Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 301 - 295: Knocking on the Door at Midnight (Nineteen)

"You..." Ji Anning frowned, turned her head, and glared at Ji Chicheng. Before she could voice her angry words, his lips had pressed against hers.

She stared, dumbfounded, for a second.

As she came to her senses and was about to push Ji Chicheng away, he withdrew first.

While her heart was about to explode with tension, he licked his lips, seemingly longing for more, yet so composed.

"This is at home, if you do this again, I will ignore you." Ji Anning, pointing at Ji Chicheng, gave him a humming warning, then entered her room, immediately shut the door, and locked it.

She leaned against the door and exhaled a long breath.

At this rate, he would eventually drive her to a heart attack.

"Dad, Chicheng has come. You really should say something fair, Ruoqian’s face is almost ruined."

Just as Ji Chicheng stepped into the dining room, Lin Yanqin pointed at Ji Ruoqian’s face and pleaded with the old man for justice.

The old man’s face darkened, his frown of disgust deepened, then he looked towards Ji Chicheng, and his expression softened, "Chicheng, what happened this morning?"

It was merely a symbolic inquiry.

"Just lost my temper a bit," Ji Chicheng replied indifferently to the old man, walked over to his seat, and sat down.

Lin Yanqin, sitting next to him and seeing his composure, was infuriated, "You call that just losing your temper? That hit landed on Ruoqian’s face. If it had hit her head, she wouldn’t be sitting here now, she’d be in the hospital."

She grew more agitated as she spoke, her body trembling.

Ji Anning, from afar, heard Lin Yanqin’s angry questions directed at Ji Chicheng, hesitated, but still cautiously continued forward.

She reached the doorway of the dining room, glanced inside, and felt the oppressive atmosphere, which weighed heavy on her heart.

"I’ll sit across."

Suddenly, Ji Chicheng got up, circled behind the old man, and sat down on the other side of him, diagonally across from Lin Yanqin.

That meant they would be sitting in a row...

Ji Anning hesitated, her steps halted, while the old man, assuming Ji Chicheng was annoyed with Lin Yanqin, gave her a stern look.

Then he said firmly, "Let’s all sit down and eat."

Ji Anning looked at Ji Chicheng, then at Lin Yanqin and her daughters. With no other choice, she had to sit in line with Ji Chicheng.

Her usual seat was right next to Ji Chicheng. As she walked over, she thought it over and decided to sit in her usual spot.

Fearing that trying too hard to avoid him might arouse suspicion.

After much trouble and with no comfort given, Lin Yanqin felt unsatisfied and looked at the old man with grievance, "Dad, I know it’s right for you to favor Chicheng, but shouldn’t be so biased. Ruoqian is also your granddaughter, and the doctor said this is mild disfigurement."

"What do you want to do about it?" The old man finally grew angry and slammed his chopsticks down with a snap, glaring at Lin Yanqin and demanding, "Should we also scratch Chicheng’s face? Or should he bow and apologise to you?"

Ji Ruoqian’s injury was first examined by Doctor Zhang. How severe it was, he was clearly aware.

In the end, the girl had been frightened and aggrieved, so he had patiently listened to their complaints without exposing their exaggerations.

But it seemed they were becoming boldly unyielding.

"I..." Lin Yanqin was at a loss for words, unable at the moment to think of what outcome she wanted.