Chapter 13 Incident

Ye Minshu murmured this subconsciously, and Ji Jun only vaguely heard the word "Old Two". "What's wrong with Old Two?"

Ye Minshu knew that he had some special feelings for his younger brother Ji Duo, so she certainly wouldn't say directly, "I want to take advantage of your brother." "Nothing, I just remembered that he made a trip for us, and I haven't thanked him yet. Do you think we should invite him to our house for dinner?"

"The second brother doesn't care about this." Ji Jun obviously felt that it was a bit awkward for her to say that.

Ye Minshu smiled and followed his words, "Even if you don't care, you still have to say it. Are you really so comfortable with it?"

Only Ji Ze heard a few words because he was close to them. He just frowned and looked at Ye Minshu for a long time, but finally said nothing.

However, he didn't say it in front of Ji Jun, and he still looked for Ye Minshu privately after dinner.

"Your uncle doesn't have a girlfriend, right? I'm not wrong." Ye Minshu didn't care.

Ji Ze thought about how she could even find someone to pretend to be his partner, and couldn't help but remind her: "Mom, don't have any ideas, Grandpa is still sick."

"I know, what can I do?"

Ye Minshu obviously didn't want to talk about this topic any more. "But you, don't be stupid enough to really go. It will be hard to get rid of it if you get entangled with someone. Doesn't that girl have a cold? You should wait for two days and talk about it after this period."

She didn't say anything, and Ji Ze didn't plan to go. Who would want to be tied to someone they've never met?

Seeing Ji Ze agreed, Ye Minshu couldn't help but complain, "Look at you, you always refuse to go home when I ask you to, but you got caught by your grandfather at this time. Why do you have to run back? If you stay in the army, you won't have to deal with these things."

"Isn't Grandpa sick?" Ji Ze laughed and made an excuse, "I'll go see if Xiaoling has finished her homework..."

"Does Xiaoling need your attention? I don't know what she's doing all day, and she runs away when I ask her."

Lin Qiao's cold hasn't recovered yet. In fact, even without Ji Ze's advice, the old couple would not urge them to leave quickly.

After a few days, Grandpa Ji's blood pressure stabilized. Ye Minshu took half a day off and went to pick him up from the hospital.

Since he had decided to ignore Ye Minshu's wishes, Mr. Ji no longer gave her a cold look, "Is Xiaoze done with his recent work?"

When Ye Minshu heard the old man mention Ji Ze, she was upset, but she didn't show it. "How could he tell me this? He's not home all day anyway, and I can only see him when I go to the hospital to see you."

This sounded nice, and Master Ji nodded without saying anything else.

When the car arrived at the gate of Ji's house, we ran into the wife of Chief of Staff Wang who just came back from outside. She couldn't help but greet her, "You are old now, you have to be careful. Our old Wang is younger than you, and he also said yesterday that his waist was uncomfortable."

"That's something we need to be careful of. They've been to the battlefield, so who doesn't have some old injuries?"

Xu Li smiled and exchanged a few words with the other party. Unexpectedly, the other party smiled when he saw her, "Congratulations, your second child has finally become smart."

"Are you enlightened?" Xu Li was a little confused.

The other party smiled and winked at him, "Didn't you finally find a partner? She lives in your house. I ran into her two days ago. She's the daughter of your old comrade Ji, right? She's so pretty. Even the art troupe can't find such a beautiful girl."

"Who told you this?" Xu Li already heard something wrong.

But she was not a person with a bad temper, and she never showed her emotions on her face, so the other party didn't notice it. "Everything is known. I heard that not only your second son, but Xiaoze also has a partner. This is a double happiness. When are you planning to hold the wedding?"

If it was just Ji Duo, it could be explained as a miscommunication, but when it comes to Shuangxi Linmen, some things become difficult to say.

Are they saying that their family is not trustworthy and is looking for another partner even though they already have an arranged marriage, or are they saying that the uncle and nephew are stealing the woman?

Xu Li pursed her lips and looked at Ye Minshu deeply.

The smile on Master Ji's face also disappeared. As soon as the other party left, he asked, "Is Qiao Qiao home?"

Aunt Zhang came out to ask what I was doing at noon, but she noticed that the atmosphere was a little strange and whispered, "She asked me about the nearest high school and left."

"High school?" The old man had been in the hospital and obviously had no idea what Lin Qiao was doing.

Aunt Zhang, on the other hand, had gotten to know Lin Qiao better by spending time with her every day. "She seemed to be free and had nothing to do. Two days ago, she even asked me about finding a job in Yandu."

Master Ji seemed to be thinking about something. He didn't ask any more questions and walked inside. "Xu Li, call the boss."

Ye Minshu had been following quietly behind, but when she heard this, she suddenly looked up.

Master Ji didn't even look at her. "Call the boss and tell him I have something to do. Ask him to come back right away."

When he was young, Mr. Ji had a hot temper. As he got older, some of his personality traits had not changed. But people who knew him well knew that if he got angry at you, it was not serious. If he even stopped getting angry, it would be a big deal.

Seeing Xu Lizhen pick up the microphone, Ye Minshu was anxious, "Dad!"

Old Master Ji raised his hand to stop her from talking, then sat down on the sofa without saying a word.

Xu Li lowered her eyes and made the call. Less than half an hour later, Ji Jun came in sweating profusely. "What's wrong? What happened?"

He thought that Master Ji was in poor health again, but when he entered the room, he saw Master Ji sitting in the middle of the sofa in a Mao suit, with a blank expression on his face. His wife Ye Minshu was standing on the side, with a look of panic, helplessness and embarrassment on her face.

"Did you make our dad angry again?" He couldn't help but glare at her.

It was like this in the past. Every time Ye Minshu provoked the old man, he would be the first to attack.

In the final analysis, he just wanted to protect his wife. He was the first to get angry and scold her, and then Ye Minshu gave in. The old man couldn't say anything.

But before he came today, Ye Minshu had been left out for half an hour. Hearing this, she looked at Old Man Ji and dared not say anything.

Old Master Ji watched them arguing coldly, but did not expose them. When Ji Jun realized that the matter was more serious than he had imagined, he put down the tea bowl and said, "You agreed to the engagement with the Lin family, am I right?"

Ji Jun didn't know why he brought this up again. He glanced at his wife and said, "I remember correctly."

"Since you felt aggrieved and unwilling, and were dissatisfied with an old man like me intervening in your son's affairs, why didn't you say so at the beginning?"

The old man kept complaining about "grievance", "unwillingness" and "dissatisfaction" and Ji Jun's forehead, which had already been sweating, became even thicker.

He stood there awkwardly for a long time, not figuring out what Ye Minshu had done to make the old man so angry, so he could only bite the bullet and smooth things over, "Haven't the two families had no contact for more than a decade? Minshu also thinks that their family is not honest, and only thought of our family when something happened."

This is why Master Ji didn't tell them about what happened.

Even if she didn't say it, they could always use this as an excuse; if she did, Ye Minshu wouldn't care whether the letter was intercepted by someone.

The old man looked at him and sneered, "So your wife found someone to lie to me that Xiaoze already has a partner?"

Without waiting for Ji Jun to react

"So she pushed the matter to the second child."

"Pushed it to the second one?"

This time Ji Jun was really shocked. He turned to look at Ye Minshu and asked, "What on earth did you do?"

"What can I do? Someone just asked me who that girl Lin Qiao was, and I told her that she had an engagement with our family. I was just telling the truth, but they saw Lin Qiao with Lao Er, and she was wearing his coat. By the time I wanted to explain, the news had already spread."

Ye Minshu had obviously thought of what to say long ago, and her face was filled with aggrieved expression.

But the matter involved Ji Ze, and she was already trying to keep it a secret, so how could she take the initiative to tell others about it?

Ji Jun opened his mouth, looked at the face he had been facing day and night for more than twenty years, but he was speechless.

Old Master Ji was also amused by these words, "Not only that, right? There are rumors out there that the second brother and Qiao Qiao have already decided to get married, and they will find a date to hold a wedding banquet in the next few days. It is also said that Xiaoze is dating his high school classmate, and they are getting along pretty well."

He didn't wait for half an hour in vain. He even asked someone to go out and inquire about the situation. It was really hard for the eldest son's wife to worry so much.

"Even if you don't say it, I know what you're thinking. You just think Qiao Qiao is from the countryside and isn't worthy of your family. It's only been a few years and you're doing this again. Have you forgotten when I was sent down to the countryside? Have you forgotten that I'm from the countryside, too!"

That's different. As long as the old man can go to school, living in the countryside is not considered bad.

Besides, given his current status, who would care about his background?

Ye Minshu was secretly resentful, but in front of Master Ji she could only lower her head and accept the lecture, not daring to say anything.

Old Master Ji also knew that his words were probably in vain. If they could understand, they would have understood long ago, and they wouldn't have to wait for twenty years. He looked tired, "You guys should go back. It's my fault for not interfering in your family's affairs."

This was clearly a sign of estrangement from them, and to Ji Jun, it was more serious than scolding him in the face.

He couldn't help but call out "Dad". Ye Minshu also panicked, but the old man waved his hand and said, "Boss, I'm already seventy years old. I just came back and encountered this. Can you give me some time? Go back. Don't come over if you don't have anything else."

The old man has been strong all his life, but this is the first time he has said frankly that he is old and tired.

Ji Jun's face was filled with shame. He said nothing more and walked out of Ji's house with his head down.

When he got home, he didn't say a word. He just sat in the living room, smoking one cigarette after another.

Ye Minshu also knew that she had touched something she shouldn't have touched this time, so she didn't dare to make a sound to disturb him, and only quietly opened the window to let in some air. Unexpectedly, such a small movement still caught his attention, "You really didn't mean to talk about the incident between Lao Er and Lin Qiao?"

As if he didn't intend to listen to her answer, Ji Jun took a deep puff of cigarette, "I don't understand, how did Lao Er let you down?"

Ye Minshu didn't want to provoke him, but after hearing this, she couldn't help herself, "What do you mean? That girl is fine with your son, but not with your second son? Do you think your younger brother is closer to you than your son, or that his child is more noble than mine?"

She had already been treated coldly for half an hour in the old house, and her eyes turned red and tears fell, "Ji Jun, you feel wronged to marry me, right?"

"When did I say that?" Ji Jun was overwhelmed by her crying. "What does this have to do with what we are talking about now?"

"Who said it doesn't matter? If I didn't come from a poor family and couldn't help you, would I have given this girl from the countryside to our Xiaoze? You've been doing this for more than 20 years, but you're still not as good as the second brother who's ten years younger than you?"

"What does this have to do with the second brother? The second brother is capable on his own!"

Ye Minshu has always been gentle, considerate and caring. This is the first time that Ji Jun has found it so difficult to communicate with her. "You're targeting the second child, right?"

"Then her son's age is also suitable. Why didn't you let her son marry her instead of my son?"

Even Xu Li complained about this. Ji Jun stood up from the sofa and said, "Why are you so fussy? If it wasn't for our mother..."

"If it weren't for our mother trying so hard to protect you, you would have died a long time ago in the chaos of war."

Ye Minshu continued, "I've heard it for more than 20 years, I can recite it by heart. Yes, in order to protect you, she lost her six-month-old baby and was injured. It took another ten years before she had her second child. But even if they are not your biological children, you don't have to be so biased..."

"Shut up!"

These words completely touched Ji Jun's heart. He kicked the tea table in front of him away and raised his hand with a clanging sound.