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Chapter 11
A few more days passed through the ordinary and fulfilling days. On this day, Ji Li was running data in the research institute, when suddenly a junior brother ran over and called him, saying that someone was looking for him outside.
Ji Li subconsciously thought that it was Qi Muchu who came to pick him up from get off work.
After all, during this period of time, he has developed a habit. As long as Mr. Qi gets off work every day, as long as it is not too late, he will drop by to pick him up and go home.
And Ji Li has nothing to do, so he will wait for him while working in the laboratory.
But looking at the time now, it is a whole hour earlier than Mr. Qi's usual earliest time... This is almost impossible for Qi Muchu who is always extremely punctual.
Ji Li glanced at his phone, but Qi Muchu didn't call him to come...
No one called or messaged him saying they wanted to come see him.
In this case, usually it can only be blocked by him long ago...
"Who is looking for me?" Professor Ji, who finally realized what was wrong, took off his goggles, revealing a perfect and clear face.
The junior student who had just entered the research institute took a tight breath, subconsciously rolled his eyes, and said, "He said his surname is Ji."
Ji Li: "."
Ji Li left after testing the experimental data, turning off the instrument himself, and handing it over.
He came out wearing a white lab coat, and saw a few young men standing outside the research institute. The leader was wearing a casual blue suit with sneakers, and was leaning against the car with his raised seven-part hair.while smoking.
Behind him stood two young men who looked about his age, talking around him.It's just that the clothes should be more ordinary, they are all ordinary hip-hop styles, and they look more like this person's henchman.
Seeing Ji Li coming out, the young man in a blue suit took the initiative to come over: "Brother, today is my mom's birthday, dad asked me to pick you up."
The young man's attitude towards Ji Li was not friendly, and he was not surprised that Ji Li kept him waiting for so long.
As soon as they met, they directly said what they wanted, and opened the door of the rear compartment, which meant to invite Ji Li to get in the car.
The attitude cannot be denied.
This man is Ji Li's half-brother, named Ji Chao.
Ji Li stood there without moving, only raised his eyes to look at Ji Chao, and didn't speak.
Ji Chao has always been uncomfortable with his indifferent and silent attitude, and immediately said: "You see, I am useless. Dad asked me to come here. Do you really want to break up with the Ji family?... Even if you break up, you have toCome with me and speak clearly in front of Dad, don't make it look like I bullied you again."
When he said the following words, Ji Chao's voice was obviously full of resentment.
But Ji Li still had a calm expression: "This is the school. Smoking is not allowed in the campus."
"……Depend on."
Ji Chao took a deep breath, every time he talked to Ji Li, it was like punching cotton, making him unable to breathe up or down.
However, the two henchman brought by Ji Chao this time are quite smart, and one of them said with a smile: "Brother Chao, this is Young Master Ji? Hehe, it really looks like the one in the legend."
"What is it like in the legend?" Another person asked immediately.
The first person still laughed hehehe, "Just...a good student who is rare to see, my boy! Why is it that you can't smoke in school, hehe..."
Before the man finished laughing, he was quickly interrupted.
Ji Li's voice was cold: "I'm sorry to correct me, not smoking in public places is a morality that every citizen should abide by. It has nothing to do with how well you study, as long as it is a matter of personal quality."
henchman: "..."
No, this is really the young master of the Ji family?The fabled nerd?
Why are you so eloquent!
Xiao Mazi thought of those good students in his junior high school, and was quite afraid of these bastards.
Even if I'm not afraid, I'm stupid because of my studies, and I can't think of anything to refute them, and I always get blushed and thick necked by them, and I have to dodge them when I see them...
How did this Young Ji react so quickly when quarreling?...
The key point is that he is still Young Ji anyway, and I can't do anything with him!
Ji Li had already ignored the young man with a green face, put his hands in his white coat, and stepped straight into the car.
"Still leaving? Didn't you come to pick me up?"
Unexpectedly, Ji Li got into the car by himself, this time Ji Chao was taken aback.
In fact, Ji Li is different from all the nerds he has met.
It is obvious that Ji Li is smarter and more... unpredictable.
...It feels like the EQ is not there for a while, and Ji Chao feels that he has never penetrated the mind of this person he should be called brother.
"You...just wear this?" Ji Chao was referring to the white coat on Ji Li's body.
Ji Li has already leaned back on the seat, still put his hands in his pockets, gently closed his eyes with a calm expression, as if planning to just fall asleep like this: "I only have this suit."
"……bookworm."
In the end, it was Ji Chao who slammed the rear door shut with a bad face.
... He originally thought that Ji Li would not want to go back to Ji's house, so he opened the car door directly, just to make him feel uncomfortable and disgust him.
Unexpectedly, this was good, Ji Lian sat in the car safely, and now he seems to be Ji Li's bodyguard!Hold!
Ji Chao and the others drove two cars, and Ji Li's car had a driver, and when they saw Ji Li getting into the car, they politely greeted the young master.
This is the old man of the Ji family.
Ji Li also greeted the other party very warmly: "Hello, Uncle Yan."
"Young master, you still remember me." Uncle Yan was a little excited. He didn't expect that the young master still remembered him after not seeing him for a long time.
"Eh." Hearing this, Ji Li opened his eyes again, and subconsciously clenched his hands in his pockets, feeling a little embarrassed suddenly...
He didn't recognize Uncle Yan from his appearance... It wasn't his fault that he was blind.
However, Uncle Yan’s car will always have a life-saving safety talisman, which was begged by Uncle Yan’s wife for him, and he will carry it with every car he drives.
Ji Li always remembered this.
"Haha, the young master still hasn't changed." Uncle Yan had a very cheerful personality and laughed outright.
He has been working as a driver in Ji's family since he was in his early thirties, and he has been working for nearly twenty years, almost watching the young master grow up.
He knew that the young master was embarrassed at the moment, because the young master had never been able to distinguish people from their appearance.
But Uncle Yan thinks there is nothing to be ashamed of.
And even though he can't recognize people, the young master will always try his best to distinguish everyone in his own way.
Uncle Yan sometimes felt that it was a waste of the young master's clever mind to remember people like them.
Workers like them need the young master to take pains to remember them.
But the young master just remembered.
Seeing that Ji Li, who was ignoring him, had a good chat with a driver, Ji Chao frowned strangely, and felt even more blocked.
He thought that Ji Li really would take care of everyone, and he didn't look like the young master of the Ji family at all.
After closing the car door vigorously with some disgust, he simply took his little brother into another car.
Anyway, there is nothing to say about taking a car.
Out of sight out of mind.
Ji Chao was devastated in front of Ji Li, and the boys around him didn't dare to say anything, they all followed the car in desperation.
Fortunately, there was no one else in their car, and the brothers could still talk freely.
"Speaking of which, that Young Master Ji probably won't be able to inherit the Ji family's property, right? Isn't he a nerd and a prodigal? He only spends money but doesn't make money. How can he manage the family business?" henchman asked.
"It was originally like this." Ma Zaier said, looking at Ji Chao's face, and said cautiously:
"Young Master Ji left the Ji family at the age of fifteen to live alone. At first, everyone thought that he would not covet the Ji family property. After all, his brain...you understand it. But who would have thought that he got married last year., not only found a man, but recently I heard that the other party is a business predator..."
"Shut up." Ji Chao interrupted him.
It bothered him when he thought about it.
How could a nerd like Ji Li find someone to do business... and someone who is so economically minded and good at doing business?
They still can't believe it.
Ma Zaier didn't dare to say the following words, it was Ji Chao who said it himself.
"My elder brother is blessed. My dad liked him at first, and he intends to keep a considerable part of his property. It's because he really has no intention of going into business. Otherwise, he might have passed the family business to him long ago."
When Ji Chao said these words, his eyes were cold, and his tone was quite sarcastic: "Now that he has found someone who is so capable, it can be regarded as making my dad very happy."
"In this case..." Ma Zaiyi felt that he understood: "Young Ji left home at the age of fifteen and lived alone. It was just a bluff. In fact, it must have been premeditated."
He originally wanted to flatter Ji Ershao, satirizing Ji Li's scheming, and he had planned the Ji family's property from the beginning, so he was not as noble as he usually appears.
But Ji Chao glared at Ma Zaiyi fiercely, and his voice changed viciously: "Young Ji? Who are you calling Young Ji?!"
"It's Young Master Ji, Young Master Ji!" Ma Zai Er quickly smoothed things over and scolded Ma Zai Yi: "You idiot, I can't tell the difference. The orthodox young master of the Ji family can only be our second young master!"
...
Ma Zier is the son of a factory manager's family under the Ji family, and he grew up in Ji's family, so he knows many secrets that others don't know.
For example, the current mistress of the Ji family is actually the mistress, and Ji Ershao, who was before the age of 7, is not allowed to be recorded in the Ji family's family tree at all.
In other words, there was only one young master in the Ji family more than twenty years ago, and that was Young Master Li.
Although Master Chao was born in the same year as Master Li.
...
Because there is only one young master, when others call Ji Li, they will only call him "Young Ji" or "Young Master", and they will not distinguish whether it is the "eldest young master" or the "second young master".
And the two titles "Young Ji" and "Young Master" have become the demons of the second young master Ji Chao.It is a word that must not be mentioned in front of him now.
Because even if he was included in the family tree with great difficulty, in order to distinguish him from Ji Li, others could only call Ji Chao the Second Young Master.
Forever and ever, he will never be called "Young Ji", or simply "Young Master".
After all, Master Ji's favorite is still Master Li.
Although Young Master Li's intelligence is never reflected in business, his IQ and talent are unquestionable. This is recognized by the Ji family, and even the current mistress and the second young master can't find anything to say.
But later, when 15-year-old Young Master Li left Ji's house to go to university, Young Master Chao ordered no one to be called "Young Ji" or "Young Master" again.
You can't call anyone.
It's just that there are still old people in Ji's family who accidentally call him wrong, and they are still used to calling Ji Li "Young Ji".
Ma Zaiyi didn't know the reason, but he also knew the taboo of Er Shao, so he couldn't help admitting his mistake again and again.
Fortunately, Ji Chao's cell phone rang at this time, saving his life.
"elder brother."
Ji Yue—Ji Chao's own sister's voice rang on the phone, with a coquettish ending: "How long have you been out, haven't you heard from that person?"
"I got it, dare you miss it. I'm walking back." Ji Chao's voice was full of humiliation and unwillingness.
Ji Yue: "Well, what about that person, I heard that he has returned to Bin City, so will he come to our house today?"
"Who? Is it my elder brother's concubine?" Ji Chao said in a disdainful voice, "I didn't see it, I don't know. Ji Li himself didn't say anything."
"I guess I can't come, their relationship is not very good."
Ji Yue also smiled disdainfully on the phone: "We haven't seen each other for a year, and these two people are new. I think their relationship is just like that. Qi Muchu probably won't help Ji Li mix us up.It's a family matter..."
"Is it important whether he meddles or not? The key point is that our dad approves of the husband our elder brother is looking for. That's enough."
But Ji Yue didn't agree: "What kind of marriage is bad?... As long as we let our dad know that Qi Muchu has no feelings for Ji Li, I guess he won't always think about it.The family business is handed over to Ji Li."
Ji Chao was noncommittal.
But Ji Yue became more and more excited as he talked, and couldn't help complaining: "It's true that our father, Ji Li blocked him a long time ago, and he blocked everyone in our Ji family! So you don't want to go homeMan, Dad always misses him!"
"It's none of our mother's birthday business!"
"...Hehe, my dad is so funny, I didn't care much about him at first, but once I heard that Ji Li had hooked up with Qi Muchu, I started talking about his eldest son again this year!..."
...
In the other car, Ji Li's depressed mood was relieved by talking with Uncle Yan for a while.
Later, he closed his eyes and rested for a while, and suddenly remembered that sometimes Mr. Qi would go directly to school to pick him up without calling in advance.
In order to prevent the other party from leaving, Ji Li quickly sent a WeChat message to Qi Muchu:
[Are you still here to pick me up today?Don't go, I'm not at school now.]
Qi Muchu quickly replied to him:
[?]
[Wife, where did you go?]
Ji Li subconsciously squeezed the phone tightly.
To be honest, after moving out of Ji's house, he didn't plan to go back, nor did he plan to forgive the people there.
So when he knew that his father Ji Huaxiang was very interested in Mr. Qi and wanted him to take Qi Muchu to Ji's house several times, even a person with such a good temper as Ji Li would find it very ironic and funny.
Ji Li didn't intend to involve Qi Muchu.
In the past, Mr. Qi didn't come home often, and he didn't worry about it at all—no matter who came looking for him, he just said that Mr. Qi was not at home and it was settled.
But today, just in time for Mr. Qi to be in Bin City...
Ji Li, who knows the face of the Ji family well, doesn't want and doesn't want to see Mr. Qi being harassed because of him.
So it's better not to have any connection at all.
So Ji Li replied: [It's nothing, I'll be home later today... Well, you don't have to rush to come back and cook for me, but remember to eat dinner.]
Occasionally, when Mr. Qi's assistant came to deliver ingredients, Ji Li understood; in fact, Qi Muchu was often too busy to have time to eat, and no matter who said what, Mr. Qi would not move.
...Ah, so why did I go back to Ji's house? Wouldn't it be nice to go back and bring Mr. Qi to dinner?
Ji Li wanted to jump off the car.
However, countless past experiences have told him that if he does not return to Ji's house this time, Ji Huaxiang will continue to send people to harass him for a long time in the future...
Many unhappy memories from the past flooded my brain again.
A good memory is sometimes not a good thing.
Ji Li closed his eyes tiredly, planning to take the opportunity to take a nap... It will be exhausting to deal with the Ji family later.
In a daze, Ji Li seemed to see his grandmother in a dream.
The grandmother who had always protected herself and resolutely refused to allow Xiaosan to enter the house.
He will hug him lovingly, praise him for being smart and not an outlier, and encourage him to chase after his grandmother who loves everything.
His grandmother passed away when he was 7 years old.
...
The phone in his hand vibrated suddenly, Ji Li suddenly opened his eyes, it was Qi Muchu calling him.
Ji Li blinked, and finally picked it up.
"Hello?...Mr. Qi."
The voice was blurred, slightly nasal, and there was a hint of laziness brought about by sleepiness.It was much softer than Ji Li's usual voice.
Qi Muchu on the phone: "..."
Breathing heavily suddenly, Qi Muchu subconsciously raised one leg over the other.
The bodyguard said that he saw Professor Ji getting into the cars of several young men, and Qi Muchu admitted that from that moment on, he had overthought.
I am worried about Ji Li's safety, and I am also worried that my wife is going to meet other people behind my back...
Now, however, all worries and negative speculation have vanished.
Turning the president's seat around, facing the bustling scenery of the CBD outside, Qi Muchu lowered his voice subconsciously, and his voice was extremely gentle: "Wife, where have you been? Can you tell me?"