Once she finished handling this collaboration, she was done.
But Ji Xiangnian was not the only thing irritating Ji Xiangyi. Something even more irritating lay ahead.
The car stopped in front of the Ji Family's commercial building downtown.
Ji Xiangyi opened the door and had just stepped out when she saw Zhao Cheng standing at the entrance, holding a huge bouquet of red roses. Of course, he was not the only one standing there. His parents were behind him.
Ji Xiangyi felt as though her head was going to explode. She knew this had to be because she had instructed someone to withdraw the investment in the Zhao Family a few days earlier. That was why these three had come looking for her.
Ji Xiangyi intended to go in through the side entrance. She did not want any contact with this man who disgusted her. Ever since she learned that Zhao Cheng had cheated on her, even looking at him made her sick, let alone having any contact with him.
But she was a step too slow.
Zhao Cheng had come specifically to wait for Ji Xiangyi, so the moment the car stopped, he knew it was hers. He was afraid she would get away.
He immediately called his parents over and ran toward her with them.
Ever since the Ji Family withdrew its investment, the Zhao Family's business had been caught in a bind. His parents insisted on forcing him to win Ji Xiangyi back.
He was unwilling. Ji Xiangyi's cold face irritated him. It had been fine when they were affectionate, but now she found fault with everything about him, making him even less willing.
Wasn't he a rich heir who didn't want to put up with other people's moods, too?
He truly did not want to see Ji Xiangyi's icy face at all.
But his parents insisted on forcing him. If he refused to coax Ji Xiangyi into getting the Ji Family to invest in the Zhao Family again, the Zhao Family's business would have to be handed over to his younger brother in the future.
The Ji Family had vast wealth and extensive holdings. Even a small investment from them could keep the Zhao Family going for six months to a year.
With no other choice, for the sake of the Zhao Family and his own chance to take over its business in the future, he could only steel himself and approach her.
Zhao Cheng adjusted his smile, giving Ji Xiangyi a guilty, remorseful expression.
He slowly walked up to Ji Xiangyi and offered her the flowers. "Xiangyi, are you still angry with me? I know I was wrong. You're really the only one I like. Those women shamelessly threw themselves at me. You're the only one I love. Xiangyi, can you give me a chance? From now on, I'll be completely devoted to you and love only you."
Zhao Cheng's parents chimed in beside him. They genuinely liked Ji Xiangyi. Of course, what they liked was not her as a person, but her status as the Ji Family's second young lady and the president of the Ji Family's company.
If Ji Xiangyi married Zhao Cheng, they would no longer have to worry about the Zhao Family's business. Of course, they might even get a share of the Ji Family's stock. After all, she was the Ji Family's only daughter.
They believed that, given how much Ji Xiangnian valued Ji Xiangyi, there was no way he would not give her some of the Ji Family's shares.
Zhao Cheng's mother smiled. "That's right, Xiangyi. His father and I have already scolded Zhao Cheng and taught him a lesson."
"Zhao Cheng really was seduced by those disreputable girls out there."
Zhao Cheng's father also smiled ingratiatingly. "That's right, Xiangyi. You know we only like you. Those other girls can't compare to even one of your fingers. Xiangyi, just give Zhao Cheng a chance."
Ji Xiangyi's expression had not been so cold at first, but after hearing their shameless words, it had turned icy.
Zhao Cheng had shamelessly cheated on her himself, yet he was blaming other girls for his own shamelessness. It was disgusting.
People were coming and going all around them, and Ji Xiangyi did not want to engage with them at all and make a spectacle of herself.
She discreetly withdrew her gaze and tried to turn and leave, but they blocked her way.
Ji Xiangyi really had a terrible headache and felt disgusted, too, but her years of good upbringing left her unable to curse at them at a time like this.
Judging by their current reactions, they intended to keep pestering her.
Because of the situation with Ji Xiangzhou, Fang Ning could no longer stay in the hospital.
Thinking of how she could get a sum of money just by attending a parent-teacher meeting, Fang Ning returned to the Ji Family's home without the slightest hesitation and tidied herself up. Ji Xiangnian sent a car to pick her up.
Fang Ning set off for the school.
Ji Xiangzhou had excellent grades and attended a public school. There were no senior administrators or anyone else waiting on campus to welcome her.
But Ji Xiangzhou's grades placed him among the school's top three students, so his homeroom teacher had been waiting in the office early.
Although Ji Xiangzhou was only in his second year of high school, with his grades, getting into Tsinghua or Peking through a competition in his third year was a sure thing.
He was a top student, but he also happened to be a troublemaker. On the one hand, his excellent grades made him an academic star at school. On the other, he climbed over the wall late at night to go off campus and play video games. A student like him gave his homeroom teacher quite a headache.
Last night, while his homeroom teacher was not paying attention, he had led his classmates over the wall in the middle of the night to play video games. Going over the wall to play games was one thing, but they had also gotten into a fight.
When she received a call from the police station in the middle of the night, she was utterly dumbfounded.
She knew Ji Xiangzhou's family circumstances. They were wealthy, his parents were not around, and he only had his older brother and sister at home. But they did not seem to pay much attention to him. Previously, whenever there was a parent-teacher meeting, she had asked Ji Xiangzhou to bring a family member to school, but she had never once seen him successfully bring anyone.
So after a few attempts, she rarely asked Ji Xiangzhou's guardians to attend parent-teacher meetings anymore. But today, she had no choice. If this continued, he would get completely out of hand!!
But never in her wildest dreams had she expected Ji Xiangzhou's guardian to be so young.
The homeroom teacher fell silent as she looked at the young, beautiful woman before her, who looked like a college student yet claimed to be Ji Xiangzhou's guardian.
She was so young that the homeroom teacher suspected she was a stand-in, a college student Ji Xiangzhou had found to pose as his guardian. It was not unreasonable for her to think that, given how many such incidents there were online.