Ji Yong, however, took his family to the largest restaurant in Bei County.

"Since we're out, just eat outside before going back." Ji Yong was open-minded. Although he didn't look very well, his emotions were very stable.

Ji Ling said, "Then I'll have to order more. It's rare that you treat us, Dad."

Ji Jianhua suggested, "The dishes here are all good. This is a restaurant run by an old chef from the cafeteria."

Wang Sanmei also recommended some delicious dishes.

The three children gathered together happily, and Xu Fang held her husband's hand under the table to comfort him.

"Dad didn't want to see chaos at home, so he let them do it." Xu Fang didn't say anything nice.

My father-in-law has always been very fair. He even treats Ji Ling, who is not his biological daughter, as if she were his own.

Xu Fang was a little confused at first about his sudden abnormal behavior, but now that he has calmed down, he has figured it out.

"Your mother is noisy, and your sister-in-law is unforgiving. I'm afraid she's been saying bad things about us in front of your mother every day. Now that they've married a new daughter-in-law, your father doesn't want to make trouble anymore, so he's on their side. It's better for us now that we're done."

Ji Yong froze in shock.

"Think about it carefully, isn't this the truth? Father-in-law is the most reasonable, so don't be sad."

Ji Yong sighed.

Perhaps it was because of his wife's guidance, or perhaps he had let it go and felt better. The family had a lively meal, and it seemed as if the trip to Ji Xin's house had never happened.

In the afternoon, Ji Yong and his wife returned to the store. Ji Jianhua and his wife took Ji Ling out to see a movie. Qian Xiangqian and Zheng Shi were waiting there early.

Seeing the three people coming, Zheng Shi raised the movie ticket in his hand and said, "It's about to start. Let's go in."

Ji Jianhua and his wife walked in front, followed by Zheng Shi and Qian Xiangqian behind.

When they were about to go in, Ji Ling went to the bathroom.

Coincidentally, I met Ji Ke and Xiang Yu in the restroom.

Ji Ling didn't know Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu remembered Ji Ling.

When she was in Bei County, Ji Ling was always surrounded by many boys, and she was like a proud peacock.

Especially since she was Ji Ke's classmate. Once when she came to Ji's house to deliver a letter, Ji Ling asked her sarcastically if she was Ji Ke's lackey.

Xiang Yu knew that Ji Ling must have forgotten, but she always remembered it.

Ji Ling didn't intend to pay any attention to the two of them and walked straight in.

Xiang Yu glanced at Ji Ke and raised his chin.

Ji Ke didn't understand, and Xiang Yu couldn't wait, so he had to rush in by himself. After confirming where Ji Ling was, he took the mop and locked the door from the outside.

When Ji Ling heard the noise and pushed the door, the door could no longer be opened.

"Jike, is this fun? You'd better open the door."

Outside, Xiang Yu ran out and pulled Ji Ke away.

Ji Ke only had time to hear Ji Ling speak, but had no idea what Ji Ling meant.

She walked out of the cinema and told Yu Cai what she had done.

Ji Ke laughed, "You can even think of this, are you an elementary school student?"

"It doesn't matter whether you are an elementary school student or not. What matters is that I can disgust Ji Ling and help you vent your anger. I will be happy."

Ji Ke was not fooled by her words. "Okay, ask Zhong Jiwen to come over. I want to talk to him in person."

Xiang Yu wanted to play dumb, but when he saw that Ji Ke had already left, he thought about it and finally agreed.

Qian Xiangqian was waiting for someone at the cinema but no one showed up. Just when he was about to ask someone to go into the women's restroom to check, he saw Ji Ling limping out.

Qian Xiangqian took a few quick steps to support the man.

Ji Ling told Ji Ke about being locked inside. "I kicked the door open to get out, and the door frame scraped my foot."

Qian Xiangqian squatted down, rolled up her trouser legs, and then saw a palm-sized cut on Bai Xi's leg, with blood on it.

"No wonder it hurts, it turns out you got cut. It's okay, let's go watch a movie first and deal with it when we come out."

Qian Xiangqian stood up and looked at Ji Ling.

"What's wrong?"

Qian Xiangqian didn't say anything, but just picked her up like a princess.

Everything happened so fast that Ji Ling only had time to hug his neck before being carried out of the cinema and towards the car.

"I'm really fine." Sitting in the car, Ji Ling looked at Qian Xiangqian's tense face, "Don't worry, it's just a scratch."

"Go deal with it first."

After that, no matter what Ren Jiling said, he stopped talking.

Even after registering at the hospital and having her wounds treated and returning to the car, Ji Ling still felt the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

"Ji Ling, why can't you take good care of yourself? Do you remember how long it has been since you had the surgery?" Qian Xiangqian looked at Ji Ling with a serious expression he had never had before.

This made Ji Ling feel like a primary school student being criticized by her teacher.

Ji Ling nodded in agreement, "Remember, I will never do this again."

"Xiaoling." Qian Xiangqian had a headache. "Can you take care of yourself?"

Ji Ling nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, I'll take you home." Qian Xiangqian started the car, "I'll settle the score with Ji Ke later."

"She's not at home." Ji Ling reminded kindly.

"It's convenient to find someone in Bei County." Qian Xiangqian was not worried about this.

Ji Ling was amused by his tone, "What a domineering CEO."

Qian Xiangqian didn't understand what she was saying at all. "Just stay at home and take care of yourself these few days. Don't take it lightly. If you don't take care of your own body, who will?"

Looking at Qian Xiangqian's serious expression, Ji Ling couldn't laugh anymore.

Her good friend cared about her, but she treated it as a joke. She is quite heartless.

And she is such a heartless person, always enjoying their kindness without having to do anything in return.

"Qian Xiangqian, you are not young anymore, it's time to get married. Don't wait for me, I'm not worth it."

"Who said I was waiting for you? Don't flatter yourself."

"Yo, you either don't speak or you scold me when you speak. No wonder you can't have a girlfriend. Your mouth is so foul."

Qian Xiangqian smiled and said, "If you can't find anything better, I'll keep an eye on you every day from now on."

Ji Ling was amused.

She leaned her head against the car door and looked out the window. "Think about it, it's not easy to live this life. We cling to empty things and live only for money and love. But when we get old, what will we have if we leave all these behind?"

"That's why you should be kind to yourself. All the forgiveness and tolerance in the world comes at the cost of torturing yourself. So let yourself go and enjoy life. As for the obsessions that you can't let go of, let time deal with them."

"Instead of leaving it to time, I think obsession and reluctance are spineless and afraid of losing." Ji Ling blinked, "I'm afraid of loneliness, too. I'm that kind of person. After getting married, I'm very dependent on Zhu Weidong mentally. Even if he's not at home or around, I always feel like I have a man to rely on. So when I lose something, I lose motivation and don't know what to do. I'm very confused."

"What people need to learn to let go of is to forgive others' kindness and to forgive themselves." (End of this chapter)