Chapter 142 Extra if line (7)

After Ji Chi left, Ran Ran did not react much.

But Ji Min clearly felt that the child still took Ji Chi's words to heart.

Although the child had no memories of the past.

But he had slowly understood the meaning of the two words "orphan" and "home".

Ji Min saw it, but didn't know how to comfort him.

A few days later.

A relative from the side branch came over, and the Ji family was lively for several days in a row.

Ji Min happened to take the child to relax.

When he left, Ji Min realized that he was wrong.

He often came to such occasions and listened to some elders talking about business news, and he listened with relish.

But the child was obviously not interested in these things.

He did not make a fuss.

He sat beside Ji Min and peeled pine nuts slowly.

He did not eat them after peeling them, but just gathered them aside.

When he gathered them into a small handful, he gave half to Ji Min.

Ji Min was listening attentively, and a handful of pine nuts was stuffed into his hand, which brought him back to his senses.

He looked down and saw that the child's fingers were all red from peeling.

An elder beside him also saw this scene and praised: "This child is obedient."

Ji Min smiled, and in the child's expectant eyes, he ate the pine nuts in his hand in one bite.

At this time, the people at the table talked about the ownership of a recent project:

"I didn't expect that the Li family would get it."

"Yes." Someone echoed, "This project is the area that Shen's excels in, right?"

At this time, Ji Min, who was sitting at the table, was pinching Ranran's fingers and asked:

"Isn't it a bit boring?"

The child shook his head and nodded.

The conversation at the table continued.

"That's because the old man of the Shen family is sick, and his son..."

The person who spoke shook his head and sighed, and his attitude was evident in his words.

Someone asked in surprise: "Shen Hanshan has been ill for a while, right?"

"This time... It looks like it's really hanging. I don't know what Shen's will become in the future."

Ji Min listened to it, but didn't care much.

He is more concerned about the child's recent performance.

Since Ji Chi left last time, Ran Ran's usual mischievous behavior has been restrained.

He hasn't caught bugs for a few days.

Someone else at the table asked:

"But it shouldn't be like this. Mr. Shen is only just over 60, right?"

"He said he has a basic disease. He worked hard when he was young, but now he can't stand it anymore."

At this point, everyone at the table sighed with regret.

The child at the table tilted his head, with pure confusion in his eyes.

Ji Min held the child's hand and whispered, "Brother will accompany you to pick lotus buds, okay?"

Hearing this, the child's eyes lit up.

We just passed a pond with large lotus leaves and lotus flowers still blooming.

Ji Min caught the child's expression and picked him up directly.

The main hall for receiving guests was extremely lively.

The side courtyard was extremely quiet.

Ji Chi walked past the door of the main courtyard, poked his head in for a look, then stepped out and paced anxiously to the far side.

Since Ji Min spoke that day, Ji Chi went to find Ji Min several times, but was turned away every time.

This matter gradually spread, and Ji Chi always felt that other people in the Ji family also neglected him and his mother.

Ji Chi was a little irritable and a little panicked.

Ji Chi knew from a young age that as an illegitimate child, his relationship with Ji Min should not be too good.

It was because their father was too inhuman.

Therefore, he, an illegitimate son who has a blood relationship with Ji Min, can catch Ji Min's eye.

No matter how outstanding Ji Min is, he will also yearn for family affection.

Ji Chi is very clear about this.

So every time Ji Min is unhappy because of his father's affairs, he will immediately go over to comfort him.

In order to improve his status in Ji Min's heart.

Although many times...

the way Ji Min looks at him always makes Ji Chi feel that Ji Min seems to see through his thoughts.

But then Ji Chi thought that he should think too much.

While pacing anxiously, Ji Chi raised his head and saw a small figure by the pond in the side yard.

The child was squatting by the pond, looking inside.

Ji Chi looked at the child's back with a complicated look.

In fact, he was very jealous of this child.

Although he was lost and had no family, he was so lucky to meet Ji Min. He

was taken back to the Ji family by Ji Min and spoiled as much as possible

. He was educated by his mother since he was a child, and he racked his brains to please Ji Min.

But Ji Min always had a barrier with him and never ate or lived with him.

But this child who was only four years old and knew nothing easily got the treatment he had always dreamed of.

What made Ji Chi even more anxious was that he could feel that since the arrival of this child.

He couldn't even find a chance to comfort Ji Min.

The child was still squatting there, staring at the pond intently, not noticing the person behind him. It

was somewhat dangerous for such a young child to stay by the pond alone.

Ji Chi thought for a while and felt that this was a good opportunity to take credit.

If he took the child back, Ji Min might forgive him.

After making up his mind, Ji Chi walked towards the child.

After walking a few steps, Ji Chi suddenly stopped.

He looked around.

There were no servants passing by.

This was a side yard and there was no surveillance installed.

At this moment, a bold idea came to his mind.

What if... something happened to the child at Ji's house.

According to regulations, the orphanage should take the child away immediately, right?

Ji Chi thought again, he was watching from the side, and nothing serious should happen.

As soon as the child fell in, he immediately called for help.

He just wanted to send the child away, not to kill him.

Ji Chi was a little nervous.

But thinking of his mother's anxious look, he gradually made up his mind.

He walked lightly, walked behind the child step by step, and slowly stretched out his hand.

But Ji Chi's hand had not yet touched the child's back.

The other hand with distinct joints tightly grasped Ji Chi's wrist.

Ji Chi was stunned.

He looked down.

He saw Ji Min with half of his trouser legs wet, holding two lotus buds and a large lotus leaf in his hands, climbing up from the weeds. At

this moment, Ji Chi was stunned.

He thought that Ji Min might have just discovered that the child was missing, or was anxiously looking for the child.

But Ji Chi never thought that

Ji Min, the heir of the Ji family, who was sought after outside, and whom he seemed to be unable to catch up with,

would wade through the water and step on the mud to walk into the pond and pick a few lotus buds with his own hands.

Ji Chi's surprise at Ji Min's action almost overshadowed his panic of being caught.

"What are you doing?" Ji Min asked word by word.

The boy's face was terribly cold.

Ji Min did not expect that someone in the Ji family would dare to attack a child like Ranran.

And the person who did it was Ji Chi, whom he regarded as a relative.

"Brother? Brother, don't get me wrong!"

Ji Chi forced a smile.

He said, "I, I was just afraid that Ranran would fall, so I wanted to come over to remind him."

"Do you believe this yourself?" Ji Min said.

Ji Chi raised his head, and saw in Ji Min's eyes not only a deep coldness, but also a hint of disappointment.

The young man walked up the bank in two steps, pushed Ji Chi away, and picked up the child who didn't know what happened on the bank.

"Get out of Ji's house."

Ji Min's voice was very deep.

Ji Chi was stunned.

Not being allowed to enter Ji Min's yard and getting out of Ji's house are two completely different things.

"No, no, no, brother, I'm your brother. What should I and my mother do if I leave Ji's house?"

"Brother, you can't do this!"

Ji Min sneered: "What does this have to do with me? Go ask your father."

At this time, the housekeeper heard the sound of the argument and ran over.

Ji Min ordered: "From now on, I don't want to see him in Ji's house."

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, but quickly nodded and called the security guard.

"Ji Min!"

Ji Chi could not accept such a result at all, "On what basis! I am also the young master of the Ji family! What basis do you have to arrange me like this?"

Ji Min had a blank expression on his face, holding the child in his arms and walking towards his yard.

His footsteps were heavy.

Every step felt like walking in a cold quagmire.

"Brother?"

The child in his arms called him softly.

Ji Min's throat was so stiff that he could not answer.

At this time, Ji Chi, who had been held down by the security guard, suddenly yelled at him again:

"Ji Min, do you know how your mother died?"

The boy paused and stopped where he was.

"Your mother didn't die of illness at all."

"She died when she was pregnant and went abroad for her honeymoon with another man! When she died, she wasn't thinking about you, but someone else's child in her belly!"

"Do you think your mother cares about you?"

"If she really cared, why would she let me, her illegitimate child, be your playmate?"

Ji Min's lips moved.

Maids and security guards hurried past and cast sympathetic eyes at him.

Ji Min didn't know what to say for a moment.

He didn't know how to respond.

"Do you think you are so great? At least I still have a mother, what do you have?"

Ji Chi continued to shout.

Ji Min was stunned.

Suddenly, he felt a heat in his ears.

A pair of soft little hands gently covered his ears.

Ji Min finally reacted.

He lowered his eyes and heard the child say to him:

"Brother, don't listen, it's all fake."

The child's words were very thin.

But they were inexplicably powerful.

Ji Min took another step.

He held the child in his arms with both hands.

The heavy weight was like the silk string holding the kite.

The warm temperature always pressed on his ears, blocking all the cold words behind him.

Ji Min hugged the child in his arms a little tighter.

He thought, I only have you.

Ji Chi and his mother moved out of Ji's house soon.

Halfway through, Ji Chi came to beg Ji Min again and apologized with tears.

But Ji Min has calmed down.

Even if Ji Chi repeated what he said that day, he didn't feel anything.

It's just that there were many members of the Ji family at that time, and this commotion was another scandal.

But most people didn't dare to mention the gossip of the Ji family.

Two weeks later, it was the 70th birthday banquet of Grandpa Ji's son.

None of the guests who came to the banquet dared to mention this in front of Ji Min.

Everyone tacitly agreed that there had never been a person named Ji Chi in the Ji family. They

were secretly jealous that the heir of the Ji family was so cruel at such a young age.

Although Ji Chi was an illegitimate child, he grew up with Ji Min.

Ji Min actually chased the person away so rudely.

On the day of the birthday banquet.

Ji Min specially styled Ranran and took Ranran to attend.

The child had short arms and legs, and looked particularly cute in a white suit.

The guests present saw it, and whether they were sincere or not, they all laughed and praised him.

Just kidding.

Everyone knew that Ji Chi, who was chased out, was because he offended this child.

After this happened, who dared to neglect him? He

must not be worshipped as an ancestor.

Ji Min took Ranran for a walk in the banquet.

Fearing that the child would feel suffocated by so many people, he took him to the yard.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he happened to meet someone from the Gu family who came to congratulate him.

Grandpa Gu was talking to Grandpa Ji in the teahouse.

Gu Zhi was strolling around the yard bored.

He looked up and saw Ji Min leading a child. He was surprised and said, "Ran Ran?"

Hearing the familiar name, the child looked towards Gu Zhi and blinked curiously.

Gu Zhi saw a familiar person and immediately ran over and called out again,

"Ran Ran, why are you here too? Is your grandfather here?"

Gu Zhi's voice was very familiar.

Ji Min's brows slowly wrinkled.

Ranran looked at the strange big brother in front of him and corrected him: "Big brother, my name is Ranran, not Ranran, you read it wrong."

Gu Zhi saw the strange look in the child's eyes and said in surprise:

"What's wrong? It's only been a few months since we last met. I am your uncle Gu Zhi." "Uncle

?" The child frowned and thought for a while.

Gu Zhi was surprised that the child also came to the birthday banquet and seemed to be so familiar with the heir of the Ji family.

But when he looked up, he saw that Ji Min's face suddenly became very bad.

The boy frowned and threw out a sentence: "You admitted the wrong name."

After that, he picked up the child and left quickly.