Chapter 109
Chapter 109
The mess on the ground was cleaned up after a while, and the helper replaced Ji Yunjing with new tableware.
The tension just stopped, and the "harmonious" lunch continued.
Ji Cen quietly watched the father and son sing together, but he was not taken away. He didn't realize that Ji Yunjing was biased towards him, but was even more cold and heartless. There was no trace of reunion after being separated from his family for a long time. Emotions.
After all, time has passed, and it is no longer the age when I was a child who was ignorant and ignorant of the world. Qing Ji Yunjing, who is in my heart, is just pretending.
Pushing away the bowl in front of him and not being affected by Ji Yunjing's fake compassionate "good intentions" and "favoritism", Ji Cen'an calmly asked, "Where is my mother... Cheng Yuzhu?"
I couldn't change it for a while, and then I called it wrong, and I blurted out the habitual address and then changed it abruptly.
Ignoring her repulsion, Ji Yunjing said slowly: "These are all your favorite food, try them quickly."
Ji Cen'an was stubborn: "I have no appetite."
Ji Yunjing said: "You haven't eaten since last night, you should eat something first."
Ji Cen'an insisted: "Not hungry."
As if he didn't hear it, Ji Yunjing put on a gesture: "The lion's head was specially made by the kitchen. You used to like this dish the most. You still used the secret recipe at that time. The taste has not changed."
As he said, this time he directly brought the whole dish in front of Ji Cen'an, and doted on her like the spoiled little girl from more than ten years ago, not abiding by the dining table rules he set.
Looking at the greasy dishes on the table, Ji Cen'an frowned, and his slender knuckles curved slightly.
Ji Yunjing didn't seem to be particular about it when he was in China, but now he is very kind. He doesn't care about his daughter's dislike, and doesn't get angry about it. On the contrary, he is very tolerant and won't get angry no matter what.He was very talkative and extremely patient. He talked to Ji Cen'an for a while to comfort her, expressed his apology, and then took the initiative to explain their experience of coming out, as well as Cheng Yuzhu's condition.
"We tried to find someone to contact you several times later, but we couldn't find it."
"You're out of town, missing."
"But we are not in the country, the world is far away, and the restrictions are too great."
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"Your mother is not in good health, and her mental state is very poor. It is difficult for us to do it here."
"I can only take care of her first."
"Actually, she has been thinking about you all the time. She was still talking about you a while ago, so she can't rest assured."
"You know, she has that kind of temper, hard-spoken and soft-hearted. She used to be strict with you, but among the two of you, you are the one she is most reluctant to part with."
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"We first lived in Berne for about a year. Later, your mother became seriously ill and moved here to recuperate."
"She was much better at first, but she seems to be stimulated again these days, and she is not very stable."
Ji Cen'an didn't move, he just said: "Where did you send the man?"
Ji Yunjing was finally willing to answer, and told the truth: "Nowhere, I just asked the hospital to pick her up temporarily."
Then explain: "She needs closed treatment. There is a very good mental hospital here. It is estimated that if you stay for a while, the situation will get better."
Ji Cen'an's eyes were gloomy, and he knew that the so-called treatment was just a cover, but it was actually locking Cheng Yuzhu up and putting him under house arrest in disguise.
Having lived under the same roof for so many years, she already had an insight into Ji Yunjing's way of handling things, and she understood what was going on without asking for proof.
The old thing is best at this. He will always be a good person, and he will not fight against anyone, even if he hates the other party to the bone.He applied his manners in the business field to every detail, including his treatment of his family members, his mother and wife were always gentle, and he was a typical good husband and father.
But he is also the kind of person who is scheming, his way is as high as the city and the mansion is deep, so if he has no ability, he will get around him.
Ji Cen'an admired him the most when he was in his teens. Even in the stage of rebellion and trouble making, he would still listen to this "father"'s reprimand and respect him a lot.
But only at the beginning, not now.
Ji Yunjing asked: "Do you want to meet her?"
Ji Cen'an responded silently.
"Father can take you there. It happens to be free in the afternoon. Today is relatively free." Ji Yunjing said, and then gave the name of the place, not shying away from mentioning the name of the mental hospital. "It's not far from here, you can drive there."
Just by squinting at him, Ji Cen'an didn't catch him, and he didn't even answer him.
It was impossible for Ji Yunjing to take her to see Cheng Yuzhu, otherwise he would not have secretly sent Cheng Yuzhu away this morning.
The old fox is meticulous and guards against her tightly, saying these are just probing, trying to figure out her bottom line and intentions again and again.
Ji Cen'an was caught last night and was surrounded by these people at the borrowed place, but they just sent her here - originally they could have brought her here that night, but Ji Yunjing refused to let her because To prevent Ji Cen'an and Cheng Yuzhu from meeting, so they deliberately separated them.
When he entered the door and found that Cheng Yuzhu was not there, Ji Cen'an figured out Ji Yunjing's way and knew his tricks.She said bluntly: "You will not arrange for us to meet."
Ji Yunjing put on a show: "She is your mother after all."
Ji Cen'an murmured: "...She's not."
Ji Yunjing said, "We can make an appointment."
"There is no such thing as a free lunch."
"Not quite."
Ji Cen'an said bluntly: "Don't bother, your stuff doesn't work for me."
Ji Yunjing picked up the tea, brushed the water surface carefully with the lid of the cup, bowed his head and sipped the tea seriously, as if Ji Cen'an was still the little girl who loves to play with her temper, she didn't care too much about her irregularities, and didn't care about her generosity.
The communication couldn't go on, and the atmosphere in the room was depressing.
A table of food didn't move a few times until the end, Ji Cen'an didn't eat a mouthful, only Ji Yunjing moved the bowl and chopsticks.Ji Tianming on the opposite side also didn't touch anything, couldn't eat at all, he couldn't compare to the calmness of a father.
After dinner, I sat in the study for a while, just like those years in China.
Ji Yunjing walked in front, Ji Cen'an followed behind, the eldest brother stopped going in when he reached the door of the study, and was blocked outside to guard - Ji Yunjing wanted to talk to Ji Cen'an alone, and his son was not allowed to get involved.
The study door opened, and Ji Cen'an followed behind.
Ji Yunjing took a leisurely pace, took down a book in the middle of the shelf, and spread it out, took out an old yellowed photo from it, and casually asked: "I found it all the way, so there's nothing else I want to ask?"
Ji Cen'an stood still, a few steps away from him.
"No."
But Ji Yunjing put the old photo on the table and showed it to Ji Cen'an.
It was a big group photo, taken in the former Cheng family, and Ji Yunjing and Cheng Yuzhu were both young when they were young. At that time, they looked like they were in their early twenties, and they were not married yet.
There are other family members of the Cheng family in the photo, the old man and the old lady are there, as well as the slim young daughter Cheng Yuluo, and a man who shouldn't be in this circle.
Chen Zhanzhong is also in his early twenties.
The pixels of the group photo are not very high, but you can still see the appearance of everyone on it.
This was the first time Ji Cen'an saw those two, and she could recognize them without Ji Yunjing's introduction.
Ji Cen'an's appearance is a copy of Cheng Yuluo's, but his face is more three-dimensional, deeper, with a bit of world-weariness, his temperament is more like the ruffian Chen Zhanzhong, and his eyes are more like him.
Chen Zhanzhong's presence is quite eye-catching. Everyone in the photo is dignified, or quiet and gentle, but he is different.Especially when he squeezed carelessly into the middle and insisted on taking pictures next to Cheng Yuluo, it was very special at first glance.
Ji Yunjing lowered his head and also looked at the photo: "It was taken at your grandfather's back then, and your mother and I just made an appointment not long ago."
As he spoke, he pointed to Cheng Yuluo and Chen Zhanzhong respectively: "This is your aunt, the youngest in the family. The one next to you...was your grandfather's driver at the beginning, but not long afterward."
Ji Cen'an's thin lips parted and closed: "Why?"
"I did something wrong and was kicked out." Ji Yunjing said, "Your grandpa was kind to him, but in the end he bit your grandpa back and dragged a bunch of people into the water. He will avenge his kindness."
Not shying away from past grievances and entanglements, Ji Yunjing talked about it all, but the version in his mouth was very different from what A Chong's mother told, and it was not the same story.
In the 90s, the Cheng family was a scholarly family, the Ji family was a family friend of the Cheng family, and Chen Zhanzhong was an out-and-out street gangster. To earn a living, he can only work as a thug in entertainment venues, living like a wild dog.
According to the general development, the wild dog should have been hacked to death in some street or alley, or jailed several times for committing crimes, and his life will never see the light of day. But Chen Zhanzhong is lucky, and he is destined to be lucky in this life.By chance, while walking at night, he rescued the old man of the Cheng family who was robbed with a knife on his neck, and has been taken away from that road since then.
The old man of the Cheng family is kind and kind. Since he was grateful to Chen Zhanzhong and saw that he was young and able to endure hardships, he recruited him to be the driver of the Cheng family's house and paid for Chen Zhanzhong to study, hoping that he could get on the right track. Can do something serious.
And Chen Zhanzhong lived up to his expectations, and later returned to Cheng's house with a Zhang diploma.
So far, things are still going in a good direction, not too bad.
But no one expected that Chen Zhanzhong would seduce Cheng Yuluo, took a fancy to her, and even abducted the Cheng family's youngest daughter.
You must know that Chen Zhanzhong was interested in Cheng Yuzhu at first, and he stared at Cheng Yuzhu as soon as he came here. At that time, everyone thought he was interested in Cheng Yuzhu.
At that time, Cheng Yuzhu was already engaged to Ji Yunjing, so he didn't like this poor boy.Cheng Yuzhu hated Chen Zhanzhong, and didn't like that Mr. Cheng brought back such a bad guy, so he couldn't look down on him from the bottom of his heart.
No one knows how these two got together, maybe Chen Zhanzhong had a lot of tricks, maybe Cheng Yuluo was too ignorant of the world, and was fascinated by the gangsters after a few words. In short, they eloped, and they did not agree with their daughter and Chen Zhanzhong. The Cheng family who was together also severed ties with Cheng Yuluo, and since then it was assumed that there was no such daughter.
Afterwards, Chen Zhanzhong dragged Cheng Yuluo abroad to work hard without the consent of the Cheng family.
It is said that Chen Zhanzhong met a nobleman back then and gave him a hand at a critical moment. He and Cheng Yuluo made a lot of money after going abroad, and they were just in time for the wind.
But the Cheng family still didn't accept Chen Zhanzhong, and they didn't want to see Cheng Yuluo either. The old man of the Cheng family was so angry that he threw a stick at Cheng Yuluo, beat her, and refused to let her in.
For a long time, the Cheng family seemed to have only one daughter, and Cheng Yuluo never seemed to have one.
And when Cheng Yuluo became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, the old man of the Cheng family was so angry that he went to the hospital when he heard the news.
So when Cheng Yuluo and Chen Zhanzhong returned to China to adopt Chen Qirui in Gaoqiao Town, Cheng Yuzhu and Ji Yunjing only dared to meet them in private.
After all, Cheng Yuzhu still couldn't let go of his little sister, and how could he part with the family affection that blood is thicker than water.
But all the changes also occurred during that trip.
That night in Jiang's hotel, Cheng Yuzhu gave birth to a stillborn baby. Since then, she has been mentally out of sorts. She couldn't bear the blow and almost collapsed.
Cheng Yuluo and Chen Zhanzhong were with Cheng Yuzhu all the time from the evening to the second half of the next day. They were afraid that she would act too aggressively, and worried that she wouldn't be able to think about it... Cheng Yuzhu really couldn't think about it, especially when Chen Zhanzhong was away. She had a hysterical attack, went up to snatch the baby unconsciously, and pushed Cheng Yuluo hard, causing Cheng Yuluo to fall and hit the corner of the table, and an accident happened on the spot.
By the time Chen Zhanzhong came up from downstairs with hot water, it was already too late.
I don't know whether he was confused or too flustered. On impulse, Ji Yunjing, who was also in the room, took advantage of Chen Zhanzhong's bending over to hug Cheng Yuluo, and hit Chen Zhanzhong on the back of the head with a stick out of control—Ji Yunjing understood Chen Zhanzhong's nature. He won't let the couple go, he is a complete lunatic, he can do anything above, and maybe he will kill everyone together if he becomes ruthless.
This kind of wild dog without an owner is the most difficult to provoke, just in case, Ji Yunjing can only act first.
And even if Chen Zhanzhong was not dealt with, or if Chen Zhanzhong could forgive them, they would still have to be responsible. After all, a dead person cannot be easily treated.
While the sisters were pushing and shoving, Ji Yunjing stepped forward to intervene, and he was also involved.
In order to cover up the crime, Ji Yunjing set fire to the hotel to destroy all evidence and create the illusion of an accidental fire.
As for the baby in the swaddle, Cheng Yuzhu was reluctant to let go, thinking that it was his own child, Ji Yunjing had no choice but to play tricks, leave the stillborn baby behind, and take away the living one as Cheng Yuzhu's.
The old house was dry and mostly made of wood. The fire spread so fast that it lit up half the sky in a short while.
When the Jiang family couple and Grandpa A Chong were trapped in the fire and burned to death, Ji Yunjing had already driven away with Cheng Yuzhu. The couple seemed to have never been in the past, they came out without telling the Cheng family, and returned to the city quietly.
Crime was not a difficult task in those days, and it was still in a remote town. If there was intentional cover-up, many things would be impossible to investigate, and no one thought of investigating.
The funeral of Chen Zhanzhong and Cheng Yuluo was handled by Ji Yunjing on behalf of the Cheng family. The old man of the Cheng family was heartbroken by his youngest daughter, and he followed her soon after hearing the news of her death. Since then, this "scandalous incident" has been buried underground. No one mentioned it anymore.Chen Zhanzhong became a sinner, someone the Cheng family could never talk about again.
Both Chen Zhanzhong and Cheng Yuluo died, and their children also "died early". According to regulations, the property left by them should be inherited by their parents, that is, the elderly on the Cheng family side.
After the old man and the old lady of the Cheng family passed away one after another, this huge amount of assets fell to Cheng Yuzhu again.
Ji Yunjing recalled carefully, and said: "We shouldn't have gone. Yuzhu should have stayed in the city to give birth. She obviously went well in the previous prenatal checkups, and there was nothing wrong with her. Maybe it was because she was too tired from the journey, maybe it was When I was born, the conditions were not good..."
I don't admit to my previous crimes, and I still don't think I did anything wrong.
Ji Cen'an looked at him.
Ji Yunjing still acted gentle and kind, and said in the most ordinary tone: "Your mother is like this because of them. She has always had a bad life."
Ji Cen'an's face remained calm: "So?"
"You know what to do." Ji Yunjing said naturally, gradually revealing his true nature.
Looking down at the photo, Ji Cen'an was calm and hard-hearted: "I don't know."
"I already got what Yuzhu gave you, why don't you leave?" Ji Yunjing asked knowingly.
Ji Cen'an remained silent.
Ji Yunjing was not in a hurry, walked slowly for a certain distance, took out another book, opened it, took out another photo of her and Nanjia and handed it over.
"Exchange her, how about it?" Ji Yunjing discussed with her, "Use your accomplice's name in exchange for her life."
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