Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 755 - 747: Remember to Close the Door When Doing That Thing (Part 3) - Seeking Monthly Tickets
With a shout from Ji Chicheng, the bodyguard holding the cake trembled in her grip. But she didn’t stop because she was Charles’s bodyguard and only followed Charles’s orders.
Charles continued to watch Ji Chicheng calmly. "Taking back something I have given would be quite embarrassing; you can throw it away," he said.
He paused for a moment before changing the subject, "But wait until I’ve left. I don’t like to see food wasted."
With that, as if afraid that Ji Chicheng would throw the cake away right in front of him, Charles immediately turned around and left without looking back.
At that moment, watching Charles’s retreating figure, Ji Anning couldn’t feel his imposing manner. Instead, she saw loneliness and desolation.
When Charles left, his bodyguard promptly set down the cake and followed him out, preparing to close the door behind her.
Charles suddenly stepped back to the doorway, looked at Ji Chicheng, and reminded him, "Whatever you do, remember to lock the door and take care of yourself." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
Then he disappeared again.
Ji Anning blushed at Charles’s final friendly tip, her head bowed in embarrassment for a moment before looking up at Ji Chicheng.
Ji Chicheng’s face was icy, and blood was dribbling from his lips. She hurriedly reached out to wipe it away, "Uncle, don’t be angry, your wound is bleeding again."
Blood was also seeping from a wound on his chest, and she was too flustered to attend to both injuries at once.
"Take that away."
It took a while before Ji Chicheng responded. He raised his hand, took hold of Ji Anning’s wrist, glanced at the cake Charles had sent, and then turned away indifferently.
Ji Anning knew that he still hated his mother. But the depth of his hatred only showed how much he missed her.
"Uncle," she said as she looked at Ji Chicheng’s trembling back, mouth agape, "Your mother... she had no choice at that time, she didn’t want to leave you."
Ji Chicheng stopped in front of a window, looking out against the light.
Wary of upsetting him, Ji Anning didn’t dare bring up the subject of his mother on her own. She walked behind him and embraced him.
Her hands wrapped around Ji Chicheng’s waist. He looked down at them for a second and then patted the back of her hands. His voice suddenly carried a hint of sorrow, "Anning, whatever happens in the future, don’t leave."
This version of Ji Chicheng made Ji Anning’s heart ache even more. In his world, he was just a child abandoned by his mother. The shadow of this abandonment made his personality cold and led him to avoid contact with others out of loneliness, not pride.
It wasn’t about arrogance; it was about being reclusive.
Ji Anning nodded firmly. "I’ll never leave you again in the future. We will always stay together with Fenfen, forever."
Having tasted the bitterness of farewell, they would never part again.
Ji Chicheng patted her hand again and turned to look at her, finally revealing a trace of a smile on his handsome face.
He glanced at the cake on the table and said to Ji Anning, "The flavor of that cake, peach, should be quite good. If you would like to try it, go ahead."
Ji Anning was surprised and paused. Was he... accepting the cake?
Realizing what he meant, she smiled broadly and nodded. "Sure, I really like peach-flavored things too."
Actually, the flavor didn’t matter. It was more important that the cake was for his mother’s birthday. She believed he probably didn’t want to throw it away either. Deep down, he must also want to celebrate his mother’s birthday.
With that thought, Ji Anning went over, opened the cake box, and was greeted by the sweet scent of peach, tempting her to salivate.
(I made a mistake with the update sequence earlier. I’m not sure if it showed up correctly for you all. Getting the timing right requires the perfect alignment of many factors. It must be because you haven’t given enough Monthly Tickets. Uncle is disappointed by the lack of "pa" moments, so you all should step it up a bit, haha. I’m updating eight Chapters today. My neck is killing me, but I’ll try to write a bit more and will come back later to see. If there are more tickets, I’ll add more updates. Muah...)
