Ji Guoqiang seemed to have just come back, as he pushed the door open with a bang and started cursing: "That ingrate is getting more and more out of line, he actually..." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NovelHub(.)net
Seeing Ji Niandong standing in front of him, he suddenly froze and looked past her at He Meijuan, who was clutching her chest, before asking, "Why are you back? You don’t even give a heads-up when you return!"
"Hello, Uncle!" Shen Congling quickly greeted obediently.
Ji Guoqiang’s expression changed abruptly when he saw her and replied impatiently, "Why are you here too?"
"I’m now Sister Tongtong’s assistant, so I came back with her!" Shen Congling quickly said pleasingly, "Uncle, I’ll take good care of Sister Tongtong!"
Ji Guoqiang snorted coldly, "Yeah, right! Why don’t you be an assistant for your brother instead? You take care of her? It’d be good enough if you don’t cause her trouble!" He paused, then furrowed his brows and asked sharply, "Could it be your brother deliberately sent you to be Tongtong’s assistant? He’s getting more capable indeed!"
Dad had always hoped she and Shen Congjun would proceed smoothly, until marriage, so he treated Shen Family siblings like his own family. Even when drunk and muttering a few foolish words, it was like an elder scolding the younger generation, never such cold and sarcastic remarks.
Shen Congling was also a bit confused by his change in attitude. She looked up at him incredulously, then glanced at Ji Niandong, feeling even more wronged, "Did my brother really do something again? Uncle, it’s wrong of my brother not to pay your medical bills, and I won’t defend him, but my being Sister Tongtong’s assistant has nothing to do with him. Uncle, you’ve watched me grow up, you should know whose side I’m on!"
She stomped her foot impatiently, "Aunt He, please say something for me. I’ve really been wronged by my brother, now both Uncle and Sister Tongtong think I’m in cahoots with him!"
He Meijuan hurried over to persuade, "Old Ji! Lingling is Lingling, how can you lump her together with that ingrate Ah Jun?"
"And how much better is she? All she does is chase stars without doing anything proper. Didn’t she also make you spend a lot of money chasing that so-called Sun?" Ji Guoqiang gave Shen Congling a hard look and turned to walk into the room.
Shen Congling withdrew her head, these notorious misdeeds she couldn’t argue against, so she went over to hug He Meijuan’s arm, "Aunt He, I’ll pay you back, really, I promised before I would, and I’m seriously working as Sister Tongtong’s assistant now, I’ll get paid soon!"
"Shh!" He Meijuan said softly, "Your uncle is just angry, he’s not really blaming you, otherwise he would have kicked you out by now. Come with me to the kitchen to help wash the vegetables!"
Shen Congling nodded vigorously and quickly followed her to escape the scene!
It was only then that Ji Niandong walked into Ji Guoqiang’s room and closed the door.
Ji Guoqiang turned his head and asked, "What are you doing?"
The relationship between father and daughter is always different from that of father and son, still somewhat distinct because of gender. After Ji Niandong grew up, Ji Guoqiang essentially never entered her room, even sleeping in his room with the door closed, very mindful of his daughter’s sensibilities.
They rarely communicated, so having a conversation behind closed doors was a first, giving it a somewhat serious air!
Ji Niandong just felt a bit tired, leaning slightly against the door, not stepping further in, but her expression turned a few shades more serious and indifferent, "Dad, I have something to ask you!"