Chapter 30: Reliving a Nightmare – Part 4

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

“Anning, in the future you have to call me Aunt,” Yang Danning suddenly came close to Ji Anning’s ear.

Ji Anning was chewing a vegetable in preoccupation when Yang Danning swiftly came close, throwing her into shock, she instinctively turned around to ask, “Shouldn’t you go by Little Aunt?”

The entire dining room instantaneously fell silent…

Ji Anning wanted to kill herself there, and then, so her head went lower… lower… and even lower…

She went so low she was almost beneath the table.

Except for her, the rest peered towards Ji Chicheng. Old Master Ji’s stand was clear to them, but not his, so now that Ji Anning put it out in the open, they all wanted to determine his attitude.

Ji Chicheng’s deep dark eyes fixed on Ji Anning with a stare.

At that, Yang Yufang quickly reached her hand from under the table to gently pinch Ji Anning on her thigh and cast an eye at her.

Although she viewed Ji Chicheng as the enemy, they could not afford to offend this big gun with Old Master Ji still in power.

Ji Anning caught sight of Yang Yufang eyeing her. She put a bold face on as she prepared to speak up and alleviate the uneasiness.

Old Master Ji suddenly chuckled and said, “Haha. Why don’t you go by your names for now?”

Breaking through the oppressive atmosphere, the blushing Yang Danning smiled graciously and replied Old Master Ji, “Sure.”

Any fool could understand Old Master Ji’s underlying meaning regarding Yang Danning.

The mood lifted to become harmonious. Not daring to raise her head, Ji Anning ate with her head lowered the entire time, only eating the food that Yang Yufang gave her.

As usual, regardless of whether they were done eating, they had to wait for Old Master Ji to leave before they could go.

Old Master Ji finally finished with the meal, so he set down his chopsticks then turned to look at Yang Danning and said, “Danning, enjoy your dinner.”

With that, he rose and turned to leave.

“Uncle,” Yang Danning suddenly called him, “After dinner, I’d like to take Anning out for a workout. I think she’s too weak.”

At the sound of that, Old Master Ji turned to cast an eye at Ji Anning, with her head lowered seeming rather submissive.

After momentarily looking at her, the old man finally said, “From now on, you can manage your time as long as you don’t come home too late.”

What? Does this mean that in the future, she can spend time outside in the evening freely?

Ji Anning’s eyes lit up. After the lesson she had just learned, she was fearful of revealing her true emotions, so lowered her head as she reveled in her heart.

With that, Old Master Ji turned to look at Yang Yufang and Lin Yanqin, “Come to the study with me, you two.”

After giving them his orders, the old man swung around and walked off without turning back.

Yang Yufang and Lin Yanqin hurried to stand up and trail behind Old Master Ji.

When Old Master Ji’s silhouette vanished completely, Ji Ruoqian pouted her lips and grumbled in dissatisfactory, “Grandpa is prejudiced. He treats Anning better and better.”

Indignantly flinging the chopsticks in her hands from feeling imbalanced; they struck a plate and went clang.

As Ji Chicheng was still seated next to them, Ji Xiangting hastily reached out to give Ji Ruoqian a nudge, signaling her for some self-restraint.

When Old Master Ji was around, she was already pent up, now that the grievance bottled up inside was finally unbearable, she angrily turned to point her finger at Ji Anning and scolded, “Ji Anning is just a child-bride. To begin with, the reason she got sold into our family was that her parents are so broke that they can’t even afford to see a doctor. What right does she have to enjoy the same perks as us? What if she has any extramarital relations when she goes out in the middle of the night…”