Chapter 16: Carry on Well_2

He deliberately went out to buy some porridge, but ended up starting to eat it himself without waiting for even a moment.

Thinking of this, Ji Sang felt somewhat guilty and turned her eyes away, pushing the porridge in the direction of Fu Yisi.

"You should eat quickly, it's... really tasty."

The man raised his eyebrow but didn't seem intent on teasing her. After a busy day, he was also tired.

No sooner had he picked up the spoon than his phone began to ring.

At this hour, Fu Yisi didn't need to guess to know who it was. Acting as if he hadn't heard it, he took his time sipping a few mouthfuls of porridge.

The simple melody of the ringtone sounded repeatedly. Seeing that Fu Yisi had no intention of answering, Ji Sang couldn't help but remind him,

"Your phone is ringing."

It was somewhat shrill in the dead of night.

Fu Yisi lifted his eyelids and gave her an indifferent glance, then put down his spoon and took out his phone to answer.

"Speak."

In that simple word, Ji Sang heard a hint of impatience.

It seemed the person on the other end was a very familiar one.

"Brother, you actually stood me up! It's my first day back in the country, and you ditched me!"

The caller was Ling Yuxuan. He was partying in a bar, with noisy background music blaring. Fu Yisi frowned and held the phone a bit away, and it was this action that let the sound from the phone leak out.

The room was very quiet to begin with. Fu Yisi sat at the edge of the bed and Ji Sang easily overheard the voice from the phone.

Her eyes widened slightly, as if incredulously. Fu Yisi also has... bad friends?

Fu Yisi caught the woman's reaction out of the corner of his eye. His hand, resting on the table, tapped a few times, signaling her to hurry up and finish the porridge.

Afterward, the man, as if annoyed by the person on the phone, casually tugged at the collar of his shirt a few times.

"I didn't agree."

"Why not agree? Why not come, brother, I've even summoned Big Brother and Second Brother, you know how busy those two are! Could it be that woman didn't let you come? That woman is really venomous! She actually..."

"Ling Yuxuan."

The man's deep voice suddenly interrupted the person on the other end, the depths of his eyes emanating chill.

"Who taught you to speak like this?"

...

There was a moment of silence on the other end before exploding with a shout,

"Brother, are you actually scolding me for that woman?! She is just a marriage partner Uncle Fu forced on you, whereas I've been your brother ever since we were kids!"

Ji Sang, who was engrossed in eating her porridge, looked up blankly.

"...?"

The woman they were discussing on the phone was... herself?

Fu Yisi glanced at her, then continued to speak with a low voice,

"Getting bold after half a year abroad?"

Certainly, Fu Yisi's words were influenced by Ji Sang's presence, but more than that, he wanted to teach Ling Yuxuan a lesson. That kid had been unrestrained abroad for half a year, and his character hadn't changed a bit.

He got used to speaking without care around Fu Yisi, but if he went outside, his mouth could easily cause trouble at any time.

Ling Yuxuan was silent for a long while, and the background music behind him lowered, probably because he found a quieter spot.

"Brother, then why didn't you come?"

His voice dropped.

After half a year abroad without permission to return home, Ling Yuxuan was actually quite stifled, and Fu Yisi understood.

"The hospital was busy, and your sister-in-law wasn't feeling too well."

Sister-in-law?

Drinking her porridge, Ji Sang was successfully choked by these two words, tears of reflex instantly moistening her eyes, even the corners carried a faint blush.

She looked up, eyeing the man by the bed, and upon discovering a hint of teasing in his eyes, her lips pursed slightly.

This man, when playfully reticent, was simply boundless.

Ling Yuxuan equally became unsettled upon hearing those two words, and protested,

"So it really is because of that woman?!"

The man's eyes narrowed slightly, the chill seeming to travel from this side through the phone to the other end.

"Say that again?"

Ling Yuxuan:...

Reluctantly.

"Sister-in-law."

Fu Yisi's brows relaxed, and noticing the woman on the bed prick up her ears to the conversation, his eyes gleamed with more interest.

"She's right beside me, say hello."

Ji Sang: ???!!!

Ling Yuxuan:....

Fu Yisi didn't say much more, and simply handed her the phone.

Ji Sang swallowed hard, inquiring silently.

The man's lips curled slightly, introducing in a nonchalant tone,

"Ling Yuxuan, the young master of the Ling Family."

Of course, Ji Sang knew the person on the other end of the phone was Ling Yuxuan, whom he had mentioned twice just now. Moreover, even as the adopted daughter of the Ji Family, she had some understanding of the wealthy clans in S City.

Ling Yuxuan, she had heard of the title little devil.

But...

Why should she speak to him?

Yet the man continued to extend his hand, with no intention of retracting it.

As Ji Sang was hesitating, Ling Yuxuan was also unhappy, wondering why he had to address an unknown woman as his sister-in-law.

The perpetrator of all this, Fu Yisi, simply shoved the phone into Ji Sang's hand and went back to savoring his porridge.

Ji Sang:...

After all, to leave someone hanging on the phone was also quite impolite, and considering Ling Yuxuan's temper, she was genuinely afraid he might say something that would be passed on to her parents.

She cleared her throat with a couple of coughs,

"Hello?"

It wasn't the ingratiating speech Ling Yuxuan expected, and he was momentarily taken aback. Since he had already thought badly of Ji Sang, his tone was not very friendly.

"Sister-in-law, why don't you let my brother come out and have fun?"

Ji Sang had nothing to say.

Whether or not Fu Yisi wanted to go out was not her business to control.

Draw the line, Fu Yisi didn't really intend to use the call to make the two become acquainted, so he took the phone back from her.

"Let's meet up another day. Bye."

After finishing, he cut off the call.

Ji Sang breathed a sigh of relief, her shoulders slumping.

"What are you doing?"

Her voice unknowingly contained a trace of complaint, but was still soft, really quite like that of a grumbling wife.

Fu Yisi pondered this, simply explaining briefly,

"He just came back, wanted to hang out, I was thinking about bringing you..."

He paused there and didn't continue.

But Ji Sang understood.

He wanted to introduce her to his brothers.

At that moment, Ji Sang suddenly realized something.

Fu Yisi really had wanted to pick her up from work in the morning and sincerely wanted to protect this marriage, to try and have a good life with her.