother that caused Ji Lili's parents to divorce. I heard that before the divorce, Ji Lili's father often went to Ji Mingyue's mother's place. It was said that Ji Lili's father deceived her mother for a job and they got married. Now that her mother found out about it, she divorced her parents to help Ji Mingyue's mother." This version was released by Jiang Aiguo and is considered the most widely circulated. There is another version that Ji Yushu and Ye Qiuju were caught having an affair by Jiang Yulan, so they got divorced.
Compared to the former, everyone wants to hear the latter more. I heard that many people went to the Love Hotel to watch the excitement, and also wanted to see what Ye Qiuju looked like.
Wu Juyue looked up and saw the interest in everyone's eyes. She shook her head and said honestly, "I don't know either. In any case, this is all a grudge from the previous generation. Let's not discuss it, shall we?"
"We're not discussing this, we're just curious. Oh, by the way, isn't Ji Lili not yet 18? When they divorce, do they still have to ask who she's with?" The person who spoke was full of curiosity.
"Oh, I heard that Ji Mingyue is already 18 years old, so this option does not exist. What did Ji Lili choose?" Everyone may not have any ill intentions, but are just curious, but they obviously do not understand that this can be regarded as a manifestation of malice.
"Wu Juyue, why don't you go ask Ji Lili? Aren't you good friends?" someone said with a smile.
Before Wu Juyue could refuse, she saw Ji Lili and Ke Sisi coming out of the classroom. The person who had a smile on his face just now immediately restrained his smile and lowered his head. Everyone has talked about others behind their backs, but few people have been heard by the person in charge.
Several people hesitated and wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, but they didn't know what to say until they heard Ji Lili speak calmly: "Ask me what?"
The people who had been discussing the issue most heatedly looked at each other, thinking that since they had been caught, they had to ask the truth. So they gritted their teeth and said, "I just want to ask you, who will you live with if your parents divorce?"
"Do my mother and I have any other questions?" Ji Lili never looked at Wu Juyue from beginning to end.
"Can you continue asking?" The person who spoke was He Jian, the gang leader from the next class. His parents also worked in the cotton mill.
Ji Lili nodded: "Ask, ask clearly at once, it's better than you guys discussing it behind my back." Anyway, Jiang Yulan was the victim in this matter, she didn't worry about how others would react when they knew.
"Uncle Ou said before that he wanted to exchange houses with you. Are you going to do it this time? Otherwise, it is impossible for you to live together after the divorce, right?" He Jian continued to ask.
"No, I won't change it. This house was bought with the money my grandfather paid for. My dad never had a share in it." Ji Lili shook her head.
"That's good. I heard that your grandfather found your father's job back then. He should just leave with nothing." He Jian agreed.
His last few words made Ji Lili laugh. She smiled and said, "So can I go to the bathroom now?"
"Okay, okay." He Jian blushed and quickly made way.
"Thank you. I hope you won't continue discussing this matter after today." Ji Lili said, staring at He Jian, hoping that he could give her an answer.
"Don't worry, we will definitely not discuss it anymore. We were just curious just now. Haha, don't mind it." He Jian finally made excuses for themselves.
"It's okay." Ji Lili shook her head to show that she didn't care.
After Ji Lili and Ke Sisi left, Wu Juyue continued to stare at their backs. Ji Lili hadn't even glanced at her the entire time, and she couldn't understand why. She had just said a few fair words on Ji Mingyue's behalf, and yet she ignored her. Was she being too stingy? Or had she never considered her a friend?
"I can't believe it. Uncle Ji looks honest on weekdays, but he actually has so many little thoughts." The person who spoke was the one next to He Jian. He was a sophomore in high school upstairs. He happened to come to He Jian for something and didn't expect to see this scene.
"Aunt Jiang was unlucky to have met him, but Aunt Jiang is so cool. She divorced me right away." He Jian felt suffocated when he thought of the cold atmosphere at home. He thought, if only his mother could have Aunt Jiang's courage. He lied. In addition to being curious, he wanted to know what children need to do when their parents divorce. He also wanted his parents to divorce.
"You can't say that. It was Mingyue's mother who married Uncle Ji first, so Aunt Jiang was the one who came later." Wu Juyue couldn't help but retort.
"If Uncle Ji and his family hadn't lied to her, would Aunt Jiang have married him? Besides, hasn't Aunt Jiang returned Uncle Ji to them now?" He Jian snorted coldly after he finished speaking. Then he seemed to remember something and looked at Wu Juyue. It wasn't until she looked at him with an uncomfortable expression that she couldn't help but ask, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"That's not right. I remember you used to follow Ji Lili around every day. Why are you speaking for others now? Or were you friends with Ji Lili because you were jealous of her? Now you finally get the chance and you start to confuse right and wrong?" He Jian looked at her with confusion.
"Who is speaking for others? I'm just telling the truth. And who is jealous of her? Stop talking nonsense." Wu Juyue turned and ran away. Her heartbeat was abnormally fast, as if the darkest side of her heart had been discovered. She didn't stop until she ran a long way. She touched her heartbeat and tried to shake off He Jian's voice in her head, but it was useless. She couldn't help but retort that she was not jealous of Ji Lili. She didn't.
*
After leaving the corridor, Ke Sisi turned her head to look at Ji Lili beside her and asked softly, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, you don't have to worry." Ji Lili shook her head.
"My mom and dad always say, no matter what decision you make, as long as you're happy, nothing else matters." Ke Sisi didn't know how to comfort her. Although she didn't think divorce was a big deal, she suddenly remembered a couple downstairs from her uncle's house who divorced. Their daughter cried so hard, holding their arms and begging them not to divorce. Perhaps, she wondered, as children, no one likes their parents to separate.
"Okay." Ji Lili nodded at her. She thought that Ke Sisi must have grown up in a very loving family.
When the two of them returned from the restroom and passed through the corridor, they found it deserted. It seemed as if what had just happened was just their imagination. As they entered the classroom, Ke Sisi glanced at Wu Juyue, who seemed to be crying, with Ji Mingyue comforting her. She remembered Wu Juyue's inaction in the corridor and quickly turned her head away, pretending she hadn't seen anything. She didn't want to tell Lili about this.
Ji Mingyue looked at the wet handkerchief in her hand, feeling a little irritated. Why were her tears so many? It was just a small matter. She hadn't even cried yet. Fortunately, she had told Wu Juyue about the house and the passbook yesterday, but she hadn't spread the news yet. Otherwise, wouldn't Ji Lili's words have been spread and slapped her in the face?
She felt annoyed when she thought that she had to share a room with Ji Lanlan every night, while Ji Lili not only had her own bedroom, but might even have her own dressing room. How could Ji Yushu be so useless that he was kicked out of the house? It was really shameful.
"Mingyue, thank you, I'm fine." Wu Juyue's voice was a little choked up when she spoke. After all, she was a girl, and she naturally couldn't stand being spoken to like that by He Jian in front of so many people. After returning to the classroom, she saw those people looking at her with ill intentions, and she couldn't help crying.
"I'm glad you're okay. What a jerk He Jian is. He has no grudge against you, so why would he suddenly say that to you?" Ji Mingyue's tone was full of resentment, but it guided her to think in other directions.
Wu Juyue didn't say anything, just blinked blankly. Yes, He Jian and Ji Lili both lived in the cotton mill and had known each other since childhood. Ji Lili would never answer such boring questions before, so why did she answer them today? Thinking of this, Wu Juyue clenched her fists tightly.
At this time, the strategy value above Wu Juyue's head rose sharply and stopped at 70. Ji Mingyue's eyes lit up. It was 70 points. Could this be considered as seeing the dawn of victory?
After school at noon, Ji Mingyue and Wu Juyue went to pick up the bike together. After knowing that this was Jiang Yulan's dowry, she stopped complaining and just continued to show weakness: "Juyue, I'm leaving first. This bike is too heavy and I'm a little slow to ride it."
"Okay, see you in the afternoon." Wu Juyue waved at her absentmindedly. Her mind was full of He Jian's accusations against her today. How could Ji Lili treat her like this?
Ji Lili and Ke Sisi waved goodbye. Seeing her deskmate still looking at her with a worried look on her face, she chuckled softly. What a lovely girl. When she turned around, she almost bumped into the person next to her. She quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you okay?"
Seeing that the other party remained silent despite her many words, Ji Lili couldn't help but look up. When she saw that it was Wu Juyue, her expression remained unchanged: "Sorry, Juyue, did I bump into you?"
Wu Juyue didn't say anything, just stared at her. Ji Lili looked at her with some confusion. Was she okay or not?
"Ji Lili, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. I will never forgive you." After saying this, Wu Juyue rode away on her bike.
Watching the figure gradually disappear in the crowd, Ji Lili felt a little puzzled. What had she done, and how could she not know? It was simply inexplicable. She shook her head, too lazy to bother with these things.
*
Lunch was still eaten at Jiang Aiguo's place. Ji Lili mentioned the bicycle incidentally: "I thought that since he could steal the bicycle, he probably didn't think about returning it, so I just gave it to them."
"If you ask me, Lili did a very generous thing! The bicycle is a bit old. You and Lili don't need it. Just think of it as a reunion gift for the three of them. How generous of us!" Jiang Aiguo said and gave Ji Lili a thumbs up.
"I never thought about taking the bike back. I just think it's ridiculous that Ji Yushu would do such a thing." Jiang Yulan smiled and shook her head. When the old man replaced the bike with a new one after it broke down, Ji Yushu had been a little disgusted. She knew he had set his sights on a car, and he knew it was impossible. He had been complaining about why his father didn't get a motorcycle instead, and now he was eagerly riding the bike back.
"We were too good to him before. He didn't need to take care of any major family matters, so he naturally thought everything was simple. Now that the family needs him to take care of things, he realizes that everything costs money." Jiang Jianyi snorted coldly after he finished speaking. He was angry with himself for being deceived for so many years.
"He probably took the car to make it more convenient for Ji Mingyue to go to school. Just wait, with Yao Yan's personality, he will have a good life if he moves back." Jiang Yulan chuckled.
Ji Lili knew very well what kind of personality her Third Aunt had. She didn't know whether Ji Mingyue's strategy system could defeat her Third Aunt's fierceness. Thinking of this, she was actually a little looking forward to it.
"Okay, let's forget about him. It's more important for our family to live a good life than anything else." Jiang Jianyi concluded.
"Dad is right, you don't know. When I came home from get off work today, Aunt Huang pulled me aside and said she wanted to introduce a boyfriend to my sister." Zhou Qingfen looked at herself in both laughter and tears.
"Didn't you ask what the conditions were?" Jiang Aiguo thought, he must be careful this time.
Zhou Qingfen ignored him and just looked at Jiang Yulan and said softly, "I rejected it directly. I said that I had just jumped out of the fire pit. I guess I don't want to think about it anymore."
Ji Lili curled her lips. Her aunt was really good at talking. Jiang Yulan also nodded beside her: "Qingfen is right. I don't have the mind to think about this matter anymore."
Jiang Yulan said this mainly to the other two people with the surname Jiang, so that they wouldn't agree without thinking after hearing the enthusiastic introduction. She still had to explain it clearly.
"That's fine, as long as you and Lili are willing." Jiang Aiguo thought about it carefully and felt that the mood of the mother and daughter was the most important. What's more, these are the most important three years for Lili.
Jiang Jianyi had been warned by Jiang Yulan before, so he didn't express any opinion at this time. After all, he was already half buried in the ground, so it was better not to cause trouble.
"Okay, then we have a deal. You guys just need to say a few words to other people and they will be persuaded." Jiang Yulan reminded in advance. She didn't want to participate in any inexplicable blind date.
After the family reached a consensus, the topic shifted to other matters. At this time, Jiang Qitong, who had remained quiet, suddenly looked up and asked sincerely, "Auntie, why did you jump into the fire pit? It's very dangerous."
"Because my aunt's eyes were covered at the time." Jiang Yulan thought carefully and gave this answer.
"Then you have to be careful in the future, sister Lili. Aunt is so careless, you have to pay more attention to her." After Jiang Qitong finished speaking, she sighed like a little adult. For a moment, the whole family was amused, and this laughter also dispelled the gloomy atmosphere brought about by the divorce.
Before Jiang Yulan went out to work, she glanced in the direction of Jiang Jianyi. Her father was really fast. He was still asking about Yao Qiang yesterday, and today she heard that Yao Qiang had been transferred to the workshop.
The atmosphere at home at noon was so good that even when she arrived at school, Ji Lili still had a smile on her lips. From a distance, she heard someone calling her, "Lili, wait for me."
She turned around and saw that it was Ke Sisi sitting on the back of the bicycle, waving at her. When she saw her looking at her, she quickly jumped off the bicycle, turned around and said something to the person on the bicycle, then trotted towards Ji Lili: "Lili, you're here so early."
Ji Lili looked at the soda in her hand and couldn't help but suggest, "It's better to drink less soda."
"It's all because of my dad. I told him I wanted to lose weight, but he still forced it on me." Ke Sisi looked miserable. She had no self-control. Every time she said she wanted to lose weight, her dad would just say she wasn't fat at all.
"Although this kind of drink has a high sugar content, it's okay to drink it occasionally." Ji Lili comforted him dryly.
A smile flashed in Ke Sisi's eyes. It was a rare moment when she was at a loss for words. She smiled and said, "I know you're doing this for my own good. I've been adjusting my diet and exercising recently."
Adolescent boys and girls have the strongest self-esteem, and Ke Sisi doesn't want to be called fat every time.
"I believe in you, you can do it." Ji Lili encouraged her.
"Thank you, Lili, you are the first one willing to believe me." A touch of emotion flashed in Ke Sisi's eyes. She had talked about losing weight before, but people around her always told her to control her mouth in a joking tone before saying this.
"Come on, weigh yourself every morning and evening and record it to motivate yourself." This is a method Ji Lili used before. I hope it will be useful to her.
"Okay, I'll try it when I get home tonight." Because she was fat, Ke Sisi hadn't weighed herself for a long time. The last time she weighed herself was during the high school entrance exam. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but clench her fists.
While the two were talking, Ji Mingyue and Wu Juyue passed by them. Wu Juyue rolled her eyes and snorted coldly when she saw Ji Lili. Ji Lili couldn't help but frown and called out to her, "Wu Juyue!"
Wu Juyue ignored her and continued walking forward. Ji Lili quickened her pace and walked in front of her to stop her: "What did you mean by rolling your eyes just now?"
"Don't you know what you have done?" Wu Juyue didn't expect that she dared to stop her.
"Please make it clear. I do not accept any false accusations." Ji Lili said in a cold tone. Just as she had thought before, she did not care about her friend being taken away, but that did not mean she would accept the groundless slander.
"Juyue, forget it. Lili probably didn't mean it. Stop being upset and just think of it as doing this for my own good, okay?" Ji Mingyue pretended to persuade but actually added fuel to the fire.
"No, Ji Mingyue, you are sick. What do you mean I didn't mean it? Did you get my consent before you were so eager to admit the crime on my behalf?" Ji Lili looked at Ji Mingyue coldly.
"Lili, I don't mean anything else. I just don't want you to fall out. I want everyone to take a step back. I really don't have any bad intentions." Ji Mingyue explained quickly with red eyes.
"Ji Lili, can you please stop bullying Mingyue? It was you who deliberately called He Jian to humiliate me this morning, right? So, you dare not take responsibility for what you did?" Wu Juyue looked at Ji Lili with dissatisfaction.
Ji Lili was so angry that she laughed. She used to think Wu Juyue was carefree and had no ulterior motives, but now it seemed that she was nothing but a fool. She snorted coldly, "I bullied Ji Mingyue? Wu Juyue, please understand, she was the one who casually admitted the crime to me. What I didn't do is what I didn't do. Why did she admit it to me and then pretend to be a good person and apologize for me? Am I speechless?"
The people watching the excitement around also reacted at this time. Yes, based on Ji Mingyue's reaction just now, they really thought Ji Lili had done something. After all, it turned out that Ji Lili did nothing!
"Lili, that's not what I meant. I just don't want you and Juyue to become strangers because of me. I just want you to reconcile. Really, I have no ill intentions." Seeing Zheng Gaoyang outside the crowd, Ji Mingyue hurriedly explained. She didn't want both of them to lose their attack points continuously.
"Sisi, could you please go to Class 6 and call He Jian over for me?" Ji Lili ignored them and looked at Ke Sisi beside her.
"I'll go right away." Ke Sisi nodded quickly.
"You said that I asked He Jian to humiliate you, and I denied it but you didn't believe me. Then let's confront each other face to face!" Ji Lili glanced at Wu Juyue after she finished speaking, then quickly turned her eyes away. Her stupidity disorder was about to kick in.
"Juyue, why don't we just forget it?" Ji Mingyue originally just wanted to completely alienate the two of them, but she didn't expect that Wu Juyue, this idiot, couldn't even hide her basic emotions.
"Who's looking for me?" In just five minutes, He Jian appeared in a swagger.
"He Jian, what did you do to humiliate Wu Juyue this morning? Did I ask you to do that?" Ji Lili asked directly.
"What?" He Jian felt that he could no longer understand Chinese.
Ke Sisi, who was standing beside him, quickly recounted what had just happened. Then, He Jian looked at Wu Juyue with an incredulous expression. "No way, big sister, I just told you two truths this morning, and you're humiliating me? Or was I right? You're so upset right now, are you really just jealous of Ji Lili?"
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