Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 89 - 90: Forced Cohabitation (Part 34)

She bit her lip, each step more laborious and difficult than the last.

Ji Chicheng watched her until her petite figure turned around and disappeared from sight. Only then did he slowly bow his head and take the card Ji Anning had stuffed into his pocket.

A light blue cartoon-patterned card, it looked a bit old. His slender fingers pinched one corner of the card, trembling slightly as he flipped it over.

’Ji Anning’

Over the years, her handwriting hadn’t changed at all—neat and clean, just like when she first entered the Ji Family, wearing that white dress with small blue flowers, her soft short hair, and straight bangs, naive and sweet.

Surrounded by a crowd, she blinked her bright eyes, a bit timid, a bit afraid, a bit puzzled, a bit curious.

How could she have known then that her parents had sold her, that she would no longer bear the last name Li, nor be the daughter of her biological parents?

How could she have guessed the kind of place she had entered, a place where, if she bent down, someone would step on her to move forward—a den of intrigue and competition.

Remembering the past, Ji Chicheng looked up and mocked himself.

The girl who once clutched his hand, crying and begging him not to let go, not to abandon her, was now telling him in person that before she died, she didn’t want to owe him a dime.

Ji Anning, you owe me till death.

Ji Chicheng’s deep black eyes suddenly looked again in the direction where Ji Anning had disappeared, his gaze turning sinister and wild.

...

After the card was given to Ji Chicheng, Ji Anning sent him the password. She had not received any spending notifications afterwards, which did not surprise her; for Ji Chicheng, a casual meal could cost tens of thousands.

Even using her card that required a password was a hassle for him.

But he also hadn’t come to return the card to her. That card was her first and only card of her own.

It was during his year abroad that she had it made, thinking at the time of saving lots and lots of her own money to spend as she pleased, to do whatever she wanted, to go wherever she wanted.

In self-study class, Ji Anning lay on the desk with a book under her arm, gazing aimlessly out the window, hidden behind another book in front of her.

Suddenly, the book standing in front was taken away, and a familiar voice rang out beside her ear, "Who’s the lover you’re thinking of?"

Ji Anning glanced at Yang Danning, who had sat down next to her, and irritably rolled her eyes, "You’re the one thinking of lovers."

Then she reached out, snatched the book from her hand, shut it, and placed it on a stack of others.

"Your dark circles are so terrible?" Yang Danning stared at Ji Anning’s face, concerned, "You’ve looked unwell these last few days, is something wrong?" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

At that, Ji Anning touched her face, then gently shook her head, "Nothing, just didn’t sleep well."

Her gaze returned to the books spread out on the desk, flipping through them absentmindedly.

"Anning, let me ask you something."

Yang Danning suddenly leaned closer to Ji Anning, lowering her voice, "I heard Ji Jingfeng’s mom was driven to the uninhabited Garden Island by the old man, is that true?"

Ji Anning first was puzzled how Yang Danning knew about Yang Yufang being sent to Garden Island by Ji Zhengdao.

But then she thought about it—with Lin Yanqin around, how could bad news about her mother not get out?

Thinking this, she nodded at Yang Danning, "Yeah."