I Married the Male Lead of a CP-free Novel

Chapter 20 — Joke. It was a joke, but not anymore.

“Zhengzheng seemed to have taken her mobile phone when she went out, Zhouchen do you know the number?” Ding Yijun walked around, her voice a little anxious.

Chi Zhouchen shook his head with a complicated expression.

Ding Yijun continued to walk around, looking outside as she walked.

Chi Yan waved his hand and said a little annoyed “Alright, stop walking around, since she said she would come back in the evening, she’ll definitely come back.”

“How can you not be worried?” Ding Yijun frowned and looked at Chi Yan, “Zhengzheng doesn’t have many friends either, where could she go? She’s changed so much since the car accident, I’m really worried.”

Chi Yan sighed, worry slowly showing in his eyes as well.

“Moreover, I upset her today…” Ding Yijun had obviously recognized her mistake.

Chi Yan also knew about the incident, he did not reflect on the past like Ding Yijun and Chi Zhouchen, only that he was also a little upset that his wife had not grown much after all these years.

He said: “This time it’s your fault when Zhengzheng comes back, you have to talk to her properly, changing her fiancé from Wen Yiran to Wen Yu, Zhengzheng has already suffered a loss and felt wronged”

After a pause, he added, “Also, An Qinru, although she is your niece, Zhengzheng is your daughter, let her go back to the Ding family and the An family these days, don’t always let her come over and make Zhengzheng unhappy.”

“Ay, Alright.” Ding Yijun nodded her head.

“But since things have become like this, you and Zhouchen shouldn’t hold a grudge with An Qinru, maintain a good relationship in private, in the future if she married Wen Yiran, it could also be a resource.” Chi Yan was a businessman, his interests always had to be taken into account.

Ding Yijun still nodded her head, Chi Zhouchen was a little lost in thought and didn’t speak.

At this time, footsteps came from outside.

They hurriedly looked over, and Ding Yijun greeted her with a smile on her face.

“Zhengzheng–” the voice ended abruptly.

Coming in from outside was An Qinru.

Ding Yijun froze, and the expressions on Chi Yan’s and Chi Zhouchen’s faces also became inexplicable, but there was no doubt that there was no such emotion as “welcoming”.

An Qinru, who had just stepped through the door of the Chi house, saw this, and there was a hint of darkness in her eyes.

Everything had changed.

Chi Zhengzheng had changed, Wen Sisi had changed, the Chi family had changed, and Wen Yiran… may also have changed.

“Auntie, uncle, Zhouchen.” She smiled and greeted as she always did.

The only thing that Chi Yan did was to give her a “hmm”, barely a response, and Chi Zhouchen didn’t say anything.

Ding Yijun, with some disappointment in her eyes, asked softly, “Qinru, what brings you here?”

An Qinru’s hand tightened.

In the past, it was a very common thing for her to come to the Chi house, and Ding Yijun would always smile and welcome her, how could she possibly ask such a question?!

It was as if… as if they all didn’t want her to come.

The pain of her fingernails pinching in her palm sobered her up, the smile at the corner of her mouth slowly fell a little, An Qinru’s voice was soft: “I came to see Sister Zhengzheng, is she back?”

Silence filled the living room.

It was only after a moment that Chi Yan answered: “She hasn’t come back yet.”

Ding Yijun also gently pulled the corner of her mouth and said slowly, “She has a childish temper, Qinru, you shouldn’t bicker with her, you shouldn’t meet with her for a while.”

She had just made Zhengzheng leave again today because of An Qinru, how could she let An Qinru see Chi Zhengzheng now?

Sensing their emotions, An Qinru’s eyes were full of loneliness and she lowered her head slightly.

Ding Yijun looked at her, a little distressed, but thinking of Chi Zhengzheng’s words today – why did I think of her as my daughter?

Her heart immediately turned towards her daughter, and she gritted her teeth, not making a comforting gesture, nor trying to persuade them to reconcile.

With her heart raging, An Qinru held back her sourness and sadness and raised her head to say softly: “I just wanted to see Zhengzheng, so that she can take her temper out on me and not go and hold a grudge against the Wen family in the future.”

“What’s wrong? What’s happened?” Ding Yijun asked hurriedly.

Chi Yan also looked up at her and frowned.

“Sister Zhengzheng went to the Wen family today and called Sisi out, then I don’t know what happened, Sisi was taken to the hospital by Brother Yiran and is still in the hospital, Brother Yiran… is very angry.” A Qinru lowered her head, her voice wasn’t too loud, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear.

Chi Yan’s face turned ugly for a moment, and shock showed in Ding Yijun’s eyes.

“What’s going on?! Did Zhegzheng find Wen Sisi to look for trouble?” Chi Yan asked.

-It was normal for him to think this way, Chi Zhengzheng and Wen Sisi had always given them the impression that they were incompatible with each other.

An Qinru shook her head, “I don’t know what happened, Sisi was very angry and wouldn’t let me ask more questions. Auntie, uncle, you have to persuade Zhengzheng, if she doesn’t like me, I won’t appear in front of her, if she hates me, she can come to me. If Zhengzheng goes on like this, I’m afraid something big will happen…”

She looked so worried that no one thought she was lying.

She really wasn’t lying either, she just… hid part some parts of the story and changed some statements.

Ding Yijun frowned and let out a long sigh with sorrow, “Why is Zhengzheng being so immature again?”

This was too similar to what Chi Zhengzheng was capable of doing!

It was true that Wen Sisi was in the hospital, and it was also probably true that she had asked Wen Sisi to go out. An Qinru couldn’t lie about this. So Chi Zhengzheng took Wen Sisi to vent her anger? So she also caused the other party to go to the hospital?

Both Chi Yan’s and Ding Yijun’s faces were unpleasant.

This was right when Chi Zhengzheng came back.

As soon as she stepped through the door of the Chi family, Chi Yan said with a sullen face, “Did you harm Wen Sisi and made her go to the hospital today?”

Chi Zhengzheng’s eyes swept past An Qinru, and suspicion instantly surged to her mind.

Her lips pursed up at once.

She didn’t ask the Chi family to have reflected on what happened, but at least she wished they didn’t question her as soon as they saw her!

It made her feel… it was better to not come back.

The little good mood she just had when she parted from Wen Yu disappeared instantly, and her face turned cold and pursed her lips, “So?”

“Bang-” A cup got smashed to the ground, Chi Yan’s face was filled with anger.

“Don’t get angry, don’t get angry, speak slowly.” Ding Yijun stepped forward and held Chi Yan.

Her eyes looked at Chi Zhengzheng with displeasure: “Zhengzheng, how could you be silly?! Now is the time for our Chi family and the Wen family to get along, how could you harm Wen Sisi enough to make her go to the hospital? They ignored the rumors you started about Wen Yiran before, how could you, how could you go and stir up trouble again?!”

A pair of eyes were full of accusation, and another face was full of anger.

Chi Zhengzheng stood there, looking coldly at these people in front of her, only feeling strange.

“What did you say to her? The older you get, the harder your wings get, and all you know is to stir up trouble, I’ll have to teach you a lesson!” Chi Yan was furious and raised his finger to point at her.

Next to him, Chi Zhouchen’s brow kept frowning as he watched Chi Zhengzheng’s hand clench into a fist, her eyes cold, and inexplicably his heart jumped.

“Dad and mom, let her talk first, what happened? Don’t be in such a hurry.” Chi Zhouchen stood up, his eyes looking towards Chi Zhengzheng, his eyes complicated.

Chi Zhengchen sneered, “What do you need me to say? Didn’t you already hear the whole story from An Qinru? Before even asking me, you already decided that I had harmed Wen Sisi and bullied her into the hospital? Do I still need to say anything?”

She held her head slightly high, her face full of indifference, looking at them with emotionless eyes as if they were strangers.

This look was more enraging to Chi Yan and Ding Yijun than when she went ballistic or her forceful retorts.

What kind of reaction was this?

Disobeying them and not treating them like parents anymore?!

“Get me the ruler!” Chi Yan was so angry that his face flushed red and he turned around, looking for a ruler.

-That was the ruler that Chi Yan had used to hit Chi Zhengzheng and Chi Zhouchen on the palms of their hands when they were disobedient and made mistakes as children.

Since Chi Zhengzheng had grown up, she had never been hit by the ruler, but the ruler was always in her possession.

Chi Zhengzheng stood there, unmoving.

She was sometimes as stubborn as an ox, and she didn’t even want to explain herself to those who didn’t trust her.

She could only be cold and detached from them and had no more affection for them.

“Chi Zhengzheng, have you packed your things?” At the door, a sharp and textured male voice sounded.

The Chi family and Chi Zhengzheng paused at the same time and looked over.

Wen Yu, wearing a shirt and with his suit jacket on his arm, slowly walked in from the outside with an amazing aura.

He walked up to her and lowered his eyes to look at her, asking softly: “Didn’t you say you were moving to my place? Why haven’t you started packing yet?”

Chi Zhengzheng froze slightly and lowered her voice: “Are you kidding?”

Wen Yu suddenly reached out and held her hand, also lowering his voice, but with firmness-

“It was a joke before, but not anymore.”