Ji Ke held Xu Fang's arm and quarreled with Ji Jianhua along the way. Ji Yong and his wife watched the fun from the side, and bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time.

Ji Ling also likes the relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, but she doesn't participate in it. She has an old heart hidden in her young body, so she can't be as energetic as Ji Ke.

She didn't think Ji Ke had taken all the glory. Xu Fang followed her husband, but would glance at her eldest daughter from time to time.

Xu Fang didn't think anything of it, but Ji Ke noticed that his mother was absent-minded. After realizing that his mother was paying attention to Ji Ling from time to time, he gradually lost the mood to talk.

"It was so lively just now, why are you suddenly silent?" Ji Yong asked when he saw her suddenly quiet.

Ji Ke shook her head and said sensibly, "My sister is quiet and peaceful, I am the only one who is making noises."

Ji Yong smiled and said, "You also said that you are my elder sister. Of course, an elder sister should be more stable."

Ji Ke laughed, his eyes sparkling, "Mom and Dad, my sister is really amazing. Today, my sister lent money to Chu Jingfei, asked her to write an IOU, and asked Liu Zilie to be the guarantor."

Xu Fang looked directly at Ji Ling behind her and asked, "Didn't I tell you to put the money away?"

Before Ji Ling could speak, Ji Ke helped to explain, "Mom, it's not the 500 yuan that Chen Jingming paid back before, it's the capital that my sister used to do business with Chu Jingfei. She invested 500 and earned 200. My sister only got back 500 yuan, and the profit she earned was given to Chu Jingfei. Chu Jingfei wanted to persuade my sister to do it, but my sister said that mom and dad didn't agree and refused, and finally just lent her the money."

Ji Ling raised her eyebrows, neither interrupting nor rushing to explain, just letting Ji Ke talk.

The more Xu Fang listened, the tighter her brows furrowed. Her beautiful eyes looked ahead in silence, as if she might explode with anger at any time.

Ji Ke blinked her innocent eyes, looked at the silent Xu Fang, then looked at the equally silent Ji Yong, and finally looked at Ji Jianhua for help.

Ji Jianhua glanced at her, looked ahead, and did not give her an answer.

Today, from the factory to dinner, Ji Ke left alone in the end. The facts were there, and Ji Jianhua saw clearly what happened.

Girls are narrow-minded and jealous. They are used to being praised and surrounded by others. If they are suddenly ignored, they will always feel disappointed.

But at this time, the family went to the second uncle's house and everyone was in a good mood. Choosing this time to cause trouble would make people unhappy.

Although he was dissatisfied, Ji Jianhua knew the situation well. His parents were present and he, as the eldest brother, was not there to scold anyone.

He looked at Ji Ling worriedly. Big sister borrowed 500 yuan left and right. How much money did she borrow? As the head of the family, Ji Yong had a good temper. At this time, he showed his expertise. "Xiao Ling is amazing. She knows how to do business and make money. You know that you are young and it is good that you don't get involved in making money. You made mistakes before and you know how to repent. But where did you borrow the 500 yuan? You should return it to the other party after you get it back this time. You lent it out again. Will the friend who lent you money be anxious?"

"Dad, Qian Xiangqian lent it to me. I'll tell him in person when we get home, and he won't say anything." Ji Ling smiled, "I originally wanted to pay the money back after I got it back today, but Chu Jingfei was in a bad mood on the way back. She kept pulling me when she was arguing with Liu Zilie, and I was almost hit by a carriage when I was struggling. Fortunately, someone rescued me. Chu Jingfei was scared to death and kept blaming herself. I thought it was not a small matter, so I teased her and said that I lent her the money as capital, so that I could fool around with the incident of being hit by the carriage."

"Hit by a carriage? What happened?" Ji Yong asked seriously, "Study it carefully again."

Ji Ke opened his mouth and said, "It's Chu"

"Xiao Ke, listen to your sister." Ji Yong looked at his little daughter seriously.

Ji Ke was slightly stunned and pursed his lips.

Everyone in the family was paying attention to the incident where Ji Ling was almost hit by a carriage, and no one paid attention to Ji Ke. After hearing what Ji Ling had learned, Ji Jianhua was very angry, but he was always calm. He looked at Ji Ling reproachfully and didn't say anything else.

Ji Yong narrowed his eyes. "Whether it was an accident or not, you should be on guard against others. Stay away from Chu Jingfei in the future. As for the money she owes you, just go to college and I will help you get it back when the time comes."

Ji Ling smiled and took out the IOU from her pocket. "Dad, the repayment date is the end of December. If you don't pay it back by the deadline, you will have to pay double the amount. Don't make a mistake."

"After December, it will be the new year. There is no such thing as owing a debt for two years." Ji Ling would never say that she was playing the long game to catch Chu Jingfei.

"The interest is a bit higher, right?" Xu Fang frowned.

"It's clearly written above. If she still borrows it, it has nothing to do with us. We are not blackmailing her." Ji Yong didn't like Chu Jingfei very much because of the incident in which he almost caused his daughter to be hit by a carriage.

Charging her a little more interest would be a bargain for her.

Fortunately, Ji Ling was okay, otherwise he would never let her go so easily.

His daughter's words were simple, but Ji Yong could see the real meaning. It was obvious that Chu Jingfei had bad intentions and was deliberately doing bad things. How vicious it must be for two young girls to get so bad as to hurt others.

Xu Fang had the same idea in her mind. The couple looked at each other and tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again.

Ji Yong put away the IOU, and the family of five also went to Ji Xin's house.

Everyone in the family was there, except for Old Mrs. Ji, whose face immediately fell when she saw the visitor, without any attempt to conceal her feelings.

Xu Fang raised the corners of her mouth and followed Ji Yong in calling out "Mom and Dad". Then she was pulled by her sister-in-law Li Songlan to sit on the sofa in front of the window.

"I heard from Ping An that Xiaoling is the top scorer in the college entrance examination in our province?"

"That's right. Who knows how this child did in the exam? I was shocked when I found out. I even misunderstood it at the time, so I went to the school to ask again in detail."

"Oh, this is excellent." Li Songlan praised and called Ji Ling over, then pulled Ji Ling over and praised her again. Fortunately, Ji Jianhua asked her to go to the west room in the end and she was relieved.

The adults were talking in the east room, and the children moved to the west room.

Ji Pingshun and Ji Ke had a good relationship. They were sitting under the window, talking to each other secretly, and halfway through their conversation, Ji Pingshun turned around and glared at Ji Ling.

Although the two brothers are twins, Ji Pingan was born only a few minutes older than his younger brother, but he is very calm. He sits and talks with Ji Jianhua, and when he sees Ji Pingshun's behavior, he apologizes to Ji Ling on his behalf.

Ji Ling responded with a smile and said nothing more.

In the east room, however, the atmosphere was very bad.

Xu Fang glared at Old Mrs. Ji. Ji Yong was pulling her hard. Ji Yong stood in front of his wife and looked at Old Mrs. Ji with disappointment.

Old man Ji was smoking a pipe, as if he saw nothing and didn't even blink.

Ji Xin also had a serious look on his face.

Li Songlan advised, "Mom, you are going to make my sister-in-law resent me for the rest of her life. How can you have such an idea to harm your own child?"

After complaining about her mother-in-law, she advised Xu Fang, "Sister-in-law, calm down first. I really didn't know about this. I was also shocked when mom said it just now. Don't worry, that's mom's idea. Don't you know what Ji Xin and I are like? Xiaoling took the college entrance exam herself, and she should go to college. There is no reason to let her cousin take her place. Mom doesn't understand these things, but don't we? This is against the law, sister-in-law, please don't take it seriously."

(End of this chapter)