Chapter 914: Blue is Blue, White is White

"Grandpa, Grandpa..."

Shi Yucheng usually cherished Yulong the most; if this were in the past, he would have picked him up and coaxed him long ago.

But now his mood was particularly complicated; Yulong was not his own grandson, yet he had held him from infancy, raising him through all the mess and trouble.

To say he could stop liking him immediately was impossible.

But to act as close and inseparable as before was also impossible.

"Be a good boy, Yulong, go find Mommy to play."

"No, I want to play with Grandpa, just with Grandpa..."

Shi Yucheng hesitated, and Lao Qi couldn't help but speak up: "Yulong, come here, how about I take you out to play?"

He was the child's biological father, so naturally, he wanted to get close to the child.

But this sentence caused Shi Yucheng intense panic; he hurriedly shielded Yulong behind him, glaring at Lao Qi with eyes full of vigilance: "Are you trying to pull a fast one on me? Don't even think about it. I warn you, you are not allowed to approach our Yulong, stay away from us."

He viewed Lao Qi as being in cahoots with Ji Yingjie.

"Dad, don't be like this. How can you stop distinguishing between good and bad people?" Shi Youxuan said helplessly.

Lao Qi stated his position once more: "Please rest assured, what I have said will definitely count. Before my daughter returns to my side, Yulong will always be a child of your family; this point will not change."

Ji Family.

Ji Yingjie had never been this anxious before.

Back when she was schemed against by Zhu Yiwen time and time again, she was only furious and angry, but she had never been this anxious!

Because at that time, she was very confident—confident that she would definitely defeat Zhu Yiwen and preserve the Ji Family.

But now, she was not that confident.

There were two reasons for her lack of confidence: first, her opponent had changed to her niece, and second, she had not acted honorably in this matter and was in the wrong.

Ji Yingjie was used to being overbearing, but she was not an unreasonable person.

If she believed something was right, it didn't matter if the whole world thought she was wrong; she would insist on it with righteous indignation to the end.

But regarding this matter of swapping the children, Ji Yingjie herself felt it was sordid!

When Shi Yucheng called to demand an explanation, she subconsciously blocked his number.

And she didn't just block him; she also blocked the numbers of Shi Youxuan and Wan'er.

Blocking them wasn't enough; she also made Nianyin do the same.

Nianyin was very calm, as calm as if this matter had nothing to do with her.

"Mother, blocking the phone is simple, but what about later? They already know the truth of the matter now; they won't just let it go."

Ji Yingjie gritted her teeth: "So what if they know the truth? They are angry now, but after a while, when they can't do anything about it, they will have to let it go. We don't need to worry about them; just give them the cold shoulder."

Nianyin was silent.

Ji Yingjie was vigilant and questioned: "What do you mean? You don't want that base-born child, do you?" Men of the Ji Family were considered lowly people, and a boy would be referred to as a base-born child.

"Daughter would not dare."

Ji Yingjie was very smart; she heard it—it was "would not dare" rather than "would not want to."

She was both anxious and angry, and said with frustration: "You stubborn girl, why are you so obstinate? I have told you many times, you are the Heir of the Ji Family, the bloodline of the Ji Family cannot be broken through you, yet you just won't listen and are always thinking about that base-born child."

That day during the birth, although Nianyin agreed to her mother's idea to swap the children, she had Nianci use a mobile phone to take a picture of the newborn boy, keeping it in the phone to look at whenever she had a moment.

This was her only thought now.

Nianyin said faintly: "You have never given birth to a child, so you don't understand a mother's feelings. Although he is a base-born child, he also has my blood flowing in him, and he is a piece of flesh that fell from my own body."

"You are not allowed to think about it."

Ji Yingjie commanded imperiously: "I cannot understand it and I don't want to understand it. In any case, you must obey my orders. So what if it's a piece of flesh that fell from your body? Even a tumor is flesh that grows on a person, yet people try every possible way to cut it off. You should just treat that base-born child as a tumor you have cut off; Meiyin is your hope, your sustenance."

"Yes."

She answered with lowered eyes and a submissive expression.

Ji Yingjie had vented a great deal of anger at Nianyin, but anger was one thing, and she still had to think of a solution.

Unable to get a good idea from Nianyin, she returned to her Bedchamber in a huff to think of a way herself.

First, she sealed off all the borders of the Ji Family; let alone people, not even a fly should think about flying in!

One of the very important reasons the Ji Family could stand tall for a thousand years despite being coveted by those around them was their miraculous ability to hide.

They could use an Array and the Mysterious Gates and Hidden Trigrams to hide the entire Ji Family so that no one could find it!

Doing this had its advantages and disadvantages; the advantage was that outsiders couldn't find this place, and the disadvantage was that the people of the Ji Family couldn't go out either.

Jiangzhou.

Shi Family.

Everyone discussed it for a whole day and finally decided—to go to the Ji Family again to demand the child.

Since the phone calls wouldn't go through, they could only go in person to demand him.

Lao Qi wanted to go alone, but Shi Yucheng insisted on going too; they set off on a private jet, but in the end, they couldn't find the Ji Family!

"This isn't right, it should be right here, how could it be gone?"

Shi Yucheng: "Did you all find the wrong place?"

Shi Youxuan was certain: "Impossible, I have been to the Ji Family many times; there is no way I could have found the wrong place."

Wan'er reminded: "Sister, do you still remember the Swamp from before? If Aunt wants to hide the entire Ji Family so we can't find it, it wouldn't be a difficult task."

"Right."

Everyone remembered.

Wan'er was right; the fact that Ji Yingjie could build such a large Underground Palace in Jiangzhou without anyone noticing showed that her abilities were far from simple.

It is not difficult to make them unable to find the Ji Family now.

Lao Qi does not believe in evil, and Shi Yucheng believes even less!

The two of them insist that as long as enough effort is put in, they will definitely be able to find the entrance.

Three days have passed.

The few of them are still walking in circles in the same spot, without a single clue.

Shi Youxuan suggests going back and coming over again by surprise after a period of time, then they will be able to find it; one can hide for a while, but it is impossible to hide for a lifetime.

She feels that continuing now is meaningless, but Shi Yucheng disagrees, insisting on finding the entrance and demanding to get the child back right now.

One week has passed.

There is still not a single clue, and Shi Yucheng still wants to persist, but the others cannot continue to persist with him; Shi Youxuan and Wan'er both have children, and they cannot be away for too long.

Lao Qi: "Madam, you all should go back. Uncle and I will stay behind. If I find any clues, I will notify you."

Although she knows that their staying is also futile, Shi Youxuan is clear about what kind of personality her father has; he is the type who will not turn back until he hits the southern wall, and persuasion is of no use.

So, after leaving enough food for them, they returned to Jiangzhou.

Shi Yucheng and Lao Qi built a thatched cottage on the spot, simply moved in, and searched slowly.

Ji Family.

Monitoring Room.

Ji Yingjie sits in front of the screen, looking at the newly built thatched cottage on the screen, hating them so much that she gnashes her teeth!

"Bastards, they are actually endless; then don't blame me for being impolite."