Chapter 186 A Sudden Surprise!
Ji Tanyuan was surprised that her father would come to her house, and that he would come alone.
He stood alone outside the door, still wearing his usual three-piece suit, looking as refined as ever.
Even in middle age, he maintains an upright posture.
However, there were wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and gray hairs at his temples.
Ji Qing also looked at Ji Tanyuan. Ji Tanyuan's hair was messy, and she looked up at him, overlapping with the girl from more than ten years ago.
At that time, Ji Tanyuan was sent abroad to study with a sense of bewilderment and reluctance.
Ji Tanyuan now appeared calm and at ease.
Ji Qing then looked at her stomach and sighed again.
He patted her head and said, "Why were you so impulsive?"
Ji Tanyuan: "What did I do?"
Ji Qing asked:
"If that's the case, then why did you get a divorce?"
Ji Tanyuan made way for her father to enter and bent down to get him slippers, but Ji Qing stopped her, saying, "Don't move, I'll do it."
Then he bent down to get his slippers himself.
Ji Tanyuan didn't find it strange, so she stood up and answered:
"What do you think? I didn't want to stay in Yanjing anymore, and I didn't want to cooperate with the Zhong family anymore, so I ended the marriage alliance. You knew all that."
Ji Qing entered the room and looked around: "Where's the nanny?"
"They haven't arrived yet."
Ji Qing frowned: "The nanny doesn't live in? Who will take care of you? Can you manage on your own?"
Ji Tanyuan replied matter-of-factly, "Zhong Yan."
Ji Qing glanced at her, thinking that Ji Tanyuan would say that she could manage on her own.
Unexpectedly, the words "Zhong Yan" came out so naturally and naturally.
Where is Zhong Yan?
"You've gone to work."
Ji Qing took a deep breath. "And now? No nanny, no Zhong Yan, you're all alone at home?"
"And there's the puppy too, the nanny will come at noon."
Ji Tanyuan felt that her father was acting strangely today. She smoothed her long hair, feeling a little uncomfortable. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You like it that much?"
Ji Tanyuan exclaimed, "I do like it."
Ji Qing frowned: "What's so good about him?"
"That's an interesting point. How could I like him if he wasn't good?"
Ji Tanyuan pouted and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Ji Qing choked, genuinely unhappy. He wanted Ji Tanyuan to stop relying on him so much and learn to stand on her own, but that was at work; in private, the father-daughter bond still needed to be there.
"Have you forgotten your father now that you have a husband? Are you starting to dislike me?"
Ji Tanyuan got up to pour water, and Ji Qing frowned and followed her: "I'll do it. In your current condition, it's best to find someone to stay with you and take care of you 24 hours a day."
Ji Tanyuan immediately understood, "You don't think I'm pregnant, do you?"
Ji Qing put down his water glass and asked, "You're not pregnant?"
Ji Tanyuan was about to blurt out that she wasn't pregnant when she suddenly stopped and asked, "What would happen if I were pregnant?"
“I respect your choice. You can have the baby if you want, but you’d better clarify the issue of custody with Zhong Yan. That’s the most important thing.”
Ji Tanyuan nodded, "I thought you were unwilling."
"I really don't want to."
Ji Tanyuan had only nodded halfway when she heard her father say this.
"Why? You're not satisfied with Zhong Yan? But you said back then that he was very good."
Ji Qing felt inexplicably guilty when this was mentioned, because he had indeed said a few things against his conscience to put Ji Tanyuan at ease.
This triggered a sense of guilt, causing Ji Qing to abandon his original purpose for coming.
His voice was gentle: "Judging from your reply, you're probably not pregnant. That's good. Focus on your work. You're still young, there's no rush these next few years."
What if he doesn't like Zhongyan anymore in the next few years?
Ji Qing then added:
"I will accompany your mother on a temporary stay later, and you will act as the chairman."
What a pleasant surprise!
However, she asked tentatively, "Won't my mother's condition worsen if you accompany her on a long-distance trip?"
"If that's the case, you should just continue going to work."
Ji Qing: "..."
Ji Tanyuan: "Don't glare at me, I'm just telling the truth."
Ji Qing took a sip of water, stood up, and said, "It's settled then. I'll have Kong Xun work with you for a while to hand over the responsibilities. Be prepared, and if the board of directors has any objections, you can handle them yourself."
Ji Tanyuan: "..."
As Ji Qing was leaving, he looked down at his daughter and ruffled her hair. Ji Tanyuan's hair was already thick and long, and when he ruffled it like that, it looked like a cat with its fur standing on end.
Ji Qing suppressed all the contradictions and sorrows in his heart and only said one sentence:
"Huanghuang, don't forget your surname is Ji."
So annoying!
Ji Tanyuan was just starting to feel warm and cozy when this sentence completely shattered her mood.
She brushed her father's hand away, saying, "If you keep doing this, I'll change my surname to Sheng right now."
Ji Qing withdrew his hand and turned to leave.
"Don't forget to clarify."
After Ji Qing left, Ji Tanyuan called Lan Fengsheng and told him to quickly clarify things with the group of people from last night.
However, some people still used this news to curry favor with the Zhong family.
The main problem is that things haven't been peaceful in Shanghai lately. To be precise, things haven't been peaceful in the Shen family, which has caused other families associated with the Shen family to feel a sense of crisis.
At this point, one would naturally move a few steps to lessen the blame should the matter be settled later.
The Zhong family is one way behind closed doors, but a completely different way when they're out in the world of fame and fortune.
The feigned ignorance, despotism, and greed at home do not affect the shrewdness, insight, and human nature-disguising persona outside.
Zhong Fangqi may be helpless when faced with her rebellious youngest son, but when it comes to her career, she is decisive and ruthless.
In less than six months, the decision to transfer Shen Qinglin to the central government was postponed again and again, and Zhong Fangqi was able to successfully prevent the problem from happening.
Therefore, some opportunists began to gravitate towards the Zhong family.
Zhong Fangqi was genuinely surprised when he heard the news.
Those who are not divorced cannot conceive, while those who are divorced can conceive.
When he spoke to Zhou Yanyu, she replied slowly and deliberately, "Do you think that's possible? Would the child call you grandpa?"
“They’re divorced, and Zhong Yan hardly calls you father anymore. You still dream of being a grandfather.”
Zhong Fangqi frowned: "What are you saying?"
"What if it's true? That would ease the pressure on Ah Jing's family."
When Zhou Yanyu called Zhong Yan to confirm, she received a negative answer.
Zhou Yanyu frowned: "You two have no plans to remarry?"
Zhong Yan was in a good mood and was still working on that 5,000-word self-criticism in the office. If she treated the self-criticism like a love letter, she would have an endless amount of words to write.
As he wrote, he replied, "What remarriage? I don't want my wife to go back to the Zhong family and be tortured again."
“We’re doing fine now, Mom, so don’t worry about us. Even if we had children, you wouldn’t need to raise them. You’d only spoil them.”
"Just take good care of your older brother, just like before. Don't worry about me. That's the best thing for me."
That's really awful.
Zhong Fangqi felt that she was not far from menopause.
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