Chapter 1079: Chapter 1077: The Zhu Family’s Concubine Daughter
Early the next day, Ji Huan took the earliest flight back to L City. At the break of dawn, Zhu Qianyu and Xiao Li accompanied him to the airport.
At the airport, this couple, having just confirmed their romantic relationship, was smitten, and they parted reluctantly at the last moment. Zhu Qianyu waited until Ji Huan disappeared into the passage before turning around.
"Xiao Yu, I’ll take you back to school."
"Thank you, Uncle Li!" Zhu Qianyu could tell that this Uncle Li had probably worked for the Ji Family for many years, as Ji Huan seemed to treat him like an uncle.
On the way from the Ji Family to the airport earlier, the two of them chatted a lot about work and many interesting stories about the Ji Family.
"There’s no need to be so polite with me. Starting today, I’ll be the one driving you around. If you’re so polite every day, I won’t be able to handle it."
Xiao Li opened the car door and let Zhu Qianyu get in.
"Send me your class schedule later, and I’ll pick you up based on your timings. If you have any urgent matters and need a car, feel free to call me anytime, and I’ll arrange for it."
Xiao Li was already treating Zhu Qianyu as if she were the owner.
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Li." Zhu Qianyu couldn’t help but be polite.
This time, Xiao Li didn’t say anything more to her, knowing it would take her a while to change her way of speaking. Over time, she’d likely get used to it.
In the past few years, Xiao Li often picked up and dropped off Nuonuo from school as well, so he was very familiar with the main roads within R University. He only asked Zhu Qianyu which teaching building she was going to next and then dropped her off directly at the entrance.
After getting out of the car, Zhu Qianyu waved and thanked him as she held the car door.
She watched as Xiao Li’s car drove away before turning and heading toward the teaching building.
"Little Bamboo, wait for me!"
Fang Ziqing’s loud voice rang out from afar. Zhu Qianyu instinctively stopped and turned her head. The person rushing over clumsily from dozens of meters away—who else could it be if not Fang Ziqing?
"No need to run. I’m not going to leave without you!" When she arrived, panting, Zhu Qianyu reached out and patted her back to help her catch her breath.
"Little Bamboo, who was that person just now? A Grand Cherokee, what a luxury car! Which family’s young master is it?"
Zhu Qianyu hastily flew from Xinying to the airport on Friday, directly rushed to L City to confess to Ji Huan. After that, she went on dates and met his parents. Two or three days passed, and she hadn’t had a chance to tell her friend that she and Ji Huan had gone from friends to lovers.
"Ji Family!" Now that Fang Ziqing was asking, she didn’t intend to hide it.
"Ji Family?" Fang Ziqing’s eyes widened, "Not that Ji Family, the one belonging to the Ji Corporation?"
Zhu Qianyu nodded, "Yeah, that Ji Family..."
"Holy crap! Little Bamboo, since when have you hooked up with the richest family? Oh my, is my good friend going to be the young mistress of the richest family?"
Zhu Qianyu rolled her eyes at her, "Keep it down, do you want me to become a public exhibit like a gorilla at the zoo?"
Fang Ziqing, controlling her volume, let out a few low squeals, finally calming her inner shock. She threw an arm around Zhu Qianyu’s neck, "Be honest, how did you hook up with the young master of the Ji Family?"
Zhu Qianyu really admired her, but not for her smarts—rather, for her naivety.
"Ji Huan, you dummy!"
Fang Ziqing’s mouth gaped wide open, staring at her blankly for a good while, "You mean Ji Huan, Mr. Ji, is the young master of the Ji Family?"
"Yes, the second young master of the Ji Family. The legendary Senior Brother Ji that we know, he’s his brother." Zhu Qianyu didn’t want to further test Fang Ziqing’s intelligence, so she laid the whole situation out clearly.
"Oh my gosh... Little Bamboo, you are too amazing, aren’t you?"
The reason Fang Ziqing was so ecstatic was that Senior Brother Ji was her idol.
Although she had never seen him in person, the legendary deeds and glorious image of Senior Brother Ji on the school’s honor roll were unsurpassed to this day.
"No wonder I always thought Mr. Ji and Senior Brother Ji looked somewhat alike..." Fang Ziqing mused in a contemplative pose.
Zhu Qianyu had never looked at the honor roll, so until meeting the Ji Family, she had never seen the esteemed appearance of Senior Brother Ji, and thus had never connected Ji Huan with him.
After returning to the classroom, Fang Ziqing was busy with her head down, brushing through something. Zhu Qianyu assumed she was preoccupied with flirting with Luo Yuan and sensibly didn’t disturb her.
"Little Bamboo, quickly, come take a look."
Zhu Qianyu leaned over and immediately saw the glory list of R University’s forum, at the very top of which was a photo of Ji Yu, Ji Huan’s brother.
"Yes, this photo does look quite like Ji Huan, even more so than in person."
Perhaps because Ji Yu back then was still young, and his image in the photo exuded a similar aura to the now matured Ji Huan.
"Wow, you’ve even seen the real Senior Brother Ji?" Even at this point, Fang Ziqing seemed unable to completely accept that Zhu Qianyu had hooked up with Ji Huan.
"Yes!"
However, even Zhu Qianyu felt that what had transpired over the past few days was like a fantastical dream.
Taking advantage of the time before class, Zhu Qianyu briefly recounted the events of the last few days to Fang Ziqing, including her own background.
After listening, Fang Ziqing remained in a daze for a long time.
"Holy cow, is this real life? Rather than a TV drama plot?" She finally managed this exclamation.
"Right, I feel like I’m in a TV series too."
Fang Ziqing patted her on the shoulder, "Little Bamboo, you shouldn’t continue writing your web drama."
"Huh? Why? I’ve been overflowing with inspiration these past few days!" Zhu Qianyu looked at her friend, puzzled.
"There’s no need to make up anything, just write your own life story and this earth-shattering romance with Mr. Ji, and then play the lead roles with him. I guarantee you two would become overnight stars!"
It was then that Zhu Qianyu realized her friend was teasing her and raised her hand to pat her head, "You’re just pulling my leg! One day, I’ll write about your pure and innocent childhood romance with Luo Yuan, starring you two, and I guarantee it’ll be a hit too!"
The two best friends joked and laughed for a while until class began, and they finally stopped talking and focused on their studies.
Outwardly, they behaved themselves in class, but Fang Ziqing’s curiosity was far from satisfied.
"Little Bamboo, turns out, you’re a wealthy daughter, huh."
Only then did Fang Ziqing realize that Zhu Qianyu had said she was the daughter of Zhu Zhizhou, a hotel tycoon in L City.
"No, not a wealthy daughter, but rather a neglected daughter from a concubine branch."
For some reason, Zhu Qianyu could now calmly make fun of herself and accept her identity as a daughter from a concubine branch.
Previously, whenever she thought about it, she felt headaches.
Naturally, she never dared to mention this humiliating identity in front of others.
But now, even in front of her cherished friend, she could jokingly mention this identity without much concern. Does this mean she’s finally moved on from the nightmare of the Zhu Family?
