Ji En rummaged through the cabinets, helping Ji Aier choose an evening dress. She stood there, at a loss, watching him, not knowing what he was up to.
"This one is nice!" Ji En said, looking at the light pink short dress. This was a gift that Madam Ji had brought back for Ji Aier from France last year, and she had been keeping it.
"I don't need to dress so formally, do I?" Originally, Ji Aier wanted to say "so grandly," but she changed her words at the last moment. The Ji family was introducing a girl to Ji En, not introducing a future husband's family for her. She shouldn't need to dress like this. It would make her feel very uncomfortable, just like a turkey insisting on wearing a crown and pretending to be a peacock.
"I don't want to take an ugly duckling downstairs with me." Ji En still said it bluntly. "Later, wherever I go, you follow. Don't open your mouth unless I tell you to. Got it?" Ji Aier felt that Ji En was talking to her like he was talking to a pet dog.
But she still nodded, took the dress, and went in to change.
When Ji Aier came out, Ji En played with her hair and said something to her. Ji Aier didn't understand what the words meant because they didn't sound like Chinese, nor did they sound like English. Maybe they were French. Madam Ji could speak five languages, and French was the language she often used to communicate with Ji En.
Nearly at eight o'clock, Ji Aier and Ji En went downstairs after the butler had passed on the message several times.
"Xiao En, come over here." It was Master Ji calling him.
"Daddy!" Ji En pulled Ji Aier and walked over. She saw the dazzling girl beside the distinguished guest was—Ouyang Xue. Ji Aier didn't understand why Ouyang Xue was here. At the moment, Ouyang Xue was also glaring at her.
"Tianlin, this is my son, Ji En. Xiao En, quickly call Uncle Ouyang." Master Ji introduced. Ji Aier looked at this high - spirited middle - aged man. His sharp eyes were her first impression of him. Ji Aier instinctively hid behind Ji En.
Ji En didn't greet the man.
"Talented young men have always emerged since ancient times! He's really an outstanding young man with extraordinary charisma. You're so lucky, Brother Ji!" This middle - aged man named Ouyang Tianlin broke the awkward silence and said with a smile to Master Ji.
"Where, where." Master Ji said modestly. "You're the lucky one, having such an obedient and sensible daughter like Xiaoxue."
"Xiaoxue should be in the same school as Xiao En, right?" Madam Ji asked with a smile.
"She's my ex - girlfriend." Ji En glanced at Ouyang Xue and said. He didn't shy away from letting the elders know that they had dated before. But he deliberately didn't give her face by adding the word "ex" before "girlfriend," meaning she was already in the past.
"You!" Ouyang Xue was so angry that she almost jumped up, but she held back because of the elders present.
"So you two are quite familiar. That's even better. We parents don't need to introduce you anymore. Whether she's an ex or the current one, Xiaoxue will be part of the Ji family in the future." Master Ji said, casting an unfathomable glance at Ji Aier. That look made her feel that there was more to it than met the eye.
"I don't know if she'll be part of the Ji family in the future. That depends on Mommy's opinion." Ji En blurted out such a sentence. Ji Aier immediately realized what he was going to say next, so she tugged at his hand to signal him not to speak recklessly.
"Of course your mommy has no objections!" Master Ji said with a smile.
"If Mommy has no objections, I certainly won't mind having an extra stepmother!" Ji En's words stunned everyone.
By the time they came to their senses, Ji En had already pulled Ji Aier out of the living room, and then they heard Master Ji's roar from behind, but Ji En didn't care at all.