“Is there a bad guy?”

"No, it's just a female classmate from my old university who also lives in this neighborhood with her son. I don't like her very much and don't want to associate with her."

Xu Fang was relieved, "Okay, don't worry, Mom knows."

Only then did Ji Ling go to the kitchen to cook.

Halfway through the meal, a guest came to the house. It was Rong Junjie, who came with some fruits.

Ji Ling was surprised, "Why are you here?"

"Why can't I come?"

"You haven't gotten off work yet at this time, right?" Ji Ling took the fruit and put it aside, then handed him a pair of slippers for him to change into.

Rong Junjie smiled and said, "Uncle and aunt are here?"

"Junjie is here." Ji Yong came out of the bedroom holding Keai.

After saying hello, Rong Junjie knew that the two elderly people had just arrived today, so he asked Ji Ling why she didn't tell him so that he could treat the uncle and aunt to dinner.

Ji Ling smiled, "My parents don't like eating out, so I'm cooking at home. You came just in time, let's eat here tonight."

When she was working at the unit, Rong Junjie took good care of her and Ji Ling never had any quarrels with him.

Rong Junjie rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll help you."

"It's better not to come in and cause trouble." Ji Ling asked him to talk to his parents.

Rong Junjie started to obey, but he still went into the kitchen halfway through.

Ji Ling saw him come in, then turned back and continued cutting vegetables.

Rong Junjie saw the cucumbers soaking in water, picked up one and started eating, "I heard from Yao Wu that you want to resign?"

"Did you come here after hearing this?"

"I guess so. We haven't met since you took your vacation. You've almost finished your work, so I came to see you since you're not busy anymore."

Ji Ling's hands kept moving, and she kept talking, "If you want to see me, just call me anytime. Do you have to wait until I'm done? It's unethical to talk like that again. As for resigning, you've seen it. I have two children now. I didn't spend much time with them before. Now that so many things have happened, I want to spend more time with them."

"You don't have to resign to accompany your child? Do you know how difficult it is to get into our company? Not long after you came in, you became the section chief, which shows how much your superiors value you. It's just that you had a lot of family matters a few days ago, so your superiors wanted to give you a vacation to rest. It's not that they don't value you."

"You know what's going on. It's useless to lie to me with these words." Ji Ling smiled. "When I was working, they said I was capable, but when something happened, they thought I was not good enough. How can this be justified?"

It would be a lie to say I wasn't heartbroken.

Ji Ling knew how hard she worked, but what did she get in return? She was abandoned just like that. Even a clay man would still have some clay character, and she was still a human being.

Rong Junjie smiled, "You're not pretending anymore? I really thought you didn't care, but it turns out you do care."

"Yeah, why don't you care?"

"Then you also have a trick up your sleeve, don't you? Many of the previous plans were proposed by you. Now that you're leaving, no one can understand. The leaders have talked to me several times, and they all asked me to persuade you to go back. They also said that you were underutilized as a section chief, and they wanted to promote you."

"If you ask me to go back, I will go back. That would be too embarrassing." Ji Ling did not hide the truth from Rong Junjie. "I was thinking of waiting a little longer and talking it over. I have been with the kids these days and I really don't want to go to work. We are friends, so don't try to persuade me. I will submit my resignation in a few days and you can just approve it."

Rong Junjie raised his hands and surrendered, "Well, I can't make the decision on this matter. You are not under my control now. You are so capable, and the higher-ups won't approve it. You should have a good rest, and then come back to work with peace of mind. Promotion is something that others only dream of, why don't you want it?"

"Isn't this a side job?" Ji Ling laughed.

When Rong Junjie's phoenix eyes saw the smile on her face, he also smiled.

In the evening, Rong Junjie accompanied Ji Yong to drink. Ji Ling was worried that Rong Junjie would drive back after drinking so much, so she wanted to drive him back herself.

When they went downstairs, they found that it was raining outside.

"Let me take you there. It's only a few steps away. I'm not that delicate that I'll get sick if I get caught in a little rain."

After hearing this, Rong Junjie simply took off his coat and handed it to Ji Ling, "Put it on."

Ji Ling didn't want to make him worry, so she took the coat and put it on her head. The two of them trotted to the car, got in, and drove away, completely unaware of the figure standing in the dark.

Zhu Weidong was holding some fruits in his hand. He hid in the dark when he saw two figures coming down the corridor.

Then I saw my wife and Rong Junjie walking away chatting and laughing.

I can feel that the two of them get along very well and are very happy with each other.

Zhu Weidong felt empty inside and didn't know how long he had been standing outside, so long that his wife came back and found him.

Ji Ling was holding an umbrella and saw Zhu Weidong standing in the rain. She didn't know how long he had been standing there, but his clothes were all wet.

"Why don't you go in?" Ji Ling called him, ran into the corridor, and then put away her umbrella.

Zhu Weidong followed with some fruit in his hand, "I heard your parents are here, I wanted to come and see them."

"They didn't let you in?"

Zhu Weidong was silent.

Ji Ling said, "Come on, follow me upstairs, I'll talk to my dad."

"No, I didn't go up, I just stood down there for a while." Zhu Weidong began to explain after hearing that his wife had misunderstood.

Ji Ling stopped and looked back, frowning as she sized up Zhu Weidong, "You didn't see me sending Rong Junjie off, and then you just stood there?"

"Um."

Ji Ling didn't know what to say to him, and after a long while she managed to utter, "Then you go standing there."

He left the words and went upstairs angrily.

This person came here to play the victim, but Ji Ling felt really sorry for him when she saw him.

Ji Ling was angry that the other party used this method to make her feel guilty, and she was also angry at herself for being soft-hearted.

Back upstairs, Ji Ling entered the room and left the door open for Zhu Weidong.

The two children were already asleep. Xu Fang came out after hearing the noise. Ji Ling told them to rest, so Xu Fang returned to the guest room.

A few minutes later, Zhu Weidong came in carrying some fruit.

Ji Ling took out a towel and handed it to him, "Wipe it off, and then go home."

After hearing this, Zhu Weidong took the towel and stopped moving.

Ji Ling: She grabbed the towel and said, "Go ahead."

I was afraid that my parents would hear me, so I had to lower my voice when I spoke.

"Damn it." Seeing that his wife was angry, Zhu Weidong quickly admitted his mistake.

Ji Lingcai threw the towel back on him, turned and went into the bedroom, picked up the phone and called Zhu Yaowu.

It was very noisy on Zhu Yaowu's end. He must be playing outside with his friends. After he got through to Ji Ling, he ran outside to talk, and then the other end of the phone became quiet.

"Come and pick up your eldest brother. It's raining outside and he doesn't know the way."