Chapter 57: Chapter 57 He Knows a Huge Secret
“Don’t mention Ji Muye.”
Even Lu Xining on the other end of the phone was shocked by her junior brother’s three questions.
The last question, serious?
Yet the questioner didn’t think there was anything wrong with his questions.
Seeing that he didn’t answer, the junior brother continued to press, “What, is it hard to answer?”
His sharp, clear eyes were fixed on the man’s eyes in front of him, the displeasure and anger in the other’s eyes seemed to be venting for Lu Xining.
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The junior brother had a top-notch baby face, with well-defined features and a high, handsome nose—just the type of face that girls liked these days.
Despite not being young, he looked like a university student who hadn’t yet graduated, his white coat adding a touch of professional charm.
Ji Muye responded coldly, “It’s not hard.”
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Upon hearing this, Lu Xining’s heart tightened.
Knowing she shouldn’t hold any expectations, she still wanted to know if those five years were worth it.
The man continued, “Seeking medicine, repenting, but saving…”
“This time, it’s to save Liu Xixi.”
Lu Xining’s grip on the phone loosened, and she wasn’t surprised by his answer at all.
That’s Ji Muye for you.
Cold and ruthless, fortunately, she had seen through him long ago.
She didn’t continue to listen to the rest of his answer and hung up the phone, her gaze blankly fixed on the vibrant decorative painting across the bed.
The junior brother frowned, “Have you never loved the teacher… Ningning?”
Love?
Ji Muye was caught off guard.
He thought of Lu Xining’s betrayal of abandoning her husband and child, her hesitation-free divorce and remarriage, and even having a lovely daughter with her current partner.
He also remembered the stunning first sight of Lu Xining, the difficulties of having two children, and even the peaceful coexistence at the early stage of their marriage.
A chill slowly spread through his limbs.
Ji Muye didn’t directly answer the junior brother’s question but instead asked about his relationship with Lu Xining.
The junior brother’s eyes flickered, “I am her most important man.”
One of them…
He and his senior brothers and sisters were all family, so how could they not be important?
Little Dumpling even called him Uncle!
The junior brother had been paying attention to Ji Muye’s expression and saw the darkness deepen in his eyes.
In that dark depth, as if a slumbering beast lay waiting, the man’s current calm seemed more like a disguise under suppression.
An idea immediately formed in the junior brother’s mind.
“When Ningning was giving birth to Nuonuo, I was the family member who signed.”
“You don’t know how adorable Nuonuo was just after being born, the first time I saw a child that beautiful right at birth.”
“And the most crucial point! I was the first person to hold Nuonuo.”
Others were either in surgery or inside preparing for Lu Xining’s surgery, only he, with the least experience, was waiting outside.
Of course, he wouldn’t tell the real reason to the man in front of him.
His gaze swept over Ji Muye’s clenched fists, the veins on his arms under the shirt bulging, yet his face remained calm.
Realizing the depth of this man’s schemes and self-control, the junior brother decided to push further.
However, the man said something that completely baffled him.
Ji Muye asked him, “Do you know she’s remarried?”
Remarried?
How could that be!
Possessing a Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart, he immediately sensed something fishy.
Could it be that the teacher lied to her ex-husband about remarrying?
The initial surprise the baby-faced junior brother showed upon hearing his words was noted by Ji Muye.
A doubt arose in his mind, quickly hidden away.
The junior brother, engrossed in his own scheming, slowly revealed a triumphant smile.
“So what?”
“The man she loves most will always be me!”
After all, he was the youngest, sweetest-talking, and nicest junior brother among all the siblings.
Ji Muye, hearing his shameless words, didn’t take them seriously but merely looked more somber.
He pretended to probe, “Are you her… lover?”
His junior brother’s dark eyes shifted, deliberately speaking ambiguously.
“Lover is too superficial a term. It doesn’t reflect the depth of feelings between her and me. To be precise, I am her favorite.”
She only has one junior brother, so of course he would be the favorite.
As soon as he finished speaking,
he saw the man’s face darken like ink.
At this moment, he had forgotten about asking for any scar-removing medicine for his green tea girlfriend.
Ji Muye’s body slowly relaxed.
He didn’t miss the cunning triumph in the young man’s eyes and played along with the emotions he was supposed to display.
Ji Muye suddenly stood up.
“Since Professor X is unwilling to cooperate, let’s just forget it.”
The man began to walk away but was stopped by the scoffing sound from behind.
“Mr. Ji, I didn’t understand before, but now I finally know why Ningning wanted to divorce you.”
“Are you doubting Ningning and my relationship just based on what you just heard?”
“Heh… No wonder she doesn’t want you.”
The man’s words pierced Ji Muye’s heart like a thorn, his handsome eyebrows tightly furrowed. He didn’t speak for a long while nor did he leave the office.
He turned to look at someone in a white lab coat.
His powerful aura was no longer deliberately suppressed, fierce and compelling.
It made that person’s scalp tingle.
The junior brother realized then that Ji Muye’s passivity was all a pretense; the real him was even more terrifying than a wild beast in the forest.
Ji Muye’s sharp gaze fell on his clean face, the quietly brewing chill struck his eyes like a sword.
“You are not Professor X.”
The man whose lie was exposed wasn’t flustered and nodded in admission.
“Indeed, I am not. The real Professor X is my senior, who is out of town and certainly doesn’t have time to treat the face of your viper-hearted lover.”
He raised an eyebrow with a smile, “Even if he were here, I wouldn’t let him treat her.”
The other’s words were clearly provocative.
“ZN lab is indeed formidable, filled with talents, but the Ji Family is not vegetarian either.”
Ji Muye didn’t change his expression because of his words but calmly exposed his true identity, which made his eyes suddenly freeze.
“And you, Jing Zheng, are just the unrecognized illegitimate child of the Jing Family from Port City, what right do you have to challenge me here?”
The overly harsh words were something Ji Muye’s upbringing wouldn’t allow him to say out loud.
Perhaps Jing Zheng himself had forgotten.
They had met before.
On his most disheveled day returning to the Jing Family…
The youthful face in front of him, cold and devoid of his usual flamboyance and defiance, shivered slightly under his clothes.
Seeing his emotions about to collapse, he quickly grasped the white jade bracelet on his left wrist.
This was a bracelet specially customized for him by Lu Xining.
It had a calming effect.
He chuckled coldly, closed his eyes briefly, took a few deep breaths to suppress the violence and unease in his heart, and slowly looked up at Ji Muye.
Jing Zheng slightly curled his lips while looking at his expressionless face.
“Mr. Ji, you’d better not fall in love with Ningning, otherwise I’ll be the biggest obstacle in your life.”
“Believe it or not, without my approval, you will never gain hers or Nuonuo’s recognition.”
The certainty and confidence in his voice made Ji Muye frown.
He glanced indifferently at Jing Zheng and spoke, “If that day truly comes, you won’t have the power to influence anything between her and me.”
Little did he know, in the future…
Jing Zheng would indeed become, as he said, the biggest obstacle between him and Lu Xining, and also the key to his daughter recognizing him.
The curve at the corner of Jing Zheng’s mouth widened, a sinister glint flicked through his eyes, quietly brewing an imperceptible scheme.
“Really? Let’s wait and see.”
“I bet you’ll definitely fall into Ningning’s hands in this lifetime.”
After all…
He knew a huge secret.