Rebirth: Pampered by My Children and Husband-Chapter 248 - : Ambiguous Person

Chapter 248: Chapter 248: Ambiguous Person

“…Fine,” Ji Zeqiu had no choice but to resign himself to being her minion.

Just as Ji Yuqiao was telling the clerk she wanted to rent a barbecue grill, a familiar voice arose from behind.

“Ji Yuqiao?” Surprise tinged with covert delight flickered in Xiao Yu’s eyes.

When Ji Yuqiao heard the voice and turned around, her initially cheerful expression immediately darkened at the sight of Xiao Yu.

She cast a brief, indifferent glance at Xiao Yu and then turned her attention back to continue speaking with the clerk.

Seeing her aloof demeanor, Xiao Yu felt a dull ache in his chest, forcing a smile that seemed almost self-deprecating.

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This outcome was a bed of his own making.

Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Xiao Yu tried to strike up a conversation again with Ji Yuqiao, “Are you here for a picnic as well?”

“…”

“Our studio is here for team building today; what a coincidence.”

“…”

“The grill is heavy, let me help you,” Xiao Yu said upon seeing her taking the barbecue grill from the clerk, promptly stepping forward.

Ji Yuqiao dodged his hand and finally spoke her first words to him, “No need.”

After that, she took a deep breath and called out loudly, “Ji Zeqiu!”

In a moment, Ji Zeqiu arrived, carrying two large bags of frozen skewers, his tone tinged with irritation, “Here, Miss, what else do you want to carry?”

His morose face shadowed with vexation, as if regretting why he had managed to anger her, knowing ultimately he was the one who would suffer.

“The barbecue grill,” Ji Yuqiao pointed to the grill on the ground.

“I can’t carry anymore,” Ji Zeqiu gestured to the bags in his hands.

“Then you better hurry and make two trips; I don’t care,” Ji Yuqiao’s long-restrained caprice emerged once again.

Ji Zeqiu clicked his tongue.

“I’ll carry it,” Xiao Yu interjected at that moment.

Following the direction of the voice, Ji Zeqiu then noticed Xiao Yu too was present, his brows suddenly knitting together, his tone chilling, “What are you doing here?”

After speaking, he cast a doubtful glance at his sister.

Ji Yuqiao immediately explained, “I didn’t invite him; he said their studio is here for team building.”

While speaking, Xiao Yu had already bent down and lifted the barbecue grill.

A cold sneer formed on Ji Zeqiu’s lips, “Why isn’t Student Xiao off stealing more documents, instead of acting the Good Samaritan here?”

Ji Zeqiu had learned about Xiao Yu convincing Ji Yuqiao to steal documents after returning from leave and hearing it from Lin Xu’s own mouth.

Back then, he was so enraged, his eyes bloodshot, wanting to confront Xiao Yu.

“How are you going to confront him?” Lin Xu hastily stopped him.

“Obviously by giving him a thrashing,” Ji Zeqiu’s face was tight with anger, his complexion ashen.

“Give him a thrashing, and then what? You get detained for affray and spend 5 days in a police station?” Lin Xu said.

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A flicker of hesitation crossed Ji Zeqiu’s face.

Eventually, he was talked down by Lin Xu.

Then, preoccupied with work and being wary of Xie Changyan, he forgot all about it.

Had Xiao Yu not turned up here, it almost slipped his mind entirely.

While Ji Tingyang, who was about to take action against Xiao Yu at that time, had thwarted several of Xiao Yu’s collaborations, he also became distracted because of Xie Changyan and ceased any further action against Xiao Yu.

Therefore, it gave Xiao Yu another chance to get back on his feet.

Upon hearing Ji Zeqiu’s mocking words, Xiao Yu’s body stiffened for a moment, “I’m sorry, at that time I…”

Before he could finish speaking, Ji Zeqiu snorted coldly, “If ‘sorry’ worked, what would we need the police for?”

Xiao Yu: “I…”

“We can move our own things, no need to trouble yourself, who knows what else you’d like to steal besides documents,” Ji Zeqiu stuffed one of the bags of skewers into Ji Yuqiao’s arms and with the now-free hand, snatched back the stove.

Fortunately, the barbecue stove wasn’t big and could be carried by one hand, even with a hip cocked.

“Alright, let’s head back,” Ji Zeqiu called to Ji Yuqiao, carrying the stove and walked outside.

Ji Yuqiao, holding the skewers, hurriedly followed.

Before leaving, Xiao Yu heard Ji Zeqiu’s jeering voice, “But you and Wen Li are quite a match, at least you both share a hobby of stealing documents.”

Xiao Yu clenched his fists, his face instantly turning ashen.

“Don’t associate with these shady people in the future, they look decent on the surface but are vile behind the scenes, got it?” Ji Zeqiu’s voice, carried by the breeze, came from outside.

“Big brother, are you talking about yourself?”

“Ji Yuqiao!” The voice was through clenched teeth.

Listening to their conversation as they walked away, Xiao Yu felt as though his throat was blocked by something, unable to utter a single word in retort.

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When Ji Yuqiao and Ji Zeqiu returned to Lin Xu and the others, they had already calmed their displeased emotions.

It was rare for them to go out and have fun, and they didn’t want to spoil Lin Xu’s mood.

“Why didn’t you call us to help with all that stuff? You could’ve taken it in two trips,” Lin Xu quickly stood up and took the items from their hands.

“Big brother said he’s strong enough to carry it all by himself. If you don’t believe it, later you can have big brother—”

“Ji Yuqiao, do you think I am a pushover?” Ji Zeqiu gave her a sharp look.

Ji Yuqiao immediately sought refuge in Lin Xu’s embrace, “Big brother is so fierce~”

“Don’t scare the little sister,” Lin Xu said.

Ji Zeqiu: “…”

Ji Yuqiao giggled and stuck her tongue out at Ji Zeqiu.

Meanwhile, not far away under the willow tree, Xiao Yu had been glancing over at Ji Yuqiao’s direction from time to time since he returned.

Seeing her playful gesture of sticking out her tongue brought a faint smile to his face, and he found himself unwittingly staring in that direction, lost in thought.

“Yu bro, what are you looking at?” Suddenly someone patted Xiao Yu’s shoulder, pulling his wandering thoughts back.

“Your face is beaming with such a bright smile, did you see a beautiful girl or something?” The man teased as he followed Xiao Yu’s gaze.

After spotting Lin Xu and Ji Yuqiao, the man whistled, “There are two beauties over there, which one has caught Yu bro’s eye?”

Xiao Yu schooled his expression back to indifference and turned away, “There’s a puppy over there; I was just watching it.”

“A puppy isn’t as captivating as a beauty,” the man said.

“Hasn’t Xiao Yu always been like this? Last time a beauty from a cooperating company came to work with us, she was practically drooling over him, yet he showed no reaction,” a senior colleague joined in the conversation coming over.

“Ha, ha, ha, right, I remember that, let me tell you about that time…” A group of employees started discussing enthusiastically.

Everyone was eating barbecue and drinking beer, the mood gradually getting livelier.

Maybe it was the alcohol kicking in, but the man who had spoken to Xiao Yu pointed in the direction of Lin Xu and proposed, “There are two beauties over there; how about the loser of rock-paper-scissors goes to ask for a contact number?”

Xiao Yu’s expression turned dark in an instant.