“What’s wrong with you?” As soon as Shang Jinshen entered the door, he realized that something was wrong. In the past, no matter how idle they were, there would always be servants in the living room. But today, except for the two of them, there were no other creatures. And the atmosphere between them was really strange.
He frowned and asked, “What’s wrong with your face?” The five red thumbs were printed on his face, and he was very sensitive to this strange color.
Ji Yan squinted at him, and the meaning in her eyes was unclear. Who else dared to hit her in this house except for the merchant’s mother?
Walking straight to Ji Yan’s side, Shang Jinshen bent down to check her face. His eyes were filled with a heavy shadow.
“Mom.” He turned to his mother and shouted discontentedly, “No matter what kind of conflict you have, you can’t touch each other!”
He knew that Ji Yan couldn’t hurt him, but he didn’t want the two of them to hurt each other. One was his mother who gave birth to him, and the other was his beloved woman. He couldn’t be partial to anyone, and the only thing he could do was be fair.
As she glared at him, tears welled up in her mother’s eyes. “You rebutted me again and again for a woman. Do you still have me in your heart?”
She could accept many people’s dissatisfaction with her, but he was the only one who couldn’t do it. She had treated him with all her heart and soul, and everything she did was for his own good. How could he bear to treat her as his own mother like this?
Suppressing his impatience and anger, Shang Jinshen sat down beside Ji Yan and said, “Mom, I didn’t favor anyone. It’s your fault.”
Shang Jinshen felt helpless. He and anyone could use force to suppress her, but his mother could not. He could only try to reason with her, but it was obviously not very effective.
“Take your time. I’ll go upstairs first.” Ji Yan waved her hand and went straight upstairs. She didn’t want to get involved in the matter between the mother and son.
Shang Jinshen looked at her back with guilt. He still couldn’t give her full assurance.
Being slapped by the merchant’s mother, he could only ask, “What’s wrong?” But what was the use of this? His words were just the most pale explanation.
Glancing at her, Shang’s mother hated her so much. She was so petty that she left without any courtesy.
“Look, this is the woman you chose.” The corners of the merchant’s mother’s mouth curled up in contempt.
Shang Jin stood up with a sullen face. “Mom, don’t touch my bottom line with your mother-and-son relationship.”
He turned around and left. He didn’t have much to say to the merchant’s mother. It was simply unreasonable. This was forcing him to take out his trump card.
Shang’s mother was stunned. She could not believe that her son could say something like that.
What was his bottom line? Ha, his bottom line was actually Ji Yan, that homeless woman.
In her opinion, Shang Jinshen was really obsessed with a woman.
In the living room, there was a sad heart under the gorgeous decoration.
The merchant’s mother was alone. What had she done wrong?
In the bedroom upstairs, Ji Yan was browsing through some news and newspapers in front of the desk, focusing on the reports about saving poor children.
These children’s eager eyes made her heart tremble. She really wanted to help them.
However, it was not enough. She couldn’t afford to support all the children in China. This number was too large, and she couldn’t do it on purpose.
“What’s wrong? Are you making plans for your charity again?” Shang Jinshen walked silently behind her. He placed his arms on both sides of her and raised his handsome eyebrows.
His wife really wanted to sacrifice her whole life for charity.
Shaking her head, Ji Yan looked up at him with a strong sense of frustration in her eyes. “I seem to be helping them, but I can’t do it alone. I haven’t done enough.”
Although she had tried so hard to manage her medical industry, its production capacity was still too small. There were too many human resources. Only at this time could you feel the weakness of human resources, when faced with such a huge number.
“You’ve done enough.” Shang Jinshen looked at her seriously. charity was not something that could be done in a short time. Compared with others, she was already very good.
Putting her arms around his neck, Ji Yan leaned on his shoulder and felt his silent support.
When she was tired and sleepy, it was a happy thing for him to be with her.
“I’m sorry, Shang Jinshen.” Ji Yan said in a low voice. She changed the subject and didn’t know where to start.
She looked at her in confusion. “What nonsense are you talking about?”
Since when did they need to say such things to each other? But his intuition told him that it had something to do with what happened today.
After hesitating for a moment, Ji Yan still said the reason, “You were infected with drugs because of me.” She buried her face in his chest and said in a lonely tone. She had no way to reverse what had happened, so she could only say sorry.
Shang Jinshen was stunned. He didn’t expect them to talk about this today.
“Did Mom blame you for this?” She seemed to have guessed the reason why they quarreled today.
Ji Yan nodded in his arms and answered in a muffled voice.
If it hadn’t been for this matter, she wouldn’t have licked her face to please the merchant’s mother. Not only did she put her hot face on the cold butt, but she had also been slapped by her.
She touched her face carefully. Her face, which had just turned red, was a little bruised. “Let’s talk about it later. Take care of the wound on your face first.”
Walking to the storage cabinet and taking out the first-aid kit, Shang Jinshen said with a serious face, “Okay, I’ll apply the medicine for you.”
The transparent ointment on her face was cool and refreshing, and the burning pain on her face was reduced a lot.
“It doesn’t hurt very much, and…” Looking at him carefully, Ji Yan bit her lip. “I told her that she would pay for it.”
She couldn’t say that as a daughter-in-law, but she couldn’t bear it when she was angry.
Ji Yan was not sure if Shang Jinshen could understand. After all, she was his biological mother.
Putting down the ointment in his hand, Shang Jinshen’s eyes remained fixed on her face. He massaged her gently and seeped the ointment into her body. He couldn’t hurt her.
After all, he was a tough man, so he had to be careful when doing this kind of delicate work.
Looking at her uneasy expression, he said flatly, “Whoever does something wrong will be punished, and she is no exception.”
She looked up at him in surprise. How could he say that?
“Does Shang Jingshen mean that he wants to take action?”
“What do you want to do?” Ji Yan was confused.
After fixing her head, Shang Jinshen said in a low voice, “Don’t move.”
Then, he helped her to treat the wound on her face carefully. If she didn’t treat it well now, it would be swollen tomorrow, and she would feel uncomfortable at that time.
What he wanted to do was just that he had endured it for a long time. Today’s matter was just a trigger.
“It’s indeed because of me that you took drugs. I owe her this slap.”
Ji Yan’s idea was very simple. Speaking of which, it was just a matter between the three of them. The victim was Shang Jinshen, but she would not say anything about returning it to him, because she knew that he did not need these things. Accepting them might be the best return.
Therefore, what she owed him was nothing more than the mother of a merchant raising him up.
Looking at her helplessly, Shang Jinshen sat opposite her and looked at her seriously. “You don’t owe anyone, and you don’t have to pay for other people’s behavior. No one can make you suffer.”
He was willing to take the risk. Besides, he also got what he wanted, didn’t he?