Ji Xiaoxiao's first impression of Ji Feng was that he was a slovenly middle-aged handsome man.
The key point is that he's handsome.
The original owner was so thin and malnourished from being beaten for a long time that the male colleagues in the company could hold their noses and beat her because she was beautiful.
The daughter is beautiful, thanks to her parents.
Beautiful things are always pleasing to the eye, except for Ji Yang.
"I have no money," Ji Xiaoxiao said coldly.
Ji Yang glanced at Ji Xiaoxiao from head to toe. "I don't believe it."
The idea that Ji Xiaoxiao had no money, that she could lie comfortably in a hospital bed instead of sleeping on the street with the sky as her blanket and the ground as her mat, is utter nonsense.
"Whether I have money or not, don't you know?" Ji Xiaoxiao retorted.
The money the original owner worked hard to earn for her child's milk powder was ruthlessly snatched away by Ji Yang like a locust plague, leaving not a single penny for himself, and he went off to drink.
"If you have no money, why are you able to be hospitalized?"
Ji Yang swayed unsteadily. He was burning up, itchy all over, and his throat was parched. He needed help; he needed the strongest liquor. Unfortunately, he had no money, so…
Ji Yang's eyes gleamed with predatory intent.
“I know you have money. You’re like a cunning rabbit with three burrows. You’ve always been like that since you were a child. You must have hidden money, and quite a lot of it. Give it to me right now,” Ji Yang said loudly.
Ji Xiaoxiao shook her head. "Dad, I really don't have any money left."
Although Ji Xiaoxiao was saved, she had lost too much blood, and Ji Yang had been too rough with her. She was lucky to have survived. Plagued by illness and troubled by worries, Ji Xiaoxiao's blood and energy were unstable, her face was pale, and she looked like a recently deceased ghost.
Ji Yang paused, then shouted shamelessly, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it! Ji Feng, give me money! Ji Feng, please give Dad some money! Dad is so thirsty! Dad wants some wine!"
Ji Xiaoxiao frowned. "Dad, I really don't have any money."
"You must be rich."
"I have no money."
"have."
The two argued constantly; he didn't believe her, and she couldn't persuade him.
Hospitals are places that need to be quiet, and Ji Xiaoxiao and her group disturbed the other people in the ward.
"Shh, be quiet," a family member of the patient said.
Ji Xiaoxiao apologized, but Ji Yang ignored her apology and insisted on continuing to cause trouble.
"Girl, is that your dad?" The speaker was an old man.
As a man, the old man looked down on useless men. When facing Ji Yang, the old man didn't even want to use "he," since "he" refers to a man.
Ji Xiaoxiao nodded.
The old man came to take care of his wife, who was dying. She had finally fallen asleep, and he couldn't bear to wake her.
“Daughter, he is still your father. No matter what conflicts exist between you two, you are grown up now, and supporting your father is the right thing to do,” the old man said.
Ji Xiaoxiao nodded weakly and said, "It is what children should do to be filial to their parents, but, sir, it's not that I don't want to give him money, it's that I really don't have any."
The old man and the people in the ward glared angrily at Ji Xiaoxiao. They shared the same thought as Ji Yang: she was able to be hospitalized and lying in a hospital bed, how could she be considered poor?
Ji Xiaoxiao continued, "I've been unemployed for several months. He took all the money I had saved and used it to drink. And I just had a baby, so I can't even afford baby formula."
Ji Yang leaves no room for error in his actions, and the original owner was truly penniless.
“That’s your dad,” someone said.
“I know he’s my dad. If he weren’t, I would have stabbed him to death long ago.” Ji Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth, her hatred running deep, and it didn’t sound like she was lying at all.
As soon as he finished speaking, the ward fell silent.
The patient, who was awake, and his family stared at Ji Xiaoxiao in disbelief. Had this person gone mad? Murder was a crime, but patricide was an even more serious offense.
Ji Xiaoxiao said calmly, "My mother died when I was three years old, and then this man gradually turned into this wretched, inhuman creature."
Ji Xiaoxiao pointed at Ji Yang, who was sitting on the ground. Ji Yang's hair was messy, his clothes were dirty and smelly, his nails were long and black, and his nail crevices were full of black mud and various stains, which made people feel nauseous.
“His beloved died, he was heartbroken, he was despondent, he neglected his work, he drank heavily every day. I understand, I understand all of that. But he had anger and hatred in his heart, but he didn’t dare to vent it on the murderer, so he took it out on me when I was three years old. I’m twenty years old this year. For the past seventeen years, I’ve lived a life of misery and darkness.”
Ji Xiaoxiao rolled up her sleeves, revealing crisscrossing scars—new, old, deep, shallow, layer upon layer.
The people in the ward lowered their heads slightly.
"Because of him, I have been self-reliant since I was a child and worked hard all the way to high school. When the college entrance examination results came out, I scored 678 points, ranking fifth in the province. As the fifth-ranked student in the province, I could have entered any university if I wanted to. However, I didn't dare to think about it because I didn't have the money."
Ji Xiaoxiao was very calm, so calm that it seemed as if she was telling someone else's story.
"After graduating from high school, I started working and unexpectedly got into a big company. Big companies offer high benefits and salaries, and my life became much better because I had money to drink with him. Much better? Hehehe..."
Ji Xiaoxiao shook her head repeatedly, her back becoming more and more hunched, like a helpless woman crushed by the burdens of family and life.
“I was raped by a colleague at work. I reported it to the police, and they deserved it. Two months later, I found out I was pregnant. I decided to have the baby, and then the company fired me, leaving me with no income. Seven months later, when I was about to give birth, he got drunk and started punching and kicking me. I almost…”
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