USWHC -Chapter 210 Sold by Someone Yet Still Counting the Money (Part 10)

When Zhu Jie heard him say that, she couldn’t help rolling her eyes dramatically. The one jealous of others right now was clearly Ji Laoda, wasn’t it? And yet he still had the nerve to say such things.

Ji Yi only smiled and said, “Seeing you all doing well makes me happy too. Why would I be jealous?”

When Ji Laoda heard that, he immediately burst into a smug grin. “Exactly, exactly! When we’re eating meat, you’ll at least get some soup. Once I become the county magistrate, I’ll arrange for you to take a job at the gatehouse. Then you can also eat the emperor’s grain!”

You, Ji Laoda, are really something!
You eat the meat and we drink the soup?
You become an official and we stand guard at your gate?
Why don’t you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror first—do you even deserve it?

But Ji Yi seemed not to feel anything at all. Still smiling politely, he continued leading Ji Laoda and Old Master Ji around the house, showing them every room.

Seeing that Ji Yi’s life now seemed to be getting on track, Old Master Ji finally let out a long breath and said, “I’ve always felt that I owed you something. Now that I see you’re doing well, I’m relieved.”

If there was anyone in the Ji family who truly treated Ji Yi well, it was only Old Master Ji. Because of that, Zhu Jie still felt somewhat grateful toward him.

“Father, it’s getting late. Why don’t you stay and have dinner before leaving?” Zhu Jie said sincerely this time.

“Really? You’re treating us to a meal?” Ji Laoda immediately became excited. “What are we eating? What are we eating?”

Zhu Jie looked toward Ji Yi, only to see him smile awkwardly. “I forgot.”

“Forgot what we’re eating?” Ji Laoda was stunned. “How can you forget something like that?”

“I forgot to buy the food,” Ji Yi said awkwardly. “I’ll go buy some now.”

Hearing that, Ji Laoda immediately became displeased. “Forget it. What good food could you possibly get anyway?”

Then he said to Old Master Ji, “Dad, I’m hungry. Let’s go back. What if Mom and the others don’t know and didn’t leave us any food?”

Seeing the embarrassment on Ji Yi’s face, Old Master Ji sighed. Even if friends helped him, life still had to be lived by himself. Without money, even getting a meal could be difficult. Naturally, he didn’t want to make things harder for Ji Yi.

He quickly said with a smile, “Yi, we’ll head back first. If you run into any trouble, send word to your father and I’ll come right away to help. If you really don’t have anything to eat, you can come home. We may not have much, but there will always be a share of sweet potatoes for you.”

Though they were still sweet potatoes, when Old Master Ji said it, both Ji Yi and Zhu Jie felt deeply moved. After all, he couldn’t really go against Old Madam Ji. The fact that he had this intention already meant a lot.

“Father, wait a moment. I’ll go buy some food right now!” Ji Yi said, now even more determined to let Old Master Ji have a proper meal at his place.

But Old Master Ji quickly stopped him. “Forget it, forget it! We still need to head home. If we go back too late, your mother will start imagining things again. She might think something happened to the cow and come charging over.”

By now Ji Laoda had already impatiently walked outside, pulling the ox cart along slowly ahead of them. After all that, it turned out they hadn’t come just to send Ji Yi off—their real purpose had been to escort the ox cart.

Of course. With someone like Old Madam Ji, even if money was about to come their way, she would never allow them to take the family ox without bringing it back.

Ji Yi and Zhu Jie watched Old Master Ji leave. Both of them felt a little down. The house had suddenly become quiet again. This luxurious courtyard that had appeared out of nowhere… neither of them had quite gotten used to it yet.

“Hmm… the quilt feels a bit damp,” Zhu Jie muttered.

“It was just arranged. I didn’t have time to air it out yet. We’ll dry it in the sun tomorrow,” Ji Yi explained.

“The window screen seems to be peeling up,” Zhu Jie said in surprise.

“I just pasted it on. The glue probably hasn’t dried yet. Press it down again and it’ll be fine,” Ji Yi replied.

“Wait, that’s not right… Why isn’t there even any water in the house?” Zhu Jie asked, lifting the empty teapot.

“I haven’t fetched any yet. I’ll go get some right now,” Ji Yi said, turning to head out.

“Wait!”

Suddenly Zhu Jie called out to him with a serious expression. She looked him up and down and said, “You clearly weren’t prepared for this move. Why did we move here in such a hurry? Tell me—did you do something to the Ji family?”

Looking at this grand house that looked luxurious on the outside but was actually still unfinished and unprepared inside, Zhu Jie became even more convinced that Ji Yi hadn’t moved—he had run away.

Ji Yi only stammered, “It’s a new home… there are always things we’ll need to slowly add over time.”

Something was definitely wrong.

Zhu Jie narrowed her eyes and angrily pointed at Ji Yi’s nose.

“Tell me the truth. Was it you who tipped off the Sun family?”

Yes—she had already felt that something about the Sun family incident was strange, but she hadn’t been able to figure it out. Now that Ji Yi had suddenly moved out, everything clicked.

Of course! Ji Yi must have reported them.

Most likely something was about to happen to the Ji family.

Otherwise… why would he be running away like this?