Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin
Chapter 396 He is with Lin Xiang _1

Chapter 396: Chapter 396 He is with Lin Xiang _1

"No matter how far the distance is between her and Uncle Bai, she kept trying. For the person she loved, she gave up everything."

If it were any other woman, would they have the courage to face these things?

Living a life solely for one man; for Ji Yunhuan, it was unimaginable.

If she had half of Auntie’s courage and spirit of sacrifice, perhaps things with Qi Cheng wouldn’t be as they were now.

She had always been selfish, unwilling to suffer even a bit of grievance.

Bai Liyan looked at Ji Yunhuan and smiled, "Everyone has different expectations for the future. Mother considers this happiness. Another person wouldn’t think the same."

Sending Ji Yunhuan to the door of her bedroom, he said gently, "Alright, go to sleep."

"Good night."

Ji Yunhuan closed the door.

Tonight, the stars filled the sky. Qi Cheng lay in bed, unable to sleep.

Last night, he slept together with Ji Yunhuan at the estate. Today, he was all alone.

Thinking that she left with Bai Liyan made his heart restless. When she was with Bai Liyan, would she...

He stopped his thoughts quickly.

She wouldn’t.

He trusted her!

For the sake of the child, she definitely wouldn’t betray him.

The next day, just as the sky started to lighten, Qi Cheng heard noise outside the door. It was his second brother, who was about to leave.

Qi Cheng got up to see him off.

"It’s so early, you could sleep a bit more." Seeing that Qi Cheng had just gotten up to send him off, the second brother said politely.

Qi Cheng said, "After you go back, please check on Yunhuan for me. I don’t want mother to trouble her."

He had let Lin Xiang down, and mother would certainly blame Ji Yunhuan for it.

"I will." The second brother said, "Don’t worry."

"Take care."

"Alright, you don’t have to see me off. I’m leaving." The driver opened the car door, and the second brother got into the car.

Lin Xiang, who had also been sleepless last night, still hadn’t gotten up. During breakfast, only Qi Cheng and grandpa were there.

Grandpa sipped his tea and said to Qi Cheng, "You don’t like Lin Xiang?"

"No." Qi Cheng answered indifferently, biting into his bread.

The servants stood neatly, listening to the conversation between Qi Cheng and grandpa.

"Lin Xiang is a good girl, and we have a good relationship with the Lin Family. Don’t bully her."

"Even if I don’t like her, grandpa hopes I would marry her?"

Seeing his stubbornness, how could grandpa not understand what was on Qi Cheng’s mind? Grandpa sighed, "I know you still can’t forget Ji Yunhuan. But one cannot live in the past forever. Whether or not you like Lin Xiang, you need to find a woman to spend life with. If it’s not Lin Xiang, it will be someone else."

"What if I refuse?"

"Don’t think I don’t know what you’ve been doing recently." Grandpa looked at Qi Cheng, "I pretended not to see because I trust you’ll know your limits."

Grandpa’s words left Qi Cheng in silence.

Grandpa indeed knew that he was with Ji Yunhuan.

After all, what could be hidden from him in this world?

-

"Yunhuan." Auntie spoke while having lunch.

Ji Yunhuan dazed for a moment and looked at Auntie, "Auntie, what’s the matter?"

"What are you thinking about? Don’t you like the food today?"

"No, no." Ji Yunhuan hurriedly picked up her chopsticks and took some food into her bowl, "I really like your cooking."

"Here’s the thing." Auntie said, "I have two tickets to a musical. A friend gave them to me. As you know, I don’t like going out, and your uncle is busy tonight. Why don’t you and Liyan go for me?"

"Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?"

"It’s fine." Auntie smiled, "You’re rarely in C City and unfamiliar with it. You should get out more. I’ll have Liyan accompany you. Have a good time, what do you think?"

"Then, thank you, Auntie." She meant well. Ji Yunhuan didn’t know how to refuse.

In the evening, before it got dark, Bai Liyan finished work early and came back to pick her up.

Feeling guilty for troubling Bai Liyan, Ji Yunhuan expressed her concern.

Bai Liyan said, "Why feel guilty? Even if you weren’t here, I’d have my own plans. Besides, I needed a female companion, and having you is great."

Hearing his words, Ji Yunhuan couldn’t help but laugh.

Bai Liyan looked at her and said, "Before you came along, I did everything alone. It wasn’t much fun."

Ji Yunhuan looked at him in surprise, "You never had a woman by your side before?"

He shook his head, "No."

When Ji Yunhuan was with the Qi Family, she knew he seldom had female companions, mostly work-related assistants.

And he wasn’t the type to indulge in office romances.

Listening to Bai Liyan, Ji Yunhuan couldn’t help but laugh, "Bai Liyan, you’re truly the most rare man in this world!"

"How so?"

"Wealthy family, handsome, capable, and a virgin."

"..."

Bai Liyan was astonished by the word "virgin."

He turned his head, avoiding her eyes, "Why do I feel like you’re mocking me?"

Ji Yunhuan didn’t think she said anything wrong, looking at Bai Liyan, "What, are you embarrassed?"

"Alright, we’re here." Apparently, this topic cast a shadow on Bai Liyan.

He didn’t want to discuss it further with her.

The car arrived at the theater entrance. Bai Liyan stood outside the car, holding out his hand to her.

Ji Yunhuan took his hand to get out of the car, looking at the theater in front of her. This was the largest theater in C City, famous nationwide.

Bai Liyan looked at her, "It seems early. Shall we get something to eat?"

There was a Western restaurant next to the theater.

"Sure." After enduring three months, Ji Yunhuan’s vomiting had lessened.

It was undoubtedly a relief for her.

Unlike previous days when just the thought of food felt like torture.

Bai Liyan led her to the nearby Western restaurant.

It was quite crowded.

Someone spotted Bai Liyan and quickly approached to greet him, "Young Master Bai, long time no see."

Bai Liyan smiled, "It hasn’t been that long, but our address for each other seems so formal."

The person laughed, looking over at Ji Yunhuan beside him, "Since when did you bring a woman along?"

"This is my friend." Bai Liyan glanced at Ji Yunhuan, "Why don’t you go look around?"

"Mm." Ji Yunhuan nodded. It was a buffet style, so she went to pick something to eat.

"Brother Qi Cheng, this is for you." Just as she picked two items, a familiar voice reached her ears. She looked up and saw Lin Xiang and Qi Cheng not far away. Qi Cheng had already noticed her first, his dark eyes fixed on her.

Seeing Qi Cheng lost in thought, Lin Xiang’s gaze also fell on Ji Yunhuan.