Wu Ma thought Ji Ye had only sat down because of the breakfast she had made, so she excitedly placed a bunch of steamed buns and fried dough sticks in front of him, her face beaming with joy.
Song Xia looked disappointed, inwardly thinking: [Aunt Wu is so annoying, but I only made a bowl of tomato and egg noodles; I know Ji Ye won't like it.]
Ji Ye moved his fingers and then brought over the bowl of seemingly ordinary noodles. Wu Ma's face fell, while Song Xia looked up in surprise.
He didn't eat Wu Ma's food, but chose mine. Is this the first step in building a closer relationship? That's great, I can explain this to the old man now.
Ji Ye listened without any change in expression, but inwardly he snorted coldly. Sure enough, he wasn't genuinely kind to him; he was just trying to appease his grandfather. He knew it.
But since the noodles were served, he decided to take a bite and see if they were as delicious as the woman had claimed.
As soon as he put it in his mouth, he raised an eyebrow and paused for a moment. Seeing this, Wu Ma was delighted, knowing that this woman with ulterior motives couldn't make anything good.
However, Ji Ye ate his noodles faster after that. Being in his adolescence, he had a big appetite. Usually, he didn't eat in the morning because he didn't want to eat at home, but today he was still a little unsatisfied.
Seeing this, Aunt Wu's heart sank. This Song Xia actually had some skills. Or was it that the young master was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to offend this woman? She thought it was the latter possibility. She had watched the noodles being made, but it was just an ordinary way of making them. How delicious could they be?
"There's more here." Song Xia moved her own bowl over as well, smiling broadly. "Eat more if you like."
But Ji Ye didn't answer: "No need."
He would never admit that he likes her.
"Are you going to school now? I'll give you a ride." Song Xia has a driver's license, which she obtained while working at the Ji family's company. It was a work requirement, so she gritted her teeth and paid to get the license.
"No need, Uncle Chen can take me."
Song Xia didn't insist, but simply saw him to the door: "Then I'll wait for you to come back for dinner tonight. Is there anything you'd like to eat? I'll cook it."
Ji Ye ignored him and got into the car.
As soon as Song Xia turned around, she heard Wu Ma's sarcastic tone: "Don't think that just because I made you a bowl of noodles, the young master will treat you differently. He only ate it because he's kind-hearted."
Song Xia stared at her coldly: "Aunt Wu, you're just a nanny."
Aunt Wu was furious: "You... even if I'm just a nanny, I've worked for the Ji family for over ten years. I've watched the young master grow up."
"Just because you watched Ji Ye grow up, does that mean you consider yourself Ji Ye's elder? Did you ever miss out on a month's salary during that time?"
“You’re standing here criticizing me, but who are you? You’re just someone the old man bought with his money to serve the young master.”
"At least my status sounds better. If I were to tell the old man that you've been obstructing my care for Ji Ye at every turn, do you think he would let me go or fire you?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Ma finally looked frightened and stopped arguing with her.
Song Xia sneered: "Aunt Wu, I have never provoked you, so don't put on airs in front of me. I am inferior to the Ji family, but are you a member of the Ji family? You should be more mindful of your boundaries in the future. At least for now, even Ji Jianfei can't kick me out."
Wu Ma tightened her grip on the plate, her expression one of frustration.
Ji Jianfei is the old man's only son, Ji Ye's biological father, and Song Xia's nominal husband.
Logically speaking, with the old man living in a nursing home and Ji Ye still young, Ji Jianfei should be the head of the family. However, the old man spent his youth building the family business and neglected his only son, who gradually became a dissolute good-for-nothing.
Ji Jianfei is an extremely unreliable person who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun. Even when he married Ji Ye's mother, he had one mistress after another, and countless illegitimate children.
The old man was ruthless. He didn't give Ji Jianfei any shares in the company, only a fixed monthly allowance. He also suppressed his mistresses and illegitimate children from entering the house. He made a will early on, leaving the Ji family's assets only to his legitimate son, Ji Ye. Otherwise, who knows what kind of mess the Ji family would have become.
After giving birth to Ji Ye, Ji Ye's biological mother couldn't stand Ji Jianfei's absurd behavior, so she divorced him just one month after his birth.
Of course, this was just what Ji Ye's mother, Mei Xue, said on the surface. In reality, she had a lover before marriage, but she was forced by her family to marry Ji Jianfei.
After giving birth to Ji Ye, the businesses of the Ji and Mei families became unshakeable. In addition, Ji Jianfei's mistress caused trouble again. The Mei family felt that they had wronged Mei Xue, so they allowed her to divorce Ji Jianfei.
After her divorce, Mei Xue quickly married her former lover and gave birth to a daughter in less than a year. In order for her daughter to inherit more of the Mei family's property, she even made her daughter take her surname.
One is her youngest daughter, born to her lover of many years, who even bears her surname; the other is an heir born from a forced marriage. Coupled with her dislike for Ji Jianfei, Mei Xue has little affection for her son Ji Ye. She even feels that Ji Ye is the heir of both families and that he has taken away her daughter's inheritance rights. Therefore, she makes trouble for Ji Ye in every way, trying to get him to give up some of the shares of both families to her youngest daughter, Mei Jiao.
As for Ji Jianfei, he has a bunch of mistresses and illegitimate children. He's also being pressured by his wife to try and swindle the family fortune from Ji Ye. So, apart from the old man's protection, no one else truly cares about Ji Ye.
Although his wealth is enough to make most people in the world envious, it cannot be said that someone with such weak family ties is not pitiful. After all, which child has never longed for the love of their parents?
It was precisely because of the cold and melodramatic nature of his family of origin that he fell head over heels for the innocent and naive female lead who was even slightly kind to him.
The innocent female lead comes from a poor family, and he uses all his connections to help her. He even creates all sorts of accidents and opportunities to save her face, so that no one knows he did it. When the innocent female lead and the male lead have a misunderstanding and quarrel, he takes good care of her and looks after her in every way. When the innocent female lead is pregnant and runs away from her arranged marriage, he even prepares to be her successor. He is simply the perfect male supporting character in the novel.
However, because he is a supporting male character, no matter how good he is to the innocent female lead, she will eventually fall into the arms of the male lead, while he, the supporting male character, can only leave the stage with regret. In fact, in order to save the innocent female lead, he is injured by the male lead's enemy, resulting in lifelong disability.
Then the innocent-looking female lead had her twins recognize him as their godfather. He then made a will bequeathing all his assets to her and committed suicide because he couldn't accept his disability. In the end, the innocent-looking female lead prepared his funeral arrangements, resulting in a perfect ending.
Tsk, this ending made Song Xia shake her head. Ji Ye seemed like a very energetic young man today, so how did he become so stupid after meeting the female lead?
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