Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 124 - 126: Forced to Cohabit (Sixty-Nine)

Ji Zhengdao sat upright on the sofa, staring at the television screen. Her heart suddenly tightened, and she revitalized her weary spirit as she walked into the living room.

"Grandpa!"

Ji Anning walked lightly toward Ji Zhengdao and stopped.

She slightly bowed her head, looking at her elder with a somewhat timid gaze.

Although clearly afraid, every time she saw him alone, she couldn’t help but stop, wishing for him to glance at her.

No matter what kind of punishment he had given her, no matter how unfair he had been to her, she couldn’t bring herself to despise him; instead, she respected him from the bottom of her heart.

Perhaps that was the remarkable aspect of his character.

Or perhaps, like other members of the family, she longed for his attention. In this household, whether it was Jingfeng, her mother, or Lin Yanqin and her daughters, everyone strived for this objective.

After all, he was like the emperor of their family, and with just one sentence, he could determine the fate of any family member.

For example, her mother, Yang Yufang—his single sentence had rendered her decades of tolerance and bearing in vain, yet she had not even a slight chance to struggle.

"You’re back."

Ji Anning had thought that Ji Zhengdao would respond to her with his usual stern voice and wouldn’t even spare her a glance, but unexpectedly, he shifted his gaze from the television and looked at her.

His eyes, already beginning to cloud over, showed a hint of warmth, softening his face that bore traces of the years.

Ji Anning was taken aback for a moment, opened her mouth, then realized, and a slight smile appeared on her lips, "Yes, I just finished evening self-study."

"And Jingfeng?"

Ji Zhengdao asked with a chuckling smile as he looked at Ji Anning.

Jingfeng hasn’t returned yet? Ji Anning flickered in her eyes, afraid that the old man might suspect something, she quickly replied, "He might be busy with something. I’ll give him a call in a bit."

She maintained her composure well, and the old man did not detect anything, nodding benevolently, "Mhm."

Ji Anning barely let out a sigh of relief, "Grandpa... I’m going upstairs then."

After greeting him, she lifted her foot and walked toward the stairs.

"Anning."

Suddenly, the old man called out to her.

Ji Anning stopped and turned around, looking at him with slight confusion, "Grandpa, is there something you need?"

"Sit down with grandpa and watch TV for a while." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The old man pointed to the spot beside him and said to Ji Anning, not in a commanding tone, but surprisingly tender.

Ji Anning was astounded for a moment; her lips slightly pursed before giving a gentle curve, "... alright."

Smiling, she went back and sat down next to Ji Zhengdao, with roughly the distance of one person between them, but this was the closest she had ever sat to him.

Whether it was a family meeting, at the dining table, or when they had to sit together to watch television, she was always the furthest from him.

A bit constrained, Ji Anning placed her hands on her knees, rubbing them together, then clasped them and tucked them between her knees.

The old man fiddled with the remote for quite a while, eventually found a TV series, then setting the remote down, pointing at the screen, he looked at Ji Anning with a slight smile, "I remember you love watching this TV show."

Her favorite TV show? Ji Anning was surprised again, and only then did she turn her attention to the television screen. Seeing the TV series that the old man had just found, she opened her mouth, even more astonished.