Chapter 153: Chapter 153: Just Pretend I’m your Auntie

“Actually, I am your mother,” Lin Xu said seriously, looking at her.

Ji Yuqiao’s eyes widened, then slowly returned to calm, “…”

“If you don’t believe me, you can go ask your two brothers,” Lin Xu added, afraid she wouldn’t believe her.

Ji Yuqiao: “…”

Lin Xu: “It’s true.”

Ji Yuqiao: “…”

Lin Xu watched her for a long while without speaking, unsure of what she was thinking, suddenly feeling uncertain and falling silent.

Fortunately, at this moment, Ji Zeqiu came over, “What are you both whispering about?”

“Second Brother, she said she is our mother,” Ji Yuqiao said with a laugh, as if she had heard a joke.

Hearing her words, Ji Zeqiu paused.

He suddenly remembered that because Ji Yuqiao had been too resistant last time, he had not found the right moment to tell her the truth.

Now that their whole family was here today, it might be the right time to tell her.

Thinking this, Ji Zeqiu vouched for her, “What she said is all true.”

“Why would you conspire to deceive me?” Ji Yuqiao flicked her bangs disbelievingly.

Twenty years ago, Lin Xu was still a child herself, how could she possibly have given birth to them?

“Then go ask Ji Tingyang,” Ji Zeqiu said.

Ji Yuqiao, although she found Ji Tingyang too strict and feared him, she highly trusted his words.

Of course, there were exceptions.

Except for when he told her to stay away from Xiao Yu.

After hearing this, Ji Yuqiao bolted off to find Ji Tingyang, rushing to his side and blurting out, “Brother, Second Brother says Lin Xu is our mother, you must tell me if he is lying to me, right?”

Ji Tingyang’s expression froze for an instant, it was clear he also remembered not having told her this matter yet.

As he lifted his gaze towards Lin Xu not far away and saw the defeat in her eyes, he instantly understood how hard it would be to convince Ji Yuqiao.

Ji Yuqiao had her subjective beliefs about certain matters.

If it was something she didn’t believe in, even if the truth was laid before her eyes, she would assume it to be false.

Even if he now presented a paternity test, she’d probably think it was faked.

Nevertheless, Ji Tingyang still spoke up for Lin Xu, “It’s true, we are not deceiving you.”

“It’s not funny; today is not April Fool’s Day.” Ji Yuqiao’s lips pouted so much she could hang a kettle on them, she glanced at Lin Xu and walked over to her, asking in a low voice, “Aren’t you worried that I would hate you for toying with my two brothers’ feelings, so you collaborated in making up this tale to deceive me?”

“Actually, if you were my sister-in-law, I would be really happy,” Ji Yuqiao muttered.

At least happier than with that Wen Li.

But after saying that, Ji Yuqiao became conflicted again, “But you are already married, and you have a child…”

“Don’t imagine wild things,” Lin Xu quickly stopped her rampant train of thought, fearing she would voice some taboo idea the next second, “We really do have a blood relationship, so it’s not what you think.”

“What blood relationship?” Ji Yuqiao was skeptical.

“You… just think of me as your younger aunt,” Lin Xu casually made up a family relationship from a clan genealogy, at least more plausible than having her acknowledge her real mother.

Lin Xu had made up her mind.

After all, being able to see her daughter was enough, and her daughter was doing well now, that was all that mattered.

There was no need to force Ji Yuqiao to recognize her as her mother.

Ji Yuqiao hesitated for an instant, as if she believed this new explanation more, and the next moment she brightened up with a happy smile, “So that’s how it is, why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

Ji Tingyang and Ji Zeqiu looked at each other, “…”

Lin Xu also stopped worrying, she stepped forward to take Ji Yuqiao’s hand, and led her to sit down on the sofa.

“Today I’ll ask Aunt Zhang to make more dishes, so you can stay here with us for dinner, okay? How about you also stay over tonight and I’ll take you back to school tomorrow.”

It was the weekend and there were no classes, so Ji Yuqiao thought about it a bit and then nodded in agreement.

——

Before going to bed that night.

Lin Xu, hugging her pillow, knocked on Ji Yuqiao’s bedroom door, “I want to talk with you, can I sleep with you tonight?”

Ji Yuqiao’s eyes suddenly lit up.

She had always heard her classmates mention how when they went to a friend’s house to play, they would sleep together and gossip in the dark, sometimes even talking until dawn without stopping.

It was a beautiful and enviable experience.

Ji Yuqiao also wanted to experience this kind of scene, but even after so many years, she still hadn’t found a friend with whom she was close enough to sleep together.

But now Lin Xu was coming over of her own accord, wanting to sleep with her.

Ji Yuqiao’s eyes sparkled with excitement as she dragged Lin Xu into the room, “Of course, you can, very much so!”

After the lights went off at night, the bedroom became quiet and still.

The bodies nestled in the covers squirmed slightly, and a faint voice filled with barely hidden joy whispered, “So we’re relatives, no wonder I like you so much.”

“Yeah, I like you too.” Lin Xu turned to look at her, her lips curling into a small smile.

Ji Yuqiao asked, “Are you going to stay here for a while, how long are you staying?”

“I don’t know yet.”

“If you like, you can stay here forever, it’s no problem.”

“That would be great.”

“Let me tell you, I’ve been working really hard at school lately…”

Whispered conversations kept emanating in the room.

It’s unclear why there was so much to talk about, but Ji Yuqiao kept on talking to Lin Xu nonstop from the previous night until the next day.

Seeing Ji Yuqiao about to monopolize Lin Xu for the entire day, Ji Tingyang frowned and pulled the two apart.

“Why are you still here, don’t you have to go back to school to study?” he asked Ji Yuqiao.

Ji Yuqiao was nonchalant, “Skipping studying for one day won’t kill me, now move aside, stop blocking me from talking to Lin Xu.”

“There’s no time to listen to you, we have things to do later,” Ji Tingyang snatched Lin Xu back.

A few days ago, a business partner had given him two tickets to an amusement park, a place Ji Tingyang didn’t care for.

The last time he went to an amusement park was when he was six or seven years old and he went with Lin Xu.

But then he thought about it and decided to keep the tickets.

He was entertaining a small hope of going to the amusement park again with Lin Xu.

However, seeing Ji Yuqiao eager to hoard Lin Xu for the day, he immediately came out to interrupt.

“What’s going on?” Ji Yuqiao was puzzled.@@novelbin@@

Ji Tingyang didn’t answer.

Reminded by him, Lin Xu, realizing a bit late, happily said to Ji Yuqiao, “We’re going to the amusement park, Lanyue is coming with us!”

Ji Zeqiu, with his highly sensitive hearing not far away, immediately shouted, “I want to go too!”

He had taken leave to come home specifically for this reason.

Then, Ji Yuqiao’s sudden return happened, and he almost forgot about it.

The two-person trip to the amusement park suddenly turned into a family outing for four, and Ji Tingyang’s expression instantly darkened.

And Xie Changyan, who saw the posts of Lin Xu and Ji Tingyang’s trip to the amusement park on social media, didn’t look any happier either, irritatedly tossing his phone onto the sofa.

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