Hiding her pregnant belly! The wicked ex-wife of the true young master has awakened.

That evening, at the Ji family home.

Jinzhi was invited back to her room, and dinner was still a lavish four-dish-and-one-soup meal, but she refused to accept it.

She quietly ate a few bites of the food to make sure she wouldn't be hungry that night, then restored the dishes to their original state and called the maid over.

Pick and choose.

"These vegetables aren't fresh at all. Were they air-freighted from a plantation?"

"And this chicken, I want to eat free-range chickens raised on farms, not chickens fed with feed. Australian lobsters cannot be frozen and must be cooked fresh. I want to eat the freshest ones."

She slammed her hand on the table, her face showing displeasure.

"Otherwise, if something happens to my child, who among you will take responsibility?"

Seeing that things were not going well, and even more afraid of saying the wrong thing and angering her, the maid said, "Miss, please wait a moment while I go and call the butler and Mr. Ze."

Soon, the butler and Aze arrived.

Jinzhi repeated her demands, adding a lot more: "No water from the water purifier can be used for stewing soup. Arrange for someone to fetch water from the deep mountains. Also, these tablewares are so dull; replace them all with handmade gold-painted celadon!"

"This fruit is so sour, even the pigs won't eat it. This place is terrible, I want to go home!"

The housekeeper stated the facts: "Miss, all the vegetables in the house are air-freighted from plantations and farms, so there is no issue of them being stale as you described."

"The water is the highest quality mountain spring water, which will not harm your and your young master's health."

"If you are not satisfied with the dishes, we can replace them for you."

Jinzhi continued nitpicking: "The fruit I mentioned is terribly sour. Did you even taste it yourselves? You gave it to me to eat when the quality was substandard?"

"This place is nothing like the Jin family's. The Jin family gives me the best of everything, eighteen dishes per meal, every single one of which is my favorite. They don't even let me eat in peace. I can't live like this anymore!"

She smashed the dishes, wiped away her tears, and cried out to heaven and earth.

"I want to go home! You're all too poor! I can't stand living here, I'm starving! This place is a godforsaken, desolate mountain village! You're so poor, yet you're stopping me from living a life of luxury. It's like a knife to my ass, an eye-opener!"

A poor, desolate place?

Aze, the butler, and the maid: "..."

If you just open your eyes and look around, you'll see that if the Ji family is still poor, then there are hardly any wealthy families left in the entire capital.

Aze stepped forward and tasted the fruit slices; they were fresh and sweet.

The butler seemed about to say something, but he raised his hand and said:

"Miss, please tell us what you would like to eat, or if you have any other requests. The kitchen will prepare a new meal for you. Not just eighteen dishes, but one hundred and eight are all possible."

Jinzhi: "?"

She paused for a moment, then started ordering food without stopping.

"I want to eat Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Wensi Tofu, Egg White Chicken Slices, Braised Fish, Black Gold Abalone in Original Sauce, Wild Sea Cucumber Braised with Scallions, Pan-fried Wagyu Beef, Stuffed Morel Mushrooms with Asparagus in Golden Broth..."

He recited more than a dozen difficult-to-make dishes in one go.

She raised her chin.

"That's all for now. Also, I don't want to eat in my room. I want to go downstairs and eat with Ji Jinliang. Why can't I eat at the table?"

"Does your Ji family favor sons over daughters? Do you forbid women from eating at the table?! This is feudal dregs! I'm going to sue you!"

Aze maintained basic politeness, "Miss, you're joking. I was just worried that it would be inconvenient for you to move around while you're pregnant. I'll go and report to the master. Please wait a moment."

Once outside, Aze wiped the sweat from his brow.

The house is going to be lively from now on.

Ji Jinliang had not yet eaten, but upon hearing Jinzhi's request, he said calmly, "Do as she says."

"Yes."

Jinzhi was invited to wait for her meal in the living room on the first floor.

The lights illuminated the spacious Chinese-style living room, the rosewood furniture gleamed with a warm, matte finish, and a set of bone china teaware was displayed on the long tea table in the center.

A few seasonal orchids adorn the sides, while porcelain and jade artifacts are arranged in a pleasing, antique style, exuding charm and elegance.

Jinzhi wasn't in the mood to appreciate it.

The maid handed her the remote control.

"Miss, if you're bored, you can watch TV for a while. Dinner will be ready soon."

Mr. Aze invited all the chefs in his family to cook together, a spectacle usually reserved for family banquets.

"Um."

After the maid left, Jinzhi picked up the remote control to change the channel. Her only cell phone had been taken away, and there were no communication devices in the bedroom, so she could only get information from the outside world through the television.

After searching for a long time, she gave up. The TV was an old-fashioned channel TV that couldn't connect to the internet and could only watch content broadcast by various satellite channels.

She checked the daily news in Yuncheng, but after reading for a long time, she found no useful information.

Half an hour later, a noise came from the stairwell.

"Let's eat under the moonlight."

Aze pushed Ji Jinliang over and headed to the restaurant.

Jinzhi followed, a glint of shrewdness flashing in her eyes.

There were only the two of them at the table. Ji Jinliang sat at the head of the table, and Jinzhi sat to his right at the lower position.

Every dish she requested was served without fail, and the long table covered with a classic tablecloth was filled with them.

It's incredible that it was actually done in such a short time!

Ji Jinliang washed his hands with a hot towel.

"Eat."

Jinzhi was impeccable. She picked up her chopsticks and started eating, but she didn't eat properly. She pushed the braised fish in front of Ji Jinliang and took his chopsticks away.

"Old Deng, you're getting old, what's the point of eating? You're almost done anyway, so do some work and pick out all the bones from this fish."

Upon hearing this, the servants waiting nearby gasped, not daring to utter a sound.

An eerie silence fell over the entire restaurant, broken only by the soft clatter of bowls and chopsticks as Jinzhi picked through the dishes.

She urged, "Hurry up, Lao Deng! I never have to pick out fish bones when I eat at the Jin family's house. Is this what you mean by 'raising me'? You're going to kill me! If you don't want me to, I'll just eat it directly and let the fish bones choke me. I'll just take the kids to see my mother..."

Under the astonished gazes of everyone, the silent Ji Jinliang moved. He glanced at Jinzhi and actually picked up the serving chopsticks to remove the fish bones.

The housekeeper thought he had misread it, adjusted his reading glasses, and then, as if remembering something, the surprise on his face quickly faded.

Jinzhi was also stunned for two seconds.

Unexpectedly, Ji Jinliang was actually willing to help her choose.

"You must finish what you choose; the Ji family does not allow food to be wasted."

Jinzhi regretted it for a moment. After he had been picking for a while, she moved the plate over and used the serving chopsticks to take away the half of the dish he had chosen.

"You're so slow! I only ate this much, the rest is for you."

She wasn't eating properly; her eyes darted around, and she was thinking of other wicked ideas.

After finishing the fish and drinking half a bowl of soup, he finished his dinner and said, "I want to eat watermelon, dragon fruit, and kiwi."

The housekeeper arranged for the servants to prepare.

As the fruit was served, Jinzhi stopped Ji Jinliang's wheelchair from leaving.

"I don't eat fruit with seeds, Lao Deng. You need to pick all the seeds out for me. I won't eat it if you don't pick them out properly."

Butler & Maid: "..."

Is that even human language they're speaking?

Ji Jinliang looked at her, his voice devoid of emotion.

"Ji Chengyue, everything should be done in moderation. Don't push your luck."

Jinzhi pouted, then sat on the carpet, clutching her stomach, and began to cry.

"Good heavens, the cabbages in the field are turning yellow! Old Ji, you're the one who kidnapped me! You've not only prevented me from eating and sleeping properly, but you won't even let me eat a piece of fruit!"

"I've never seen any fruit with seeds in the Jin family's house. Your family is so poor, what are you doing playing with imprisonment? You could fit more in a garbage bag than that!"

"I don't want to live anymore. If I can't eat this seedless fruit, I'll go find my mom. My mom and I are both pitiful people..."