mutual benefit [gl]

After almost half a month, the matter of Ji Ciwen was settled.

In the past half month, whether it was Ji Cixi or Ji Xu, it was as if a big stone had fallen on their hearts.Especially Ji Xu, although he didn't dare to speak in front of Ji Cixi before, but after his mother passed away, the six-year-old child became completely silent.

Ji Cixi got off work early today, and she was sitting in the living room sorting out the test questions for the monthly exams of various schools in the city, planning to use them when leading the large class tomorrow morning.She glanced at Ji Xu who was sitting next to her doing homework.

Ji Xu is writing his math homework. The math problems in the first grade of elementary school are all the simplest arithmetic. Ji Xu is a smart kid, and logically speaking, these problems shouldn't bother him.But now he was staring blankly at a simple two-digit addition and subtraction problem.

"How much is 80+98 equal to?"

Ji Cixi's voice suddenly sounded in his ear, Ji Xu was so frightened that he came back to his senses, he glanced at Ji Cixi, then hurriedly grabbed the eraser to wipe his answer.

Ji Cixi narrowed her eyes and said, "Why erase it?"

"Ah? Ah... No, didn't I do something wrong..."

"Did you really do something wrong?" Ji Cixi folded her arms and looked at him intently.

Hearing this, Ji Xu took another careful look at the homework book. There were still shallow pencil marks on the answer, and it could be seen that the number 178 was written on it.

Ji Xu put down the eraser in embarrassment, bowed his head and remained silent.

"Looks like you want me to show up at the parent-teacher meeting after your finals, don't you?"

"No, it's not like this..." Ji Xu wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know how to say it.

Ji Cixi turned her gaze back to her computer, raised her hand and typed a few words, then pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose.

"I'll take you to Phoenix Garden tomorrow."

Phoenix Garden is the cemetery where Ji Ciwen lives.

Ji Xu was still dejected at first, but when he heard that Ji Cixi was going to take him to see his mother, he suddenly regained his energy.

Ji Xu had never been allowed by Ji Cixi to go to the cemetery because he was afraid of being targeted by the Chen family.He never expected that his aunt would let go of her mouth today.

He looked at Ji Cixi in disbelief, but Ji Cixi never looked at him, just typing on the computer keyboard expressionlessly.

"It's just in the afternoon, and the weather forecast says it might rain tomorrow. I guess the sky should be quite dark at that time. If you're not afraid, go ahead."

"I'm not afraid!" Ji Xu replied immediately.

He is going to see his mother, even in that form, what is there to be afraid of?

That's mom.

"Don't be too happy," Ji Cixi picked up the cup and took a sip of water, "Don't make my face too ugly in the final exam, this is the condition."

"I will work hard, auntie!" Ji Xu immediately stood up and saluted Ji Cixi, who gave him a sidelong glance.

"I don't usually see you eating less, but why are you still as thin as a monkey?"

Ji Cixi's atmosphere here is quite harmonious, but at this moment someone in the shopping mall is different.

Special assistant Liao was following behind Chen Yuanzhen with a look of lovelessness at this time. She had already accompanied Chen Yuanzhen to stroll in this huge shopping mall all afternoon, carrying all kinds of commodity bags in her hands, and she was sore.But looking at Chen Yuanzhen like this, it seems that he is not satisfied.

"go in."

As Chen Yuanzhen spoke, he entered a luxury brand store again.

Seeing that she bought a lot of women's clothing and leather bags, Chen Yuanzhen still felt panicked in her heart.

She went directly to the men's clothing section on the second floor.

Standing in front of the hangers and looking at the neatly arranged men's clothes, Chen Yuanzhen swept a few nearby hangers with his hands, and lightly said to the salesperson who was waiting beside him: "Wrap them up."

The salesperson was overjoyed, but Liao Tezhu hurriedly stopped him and asked, "What are you going to buy so many men's clothes for?"

Chen Yuanzhen glanced back at her.

"What's wrong with men's clothes, I have two arms and two legs, so I can't wear men's clothes?"

"But you...the cloakroom of your house can't hold it anymore."

"Then open another cloakroom, what a big deal." Chen Yuanzhen glared at Tezhu Liao after saying that.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense today?"

Liao Tezhu opened his mouth but didn't make a sound. She knew that Chen Yuanzhen was upset, so she used shopping to vent her anger.

Chen Yuanzhen packed a lot of men's clothing, and after swiping the card, she reported the delivery address to the salesperson.

Liao Tezhu, who was still on the sidelines, was suddenly taken aback.

Why is the address reported by Chen Yuanzhen her home?

However, before she could ask, Chen Yuanzhen turned around, and she was copying the pocket of her jeans with one hand, looking very casual.

"When you got married, I didn't only wrap red envelopes, but also didn't give gifts. Just right," she pointed to the various commodity bags carried by Liao Te's assistant.

"The pile of things I bought today belong to you."

"You, what did you say?"

Chen Yuanzhen shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't it normal for the boss to give rewards to his subordinates?" After she finished speaking, she turned and walked out of the specialty store. Before going out, she yelled at Assistant Liao:

"I'll go to the car first, you remember to bring me an iced latte."

After she finished speaking, she swaggered away with her hands behind her back.

Special Assistant Liao was still flustered in the wind, and the cashier who was waiting to print the receipt smiled and said, "Your boss is really generous."

Liao Tezhu smiled and didn't say anything, but complained in his heart that Chen Yuanzhen was not generous, she obviously just wanted to vent her emotions by spending money.

This is probably the rich man.

When she returned to the car, Chen Yuanzhen had returned to her usual appearance, quietly sitting in the back seat and looking down at the documents.

She handed her the coffee Chen Yuanzhen ordered, and then put on her seat belt.

"I don't have any plans for tomorrow afternoon." Chen Yuanzhen took a sip of coffee, the cold and slightly bitter liquid slipped into her throat, and she instantly felt that her thoughts became much clearer.

Assistant Liao recalled the schedule, nodded and said, "You have no plans for tomorrow afternoon."

"Is Ji Ciwen buried in Phoenix Garden?"

"Yes." Assistant Liao looked back at Chen Yuanzhen and asked, "Would you like to visit tomorrow afternoon?"

Chen Yuanzhen nodded, "It happens that the old man and the eldest brother are going on a business trip abroad tomorrow, and the second child is going to visit his father-in-law tomorrow night."

"Then I will arrange for you tomorrow?"

"Let Zhou Ming go," Chen Yuanzhen smiled, "You have worked hard today, I heard that your husband will rest tomorrow, so stay with him at home. Isn't the doctor's vacation very precious?"

Liao Tezhu felt his face burn slightly, she pursed her lips and smiled, "Then I'll talk to Zhou Ming later."

Chen Yuanzhen nodded with a smile, and continued to look down at the document.

In the afternoon of the second day, the sky was as gloomy as the weather forecast had promised.

Ji Cixi looked up at the dark clouds above his head, and then at Ji Xu who was sobbing standing in front of Ji Ciwen's tombstone.

It's almost four o'clock in the afternoon, and it's not long before the cemetery closes.Although the weather forecast said that it would rain today, after all, the sky is only gloomy now.

Thinking this way, Ji Cixi didn't intend to let Ji Xu leave now.After all, the child missed his mother, Ji Cixi didn't want to disturb him, and planned to wait until the cemetery was closed before taking him away.

In the distance, Chen Yuanzhen and Zhou Ming stood on the high steps, looking at the two standing in front of the tomb.

"Boss, you paid back..."

Chen Yuanzhen interrupted Zhou Ming with a wave of her hand. She asked Zhou Ming to come closer to her, and said in a low voice, "Ji Cixi recognizes that car. Go and drive further away, so that they don't see it."

"Then can you do it alone?"

Chen Yuanzhen nodded, Zhou Ming immediately responded, turned around and jogged to drive.

Today's wind is wrapped in moisture, and the already cold weather has also penetrated into the cracks in people's bones.Ji Cixi saw Ji Xu's small body shaking violently in the wind, he didn't know if it was from crying or from being frozen.She frowned slightly, unbuttoned her black suit, and walked up to Ji Xu, intending to put clothes on him.

But as soon as her hand touched Ji Xu's shoulder, Ji Xu turned around and stopped her.

The thin and cold hands rested firmly on the suit that still had Ji Cixi's body temperature.

Ji Cixi looked at his tear-stained face suspiciously, the child's face was delicate and delicate, he couldn't stand being stimulated by the cold wind after tears, his face was flushed, perhaps because of the pain, and the corners of Ji Xu's mouth trembled slightly.

"No need, auntie. It's because I didn't take the weather into consideration and didn't wear thicker clothes. No matter how cold it is, I still have to bear it..." After he finished speaking, he lowered his head slightly and murmured, "I can't always ask you to help me..."

Ji Cixi hesitated for a moment, then forcibly put the suit on Ji Xu's body.

"If you don't want me to clean up the mess for you again, don't get sick from the cold. If you are sick, you still have to take care of me."

After Ji Cixi finished speaking, she took a few steps back, looking at Ji Ciwen's photo on the tombstone, she smiled wryly.

"You're worse than your son, idiot," she murmured.

Another half an hour later, seeing that the sky was getting dark, Ji Cixi led Ji Xu out of the cemetery.

It takes a long walk to get to the bus station when you walk out of Phoenix Park. Even if you take a taxi, it will be more convenient there.

It's late and the weather is bad.The vicinity of the cemetery is already remote, but in today's situation, only Ji Cixi and Ji Xu are left on this section of the road.

Even if rain in winter is rare, the rain this time is naturally weirder than summer rain.

As soon as Ji Cixi and the two left the cemetery, it began to drizzle. Ji Cixi couldn't help crying, so he asked Ji Xu to cover his head with a suit and trot with him.

However, the two of them hadn't run a few steps, the rain suddenly became larger, and the two had no choice but to run faster.

But before running a few steps, Ji Cixi's footsteps suddenly stopped.

In the distance, three or four men in black suits came towards them with umbrellas.

Ji Cixi's heart sank, and he felt cold hands and feet immediately.

She secretly stretched out her hand to hold Shang Ji Xu's hand, said in a low voice to run, and the two ran in opposite directions, and the people who were oncoming towards them also ran when they saw this.

After all, Ji Cixi still has a child with her, so her speed is naturally impossible to match those young adults.Not long after running, a man grabbed Ji Cixi's shoulders and pushed her to the ground.

Ji Cixi let go of Ji Xu's hand, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the men, she pushed Ji Xu hard, and shouted: "Run quickly—"

Ji Xu can be considered a clever child, he ran forward madly without hesitation, he ran with his head depressed, didn't see the way ahead, and bumped into a person within a few steps.

He raised his head subconsciously, facing a smiling face wearing sunglasses.

"Children can't run around." Chen Yuanzhen bent her lips and smiled, holding a black umbrella in her hand and an unopened umbrella in the other hand.

Because she was wearing sunglasses, Ji Xu didn't recognize who she was for a moment, but just flinched at a loss.Chen Yuanzhen smiled and handed him the unopened umbrella.

"Do you like watching movies?" she asked.

Ji Xu was scared out of his wits at this time, so he could only nod unconsciously.

"Then my sister will invite you to watch a live movie, you stand far away." She patted Ji Xu's head and said, after she finished speaking, she walked slowly towards Ji Cixi.

"What should I do?" Standing in front of the group of men, Chen Yuanzhen looked down at himself, looking very worried.

"I'm wearing this windbreaker for the first time today, and I don't want to get wet, so..." She sighed and pointed to her hand holding the umbrella.

"So I can only let you have one hand, but in this case, I should be able to wear a ring." Chen Yuanzhen wore a decorative ring on the middle finger of his other hand.

Those men wanted to take Ji Xu away, but they didn't expect that something unexpected would happen.But seeing that the person in front of her was just a tall woman, the men looked at each other and smiled, and rushed up with umbrellas.

With a smile on Chen Yuanzhen's face, he watched the men rushing towards him but stood still, but secretly clenched his fists.

First, the leading man kicked towards her face, Chen Yuanzhen stepped aside neatly, turned around and stepped on the man's calf, then hit his back hard with his elbow, and the man fell to the ground in response .

The man who followed her only went back and forth with two moves before being knocked to the ground by her.Seeing that Chen Yuanzhen made two moves, the man who rushed over used his umbrella to attack her. She dodged and grabbed his wrist first. With a strong hand, the umbrella in the man's hand attacked him in the opposite direction. The face was directly torn away, revealing the ferocious steel umbrella bone, which was still stained with traces of blood.

It was raining heavily, and if you looked down from the sky, you could see a few round black umbrella surfaces, like black grapes rolling out of a can of sugar water, intertwined moistly on the ground.

Chen Yuanzhen wore a black windbreaker today, with golden embroidery on the back, which was the pattern of several butterflies.In the misty rain and mist, Chen Yuanzhen's movements were so fast that it was hard to see clearly, Ji Cixi could only watch those golden butterflies fluttering in the rain as if they were really alive.

It didn't take much effort for the men to fall to the ground and roll in pain. Chen Yuanzhen stood among the men, the umbrella in her hand was still firmly held in her hand, and her whole body was not wet by the rain.

She smiled and glanced at the man rolling on the ground, curled her lips, and walked over to Ji Cixi directly.

Through the raindrops falling from the eaves of the umbrella like a bead curtain, Ji Cixi raised her eyes to see Chen Yuanzhen standing in front of her.

She recognized at a glance that the person in front of her was Chen Yuanzhen. She frowned and was about to speak, but Chen Yuanzhen stretched out a finger to her lips.

"Hush." ​​She took off her sunglasses slightly, and winked at Ji Cixi.

"This is a secret between us, don't tell others."

After she finished speaking, she put on her sunglasses again, and then Ji Xu ran over. She turned her eyes and looked at the umbrella tightly held in Ji Xu's young hand.

Probably because he was too scared, Ji Xu actually forgot to open the umbrella.

Chen Yuanzhen smiled.

"Doesn't a little man know how to hold an umbrella for my aunt? This is not what a gentleman should do." She stretched out her hand as she spoke, and Ji Xu handed her the umbrella in a daze.

Chen Yuanzhen smiled and held up the umbrella to cover Ji Cixi from the rain.

"Here."

The rain soaked Chen Yuanzhen's outstretched arm in an instant, and Ji Cixi realized that the embroidery of this dress was only on Chen Yuanzhen's left arm and back. The rain moistened the butterfly on her arm, and she was stunned for a moment.

"Boss—" From a distance, Zhou Ming ran over with an umbrella. When he saw the group of men lying in front of him, he knew that his boss had done it himself.

"Boss, are you okay—"

Chen Yuanzhen listened to Zhou Ming talking to him, but he didn't turn around, but pouted his lips and said to Ji Cixi: "No matter how much you stare, this butterfly won't fly out. Why don't you hurry up and catch the umbrella?"

Ji Cixi suddenly recovered, she stood up slowly, and took the umbrella from Chen Yuanzhen with trembling hands.

Chen Yuanzhen smiled with satisfaction, she turned around and pointed to the group of men, and said coldly to Zhou Ming: "You know what to do with these people, right?"

"The subordinate understands." Zhou Ming said, took out the car key from his pocket and handed it to Chen Yuanzhen, and then walked towards the group of men.

Chen Yuanzhen turned around again, she looked at Ji Cixi and said, "I'm drowned and still waiting for the bus? Let's go, I'll drive you off."

Although Ji Cixi was rescued by Chen Yuanzhen, she still felt strange in her heart.

After all, Chen Yuanzhen and Chen Yuanyang are a family, it is impossible for Ji Cixi not to doubt her, so she just stood there holding an umbrella.

Chen Yuanzhen understood that Ji Cixi had doubts in her heart, she smiled and said: "It's so late, if you don't go home, I will go home. I can save you this time, but it doesn't mean I can save you next time. How far is the road ahead? You teach mathematics, so you should be able to count clearly." After she finished speaking, she turned around and pointed to the black car parked not far away.

"From now until I get in the car, this is the chance I'll give you. If you don't want it, you can walk the road ahead by yourself."

After Chen Yuanzhen finished speaking, he walked forward.

Seeing that Chen Yuanzhen was almost halfway away, Ji Cixi looked up at the sky.

It seems that the rain will not stop, and there is still a short distance from here to the station.

She gritted her teeth and handed the umbrella to Ji Xu.

"Go and catch up with that sister."

Ji Xu was very obedient, he trotted all the way and grabbed Chen Yuanzhen's sleeve.

Chen Yuanzhen turned around, only then did he see Ji Cixi walking over awkwardly.

She chuckled inwardly.

Finally, she took the initiative to walk towards herself.

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