Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin-Chapter 673: Always Drinking Alcohol_1

"Thank you for the reminder. I will consider it." Owing too many favors to Bai Liyan and now letting him down filled her with guilt.

But Ji Yunhuan knew she couldn’t help it.

She couldn’t give Bai Liyan hope.

Nor did she want to see someone like Bai Liyan fall because of her.

A person like him should be like a breeze, like the bright moon. He shouldn’t do something that violated his principles.

Moreover, what was so good about Ji Yunhuan?

She had committed all kinds of despicable acts and was notoriously selfish. She wasn’t worthy of him, nor worthy of him betraying his own principles.

Ji Yunhuan knew that her biggest mistake was involving Bai Liyan at the most inappropriate time. She shouldn’t have chosen to rely on him then. If that hadn’t happened, none of this would have occurred.

The more it came to moments like this, the more she couldn’t afford to show him any softness, for fear of him misunderstanding her intentions.

After Bai Liyan left, Ji Yunhuan sat on the sofa for a very long time.

Her mind was in turmoil.

Some thoughts were tangled and unclear.

Bai Liyan had been exceedingly kind to her in the past, unwilling to let Qi Cheng coerce her, even publicly stating their involvement. He saved her unborn child, Ruirui, at the manor. During the most difficult times in Huai Xi, he accompanied her.

Over this journey, without Bai Liyan, she wouldn’t know what she would have become. She couldn’t have imagined sitting here today, losing her temper with him.

She had just wanted to consider his aunt as her own family, treating him as family too. She didn’t foresee such a situation arising where she had to turn against him.

Qi Cheng arrived in the evening, seeing Ji Yunhuan watering flowers in the yard. She wore house clothes, looking lean from the back.

Ji Yunhuan knew it was Qi Cheng from the sound of his footsteps and didn’t turn around.

Qi Cheng walked up, looking at the flowers she had been watering for a while, and reminded her, "If you keep watering them, they’ll drown."

Ji Yunhuan stopped and put down the watering can.

She looked at Qi Cheng, a nonchalant smile on her face, "Aren’t you very busy? Why are you here?"

She thought he’d really be so indifferent, seeing Bai Liyan at her house and pretending not to know.

Seeing his current expression, she guessed he was there to gather information.

"Can’t I come to see Ruirui?" Qi Cheng looked at her, "What’s wrong? You don’t look well."

"Where do you see that I don’t look well?"

Ji Yunhuan took off her apron and walked back into the house.

The maids were preparing dinner.

Qi Cheng followed her in, saying, "I’m surprised, Bai Liyan isn’t here."

Previously, whenever Bai Liyan came, he would almost always stay until evening.

Hearing his words, Ji Yunhuan glanced at him, "Are you having someone keep an eye on me?"

She always felt like she couldn’t escape his surveillance no matter what she did.

This man was too boring!

"Keeping an eye on you? No!" He had just installed a bug on Yangyang. When Yangyang was with her, he could roughly understand what she was doing.

Qi Cheng himself didn’t know why he did such boring things. Initially, he felt taking Yangyang away from her was too cruel, but giving him back felt unfair. After all, she was so excessive, and yet he had to give her son...

In the end, with no other choice, he came up with this idea.

It let her have the child while giving him a good excuse.

And most importantly, he could know what she did every day.

After all, he had his pride and didn’t want to appear directly in front of her.

Ji Yunhuan sat down on the sofa.

Qi Cheng asked, "Where are the kids?"

"Upstairs, playing with puzzles." Yangyang had a particular interest in puzzles. Even at the age of four, he was still very enthusiastic and playing happily with Ruirui.

Qi Cheng glanced upstairs, his eyes falling back on Ji Yunhuan, "Did you fight with Bai Liyan?"

If it were him in Bai Liyan’s place, he would be angry too.

"So what if I did?" Ji Yunhuan knew Qi Cheng always wanted to use her to hit Bai Liyan. She glared at Qi Cheng, "Are you happy that I fought with him?"

Qi Cheng was indeed happy, "Why? Aren’t you happy?"

"Can you be happy when you fight with someone?" All afternoon, Ji Yunhuan felt her attitude had been excessive and she regretted it. But now, apologizing didn’t seem worthwhile.

Maybe a person’s life was spent in constant loss.

Bai Liyan was a very good friend. She didn’t want to hurt him, so driving him away couldn’t make her happy.

Seeing her downcast, Qi Cheng sat beside her. Ji Yunhuan glanced at him, and Qi Cheng stared into her eyes, "When you fight with me, do you also reflect on yourself like this?"

"...." Ji Yunhuan averted her gaze, denying, "It’s always you who are wrong. Why should I reflect?"

In fact, she always seriously reflected on herself each time.

Sometimes, even when she knew she was wrong, she didn’t know how to correct it.

Qi Cheng didn’t respond to her words. Both of them remained quiet until Yangyang came downstairs.

Dinner was ready by then too.

The happiest times were when the family was together. Although Ji Yunhuan and Qi Cheng weren’t officially together, it didn’t affect their enjoyable family dynamic.

After dinner, Qi Cheng left.

He glanced at Assistant Gao waiting outside. Assistant Gao opened the car door for him, and he got in.

He didn’t go straight back to the Qi Family as usual. The car stopped at a bar, and Qi Cheng got out and went inside. He frequented this bar and was well-known. Qi Cheng went to the second floor and saw Bai Liyan drinking.

He was very drunk.

Assistant Gao explained, "Mr. Bai has been here since morning and hasn’t left."

That meant he’d come here right after leaving Ji Yunhuan’s place and had been drinking since.

Qi Cheng stood at the door, his expression complex.

In his impression, Bai Liyan was indifferent to everything, never drinking himself into such a state over a woman.

Qi Cheng stood there for a while. Assistant Gao watched him cautiously, not uttering a word.

Before Ji Yunhuan met Qi Cheng, Assistant Gao had been with Qi Cheng and knew how good Qi Cheng and Bai Liyan’s relationship had been. They were as close as brothers. If Bai Liyan had wanted any woman in Qi Cheng’s life, Qi Cheng would have given her.

But Ji Yunhuan was different.

Yet, Bai Liyan only wanted Ji Yunhuan.

Sad music played in the bar. Bai Liyan drank alone.