Chapter: Chapter 128: The Incompetent Husband
“Girl!”
“What’s wrong with you, what’s wrong with you, don’t sleep!”
“Quick, quick, someone, someone fainted here!”
“………”
Qun Qi Er Shan Mei: “………”
Ji Yunqi really wanted to hear where those voices were coming from and who was speaking, but she couldn’t control her thoughts at all.
As the voices grew fainter, Ji Yunqi felt her body becoming heavier and heavier, as if… something was tearing at her from beneath.
Her consciousness seemed to fall into a blur at this moment…
The surrounding environment was no longer the bright reality; it seemed to have become extremely somber and terrifying… Even though Ji Yunqi’s consciousness was extremely blurred, that sense of gloom couldn’t be dispelled.
She had a feeling that if she completely fell into the abyss below, she would no longer feel tired or sad…
In the boundless darkness before her, it seemed as though many dark tentacles had reached out and tightly entangled her, trying to pull her deeper.
Ji Yunqi tried to struggle, but she had no strength at all, or rather… she seemed unable to feel her body at all, as if she were formless…
“If I completely relax, can I be free?”
Ji Yunqi had always felt a sense of restraint, but she didn’t know where it came from. Her life, her days, her body had never had any problems.
But vaguely, Ji Yunqi always felt an invisible shackle entwining her, preventing her from being at ease.
Perhaps… it was because she was supposed to be dead…
As Ji Yunqi’s consciousness gradually sank, her senses became more and more blurred. It wasn’t the blurriness of falling unconscious, but the blurriness of her existence gradually dissipating…
If this feeling completely disappeared, she would probably fall into eternal silence…
Suddenly, it seemed like two hands grabbed her…
She couldn’t feel anything else, only vaguely saw a young girl, similar to her, and a tender-looking little one, struggling to pull her.
Trying to pull her up from this bottomless abyss.
Although it was only a moment of clarity, Ji Yunqi knew that she couldn’t truly disappear here. She still had her family, her children, and this home needed her!
Along with Ji Yunqi’s efforts, the darkness in front of her gradually dissipated, and a dazzling light flashed by!
“Mmm…”
The young girl subconsciously raised her arm to shield her eyes from the stinging light.
When the most glaring moment passed, her eyes gradually adapted to the light again. What greeted her sight was not children or young girls at all, but a glaring white ceiling.
“This is…”
Ji Yunqi wanted to sit up and see what was going on, but she found that she couldn’t exert any strength at all. Even the fatigue from raising her arm just now was felt at this moment.
“What’s going on? Have I become a cripple?”
*Creak*
With the sound of the door opening, hurried footsteps grew closer. Ji Yunqi turned her head and saw Jiang Hua, who was in tears, and Ye Ling, sitting in a wheelchair beside her.
“Child, you’re finally awake… Do you know how worried we were?”
“Mom… What happened to me?”
Jiang Hua looked at Ji Yunqi’s pale face and bloodless lips, and her heart ached!
“You know, after you took us old folks down the mountain that day, you couldn’t hold on and fainted.”
Ji Yunqi tried to get up again, but she still couldn’t muster any strength. Seeing this, Jiang Hua quickly helped Ji Yunqi to lean against the headboard.
“Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious. You were just severely exhausted, and your muscle tissues were severely strained. You’ll be fine after some rest.”
“Mom, is it really okay?” Ji Yunqi still felt uneasy. She always felt that her body was strange…
Mainly… her perception seemed to have become stronger.
“You child, you wish something was wrong with you?”
“You’ve been unconscious for more than a day. You should be able to be discharged tomorrow morning. There are no other problems.”
Ji Yunqi nodded. It was good that nothing was wrong. It was good.
Ji Yunqi was completely relieved now that she knew she was okay. As for the child?
The child hadn’t even formed yet, so there was nothing to be afraid of, as long as she didn’t shatter into pieces, there would be no problem.
Ji Yunqi began to recall what happened that day.
She seemed to remember…
At that time, she was carrying Ye Ling down the mountain with Jiang Hua on her back. However, she was just a pregnant woman. Even with strong willpower, she couldn’t hold on for too long.
She basically put Ye Ling down in the afternoon, and then rested for a while before carrying him again, which took a whole day. It wasn’t until dusk that they reached the foot of the mountain.
Even Ji Yunqi couldn’t understand where she got the strength to persevere until this point.
If it were her in the past, it might not have been difficult, but now…
Sigh… Forget it…
Now she was lying in the hospital, wasn’t that the result?
After chatting for a while, Ji Yunqi felt hungry. With a gurgling sound, Ji Yunqi’s face turned quite embarrassed.
“Heh, Mom, I’m hungry~”
Jiang Hua smiled and shook her head, then patted Ji Yunqi’s little head, “Okay, your dad is here watching you, I’ll go buy you something to eat.”
“Okay~”
After Jiang Hua left, Ji Yunqi looked at Ye Ling’s leg.
It was very dark at the time, and she hadn’t seen Ye Ling’s leg injury clearly. She could only roughly disinfect and bandage it.
But now looking at Ye Ling’s leg… it seemed like nothing was wrong?
“Dad, your leg…”
Perhaps to reassure Ji Yunqi, Ye Ling smiled and lifted his injured leg, “Don’t worry, the injury is a bit serious, but it didn’t damage the bone, just the flesh. It will be fine in no time.”
“Oh, oh, that’s good…”
As long as the bones were not injured, it was a good thing. The saying “injuring muscles and bones takes a hundred days” referred to this.
“Oh, right, there’s one more thing… it’s very important, so I told Mingkong. He should be arriving in Kyoto today.”
“Ah?” Ye Ling’s words really startled Ji Yunqi. This… this…
If his wife saw her condition, he would surely blame himself.
This old geezer, why is his mouth so big!
“Really?”
As if unwilling to give up, Ji Yunqi asked again.
Ye Ling helplessly shrugged, “There’s nothing I can do. With such a big incident, if I don’t tell him, he’ll tear me apart when he finds out.”
Seeing that her father-in-law was indeed not joking, Ji Yunqi’s anxiety finally subsided.
It was already a mistake to have come to Kyoto without telling him, and now she had made herself like this, and more importantly, she hadn’t told him at all!
Suddenly, Ji Yunqi seemed to remember something and looked at Ye Ling.
“Old man, did you tell him that I’m pregnant?”
Ye Ling was slightly taken aback. He seemed to have forgotten about that!
“Uh… I think I forgot. I was only concerned about you fainting at the time. I really forgot about the child.”
“Huuh…” Hearing that her father-in-law had not told Ye Mingkong yet, Ji Yunqi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. That’s good.
If his wife knew that she was pregnant and had made herself like this, she would probably follow her everywhere from now on.
She might even stop her from going out.
This was not what Ji Yunqi wanted to see. That would be too boring.
“What, do you want me to tell him now?” Ye Ling deliberately teased.
Ji Yunqi’s little head shook like a spinning top, “No, no, no, old man, I advise you not to cause trouble. It’s better not to let him know for now.”
“Alright, alright. This is your couple’s business. I, this old man, should not interfere too much.”
“By the way, Dad, where is Ye Xuan?”
Ji Yunqi only remembered the little guy she left at the foot of the mountain. She wondered how he was doing. She hoped Ye Ling hadn’t blamed him, after all, she was the one who told him to stay there.
“He’s off doing his own things, don’t worry about him.”
“This…”
Seeing Ye Ling frown, Ji Yunqi guessed that Ye Xuan was probably going to have a hard time. She didn’t need to ask any further.
After Ji Yunqi had lunch, she felt that she could exert some strength. Indeed, young people’s bodies recover so quickly.
However…
It was a little boring. Ye Ling and Jiang Hua still had things to deal with. They said she needed to rest and left, leaving her to be alone in the ward again.
Although she had her phone to play with, she had been feeling… impotent! No!
It was digital impotence!
In other words, she had played on her phone for too long and didn’t know what else to play. This situation was very similar to when her son was in university. He also had a period of digital impotence.
Just as Ji Yunqi was bored and didn’t know what to do, the sound of steady footsteps suddenly rang out. Thinking of what the old man had said, Ye Mingkong would arrive this afternoon, Ji Yunqi swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Could this be… his wife?
For some reason, Ji Yunqi was quite nervous now!
During this period, Ji Yunqi had been having a great time in Kyoto. With Xia Zijie and her father-in-law protecting her, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that she could do anything in Kyoto.
She could be said to be on vacation, experiencing all sorts of delicious food and fun.
The key was that she had basically not contacted Ye Mingkong during this time; she had been playing wildly!
Besides her family, the person she contacted the most was Xia Zijie… This thought made Ji Yunqi feel a chill down her spine.
Xia Zijie liked her. She had been shamelessly going out with him every day. It really felt a bit… shameless!
This was the first time Ji Yunqi felt like a little hoe who loved to seduce men…
As the footsteps stopped by the bedside, Ji Yunqi cautiously glanced over and saw not Ye Mingkong’s figure, but Xia Zijie’s face, full of worry.
“Hey, why are you here?” Ji Yunqi was quite surprised to see Xia Zijie here. She really didn’t expect to see him.
Xia Zijie put down the fruit basket in his hand and took out an apple to peel.
“Why didn’t you come to me for something this big?”
Ji Yunqi’s face stiffened. What was this supposed to mean?
She hadn’t understood what Xia Zijie meant by this at first, but thinking of his attitude towards her, Ji Yunqi understood at that moment.
“What would I look for you for? My family was in trouble, and it didn’t have much to do with you, did it?”
As Ji Yunqi said this, Xia Zijie’s peeling action clearly paused. Perhaps, in a certain sense, it was a little hurtful.
But Ji Yunqi still wanted Xia Zijie to understand that they were at most friends, and they couldn’t go any further. She, Ji Yunqi, was a woman with principles.
Moreover, Xia Zijie was just an outsider, wasn’t he?
When rescuing her family, there was no reason to ask a friend to risk his life to save them. This was irresponsible to others.
“We…” Xia Zijie didn’t know what identity to use to speak to Ji Yunqi.
He really wanted to say that no matter what trouble she encountered, she could find him to help solve it. As long as it wasn’t illegal, he was willing to do it.
But he knew Ji Yunqi too well and knew that she wouldn’t let others take risks for her.
Xia Zijie’s many words couldn’t escape his lips, and they could only turn into a helpless sigh…
“Sigh…”
“We are just friends, right? Friends should help each other and support each other, shouldn’t they?”
Ji Yunqi shook her head, “If it’s just some minor issue, then yes. But for such a big matter, you have no reason to be involved.”
Xia Zijie didn’t speak, but silently handed a piece of apple he had cut to Ji Yunqi’s mouth.
Since there was no one else in the ward, Ji Yunqi didn’t stand on ceremony. She didn’t even bother to pick it up herself and directly opened her mouth to eat the apple.
“Heh…”
The two looked at each other and smiled. For them, a smile was enough to resolve all awkwardness.
Xia Zijie didn’t expect Ji Yunqi to actively seek his help. He could only silently vow in his heart that if such a thing happened again in the future.
He must notice it immediately and absolutely not let her go into danger alone.
“This apple is sweet, have another piece~”
Xia Zijie, completely oblivious, acted like an old father comforting his daughter, holding another piece of apple to Ji Yunqi’s mouth.
The young girl just smiled and took a bite.
It was at this moment that the ward door was opened again.
However, the person who came this time was clearly the one Ji Yunqi least wanted to see, especially at this moment!
Ye Mingkong at the door was also stunned. What did he see?
His… husband was being fed an apple by another man?
“You… why are you here so quickly?” Ji Yunqi couldn’t care about anything else and quickly ate the apple, asking.
Ye Mingkong, who had been worried about Ji Yunqi, suddenly turned dark.
Well, well, how long has it been since he was by her side, and she’s already being targeted by another man!
Ye Mingkong walked to the bedside and pushed Xia Zijie aside, “Move aside, you’re in the way of me and my wife~”
As soon as he said that, Xia Zijie’s expression instantly worsened. Even the hand holding the fruit knife tightened!
Seeing this, Ji Yunqi panicked. What are you two doing?
Is this a love triangle?
“Hey, you two, don’t be so hostile, okay? I’m still here~”
“Ah, it’s okay…” Xia Zijie adjusted himself immediately. The anger on his face had disappeared, and Ye Mingkong returned to his usual smile.
“Are you feeling better?”
Ji Yunqi nodded, “Yes, I’m fine, just still a bit weak. I’ll be discharged tomorrow.”
“That’s good…” Ye Mingkong had roughly understood Ji Yunqi’s situation from Ye Ling’s message. Knowing that she would be fine, he hadn’t been too anxious in the first place.
Now that he saw her face to face and knew she was fine, he was naturally relieved.
However… there was a third wheel here!
Ye Mingkong glanced sideways at Xia Zijie with an unhappy expression, “Hey, why are you still here? It’s you and my wife here, shouldn’t an outsider like you excuse yourself?”
In Ye Mingkong’s eyes, since his wife, the empress, had appeared, why was a sycophant like him still here? Hurry up and leave!
However, Xia Zijie completely ignored Ye Mingkong. He came here to take care of and visit Ji Yunqi. The person concerned hadn’t even spoken yet, so why were you shouting?
“I’m not leaving, what can you do to me?”
“You!”
“What about you?!” Before Ye Mingkong could retort, Xia Zijie changed from his usual gentle and refined demeanor, pointed at Ye Mingkong’s nose, and started to lash out.
“You said she’s your wife, right? So where were you during this time?”
“I…”
“When she first arrived, she was being harassed by the Gu family, and when she was being bullied, where were you?”
“This…”
Ye Mingkong knew he was in the wrong. Xia Zijie’s words left him speechless. He really didn’t know what to say. This was indeed his problem.
He wasn’t by Ji Yunqi’s side, which led to her being bullied…
Ji Yunqi, on the other hand, was listening with a confused expression. When was she bullied?
When she was with the Gu family, wasn’t she also treated well and served with delicious food and drinks?
Moreover, there was a punching bag that came to get beaten, and it was quite fun. When was she bullied?
“Heh, you say all sorts of fine things, calling yourself Yunqi’s husband, but when she was in danger, what were you doing? You were still at home watching your son, weren’t you!”
Ye Mingkong: …
Alright, he was right. He had nothing to refute. He had indeed been staying with his son and daughter-in-law during this time, handling some follow-up matters.
He hadn’t had time to understand Ji Yunqi’s situation. This was his dereliction of duty…
However, Ye Mingkong now knew how to answer him.
Ye Mingkong puffed out his chest, then slightly bent over, “Then, thank you, Mr. Xia, for taking care of my wife during this time. I’m very grateful for your contributions~”
“You…”
This time, it was Xia Zijie’s turn to be speechless.
After saying so much, why did he feel like he was punching cotton?
But what he said seemed reasonable too.
They were, after all, a married couple. No matter what he did, he was indeed taking care of someone else’s wife…
Moreover, he couldn’t openly say what he had done. If he did, wouldn’t it reveal his coveting of someone else’s wife?
“Sigh…”
This scene made Ji Yunqi speechless. What was wrong with these two childish guys? Why were they arguing here?
And why did this scene feel so familiar? When she was young, she had also said a lot of bad things about Xia Zijie, but the situation was different.
Back then, she thought it was a love triangle, but now, it was a real love triangle!
“You two, can you stop arguing? This is my ward, not your love triangle~”
Sometimes, what Ji Yunqi said was quite effective. Just like now, as soon as she said that, the two big men stopped.
“Old Xia, sit down, don’t mind him.”
Then, Ji Yunqi looked at Ye Mingkong again, “Did anything happen in Rongcheng?”
Ye Mingkong shook his head, “No, nothing. With me here, what could happen?”
“What about your son and daughter-in-law?”
“Those two… after I prepared some things for them, they went off on their honeymoon. I don’t know when they’ll be back…”
“Uh…”
Okay, Ji Yunqi was still a bit envious. Honeymooning.
She and her wife had their honeymoon decades ago. She still missed it. If she had the chance, she might try it.
“There’s nothing else.”
“Alright…”
“Here, have another piece~” Xia Zijie, as if completely ignoring the occasion, cut another piece of apple and handed it to Ji Yunqi, while raising his eyebrows at Ye Mingkong.
His expression seemed to say: What, you can’t do anything even when I’m flirting with your wife in front of you?
This time, with Ye Mingkong right in front of her, Ji Yunqi still didn’t dare to be too presumptuous. She didn’t take the apple directly into her mouth but reached out to take the apple before eating it.
Ye Mingkong also looked at Xia Zijie with a dark face. This provocation was too obvious!
He was still here…
“Hey, hey, hey, don’t do anything, okay! Don’t do anything!” Ji Yunqi saw that the atmosphere was not right and started to smooth things over, while giving Xia Zijie a look, signaling him to leave quickly.
Receiving the signal, Xia Zijie no longer hesitated. He stood up, looked at Ye Mingkong with a contemptuous gaze, which was both provocative and comforting…
The provocation was that Xia Zijie was mocking him, that he was powerless in the face of his flirtation!
The comfort was that Ye Mingkong could still protect Ji Yunqi. He… was relieved.
