Chapter 707 The Whereabouts of the Passbook
"Do you mean that all our savings have been borrowed by Dad?" Ji Yushu couldn't help asking.
"Yes, he needed it urgently, so I lent it all to him. When do you want it back? Or I'll ask Dad tomorrow." It was the first time that Jiang Yulan told such a big lie, and she felt a little uncomfortable. After she finished speaking, she turned away from him.
"What did Dad say when he borrowed it?" Ji Yushu tried to calm himself down.
"He said it was just a matter of transfer, and it would take two months at most. If we really wanted it, he would find a way for us." After Jiang Yulan finished speaking, she felt a little regretful. Would two months be too long?
"It's okay, then I'll wait for two months. I can take this time to see how others do it." Ji Yushu quickly made a plan in his mind. He could afford to wait for two months. It would be bad if he had a rift with the Yue family because of asking for money.
"Is there really no problem on your side?" Jiang Yulan confirmed again.
"It's okay, it's just a matter of making the preliminary preparations more detailed." Ji Yushu comforted her in a gentle tone.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Yulan couldn't help but wonder, maybe Lili and Aiguo were overthinking it? But she couldn't possibly tear them down at this moment, so she thought, let him rest for two more months.
Back in her room, Ji Mingyue was so furious she couldn't sleep. She'd moved Ji Lili's clothes to provoke her, but teenage girls are naturally possessive and self-respecting, and she'd actually turned the tables on her. No, she needed to calm down and not let her lead her astray. Then, she silently repeated to herself, "The most important thing is the strategy value, the strategy value, the strategy value." Under the influence of self-hypnosis, Ji Mingyue finally fell asleep.
Even though she had prepared herself mentally, Ji Mingyue was still affected when she saw Ji Lili's smiling face the next morning. She lowered her eyelids and stopped looking at her.
At this time, Ji Lili glanced at Ji Mingyue's clothes and said innocently, "Sister Mingyue, don't you like my clothes very much? Why didn't you change into them today?"
Without waiting for her to speak, she continued, "Well, look at my memory, I haven't given it to you yet. By the way, did Dad prepare a wardrobe for your room?" Isn't she a competitive person? Of course she had to fulfill her wish.
"No, my second uncle said he would wait for my holiday to take me to pick out the style I like." Ji Mingyue responded with a smile.
"How about you just move the wardrobe in my room to your room? I can buy new clothes and a new wardrobe at the same time." Ji Lili looked at Ji Mingyue with a smile on her face.
"Ji Lili, don't go too far." Ji Mingyue frowned and looked at her. That was enough. Not only did he wear her old clothes, but now he wanted to use her second-hand wardrobe?
"Sister Mingyue, don't be angry, I was just joking with you." Ji Lili's tone remained unchanged, and she smiled to indicate that she was joking.
Seeing her like this, Ji Mingyue wanted to slap her twice, but this also meant that her plan was correct. Wasn't she doing this on purpose just to provoke him and then take the opportunity to complain?
"I'm not angry." Ji Mingyue said in a cold tone.
"That's good. I have to get ready to go to school. Don't be late when I get off the bus." Ji Lili said as she glanced at the electronic watch on her wrist. It was a gift from her aunt for her college entrance examination.
In Ji Mingyue's view, this action was her showing off to her again. She would wait a little longer and ask Ji Yushu for one after a while. It would be too inconvenient for her if she didn't have time.
At this time, Ji Yushu came out of the room and said, "Mingyue, when you go to school later, go directly to the grade leader's office, and he will arrange for you to go to the class." He planned to go back to the Ji family today.
"Dad, aren't you going to send Sister Mingyue away?" Ji Lili looked surprised.
"Dad, don't you have to prepare other things? Lili, remember to take good care of Mingyue when you get to school," Ji Yushu urged. "Dad, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of Sister Mingyue." Ji Lili smiled innocently.
"Dad is relieved with you here, Mingyue, I will take you to the cafeteria for breakfast later. You don't have to go to morning self-study and can go to school later." Ji Yushu said as he went to wash up.
"I'm going to school first." Ji Lili waved goodbye to them in a good mood.
Ji Mingyue turned away from her at first. She was thinking about how to create an opportunity for Ji Yushu and Ye Qiuju to meet. Perhaps she would need the help of the Ji family. She glanced at Ji Yushu, who was washing his face. People in this era tended to favor boys over girls, and she didn't believe he didn't want a son. Jiang Yulan had a job and certainly didn't want to violate the family planning policy, but Ye Qiuju could.
"Lili, didn't your cousin come to school today?" Wu Juyue asked curiously.
"She hasn't been assigned to a class yet, so she doesn't have to attend morning self-study. She'll come later." Ji Lili said as she took out her English textbook. Today was English morning self-study.
"Oh, yes. As you said, she will be our classmate by then." Wu Juyue said with some anticipation.
"Yeah." Ji Lili nodded. Coincidentally, the phone rang at this moment, stopping Wu Juyue from saying anything else.
Sure enough, during the first class of the morning, the homeroom teacher, Jian Hongmei, led Ji Mingyue in. She patted the podium with her hand, and the classroom quickly quieted down. "Let me introduce you to our new student, Ji Mingyue."
Seeing everyone's eyes on her, Ji Mingyue stepped forward and introduced herself gracefully: "Hello everyone, my name is Ji Mingyue. I'm very happy to be your classmate. I hope we can work hard together in the future."
As soon as she finished speaking, she was greeted with warm applause. Ji Lili glanced at Wu Juyue who was taking pictures particularly hard next to her, and couldn't help but chuckle. Is this the halo of the heroine?
"Boys and girls should line up in order of height." The first class happened to be Chinese, taught by the head teacher, so she brought up the issue of adjusting the seats.
"Sure enough, we can't sit together." Wu Juyue looked regretful.
"It's okay, we can play together at any time." Ji Lili said gently.
The teacher arranged the seats so that girls were seated at one table and boys at another. Ji Lili's new deskmate was called Ke Sisi. She glanced at Ji Mingyue over there. There was a table of boys between them, and Wu Juyue was in the row in front of hers, so she was closer to him than she was.
After the seating order was arranged, everyone began to move their things to their new seats. Ji Mingyue looked down at her schoolbag, which was given to her by Ji Yushuo just before she went out. It was the one Ji Lili had used before. He said he would take her to pick out a new one at the weekend. Thinking of this, she took out the books she wanted to use and casually stuffed the schoolbag into the desk frame.
Jian Hongmei was always strict. Seeing that everyone was seated, she began, "This seating adjustment will only last for one month. After the next monthly exam results come out, we'll adjust them again based on the results. During this month, everyone will move one group to the right every Monday morning."
After discussing the seating, the class began. Ji Mingyue stared at the textbook in front of her and glanced at Wu Juyue in front of her. Well, although there was a row between them, it was still much more convenient for them to be in the same group.
The bell rang, and Jian Hongmei, who was sitting on the podium, stuffed the chalk in her hand into the chalk box and left. It was rare for a teacher to not keep the class after class, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Ji Mingyue saw Wu Juyue standing up, and she quickly stood up as well: "Juyue, could you please take me to the bathroom?"
Wu Juyue, who originally wanted to go to the bathroom with Ji Lili, readily agreed: "Okay, I'm going to go to Lili, let's go together."
"Lili, let's go to the bathroom." Wu Juyue knocked on Ji Lili's desk.
"I don't want to go now. I'll wait for you in the corridor." Her eyes fell on Ji Mingyue as she spoke. She didn't waste any time.
"Okay, we'll come to you later." Wu Juyue nodded.
Watching the two people walking away, Ji Lili stood up and went to the corridor outside to get some fresh air. It was not that she was deliberately avoiding them, but Wu Juyue had to go to the bathroom after every class, which made her a little confused. Did she really have to go so many times a day?
"Juyue, what a coincidence, there is a moon in both of our names." Ji Mingyue smiled and tried to get close to her.
"Oh, I didn't notice it before." Wu Juyue also looked surprised, as if she had discovered a new world.
"Maybe this is fate?" Ji Mingyue asked with a smile.
"Of course. Here, you go first." There was almost a queue for using the restroom at this time, so Wu Juyue gave the chance to Ji Mingyue first.
"You go first, I'm not in that hurry." Ji Mingyue shook her head and motioned her to go first. Going to the toilet was just an excuse she made.
"Okay." Wu Juyue stopped being polite with her.
"Lili is there." As soon as Wu Juyue reached the stairs to the third floor, she saw Ji Lili leaning against the corridor.
Seeing the two of them coming over, Ji Lili moved aside to make some space for them. Then she heard Wu Juyue complain, "If we arrange seats by grades in the future, then I will be further and further away from you."
"The exam hasn't even started yet, isn't it a bit too early for you to worry?" Ji Lili chuckled, thinking that she was worrying too much.
"Hehe, this is called self-awareness." Wu Juyue said with a smile.
"Lili is right. It's still early. You have to believe in yourself." Ji Mingyue said softly.
"That's right. With you guys around, I have to make progress." Wu Juyue nodded.
With only two minutes left before class started, Ji Lili reminded them, "Class is about to start. Let's go in and prepare for the next class."
"Let's go." The three of them entered the classroom together.
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Ji Yushu returned to his parents' home. His father had been a worker at the ironworks, and later Ji Yumo had taken over his job there. Now the whole family lived together. When he arrived, only his father, Ji Yuanping, was home. He casually asked, "Where's Mom?"
"I went out to buy groceries. Why are you here?" Ji Yuanping asked.
"I came to see that Mingyue has been settled in. Remember to tell others that she is the daughter left behind by the eldest brother when he went to the countryside. You and the third brother's family must not let it out." Ji Yushu reminded.
"No one from the Jiang family suspects anything, right?" Ji Yuanping asked with concern.
"No one doubts it." Ji Yushu shook his head.
"That's good. How's the business you mentioned last time?" This is what Ji Yuanping cares about most.
"Jiang Yulan gave the family passbook to her father to buy some coupons. It will take two months to pay it back." Ji Yushu also felt annoyed when talking about this.
Jiang Jianyi had taken Ji Yushu to buy bonds before, and the Ji family didn't suspect anything. When the father and son were chatting happily, Ji's mother Chen Guilan, who had been buying groceries, came back. To be precise, she was supported by Ye Qiuju. Seeing this, the father and son hurried to greet her.
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