Oops, I had a ONS With My Secret Ex-husband
Chapter 41 Preparing to Slip Away

Chapter 41: Chapter 41 Preparing to Slip Away

"Huh? Brother, why are you out here..."

Already feeling guilty about the flowers, Ji Yu became even more uneasy upon seeing Ji Yuanzhou. She was terrified that he might ask where the flowers came from at this moment.

Fortunately, Ji Yuanzhou didn’t seem to intend to ask about that.

Having seen Lu Xingchen upstairs just now, Ji Yuanzhou naturally didn’t recognize him, but he knew that Ji Yu’s husband was Gu Qixiao, someone whose existence had been imprinted on him since childhood.

At the very least, one thing he could confirm: the person who had just sent Ji Yu home wasn’t Gu Qixiao, but another man.

And considering the rumors online about Ji Yu and the famous actor, even an idiot could guess who that man was.

"I saw you came back, so I came downstairs. Yu, are you and Gu Qixiao having problems?"

At this moment, Ji Yu didn’t pay much attention to Ji Yuanzhou’s comment about seeing her return. Her mind was too preoccupied with figuring out how to respond to his question about their relationship.

There was no way she could tell him about her divorce, and it seemed that what was online couldn’t be hidden either...

"Brother, you’re overthinking. All that online stuff is just baseless rumors. I just missed Mom and Dad, so I came back to visit them."

"If there’s nothing else, I’ll head upstairs to change. Where are Mom and Dad?"

Ji Yu tried to keep calm, steering their conversation back to reality as much as possible.

Ji Yuanzhou naturally saw through her careful phrasing, but in the end, he accepted her stance.

"Alright, go ahead."

Just as Ji Yu was about to head upstairs, her foot nearly faltered on the staircase when she heard Ji Yuanzhou’s words.

"Yu, remember, your brother will always be here for you. No matter what happens, I’ll always have your back."

This wasn’t the first time Ji Yuanzhou had said this to her. Even though he knew Ji Yu was already married, he still spoke to her this way.

Just like when they were kids, he hoped to always be by her side.

Ji Yu was momentarily stunned by his words. After taking a deep breath with her eyes closed, she gave a small nod.

The memories of her childhood seemed to come flooding back, but sadly, time had passed, and everything had already changed.

Ji Yu had no choice but to continue heading upstairs. Before long, she ran into Mr. Ji and Madam Ji, who were about to come downstairs.

Their conversation drifted into Ji Yu’s ears.

"Quick, go call Yuanzhou! We need to discuss what to do about Yu’s matter!"

"Alright, alright! Be careful on the stairs, though! At your age, why are you still so reckless? I’ll go now, but watch your step—I said watch the stairs! Why are you glaring at me?!"

"I know, I know, I’ll call Yu right now..."

The couple were busy orchestrating their respective plans, completely oblivious to the fact that Ji Yu and Ji Yuanzhou were downstairs the whole time.

Ji Yu had only made it halfway up the stairs and thought she’d have to wait until later to come down again after seeing her parents in such a hurry.

Madam Ji, in her rush, failed to notice Ji Yu on the stairs. She even brushed past Ji Yu before realizing it a moment later upon hearing her voice.

"Mom."

Just as she was about to confirm her instincts, Mr. Ji’s voice rang out from upstairs.

"Meiqin, Yuanzhou isn’t home. Did you get in touch with Yu?"

"Huh? Yu, you’re back?"

The two back-to-back remarks made Madam Ji, who thought she might’ve been imagining things, turn her head. She didn’t stop hurrying downstairs, even while feeling confused.

In the process of turning, she almost lost her footing.

Thankfully, Ji Yuanzhou was there at the bottom of the stairs.

"Yuanzhou’s right here downstairs!"

"Ah! Yu, you’re back?"

Mr. and Madam Ji quickly found Ji Yu and Ji Yuanzhou, and before long, the whole family was gathered in the living room.

"Yu, what’s all this stuff on the internet about?"

"Exactly, Yu, how could something this big come up without you telling us?"

Having gone downstairs because of the rumors online, Mr. and Madam Ji began bombarding Ji Yu with questions out of concern, one sitting to her left, the other to her right.

Though they wanted to lay some blame on Gu Qixiao, knowing his difficult reputation made them hold back on openly criticizing him.

Instead, they focused on Ji Yu’s situation.

In their hearts, however, Mr. and Madam Ji worried that the rumors online might actually be true.

Especially since Ji Yu had been married for years now, yet they’d never once met Gu Qixiao.

This fact alone was enough to make them suspicious.

On top of that, when similar rumors surfaced online previously, neither Gu’s Group nor Gu Qixiao had addressed them or given any explanation to their family.

Thinking about this made Madam Ji feel even more heartbroken for Ji Yu.

She was even beginning to wonder if the rumors about Ji Yu were true. If they were, then so be it—they’d just get a divorce from the Gu family!

All they wanted was for Ji Yu to find her true happiness. As for anything else, it wasn’t important.

Even if Ji Yu really made a mistake, at worst, they’d bleed a little financially or move somewhere else to start anew. Nothing was worth compromising her happiness.

Of course, Ji Yu wasn’t aware of Madam Ji’s inner thoughts. Afraid that her parents might overthink things, she hurried to explain.

"Don’t worry too much about the stuff online. Xingchen is an old friend I met during graduate school when he was injured. I helped him back then, and we’ve been good friends ever since. He saw the recent rumors about me online and got worried, so after returning to the country..."

"Dad, Mom, you don’t have to worry about me. These stories will disappear in a couple of days."

Hearing her explanation, Madam Ji felt somewhat relieved.

But Mr. Ji didn’t think things were as simple as that. The look in the man’s eyes in the photos online seemed all too familiar to him.

It was the kind of look he himself had once shown in his younger days.

"That Lu Xingchen—does he have feelings for you?"

Ji Yu was taken aback upon hearing her father’s question, thinking all the issues had just been resolved.

She hadn’t expected Mr. Ji to reach that conclusion—and to say it out loud so bluntly!

"Um..." For a moment, Ji Yu felt conflicted.

"Yes. But I’ve already handled it."

"Alright, as long as that’s the case. Yu, you’re already Gu’s daughter-in-law, so you need to be mindful of certain things. Make sure to explain all this to your husband tomorrow when you go home. After all, small misunderstandings like this shouldn’t come between your relationship."

Hearing her father’s sincere concern, Ji Yu felt a bit embarrassed.

To Mr. and Madam Ji, though, it simply looked like a young woman’s shyness about discussing her husband, nothing more.

The two exchanged a knowing smile and didn’t press further.

Seeing that her parents were no longer dwelling on the topic, Ji Yu seized the chance to make her exit.

"Dad, Mom, I’m heading upstairs now."

"Go on, go on!" Mr. and Madam Ji urged her lovingly.

After Ji Yu went upstairs and they heard the sound of her door closing, their expressions changed as they turned to Ji Yuanzhou.

"Yuanzhou, do you know what’s really going on?"

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