Pampered by My Ex's Cousin

Chapter 556 - 548: Thawing Relations (Part 7)

"A man so large and so proud, yet he actually cried," Qi Helian’s eyes revealed his heartache. He said, "The first time was when I was ten years old. I went to play at the Ji family’s house and saw him hiding at the third-floor staircase of the Ji house, crying with his eyes red and swollen."

Hearing this, Ji Anning’s heart ached unbearably.

She bit her lip, her eyes reddening, the brightness in her eyes growing increasingly lustrous and shimmering.

"Oh!"

Holding her breath, she gave Qi Helian a response, then immediately turned around.

The oversized suit enveloped her petite frame, and gusts of cold air blew, surging into her body.

She hugged her arms, walking faster and faster until she found her car. She pulled open the passenger door and bent down to crawl inside.

"Let’s go."

Ji Anning, while fastening her seatbelt, spoke to the assistant who had been waiting in the car.

"Mommy!"

Suddenly, a small figure dashed out from behind.

Ji Anning was surprised, she turned her head, her tear-glazed eyes looking toward the back seat and then she was surprised again.

How was he in the car?

Ji Chicheng sat in the back seat, his body pressed against the right window, one arm resting on the window, his hand gently touching his forehead.

He looked very exhausted.

The assistant in the driver’s seat began to explain, "Mr. Ji seemed to have drunk too much. He couldn’t drive, so it happens that he’s taking a ride back with your car, Ms. Nien."

Upon hearing this, Ji Anning nodded and uttered, "Oh," in acknowledgment.

She then turned back around but couldn’t resist lifting her eyelids to peep in the rearview mirror where she could just see most of Ji Chicheng’s face.

"That day he got drunk and came to find me, that was the second time I saw him cry..."

The words Qi Helian had shared with her earlier echoed in her ears, causing her heart to throb painfully.

The assistant started the car.

In this country, traffic was hardly ever congested, and at this time, there weren’t many cars on the road, so the drive home was unobstructed.

The car parked steadily in the yard, Ji Anning turned back to look at the rear, her heart instantly softened.

Fenfen was lying asleep on the seat, her head resting on Ji Chicheng’s thighs, and Ji Chicheng’s eyes were also slightly closed, seemingly fast asleep.

"Nien..."

The assistant unbuckled her seatbelt, preparing to say something to Ji Anning, but Ji Anning quickly made a "shushing" gesture, signaling her to keep quiet.

The assistant nodded, closed her mouth, then gently opened the car door and stepped out.

Fearing that she might wake the father and son behind, the assistant only softly closed the door, without fully shutting it.

Before getting out of the car, she, fearing a lack of air, had opened the windows and the sunroof slightly.

The car was turned off, leaving no lights inside, dependent only on the light from the yard outside, which cast a dim glow, adding to the tender and serene tableau inside.

Ji Anning leaned back in her seat, tenderly watching the man’s handsome, sleeping face, and couldn’t help but smile.

Not thinking about what was ethical or not, not caring about what was moral or not, wasn’t it also quite nice for them just to live this way?

Suddenly, such a question arose in her mind.

As time ticked by, Ji Chicheng showed no signs of waking, and the little girl resting on his lap was even less aware, sleeping soundly like a little pig.

Gradually, Ji Anning’s eyelids grew heavier, and unable to keep them open, she gave up the struggle and closed her eyes.

The man opened his eyes, looking at the little woman who had just fallen asleep, his deep black pupils shimmering with a sinister light.