Chapter 100 I Didnst Promise You! (1/2)
The Ji mansion was full of red lanterns and colored lights, and it looked very prosperous. But A Miao still felt that the rooms were cold and icy; just like how she felt about the Xia family.
Seemingly flourishing, but broken down inside.
”Xinglan, A Miao!” Bai Yongwei, dressed in a red cheongsam, greeted them with dignity. ”Your father has been waiting for a long time.”
Shen I and Shen II put down many gift boxes and then walked toward the door like spirits.
”Yo! Did you bring gifts?” Ji Xue glanced at Shen Xinglan slowly. ”It is different to have a woman. In previous years, you came empty-handed.”
After finishing saying that, she casually took a box into the living room.
A Miao pushed Shen Xinglan into the room, while Ji Zeming was sitting on the sofa watching TV.
”Why do you always come until dinner time?” He took off his glasses and stood up. ”Go into the dining room.”
Ji Xue was already sitting at the dining table, turning over the gift box just now. She took out a box of American ginseng, looked at it, and then said with a surprised face, ”Oh my god! This stuff is out of date.”
”Xiaoxue!” Bai Yongwei shot her a glare. ”Don't make fun on the Spring Festival.”
”Look at it!” Ji Xue sent the box forward. ”It's six months past due.”
Bai Yongwei took a look and let out a cry. ”This... is really past due.”
”A Miao, is that how you bought things for my dad?” Ji Xue accused her. ”I think you didn't buy it at all. Where did you pick up all this rubbish to fool people?”
Ji Zeming's face also sank down, but it was reckoned that was due to Shen Xinglan's face not speaking.
”You didn't eat, did you?” Bai Yongwei was worried and asked. ”It's a small matter to bring them to us. If you ate them before, it could be harmful.”
”Mom! She's not stupid. She would not eat it when she knows it's expired.” Ji Xue said gloatingly, ”She gave these to dad on purpose.”
Shen Xinglan gave A Miao some food, beckoned her to eat quickly, and then put down the chopsticks and wiped his mouth. ”Dad is not blind either. Since you saw it, he can see it.”
”Are you still protecting her?” Ji Xue shouted. ”In your eyes, is this woman more important than dad?” As she asked, she noticed Ji Zeming.
Sure enough, Ji Zeming's face got more ugly.
Ji Xue was secretly pleased. ”It's not so easy to marry into my family. Now, dad hates you, too. See how you marry!”
”I chose these things.” Shen Xinglan glanced at her and turned to Ji Zeming. ”They were all sent to me by others. I didn't eat them and they piled up in the storeroom, so I brought it all to you.”
Ji Zeming's face looked a little better. ”Yes, you are too busy to remember when they were delivered. Later on, I will ask the help to check. Keep the good ones and the expired food should be fed to the dog in the backyard.”
”So A Miao didn't buy anything for dad?” Ji Xue adamantly asked. ”That's too ridiculous, and you haven't even gotten married...”
”Pa!” Shen Xinglan threw his chopsticks at the table. ”A Miao, don't eat, let's go.”
”Oh.” A Miao wiped her mouth, touched her already full stomach, and stood up.
Bai Yongwei quickly poked Ji Xue in the head. ”Why are you talking so much? Can't we have some peace during the Spring Festival?”
”I'm not wrong!” Ji Xue lifted up her head and looked unconvinced.
Ji Zeming struck the table. ”Sit down! Nobody is going anywhere. Eat up!”
Ji Xue snorted and picked up the chopsticks.
”I'll help you with a bowl of soup.” A Miao put the bowl in front of Shen Xinglan.
This time no one spoke. The only occasionally sound heard was the sound of chopsticks touching, and Ji Xue looked at A Miao with malicious eyes from time to time.
”Xinglan, don't only drink soup, eat more meat.” Halfway through the meal, Bai Yongwei broke the silence.
Ji Zeming coughed and pushed the dish in front of him toward Shen Xinglan.
However, Shen Xinglan acted as if he hadn't seen it. ”I'm not eating, I'm full of anger.” As a matter of fact, he could not eat anymore. Before he came, A Miao made dumplings and he ate two plates of them.
”Yeah, right. Whatever...” Ji Xue murmured that sentence, and in return, Bai Yongwei gave her a warning look.
No one felt comfortable eating the New Year's Eve meal and they finished it with great difficulty. Then, Ji Zeming asked Shen Xinglan to go into the study with him.
”If you don't want to go with me, then don't go home tonight. I'll talk to you later.”
Seeing that he was so persistent, Shen Xinglan patted A Miao's hand and turned the wheelchair to enter. Shen I and Shen II were watching there. What's more, even though Ji Xue had no brains, she would not do anything at home.
”Xiaoxue, I'll go up and change my clothes. You can talk to A Miao.” Bai Yongwei also stood up and whispered as she passed Ji Xue, ”Don't push hard. Don't be too ugly.”
Ji Xue curled her lips and sat down on the sofa in the living room. A Miao sat opposite her.
”Your eyes are very beautiful.” Ji Xue stared at her for a moment and said in a strange tone, ”If you didn't have those eyes, do you think Shen Xinglan would still like you?”
A Miao took out a lollipop from her bag and put it into her mouth. ”I think the bridge of my nose is quite high and my mouth is quite pretty.”
”Pfft!” Ji Xue looked at her as if she were an idiot. ”Don't you understand me? I'm telling you, if it weren't for your eyes, he wouldn't like you at all.”
”Crunch, crunch...” A Miao bit off a piece of sugar. Ji Xue thought she was scared and smiled twice triumphantly. ”Shen Xinglan liked a woman long ago, and her eyes are exactly the same as yours.”
”Oh!” A Miao took the lollipop out of her mouth. ”Where is that woman?”
Ji Xue glanced at her eyes. ”How would I know? If she comes back, there will not be your place. But you don't have to worry. Shen Xinglan has been looking for her.