Chapter 170 The Good-for-Nothing × The Innocent Little Tyrant 9
Chapter 170 The Good-for-Nothing × The Innocent Little Tyrant 9
"How did you manage to move out of the Ji family so easily?"
Jiang Yao and Ji Xiaosong walked side by side, and Jiang Yao asked casually.
"I thought you would wait a while before you wanted to move out, but I didn't expect you to do it so quickly."
Ji Xiaosong seemed unaware of Jiang Yao's unusual behavior, and replied earnestly, "The Ji family is currently preoccupied with their own problems, so no one will think that I have already run away. By the time they realize it, I may not be able to escape that hellhole."
"So... the Ji family was attacked for no reason, and you were the one who did it?"
Jiang Yao was somewhat incredulous. Although the girl in front of him had the courage to leave the Ji family, he probably couldn't do it on his own, even if she did it silently and brutally.
"Of course it wasn't me, I don't have that ability. You must have your own channels to know about the Ji family's troubles, so it shouldn't be difficult for you to find out who did it."
"To be honest, although I have many sources of information, I really don't know who is targeting the Ji family. Given the Ji family's way of doing things, it's not impossible that they've been framed, after all, they've offended too many people."
As they spoke, the two arrived at the house that Jiang Yao had arranged for Ji Xiaosong.
After registering Ji Xiaosong's fingerprints and iris scans, pushing open the bronze door revealed a hand-painted entrance hall with a sunrise design.
"This large apartment isn't very big, only a little over 300 square meters, but it's more than enough for one person."
“Uh… Jiang Yao, I might want to bring my mother to live with us. She’s about to be discharged from the hospital, and if Ji Fu takes her away, she’ll definitely become my weakness. I don’t want to be controlled by others. Now that I’ve left the Ji family, there’s no reason for me to go back.”
“That would be even better. I’ve heard about Ms. Shen’s past. If she can live with you, you can take care of each other in the future. You can use this house as you see fit; I won’t make any demands. As long as you don’t break any rules, it’s fine.”
Jiang Yao showed Ji Xiaosong around the house before leaving.
Ji Xiaosong watched his departing figure and breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Yao lent her a house with a monthly rent of over 100,000 yuan without hesitation. She should work harder to earn more money in the future.
Inside the Ji family mansion, the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
The moment Ji Fu learned that Ji Xiaosong had disappeared from the confinement room, his eyes widened instantly, veins bulged on his forehead, and the flesh on his face twisted with rage.
"Trash! A bunch of trash!"
His roar echoed in the empty hall, the sound so loud it hurt the eardrums of those around him.
The bodyguards standing in a row all had their heads down and didn't dare to breathe.
Ji Fu rushed up to the bodyguard at the front, grabbed him by the collar, and lifted him up. "Tell me! How did Ji Xiaosong escape? What were you all doing?"
The bodyguard's legs went weak, and he stammered, "Chairman... we really don't know. We've been guarding the door the whole time and haven't seen anyone come in or out."
"Kneel down, everyone!"
Ji Fu roared, and the rest of the bodyguards knelt down with a thud, leaving only Ji Fu's heavy breathing in the hall.
"What use are you to me? I could have let a girl locked in solitary confinement escape!"
He paced back and forth, each step seeming as if he were trying to stomp a hole in the floor.
After he finished yelling, Ji Fu remembered that there were surveillance cameras.
He immediately ordered his men to retrieve all the surveillance footage, while he sat on the sofa, his eyes fixed on the screen as if trying to see through it with his gaze.
The surveillance footage played frame by frame, and everything seemed normal from the moment Ji Xiaosong was locked in the solitary confinement room.
The bodyguards stood guard at the door, and nothing unusual happened.
However, when the camera panned to the time period when Ji Xiaosong disappeared, the surveillance footage suddenly became static. After a period of interference, the footage returned to normal, but the confinement room was now empty.
"How is this going?"
Ji Fu suddenly stood up and roared again, "How could the surveillance cameras be broken? Did you bunch of useless idiots deliberately sabotage this?"
The security personnel in charge of the monitoring turned pale with fright. "Chairman... we really didn't know. The monitoring system has been working normally all along. It just suddenly malfunctioned."
Ji Fu kicked over the coffee table in front of him. "Investigate! Turn the entire Ji family upside down and find Ji Xiaosong! Also, find out who's behind this. Anyone who dares to mess with my Ji family will not be let off!"
After saying that, he slumped onto the sofa, his eyes filled with resentment and anger. He never imagined that Ji Xiaosong, whom he had always had under his thumb, could escape right under his nose, so cleanly and efficiently, without leaving a trace.
Just as Ji Fu was overwhelmed by Ji Xiaosong's escape and was lashing out at his subordinates, Assistant Li hurriedly entered the Ji family mansion.
She looked flustered, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and her hurried steps almost caused her to slip on the smooth marble floor.
"Chairman!"
After stopping, Assistant Li said, panting heavily.
Ji Fu glanced at him impatiently and asked irritably, "What is it now? Can't you see I'm busy?"
Assistant Li swallowed hard and said cautiously, "Chairman, Ji Xiaosong participated in a singing competition a few days ago, and she's trending online."
Ji Fu's already gloomy face instantly turned even uglier. He jumped up from the sofa, his eyes wide with anger, and roared, "What did you say? She still has the leisure to participate in a singing competition?"
Assistant Li nodded hurriedly, frantically pulled out his phone, opened the trending topics page, and handed it to Ji Fu.
Ji Fu snatched the phone away and looked at Ji Xiaosong's radiant appearance on the stage on the screen. He felt his blood rush to his head and almost smashed the phone away.
"This rebellious girl!"
He gritted his teeth and cursed, "She's got too big for her britches and is openly going against me!"
Assistant Li whispered a reminder from the side: "Chairman, judging from the timing of the competition, she must have signed up before she fled the Ji family."
Ji Fu glared at him fiercely, "Do you need to tell me? How could I have raised such a disobedient daughter!"
He paced back and forth, his mind racing with calculations.
Since Ji Xiaosong has become a hot topic online, it means that she must have quite a few people paying attention to her now.
It won't be so easy to bring her back quietly.
But Ji Fu couldn't swallow this insult; he absolutely couldn't tolerate Ji Xiaosong slipping out of his control.
"Contact those media outlets and tell them to remove all news about Ji Xiaosong!"
Ji Fu ordered his assistant, "Also, continue to increase manpower to search for her. No matter where she hides, find her!"
Assistant Li nodded hurriedly in agreement, not daring to slack off in the slightest, and turned to leave in a hurry to carry out the order.
Ji Fu sat back on the sofa, clenching his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white from the force.
He stared at the empty hall, his heart filled with anger and resentment.
This daughter, whom he had always regarded as someone he could manipulate at will, now felt like a bird breaking free from its cage, leaving him with an unprecedented sense of frustration.
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