“You’re willing to give me such an expensive painting?” Lin Man glanced at the piece now hanging in his entryway, touched despite himself.
Ning Sui valued money like his own life. If he was willing to spend it, then surely he regarded Lin Man as one of the most important people in his world.
Ning Sui hopped down from the ladder with a grin, inspecting the placement from left and right. Perfect, not crooked at all.
“What are you thinking? It’s only hanging at your place for now. When I resell it, just transfer me the money.”
Lin Man: “…” Thanks a lot.
There were still three more paintings he hadn’t sent over yet, those he planned to store in his own collection room.
Completely unaware that Ning Chen had discovered his extravagant splurge, Ning Sui finished hanging the painting and went back to campus for class.
Meanwhile, Ning Yuanming also returned to school, his mind heavy with thoughts.
If Ning Chen hadn’t been mistaken, and those paintings really were bought by Ning Sui, then he must have used the Ji family’s money.
That thought made Ning Yuanming deeply uncomfortable.
He had believed himself the victor, the one who enjoyed their mother’s affection, his elder brother’s protection, and Ji Zhilin’s favoritism.
Ning Sui, on the other hand, had been forced into marriage with a man he didn’t love, condemned to a lifetime of misery.
But why then was he living so well now, tossing around tens of millions with a flick of his wrist?
He had assumed Old Master Ji was harsh and rigid, and that Ning Sui’s life in the Ji family would be suffocating.
So why was Old Master Ji letting him spend the Ji family fortune so recklessly?
“What’s wrong with you?” Xu Tianxing leaned over Ning Yuanming’s desk.
“You’ve been brooding all afternoon.”
Ning Yuanming couldn’t admit that he was jealous of Ning Sui. After a long silence, he muttered, “Old Master Ji seems to value Ning Sui very highly.”
“Him?”
Xu Tianxing was baffled. How could a poor relative of the Ning family stir up trouble wherever he went?
Ji Zhilin too, these past few days, he’d been like a ghost. He refused hot pot invitations, skipped out on friends’ birthday parties, and just moped in the dorm like he’d lost his soul.
Xu Tianxing despised this behavior. Wasn’t it Ji Zhilin who had pushed for Ning Sui to be the substitute bride in order to pursue Ning Yuanming?
And now, he ignored Ning Yuanming completely while pining after Ning Sui?
Ridiculous?!
But since Ning Yuanming cared, there was nothing to be done.
They had been friends for over a decade, after all. Naturally, Xu Tianxing stood firmly on his side.
“This is simple,” Xu Tianxing grinned slyly, a mischievous curl tugging at the corner of his mouth. “I have a way.”
……
When Ning Sui returned to the villa in a cheerful mood, several doctors in white coats were walking out, two nurses were carrying some equipment down from the second floor.
Then two hospital staff were carrying a stretcher toward the second floor.
The butler stood near the elevator, spraying disinfectant.
A stretcher?
…What’s going on?
Could Ji Yucheng have had an accident?!
Ning Sui’s heart skipped a beat. He dropped his bag and dashed upstairs, completely forgetting to change his shoes.
Even though he knew a comatose person’s vital signs were unstable and death could strike at any moment, this was just too sudden!
“What’s wrong?” the butler grabbed him.
“Ji Yucheng…”
The butler hurriedly explained, “Master Ji went abroad this time to see an expert. After consulting with them, he plans to send the young master overseas for treatment to see if the expert can help his condition… What did you think it was?”
Ning Sui glanced sideways and saw the doctors smiling at him. Embarrassed, he quickly ducked into a corner.
Of course he thought the worst! Naturally, he had imagined that the young master would die prematurely and the money he would’ve inherited would vanish!
Thankfully, nothing had happened.
Ning Sui exhaled in relief.
But wait, Master Ji was sending Ji Yucheng abroad for treatment?
“How long will he be gone?” Ning Sui was extremely concerned about this.
The butler said, “It’s uncertain, but it shouldn’t exceed a month…”
Ning Sui’s eyes went wide. “A month?”
A whole month without being able to touch Ji Yucheng! How much money would that cost him?! Just thinking about it made Ning Sui shiver with a sense of being cut alive.
Before the butler could finish, he continued helplessly, “Of course, if things go quickly, he might return in about a week.”
“A week?!” Ning Sui’s expression remained painful.
The butler: “…Even a week is hard to bear?”
Not far from the Ji family mansion, a car slowly pulled up.
Ning Yuanming and Xu Tianxing got out, accompanied by another person, An Zhenglin.
The An family had been close friends with the Ji family for many years, and An Zhenglin had grown up under Master Ji’s guidance, making him extremely familiar with the household.
Thanks to Ji Zhilin introducing him into the social circle, Ning Yuanming also knew people like An Zhenglin.
But An Zhenglin looked down on the Ning family a little. He glanced at Ning Yuanming, curled his lips, and said, “Helping you guys, what’s in it for me?”
“Nothing,” Ning Yuanming replied calmly. “But you also want to see Ning Sui’s embarrassment, don’t you?”
After this marriage, no one in the circle wanted to see Ning Sui succeed.
Simply by appearing as an outsider in this social circle, Ning Sui was an offense, an intrusion. And yet, the outsider had lucked out, marrying into the Ji family that everyone coveted.
People like An Zhenglin wanted nothing more than to see Ning Sui washed in tears.
But they hadn’t expected that in recent days, Ning Sui had shown no signs of weakness. Instead, he thrived.
Upon hearing that Master Ji had even given Ning Sui a card capable of spending tens of millions in a single transaction, An Zhenglin felt a little bitter.
Married to a comatose man, and still living so comfortably?
Being able to expose Ning Sui’s true face in front of Master Ji, how could An Zhenglin not take pleasure in it?
When there were no outsiders around, Ning Sui’s coldness toward Ji Yucheng must have been genuine.
He had always liked Ji Zhilin. Everyone knew how he had pursued Ji Zhilin back then.
Marrying a comatose man had been a forced arrangement, and that unwillingness naturally reflected in how he treated Ji Yucheng.
Today, he’d heard that Master Ji planned to send Ji Yucheng overseas for treatment.
Ning Sui was surely eager for his comatose husband to disappear for a while.
If he could somehow make a video call to Master Ji so that Master Ji could see…
Then Ning Sui’s plans would be completely ruined!
Thinking this, An Zhenglin grinned maliciously, phone in hand, ready to stir up trouble as he headed toward the Ji residence.
…
Ji Yucheng was being carried down on a stretcher.
The moment he arrived, Ning Sui rushed over, his gaze falling on Ji Yucheng’s pale face, expression full of sorrow. One hand tightly gripped his own: “So it’s a short week or a long month?”
The butler replied, “Yes. Once all the checks are done, the young master will be brought back as soon as possible. You needn’t worry.”
You don’t understand.
Ning Sui thought, for a worker trying to make money, losing even a single day’s earnings was like losing a part of one’s life.
Moreover, with Qu Jiahan having visited earlier, he felt a sense of crisis, never knowing when Master Ji might send him away.
What if unexpected complications occurred during the overseas checkup?
“Madam, you… should let go.”
Ning Sui followed the stretcher all the way to the doorway, still clutching Ji Yucheng’s hand. His fingers were turning slightly red from the tight grip.
Faced with so many onlookers, the scene of parting was unbearably clingy. Even the usually cold and stoic Ji Yidao’s face turned faintly red.
Fearing that the young master would be pulled from the stretcher, the butler had no choice but to pry Ning Sui’s fingers apart. “At most, a few weeks…”
“A week just now, now it’s a few weeks?!”
Married only a week, having spent just seven nights with Ji Yucheng, and now they were being separated for over ten days?
A day’s loss could mean millions; over ten days, how much would it cost?!
Ning Sui’s vision went black.
Wait, he could’ve just taken leave from school and gone along! There weren’t many professional courses now, and he could study his textbooks while there.
Ning Sui lunged forward again, half his body on the stretcher, hugging Ji Yucheng tightly: “No! I want to go with him!”
Ji Yucheng, take me with you!
Without money, how am I supposed to survive?!
Though embarrassed in front of so many, wishing his little wife would restrain her affection a little, Ji Yucheng could neither move nor speak.
All he could do was feel Ning Sui holding him so tightly, as if the sky would fall without him…
Indeed, a kind of sweet trouble.
“Just a week! Not a century!” Ji Yidao said calmly, clear-headed
“You don’t understand. He can’t be separated from me for even a single day.” Ning Sui snapped
“….”
Meanwhile, An Zhenglin, on video-call with Master Ji: “….”
From a distance, Ning Yuanming and Xu Tianxing: “….”
Damn it, what’s going on?!
Master Ji’s face had been so close to the phone, smiling so broadly that all his wrinkles disappeared, and suddenly the video was cut off.
An Zhenglin couldn’t help but fume: “Why hang up?!”
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ChaptersChapter 1 · The WeddingChapter 2 · New Target!Chapter 3 · Moved OnChapter 4 · Personal Information of Ji YuchengChapter 5 · Liked Ji Yucheng for 3 Years?!Chapter 6 · Love Rival?!Chapter 7 · Domineering PossessivenessChapter 8 · Obviously Very CuteChapter 9 Part 1 · Can’t be SeperatedChapter 9 Part 2 · Can’t be SeperatedChapter 10 · A blonde Guy…Chapter 11 · Dangerously Close to love?Chapter 12 · Confrontation with Ji ZhilinChapter 13 · Accidental DiscoveryChapter 14 · System 009 upgradedChapter 15 · Battery charging!Chapter 16 · Young Master was MiserableChapter 17 · Did Ning Sui treat you like this before?Chapter 18 · Was this what happened last night before you went to bed?Chapter 19 · He really got to the bottom of thisChapter 20 Part 1 · Don’t look at him, he was shocked too!Chapter 20 Part 2 · Don’t look at him, he was shocked too!Chapter 21 · Because I like it so muchChapter 22 Part 1 · Pull up your pantsChapter 22 Part 2 · Pull up your pantsChapter 23 · Why does it sound like he’s jealousChapter 24 Part 1 · I will protect himChapter 24 Part 2 · I will protect himChapter 25 · He’s quite gentleChapter 26 · Young Master Ji suddenly started to stutterChapter 27 · Ning Sui’s timeChapter 28 Part 1 · They ran away as soon as they were scaredChapter 28 Part 2 · They ran away as soon as they were scaredChapter 29 Part 1 · Are you looking for death?Chapter 29 Part 2 · Are you looking for death?Chapter 30 · Hurry up and say your last wordsChapter 31 · Ji Yucheng collapsed into his armsChapter 32 · Mr. Ji, I never expected you to be such a good person.Chapter 33 · He’s so well-behaved when He sleeps…Chapter 34 · His expression was incredibly varied in an instantChapter 35 · How could it be Ning Sui?Chapter 36 · Does the young wife only like people in a vegetative state?Chapter 37 · State-based controlChapter 38 · The young master was so happy he dropped his phoneChapter 39 · You were 37 minutes lateChapter 40 · I don’t plan to get a divorce.Chapter 41 · Otherwise, would it be your turn?Chapter 42 · Both perverted and cuteChapter 43 · If they sneak away again, I’ll hold them even tighterChapter 44 · I sprained my ankle tooChapter 45 · A cat jumping on a lion’s head to play with fire.Chapter 46 · Your young master has fainted!Chapter 47 · Sui Sui, come downChapter 48 · Are you going to lock me in there?Chapter 49 Part 1 · I love you, Ning SuiChapter 49 Part 2 · I love you, Ning SuiChapter 50 · Give the snowman a heartChapter 51 · Miss you.Chapter 52 · To hold in one’s mouthChapter 53 · You are in the cloudsChapter 54 · Ning Sui hugged him for the first timeChapter 55 · Can you sit on my lap?Chapter 56 · It’s either you or it’s not.Chapter 57 · From this moment on, I am your vegetableChapter 58 · Young Ji YuchengChapter 59 · They kiss tirelessly.Chapter 60 · RipplingChapter 61 · You want to compare this?!Chapter 62 · It’s 001!Chapter 63 · I like everything about it.Chapter 64 · It seems to have been filled up a little more.Chapter 65 · Wedding rings should be exchanged between the couple.Chapter 66 · Love-struckChapter 67 · Why can’t we even be apart for a day?Chapter 68 · PerfectChapter 69 · A lifelong contract was madeChapter 70 · Extra 1Chapter 71 · Extra 2Chapter 72 · Extra 3Chapter 73 · Extra 4Chapter 74 · Extra 5Chapter 75 · Extra 6Chapter 76 · Extra 7Chapter 77 · Extra 8Chapter 78 · Extra 9Chapter 79 · Extra 10Chapter 80 · Extra 11Chapter 81 · Extra 12Chapter 82 · Extra 13Chapter 83 · Extra 14