Translator: Lynn
“Who are you?” The little goblin was perplexed by a barrage of rhetorical questions that allowed no room for response.
“What’s your guess?”
“What should I guess? Are you an idiot?”
Ji Kai responded calmly. In the art of bickering, the first rule is to hit where it hurts—and to do that, you need to know your opponent well. Just like how Ye Yin’s comment about “you not being my biological mother” made her aunt emotional, using insults like “you idiot” wouldn’t work here.
So, this situation was actually quite favorable for him.
He had, in fact, heard numerous tales about the little goblin and read some of their infamous online history. Yet, the little goblin remained clueless about his identity. He had even been granted enough time to progress step by step instead of starting with a high-energy approach.
“Hey Ye Yin, let me ask you this: why are you here shouting orders and directing Li Wei to do this and that for you?”
The little goblin on the other end of the phone immediately got agitated, “I ask my boyfriend to do something, and you think you can manage him?”
“Yes, your boyfriend? You already have a boyfriend, and yet you’re shamelessly flirting with others outside? You specifically choose married individuals to get involved with. Are you that shameless? You target married people. Do you think you’re Queen Xuan of Qi? Do you think you’re worth it?”
“Who are you?”
“Little goblin, sincerely. I’d like to give you some advice. If you have the ability to be a canary, then display some professionalism like a canary. Do you know others are short-staffed? Or maybe you’ve already taken advantage of Li Weidu and reached a high level of paralysis, so you can’t move yourself, and that’s why you’re asking others to do this and that for you?”
At this moment, Li Weidu’s mother’s expression had changed.
She wiped her tears, clapped her fingers, and silently admired.
Ye Yin shouted on the other end: “I know! You’re the person caught on camera, aren’t you?”
Huh? Ji Kai frowned, unsure of what he was referring to.
“How long have you been secretly involved with Li Wei? You even conned him into buying you clothes. How did you seduce him? How much did you get from him?”
“Hey, hey, hey,” Ji Kai reminded, “what are you doing?”
“What’s going on? You’re being indiscreet, and you snap back? It’s as shameless as it is absurd, pushing my limit for tolerating idiocy. Li Weidu is truly unfortunate. Did he offend your ancestors in his previous life? How else can I explain this? I admire his perseverance and patience in enduring you for so long.”
“You——”
“What about me? So, you’re allowed to spend his money, but others aren’t allowed to spend his money. Huh? Why? What logic is that? I’ve often pondered, Li Wei is so well-off, why are you always so lean, you little goblin? Today I finally understand. You have no shame and no conscience. Shouldn’t being frugal suit you?”
Dududu –
The other side hung up.
Ji Kai was puzzled. They actually hung up, just like that?
Too feeble? I even mentioned the rumors about your plastic surgery and academic credentials. This firepower wasn’t even at 10%, okay? He quickly called back to confront and thoroughly roast them.
After several rings, the little goblin finally answered. Perhaps taking advantage of the paused call to compose himself, this time he struck first: “Shameless individual! Enjoying deceit, aren’t you? Delighted by pilfering others’ belongings? Since you desire Li Weidu so much, that suits you perfectly. I no longer want him. I’ll neatly pack him up and hand him to you! After all, you’re so destitute that you must scavenge used items, isn’t that right?”
“Hold on, hold on!” Ji Kai shouted, trying to halt him, “Are you saying you agree to break up with Li Weidu? Hey, you said this yourself! Little goblin, don’t backtrack and deny it, and don’t evade the matter! Come on, if you have the courage, say it to him directly. Let’s see if he doesn’t want to break up or if I don’t want you to leave. Who will prevail?”
Ye Yin: “He’s the one incessantly bothering me. If you’re not afraid of embarrassing yourself, why don’t you go and ask him face-to-face? It depends on whether he doesn’t want to break up or if I don’t want to leave. Let’s see if you can stand your ground.”
Arrogant, truly conceited.
Ji Kai strode to the bedroom, the tune of the popular song “The one who is favored is always confident” resonating in his mind.
Perhaps due to the noise outside, the bedroom door creaked open on its own. Ji Kai nearly collided with Li Weidu’s pale and gloomy visage.
Without a word, he seized Li Weidu’s arm with one hand and pressed the phone close to Li Weidu’s nose with the other: “Break up with him, break up with this little troublemaker! Do it now, immediately, at once!”
“What did he just say? You heard everything, right? Can you tolerate this? A man should have some backbone, don’t demean yourself! If you persist in nagging, believe me, I’ll smack you against the wall and you won’t recover.”
And so, that utterly foolish Mr. Li, haha.
With his monolids lowered and his pallid lips moving, he murmured into the phone: “Ye Yin, I… will come to see you tomorrow.”
Ji Kai’s rage was like a volcano erupting. Countless ways to thrash Li Weidu ran through his mind in an instant. “Bang–” A punch struck the threshold next to his ear, cracking a layer of patent leather.
It stung a bit, but not enough to quell the burning fury.
Truly, if it weren’t for the fact that this individual named Li was on the brink of death, this punch would’ve landed straight on his face. The straight bridge of his nose would’ve been entirely remodeled!
“Mr. Li, have you gone completely mad? Brain cancer or a skull fracture? Why do you keep this little troublemaker around? To ward off daytime evil and practice ritual at night? Are you truly okay, Mr. Li? While people’s IQ is preordained, embracing stupidity… Never mind, why are you so obstinate about it?” Damn it, he was so infuriated that he laughed, “Forget it, perhaps you two should stick together for a hundred years. You two are genuinely a special match! You’re both frugal. You match each other perfectly! I guess even during an economic crisis, you two wouldn’t be worth a cent. What a perfect match!”
“Weidu~ Look at the friends you’ve made.” On the other end of the phone, Ye Yin’s voice took on a coquettish and arrogant tone, “Stop arguing and fetch the DEMO for me! If you make me miss such a good opportunity because you’re late, I’ll remember it forever!”
“Fetch you a brick and a hammer!” Ji Kai roared furiously, “You little vixen, remember this, for every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction. Sooner or later, if you roam around causing trouble, you’ll have to pay for it, and I’ll make sure it’s explosive!”
There was a loud noise, and the phone crashed into the wall, shattering into pieces.
After a moment or two of brain-shattering relief, Ji Kai began to feel distressed again. After all, he had paid for it; it wasn’t worth being battered by a lunatic and a troublemaker. Not to mention there were a bunch of photos in the album, all precious memories…
Upon reflection, they all seemed to be related to Zhu Ling.
It’s fine if they’re gone.
Forget it, I’ll leave. I have no idea what he’s talking about.
“…You don’t even want to hear what I have to say.”
Mr. Li knelt down slowly, holding his convulsing stomach, and struggled to pick up his phone, “I mean, I’ll go see you tomorrow and confront you face to face. Break up.”
“…” Damn it.
You didn’t tell me earlier! I lost my cell phone for nothing! !
Ji Kai took over a handful of phone remnants, a look of bewilderment on his face: “You, are you really going to break up with him? Then why break up in person? You could’ve just broken up with him over the phone, why do it face to face?”
Li Weidu pursed his lips and lowered his eyes, offering a wry smile.
“Don’t fool me! Don’t act like you can’t bear to part with me when we meet!”
“No.”
Mr. Li’s voice was soft but resolute. He stood up, though unsteadily.
“Hey! Hey? Mr. Li, Mr. Li?! Hey -”
…
…
The premier tertiary hospital in City A.
As darkness descended, Li Weidu was receiving an infusion inside, while Ji Kai was leaning on a stool outside, feeling exhausted, drowsy, hungry, and overwhelmed.
After enduring the wealthy man’s torment all afternoon and night, Ji Kai was so preoccupied that he didn’t have a moment to organize the mess he had created—how to impress Zhu Ling, how to explain all of this to Xiao Yan… Sighed and temporarily put it aside. There were still three days before Zhu Ling would finish work and return home. There was ample time to strategize on how to outdo him.
Hurried footsteps echoed from the other end of the corridor, and Li Weidu’s mother hurried over carrying a large bag of medicine.
“Uh, why so many? Aren’t these just stomach medicines?” They all have foreign names.
“These bottles contain commonly used stomach medicine, and the rest… are for sleep and antidepressant.”
Ji Kai was a little puzzled. He always felt that Mr. Li was neurotic and somewhat gloomy, as if he was unwell. Come on, did you really think you were sick?!
“Auntie, perhaps I shouldn’t have scolded him earlier? What if it agitated him…”
Auntie smiled and waved her hand: “Ji Kai, you have feelings for Weidu, don’t you?”
…Speechless.
…Petrified.
“There’s absolutely nothing like that, Auntie!” Absolutely, positively, no, okay!
The middle-aged woman had a gentle expression. She held Ji Kai’s hand firmly and led him to sit down: “You’re a good boy. Auntie can see that you genuinely care for Weidu. I trust him, and I entrust him to you.”
“Auntie, really not! You misunderstood,! I…”
“Weidu is actually a very gentle and kind-hearted young man, but he’s a bit stubborn. Auntie can see that, and the child seems to be quite nice too. He’s fond of you, but he hasn’t come out yet and hasn’t truly grasped how wonderful you are. You must be patient with him.”
“Auntie! I really-”
“Thank you, Ji Kai, thank you. Because of you, Weidu endured a lot before, but fortunately I met you.”
‘I said, Auntie, why don’t you listen to me?’
However, this wasn’t over yet.
“Weidu… hasn’t told you about our family, has he?”
“…”
“Ye Yin was right in what he just said. I’m indeed not Weidu’s biological mother. In fact, I’m his father’s third wife.”
‘Auntie! I truly, truly don’t need to know about your family affairs!’ Ji Kai was embarrassed, but facing his aunt’s sincere, kind-hearted eyes, he was simply caught in a predicament. Whether he interrupted or didn’t, it made no difference.
“Weidu’s mother was the unfortunate first wife of his father. Because she couldn’t endure his father’s carousing and debauchery, she eventually suffered from schizophrenia and left when Weidu was six or seven years old. His father didn’t live long. Soon after, his father married his second wife. But that woman mistreated Weidu, and we divorced shortly thereafter. When I met Weidu’s father, I had just graduated from college. I was very young and didn’t understand much. I believed whatever I was told, so I simply followed his sweet words and married him.”
“When I first arrived at their home, Weidu was still young, with many old wounds on his body, and he wouldn’t speak. It was truly pitiful. It took me about a year to earn his trust and make him understand that I truly wouldn’t harm him.”
“…”
“Ye Yin… is the son of the cleaning lady at home.”
“Weidu was often ill as a child. His mental state was unstable, and he relied heavily on Ye Yin. But at that time, Ye Yin was kind and simple, and he willingly accompanied Weidu.”
“But later, as he grew up, he seemed to change. Perhaps it was because Weidu was pampering him too much, giving him whatever he desired, and striving to give him what he didn’t even want. This provided him with an affluent condition early on, making him the envy of others and inflating his ego. He began to regard all the good things Weidu did for him as insignificant. Of course.”
“I also advised Weidu.”
“Even if you like someone, you shouldn’t spoil them without any limits. But what could I do? Weidu didn’t listen to me at all. He said if he liked someone, he would want to provide the best for them. In truth, this is correct, but…”
“It’s amusing that even Ye Yin’s mother is so high-and-mighty despite earning a monthly salary. Even if I asked her to clean the windows, she would scold me. Before I moved out of that villa, I truly didn’t know who the lady of the house was, whether it was her or if she was the lady of the house.”
“Who knows? Perhaps she was also one of Weidu’s father’s mistresses. That man couldn’t survive without a woman. After three wives, he still had an insatiable appetite and never rested for a moment.”
I’ve seen him chauffeur around at most four different women in a week. Isn’t it absurd? I wept and protested initially, but it was futile. Weidu’s mother’s fate was there; I thought I couldn’t let my children be unsupported and bullied in the future.”
“So I moved out early. Though I hadn’t formally divorced Weidu’s father, we had already gone our separate ways. Weidu has always despised and looked down on his father. He told me since he was a child that he mustn’t be like his father and that he must find someone worth cherishing.”
“Then, he would only treat that person well and love them for the rest of his life. Alone.”
…
Ji Kai felt a bit solemn as he entered the ward.
“…Are you still feeling down?” Mr. Li appeared displeased, stating, “I’m just in a bad mood at times; I’m not unwell!”
“Alright, alright, you’re not unwell.” Ji Kai sat down next to him, causing the hospital bed to creak. “Considering your condition, you might not be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.”
“…”
“But regardless of when you’re discharged, you’ll break up with the little troublemaker right after. That’s not going to change, is it?”
Li Weidu lowered his gaze. “I know what needs to be done, so you don’t need to worry.”
“Hey, hold on, Mr. Li, your demeanor isn’t quite right?” Ji Kai became immediately anxious. Can’t hit him. This President Li looks like he’s made of porcelain. If he gets injured… But! He can be pinched!!!
Why didn’t he think of this before? He swiftly grabbed his arm and squeezed hard, then twisted it –
“What are you doing? It’s painful!”
“Does it hurt? Now you know it hurts?!”
Mr. Li was startled, his beautiful eyes turning somewhat red: “It hurts! It really hurts! Let go of me, are you out of your mind? What do you want from me? I’ll break up with you! You’re already planning for me to break up, so why prolong it! Something’s wrong with you, you violent mountain bear!!”
“…Is that so?”
“You’re just finding an outlet for your frustration and wanted an excuse to pinch me for fun?”
“…”
“…”
The bed creaked once again as Ji Kai sighed and sat back down. He patted the spot where Li Weidu had been pinched and bruised through his thin white shirt, wearing an expression of someone who had been through this before.
“Mr. Li, someday you’ll grow up.”
Li Weidu bared his teeth and seemed extremely unhappy—what was that supposed to mean?
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