Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 677 - 669: Who Donated the Cornea Again? (Part 2)

"Whatever Helian sets his eyes on is precious, priceless indeed."

Qi Xiaoxiao lifted her head proudly, glancing at the already distant Ji Chicheng with a determined look.

...

Qi Helian rushed to the apartment first thing in the morning upon seeing the news, and when he opened the door, he saw Ji Anning sitting cross-legged on the sofa reading the newspaper.

She was so engrossed that she didn’t react at all to his entrance.

Qi Helian’s footsteps lightly reached the sofa, and he stood behind Ji Anning, glanced at the content she was reading on the newspaper, and said calmly, "No need to look any further, it must be my mom."

"Huh!"

Startled by Qi Helian suddenly speaking from behind, Ji Anning jumped, looked up at him and, thinking of what he just said, asked uncertainly, "Are you saying that the person who disclosed our big wedding news in Country Y is your mom?"

Qi Helian shrugged helplessly and nodded, "Even a hen brought for making soup was leaked, if not her, would Aunt Zhou dare?"

Ji Anning: "..."

True, she was also puzzled; these paparazzi are incredibly thorough, even a hen was investigated.

Qi Helian moved to sit next to Ji Anning, reached out to take the newspaper from her hands, quickly glanced over it, and chuckled, shaking his head, "I guess she wrote the article herself."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Ji Anning again, "She was on the phone last night, sweet-talking and pestering me to bring our daughter for her to see."

Ji Anning didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Qi Helian put down the paper, his face apologetic as he said to Ji Anning, "She is currently trying to retire from the entertainment industry, feeling bored, so she turned her attention to me; you don’t need to worry, I’ll have the PR handle this."

"It doesn’t bother me," Ji Anning said, lips pursed as she shook her head.

She and Qi Helian had been rumored more than once or twice before, and they had always dealt with it calmly and casually; now it’s even less of an issue...

Alas! 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Ji Anning stopped herself from thinking further, sighed silently in her heart, then looked at Qi Helian and said, "I found an apartment online; the landlord asked me to view it today."

"The second day of the New Year?" Qi Helian frowned annoyedly, "Who is so eager to rent out their house that they can’t let people have a proper New Year?"

Ji Anning just smiled and didn’t respond.

"Alright," Qi Helian put away his gloomy expression and said to Ji Anning, "What time are you going? I’ll come with you."

Ji Anning shook her head in refusal, "No need, I actually also want to go out for a walk."

Qi Helian raised his eyebrow, "Are you sure you want to go out for a walk with your condition?"

In just two days, she had visibly lost a lot of weight; and with the freezing snow outside, she still thought of going out.

Ji Anning replied indifferently, "I am fine now."

No sooner had she said that, she started coughing.

Qi Helian leaned against the sofa, lazily watching Ji Anning, who couldn’t help coughing, his eyes filled with pity, distress, and helplessness.

He said, "I’ll be in the study; just call me when you leave."

With that, he got up and headed towards the study.

Ji Anning watched Qi Helian’s retreating figure, helplessly pursing her lips; she still needed to move out quickly, otherwise troubling him like this was really not good.

...

After the snow, the traffic moved at a snail’s pace, Qi Helian’s luxurious SUV stood out assertively among the many cars.