Chapter 9 Selfishness
Jiang Yulan couldn't believe her ears and looked at Ji Yushu uncertainly: "Do you know what you are saying?"
"Yulan, I suggest we have another son. Then Lili and Mingyue can help take care of him. What do you think?" Ji Yushu thought it was perfect the more he talked about it. Didn't she say she couldn't get along with his mother? With his mother-in-law gone, this would be a perfect opportunity for Lili and Mingyue to take care of her after the baby's confinement and help her take care of the child.
Jiang Yulan's face turned cold instantly. She thought they had already reached a consensus on this matter. Now the factory's performance is getting worse year by year, and they asked her to have a baby. Are they afraid that she won't be laid off yet?
Seeing Jiang Yulan's expression change, Ji Yushu calmly explained to her: "Yulan, Lili is a girl. When she gets married, she will need a brother to support her. I am also considering her."
"Given the current situation at the factory, do you think I can keep my job if I get pregnant?" More importantly, she was already thirty-six years old and her health wasn't very good to begin with. Wasn't he worried about her having an accident during childbirth? The more he thought about her, the more heartbroken he felt.
"Don't you still have Dad's connections? When you get pregnant, just apply for unpaid leave, and we can quietly go to the countryside to give birth, right?" Ji Yushu said nonchalantly. If he had connections, why not use them now? When would he use them?
"My dad has retired, and favors are getting less and less. I won't let him use them for something like this. What's more, I don't agree with this." Jiang Yulan did not hide the coldness in her words.
Ji Yushu then realized that she was angry. He was a little puzzled: "Yulan, why are you so stubborn? I am not considering our future. I have been married for so many years and I have never asked you for anything. Just this once, can you promise me?"
"I don't know why you suddenly had such an idea. I still say the same thing, I don't agree. Think about it, if we both take unpaid leave, what will we do with the family expenses? Lili and Mingyue are still in school, and you still have to run a business, right? Everything requires money." At the end, Jiang Yulan softened her voice and discussed with him.
It was unknown how long it took before Ji Yushu slowly calmed down and returned to his usual self: "You're right, it's all my fault that I had some wild thoughts today after being provoked." After saying that, he sighed and characterized the incident as a momentary impulse after being provoked, but he couldn't help thinking in his heart that if it was Ye Qiuju, she would definitely not refuse him.
"Other people's opinions are not important. What's more important is that we live a good life behind closed doors." Jiang Yulan breathed a sigh of relief after saying this. No wonder he suddenly said this today.
"Yeah, you're right." Ji Yushu nodded, but didn't look up at her, his eyes full of sarcasm. Yes, of course other people's opinions are not important. For so many years, he was the one who was scolded as a gigolo and the one who wiped out the family. Of course, she felt it was not important.
"Then I'll sleep for a while. I have to go to work later." Jiang Yulan said without looking at him and went straight to bed for a nap. Her biological clock was always punctual, and today was later than usual. But within a few minutes, she could hear her long and even breathing.
Ji Yushu was still in the same action as before. After hearing his breathing, he couldn't help but sneer. She was really selfish and never considered him and his family. He should have thought of it earlier.
Ji Lili in the room was a little curious about what the two were discussing. She thought about it for a long time but still had no clue. Finally, she couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.
Half an hour later, the alarm clock rang on time. Ji Lili got up in a daze, turned off the alarm clock, and then got up to wash up. She poured cold water on her face and quickly woke up. She wiped the water droplets on her face with a towel and applied baby cream on her face again.
When she arrived in the living room, she found Ji Mingyue and Ji Yushu sitting together, talking about something. Ji Mingyue quickly stood up when she saw her coming: "Is Lili okay? Should we go to school?"
"There are still twenty minutes left, no rush." Ji Yushu glanced at the old-fashioned clock on the wall.
"That's good. I didn't know the time and was afraid of oversleeping, so I didn't dare to sleep." After saying this, Ji Mingyue glanced at Ji Yushu, then lowered his head silently.
Ji Yushu thought about it and it seemed to be true. He and Jiang Yulan both had watches and a clock at home. Ji Lili had an alarm clock and a digital watch in her room. Comparing them, he felt that Mingyue was even more pitiful. He blurted out, "Then wait until you have a holiday to buy a digital watch."
"Really? Can I have a digital watch too? Second uncle, you are so nice!" Ji Mingyue danced with joy, which immediately satisfied Ji Yushu's vanity.
Ji Lili watched the two perform coldly. She used to think that she was "sentencing" him for something that had not happened in the future, which was not fair to him at all. But now it seemed that she was the ridiculous one. Ever since Ji Mingyue stepped into this family, the balance in his heart had begun to tilt.
She thought about what happened at noon, and suddenly realized that if he could compare her with Ji Mingyue and unconsciously lean towards Ji Mingyue, then he would definitely compare Ye Qiuju and Jiang Yulan. Thinking of this, she interrupted the scene of the father-daughter affection over there and said, "It's time to go to school."
"Goodbye, Second Uncle!" Ji Mingyue waved at him, then turned around and gave Ji Lili a provocative look. Ji Lili ignored her and walked straight towards the school.
The two met Wu Juyue again at the school gate. She was probably riding her bike too fast, and beads of sweat were on her forehead. Ji Mingyue stepped forward and handed her his handkerchief: "Juyue, you are sweating, wipe it off."
"Mingyue, you are so kind." She took the handkerchief and wiped her forehead. Looking at the half-wet handkerchief, she said quickly, "I will wash it tomorrow and return it to you."
"No need, it's not that troublesome." Ji Mingyue said as he snatched the handkerchief and stuffed it into his pocket.
"Hehe, as long as you don't mind." Wu Juyue smiled happily, and at the same time felt fortunate that Mingyue was not as mysophobic as Lili.
Ji Mingyue didn't know what she said. Wu Juyue pushed her bicycle forward and the two of them talked side by side. Ji Lili lagged behind them one step. Looking at the two people who were talking happily, Ji Lili withdrew her gaze thoughtfully.
It wasn't until they reached the parking lot that Ji Mingyue realized that Ji Lili had been abandoned by them. She looked anxious and said, "Juyue, Lili won't be angry if we do this, right?"
Wu Juyue was a carefree person to begin with, so she just frowned when she heard this: "Why is she angry?"
"We were so busy talking that we forgot about her!" Ji Mingyue glanced at her after saying this. He didn't know if she was really stupid or just pretending. Wasn't the most taboo thing in school days the three-person friendship? This way, there would always be one person left alone.
"Lili, why are you so stingy?" Wu Juyue locked the car and immediately rushed to Ji Lili, smiling and asking her, "Lili, can you give me some reference for your math homework this morning?"
"I haven't written it yet." Ji Lili did not refuse directly. Copying homework is a common thing everywhere, but Wu Juyue didn't even change her thinking when copying homework. She copied any topic, so she had a headache every time she borrowed homework.
"Oh, so that's it!" Wu Juyue said, glancing at Ji Lili. She felt it was out of place. She'd always been so enthusiastic about her homework. Could it be that because of that incident last semester, she wasn't willing to lend it to her anymore? Wu Juyue's mind was rarely in a state of flux. It was a shame that Ji Lili really hadn't done it this time. These past few days, Ji Mingyue and the discovery of the book had disrupted many of her plans.
"We can write together." Ji Mingyue looked at Wu Juyue, reminding her that they were closer now.
"That's right." Wu Juyue nodded quickly.
The three of them were together. Although Ji Mingyue walked in the front row, she would turn back from time to time to talk to Wu Juyue. Ji Lili seemed like the redundant one.
Arriving at the classroom, the three of them split up into two different directions. Ji Mingyue winked with a hint of smugness. It wasn't so easy to break up a friendship between little girls. When Ji Lili arrived, her deskmate, Ke Sisi, had already arrived and was writing furiously. She immediately noticed the error in her math and reminded her, "This is wrong."
"Hmm?" Ke Sisi looked up at her blankly.
"You substituted the wrong number." Ji Lili repeated.
"Oh, thank you." After saying that, Ke Sisi used correction fluid to erase the wrong number, muttering to herself, "No, I can even get the numbers wrong. Am I blind?"
Her mumbling was inexplicably cute. Ji Lili raised her lips slightly. She thought, she would be even cuter if she didn't use correction fluid. Both correction fluid and correction fluid had a pungent smell, which Ji Lili really didn't like.
After making the revision, Ke Sisi continued writing. Although everyone was not in the same class in junior high school, most people knew Ji Lili. It was because she was at the top of every exam, which made it hard for everyone not to know her.
Ji Lili didn't dawdle and took out the homework assigned in the morning and joined in writing. She wrote quickly and well, and after finishing one article, there was almost no need for revisions. Ke Sisi next to her was envious: "Ji Lili, you write very well." After saying that, she took a look at her page and saw that there were already three white spots, which were places where correction fluid had been applied.
"Next time you make a mistake, don't use correction fluid. Try putting a small cross next to it and rewrite it, or use transparent tape to cover up the typo." This is the principle behind the correction tape, but it is not easy to control the strength when using tape, and sometimes it will tear the paper.
Ke Sisi thought of the test scores he had been criticized for, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll try next time."
"In short, remember one key point: don't rely too much on correction fluid." Some people think that with correction fluid, they have to correct the slightest mistake, which is not beautiful.
"Thank you, I'll note that." Ke Sisi said thank you in a low voice. She didn't expect Ji Lili to be such a nice person. When she was a student, everyone had a filter for students with good grades and felt that they were difficult to approach. So Ji Lili said so much to her, and Ke Sisi felt a little flattered.
"We are all classmates, you're welcome." Ji Lili smiled back at her.
At this time, Wu Juyue, who was doing her homework, received a note from Ji Mingyue in the back row. It said, "Juyue, Lili is amazing! She made new friends again. I'm so jealous!"
After reading the note, Wu Juyue subconsciously glanced in Ji Lili's direction and saw her smiling and talking to Ke Sisi. They both looked very happy. She thought that she had become friends with Ji Lili thanks to her natural friendliness, while Ke Sisi had only been her deskmate for half a day. For a moment, her emotions were swirling.
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