After hearing all this, the three members of the Jiang family fell into a complete daze, as though the entire world had suddenly become unreal before their eyes.
Jiang Mingde's first reaction was disbelief. His doubts weren't directed at Ji Ting; the whole thing would have sounded absurd no matter who it involved.
Once he recovered a little, Jiang Mingde looked at Ji Ting with a stern expression. "If everything he said is true, why didn't you tell us from the start?"
"Because what confused you was why Ji Yanzhi wanted to be with me, and what there was about me worth liking." Ji Ting thought for a moment, then put it more directly. "Ji Yanzhi likes me as a person, not the value my abilities give me."
If anyone else had said that, Jiang Mingde would have thought they were deliberately putting on airs, setting things up to humiliate them afterward. Yet coming from Ji Ting, it somehow made him feel that this was simply what Ji Ting believed.
Jiang Mingde fell silent, but Cao Yingying still couldn't understand. "But if you'd told us from the start, we might have agreed to let you be together because of how much you could help Yanzhi's career."
Jiang Shuoyuan turned his head, a smile uglier than a grimace appearing on his face. Regardless of whether that was true, the way she'd phrased it was terribly skewed. It made their whole family sound blinded by greed.
Instead, Ji Ting nodded when he heard that. "I understand. Next time, I'll say it directly."
Ji Yanzhi couldn't help laughing. The smugness in his eyes seemed to say, See? My Ji Ear really is this interesting.
Just then, Jiang Mingde suddenly cleared his throat. "Fine. Even if you really are that capable, why do you