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

Lingshan Manor Reception Building.

Wen Manchun, Jin Minghan, and Ye Yu were invited to the living room.

"Please wait a moment while we have some tea and refreshments. Our gentleman will be here shortly."

The butler finished speaking and left.

Jin Minghan said in a low voice, "I saw that vase on the antique shelf at an auction. It's a Tang Dynasty item, and it was eventually bought by a mysterious buyer for a nine-figure price."

"Including that inkstone and the row of things below, these are all old objects from the palace, none of them are ordinary."

Wen Manchun scoffed, "No matter how powerful someone is, they can't hide their thuggish nature. So what if Zhizhi is their child? We raised Zhizhi for so long, what right does he have to take her away without a word?"

Ye Yu: "Mom and Dad, let's make sure Zhizhi is safe first. That's the most important thing."

Wen Manchun: "Mom knows. This time, we will definitely bring Zhizhi back. According to Sister Yang, this man surnamed Ji has a grudge against Zhizhi's mother. Zhizhi definitely doesn't want to stay here either."

"Um."

Soon, Aze pushed Ji Jinliang through the door.

The man's voice was calm. "Mr. Jin, Ms. Wen, please forgive me for not greeting you sooner."

Jin Minghan stood up: "Mr. Ji, you're too kind."

Ji Jinliang: "Please sit down."

"If I had known you were coming to Beijing, I would have made better preparations. I wonder how long you will be staying? I will certainly do my best to be a good host and have someone accompany you on a tour of Beijing."

Wen Manchun got straight to the point, "Mr. Ji, let's not beat around the bush. Jinzhi was raised by our family. Although she is not our biological daughter, she is better than a biological daughter to us. She married my son and had a child with him. So she is a member of our Jin family."

"Was it inappropriate for Mr. Ji to take the person away without a word? Wouldn't this damage the Ji family's century-old reputation if word got out?"

Ji Jinliang's expression remained unchanged.

"Mr. Ji was deeply saddened by his loss of his daughter, and we acknowledged that our handling of this matter was inadequate."

He raised his hand.

Aze placed the DNA report in front of the three people.

"Since you already know, I won't beat around the bush. Her former name was Jinzhi. Since she is a child of our Ji family, she must change her name and surname to be included in the family genealogy. From now on, she will be called Ji Chengyue and will be a legitimate member of the Ji family. I hope everyone is aware of this."

"Now that she's a member of the Ji family, she has a completely new identity and appearance. Everything from before, including her marriage, is irrelevant. We will raise her anew according to the Ji family's methods."

Jin Minghan's face darkened.

"Mr. Ji, Jinzhi is our daughter, whom we raised. She is married to my son, and this relationship is legally recognized. Isn't what you're doing too authoritarian? We will not agree to it."

Wen Manchun also said coldly, "Mr. Ji, we are sitting down and speaking to you politely because we respect you. Jinzhi is our daughter and my son's wife. This is an unchangeable fact. Let Jinzhi come out and let her make a choice."

Ji Jinliang scoffed, "She's young and doesn't know how to make choices. I heard the marriage wasn't voluntary in the first place. Why should I listen to you about how I raise my child?"

Wen Manchun laughed angrily, "This is illegal detention! Jinzhi is an adult, independent individual. She has personal freedom and the right to choose. Your Ji family is going too far. Let her out, or we'll fight to the bitter end!"

Ji Jinliang said without changing his expression, "Wait and see? How do you plan to wait and see? Sue or go to court, you can try whatever you want, and see if your Jin family or the Ji family has more power in Beijing."

"If you all want to talk about something else, like business or collaboration, I'm happy to oblige. But if it concerns my daughter, then there's no need."

Ye Yu, who hadn't spoken until now, said slowly, "Uncle Ji, I know why you brought Jinzhi back. As her closest relatives, we all hope that Jinzhi can be better off."

"But what you consider good may not be right for her. Jinzhi is an individual with the right to make her own choices. You should let her make her own choices."

"I know that Jinzhi is very similar to her biological mother, not only in appearance but also in temperament. If you don't want her to follow in her mother's footsteps and hate you, you can continue like this."

Ji Jinliang's gaze turned cold. "What nonsense are you spouting, you brat who hasn't even grown a beard yet? I haven't even settled the score with you for bullying my daughter. What right do you have to judge my choices? Ji Chengyue is my daughter, and I won't harm her!"

He turned and left.

"It's getting late, and I have other business at the company. Please see the guest out."

The three of them were thus "invited" out of the reception room.

Wen Manchun said angrily, "No wonder he doesn't have a wife. It's no wonder that an old geezer like him has a wife. He pretends to be good to Zhizhi, but he's actually a controlling and gloomy old lecher!"

Jin Minghan looked up at the azure sky. "When you're on someone else's turf, you can't fight head-on. You have to outsmart them. Judging from their attitude, at least Zhizhi is safe."

Ye Yu did not respond. He looked around, recalling the way he came, and followed the servant who was leading the way to the cobblestone fork in the road. He keenly caught a sound not far away.

I looked in the direction of the sound.

An unidentified object fell to the ground ten meters away.

He looked up.

On the glass of the main balcony on the third floor of the antique-style building in the distance, several large red characters were printed: "I am safe."

He suppressed his racing heartbeat and asked the servant who was leading the way, "Is there another exit in the courtyard? The driver said he was a bit lost and wasn't waiting at the gate we came from."

Jin Minghan was about to say something when Wen Manchun pinched the back of his hand.

Maid: "Is it behind a square roof?"

Ye Yu: "Please take us there."

The servants called a sightseeing bus and took the group to the small gate in the backyard.

As the sightseeing bus receded into the distance, gradually shrinking to the size of an ant, Jinzhi, standing on the balcony, immediately grabbed a wet tissue and wiped away the large red characters on the glass.

She wasn't sure if they had seen the words, but it was better than nothing.

Jinzhi had thought she would have to stay in her room all day, but in the afternoon, the maid opened the door for her.

The visitor was Ji Zhenfeng.

What are you doing here?

Ji Zhenfeng said gently, "Chengyue, let's have a talk."

Jinzhi gave him a cold look, saying, "My name is Jinzhi."

Ji Zhenfeng found a place to sit down. "Okay, Zhizhi, I admit that I went to Yuncheng for you, but I didn't expect Dad to be so extreme. Dad's health has been poor these past few years, especially after he learned that Mom was gone, his mental state has deteriorated even more, so it's inevitable that he would do such a wrong thing."

"I apologize to you on behalf of Dad."

"I don't accept it," Jinzhi said coldly. "If there's nothing else, you can leave."

"What I want to say is that you should stay here for a couple of days in peace. Once Dad has thought things through, he will naturally let you go out. You're quite far along in your pregnancy now, so just focus on taking care of yourself."

"The Jin family has come. They know you're here, and I've told them you're fine so they don't need to worry."

Jinzhi sneered: "Then I really thank you. You don't need to play the good cop and bad cop with Ji Jinliang to coax me. It's unnecessary."

"If you really want to help me, take me out of here and let me leave."

"I'm sorry, I can't. You're my sister, and I hope you can stay in this house. Even if it's not forever, it would be good for you to stay for a while."

"If you're really bored, you can go to the garden or the art studio where Mom used to hang out."

"An art studio?" Jinzhi asked. "Does Mom paint?"

"Yes, I was only three years old when Mom left home. I vaguely remember some things. Mom always made me stand in the garden to be her model. She was a very gentle person."

Jinzhi felt a pang of sadness.

"Kindness is often taken advantage of, and gentleness was abandoned by Ji Jinliang and forced away by the Ji family."

"Who told you that Dad abandoned Mom?"

"Who cares who it is? Isn't it the truth?"