Chapter 20: Where did you go yesterday?
Cleaning has never been an easy task, and for this reason, Ji Yunqi was busy from morning till night. Fortunately, the house wasn’t very dirty to begin with.
The cleaning went smoothly, and was completed before dark.
“Here, give me my wages~” Ji Yunqi took out her QR code, signaling Ye Mingkong to pay her.
Since it was a pre-arranged agreement, Ji Yunqi had done everything as Ye Mingkong requested. Ye Mingkong readily transferred two thousand yuan to Ji Yunqi.
“Alright, now that my work is done, I should go home. Goodbye.”
After speaking, Ji Yunqi didn’t linger and left. Ye Mingkong didn’t try to keep her. They were just classmates.
Ye Mingkong was merely curious about this little loli, and wanted to help, as for anything else?
He hadn’t thought about it at all. Perhaps they might be friends in the future, or perhaps they would go their separate ways from now on.
On the other hand, Ji Yunqi, who had received her money, was in a great mood. She decided!
She would buy a pack of instant noodles and a sausage to reward herself when she got home tonight. Otherwise, it would be a disservice to her day’s hard work.
It was already evening now, but not yet late at night. Since her home wasn’t in a remote location, Ji Yunqi wasn’t in a hurry.
She could look around for other part-time jobs. After all, two thousand yuan was just a drop in the bucket for the long life ahead.
After wandering around for a long time, Ji Yunqi couldn’t find anything suitable. Perhaps it was because it was already evening, and most of the shops had taken down their recruitment notices.
“Sigh, forget it, I’ll go home first. It’s getting late. My son should be home by now.”
It was already past nine o’clock in the evening. By rights, Ji Chengyun should have already arrived home. Ji Yunqi couldn’t possibly force her way in when she got back at this time.
She guessed that Ji Chengyun had probably already ordered takeout and might even be eating already.
After returning to the residential area, Ji Yunqi bought a bucket of instant noodles and a sausage from the “Meihao” brand and went home with a satisfied expression.
*Click…*
As the door lock was opened, the bright environment inside the house told Ji Yunqi that Ji Chengyun was already home.
“Where did you go yesterday?”
As soon as Ji Yunqi closed the door, she heard a question in her ear.
“Oh, damn it!”
The sudden voice startled Ji Yunqi. Didn’t she just see this silly son eating at the dinner table? How did he suddenly appear behind her?
“Can you not be so scary? Suddenly appearing…”
Ji Chengyun didn’t answer Ji Yunqi’s question. Instead, he frowned and stared into the girl’s eyes.
Ji Yunqi couldn’t stand it anymore and reached out to push Ji Chengyun away and return to her room, but Ji Chengyun grabbed her wrist: “You still haven’t answered me.”
The pain in her wrist made Ji Yunqi keenly aware of her current weakness. If it were in the past, even if she couldn’t beat her son, at least her dignity as a father wouldn’t have been trampled so easily.
But now… she had no power to resist in front of her son. She could clearly feel that her right hand was being held and pressed against the door by Ji Chengyun. She had no strength to move at all.
It was worth noting that in the past, even her wife wouldn’t have done this. Although the family often had playful arguments, they never reached such a level of dominance.
“I… I just went to a classmate’s house…”
“Male or female?”
“Huh?”
Ji Yunqi was stunned. What did that have to do with anything? Why was her son asking her this question? Her current identity was just a junior schoolmate who had a chance encounter with her son.
Was it necessary to care about her so much? Was he afraid she would be deceived? What a joke. He was treating her like a daughter. No!
She, Ji Yunqi, was the father. How could she be treated like this by her son? It was as if she were the junior.
“This shouldn’t matter, I was just invited to do something.”
“What thing?”
Ji Yunqi could clearly feel that Ji Chengyun’s breathing seemed to have quickened, which made her even more confused.
“I just helped him with some work, and he paid me. It’s a simple employment relationship. Also… let go of me!”
Taking advantage of Ji Chengyun’s momentary distraction, Ji Yunqi pushed him. This time, she successfully pulled her hand out: “Um… Senior, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go back to my room.”
After speaking, she scurried away without waiting for Ji Chengyun’s reply, leaving a frowning Ji Chengyun standing in place.
Ji Chengyun didn’t speak, his gaze fixed on the closed door: “Who exactly are you?”
At this moment, even he was confused. This girl emanated strangeness everywhere. She inexplicably entered his house to take care of him, but her way of speaking and behavior were completely different from his mother’s.
It didn’t look like a plot of his mother being reborn…
“Could it be… I’m too heartbroken and have developed some delusions? Hehe… I guess I need to rest well.”
However, although Ji Chengyun didn’t plan to keep staring at Ji Yunqi for the time being, he also didn’t intend to kick Ji Yunqi out.
After all, it was his own curiosity that made him let her move in. He definitely wouldn’t suddenly kick her out. Besides, Ji Yunqi herself said she could work in exchange for rent. He could just consider her his little maid.
Don’t say it… she’s a bit thin, but she’s pleasing to the eye, isn’t she?
On the other side, Ji Yunqi was not worried, because there was a small electric kettle in the room, and the mineral water she habitually kept in the room.
Boil the water, pour it into the instant noodle cup, and wait for a moment, and it’s perfect!
*Slurp~~*
“Mmm~~~”
Ji Yunqi was completely immersed in the deliciousness of this bowl of instant noodles. Nowadays, living such an uncertain life, she found that eating tasted better than ever!
Just as Ji Yunqi was immersed in food, Ji Chengyun, the uninvited guest, knocked on her door.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
Ji Yunqi sensed that her son’s state seemed unusual tonight, so she didn’t open the door proactively. She just asked through thedoor: “Senior… what’s wrong?”
Ji Chengyun didn’t waste any words. He simply told Ji Yunqi to remember to keep the house tidy, and said no more.
The girl could understand these words. She was the one who said them, that she would work in exchange for rent. Tomorrow was the weekend, and Ji Chengyun had to go to work early.
He was probably worried that Ji Yunqi would sleep in on the weekend, so he specifically reminded her.
But how could Ji Yunqi really sleep in? She wouldn’t forget to prepare breakfast for her son. Wasn’t that why she came back? To take care of her son.
Although her son’s attitude towards her was a bit strange now, it didn’t matter as long as her son didn’t kick her out.
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