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Chapter 16Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

While Ye Chen had his imagination running wild, the room door was pushed open and Chuzheng brought two pieces of clothes in. "Change into the new clothes."

Ye Chen looked at the clothes.

"Whose clothes are these?" She was a girl so how would she have a boy's clothes?

"I bought it."

"..." When had she bought it? Had she gone out just now?

Ye Chen glanced at the price tag on the clothes which were not ripped off.

No one wore these clothes before.

Ye Chen looked at his clothes which were stained with bubble tea and blood. It was quite dirty and uncomfortable when worn.

He hesitated before accepting it and dryly squeezed out two words. "...Thank you."

Ye Chen proceeded to the bathroom to bathe and changed his clothes before walking out. When he passed by the bedroom, he saw Chuzheng sitting by the window.

He hesitated for a moment before knocking on the door and entering the room.

The city outside the window was sparkling with lights and it was Ye Chen's first time standing on such a tall place admiring the city's nightscape.

The darkness did not seem that scary anymore.

His hands slightly clenched into a fist and he said, "I can give you tuition for your poor results."

Tuition?

For her?

Were her results poor?

She was just too lazy to do her homework...

Before Chuzheng rejected him, King whose heart had broken stopped her.

[Little miss, agree to it! Let him see your change and understand that you are a positive thinking and studious friend!]

Chuzheng was stunned. "..."

Chuzheng's fingers pinched her wrists several times before she coldly replied. "Okay."

Ye Chen unknowingly heaved a sigh of relief and clasped his hands before realizing his hand was sweaty.

–

With tuition, Chuzheng and Ye Chen naturally got closer.

They entered and left the school together.

Ye Chen had not ridden on the bicycle Chuzheng gave him, otherwise, there would be rumors of him being a sugar baby.

The rumors between schoolmates spread as though it was true that both of them had something going on with each other.

"Tongtong, is Ji Chuzheng really dating Ye Chen?" Yang Qianqian's tone was filled with curiosity as she pulled Ji Tongtong along. Didn't she like Meng Ran?

"I don't know." Ji Tongtong smiled and shook her head. "Maybe big sister is just playing around."

"Playing around?" Yang Qianqian could not understand.

"Big sister is a player." Ji Tongtong spoke softly. "She's always like that. She has a short attention span. Big sister should still like brother Meng Ran more."

"...She is snatching senior Meng Ran with you yet you can still smile? Are you not concerned?"

Yang Qianqian expected better from her and jabbed at her two times.

"Who brother Meng Ran likes... It's not in my control." Ji Tongtong weakly defended. "My teacher just called me, I've got to go."

As Ji Tongtong left, Yang Qianqian stared at her and her lips immediately curled as her eyes were filled with jealousy. Who did not know Meng Ran liked her?

Ji Tongtong purposely told Yang Qianqian those words as she knew Yang Qianqian would definitely tell others.

As expected, in just two lesson's time.

The words reached Ye Chen's ears.

"Ji Tongtong actually looks not bad when she doesn't style herself weirdly."

"Exactly! She's even prettier than Ji Tongtong."

"Ye Chen, that little brat, is so fortunate. I don't even know how he hooked up with Ji Chuzheng? Could it be he's eyeing Ji Chuzheng's money?"

"Chey! Didn't you hear? Ji Chuzheng likes Meng Ran, as for Ye Chen... she's probably playing around with him."

"No matter what, Ji Chuzheng is still from a rich family, how could she like Ye Chen who doesn't have anything good other than his grades?"

Bang!

The cubicle door slammed open and the students who were discussing outside immediately became silent.

Ye Chen walked towards the sink with a dark expression and washed his hands. "Shoosh..." The sound of the water made those few students back down slightly.

Ye Chen glanced at them before he walked out of the washroom without a sound.

Those few students subconsciously rubbed their arms.

The originally gloomy and cold washroom became even colder in that instant.

In the afternoon lessons, Ye Chen felt unsettled and frustrated as the words those few people said earlier kept repeating in his ears.

Indeed, she treated him so well because he was her plaything.

He spent so much effort...

'After experiencing so much, did anybody treat you with sincerity? They would only laugh at you! Ye Chen... Wake up!'

Ye Chen gripped his pen tightly as gloominess pooled under his eyes. He lowered his eyelashes and covered up the emotions in his eyes before he took out his exercise book and calmly solved two questions.

School ended.

Ye Chen packed up his things and left. When he walked out of the classroom, a person bumped into him before softly speaking after noticing it was him. "Ji Chuzheng is waiting for you at the rooftop of the science laboratory block."

With that said, the person ran away.

Ye Chen looked towards the science laboratory block and furrowed his brows slightly before walking towards the school gate.

–

"Chuzheng, you came back?"

Once Chuzheng entered, she saw a beautiful woman who happily welcomed her.

She had been here for so many days, but this was the first time she saw her stepmother.

Her stepmother was slightly astonished at her changed look but she quickly reverted to normal and continued speaking. "Our Chuzheng looks great like this. Changing your image changes your mood too."

"We can start dinner soon. Go and wash up." Her stepmother had a tender smile as her eyes and brows brought about affection.

Chuzheng was stunned. "..."

Well, well, well. Would you look at that?

There was another drama queen in the family.

Could she get rid of her?

[...]'No! No! No!'

Ji Tongtong was sent home by Meng Ran. It was unknown how her knee got hurt, but with that small wound, Chuzheng felt that pasting the band-aid was redundant.

But the two people continued to conduct a performance of expressing affection to each other in front of Chuzheng.

Chuzheng expressionlessly went up the stairs and handed over the stage to them.

When Meng Ran left, Ji Tongtong immediately pulled her mother over for a chat.

"Mom, did you see that? It was as though she became a totally different person." In the past, if she saw Meng Ran and her coming back together, she would have made a ruckus.

"Hmm." The stepmother nodded her head. "If you hadn't sent me pictures before, I wouldn't have recognized her when she entered the house today."

"I don't even know why she changed so suddenly... In the past, she was so dumb and would take the bait the moment I agitated her... Mum, could it be she found out something?" Ji Tongtong had a worried tone.

Stepmother furrowed her brows. "Your dad is going on business trips and would only return after a while. Let's just observe her for the time being."

Ji Tongtong nodded her head in agreement.

The pair of mother and daughter talked in the room for a while and when Ji Tongtong was leaving, the stepmother held her back and asked, "How is it going for you and Meng Ran?"

Ji Tongtong had a smug look. "Relax, Meng Ran is now at my beck and call."

"That's good."

Ji Tongtong talked on the phone while walking back to her room and bumped into Chuzheng on the way. Ji Tongtong was stunned for a moment before she quickly lowered her head and squeezed her phone as she ran back to her room.

The corridor was silent and when Ji Tongtong walked through it, Chuzheng heard Ye Chen's name.

After school ended today afternoon, she waited at the school gate for close to half an hour yet Ye Chen never appeared.

He had no cell phone thus Chuzheng made San Mao find him in the school until a student on duty said Ye Chen had left long ago.

The school had a back gate thus Chuzheng thought he had something on and left from the back gate so she went straight home.

However...

Chuzheng took back her hand from the door handle and looked towards Ji Tongtong's room.Chapter 17Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Boom——

Swoosh——

The rain poured down from the sky as the strong wind blew the things on the rooftop, making whooshing sounds.

Ye Chen was sitting on the ground with his back leaning against the wall.

——Did you really think that Big Sister Chuzheng would like you?

——Chuzheng was just fooling around with you and yet you thought you meant something to her.

——How funny! Take a look at yourself! Hahaha!

——Did you think she'll notice you?

'Notice me?...'

Ye Chen ice-cold fingers touched his forehead and under the rain, the darkness seeped in and engulfed his entire being.

This was the world he knew.

Dark and cold.

Peng——

The door to the rooftop was kicked open and Ye Chen was sitting right beside the door. As such, the person coming in could see him in an instant.

"Ye Chen."

A familiar voice was heard. She did not bring an umbrella with her and had walked up to the rooftop, causing the rain to drench her instantly.

She took off her school uniform jacket and used it to cover his head.

But Ye Chen swatted the clothing away causing a part of the clothing to hit Chuzheng's face.

Ye Chen stood up with the support of the wall as his voice sounded very hoarse and fierce. "Ji Chuzheng, why are you acting so nice to me? How long do you still want to play with me? Are you very happy to see me like this?"

"Ji Tongtong did it."

Chuzheng's cold and flat voice broke the rhythm of the raindrop sounds as it fell clearly into Ye Chen's ear.

"I didn't do it." Ji Tongtong had created trouble for her behind her back again. 'She even fooled Ye Chen? Why did she do that? Was she trying to make her repeat her mission again and again? How evil! Bastard!'

Ye Chen leaned against the wall as his eyes were fixed on her.

'She didn't do it...'

'She didn't do it...'

These four words continuously repeated itself in his head.

Chuzheng bent down to pick out the clothes before putting it over Ye Chen's head again.

The teenage girl leaned very close to him and it was so close that he could feel the warmth of her body. Feeling awkward, Ye Chen yanked her jacket down to his head and walked inside.

He sat on the staircase which was sheltered and Chuzheng pulled his arm. "Get up."

However, Ye Chen refused to move.

Chuzheng bent down and her hot breath breathed onto Ye Chen's face as she threatened him fiercely, "If you don't get up, go out and stay at the rooftop."

Ye Chen: "..."

Ye Chen seemed to have tolerated it for a long time before saying, "I have no energy."

He had already used up all of his energy to stand up just now, but he did not want to look too pathetic in front of her and cause her to look down on him.

However, her words seemed to have suddenly sucked all of his energy out of his body and now, he did not even want to move one finger of his.

Chuzheng was speechless. "..."

'How could a man be so weak?'

In the end, Chuzheng found a way to get Ye Chen down and sent him to the hospital.

Ye Chen was hit, drenched by the rain and even mentally hurt, leading to him falling asleep on his way to the hospital.

It was not until the next day at nine in the morning that Ye Chen woke up.

"You're awake."

Ye Chen's head was still a little groggy and he could only see a blurry figure.

"Ji Chuzheng?"

Chuzheng sat on his side as her voice sounded as peaceful as water. "Your injuries have been dealt with."

Ye Chen wanted to sit up but his body was too weak. He tried a few times but to no avail and hence he looked towards Chuzheng who was sitting steadily on her seat.

Chuzheng was stumped. "..."

'Why are you looking at me?'

'What's there to see?'

'Stop looking!'

Ye Chen forced himself to say, "...Could you help me sit up straight?"

Chuzheng silently put down her phone and supported Ye Chen to sit up before stuffing two pillows behind his back so he could lean on it. "Am I a friend?"

Ye Chen: "..."

'If it wasn't for her, would I become like this? Yet, she still has the guts to ask if she was a friend?'

Chuzheng saw that he did not answer and prepared to leave but Ye Chen suddenly grabbed her wrist.

"Ji Chuzheng."

"Let go."

Yet, not only did Ye Chen not let go, the grip on her wrist tightened, however, his energy at that time was too weak and Chuzheng easily broke free. Ye Chen wanted to stop her and his body leaned forward slightly causing him to fall into Chuzheng's embrace instead.

Ye Chen probably had not expected that to happen and let go of her in a panic. He lay back on his bed as the expression on his face looked very unnatural with his ear turning especially red.

Chuzheng glanced at him calmly before taking a look at his head. His hair was disheveled and looked especially soft. She wanted to touch it, touch it, really wanted to touch it...

She raised her hand carefully...

Ye Chen seemed to have noticed her movement and turned around to look at her.

Chuzheng immediately touched her fringe instead before sitting on the chair beside him and took out her phone to play.

Ye Chen sat for a while before saying awkwardly, "I am in the wrong for misunderstanding you."

Someone had told him that she was waiting for him at the rooftop, but when he had reached, it was that bunch of people waiting there.

"Hmm." Chuzheng nodded, showing that she understood.

Ye Chen: "..."

'Offering a treat to an unappreciative audience!'

After that, Ye Chen did not speak to Chuzheng anymore.

When the doctor came in to check on his condition, Chuzheng was called to go outside.

"Your friend's condition doesn't seem to be doing well."

"Is he going to die?" asked Chuzheng expressionlessly.

"..." The doctor gave a helpless expression. "It's not that bad, but his health is very poor. He has malnutrition and he overworked his body. If he doesn't recuperate properly, his body will suffer in the future."

"Can you contact his family?" The doctor had been talking for a long time but Chuzheng did not give a single reaction. Hence, the doctor thought that this probably had nothing to do with her.

"There's no need."

Chuzheng had the doctor give him the best treatment regardless of the cost. After all, she was never scared of spending money.

The doctor was stumped. She is just a student? She had willingly spent so much money on him, there must be something going on between them!

Chuzheng helped Ye Chen to apply for leave and as such, he was forced to accept the best treatment in the hospital.

In the end, Ye Chen could not take it anymore and strongly requested to be discharged. After asking the doctor, Chuzheng agreed to his request.

When the nurse came to give the receipt for the bill, Chuzheng was outside and hence Ye Chen took a glance at it. The sum on the bill was so big that his hand trembled a little.

"Let's go."

Chuzheng came back and casually stuffed the receipt into her school bag.

–

Ye Chen had applied for many days of leave. When he came back to school, all of those strange rumors were long gone.

Ye Chen had accidentally seen San Mao and the others dragging people into the toilet to teach them a lesson once after school.

After school, Ye Chen was waiting for Chuzheng downstairs.

"Tuition?"

Ye Chen shook his head and handed Chuzheng a piece of paper.

It was an IOU.

"I will repay you the money in the future," said Ye Chen.

"There's no need."

Ye Chen furrowed his eyebrows. "I don't have any reason to take your money. I don't have tuition today so I'll take my leave first."

Ye Chen seemed to be scared that Chuzheng would return the IOU back to him and he quickly walked away.

Chuzheng took a look at the IOU before stuffing it into her school bag.

"Big Sister Chuzheng!"

"Big Sister Chuzheng!"

San Mao and the others ran towards her.

"Big Sister Chuzheng, there will be a thunderstorm tomorrow, why did you ask us to stare at this?"

"Find a way to bring Ji Tongtong to the rooftop." Chuzheng made her words short and simple.

"Ji Tongtong?" San Mao grew a little scared. "Big Sister Chuzheng, she's your younger sister. If we were to offend her, the Ji Family... would never let us off."

'You are not scared but we are scared!'

"Use your brain."

"...Big Sister Chuzheng, if we could use our brain, our examination score would not be so bad. We won't even need to be gangsters," said San Mao.

Chuzheng was speechless. "..."

She actually had no words to rebut them.

"Ask her out in Meng Ran's name."

San Mao and the others suddenly came to a realization. "Understood!"

Chuzheng warned them, "Take note of Meng Ran."

'Otherwise, they would be fooled by them even before they could dupe Ji Tongtong to the rooftop.'

'A bunch of idiots.'Chapter 18Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ji Tongtong was locked up on the rooftop for an entire night.

The next day, she was directly sent to the hospital and Father Ji had rushed back home to visit her. Luckily, she only had a fever and it was not very serious. After her fever had subsided, she could go home to recuperate.

It had only been a few days and Ji Tongtong had lost a lot of weight, making her look especially pitiful.

"Tongtong, quickly sit down." Chuzheng's stepmother helped Ji Tongtong to the sofa.

Father Ji was the last to come in. He threw the things he was holding onto the sofa and turned around to ask the maid, "Where's Ji Chuzheng?"

The maid was frightened by Father Ji's anger and immediately pointed upstairs. "Missy has just come home."

"Ji Chuzheng, come down now!"

"Sigh, Old Ji, do you have to flare up? You will scare the kids," persuaded Stepmother in a kind manner.

"If I don't teach her a lesson today, she will not learn her lesson and will only get worse!"

Ji Tongtong gave a pitiful look with her face looking sickly pale.

Chuzheng heard her father and came downstairs. She was wearing her casual wear with her two hands stuffed in her pockets as she took her time to walk down the stairs.

Father Ji almost did not recognize his daughter.

That hot-headed daughter of his who always wore thick makeup and dressed weirdly had actually returned back to normal?

Chuzheng's stepmother saw that Father Ji had calmed down and immediately said, "Old Ji, the kids are still young. You don't have to be so angry, after all, it's just a small misunderstanding between the two sisters. Tongtong is already fine, you don't have to make such a big deal out of it."

Indeed, her words immediately ignited the fury within Father Ji.

"Small misunderstanding? She locked Tongtong on the rooftop for one night! If anything were to happen, it's a life we are talking about!" Father Ji berated, "Ji Chuzheng, why did you lock Tongtong on the rooftop?"

"Do you have any evidence?" Chuzheng threw the question back to Father Ji with an expressionless face.

Chuzheng's reaction was different from how Father Ji had imagined her to be.

She was calm and cool as her eyes were filled with aloofness and calmness.

It was not that Father Ji did not love Ji Chuzheng. It was just that under Ji Tongtong and her stepmother's silent instigations coupled with Ji Chuzheng's hot-headed personality, both of them could not communicate with each other peacefully. This eventually led to Father Ji being more and more disappointed with her.

"Tongtong..." Father Ji took a look at Ji Tongtong. "Tongtong said that she saw the person who locked her up on the rooftop. It was the person who always fooled around with you, San Mao."

'They were indeed a bunch of idiots.'

'They couldn't even settle such a small matter.'

'They were even seen by Ji Tongtong!'

'What an idiot!'

'How stupid can they be?'

"She said it's me so it's me?" Chuzheng stood at the staircase and looked down in a condescending manner. "Do you have any pictures or surveillance camera recordings as proof?"

Ji Tongtong obviously did not have any evidence.

"If you don't have any evidence, it is considered slander. Dad, you are a businessman, I don't have to teach you that."

Father Ji was speechless. "..."

Ji Tongtong indeed had not said that it was done by her and had only mentioned San Mao.

San Mao had always fooled around with her and judging from past events, Father Ji naturally thought that it was done by Ji Chuzheng.

Chuzheng's stepmother looked at her calm demeanor and had a bad feeling about it.

Something was not right... with this damned girl.

"Old Ji, I told you to cool down first. We have not even got the situation right and yet you flared up at her. What happens if we wronged her?"

"Daddy, maybe... I have seen wrongly." Ji Tongtong added, "Big Sister wouldn't do such a thing."

Upon hearing Ji Tongtong's words, Chuzheng confessed honestly and magnanimously, "Hmm, yes, I wouldn't."

Ji Tongtong almost bit her tongue off.

She looked towards her mother in a panic.

Chuzheng's stepmother was also stumped by Chuzheng's words. It was understandable that her appearance had changed, but why did her personality change so much as well?

Chuzheng's stepmother could only go with the flow at the moment, otherwise, she would be contradicting her image and thus pulled Father Ji's arm. "At that time, Tongtong was frightened to death and could have seen wrongly. It must be a misunderstanding. Old Ji, please don't blame Chuzheng. Tongtong had just been discharged and her body is still very weak, we should let Tongtong rest."

Ji Tongtong immediately gave a look of discomfort.

"You can retire back to your room first, Tongtong." Father Ji indeed stopped pursuing the matter.

Chuzheng's stepmother quickly supported Ji Tongtong upstairs and brought her back to her room.

Father Ji's face darkened. "Come with me to my study room."

Chuzheng quietly followed Father Ji which was much to Father Ji's surprise as he did not expect her to listen to him so obediently.

After the door closed, Father Ji massaged his temples as his tone turned calmer. "Chuzheng, tell me honestly, did you get people to do it?"

"No."

Chuzheng wore a stern expression on her face and denied it quickly and calmly.

Father Ji examined her for a few minutes. "It's for the best if you didn't. Tongtong is your little sister. I don't expect you to take care of her, but please don't bump heads with her all the time."

Chuzheng took a step forward and placed her phone on the study table before pressing the play button with her slender fingers.

"It was... It was Ji Tongtong... Ji Tongtong bribed me to rape you... she gave me money and... so... please don't hit me. It was really Ji Tongtong. I only took the money and did as I was told."

Upon hearing the voice on the recorder, Father Ji's expression changed from confusion to dumbfoundedness and finally to anger.

"Ji Chuzheng, you are..."

Chuzheng took her phone back and addressed him calmly, "Dad. Ji Tongtong and her mother teamed up to make me waste... my life so that they could inherit the Ji Family's assets."

'Why does the phrase 'waste my life' sound so awkward?'

'There's no way that I would waste my life!'

Father Ji furrowed his eyebrows as he seemed to be a little angry. "What kind of nonsense are you talking about?"

"You should be aware of how a good mother would teach her kids to walk on the right path. But what has she done? Besides giving me money and stopping you from educating me, what else has she done?"

Father Ji furrowed his eyebrows and remained silent.

"Dad, when you first heard the recording, your first reaction was not whether anything had happened to me. Instead, you got mad and thought that I was defaming them."

As Chuzheng had hit the bull's-eye, Father Ji's face turned black before he came back to his senses. "Chuzheng, are you alright?"

Chuzheng shook her head and kept her phone. "Goodnight, Dad."

Father Ji was stumped. "..." 'That's it?'

Father Ji watched Chuzheng leave the room with his eyes wide-open as a glint of puzzlement flashed past his eyes before he fell back onto his seat.

Chuzheng's cold and emotionless voice kept playing in his head like a recorder.

Back then, he was busy with his business and had indeed neglected his daughter. After that, he married his current wife because he wanted someone to take care of her.

Just how did it become like this?

–

Ji Tongtong's room.

"Mum, what exactly happened to Ji Chuzheng?" Ji Tongtong tugged her mother's hand with her face full of suspicion. "She's like a changed person."

"Has she grown close to anyone recently?"

"...She's grown close to a guy named Ye Chen in our school." Ji Tongtong said, "He does not have much of a background and was always bullied at school. I don't even know why Chuzheng always hangs out with him?"

"Student?" Chuzheng's stepmother furrowed her eyebrows.

Ji Tongtong nodded her head.

"Is there anyone else other than this student?"

Ji Tongtong tried her best to recall. "Nope."

"She couldn't have suddenly come to a realization herself. There must be someone who has told her something." Stepmother held Ji Tongtong's hands tightly. "I will investigate this matter. Don't clash with her for now."

Ji Tongtong could not accept this conclusion. "What about her locking me up on the rooftop?"

"Tongtong, being impatient would only spoil our great plans."

"...I understand, mummy."Chapter 19Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Father Ji sat in his study room till it was almost 11 pm in the night. He had someone investigate Chuzheng's recent events, especially the recording incident.

Since he would not get any news so quickly, Father Ji decided to return to his room, only to find out that his wife was still awake and was waiting for him.

"Old Ji."

"Hmm."

Stepmother sighed, "Did Chuzheng make you angry again?"

Father Ji opened his mouth to rebut her, but decided against it and continued to listen to Chuzheng's stepmother.

"Don't always argue with her all day, after all, she's still young. You are so fierce, you will scare her away. If there's anything, you can speak nicely and I believe Chuzheng is not an unreasonable kid."

"Regarding the recent incident, perhaps Tongtong was frightened by it and had seen wrongly. Chuzheng is a little naughty, but she wouldn't go overboard."

Father Ji looked at Chuzheng's stepmother with furrowed eyebrows.

Just then, Chuzheng's words randomly appeared in his mind.

Every time he argued with his daughter, she would also persuade him and say that the kids are still young, don't scare them away. She would say it once and then twice, she was always like that...

——Ji Tongtong and her mother teamed up to make me waste... my life so that they could inherit the Ji Family's assets.

"Old Ji?"

"Old Ji, what are you thinking about?"

Father Ji came back to his senses. "Hmm? Nothing much. It's just that I was very busy at work today and am a little tired. Let's sleep."

Stepmother was a little suspicious, but after seeing that Father Ji was already asleep, she did not think about it any further.

–

After Chuzheng returned to her room, she was met with King's reprimands as King had expected better from her.

[Little miss, you must remember. There isn't anything in this world that cannot be solved with money. Even if there is, it must be because you are not spending enough! Hence, Little missy, you just have to——spend money! Spend money! Spend money! That will do! ]

Chuzheng: "..."

'It would be faster if we kill them.'

[...]'Can you not have such dangerous thoughts anymore? We are just an innocent prodigal system.'

Chuzheng wore a cold expression.

'Let's go to sleep.'

The next day.

"It's my birthday party this weekend! All of you must come to my party." Chuzheng heard Ji Tongtong inviting her classmates to her birthday party the moment she walked in.

She thought for a while and realized that Ji Tongtong's birthday was coming soon.

Moreover...

Something bad was going to happen on her birthday.

Chuzheng silently walked back to her seat and Ji Tongtong seemed to have glanced at her, but she quickly looked away.

"Will it be held at your house?" asked a classmate.

Ji Tongtong nodded her head. "Yup! We initially did not want to organize a party but daddy said we must hold one and had even invited many people."

Father Ji agreed to organize a grand birthday party for her because of the hospital incident.

"Wah..."

Ji Tongtong's words made many people admire her.

"Can we all go?"

"Of course, everyone can come to the party if they want to."

During the period where Ji Tongtong was inviting everyone to her party, Chuzheng received a mission that was worth a few million dollars. It even had special requirements—she had to buy a three million dollar car.

Chuzheng was stunned. "??"

Previously, the system had never said that there would be designated spending money missions.

[Little missy, there would only be more surprises in the future~]King was very conceited.

Surprise?

What kind of surprises could a bronze player possibly give? A fright would be more like it.

Chuzheng pondered for a while. "Even if I buy the car, I can't drive it so what's the use?"

The proprietress was not eighteen yet and hence did not have a driving license.

[You can buy it and let the chauffeur drive it.]King made it sound so easy. [The wealthy do not have to drive their own cars.]

Chuzheng: "..."

As such, Chuzheng happily bought a three million dollar luxury car.

–

The weekend.

Ji Tongtong's birthday.

Father Ji had been pestered by Ji Tongtong the whole morning about her birthday party and had not been able to talk to Chuzheng despite Chuzheng being at home.

It was not until Ji Tongtong went to find her mother that Father Ji bumped into Chuzheng in the corridor.

Father Ji hesitantly called out to her, "Zhengzheng..."

These few days, Chuzheng would occasionally come back later in the night, but it would not be too late. It was different from the times where she would make a ruckus at home whenever she had come back home all drunk and tipsy.

She seemed to have grown up without him knowing.

"Dad?"

Father Ji's facial expression softened. "Do... you have enough money?"

He initially wanted to ask about her recent events but in the end, he only asked this sentence.

How could he not love his daughter?

It was just that previously, she would always make him worry about her and always bumped heads with him. Before he could even say a word, they would argue.

"Enough." Chuzheng nodded her head expressionlessly.

With the system around, she would not have to fret about not having enough money.

She pondered for a while before turning around and went back to her room.

Father Ji who was still thinking about what he should say next was dumbfounded.

She left just like that?

However, Chuzheng came out quickly and even had a box in her hands.

"I bought this a while back." Chuzheng handed Father Ji the box.

The box was not heavy but when Father Ji held it, it seemed a little heavy.

He looked deep into Chuzheng's eyes as tears welled up his eyes. He had always quarreled with his daughter and yet now, he was at a loss over what to say.

Naturally, Chuzheng could not say any touching words.

"Great... great..."

Father Ji hugged the box as if he was hugging a treasure. He still remembered the time he had received a present from her when she was little.

Chuzheng: "..."

"In that case, I will return to my room first."

Father Ji did not know what to say further and just nodded his head.

–

"Dad, can I come in?"

Father Ji was just about to put the box Chuzheng bought for him on the study table when he had heard Ji Tongtong knock onto the door and let her in.

Ji Tongtong recognized the jade ornament with a glance.

This should be the one Yang Qianqian was talking about.

Little did she know, she had bought it to give to Father Ji...

"Tongtong, what did you find me for?"

Ji Tongtong immediately gave a warm smile. "It's going to be two o'clock and my classmates are coming soon, but you have not changed your clothes."

"Oh right." Father Ji had forgotten about this matter because of Chuzheng's actions. "My memory is getting poorer, I will change right now."

"There's no need, daddy. I have already chosen your attire." Ji Tongtong took out a suit from behind.

Father Ji laughed, "Tongtong is so considerate."

Ji Tongtong gave the suit to Father Ji before giving a hesitant look.

"What's wrong, Tongtong?" asked Father Ji.

Ji Tongtong seemed to be very perplexed. "Dad... I...I think something's wrong with big sister."

"What's wrong with her?" asked Father Ji.

"Daddy, I..."

"It's okay, you can say it."

Ji Tongtong's face looked very lost before wearing a worried expression. "Didn't you cut her credit card earlier on? But big sister could still spend lavishly. Previously, she bought a jade ornament for two hundred thousand dollars... Oh, yes, it was this."

Ji Tongtong pointed at the jade ornament that was on Father Ji's table.

"I am a little worried for big sister as she did not save much and always asked for money from you every now and then but this time, her card was cut off and yet she still has so much money... I also don't dare to ask her."

Ji Tongtong's face was full of worry and she made herself look like a good little sister who felt concerned for her big sister and hence told this matter to Father Ji.

Ji Tongtong looked at Father Ji carefully and saw that Father Ji's eyebrows were slightly furrowed. She added, "Every time after school, I would always see Big sister hanging out... with a bunch of people. I am scared that something would happen to Big sister."

Ji Tongtong thought that Father Ji would blow a fuse, but Father Ji only furrowed his eyebrows. "We will talk about this after your birthday."

Ji Tongtong was a little disappointed that Father Ji did not immediately flare-up. Instead, she gave him a smile and said lovingly, "Hmm, daddy, you can change your clothes and I will go down first."

"Go ahead."

After Ji Tongtong left, Father Ji looked at the jade ornament on the table and the image of Chuzheng's calm and peaceful eyes flashed past his eyes.Chapter 20Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ji Tongtong's classmates had begun arriving one by one and Father Ji had also invited many businessmen and friends to her party.

Naturally, Ji Tongtong was very happy as this would show her status in Father Ji's heart as well as in the Ji Family.

"Tongtong, you are so pretty today."

"Thank you, you look very cute too."

"Tongtong, your dress is so pretty!"

"Tongtong..."

Ji Tongtong was surrounded by praises.

On the other hand, Chuzheng was standing on the stairs as she observed the crowd with an expressionless face.

It was indeed very lively today.

It was at this very birthday party that the proprietress was fooled by Ji Tongtong again.

'My undomesticated little sister's fighting spirit is so powerful!'

'So scary!'

[Little miss, don't be scared. We have money.]

'In that case, can you let me use the money to smack them?'

'The kind where I can smack them to death in one hit.'

[...]'Little miss is so fierce!' [About that... It is a crime to trample on money.]

'Then, what kind of nonsense are you spouting?'

[...]'Fierce Little miss.'

"Senior Meng Ran is here!"

There was a commotion in the crowd below.

"It's really Senior Meng Ran..."

"Are Senior Meng Ran and Tongtong dating?"

"They are a match made in heaven..."

The various praises and admirations from the crowd made Ji Tongtong feel very comfortable.

However, she did not show it on her face and instead showed a shy and embarrassed expression.

The boy walked in from outside and compared to his usual uniform attire, the current Meng Ran looked even more handsome, making one unable to take their eyes off him.

Meng Ran gave a warm smile. "Happy Birthday, Tongtong."

Ji Tongtong's face was full of coy as her voice turned gentle. "Thank you, Big Brother Meng Ran."

Meng Ran gave his present to her and the crowd immediately cheered and asked her to open it.

Ji Tongtong felt a little embarrassed and looked towards Meng Ran for his opinion.

Meng Ran magnanimously unpacked his gift and took his present out.

"Wah..."

"It's so pretty!"

It was a necklace. The diamonds on it shone brightly under the sunlight, showing off its glamour. With just one look at it, one would know that the necklace was rather pricey.

Meng Ran personally put it on for Ji Tongtong as both of them smiled at each other. That scene was so beautiful that it attracted the admiration of many.

"Daddy, does it look nice?" Ji Tongtong immediately ran to Father Ji's side as she acted cute while swaying his arm.

"Yes." Father Ji nodded his head.

"Daddy, what about your present?"

Father Ji remained silent for a while before smiling and said, "I knew you were going to ask me that so I had already prepared it for you."

Father Ji brought Ji Tongtong outside and upon seeing this, the crowd followed them as they were curious as to what the present would be.

When they were outside, they only saw a car that was covered in cloth moving in.

Ji Tongtong looked at it with expectation and even the others were also attracted by it.

The person got out of the car and removed the red cloth, instantly revealing the thing underneath the red cloth.

"Wah!"

"What a beautiful car!"

"Uncle Ji actually gave Tongtong a car! How good!"

"The color is so pretty! It totally matches with Tongtong!"

The red color looked very striking, but when matched with the overall design of the car, it was very soothing to the eye and would definitely attract Ji Tongtong's liking as the design suited girls very much.

At this point in time, Ji Tongtong covered her mouth as her face was full of surprise. She turned around to face Father Ji, but before she could say something, she was pushed by the crowd to the car.

Although she was still not legal, to be able to receive a car, it was still very honorable.

Moreover, Father Ji had given it to her in front of so many people. In the future, if she were to drive it to school, it would definitely be very cool.

"Tongtong, I want to sit in your car in the future."

"Sure." Ji Tongtong agreed while smiling.

"Tongtong, you are too nice!"

"I also want to sit on it."

"Me too."

The person who removed the red cloth had just unloaded the car and there were already students who could not wait to rush forward to open the car door and sit in it. In response to this, Ji Tongtong furrowed her eyebrows slightly, but could not say much and only maintained her smile.

"Tongtong, quickly sit in the driver's seat."

Just like that, Ji Tongtong was pushed to the driver's seat.

The person who sent the car felt a little awkward as he wanted to stop them, but there were too many people.

Moreover, everything happened too fast.

It was not until then that Father Ji came forward.

"Tongtong!"

"I love you so much, daddy!" Ji Tongtong came out from the driver's seat and gave Father Ji a big hug.

Chuzheng's stepmother giggled. "Only your dad dotes on you. In the future, you must be filial to your daddy."

"Hmm, Daddy is the best."

"Tongtong, wait a minute." Father Ji pushed her away and dragged the delivery person to a corner. He lowered his voice and asked, "Did you send the wrong car?"

He had indeed wanted to give her a car, but it was not this car.

He had also seen this car previously, but to give a three million dollar car to a student or rather, a student who was not legal yet, it was obviously too costly.

Hence, he had chosen a car that was worth a hundred thousand dollars.

Ji Tongtong was a little confused as her heart felt a little uncomfortable and the crowd also quietened down a little.

"No?" The delivery person looked through his list and even showed the address on his list to Father Ji. "It's here. The recipient would be Miss Ji Chuzheng."

Although Father Ji lowered his voice, the other party did not. Furthermore, the crowd had quietened down and everyone could hear their conversation.

Ji Chuzheng.

The Big Missy from... the Ji Family?

"What's wrong?" Chuzheng's stepmother walked to Father Ji's side as her voice was still very soft and gentle. "Is it because you are too busy at work and had written the wrong name?"

"No." Father Ji shook his head and said in a low voice, "I didn't buy this car."

Chuzheng's stepmother was stumped. "..."

Ji Tongtong had also heard it as her face turned a little pale and her face was writ large with embarrassment.

Meng Ran immediately went forward and patted her shoulder as a form of consolation.

The students who were cheering just now also had their faces filled with awkwardness.

They quickly came down from the car and distanced themselves from it.

It was actually Ji Chuzheng's...

The rest of the people wore a complicated expression on their faces.

The delivery person did not know what had happened and could only ask, "May I know which one is Miss Ji Chuzheng? Could you please sign this proof of delivery?"

The scene became more awkward.

Those who had just complimented Ji Tongtong could not wait to find a hole and hide in it.

When everyone was still in a state of confusion, a girl walked out of the villa and went over to sign the proof of delivery.

"She's Ji Chuzheng?"

"How can it be? Are my eyes playing tricks on me? How did Ji Chuzheng change so much? Where's her colorful hair and thick make-up?"

"I also thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. Ji Chuzheng looked like this?"

The girl was wearing a simple and casual outfit with her hair tied up into a ponytail, showing off her pale and slender neck. Together with her black stud earrings and her emotionless expression, she looked strangely cool when she signed the proof of delivery.

"Miss Ji, do you want to check it?" asked the delivery person.

"There's no need."

"I will leave first then."

The delivery person got into his car and left. Just when he left, another car entered.

This was obviously the car that Father Ji wanted to give to Ji Tongtong.

Chuzheng finally understood why Bastard wanted her to have the car delivered today. Bastard was waiting for her undomesticated little sister.

[Little miss, while we become a prodigal, we must not forget to counterattack~]King happily reminded Chuzheng in her head.

Chuzheng: "..."

A system where a fool would get more money was clearly not within her level of understanding.

On the other hand, Ji Tongtong was still a little expectant, perhaps... Father Ji's car was more expensive than Ji Chuzheng's car?