Chapter 303: Chapter 298: She is More Important to Me

On the same day Ji Tian had her birthday party.

In the northern region of Myanmar,

a dense tropical jungle.

Chaotic footsteps echoed through the jungle, startling a flurry of animals into fleeing; amidst them, terrifying gunshots rang out, and occasionally someone grunted as they fell, only to be quickly hooded and bound by a sack by the person following.

Qin Jiangsheng hid in a tree, his sniper rifle aimed at Mo Jiu’s head as he frantically ran ahead.

Due to the large movements of the target, Qin Jiangsheng ultimately only managed to hit his wrist joint; he then watched him clutch the wound in agony, blood pouring onto the ground, before he staggered into an approaching car and drove off.

Mo Jiu’s forces scattered in all directions, ultimately all being captured.

Qin Jiangsheng, sitting on a thick tree trunk, placed the sniper rifle beside him and leisurely took out his mobile phone to make a call; after five seconds, the other party picked up.

With a smile in his voice but coldness in his eyes, Qin Jiangsheng said, “Uncle, do you like the gift I sent you?”

“Hehe,” Mo Jiu weakly mocked, “I really underestimated you. I thought I was the chess player, but it turns out I was just a pawn in your game. You really are better than me–if we weren’t enemies, we would have been perfect partners.”

Qin Jiangsheng was smart, knew when to keep a low profile, and even used counterintelligence brilliantly.

He thought he had eliminated a menace, not realizing that Qin Jiangsheng had been waiting for this day all along. He emerged unscathed, dragging him down into the mire instead; his well-hidden secrets exposed, his amassed wealth and the countless lives he had taken had destroyed many families–any one of these deeds alone would be enough to sentence him to death.

Qin Jiangsheng had successfully rendered him powerless in Hua Country.

Unable to restrain a laugh, he scoffed, “All this to protect that woman, was it worth it? The Qin family still breeds sentimentalists; you devote yourself to her, distancing her from the storm of public opinion, all for someone you’ve known for just six months. You do this to me–I gave you a new lease on life, yet you repay my kindness with betrayal. Ah Jiang, do you think you did the right thing?”

“All I have done was to ensure you’d never get close to her again. You should never have had designs on her; she matters more to me,” Qin Jiangsheng stated somberly, word by word.

Mo Jiu breathed softly, then finally hung up the phone.

This was his last call with Qin Jiangsheng.

He would escape to an unknown place to recuperate and wait for a chance to rise again.

Qin Jiangsheng felt it was a pity that Mo Jiu hadn’t died, but it was okay–he still had several years left. That should be enough.

Enough for him to grow.

He climbed down from the tree and looked towards Hua Country.

Tiantian, happy 18th birthday.

…

Regarding Ji Tian’s decision to take the college entrance exam early, except for Ji Weinan, the rest of the family supported it.

Ji Weinan couldn’t believe it; his own sister, who was supposed to be in the same grade, was now surpassing him, and if they ended up at the same school, based on hierarchy, he would even have to address Ji Tian as “senior.”

Just thinking about it made him choke–help!

However, his objections were ineffective, and Ji Tian entered the examination hall on June 7.

On the last day of the college entrance examinations, Qiao Luhua, along with Ji Yanshang and him, stood at the school gate holding banners declaring “sure success in exams.”

Although it was certain Ji Tian would pass, Qiao Luhua wanted to cultivate a sense of ceremony.

Her first two sons were so exceptional they went abroad right after graduating from high school.

While her youngest son hadn’t reached that point yet, he could at least share in his sister’s moment.

Ji Weinan, holding balloons, looked towards his parents resting in the shade of a nearby tree; Qiao Luhua lazily leaned against his father while he was tasked with holding balloons and clutching flowers, standing in the sun at the school gate.

If it weren’t for wanting to give his sister flowers himself, he would have left already.

As the bell signaling the end of the exam rang out, Ji Weinan instantly perked up, using his height advantage, he quickly spotted Ji Tian emerging, wearing a striking red dress, standing out amidst the crowd.

He was so happy that his eyebrows danced, and he quickly squeezed through the crowd to her side, then solemnly handed her the bouquet in his hands, “Little sister, congratulations, your college entrance exams are over! May your name be inscribed on the golden list.”

Ji Tian received it, a faint smile hanging at the corner of her mouth, “Thank you, third brother.”

She looked towards Qiao Luhua’s spot and pulled Ji Weinan over with her.

The crowd was dense, and soon they both had beads of sweat on their foreheads.

“Dad, Mom,” Ji Tian smiled at them.

Qiao Luhua was very sentimental, thinking back to the little bundle that had just been born, and now she was already eighteen years old.

It seemed like in the blink of an eye, all her children had grown up, and yeah, once they were grown up, they should help her with work.

So, she smiled and took Ji Tian’s hand, asking, “Good baby, do you have any plans for the summer vacation?”

Ji Tian thought carefully and then nodded with a smile, “Yes, eating, sleeping, then eating and sleeping again. I can finally stop reading.”

Qiao Luhua: “…”

Ji Yanshang: “…”

Only Ji Weinan laughed out loud, “Hmm, that’s pretty real.”

How could Qiao Luhua allow her to be so idle? She then suggested, “Since you’re also free now, how about traveling to Country F with mom and dad in a few days?”

Ji Tian: “?”

Are you sure it’s a vacation and not exploiting labor?

She didn’t want to deal with the trivial matters of the Independent Alliance, nothing was more important than her sleep.

So she shook her head and refused, “No.” She even gave a reason, “I want to be with my brothers.”

Qiao Luhua cried out in Ji Yanshang’s embrace, “Husband, why is our daughter’s heart colder than a fish-killing knife? I just wanted to take her out to relax.”

Ji Tian: “…”

Ji Weinan turned his head, pretending not to hear.

Then, the consequence was that their family of six, except Ji Lingyun who still had to run the company and earn money for them, everyone else got dragged to Country F.

On the airplane

Qiao Luhua patted Ji Tian’s hand, “You see, you wanted to be with your brothers, and here they all are.”

Ji Weinan gave her a resentful look.

Ji Qilin sipped his coffee and read a magazine.

Ji Tian: “…”

I’m really, like, so thankful.

She turned her head to look at the scenery outside the window; the wind was rolling up the tail of the clouds, forming shapes like cotton candy in the blue sky, and suddenly, Ji Tian really craved some cotton candy.

Qiao Luhua took them to this European-style castle again, and even Ji Weinan, who had seen many fine things, couldn’t help looking around.

In order not to let her naive son know, Qiao Luhua simply said they had rented the castle for a little over a month.

Ji Weinan was in tears. Throughout his life, apart from a fixed allowance every month, his family had never given him a large sum of money. Unlike other rich kids, he was raised in frugality.

So, he decisively picked the largest room in the castle to fully enjoy himself.

Ji Tian walked over to Ji Qilin and asked, “Second brother, is the research institute on break?”