Chapter 404 Meeting after many years
Ji Mingyue felt that the man's guilt was like crocodile tears, but she had to admit that it really worked. After walking out of the family compound gate, she pretended to be nervous and said, "Dad, if Auntie knows we're going out, she won't be angry, right?"
"No, just say I took you out for some fresh air." Ji Yushu was not worried that Jiang Yulan would be suspicious, as she had always been a simple person.
"That's good. If I didn't want to go to school, Mom wouldn't send me here. She's worried that our presence will affect your current family." Ji Mingyue said with her head down.
"It's right to go to school more. As long as we keep our relationship secret, there will be no impact. Mingyue, you can understand your father, right?" Ji Yushu looked at Ji Mingyue. In fact, compared to Ji Lili, Ji Mingyue looked more like him.
"Of course." Ji Mingyue hid the sneer on his lips and nodded hurriedly.
The hotel where Ye Qiuju worked was not far from the family compound, and it took about fifteen minutes by bike. Ji Yushu dropped Ji Mingyue off at a distance and parked the bike next to a tree. "Mingyue, bring your mother over. It's not convenient for me to go over there."
"Okay, Dad, then wait for me for a while." Ji Mingyue nodded.
The streetlights weren't bright enough at that moment. After walking a long way, Ji Mingyue glanced back. In the darkness, she could no longer make out Ji Yushu's figure. She only saw a scarlet dot, which she knew was Ji Yushu's cigarette. She lowered her eyes. Ji Yushu's guilt was only temporary, so what she and Ye Qiuju had to do was to deepen his guilt and make him realize that their mother and daughter were no less valuable than Ji Lili and her mother.
Ye Qiuju had just finished washing the dishes when she heard Ji Mingyue's voice. She quickly turned around, and when she saw that she was alone, she spoke: "Why are you here? Doesn't he want you to stay?" At the end of her words, she looked at Ji Mingyue with disgust.
Ji Mingyue was too lazy to argue with her and just said lazily: "How is that possible? I brought him to see you."
"Really?" Ye Qiuju was overjoyed. Although she hadn't remarried in recent years, she had never been without a husband. She relied on her looks to often get men in the village to do work for her. Her sister-in-law had always wanted to marry her off, but she didn't like the families they found, so she simply didn't want to marry.
In her previous life, it wasn't until the millennium, when she followed the villagers into the city to see the world, that she learned that Ji Yushu had become a well-known figure. By then, Mingyue was already married, and she wanted to ask Ji Yushu for the child support she had received over the years, but unfortunately, she couldn't get close to him. Every time she saw Ji Yushu's wife and daughter wearing gold and silver, she was jealous. All this should have belonged to them, mother and daughter.
Ye Qiuju also tried to find someone to expose herself as Ji Yushu's original wife, but she never succeeded. At that time, she knew that Ji Yushu knew about her existence, but he would not allow her to destroy his image. This cruel man was even unwilling to come to see her in person. Just when Ye Qiuju was ready to fight to the death, she was diagnosed with a terminal illness. This time, Ji Yushu showed up and provided her with treatment. She kept all the previous things to herself. As for Mingyue, she was also a stain on Ji Yushu. He didn't want to do that, and he didn't want Mingyue to know about his existence.
Half a year later, Ye Qiuju died in the hospital. Unexpectedly, when she opened her eyes again, she went back to fifteen years ago. The first thing she did after waking up was to change Mingyue's surname back to Ji. This time, it was their turn to live the life of a rich lady and a rich lady.
"Of course this is true. He is very touched that you have remained a virgin for him all these years." Ji Mingyue reminded.
Ye Qiuju glanced at her and scoffed, "I underestimated you, girl. Let's go." She wiped her hands on her apron and adjusted her hair. Seeing Ji Mingyue standing still, she raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Wipe the lipstick off your mouth." Ji Mingyue pointed at her lips. She had wanted to say it for a long time. The low-quality lipstick she always put on did not look good at all. Instead, it made her look like a prostitute.
"That's right." Ye Qiuju turned around and washed her face under the faucet over there, then wiped it with a tissue. In Ji Yushu's imagination, they, mother and daughter, should be pitiful creatures.
After Ji Yushu blew out a puff of smoke, his reason told him that tonight was the first and last time he would come to see Ye Qiuju. He had already let them down, mother and daughter, and he could not let Jiang Yulan and the others down again. But all his reason collapsed the moment Ye Qiuju threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.
Even though she has lived in the countryside for so many years, Ye Qiuju is still different from those country women. In the September weather, she wore an apricot long shirt and light-colored pants, which reminded him of the years when they were married.
"Brother Ji, do you know how worried I have been about you over the years? I begged my father and brother to come to the city many times. This time I finally found you, but you have a new home." Ye Qiuju said while wiping away tears.
He had chosen to marry Ye Qiuju in the beginning, as a sign of accepting his fate. However, he had not expected that the policy of college entrance examination and return of educated youth to the city would be restored. Ye Qiuju's tears aroused a slight sense of guilt in him, and he held her shoulders: "Okay, stop crying, the child is still here."
"Yes, yes, yes, look, this is our Mingyue, Brother Ji. I don't ask for anything, I just ask that you let Mingyue continue to go to school. I don't want her to end up like me in the future." Ye Qiuju lowered her eyes after she finished speaking. In a newspaper interview in her previous life, Ji Yushu said that his daughter was his pride and he attached great importance to the child's education. Mingyue had good grades since she was young. If she had the resources in the city, she would definitely be better than that girl.
"Don't worry, Mingyue is also my daughter. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to the food factory to find me and he will pass on the message." Although Jiang Yulan did not like his parents, she would not forbid his brother from having contact with them, so he was not afraid that she would find out.
"I don't have any extravagant demands in this life. As long as Mingyue can become a successful person, that's enough. Brother Ji, you should go back soon. It will be bad if your lover finds out." Ye Qiuju only found out when she came to the city in her previous life that she and Ji Yushu did not get a marriage certificate when they got married, and the other party did not even admit that they were married.
Ji Mingyue stood aside and listened to the conversation between the two. She curled the corners of her lips. It seemed that she was worrying too much. Ye Qiuju's acting skills were much better than she had imagined.
"Take care of yourself." Ji Yushu glanced at Ye Qiuju. More than ten years have passed, and apart from the traces left by the years, she has not changed much.
Ji Yushu took Ji Mingyue away, and Ye Qiuju stood there and watched their backs. She looked extremely miserable.
Ji Mingyue looked back from time to time, and Ji Yushu also looked back, and saw Ye Qiuju standing there staring at the direction they left. For a moment, he felt a little complicated.
*
When Jiang Yulan returned home carrying two bags of soy milk, the house was empty. She felt a little strange and then went to the study to take a look. It was almost tidied up.
About an hour later, there was the sound of keys turning at the door. Jiang Yulan came out of the room and asked casually, "Why did you go out?"
"I thought that I worked during the day and only had time at night, so I took her for a walk." Ji Yushu explained.
"Well, we have to go to school tomorrow to handle admission procedures, so go to bed early." Jiang Yulan looked at the two of them with a gentle tone, but she couldn't help but feel a little confused in her heart. According to them, today was also the first time they met. Are they already so familiar with each other now?
Ji Yushu was teaching Ji Mingyue the uses of the various pots at home. Jiang Yulan smiled and shook her head, apparently still affected by Lili and Aiguo's words. To Mingyue, Yushu was her only relative, so it was normal for her to rely on him.
After washing up, Ji Mingyue returned to Ji Lili's room. The bedding on the bed had been changed to clean ones. She casually looked around the decoration in the room. The room was mainly light-colored, with a desk and wardrobe. There were also photo frames and an alarm clock on the desk. Such an environment might not be worth mentioning in modern times, but compared with the room she and Ye Qiuju shared in the countryside, it was a world of difference.
Ji Mingyue did not sleep well that night. Her blood was boiling with excitement. She knew that the plot had begun since she entered the city, and she was the only heroine. Everything that Ji Lili had would be hers.
"Yulan, you go to work tomorrow, and I will take care of Mingyue's schooling." Ji Yushu had already arranged for unpaid leave.
"Well, I guess there will be an exam soon. Have you asked Mingyue if she wants to study at home for two days first?" Jiang Yulan yawned after she said that. Normally, they would have been asleep at this time.
"You reminded me. I'll ask about it tomorrow." Ji Yushu had forgotten about this.
"Go to sleep. I have to go to work tomorrow." Jiang Yulan said as she turned over.
"Dad didn't say anything, right?" Ji Yushu asked tentatively.
"He praised you for your loyalty and righteousness. After all, Mingyue is your eldest brother's only child."
"Yes, big brother has been so kind to me in the past. I can't just turn a blind eye to Mingyue's situation. I know I have wronged you and Lili. I will compensate you and your mother in the future." Ji Yushu put his arm around Jiang Yulan's waist.
"We are a family. Talking about this makes us feel alienated. Let's go to sleep."
The next morning, before Jiang Yulan and Ji Yushu got up, they heard some noise in the kitchen. Ji Yushu went in and saw Ji Mingyue staring at the broken bowl on the ground with a look of bewilderment. He explained, "Second Uncle, I wanted to make breakfast for you, but I didn't expect..."
Seeing that she was about to cry, Ji Yushu quickly comforted her: "It's okay, your second aunt and I will take you to the cafeteria to eat later."
"Will that be very expensive?" Ji Mingyue asked in a low voice.
"No." Ji Yushu smiled at her, indicating that she didn't need to worry.
After leaving the cafeteria, Jiang Yulan went to work at the cotton mill, while Ji Yushu took Ji Mingyue to school. On the way there, he didn't forget to confirm: "Mingyue, are you really okay? If not, let's go back and look at our junior high school textbooks first."
"Dad, don't worry. I have been secretly reading my old textbooks every day this year." Ji Mingyue signaled him not to worry, as she was a sophomore before she traveled through time.
The two met Ji Lili at the school gate. Ji Lili was talking to her classmate Wu Juyue. When Ji Yushu greeted her, Ji Mingyue couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips after seeing the signal above Wu Juyue's head that she could be conquered.
The author has something to say:
----------------------
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
