“Ji Gui slept early today. I’ll ask her to look for you tomorrow.” Although Mr. Ji was polite, he didn’t intend to let Shang Yu An enter the house.
Shang Yu An looked carefully and felt that Mr. Ji seemed to be hiding something from him. Shang Yu An said with a stern face, “Mr. Ji, I haven’t seen Ji Gui for a few days, and I miss her a little. I merely want to take a look at her. I won’t disturb her sleep.”
Mr. Ji’s expression changed and he looked at Shang Yu An in difficulty.
As soon as Shang Yu An saw his face, he was even more determined to enter and see what happened. He wanted to see how Mr. Ji would reject him.
“Yu An…” Mr. Ji still wanted to say something, but he saw the firm look on Shang Yu An’s face.
“Mr. Ji, I must see Ji Gui with my eyes tonight.”
Mr. Ji let go of his hand. In the room, Wang Yu saw Shang Yu An and smiled. “Yu An, you’re here. I was wondering why I heard your voice!”
Shang Yu An softened his face and asked, “Mrs. Ji, where’s Ji Gui?”
Mr. Ji tensed, but he heard Wang Yu say, “Ji Gui is sick. She’s sleeping.”
“She’s sick? Let me take a look.” Shang Yu An went straight to the front of Ji Gui’s door. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Ji Gui lying on the bed. From Ji Gui’s side profile, she looked pale. It was as if she was truly sick and asleep.
Wang Yu quickly came over and said with concern, “I heard that you went on a work trip? Did you just come back? Please rest early. It wouldn’t be good if Ji Gui infected you.”
After Shang Yu An saw Ji Gui, he didn’t insist on it anymore. He nodded and closed the door, saying, “Mr. and Mrs. Ji, please take good care of Ji Gui. I’ll go back first.”
When Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji saw Shang Yu An out of the door, they heaved a sigh of relief.
As soon as Shang Yu An got in the car, he took out his phone and made a call. “Hey, check what Ji Gui has done in the past few days for me.”
Mrs. Ji closed the door and hurried back to Ji Gui’s room. She took her in her arms with distress. Mr. Ji sighed and looked serious. He must be thinking about this incident.
Wang Yu pinched Ji Gui’s sleeping face and said sadly, “Fortunately, Yu An didn’t doubt it. Otherwise, how could you be married to a businessman in such a situation?”
In the middle of the night, Mr. and Mrs. Ji were awakened by a scream next door as soon as they fell asleep. They rushed to Ji Gui’s room and saw her lying in bed, screaming in horror.
“Ji Gui, what’s wrong with you? Please don’t scare me. Tell me!” Mrs. Ji held Ji Gui, who was struggling in her arms.
It took Ji Gui quite a while to slowly calm down in Wang Yu’s arms and become still.
Mr. Ji finally asked, “Ji Gui, tell me, what happened?”
Ji Gui’s dull eyes were tinged with hatred. She grabbed the quilt tightly and said through her teeth, “I want Ji Yan to die. I want Ji Yan to die!”
She repeated this sentence all the time, which shocked Mr. and Mrs. Ji.
“Ji Gui, tell me, what’s going on? Did that wicked girl Ji Yan do this to you?”
Ji Gui’s face was twisted with hatred, and she gnashed her teeth, “It’s her. If it weren’t for her, how could I be…”
She didn’t want to recall the scene of being insulted in the basement. The two men were like devils, insulting her over and over again. They slapped her if she didn’t cooperate.
It must have been Ji Yan who did it. She knew that she had sent Lao Hei to deal with her and so Ji Yan took revenge on her.
Ji Gui swore that she would return double the humiliation she had suffered at Ji Yan’s hands. She would definitely do it!
Mr. and Mrs. Ji looked at each other. Although Ji Gui did not make it clear, they knew that what happened to Ji Gui must be related to Ji Yan.
Wang Yu’s face was even darker and colder, trembling with anger.
Ji Yan was making late-night supper at that moment and did not know that the Ji family was thinking of her in hatred.
To express her deep gratitude to Shang Jinshen, she had put much effort into cooking, utilizing all of her skills.
Ji Yan walked to the study with a casserole in her hands. As she was holding a casserole in her hands, she kicked the door with her feet, knocking on the door before she entered.
Shang Jinshen touched his forehead. Did he spoil her too much these days? Now, she even dared to kick his door.
Ji Yan put the casserole dish on the table with a sweet smile and opened the lid. The delicious scent immediately floated into Shang Jinshen’s nose.
“Is she trying to stuff me with food?” Shang Jinshen deliberately kept a straight face and looked at Ji Yan expressionlessly.
“Jinshen, this soup is nourishing. It is good for blood circulation and it might be beneficial for your leg.”
He deliberately misinterpreted her meaning. “Do you dislike me for being disabled?”
Ji Yan wrinkled her nose and grumbled quietly, “If I dislike you for that, I would’ve shown it long ago.”
Although she was frightened by his face at first and worried that his temper would be irritable after becoming disfigured, Ji Yan never looked down on him.
Shang Jinshen didn’t say anything, but his face became much brighter. Obviously, he heard the sincerity behind Ji Yan’s murmur. If he knew Ji Yan’s real thoughts, he would probably scold her again.
Ji Yan prepared Shang Jinshen a small bowl of soup and placed it in front of him. The man didn’t say much. Ji Yan’s soup aroused his appetite and he finished it with a few gulps. Ji Yan was ready to leave with the casserole dish.
“Warm my bed tonight.”
Ji Yan almost threw the whole pot away. Did she hear wrongly? She had to… warm his bed again? Hey, if she had known earlier, she would have sprinkled salt on his wound. Shang Jinshen would obviously not have cared.
Although Ji Yan was complaining, her face couldn’t help but become flushed.
After taking a bath, she put on her underwear and changed into conservative pajamas. Then, she walked to the master bedroom uneasily.
She was somewhat worried that Shang Jinshen would do something to her like that night. But… if he really wanted to do something, she had no reason to refuse, did she? At least, she was Shang Jinshen’s wife in name.
Knocking on the door, Ji Yan peeked into the room. Shang Jinshen was already leaning against the head of the bed, holding an economy magazine in his hand.
Ji Yan secretly thought that Shang Jinshen was such a workaholic. Every night, he would be busy with his work until midnight.
From the corner of Shang Jinshen’s eyes, he saw Ji Yan tip-toeing in a hurry. He couldn’t help but feel that this woman was doing something ridiculous again.
Finally, she moved to his side as slow as a tortoise. Then she carefully pinched a corner of the quilt and lay down next to the edge of the bed.
Shang Jinshen did not doubt that if he nudged her, even an inch, Ji Yan would probably fall off.
He turned off the night lights and the room fell into darkness.
Ji Yan felt like she was sitting on needles. She only felt slightly relieved when she did not feel Shang Jinshen approaching her. But when she felt the cold atmosphere he was giving off, how could she sleep?
Thinking about it, Ji Yan fell asleep unconsciously. On the contrary, Shang Jinshen opened his eyes as he listened to her shallow breathing.
He glanced at the sleeping woman and frowned. Who was he trying to torture by asking her to warm his bed? It was difficult for him to fall asleep!
Shang Jinshen was furious and suddenly felt unbalanced. Without saying anything, he took Ji Yan into his arms and squeezed her, taking advantage of her before letting go of the woman who was still deep in sleep.
He laid on the bed, and beside him was her refreshing breath. Shang Jinshen was deeply conflicted. He seemed fond of this woman’s scent, which was not a good thing.
He could hate, torture, and occasionally take pity on Ji Yan, but he couldn’t be infatuated with her or love her!