Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

45 minute later.

Lu Yiyue's car arrived at the Emperor Hotel's designated parking space first, and Ji Jiale's car followed closely behind, parking in the adjacent space.

After getting off the bus, the group headed straight to the gym.

As soon as Ji Xinyu entered the gym, she challenged her defeated opponent, Lu Qingchen, to a match. Touching the boxing gloves on the rack, she invited, "Want to have a game?"

Lu Qingchen was in a bad mood and refused without hesitation, "No, I just want to have a nice meal. Let's play darts."

The person opposite him wasn't a girl at all. Besides, boxers don't know their own limitations. What if he got a split lip? Would he still be able to eat later? He just wanted to have a good meal. He was going back to school tomorrow. How could he face anyone with a bruised and swollen face?

Ji Xinyu urged, "Alright, let's play darts then. Let's go, what are you standing there for?"

Ji Xinyu urged the slow-moving Lu Qingchen on, and added, "No wonder Hanhan nicknamed you Lu Moji (meaning 'slow-moving Lu')."

At this moment, Lu Qingchen really didn't want to talk. He glared at Ji Xinyu beside him and followed her to the darts and shooting range.

Upon hearing about the competition, Han Yinuo grabbed her brother Han Yichen's wrist and dragged him to the shooting range. "Brother, let's go watch the competition, it's sure to be a lot of fun."

Han Yichen didn't really want to go, but his sister wanted to go. In his opinion, his sister's match against Chen Ge was basically a complete stomp, just like his brother said, the result was already in the beginning.

With her younger siblings gone, only Lu Yiyue and Ji Jiale remained at the gym entrance.

"What do you want to do?" He stood behind her, and when he looked down, he could smell the scent of her special shampoo, which smelled very nice and had a fresh fragrance.

He lowered his head again, his lips brushing against her bun. She turned around, looked up at him, her eyes sparkling. "I want to play the piano."

"Um."

The two walked together into the piano room. Lu Yiyue sat down, while Ji Jiale leaned lazily against the side of the piano, looking directly at her and asking, "Why didn't you continue practicing piano and dancing in college?"

She knew he would ask, so she smiled, placed her hands on the piano keys, and instead of answering Ji Jiale's question, she pressed a few notes on the keys. Then, a song that would accompany you through the long years began to play in the piano room.

The singing was beautiful. Lu Yiyue's fingers were long and perfect for playing the piano. Her fingers danced nimbly across the keys, and she didn't need to look at the sheet music at all, because the song was already imprinted in her mind.

The beautiful singing voice floated in the music room, and every note struck Ji Jiale's heart. He wanted to smoke, but when he reached into his pocket, he found that he didn't have any. So he put his hands in his pockets and listened attentively.

She played the piano beautifully, with great focus and immersion. She perfectly conveyed the meaning of the music, and he could feel it.

As the piece ended, Lu Yiyue stopped playing, her hands resting on the keys. Smiling, she looked up to answer Ji Jiale's question, "What do you think is the reason?"

After waiting for a while without Ji Jiale's reply, the two stared at each other silently, their eyes reflecting each other's images. Neither spoke until Lu Yiyue finally looked away and replied with a smile, "Perhaps it's for my family. I have so many younger brothers, and also my grandfather, father, uncle, and older brother."

He stared at her, his gaze fixed on her.

Before Ji Jiale could speak, Lu Yiyue continued, "My dad and brother both love dressing up. They can spend ages picking out clothes every time they go out. My job is pretty good; I can design unique clothes for the people I love and who love me for a lifetime. What do you think?"

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke, offering only a simple evaluation: "Hmm, it's pretty good. I'm glad you like it."

"I really enjoy it. I feel a great sense of accomplishment every time they wear the clothes I designed. It's a feeling I can't get from playing the piano or dancing. What do you think, bro?"

After she finished speaking, she smiled slightly, as beautiful as a star, her whole body radiating light, and suddenly she dazzled the eyes.

But one word in the last question sounded jarring to him, and the two of them remained silent, staring at each other.

"I told you Chen-ge would lose." Han Yichen walked into the piano room with an expected tone, ready to share the results of the match. Seeing one person standing and the other sitting, he said, "Chen-ge still lost."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yiyue snapped out of her reverie and, with a rare display of humor, said, "Uncle Ji said it was the normal ending."

As soon as Lu Qingchen entered, she heard her sister say this: Is she really my sister?

Han Yinuo: "Haha, my uncle is so funny."

Ji Jiale looked away. The two people who came in through the door were still pushing and shoving each other. Obviously, the loser was not satisfied. "Are you fucking hyped up today?"

She's a woman, after all; she wins at everything she plays.

Ji Xinyu swayed her body triumphantly, like a water snake, her movements both comical and supple. She had a background in dance. "That's because you're too weak, not because I'm too strong. But thank you for the compliment, I accept it, you defeated opponent."

Lu Qingchen: "............" It's not a good day to go out; I should stay home and watch TV.

"Let's go eat." Ji Jiale strode out, his mood not very high, and no one could guess what he was thinking or what was wrong.

Han Yinuo asked Lu Yiyue, "Sis, why does my brother look unhappy? Did you two have a fight?"

"How could that be? My brother and Yueyue can't argue, but I believe Hanhan and my brother would argue."

Ji Xinyu continued.

Lu Yiyue was led out by Han Yinuo's arm. She glanced at the man striding towards the restaurant ahead, smiled faintly, and replied, "Maybe it's the pressure of being a brother."

A few people didn't quite understand, but Han Yinuo automatically got the idea. "Okay, then I'll be more obedient from now on. Brother, try not to make Lele angry. He's the oldest here, so he's under pressure. He's under pressure when he brings us out."

"If you don't do well on the exam, Dad will definitely scold your uncle."

Han Yichen, who was innocently caught in the crossfire: "............." Apart from being second to last in the exam, he hasn't done anything outrageous recently.

restaurant.

When everyone came in chatting and laughing, Ji Jiale had already ordered the dishes, all of which were dishes his younger siblings liked. He sat down and took out a wet wipe to wipe his hands.

Lu Yiyue sat down opposite him, next to her younger brother. Han Yinuo and Han Yichen sat next to Ji Jiale, and Ji Xinyu sat next to Han Yinuo.

Half an hour later.

The waiter brought the dishes over, and when all the dishes were arranged, Lu Yiyue smiled at Ji Jiale. At the same time, Ji Jiale subtly curled his lips, quietly turned the lazy Susan on the table, picked up his chopsticks, and put a dish into his bowl.

Lu Yiyue picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork from in front of her and put it in her empty bowl, a warm feeling washing over her. "Xiaoyu, are you going back to school tonight or tomorrow?"

Ji Xinyu had already started eating. With food in her mouth, she replied, "It's a bit hot, so I fanned it with my hand. I'll go tomorrow morning. I don't have class tomorrow morning, so I'll have time. Besides, it's so close."

"I'll go tomorrow morning too." Anyway, Grandpa will take him. Every time, it's Lu's father who takes the lead in picking him up and dropping him off. Actually, Lu Qingchen could come back by himself, but Lu's father, who misses his grandson, always asks the time in advance and waits at the school gate early.

Just like a grandfather picking up elementary school students from school.

"Big brother, our schools are only a few kilometers apart, how could I not know?" Ji Xinyu looked at Lu Qingchen with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

Lu Qingchen glanced at Ji Xinyu, clearly displeased. "I'm talking to my sister. What's it to you?"

Ji Jiale tapped the table twice with the bottom of his chopsticks, mimicking his older brother's gesture, "You can't even shut your mouth while eating."

In an instant, the two stopped arguing and ate their meal in silence.

Lu Yiyue doesn't need to spin the wheel. Once she finishes eating the food in her bowl, the dishes she wants will always be rotated to her side. All she has to do is pick them up.

After the meal, the group said goodbye at the door. Since Han Yichen and Han Yinuo had school the next day, Ji Jiale planned to send the two children back to the Han family villa first. It would take an hour to get there, and there would be traffic at that time.

Ji Jiale: "Report the number when they get home, and I'll take Nuonuo and the others home."

Lu Qingchen waved her hand and replied, "Okay, bye-bye."

Lu Yiyue: "I'm going to the studio first. I just brought the studio key with me. Wenwen doesn't have a key and can't lock the door. I forgot to make a copy. I'm leaving now."

Ji Jiale instructed, "Slow down."

"Okay, sure."

Half an hour later, after the car had traveled some distance, Han Yue sent a message to Han Yinuo: "Nuo Nuo, have you finished eating? Daddy's coming to pick you up?"

Han Yinuo, sitting in the back seat, replied: "My brother is already on his way back."

Han Yue: Dad is already on his way. Where are you? Tell Lele to park the car at our meeting point, and Dad will come over.

After reading the message, Han Yinuo told Ji Jiale, who was in the driver's seat, that her father had come to pick her up, gave him a location, and asked her brother to drive there.

At the intersection, Ji Jiale's car collided with Han Yue's Porsche. Han Yinuo and Han Yichen got out of their cars, said goodbye to their older siblings, and got into Han Yue's car.

Ji Jiale rolled down the car window. "Uncle, I'll bring the car back to you tomorrow."

Han Yue smiled and said, "No need, your dad will take you. Let's go."

Ji Jiale nodded and said nothing more.

More than an hour later, at the traffic light, Ji Jiale glanced at his phone. There was no call to duty; his fingers were tapping rhythmically on the steering wheel, as if he were lost in thought.

"Brother, what are you thinking about? The light's green."

Ji Xinyu reminded her brother to look at the indicator light.

Traffic was congested, and cars were moving at a snail's pace towards the Ji residence.

As the car approached the Ji residence, Ji Jiale suddenly turned the steering wheel all the way, making a U-turn. Ji Xinyu, sitting next to him, was puzzled and confused. The steering wheel turned very quickly, and with a drift, Ji Xinyu instinctively gripped the handrail inside the car.

Sensing her brother's tension—his jawline taut, his brows furrowed—Ji Jiale spoke before she could voice her question, his voice low and menacing, "Call Yueyue and ask where she is."

"Huh?.............Oh, I'll call now. Don't be nervous, brother. They probably forgot to call out the numbers." Ji Xinyu took out her phone, thinking that her brother was overthinking it. She even thought that Lu Qingchen and Sister Yueyue had forgotten to call out the numbers.

Ji Xinyu first called Lu Qingchen, the call went through but no one answered, so she made a second call, but a mechanical female voice answered.

As for Yueyue's phone call, Ji Xinyu's palms were sweating from making the call, and she became nervous. This had never happened before, so she reassured herself and her brother, saying, "Brother, don't be nervous, nothing will happen. It's probably just out of power. Besides, Yueyue always has bodyguards with her, and they're all quite skilled."

It was already dark, and the streetlights cast a glare on the car. Even from the side, you could see the tension in the older brother's eyes; his hands were gripping the steering wheel tightly.

Ji Xinyu was also very nervous. Ji Jiale made a turn, changed lanes, and took a side road. The car speed increased, but it was all within his control.