Smile.
Try to keep smiling.
Ruan Xu and Ruan Tang both breathed a sigh of relief.
The family had lunch and then Ji Nanfeng went to work.
Considering that the Zhan family members are numerous and talkative, it would be easy to make a breakthrough, Ji Nanfeng planned to interrogate the Zhan family members first.
That afternoon, all members of the Zhan family were brought in for questioning.
Taking advantage of the Zhan family's inattention, Zhan Tingbai had the Zhan family's courtyard searched thoroughly before she found her passbook and the money owed to her by the Zhan family.
Zhan Tingbai took the money and the bag and went to the Zong family to find Ji Gaoyang.
According to the agreement, once the money is returned, Ji Gaoyang cannot kick him out.
Ji Gaoyang was about to come back and divide the money into three parts. Zhan Tingbai wanted to scold Ji Gaoyang for being bewitched by Old Ji, but she was afraid of displeasing Ji Gaoyang, so she could only shut up in disappointment.
Ji Gaoyang took Zhan Tingbai to live in the dormitory assigned to his wife.
Because his wife often had to be on duty, when they could have a dormitory on both sides, they chose the one-bedroom apartment on the Xiehe side.
A few days ago, Ji Gaoyang had discussed with his wife that if Zhan Tingbai left the Zhan family, he would give her this dormitory to live in. They usually lived in the Zong family's courtyard.
Zhan Tingbai was extremely dissatisfied, but compared to the abuse and beatings inflicted by the Zhan family, what was this?
It's not like her son doesn't care about her. She still has work to do and there will be a chance for her to recover slowly in the future.
She now understood that her natal family was unreliable and the only people she could rely on were her son and Old Ji.
Old Ji didn't recover his memory, didn't mention divorce, and didn't say he recognized his biological son, so she really had nothing to make a fuss about.
Zhan Ting slept for a whole day and finally recovered her energy on the next day.
She had never eaten or slept well in the Zhan family, so now that she had a safe place to sleep, she naturally slept well.
In order to let Ji Gaoyang see that she had truly changed for the better, she went to work during the day and went to the Xiehe canteen to get her meals after get off work.
As soon as the nineteenth day of the lunar year came, Ji Gaoyang took the initiative to find Zhan Tingbai and invited her to have dinner together on New Year's Eve.
Zhan Tingbai happily agreed and took her newly-issued salary to go to the state-owned store to buy some small gifts.
Zhan Tingbai didn't expect to meet the Zhan family in front of the state-owned store, but the Zhan family seemed not to see her.
The Zhan family was interrogated for 24 hours and then released. Even when they discovered that money was missing from their home, they did not report it to the police or come to see Zhan Tingbai.
Zhan Tingbai guessed that it was probably because she had her son's support, so the Zhan family bullied the weak and feared the strong, so they didn't dare to cause trouble.
Zhan Tingbai snorted coldly and walked past the Zhan family members, then went straight into the state-owned store and spent all the money in his pocket before stopping.
The next day, Zhan Tingbai took the gifts and went to the Zong family to help early in the morning.
Vice Dean Zong hadn't expected Zhan Tingbai to be so polite, and he invited her in. "I have to go to work today, so could you please take the trouble to cook for me?"
Zhan Tingbai agreed immediately, and after seeing Vice President Zong off, she tied on an apron and got busy.
Ji Gaoyang was relieved to see Zhan Tingbai just working without making any trouble. At lunchtime, Zhan Tingbai asked, "Where's your dad?"
"Going next door."
Zhan Tingbai frowned: "Didn't he deny his son? Why did he go next door?"
"Grandma is here."
Ji Gaoyang felt a little lonely when he mentioned this. He was not his father's son, so he couldn't go with him.
Zhan Tingbai had never thought that the old country woman was still alive. She was truly blessed with a long life. When she had helped Old Ji return to his village years earlier, she had heard that the old woman was in poor health and had less than two years to live.
I didn't expect that after so many years, he is still alive.
"The old lady is here, why didn't you tell me earlier? As her daughter-in-law, I haven't met her yet. I should go over and greet her."
Ji Gaoyang interrupted his mother's monologue and said, "Mom, is this funny? You didn't recognize the old lady when you went to the countryside in your early years, and now you won't recognize her even if you rush to please her. Don't forget, your son is not a descendant of the old Ji family. What qualifications do you have to disturb the family reunion?"
Zhan Tingbai was embarrassed by her own son's past, and said with a stiff neck, "Your father didn't divorce me, so what's wrong with me going to see the old lady? If I don't go, it would be rude."
Zhan Tingbai took off her apron, wiped her hands and went next door.
The door of the Ruan family's house was not locked. Zhan Tingbai pushed it open and walked in, smiling and calling out, "Old Ji, I heard our mother is here—"
As soon as Zhan Tingbai entered the room, she saw Minister Ji squatting beside the old lady, massaging her legs, and Ji Nanfeng and others were grilling meat around the stove.
Zhan Tingbaili put on a distressed expression: "Mom, Old Ji was injured in his early years and can't do this kind of rough work. When he was home, I never let him do any work."
Grandma Ji noticed this when Zhan Tingbai came in looking around. She didn't admit that she had such a daughter-in-law, so she naturally didn't bother to pay attention to Zhan Tingbai.
Grandma Ji hit Minister Ji on the head with a small wooden hammer. "Have you lost your memory and are you blind? Tell me, why did you marry this woman? Did you marry her so that she could cheat on you and cause trouble?"
Minister Ji allowed himself to be beaten and scolded without saying a word in return.
Although he didn't recover his memory, he knew that it was natural for a mother to teach her son a lesson.
Besides, I was not wrong and he couldn't refute it.
Zhan Tingbai looked down on the old lady from the countryside from the bottom of her heart. The old lady didn't reply to her. Maybe she was hard of hearing?
"With so many youngsters here, how can you do something like a leg massage? Let Ji Nanfeng's wife come and serve. I don't see her holding the child or grilling meat. She's just lying on the recliner waiting for food. It's a good opportunity for her to keep the old lady company."
Zhan Tingbai deliberately tried to curry favor with Lao Ji, to let him know that the person who loved him the most and cared about him the most was still her, Zhan Tingbai!
After Zhan Tingbai finished speaking, he was about to go to Minister Laji.
When Ji Gaoyang chased over, he saw Zhan Tingbai pointing fingers at the Ji family, and his face turned red with anger.
"I beg you, please stop causing more trouble and come back with me!"
In the past two days, Grandma Ji has learned from Ji Nanfeng and Ruan Tang that they are trying to win over Ji Gaoyang.
Grandma Ji smiled and waved towards Ji Gaoyang, "Good boy, you are Gaoyang, right? Come here and let grandma take a good look at you."
Ji Gaoyang didn't expect that Grandma Ji would actually love him. He walked to Grandma Ji's side in a daze.
Grandma Ji stood up and took Ji Gaoyang's hand.
Ji Gaoyang quickly bent down to cooperate so that Grandma Ji wouldn't have to work too hard.
Grandma Ji didn't expect Ji Gaoyang to be so considerate, and the smile on her face was more genuine. "He is good-looking and filial, just like the children of my old Ji family."
"grandmother--"
Ji Gaoyang choked and cried out. The better the Ji family treated him, the more ashamed he felt.
It was because of his own selfish desires that the Ji family was unable to reunite for many years.
"Good boy, bring your wife and your mother-in-law to our house for dinner tonight, and we can recognize each other as relatives."
Ji Gaoyang could no longer utter a complete sentence and could only nod.
"Be good, go barbecue with your brothers."
Grandma Ji patted Ji Gaoyang on the back and asked him to go barbecue with Ji Nanfeng and the others.
Zhan Tingbai didn't expect that the old lady would actually recognize Ji Gaoyang. She felt relieved. As expected, he was a country boy who didn't want to be controlled by her, the daughter-in-law, so she just admitted her mistake.
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