She wrapped her arms around his neck and looked straight at him with her watery eyes. She said in a gentle voice, “I won’t.”
Leaning his head on his shoulder and smelling the unique scent of his body, it was a kind of clean masculine smell. Ji Yan rubbed in his arms with a smile on her face.
She thought, “How could I not want him when he’s so handsome?”
It turned out that when the woman he loved was too excellent, men would also lack a sense of security.
Halfway through the meal, they stopped and continued to eat after a small chat.
It hadn’t been long since they had helped Shang Jinshen with drug delivery. There were still many things that they couldn’t sort out, be it the company or… the family.
“Oh, how can she be a daughter-in-law? Her mother-in-law is not filial at home!” Mrs. Shang walked down from the second floor at a steady pace, acting like a noble woman.
Since the issue of shares, Mrs. Shang, who didn’t like Ji Yan in the first place, was even more picky about her. She didn’t like Ji Yan at all.
Shang Jinshen was also in a dilemma. However, Mrs. Shang was too aggressive, so he was always partial to Ji Yan.
There was a flash of anger in her eyes, but her tone was still gentle. “Mom, why do you suddenly say such things?”
In order to live in harmony with each other, the only way was to separate them. In addition, they didn’t want to see each other, so they didn’t see each other much even if they were under the same roof. However, they didn’t know why Mrs. Shang deliberately provoked them today.
Mrs. Shang didn’t say anything. She gracefully walked to the other side of the sofa and sat down. She picked up the red robe brought up by the servant and gently blew on the hot air.
Ji Yan lowered her eyes and shouted expressionlessly, “Mom, you’re here.”
Shang Jinshen couldn’t help feeling a headache when he saw the two of them acting like this. However, as long as he was around, he wouldn’t be able to come up with anything. He simply sat by the side and read a magazine, refusing to get involved in their fight.
“Why don’t you call me mom when you’re eating? Why don’t you want to see me?” Taking a sip of tea, Mrs. Shang didn’t look up. She was talking to herself, but everyone knew who the painting was for.
She didn’t mention her family name, but Ji Yan was happy to pretend to be confused. She looked at Shang Jingshen with the corners of her eyes slightly raised. “Are you asking me a question?”
Mrs. Shang was drinking tea. She was so angry at her shameless behavior that she choked and coughed.
She didn’t expect the old lady to be so down-to-earth, and Ji Yan didn’t say anything else. After all, she was Shang Jingshen’s biological mother, and he was the one who was making things difficult for her.
Ji Yan shrugged to show that she was innocent. She ran back to her bedroom as if she had run away and fell on the bed.
Downstairs, after all, Mrs. Shang was his own mother. Shang Jinshen walked over and patted her on the back, letting out a sigh of relief.
Sitting next to Mrs. Shang, Shang Jinshen sighed helplessly. When she was completely relieved, he slowly explained, “Mom, don’t target her anymore. It’s us who can’t deal with her first.”
They had made many mistakes. It was their Ji Gui that had let others down first, and he was also suffering because of Ji Yan’s company. Otherwise, he didn’t know if he could get through that.
“Impossible, unless she returns the company of our Ji Gui!” Mrs. Shang had been a rich and powerful family for a lifetime. How could she be willing to give up all her glory at this age?
In her opinion, her personality and appearance had nothing to do with her, but she couldn’t violate any of her interests. If she violated her interests, well, from then on, everyone would wait and see!
Mrs. Shang’s tone was so agitated that Shang Jinshen said impatiently, “Mom, it’s the Ji Group now.”
This was what he owed her. It was just a company. It was no big deal to give her betrothal gifts.
Besides, how could he, a businessman, rely on a woman to make a living?
After so many years of ups and downs in the Ji Gui field, it was not easy for him to develop the Shang Corp. into this scale.
“But the group is originally our Ji Gui!” With red eyes, Mrs. Shang shouted excitedly. She could no longer maintain her usual serious manner. “You didn’t see the faces of those people. When they knew that the owner of the Shang Corp. had changed, they all changed their faces!”
Shang Tai was too used to the life of celebrities. He was used to being respected and surrounded everywhere. Everyone looked at her as the center of everything. Now everyone was pushing her when she was down, and each of them was not giving her face.
It wasn’t that he didn’t know about these things. Shang Jinshen tried to persuade her from a different angle. “Mom, she’s your daughter-in-law. I can bring you glory, so can she.”
As long as they had a good relationship, Mrs. Shang would still have a good reputation when she went out. He was just temporarily busy for so long, so he could take this opportunity to take a rest.
“Humph!” When Mrs. Shang saw that the tea was almost cold, she gulped it down in her mouth, trying to put out the anger in her heart. “I don’t care about what she gave me. Besides, look at how she treats me!”
It was said that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was the most complicated. The gap between Ji Yan and Mrs. Shang was as big as that of a group, and the relationship between them was even more indescribable.
With patience, Shang Jinshen poured her a cup of herbal tea and handed it to her. Confused, he asked, “What’s her attitude?”
Although Ji Yan didn’t like Mrs. Shang, she was reasonable on the surface and wouldn’t embarrass anyone. She was just throwing a tantrum just now.
“She didn’t even call me for dinner. That’s her attitude.” Mrs. Shang mocked her mercilessly, and the disgust in her eyes was obvious.
She pursed her lips. It was her mother’s fault. No matter how unreasonable Mrs. Shang was, she wouldn’t go too far. However, today’s crime was too far-fetched.
“Mom, she asked the people in the kitchen. She knew that you had just finished eating, so she didn’t call you.” Her tone was calm. He didn’t want to have a fierce argument with his women.
A trace of embarrassment quickly flashed across Mrs. Shang’s face, and she hated Ji Yan in her heart. She didn’t expect that Ji Yan was so eloquent. She had even noticed such a small detail.
Picking up the teacup to hide her expression, Mrs. Shang’s eyes floated. “Oh, so that’s how it is.”
“Mom, I don’t care if you like her or not, but I’ve told you that I’m sure that she’s Ji Yan!” After expressing his attitude, Shang Jinshen left Mrs. Shang alone and went back to her bedroom.
“What’s wrong? Are you done?” Hearing the sound of the door opening, Ji Yan knew it was Shang Jinshen without looking back.
He walked over and lay down on the bed. He wrapped his arms around her waist and locked her in his arms. He whispered in her ear, “No matter what happens to mom, I know there’s something more difficult waiting for me here.” He rubbed her neck intimately as he spoke.
Ji Yan couldn’t stand the ambiguous heat. She twisted her body to avoid the airflow and retorted, “There is no one in this world who is more difficult to deal with than your mother!”
His mother always looked down on him, but he didn’t like her. She always looked at him with disdain, which made him angry for no reason.
In the past, it was because she was too gentle that she was held in her mother’s hands. But now, it was different. No one could play with her.