After Switching Bodies, the Mad Overbearing CEO Takes Over the Entertainment Industry
Chapter 293 - 288: What is your status, what is mine?

Chapter 293: Chapter 288: What is your status, what is mine?

Ji Lingyun seriously looked at Tiantian, as if truly seeing his little sister for the first time in seventeen years. He cracked a smile, "You’ve grown up and are smarter than your Third Brother. Leave this matter to me, and just focus on your studies like a child should."

Tiantian didn’t appreciate that comment. She took out a photo from the time Wen Jiangxue was studying, along with a faded pink love letter. Frowning in confusion she asked, "What era is this to still have secret crushes? If you like someone, you should confess loudly. If there’s a misunderstanding, clarify it right away. If that’s not enough, prove it with actions. How can I, at this age, still teach you how to be in a relationship?"

Ji Lingyun’s face turned red, then pale, "Tiantian!"

Tiantian wasn’t scared of him at all, standing straight with her back firm. With both parents at home, she felt confident. So, she lifted her chin and huffed, "Did I say something wrong? What are you trying to test? Do you want to end up losing both love and wealth and live with regret? Are you pretending to want to get engaged to Sister Jiangxue, bringing her here under false pretenses because you think she wouldn’t come willingly?"

Being so directly confronted with his secret thoughts, Ji Lingyun had never felt so embarrassed since he’d grown up.

He didn’t want to admit it, but it was indeed his plan. Annoyed, he sat down on the sofa. If he dared to kick Tiantian out of the company, his mother would rush to the company the next second to kick him out instead.

Seeing his silence, Tiantian took it as acquiescence and shook her head sadly, "To think Sister Jiangxue said she liked you but only in whispers, as if she was afraid you would find out. What exactly have you done to her?"

Ji Lingyun latched onto the key information, "She said she likes me?"

Tiantian affirmed with a nod, looking serious, "Of course. She said you’ve been so cold to her she didn’t dare to open up fully, only silently liking you. To think of marrying you felt like a dream to her."

Although Wen Jiangxue had hesitated before saying she liked him, this probably indicated uncertainty. She was probably conflicted too. If Wen Jiangxue was a variable for the Ji Family, then the root cause of the problem needed to be addressed.

Ji Lingyun asked incredulously, "She, she told you all this?"

Tiantian rolled her eyes at him, "Please, who are you and who am I? I am her good friend, we got along well on the variety show!"

Ji Lingyun, "..."

He found it hard to believe, but Wen Jiangxue indeed had spent some time with Tiantian outside.

Tiantian continued to persuade him gently, "Big Brother, I know you’re sincere, but you can’t always be a coward, right? You have to say what you want; otherwise, how would she know your thoughts? Overthinking can only lead to her feeling used and then discarded. How could she dare to trust you with her whole heart?"

"I didn’t," Ji Lingyun, typically calm and unflappable, was now showing urgency and even stammered a bit.

Tiantian hid her laughter, maintaining a serious face and looking at him disapprovingly, "You can’t catch a wife if you’re too scared to lose face. Thankfully, I’ve read no less than five hundred Boss novels. Let me teach you three moves to win over Sister-in-law."

"Then you can reveal your true feelings."

"..." Ji Lingyun hesitated, shaking his head, "It won’t work, Tiantian. Xiao Xue doesn’t want these things."

"Then what does she want?"

He was silent for a few seconds, then slowly said, "The Wen Family. Her second uncle killed her parents, took over the Wen Family’s property when she was young, and made her live like a pet. When I went to find her, she had already left the Wen Family. When we met again, I found out her family was forcing her to marry an old man, so I suggested... to stay by my side. I used financial means to bind her to me, so she would sign a contract and always be trapped with me... I can give her everything, why won’t she accept?"

"She wants the Wen Family, and I am willing to hand it over to her, but she only wants to control the Wen assets and then leave me."

Tiantian saw him with his head bowed, Ji Lingyun, always so icy and distant, also had moments of vulnerability and loneliness.

Love struggles are indeed painful.

Tiantian got up, walked over to him, extending a hand to gently touch his shoulder, "Big Brother, what would you do if a man trapped me?"

"I would kill him!" Ji Lingyun answered without a second thought.

No man was worthy of trapping the Princess of the Ji Family.

Tiantian’s smile was tender, her doe eyes shining bright and clear; she clearly saw his face twisted with anger and struggle.

"Because you’re my family, you can’t stand to see me suffer and want to give me the best. If Sister Jiangxue’s parents were around, and there was someone as fiercely protective as you and our family, I think they would feel the same."

Ji Lingyun looked at Tiantian in astonishment.

Tiantian winked at him playfully, "Because each of our souls is free, right, Big Brother?"

As if at this moment, all the problems that troubled him suddenly became clear.

His body was trapped, but not his soul.

After a while, he let out a light chuckle of resignation, "Will you teach me those three moves you use to chase people?"

Ji Tian stroked her chin, "Sure, but you have to pay tuition."

"Little swindler."

"Hehe."

...

Life passed by uneventfully.

Ji Lingyun’s engagement was still postponed.

He said he wanted to wait until Wen Jiangxue truly accepted him, rather than coerce her into marrying him.

Qiao Luhua worried about not having a grandson to hold, yet she was also relieved, hoping her eldest treasure could become a good man and treat the girl properly.

She cast her gaze toward Ji Qilin, who was rarely resting at home, her look very kind, thinking if she couldn’t hug her eldest treasure’s grandson, maybe she could at least cuddle the second treasure’s sooner?

Ji Qilin just felt a chill running up his spine, and understanding Qiao Luhua’s look in an instant, he could only continue to appease her with good temper, "Mom, I’m not as useless as my big brother; I’m already making an effort."

His words were vague, but they pacified Qiao Luhua, who laughed, covering her mouth, "Alright, alright, I’ll wait."

But this waiting lasted until Ji Tian and the others got their winter break.

The final exam results came out.

Ji Tian topped the list with full marks in all subjects.

Below her was Qin Jiangsheng.

Bai Tingyu, due to not being in good form, had dropped to fifth place in the entire school.

Looking at Qin Jiangsheng’s results, his face was dark and grim; he had long realized that Qin Jiangsheng was concealing his talent, but he realized it too late.

It was so late that Old Sir Bai already had intentions of handing over the company to Qin Jiangsheng!

Why should his belongings go to a bastard child?

He wished he could kill Old Sir Bai, wanting him to see clearly who his real grandson was, how could his heart stray so far off course? Why would he want to help the murderer who killed his mother?

A surging hatred nearly drowned him, and he swallowed it all back into his body.

He certainly wouldn’t let Qin Jiangsheng have an easy time.

After the winter break, the club, unusually, earned a spot to challenge for the world competition.

The team led by Li Meng lost.

He admired his opponent and was astonished by this meticulous approach to the game; he had underestimated the YXC team’s coach, that underage girl.

On the day Ji Tian was dragged to the victory celebration, news spread throughout Central Continent:

Hang Mengting had committed suicide by jumping from a building.

She left a suicide note that accused Ji Tian as her murderer.

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