Chapter 9

  Ji Xiaowan was hiding from the people sent by Xia Zong, she had nowhere to hide, so she hid beside her father, wanting to ask for his help. However, when the door opened, it was his daughter, also Ji Xiaowan's younger half-sister, named Ji Xiaobao.

  Xiao Bao knew Ji Xiao Wan and had hated her for many years, until her father and Ji Xiao Wan's mother divorced, she gradually forgot about Ji Xiao Wan. Unexpectedly, today Ji Xiao Wan appeared at their doorstep. Ji Xiao Bao didn't know what business she had with them, but no matter what it was, she wouldn't allow Ji Xiao Wan to come back and ruin their family of three. So before Ji Xiao Wan could even speak, Ji Xiao Bao slammed the door shut and said viciously, "Don't make yourself look like a prostitute, just like your mother."

  Ji Xiaobao's words really had a killing effect. At least, Ji Xiaowan would never knock on their door again.

  Then, Ji Xiaowan returned to the cold streets again, and on the way, she encountered three or four hooligans. Ji Xiaowan was so scared that she ran towards crowded places, and those hooligans chased her for several streets before disappearing from view.

  It was late at night, and Ji Xiaowan felt exhausted, with nowhere to go, she returned to her own home. At this time, there was no sound in the house, and she didn't know if her mother was at home or not. She secretly took the spare key from the window gap, opened the door, found that her mother was not at home, let out a sigh of relief, and fell onto the bed, fainting into sleep.

  Lu Mei Yue's birthday party was very luxurious, and the process was lively. Lu Mei Yue smiled all day without interruption. Many boys invited her to dance, and she chose to dance with them. In the last dance, Lu Mei Yue remembered that Ye Hai Wei and Yi Ling had told her to choose a boyfriend on her 18th birthday.

  At that time, Ye Haiwei and Yi Ling were both on one knee in front of her, taking out the rings they had prepared early, placing them in front of her, and solemnly saying, "Mei Yue, whoever's ring you take, will be your boyfriend, and the other will unconditionally withdraw."

  When Ye Haiyi finished speaking, the whole scene was in an uproar. All the onlookers were extremely tense and expectant. They knew that Ye Haiyi and Yi Ling were Luo Mei Yue's fiancés, and today, their actions proved all the rumors. The treasure they held in the palm of their hands was so enviable. Being able to make either one of them kneel down and propose to them would have made them ecstatic, let alone both at the same time?

  Lu Mei Yue enjoyed the envy of everyone's eyes, and also got unprecedented satisfaction. Her smile was extremely radiant and charming, but she didn't accept anyone's ring.

  Lu Mei Yue thought for a moment and then pouted, saying "I won't choose! I don't want to choose!"

  Ye Haiwei smiled indulgently and said, "Silly girl, you'll have to choose eventually. Choosing early will make our identities clear earlier, isn't that better?"

  "No way! No way! I won't choose!" Luo Mei Yue shook her head, and the gemstone earrings swayed several times.

  Ye Haiwei and Yi Ling stood up, both pinched her cheeks at the same time, saying "Alright, no need to choose! Anyway, you're still young, we're all still young, there's still time, but you have to make a decision quickly, got it?"

  Lu Mei Yue won't choose anyone because once she makes a choice, the other person will leave her. She doesn't want anyone to leave her, so no matter what, she is unwilling to make a choice.

  Her ambition is huge, she wants two men to love her at the same time, dote on her, just like today, two men pursuing her at the same time, making those women jealous to death. She would be content then.

  The party is over. Ye Haiwei said he would send her, Yi Ling also said he would send her, and let Luo Mei Yue make a choice, saying that tonight she sits in whose car to go back, and from now on she will be whose girlfriend.

  Lu Mei Yue was still hesitant about whose car to take, but after hearing them say that, she decided not to get in anyone's car and had her own driver send her home.

  Lu Mei Yue left. Ye Hai Wei and Yi Ling also got into their own cars, ready to leave.

  Yi Ling drove in front and Ye Haiwei drove behind, both of them were driving on the same road.

  Actually, Ye Haiwei was driving with Yi Ling.

  They arrived at a traffic light, and the two of them stood shoulder to shoulder on the first starting line waiting for the red light. Yi Ling and Ye Hai Wei rolled down their car windows at the same time. After exchanging a glance, Ye Hai Wei said, "This isn't the way back home, where do you want to go?"

  Yi Ling also said, "This is not the way back home either, why are you following me?"

  Neither of them responded to each other's words, but simultaneously rolled up the car windows. Yi Ling drove ahead again, and Ye Haiwei followed behind in his own car. The two cars drove one after the other until they reached the entrance of Ji Xiaowan's residential area, where they parked their cars in a parking space.

  Yi Ling walked to the familiar apartment building where Xiao Wan lived, stopped at the bottom of the building, blinked a few times, and scratched the back of her head.

  He had only tracked her to this point, but he didn't know which floor or room Ji Xiaowan lived in. For a moment, he was at a loss for what to do. Was he supposed to go door-to-door?

  Ye Haiwei followed him, took out the address from his pocket and looked at it. It was a one-room apartment in the middle of the fourth floor.

  Ye Haiwei had previously retrieved Xi Xiaojuan's home address from the school's data archive, just in case something like this happened today. However, Ye Haiwei knew her home address but didn't know how to drive there, but Yi Ling did.

  These two people, if they had acted separately, would have wasted a lot of time, but since they didn't make an appointment and yet came to find Ji Xiaowan at the same time, they didn't waste any effort. Indeed, when these two brothers work together towards a common goal, they are absolutely invincible.

  Ji Xiaowan was fast asleep on her small bed. Her small bed and her mother's were in the same room, separated only by a screen.

  In a daze, Ji Xiaowan only slept for half an hour when Liu Fei returned.

  Liu Fei returned and saw Ji Xiaowan sleeping on the bed, suddenly furious, she didn't care about anything else, directly went forward to grab Ji Xiaowan's hair, dragged her out of bed, all the way to the bathroom, picked up the showerhead and sprayed cold water directly at her.

  Ji Xiaowan was originally cold as ice, and after being splashed with this cold water, her face turned pale and purple.

  "Ah! Mom, I'm sick, don't be like this!"

  "Falling ill? You deserve to fall ill! Who told you to run out? If you had gone out to eat with Xia Zong, would you have fallen ill?"

  She was already ill when her mother locked her in the bathroom last night, and even having dinner with Xia Zong would make her condition worse. Moreover, she didn't think that Xia He and Dong would let go of their fat sheep just because she had a high fever.

  "Mom, let me rest for a night, can we talk about it tomorrow? I'm really uncomfortable. Cough...cough..."

  Ji Xiaowan coughed twice and felt a burning flame in her chest, which hurt badly. Her body was scorching hot, but she felt cold to the bone.

  Ji Xiaowan's cough was getting heavier and heavier, Liu Fei said angrily, "Don't pretend to be dead on me, don't think that just because you're sick you can escape tomorrow's dinner party, tomorrow I'll drag you there even if I have to." After saying that, she walked back to the head of the bed to get some antipyretics for Ji Xiaowan.

  Liu Fei overturned the bedside cabinet but couldn't find the antipyretic for a while, and was getting anxious to death. At this moment, the doorbell rang.

  Liu Fei stormed out to open the door and saw two handsome young men standing at the entrance, dressed in formal attire. She was taken aback for a moment before asking, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"

  Ye Hai smiled politely at her and asked, "Is Xiaowen at home? We have something to ask her."

  Liu Fei immediately pulled down her face and said, "She's not here!"

  "Cough...cough..."

  The sound of coughing came from inside the house, making Liu Fei's face even more unsightly.

  Ji Xiaowan's mother was divorced, so there were only two people in their home, Liu Fei and Ji Xiaowan. The coughing sound wasn't Liu Fei's, it must be Ji Xiaowan's. But Liu Fei said Ji Xiaowan wasn't at home, isn't it obvious that she didn't want them to meet Ji Xiaowan?

  Yi Ling saw Liu Fei about to close the door, he blocked it with one hand and said, "Auntie, we are Xiaowen's classmates, there are some things we want to talk to her about, just a few words and then we'll leave."

  "Cough...cough..."

  The coughing sound inside the house is getting heavier and more urgent.

  Ye Haiyi and Yi Ling exchanged a glance, then both furrowed their brows.

  "We'll talk about it when we go to school tomorrow, Xiaowen needs to rest now, you all go back."

  Liu Fei wanted to close the door again, but Yi Ling wouldn't let her, blocking her way.

  Ye Hai only listened to that coughing sound a bit unwell, asked, "Is Xiaowen sick? Why didn't Auntie take her to the hospital?"

  "What hospital are you going to? Can't you just take some medicine and be fine?" Liu Fei's face looked bad, her tone was also very aggressive, she wanted to directly pry open Yi Ling's hand that was blocking the door. Her strength wasn't as great as Yi Ling's, so Liu Fei angrily said, "Are you not leaving? Do you believe I'll call the police?"

  "Cough...cough..."

  Ji Xiaowan coughed again, and Yi Linghuo's anger grew even greater. Finally, he roughly pushed Liu Fei aside and rushed into the house.

  Liu Fei saw the situation and hastily pulled him back, but she pulled back Yi Ling, and Ye Haiwei took advantage of the opportunity to slip in. Then he looked around the room and found no one, and heard that the coughing sound came from the bathroom. He immediately turned his head towards the bathroom, opened the bathroom door, and found Qi Xiaowen wearing revealing clothes, lying on the cold ceramic tiles, coughing badly.

  Ye Hai's whole body was stunned, and he quickly ran over to squat down, hugging Xi Xiaojuan. As soon as he touched Xi Xiaojuan's arm, he found that this girl was severely scalded all over her body.

  Xiao Wan?

  Ji Xiaowan had lost consciousness and did not respond to Ye Haiyi's calls.

  Yi Ling also saw it, and suddenly his temper burst out. He shouted at Liu Fei, "Is this how you're supposed to be a mother? She's your daughter! How can you treat her like that?"

  "What's it to you? My daughter, how I treat her is my business, what are you meddling for? Get out, all of you get out! Or else I'll call the police!" Liu Fei raised her voice and shouted back, her attitude not softening in the slightest.