Chapter 1544: Surprise Number Two

Ji Yingjie agreed: "That's right, it must be her."

At this moment, headlights approached from afar, and several cars drove over.

Shi Youxuan got out of the first car with a grin, handing a large, vibrant bouquet to Ji Yingjie: "Happy birthday, Little Aunt. Were you happy with that birthday gift just now? Was it a surprise?"

Shi Yucheng poked his daughter's forehead with his finger, chiding: "You call this a surprise? This is called a shock."

But Ji Yingjie disagreed: "No, this is a surprise. It's the best birthday gift I've ever received in my life. When your birthday comes, I will pay you back with interest!"

Shi Youxuan:...

She hurriedly refused: "No, no, there's no reason for an elder to host a birthday for a junior. You don't need to be so polite. As long as you like the gift, that's enough. I'm going back now and will come over again during the day."

Shi Youxuan wanted to leave, but it wasn't that easy.

Her collar was grabbed, and Ji Yingjie asked: "What was up with that knocking sound?"

"I bribed your bodyguards."

Ji Yingjie:...

"Shi Youxuan, you just wait! I won't let you off!"

Wait?

What a joke, wait to be settled with later?

Shi Youxuan's brain wasn't broken; she took advantage of the moment her Little Aunt was interrogating the bodyguards to slip away.

The bodyguards all felt very wronged, claiming they hadn't been bought off, and no matter who was asked, they wouldn't admit it!

They were bodyguards, and protecting their master was their sacred duty; loyalty was a bodyguard's basic responsibility.

Whoever admitted to being "bought off" would mean their career was at an end.

Ji Yingjie's gaze was like a torch, and she said sternly: "Fine, none of you will admit it, right? Then..." She wanted to say, then all of you get lost.

Didn't no one notice the person knocking just now?

That meant these people might all have been bought off.

She could not tolerate people disloyal to her by her side, even if the original intention was good, it still wouldn't do!

But before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by a call from her niece.

Shi Youxuan called and said with a grin: "Little Aunt, I guess you're interrogating the bodyguards right now, trying to find out who betrayed you, right? Don't guess blindly. I'll tell you the real answer: I did it by remote-controlling a drone."

"None of your bodyguards betrayed you. This is Surprise Number Two. No need to thank me!"

After saying this, she hung up, and when she called again, it was powered off.

Ji Yingjie returned to her room, but she was too happy to sleep.

She kept muttering: "Shi Youxuan, that brat, she can always think of what's in my heart. Her temper and personality are exactly like her mother's. It's a pity my sister died so early; if only she could have lived until now..."

Shi Yucheng turned his back to her, pretending to be asleep.

Yet in his mind, the face of a young woman appeared.

Although many years had passed, that woman always held a place in his heart, as steady as a rock, never wavering.

He would also never be able to say it out loud; he would take this secret to the grave. This was his own business; he didn't want to let anyone influence him, nor did he want to influence anyone!

Ji Yingjie thought her husband was asleep and talked to herself for a while, then suddenly exclaimed: "Oh no, I forgot to take photos when the fireworks were going off just now. No, I have to make her set off another round for me so I can take pictures as a souvenir."

She pushed Shi Yucheng: "Wake up, wake up."

Shi Yucheng wasn't asleep at all; he was awake even without being pushed.

He said in a muffled voice: "Stop tossing and turning. I'll bet with you: Xuanxuan definitely took photos and recorded videos, including the way you were cursing in the street."

"Wanna bet?"

Ji Yingjie thought for a moment and decided not to bet with her husband; she would definitely lose, and her niece was capable of such things.

Daytime.

The Ji Family was very lively.

Everyone had arrived early, except for Shi Youxuan, who arrived the latest.

But she brought explosive "goodies" with her: photos and videos.

She sat in the living room with a grin, looking at the photos and watching the projection of Ji Yingjie standing with her hands on her hips, cursing in the street last night!

No one knows a daughter better than her father.

It was exactly as Shi Yucheng had said.

She had filmed everything from last night, not just taking photos, but also recording videos.

The beauty and splendor of the fireworks were not as interesting as the sight of Ji Yingjie losing her temper and cursing; everyone watched with great relish, and Ji Yingjie almost started cursing again!

Clearly, Shi Youxuan hadn't taken her Little Aunt's threats from last night to heart at all. She wasn't afraid; as the saying goes, "The devil is one foot tall, but the Dao is ten feet high."

"Shi Youxuan, you've gone too far!" the Little Aunt roared.

She "kindly" advised: "Little Aunt, today is your birthday. You can't get angry on your birthday. If you get angry, your luck for the whole year will be bad. You aren't allowed to lose your temper, you can't curse, and you definitely can't retaliate."

Shi Youxuan was very infuriating; she would infuriate people and then not let them lose their temper.

She even pretended to stand by the wall, checking which spot looked good, preparing to print the photos out and hang them on the wall, making everyone burst into laughter.

Especially Shi Yuke, who laughed the most joyfully.

Actually, she didn't want to come for her stepmother's birthday, but her husband said it wouldn't be good not to go, and even if she didn't care about her, she had to consider her father's face.

Her husband made sense, so she came. She hadn't expected to see such a big joke from her stepmother; it was simply too satisfying... no, wait, too funny!

She felt very vindicated, but her stepmother noticed and started picking on her.

Ji Yingjie didn't pick on Shi Yuke directly; she picked on Gu Zhihao!

Gu Zhihao was sweating profusely in the kitchen, busy preparing the meal for the whole family.

Yet she started making sarcastic remarks.

"They all say that men in Jiangzhou have high status, but if you ask me, men should be the ones buying groceries and cooking; that is what they ought to be doing, while the promising work should naturally be left to women!"

"Our Eagle World male nannies are very popular."

This was said too obviously; someone was cooking for him, and he called them unpromising.

Shi Yuke could not save face, hung her head, stood up, and was about to leave.

"Where are you going?" her father grabbed her.

She said irritably: "I'm going to find the unpromising one in our family and bring them home, so as not to be an eyesore here, working hard only to be unappreciated."

Ji Yingjie immediately chimed in: "Hey, this is where you're wrong; I'm having a birthday today and you're giving me attitude, are you doing this on purpose? You just don't treat me like an elder."

Ji Yingjie was deliberately picking a fight, and Shi Yuke did not yield an inch.

"If you acted like an elder, I would naturally treat you like an elder, but if you use being an elder as a pretext to bully people, that won't do."

"I bullied you? Did I name names? Didn't I just state the facts?"

Seeing that the two were about to start an argument, Shi Youxuan hurriedly tried to smooth things over.

"Sister, why don't you go to the kitchen and help your brother-in-law? Who says that cooking must be done by men? Can't women cook just the same? Why must men and women be at odds with each other?"

"Exactly, looking for trouble for no reason, insisting on being at odds."

Seeing her younger sister speak, the anger in Shi Yuke's heart dissipated by half.

If she were to quarrel with Ji Yingjie today, her father would also lose face, so she took the opportunity to step down and went to the kitchen.

Shi Yucheng complained to his wife: "That mouth of yours is sharper than a knife; you never spare anyone, whether you're in the right or not."

"It's not like I've only been this way since today; have you only just met me?"

Ji Yingjie was not the least bit angry; she just loved to bicker, and she was happy when she was arguing.

She still wanted to chase after them into the kitchen to argue, but was held back by Shi Youxuan.