"I’ll go check on Dad first!" Ji Niandong didn’t look at her, turning around to walk out.
Shen Congling’s tears fell immediately as she turned to He Meijuan, "Mrs. He, does Sister Tongtong not want me anymore?"
Ji Niandong turned back to the room next door, walking in as Ji Guoqiang was happily playing with Lu Sinian. Seeing such a harmonious scene, Ji Niandong couldn’t help but feel a moment of daze.
If Nian Nian were really her son, how wonderful that would be!
She shook her head, thinking she shouldn’t be daydreaming, unless she were reborn a few years back; there’d be a chance to have a child!
However, if she and Lu Beichen really had a child, wouldn’t he be so adorable too?
Taking a breath, she walked in with a smile, softly saying to Lu Sinian, "Nian Nian, go out and help Uncle Li Yi, and check if your Dad’s here. I need to talk to your grandpa!"
Lu Sinian nodded sensibly and left, not forgetting to raise his eyebrows and wink at her as he walked out!
As he left, Ji Niandong closed the door, her smile instantly fading, "Dad, I have something to ask you!"
Having raised her for years, Ji Guoqiang knew her temperament well. Her serious demeanor indicated it wasn’t something trivial.
Ji Guoqiang wasn’t anxious, sitting and casually asking, "What’s the matter?"
Ji Niandong remained standing, looking down at him, "When I had the car accident back then, was there something else that happened?"
Ji Guoqiang’s expression shifted, his eyes dodged a bit, then calmly asked, "What do you want to say?"
"Back then, when I had the car accident, the perpetrator paid a large sum of money, you never told me. You shared the money with Shen Congjun, even bought us a wedding house, but never mentioned it to me. Now, when I demand Shen Congjun to repay me twenty thousand plus half of the property, he immediately came to you, why is that?"
With every word she spoke, Ji Guoqiang grew more restless in his seat, as she stared directly at him, her eyes full of suspicion.
Ji Guoqiang had long anticipated this day would come—what was inevitable eventually arrived!
Having foreseen it, despite his inner unease, he remained outwardly composed, "You were seriously injured back then, hurt your head, and were asleep in the hospital for so long. Not telling you was only to prevent you from worrying! When you insisted on going out to work at home, I wanted to tell you we had money. But thinking about your temperament, knowing it would probably make you even more eager to work! Sharing with Shen Congjun was because he genuinely cared for you at that time, expecting you two would marry smoothly!"
What he said seemed reasonable, but Ji Niandong seized the opportunity to ask, "In that case, why didn’t you tell me about the money when you were hospitalized? You nearly died, yet I couldn’t even pay for your surgery! Why didn’t you say anything?"
"I thought you could always turn to Shen Congjun, but I didn’t expect him to be so heartless!" Ji Guoqiang heavily said the last sentence, biting through his teeth with thick resentment.
"You used to be desperate to keep me from going out, so why was there no objection when I wanted to re-enter the entertainment industry later?" Her tone was no longer confrontational, as if accepting Ji Guoqiang’s explanation, feeling somewhat clueless.
Ji Guoqiang chuckled, with an air of self-deprecation, "I was scared to die! Besides, after so many years, I thought... there should be no problem!" He added, "Not letting you go out was just fearing you might encounter accidents again. You have no idea how worried I was about your car accident back then... I’m sorry!" ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅•𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝗇𝖾𝗍