Chapter 42

Su Sumei pressed on the corner of her eye and joked, “Your older sister doesn’t know what to do, so you have to try harder to help your dad. Everyone knows what the oldest daughter of the Ji family is like. Your dad is counting on you to be better, understand?”

“I understand.” Ji Kaisui stood on the side, acting docile and conciliatory.

The phony act by this mother-daughter duo really made Ji Weitian sick.

She didn’t know if her dad was really ignorant and actually thought they were good for him.

Hearing Su Sumei’s words, her dad’s face softened. He sat on the sofa and said to Ji Weitian, “It’s fine if you don’t listen to me. But when your Aunt Mei set-up that date for you, you deliberately ruined it. Now, the Chen family thinks we did it on purpose. Do you not care about our family or me as your dad?”

“…” Ji Weitian didn’t reply, she let Ji Mofeng continue his tirade.

She was the younger one, anything she said in front of her elders was wrong anyway.

She might as well stay silent. Whoever got mad lost. It had nothing to do with her anyway.

Ji Mofeng continued to lecture her, with Su Sumei comforting him. The words sounded comforting, but they made things worse. After some time, when Ji Weitian’s ears felt like they had grown moss, he finally stopped and made a final statement.

“I already told the Chen family that you were coming with me to apologize. Just because this marriage couldn’t work didn’t mean our families can’t maintain a good relationship.”

“I’m not going.” Ji Weitian said without hesitation.

Her attitude was firm for a change.

She wasn’t stupid. She made herself look ugly, and confessed she had a daughter, finally scaring off Chen Xu. If she went to the Chen family, she couldn’t pretend like before. If Chen Xu knew he was deceived, and wanted to marry her after all, she would be ruining her life.

“What?” Ji Mofeng’s face changed.

Ji Weitian didn’t back down. She continued, “Chen Xu didn’t want to date me. I did nothing wrong. I will not apologize.”

“You—” Ji Mofeng was about to blow up when Su Sumei stopped him.

“Weitian is young and immature. She doesn’t know the importance of friends in the business. We’re family. Just talk some sense into her. If that doesn’t work, I’ll go apologize to them with you. It’s my fault anyway. I figured with the Chens’ wealth, if Weitian could be married into that family, her life would be settled. It’d be better than living with her reputation and not having a good life. Who knew my good intentions would turn into this. If you want to blame anyone, just blame me…”

Su Sumei’s tears came readily. The way she looked was exactly like a kind step-mother concerned for her step-daughter, only the step-daughter was ungrateful.

Ji Weitian was almost touched, much less Ji Mofeng.

He never cared much for this daughter anyway. With the way he looked at her now, he seemed more disgusted than before.

Ji Weitian’s eyes were filled with sadness.

Even though she wasn’t close to the Ji family, Ji Mofeng was her biological father. She wanted to be treated like a family member too, just like a typical person would.

Too bad that the Ji family didn’t deserve it.

When Ji Weitian sat down on the sofa, her eyes were calm again. She watched their show without reaction.