Chapter 890 - Only A Matter Of Time (1/2)

Lunch passed with ease, leaving Lu Tian to drive Yue Ling back to De L'amour. As the couple went on to finish their work at Imperial Military Hospital, Ji Jingxu stood inside the private room with his head down.

He stares at the floor with unblinking eyes. He couldn't remember how he got here.

He could only remember staring down at a bloody Deng Xian before three teachers pulled him away, and he noticed Zhuang Li.

Before he could ask how his friend arrived at the library, time seemed to have sped up, and he was already at the hospital.

”Jingxu, are you listening to me?!!”

Grandfather Ji's voice thundered inside the room, and he lifted his head to look at the old man.

He could tell from a glance that the old man was angry. However, knowing he was in the wrong for fighting, he nods his head instead of arguing back.

”Yes, sir.”

Grandfather Ji was indeed fuming with anger. He had just finished getting his blood drawn when he received a phone call from Ji Jingxu's school.

He thought something had befallen his grandson and answered the call, but to his surprise, Ji Jingxu had got into a fight.

When he heard the principal's words, he wanted to storm into the school and find out the reason. However, with his condition and Doctor Dong's eyes on him, he could only send his assistant, Zhong Yang.

He stares at his grandson, and the burning rage inside him deflated.

Ji Jingxu stood in front of him with a calm posture, but the boy's cheek was bruised and injured on the forehead.

He inhales a deep breath then exhales.

”Why did you get into a fight? Were you being bullied at school?”

Ji Jingxu averts his eyes from the old man. He thinks about how to answer when Grandfather Ji's words sound again.

”Why didn't you tell Ah Ling or me?”

Grandfather Ji felt a sense of pain crawl inside him the more he looks at Ji Jingxu. He admits he may have been tough on the boy, but he cares deeply for him.

He never once thought Ji Jingxu was being bullied at school because he (Ji Jingxu) never once showed any signs. If he had known, he would have stepped in and stopped the bullying.

However, he only found out because Zhuang Li was involved in the fight, and Zhuang Xie Li had told him.

”Were we so undependable that you didn't want to tell us?”

Ji Jingxu looked at the old man when he heard those heart-piercing words. His chest tightens, and he clenches his fists to suppress his inner feelings.

He squeezes his eyes shut but, unable to hold in his feelings, drops onto his knees.

”I didn't want to trouble neither you nor Jie.”

His eyes gradually open, and he stares at the floor in front of him.

”You both are always doing so much for me and put me first. I thought that by making this my problem, I won't be a burden to you or Jie.”

Grandfather Ji was agonized to hear his grandson. He slowly gets down from the hospital bed and walks over to the boy.

He doesn't help Ji Jingxu up, but instead, he lowers himself to his knees.

”Jingxu…”

His arms raise, and he places his palms on either side of the boy's shoulders.

”Listen to me. No matter where you go or what you do, Ah Ling and I are always on your side.”

He pauses for a second before continuing.

”Whatever trouble comes your way or you get into, we will never abandon you.”

The corners of his lips tremble a smile as he wanted to hold back the pain circulating inside him for Ji Jingxu.

”You are my grandson and Ah Ling's brother. You are a member of my Ji family. Your troubles are our trouble. Your enemies are our enemies. Never will you be a burden.”

Ji Jingxu slowly raises his head to look at his grandfather. His vision blur from tears as his lower lips tremble before choking a sob.

”Why should I be in the wrong for hitting him? He deserves it….”

Unable to hold in the torrent feelings as he did during the fight, he joined the dark clouds over Imperial. It was as if his tears had become the rain pouring outside.

”He said you should die….”

Grandfather Ji's eyes slightly widened when he heard why Ji Jingxu had fought Deng Xian. However, seeing the boy in such a vulnerable state, he puts his arms around his grandson's trembling body.

”It's alright, Jingxu.”

He gently pats the boy's back as if to soothe away the sadness that had taken over Ji Jingxu.