Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 235 - 229 I Miss You! (21)

After she finished speaking, she looked at her mother. Her mother’s black hair was mixed with strands of silver, and her once bright, clear eyes were obviously not as lucid and shiny anymore; she had grown thinner than in Ji Anning’s memory.

If it hadn’t been for that car accident, would her mother still be the plump yet fair-skinned figure, and her father the tall, erect man who would always bring her a small snack after work?

Would she, like her peers, be attending university normally?

Different, though, would be the lack of the identity as a foster grandchild bride of the Ji Family, without Ji Xiangting and Ji Ruoqian. Perhaps she would have had an unforgettable campus life.

But then, she would never have met him, and they would never have had any interaction. So, despite all the unspeakable hardships, despite being unable to love or be loved in return, she still had no regrets, even felt fortunate that it was the Ji Family who bought her in the end.

"What about Jingfeng? How is he now?" her mother suddenly asked again.

Ji Anning’s train of thought was interrupted. She came back to her senses and smiled faintly at the elderly woman, "He... he’s doing quite well."

Then she lowered her head, picked up a chopstick full of rice, and shoved it into her mouth, chewing absentmindedly.

How Jingfeng was doing now, she didn’t know. What else could he be doing? He was the grandfather’s blood grandson, currently the only grandson. Even if the grandfather knew everything he had done to her, what could he do to him?

It was him... perhaps he would make Jingfeng suffer a bit. That time when Bai Guo threatened her with a video, she didn’t know what he did, but Jingfeng didn’t dare to fart, and had no choice but to put up with her.

But the same rule applied—once a bone is broken, the tendons still link it; blood ties are there. He was his nephew, and he wouldn’t truly harm him.

She had been here for several days and hadn’t heard a hint of news about the missing granddaughter-in-law of the Ji Family. Nor had anyone come in secret to find her, which was clearly abnormal.

On her first day entering the Ji Family, what they told her first was to sever all contacts with her biological parents.

Now that she had disappeared for so long, and having no friends in Hai City except for Danning, how could the grandfather with all his wisdom not think of this place?

So the only possibility was that Jingfeng had already persuaded the grandfather, and he was now happily together with Bai Guo. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

At least he could be away from her.

That meant... it meant that she didn’t have to... and no longer had any reason to return to that home.

"I’m going to the sanatorium to take care of your father. Once you’re done eating, just leave the dishes here. I’ll wash them when I come back tonight," said her mother, quickly finishing her meal, picking up the thermos from the table, and calling out to Ji Anning.

Ji Anning also set down her utensils, "I’ll go with you."

"You don’t look well, you shouldn’t go today. Stay home and rest, it’s getting cold, don’t keep going outside," her mother said while tying her scarf.

In the midst of talking, she covered her mouth and coughed for a while.

As she coughed, the scar on the side of her neck twisted spasmodically, causing Ji Anning much heartache to witness.

If it wasn’t for the Ji Family, if it had been any other family that had bought her, they probably couldn’t have supported them until today. After all, her parents’ health was like a bottomless pit, a long-term investment without an end.

She had visited the sanatorium every day to see her father. At first, he did not even recognize her, but these last couple of days, he had finally started to remember her name and face. She wanted to take the opportunity to spend some time with him.