CHAPTER 345: CHAPTER 299

They had only been together for a few days, and the Ji Family’s boy had the girl so bewitched that she couldn’t tell north from south. Just like the Ji seed, he was the spitting image of Old Ji. Old Ji wasn’t much of anything in his youth either, always seducing young girls even though he was clearly spoken for.

Mr. Mo, remembering the past, disliked the Ji Family even more. The upper beam is not straight and the lower beams are crooked; the older generation is improper, and the younger is no better, a whole nest of hooligans. And now one of them is coming after his granddaughter, no good comes of any of them.

Lan Tian looked at Mr. Mo with surprised eyes, everything was just fine a moment ago, why was he suddenly angry?

"Grandpa!"

Mr. Mo calmed down and spoke with heartfelt emotion, "Girl, judging a man isn’t just about his face, nor about how many sweet promises he makes. It’s about what he does, whether he has the sense of responsibility, whether he can shield you from the wind and rain, whether he can stand in front of you in times of danger, and whether he always considers things for you. When you haven’t even thought of something, he has already taken care of it."

Lan Tian nodded, the standard for a good man should be just like that. Seeing that Lan Tian agreed with him, Mr. Mo changed the subject, "That boy Ji Feng, with his slippery tongue and flippant manner, is not right for you."

After Mr. Mo finished speaking, his heart felt uneasy.

Flippant, Ji Feng?

Lan Tian raised an eyebrow, she felt that he had changed a lot for the better. Before they had met in her past life, she had heard that Ji Feng was famously frivolous in Beijing, with countless women harmed by him, not a thousand then eight hundred at least.

Huh? Something was wrong with that!

Realizing what she was thinking, Lan Tian looked back at Mr. Mo in surprise and said, "Grandpa, you’re saying me and Ji Feng..."

Lan Tian was startle and then found it amusing. She casually laid down a Spiritual Energy prohibition to isolate the driver at the front, "Ji Feng and I are impossible, you’re reading too much into it."

She regarded Ji Feng as a son, both in her past life and now.

Lan Tian couldn’t help but recall the scene when she first encountered Ji Feng in her previous life, having just made progress in her Cultivation, she went down the mountain to gain experience and traveled to the south to enjoy the scenery.

The steep mountain peaks, the winding mountain path, the luxury car overturned at the bottom of the cliff, its collapsed compartment no longer revealing its original shape.

The overturned car door, the blood-stained youth lying facing the sky, those dark eyes reflecting her figure. His pale face lacked any color, and when he saw her approach, his lips quivered, though no sound came out. Lan Tian understood his lip movements though.

The youth didn’t ask for her help, instead, he said something unexpected, "Sorry for scaring you."

After saying that, the youth closed his eyes peacefully, quietly waiting for death. That scene reminded Lan Tian of herself, bloodied, lying at the foot of a staircase, powerless as she watched her dearest treasure slip away from her body, the calm that came after despair.

Later... later, she who considered herself as hard-hearted, was moved with compassion and saved him, bringing him back. She had lost a son, so the heavens gave her another in return, and after that...

A cold snort from beside broke Lan Tian’s recollection.

Mr. Mo sighed, the girl didn’t realize the scenes of her and Ji Feng together looked intimate, like a family. Anyone would think she and Ji Feng were a couple.

Mr. Mo knew Lan Tian too well, what she says, she-mean-it. She said she wasn’t interested, Mr. Mo believed her, but the key was that scoundrel Ji Feng; even a blind man could see he harbored improper thoughts for her.

"Girl, since you’re not interested in him, stay away from him in the future. You should think more for Hua Zi." Mr. Mo felt sorry for Mo Junhua.

Lan Tian was taken aback, then her eyes softened, Mr. Mo was worried about her, worried she might be mistreated living with Mo Junhua.

"Grandpa, things between me and Ji Feng aren’t what you think," Lan Tian didn’t want Mr. Mo, at his age, to worry about her future marriage, so she explained further.

"My relationship with Ji Feng is very complicated," entangled between past and present lives, she couldn’t tell it all, unsure if Mr. Mo would even believe it, "I know Ji Feng has other feelings for me, but as long as I don’t consent, he will never cross that line."

Mr. Mo really wanted to ask her, where did her confidence come from.

"Don’t worry, I’ll be careful with him in the future. Cutting ties completely is impossible, he has saved my life after all."

Mr. Mo was about to protest but he stopped himself, looking at Lan Tian with widened eyes, "Really life-saving grace? You’re not fooling this old man?"

So powerful herself, did she really need that scoundrel Ji Feng to save her? Mr. Mo clearly didn’t believe it.

"I wouldn’t lie about this." Lan Tian nodded solemnly, "Master says, in our practice of Cultivation, we highly value the cycle of cause and effect. Repay kindness, avenge grudges. Life-saving grace is akin to having a second set of parents; not repaying Ji Feng for this kindness would affect my future Cultivation, perhaps preventing me from making a breakthrough for a lifetime. I have my own plans, Grandpa, you needn’t worry."

"As long as you understand, I just worry you might take the wrong path." Since the girl had said so much, Mr. Mo couldn’t press further.

"Hua Zi has reported to the military academy. I heard that academy is especially strict, with only one day off a month. Military life is always hard. After you go back, visit him at school, bring him some food."

Mr. Mo broke his heart over these matters, creating opportunities to nurture affection for his grandson-in-law. A senior doing so much... it’s better left unsaid!

"Didn’t you say their school discipline was strict? Can you still visit there?" Lan Tian remembered that in future generations, those schools were indeed strict, even loitering at the entrance for a while would prompt security to chase you away.

"Why not? I’ve sent people to inquire. Some soldiers at the school are married, their situations are like Hua Zi’s, recommended from the regionals. No matter how strict the school discipline, basic humanity persists. For military wives coming from afar to visit their men, the school has arrangements, so you don’t have to worry about that, just go."

Lan Tian hesitated, Mr. Mo felt that she was just trying to avoid it, and tapped her on the head, "Don’t try to make excuses for me, heard that? Do as I say."

"Fine, I’ll visit him when I get back."

"While you were away from school, a girl called looking for you, said she was your classmate, something like Si... Si Si or Thought, anyway, there is a ’Si’ in her name, you should know your own classmate." Mr. Mo thought for a while but couldn’t recall the girl’s name. It was up to the girl to deal with her classmates, "Also, a Mr. Zhang called asking why you didn’t attend school. Oh dear, with so many teachers, only this one is so responsible to call specially, when you’re back, go visit the teacher to thank him."