Chapter 10: The Ji Family Has Arrived

Zhang Shu glanced back and saw them fleeing even faster.

He immediately dashed back to his room, closed the door, and kindly reassured the two of them, “I didn’t see anything! I have a stomachache, so I’m going to rest in my room for a while!”

Fu Ningli and Chi Mu exchanged glances.

Fu Ningli spoke up, “You didn’t close the door.”

Chi Mu chuckled, “Neither did you.”

After a pause, she continued, “Your leg injury has lasted too long. If you want to stand on it again, you need acupuncture for forty-nine consecutive days. Starting tomorrow, I’ll come every night at eight. Does that work for you?”

“No problem.”

Chi Mu stood, grabbed a blanket, and covered Fu Ningli’s leg. “From now on, leave undressing to Zhang Shu. After I leave, make sure you explain everything clearly to him.”

As Chi Mu was about to leave, Fu Ningli walked her to the door. “Message me when you get home.”

“Okay.”

...

Chi Mu has been out early and home late these days.

She hasn’t run into anyone from the Chi family.

Today, due to her period, she got up near nine o’clock.

Descending the stairs, she saw Chi Zhen’er fiddling with her luxury car keys, boasting, “Dad bought me another car. What a hassle! Which one should I drive today? Sister, help me choose?”

Chi Mu walked past her. “I remember you failed your third driving test again. Your dad is really good to you, trying to get you a government job.”

“Hmph! You’re just jealous!”

Chi Zhen’er lifted her head proudly like a crowing rooster. “So what if you passed your license test? You don’t even have a car. If you’d be sensible and flatter me, maybe I’d lend you one.”

Chi Mu poured herself a glass of water and looked up at her. “Did your front teeth stop leaking air?”

Chi Zhen’er choked on her words. “Chi Mu, don’t be so smug. Mom hired the best dentist in Haishi for me. My front teeth have been reimplanted and are even straighter than before!”

“Oh, congratulations.”

“...”

At that moment, Chen Yao arrived.

Chi Zhen’er immediately wore a concerned expression and greeted him, “Brother-in-law, is your injury healed?”

“Yeah, so I hurried over to see you all!”

Chen Yao had been beaten and wrapped in a burlap sack on the day Chi Mu was discharged from the hospital. He lay in bed for a month before recovering.

Chi Zhen’er felt a warmth in her heart and asked eagerly, “Have they caught the attacker?”

“Not yet, but the police are investigating. Once they find him, I’ll tear him to pieces! Make him understand what happens when he crosses me!”

Chen Yao clenched his jaw and then looked at Chi Mu with a commanding tone, “I’ve extended my studies. The teacher gave me a new project. You need to do another graduation design for me.”

“I’m busy. No time.”

“What could you possibly be busy with? If I can’t graduate, I can’t marry. If you want to marry me, hurry up and finish my thesis!”

Chi Mu shrugged, “Then don’t get married. I’m still young, no rush.”

“What did you say?”

Chen Yao looked as if he couldn’t believe what he’d just heard.

Chi Zhen’er seized the opportunity to fan the flames, “Sister, how can you treat brother-in-law like that? What good comes from him not graduating? If it were me, I would have helped him already!”

“Then go help him.”

“You’re bullying me!”

“?”

Chi Mu waited to see her performance.

Sure enough, Chi Zhen’er wiped her tears and whimpered, “You know I can’t afford school and have no education, yet you want me to help brother-in-law write his university thesis. This is just breaking my heart!”

“If I hadn’t gotten lost, I would have had the best education since childhood, just like you…”

“Then I could help brother-in-law.”

Chen Yao was moved and, in front of Chi Mu, couldn’t help but pull Chi Zhen’er into a hug, “Don’t cry. It’s not your fault.”

Hearing this, Chi Zhen’er cried even harder in his arms.

Chen Yao felt heartbroken, “Zhen’er, didn’t you say you didn’t find any dress you liked for the recognition banquet? I’ve gotten designer Lewin to custom-make a dress for you!”

“Really?” Chi Zhen’er looked up, “The top foreign master Blake’s protégé Lewin?”

“Yes, that’s him!”

“That’s wonderful!”

Chi Zhen’er smiled brightly, then deliberately looked at Chi Mu and emphasized, “Most people can’t even get Lewin to work for them. Brother-in-law is so good to me!”

Yun Sufen, who had been eavesdropping in the corner of the dining room, now stepped out, looking at Chi Mu with reproach, “Our Zhen’er is the best and deserves the best. If she hadn’t gotten lost, she would have been better at school than anyone!”

Chi Mu watched coldly. Today her strength was weak; she decided not to argue with a bunch of fools.

She brewed a cup of brown sugar water and was about to go upstairs when Butler Li’s excited voice came from outside the door, “Madam, Miss, the Ji family has arrived!”

Yun Sufen frowned, seeing Butler Li’s stunned expression, “The Ji family? Which Ji family?”

“The richest family in Haishi, the Ji family!”

“What?! The richest family?!”

“Yes! The eldest young master of the Ji family is here! He said he’s looking for our young lady!”

Seeing the elegant and proud Ji Yuanjing ushered in by Butler Li, Yun Sufen’s eyes widened in excitement, as if she had just seen a walking treasure trove!

She hurriedly dragged Chi Zhen’er from Chen Yao’s side, “Quick, Young Master Ji is here for you!”

Chi Zhen’er nervously tidied her wisps of hair, “Mom, I don’t know him...”

“It’s fine if he knows you. He must have noticed you at some banquet. Zhen’er, when you marry into the richest family, all the socialites in Haishi will envy you!”

Chi Zhen’er’s eyes glowed with shyness and anticipation as she thought about marrying into the richest family and looked at Ji Yuanjing.

Ji Yuanjing walked slowly up and stopped in front of Chi Zhen’er.

Her heart nearly leapt to her throat as she called out in her most charming falsetto, “Young Master Ji~”

“Move.”

“What?”

“You’re blocking me.”

“?”

Chi Zhen’er froze.

Ji Yuanjing didn’t even glance at her. “I said, you’re blocking me. Move.”

Chi Zhen’er’s face immediately flushed crimson.

From coquettish moments ago to sheer embarrassment now.

She stiffly stepped aside and watched as the heir of the richest family approached Chi Mu, then said in a haughty tone, “My grandfather sent me. He said he’ll invite you to the Ji mansion another day.”

With that, he clapped his hands. “Come in!”

A row of men in sunglasses and suits filed in.

Each held a wooden box.

They stood in unison before Chi Mu.

At Ji Yuanjing’s command, all ten wooden boxes opened simultaneously.

Inside were gold, silver, jewels, ten bright red property certificates, keys to ten luxury cars, a box of red bills, and—

“Dragon Scale Grass!”

Chi Mu’s joy was immense, making the brown sugar water in her hand slosh wildly.

Ji Yuanjing smiled, “These are gifts from my grandfather as thanks. As for this Dragon Scale Grass... Ji Yu insisted on coming. He told grandfather you liked it, so grandfather immediately sent someone to find it overnight.”

“He really knows how to take shortcuts.”

Chi Mu was overjoyed, scooping up the wooden box holding the Dragon Scale Grass. “I only want this. Take the rest back.”

“Why?”

“The Tianshan Snow Lotus is the consultation fee; the Dragon Scale Grass is the gift. These two are enough. Taking more would be bad luck.”

Ji Yuanjing was about to persuade her when Chen Yao’s sharp voice interrupted—

“What’s your relationship?! Why is he giving you such an extravagant gift?”