Rebirth: Pampered by My Children and Husband Chapter 244

Chapter 244: Chapter 244: Kicking Xie Changyan Out of Their House

Seeing Ji Zeqiu return, Lin Xu stopped watching the TV drama and immediately walked to the entrance to see him.

“When did you get back? Why didn't you let me know so I could've picked you up from the airport?”

“How could you have lost so much weight in just over half a month? Have you been eating on time? You're not dieting again, are you?”

Lin Xu, worried for her son, held his thin cheeks and looked at them from left to right.

Ji Zeqiu, recovering from the initial shock, heard Lin Xu's concern, and turmoil stirred in his expressive eyes as he couldn't help but smile. “I've been eating well.”

Ji Zeqiu handed the bag he was holding to her, “I bought a pair of earrings.”

“It's not that I bought them especially for you, but as I passed by that jewelry store, the clerk kept recommending them to me. I found it annoying, so I just bought them…” His gaze flickered, and he coughed into his fist.

Lin Xu knew how insincere he could be and smiled with pursed lips.

That meant the earrings were specifically for her.

“Thank you for Zeqiu's gift; I really like it.” Lin Xu directly put them on her earlobes and winked at him, “How do they look?”

A fleeting blush flashed across Ji Zeqiu's eyes. “Beautiful.”

His mother looked good in anything.

Just as he was about to say something else, Ji Yuqiao ran over, spreading her arms out toward Ji Zeqiu, “Second brother, where's my gift?”

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A faint expectation was evident in her eyes.

Ji Zeqiu glanced at her and said indifferently, “I forgot.”

“Stinky second brother, I'm never talking to you again!” Ji Yuqiao stomped her feet in anger and turned to leave.

Ji Zeqiu remained unconcerned.

And at that moment, Ji Tingyang also looked over, “Now that you're back, don't block the doorway. Do you think you're so slim? The housekeeper can't even get through.”

Rage instantly flared up in Ji Zeqiu's eyes as he glared at Ji Tingyang.

“Your brother just has a sharp tongue but a soft heart; what he means is for you to put away your luggage and go upstairs to rest,” Lin Xu said quickly.

Ji Tingyang pulled a face, ready to say something, but then he received a sharp glare from Lin Xu.

Not daring to mock any further, he shrugged, “Let's just go with that, then.”

Ji Zeqiu huffed coldly through his nose and dragged his suitcase upstairs.

After a while, he finished putting away his luggage and went back downstairs.

He stood at the corner of the stairs and saw that Lin Xu and Ji Yuqiao were no longer in the living room.

Only Ji Tingyang and Xie Changyan remained, sitting on the sofa, seemingly in conversation.

Although Ji Tingyang looked impatient, Ji Zeqiu still keenly sensed a change in the atmosphere between the two.

The next moment, Lin Xu's voice came from the backyard, calling out to Xie Changyan.

Xie Changyan stood up and walked to the backyard.

Ji Zeqiu came down from the corner with a cold face and sat opposite Ji Tingyang, “You traitor, I knew I couldn't rely on you!”

Ji Tingyang raised an eyebrow, lifting his gaze as if he didn't understand what Ji Zeqiu meant.

“Why would you let Xie Changyan in, and why would you let him get so close to Mother? Weren't you the one who called him a con artist?”

“Have you been bought by him?!” Ji Zeqiu fired off a string of questions.

“I'm not Lanyue; how could I be bought?” Ji Tingyang replied, unfazed.

“Then why didn't you kick him out?”

“He opened Father's password-protected box that we inherited.”

“Just because of that?”

“He also knows the study's safe password and can recite events from our past…”

“So you believe him, you think he is our Father?”

Ji Tingyang paused, his eyes cast down, and his long lashes concealed the expression in his eyes, “I don't know.”

“But you…” Ji Zeqiu was about to erupt in anger when he heard Ji Tingyang's subsequent words.

“All I said doesn't count, you should think for yourself,” Ji Tingyang said.

A layer of frost covered Ji Zeqiu's cheeks, “Whether you believe him is your business, but I certainly won't believe him.”

Having said that, he got up and left.

Evening.

Ji Zeqiu sat down at the dinner table as usual and noticed an extra set of chopsticks. “Aunt Zhang, did you accidentally bring an extra pair?”

Aunt Zhang counted, “No, I didn't.”

“But…”

Before Ji Zeqiu could finish, he saw Xie Changyan take his seat quite naturally, and even sat next to Lin Xu.

His movements were practiced, as if he had often freeloaded meals here.

Ji Zeqiu's complexion suddenly turned cold, “President Xie, isn't it inappropriate for you to be here?”

“Oh? What's inappropriate about it?” Xie Changyan's eyebrows lifted slightly.

“This is our family's dinner.”

“As a member of this family, isn't my presence here perfectly fitting?”

“Perfectly fitting!” Ji Yuqiao immediately nodded, then elbowed Ji Zeqiu, “Second brother, stop talking, let's start eating.”

Lin Xu also persuaded, “Zeqiu, I've told you many times, he is your father.”

In the past, Ji Tingyang would probably have joined him in cursing Xie Changyan.

But now.

Ji Zeqiu glanced at the silent Ji Tingyang and clenched his hands at his side. Seeing them all siding with Xie Changyan, he suddenly felt a lonely and desolate struggle within him.

His face turned ashen, he didn't touch his food and got up to return to his bedroom.

It was all Xie Changyan's fault.

He deceived not only their mother but also bought over his sister, and now even that bastard Ji Tingyang had been won over by him.

While he was sulking in his room, a knock suddenly sounded on the door.

“Zeqiu, you can't go without eating, it's bad for your health. I've brought food up for you, could you please open the door?”

Lin Xu's voice came from outside.

Ji Zeqiu bit his lip, the anger in his heart had not dissipated.

He wanted to give Lin Xu the silent treatment as a protest, but despite his efforts to resist, he couldn't help but open the door in the end.

The moment he saw Lin Xu, the grievances in his eyes almost spilled over.

“No matter how angry you are, you need to eat first, what if you harm your body by going hungry?” Lin Xu put the tray she carried onto the table.

Ji Zeqiu took a deep breath, trying to suppress the grievances and anger in his chest, but it only made him feel more stifled.

He pouted, his ears and tail nearly drooping to the ground, “I don't feel like it, I can't eat.”

“Really can't eat? Should I feed you?”

Ji Zeqiu's eyes sparkled for a moment, but then went dull again after catching Lin Xu's teasing glance.

Lin Xu patted his head, “Come on, don't always look at Xie Changyan with hostility. If you set aside your prejudice and take a good look at him, you'll see that he truly is your father.”

“How about we eat now, okay?”

Ji Zeqiu pursed his lips, reluctantly nodding.

But in his mind, he remained unconvinced, thinking that the bastard Xie Changyan had deeply deceived his mother.

He had to find a way to kick Xie Changyan out of their house!

Chapter end

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