When a Blade of Grass Wants to Become Immortal

Chapter 84: Chapter 83: The Overbearing CEO’s Little Wildcat 24

”It’s nice to be young. You can hide everything behind a simple ’I was just being foolish.’”

Ji Xiaosong took a sip of her fruit tea. It was a nonchalant gesture, yet it filled everyone in the room with an intense sense of pressure.

”Sis, you’re my sister! You can’t be enjoying a life of luxury while I’m left to become mud in the ground.”

Sweat beaded on Ji Minghua’s forehead. The room wasn’t particularly warm, but he felt scorching hot.

”I never said I wouldn’t take care of you. From now on, if you behave, I won’t let you live a life worse than death. But if you try to cause trouble and ask for more, I’ll take back everything I’ve given you. I believe the director of public relations has already spoken with you. You’ll be in contact with my assistant from now on.”

Ji Xiaosong set down her teacup and said flatly.

Her indifferent gaze made Ji Minghua’s skin crawl.

Mr. Ji, however, grew a little bolder. Seeing Ji Xiaosong concede, he thought he could ask for a bit more.

”Since you still acknowledge us as family, you have to set us up with a house and a car. The things that ’director’ promised us are too little! You have to buy me a villa and give me 10,000—no, 100,000 a month for living expenses!”

Mother Ji chimed in, ”That’s right, my dear daughter. Your father and I have struggled our whole lives. It hasn’t been easy. You should let us enjoy some luxury too.”

”Heh!”

Ji Xiaosong scoffed. ”What we agreed on before was a monthly pension for you after you retire, based on this city’s average retirement pay. As for Ji Minghua, how far you go depends on your own abilities. My assistant will make the appropriate arrangements for you. As for big-ticket items like a house and car, I won’t be providing them. Don’t even think about it.”

’Thinking about how the Ji family helped cover up the original owner’s suicide, Ji Xiaosong wished she could make them taste the pain of losing their own son.’

’But this is a society ruled by law. She couldn’t do that.’

’She was a good, law-abiding citizen.’

With that, Ji Xiaosong stood up to leave.

Ji Minghua took a step forward, trying to grab her.

But as if she had anticipated it, Ji Xiaosong dodged him effortlessly.

”If you keep pestering me, you’ll get nothing at all.”

Hearing Ji Xiaosong’s words, the three of them recalled the scene when that ’director’ had shown up at their house with his men.

An involuntary shudder ran through them, though they weren’t quite sure what they were afraid of.

After leaving the room, Ji Xiaosong sat in the car and casually asked Qin Fang, ”Have Wang Zheng and Liu Wanru gotten married yet?”

”Madam, they haven’t registered their marriage, but Wang Zheng is already living with Miss Liu. He’s usually the one at home taking care of the child.”

”And Liu Wanru?”

”Miss Liu often spends time with male models at bars. Even when she’s not at a bar, she’s traveling the world having... in-depth exchanges with male celebrities.”

Qin Fang didn’t elaborate on the nature of these exchanges, but Ji Xiaosong could guess.

”Hasn’t Wang Zheng done anything about it?”

”He has. He’s been getting a lot of scam calls lately. Since he doesn’t have an anti-fraud app installed, it seems he’s about to take the bait.”

”An anti-fraud app barely takes up any memory. Why didn’t he install it?”

”Because Wang Zheng is unemployed, his only source of income is handouts from the Liu Family. To keep him from getting into trouble, Miss Liu made him use a very cheap phone with little memory. It lags if he installs even one extra app, which is why he never installed the anti-fraud app.”

Ji Xiaosong almost laughed out loud at that reason.

”The Liu Family is near the top of the wealth rankings, for crying out loud. How could they do something like this?”

’Then again, thinking about how Wang Zheng and Liu Wanru were responsible for the original owner’s death in her past life, this was definitely something Liu Wanru was capable of.’

’She couldn’t tolerate any betrayal. She could be as carefree as she wanted, but Wang Zheng could not.’

”Miss Liu has always been like this, and the Liu Family doesn’t approve of Wang Zheng. Currently, Miss Liu is pregnant again, and the Liu Family is quite happy about it.”

”Heh, interesting. Keep an eye on Wang Zheng. No need to interfere, just find out what happens to him.”

The Liu Family had only just taken over Lu Youheng’s real estate in J Country, and their losses in B Province were also enormous.

The fire there was never brought under control. It’s very likely all that property will be reduced to a pile of rubble.

’It seemed she wouldn’t even have to get revenge for the original owner in this life. Those two were already on a path to ruin all by themselves.’

”Yes, Madam.”

Qin Fang started the car and drove slowly toward home.

*

Left behind by Ji Xiaosong, the members of the Ji family stared at each other. Ji Minghua clenched his fists and kicked Mother Ji.

”Why are you so useless? You could barely get a word out when you saw her. You’re going to transfer the money she gives you every month to me, you hear?”

Kicked by her son, Mother Ji nearly fell to the ground in pain, but she still tried to soothe him. ”Calm down, son. Qingming City is a big city, after all. The average pension is pretty high. We’ll give it all to you. It’s not like we spend much money in the countryside anyway.”

Mr. Ji watched his son hit his wife. It was such a common sight that he didn’t see anything wrong with it.

”I’m keeping it for myself. You haven’t even graduated from vocational school yet; you don’t need that much money. Besides, your school has plenty of subsidies. You can get a job after you finish your three years there. What do you need so much money for?”

’Ji Minghua knew what kind of person his father was, so he didn’t say anything more.’

’He had just been testing his father. Since he wouldn’t agree openly, Ji Minghua would just have to take the money himself.’

’But he couldn’t let his father know that, or it would be a hassle if he hid the bank card.’

”I’m about to graduate soon. You can’t expect me to take the bus and subway to work every day. All my classmates’ families are getting them cars to get around. You have to get me one too.”

Ji Minghua stood up straight and looked at Mother Ji.

”Oh, son, what kind of car should we get you?”

Mother Ji mentally calculated how much money she could earn in a year. She didn’t know much about cars, but seeing how big they were, she figured they couldn’t be cheap.

”My classmates’ families are all getting them Benzes and BMWs. Those are too expensive, so I’ll be considerate. Just get me an Audi. You can just make a down payment to buy a car now. Mom, you can help me with the down payment, and both of you can help me with the monthly loan payments.”

Mr. Ji immediately disagreed.

”You’re not an adult yet, you can’t drive. We’re not buying a car. Besides, you don’t even have a driver’s license. What’s the point of buying one?”

”I can pick out the car first. That way, when I graduate and turn eighteen next year, I can drive it. You have to save money now. If you don’t, how will I be able to drive a car with the four-ring logo?”

Hearing what Ji Minghua said, the couple thought about it and realized it made some sense.

They had a stable source of income every month now. What was there to fear about a loan?

Once they’d convinced themselves, the three of them actually took a bus to an Audi dealership.

Ji Xiaosong paid no more attention to the affairs of the three Ji family members.

She knew very well that the Lu Family’s public relations and legal departments wouldn’t let them run wild.

If they really racked up debts outside and tried to do things under the Lu Family’s name, they would be dealt with immediately.

’All she had to do now was give birth to the child in her belly and raise them well.’

Not long after her meeting with the Ji family, Qin Fang sent her news about Wang Zheng.