Ji Chu paused slightly. "Why are you here?"
Zhou Yun turned around, her tone indifferent, "What's it to you?"
"Xiaoyun, are you still angry with me about what happened in the capital?"
His tone carried a gentleness that he himself was unaware of.
Ji Chu stared intently at her, speaking in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"Oh? Mr. Ji is apologizing on behalf of Zhou Jin now?" The girl smiled and gave Ji Chu a meaningful look before her gaze returned to Zhou Jin.
"What?" He regretted it now, thinking about the hurtful things he had said to Zhou Yun in the exhibition hall.
"Didn't Miss Zhou tell you about my time in the capital?" Zhou Yun sneered.
Sitting on the bed, Zhou Jin clenched her fists, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears when Ji Chu looked back at her.
“Xiaoyun, it wasn’t my intention to faint at the exhibition that day. If you’re still upset that I left Brother Ji Chu at the exhibition to take care of me, I apologize to you.”
“I thought Mr. Song was your friend, and that he would take good care of you.”
Zhou Jin wiped away her tears, looking pitiful.
This is yet another accusation that she has monopolized Ji Chu and is still having an ambiguous relationship with Song Heng.
Zhou Yun smiled and watched her perform quietly.
Ji Chu's eyes turned cold. "Xiao Yun, I told you not to associate with Song Heng. People like him are dangerous."
"Oh? I remember Mr. Ji and Miss Zhou are already engaged. You were my brother-in-law before, so now... do I need to report to my former brother-in-law about who I associate with?"
Ji Chu frowned slightly. Indeed, what qualifications did he have?
But when he thought of the affectionate look in Song Heng's eyes in the photo, he couldn't stand idly by. She and Ji Meng had been friends for many years, and she was practically his younger sister. "Even if it's just because we grew up together, I have the right to tell you what to do."
Zhou Yun walked up to Ji Chu. Her eyes were clear and bright, but the joy and love she used to feel when she saw him were gone.
She grabbed his shirt collar with both hands, tiptoed, and whispered her luscious red lips into his ear. The distance between them was so close that it was almost intimate, and they could clearly hear each other breathing.
"Mr. Ji, I don't go back to an old flame. Because... it's disgusting."
The girl clinging to him exuded a delicate fragrance.
When he heard her words, Ji Chu choked up, feeling as if something sharp had pierced his heart.
Staring at the two's ambiguous posture, Zhou Jin's eyes revealed undisguised resentment and venom.
Why wasn't she killed at the banquet that night?
Lu Jin frowned unhappily, but lowered her voice because Ji Chu was still there, "Xiao Yun, don't blame Xiao Jin. You know her current condition. If it weren't for Xiao Ji, she might already be..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Jin covered her face and began to sob softly.
Zhou Yun smiled faintly, "Isn't it because of my kidney?"
Lu Jin: ...
"With Mr. Ji's medical skills, without my kidney, your daughter would probably be dead by now."
The sound wasn't loud, but it could echo throughout the entire ward.
"You! Xiaoyun, the Zhou family has raised you with such care and love all these years. How could you say such a thing about our daughter?" Lu Jin covered her face and wiped away her tears.
“Mom…” Zhou Jin tightened her grip on the quilt and turned to look at Zhou Yun. “Xiao Yun, Mom may have neglected you during this time, but we are still a family. She treats you like her own daughter. Please don’t hurt Mom anymore.”
"Worked so hard? As a family?" Zhou Yun's eyes were sharp.
"You probably don't even know why the Zhou family adopted me, do you?"
"Grandpa Zhou wanted Zhou Yuntao to adopt me, but you two were vehemently opposed. If it hadn't been for the discovery that my kidney was a match for your daughter, I probably wouldn't have a good mother like you!"
Zhou Yun walked to Lu Jin's side, leaned down, and chuckled softly, "Good mother, if I weren't capable of saving the company, wouldn't you two have killed me long ago to save your daughter's life after Grandpa Zhou passed away?"
"You! You unfilial daughter, what sins have I committed..." Lu Jin's face turned pale and then she began to sob.
How did she know about this? When Master Zhou was alive, he protected Zhou Yun and prevented them from taking action.
Originally, they planned to eliminate her by staging an accident after Old Master Zhou passed away, but unexpectedly, she successfully took over the family business and gradually turned the nearly bankrupt company into a listed company, so the assassination plan had to be shelved.
"Enough!" Ji Chu said, his face darkening as he looked at Lu Jin.
"Xiao Jin needs to rest now. If you have something to say, then say it. Don't put on a show here."
The room fell silent instantly.
Zhou Jin looked at Ji Chu in disbelief, her eyes filled with grievance. "Brother Ji Chu, I'm sorry. I was the one who brought Xiao Yun back. I'm so sorry that things have turned out like this..."
In the past, no matter how Zhou Jin acted coquettishly towards him, he regarded it as the unreasonable behavior of a little girl, just like Ji Meng, and he could tolerate it.
But hearing Zhou Jin's weak and coquettish apology today, Ji Chu felt a surge of impatience.
"Xiaoyun, no matter what the Zhou family is wrong, let's settle it privately. Don't make a scene here. The patient needs rest."
Zhou Yun narrowed her eyes and looked at Zhou Jin, "Who gave you the audacity to touch me? Who changed the guest list for the banquet on behalf of the Ji Group that night? You should know how I was drugged at the banquet."
“Zhou Jin, let me make this clear today: when Grandpa Zhou was alive, I was a member of your Zhou family, and out of respect for him, I gave you everything that belonged to you. But don’t forget, I can lift up the Zhou family, and I can also destroy you.”
"Don't forget, if I hadn't been love-struck and my ex-boyfriend hadn't begged me, I wouldn't have agreed to give you that thing in your belly. Otherwise, you would have died on the operating table long ago."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jin's already pale face turned even more bloodless, while Lu Jin covered her mouth and stared at Zhou Yun in shock.
In recent years, Zhou Yun has managed the company for them. She is decisive and efficient in her work outside, but at home she has always been submissive and has never argued with her family.
Zhou Yun's actions today have made them question what kind of person their daughter, whom they have raised for so many years, really is.
Zhou Jin covered her red, swollen eyes, her eyes filled with resentment and venom, wishing she could tear Zhou Yun to pieces immediately.
But she can't, at least not yet.
Just when the situation became awkward.
"You come out here!" Ji Chu suddenly grabbed Zhou Yun's hand and led her to the next room.
In the dimly lit room, Ji Chu pinned Zhou Yun against the wall.
Zhou Yun struggled to free her wrists, but the other person's size and strength made her struggle futile.
They were so close they could feel each other's breath. "Xiao Yun," a deep voice whispered in her ear.
"I miss you."
Zhou Yun stiffened her back and leaned firmly against the wall, afraid that Ji Chu would do something inappropriate.
He leaned down and rested his head on her shoulder, his gentle breath occasionally burning against her neck.
Zhou Yun pushed him away in annoyance, turned her head to the other side, curled her neck, and tried to stay as far away from him as possible.
“Mr. Ji, please have some self-respect. If Miss Zhou knew that you did this to another woman next door, she would be furious.”
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