My Perfect Enemy is Finally Broke Novel - Chap 100
Chapter 100
　　On the day Qin Man’s company officially started operating, Ji Ran sent a painting to him, and Qin Man had someone take the painting off the wall of his office and hang this one up.
　　Half a month later, Ji Ran stepped into Qin Man’s company for the first time.
　　Ji Ran sat on the sofa and frowned: “…I just bought whatever I wanted. It’s not as expensive as your original painting.”
　　”I just wanted to give it to you.” Qin Man smiled.
　　Several employees came in. Liu Chen first said hello to Ji Ran, and other employees immediately followed: “Mr. Ji.”
　　Ji Ran rarely heard this kind of address, so he felt a little awkward and hummed.
　　Qin Man was wearing a white lining, just like his previous school uniform, with the buttons tied to the top. He listened to the employee reports without raising his head, and hummed from time to time to show that he had heard them.
Ji Ran held his chin up and watched, feeling as if he was back in junior high school. Qin Man was a member of the student union. When other students reported violation records to him, he remained silent and nodded occasionally.
　　Every week, he could see Qin Man writing his name stroke by stroke on the school criticism poster.
　　Later in high school, probably because of his busy schedule, Qin Man stopped participating in the student union. Ji Ran found it boring, and since then, he has not deliberately looked for violators.
　　Ji Ran was just thinking about it when he saw the man with an indifferent face suddenly raised his head, accurately caught his gaze, his tense expression relaxed slightly, and he gave a brief smile.
　　After the employees went out, Qin Man put down his pen and said: “Little brother, come here.”
　　”Not going.”
　　”Here, let me show you something.”
　　Ji Ran frowned and walked over with a suspicious look on his face.
　　Qin Man held his wrist, pulled him towards him, and then opened a certain drawer.
　　Inside is a photo frame with Ji Ran’s photo inside.
　　Not sure if he was used to it, but Ji Ran was very calm: “This one is too ugly.”
　　Qin Man laughed: “I didn’t let you see this…”
　　He took out the picture frame and revealed the dark brown document bag underneath.
　　Ji Ran: “What is it?”
　　”About your mother.” Qin Man raised his eyes, “Want to read it?”
　　Ji Ran paused, his eyes fixed on the document bag, and after a long while he asked: “…what aspect?”
　　”The past is more specific than you know.” Qin Man lowered his hand and clasped his fingers, “Ji Guozheng spent a lot of time hiding it, and it took me some time to find him.”
　　Ji Ran knew that this matter was difficult to investigate.
　　He searched through multiple channels and spent a lot of money, but he still couldn’t find any real information for several years. The news came so unexpectedly that Ji Ran rolled his throat and said, “Who did you find?”
　　”Auntie’s agent.”
　　Ji Ran returned to the sofa with the document, held the white thread and hesitated for a few seconds before spinning it open.
　　The contents inside are surprisingly complete.
　　Transfer records from more than ten years ago, printed text messages, and a USB flash drive.
　　Seeing his doubts, Qin Man said: “It contains the contents of the call between her and your mother.”
　　Ji Ran held the small shiny black object: “…the content of the call?”
　　”Recording.” Qin Man said, “In order to appease your mother, she said that she would call the police for her. It contains the aunt’s explanation… and the call between the manager and Ji Guo afterwards. In order to ensure that she was safe, she also I asked Ji Guozheng to get money, so I recorded it.”
　　Ji Ran squeezed the USB drive tightly, and his fingers turned white.
　　Half a minute later, he took a deep breath: “I’m going back.”
　　”I’ll accompany you.” Qin Man said immediately.
　　”No need.” Ji Ran gritted his teeth, “…I want to listen to it myself.”
　　Qin Man frowned but still held him tight.
　　”I’m fine, I’ll listen to myself.” Ji Ran insisted.
　　Qin Man hesitated for a moment, then took a step back: “Then you have to promise me that after listening… no matter what you decide, you have to tell me, okay?”
　　”……good.”
　　Qin Man nodded decisively: “I’ll have someone take you back. You’re not suitable to drive now.”
　　Ji Ran returned home, inserted the USB disk into the computer, and put on headphones.
　　The hand holding the mouse paused for more than ten seconds before slowly moving to the audio file named “z narrative content”.
　　Clicking on it, it was the manager’s voice: “Wait a minute, I’ll adjust the equipment, right away.”
　　After a few clicks, Ji Ran heard a few seconds of silence in the earphones, and then a thin female voice came from: “…are you ready?”
　　He hadn’t heard this sound in more than ten years.
　　Zhao Qingtong is a southern woman with an extremely gentle accent. In the past, Ji Ran would always fall asleep quickly within five minutes when listening to her tell bedtime stories.
　　During the recording time of this audio, she had just experienced a disaster, and her voice was fragile and helpless, with a faint nasal sound.
　　Ji Ran listened to the five minutes of audio calmly.
　　Because of fear, the content of Zhao Qingtong’s description was a little confusing, but he could generally understand it, and it was almost the same as what he thought.
　　He turned his eyes and moved his eyes to the audio called “j call”.
　　There were two audio files for the “j call”. Ji Ran originally thought it was one recording split into two files, but he didn’t expect that when he opened the second audio file, a slightly familiar hoarse male voice came out.
　　This voice does not belong to Ji Guozheng.
　　Ji Ran knew whose voice it was.
　　…
　　In the afternoon, when Ji Ran turned on the audio for the seventh time, the phone rang.
　　”Ji Ran, it’s me.” Ji Wei said in a serious tone, “Where are you now?”
　　”What’s up.”
　　”Dad wants to see you,” Ji Weidao said, “He said that if you don’t come, your name will not be in the will.”
　　”Will?” Ji Ran chuckled.
　　”Well, the lawyer will come over in the afternoon.” Ji Weimo said after a while, “I know my mother has come to see you. Don’t listen to her. It’s yours and I won’t steal it from you.”
　　Ji Ran lowered his head and looked away from the computer screen: “What time is it?”
　　”Two o’clock.”
　　”Is my good grandma here?” Ji Ran picked up the pen on the table and turned it around on his fingertips several times.
　　”Of course grandma is here…” Ji Wei noticed something was wrong in his tone, “Ji Ran, what do you want to do?”
　　”I’ll go.” Ji Ran stood up and walked to the closet, opened it, “Let them wait.”
　　——
　　Ji’s house, which was prosperous just a few months ago, has an extremely heavy atmosphere today, and even the servants are lifeless.
　　Ji Guo was sitting at his desk, no longer as high-spirited as before. His face was pale, his eye sockets were slightly sunken, and his patience had long since disappeared over time.
　　He slammed the table and said, “Is he coming or not?!”
　　Ji Wei took out his cell phone: “I’ll ask again.”
　　”Did you really inform him?” Mrs. Ji frowned, “Did you definitely tell him that you made a will today?”
　Ji Wei was helpless: “Grandma, I won’t lie to you about these things.”
　　Ji Guo was sitting expressionless.
　　During this period, his life seemed to have been put on an accelerator button. Everything happened suddenly and quickly, catching him off guard.
　　A serious illness is detected, family strife occurs, and the company is in turmoil.
　　One after another, it is impossible to deal with it. Just the thing in his mind made him exhausted, but he still had to stay strong and clean up other messes.
　　Chen Qianqiong was sitting on the sofa, her legs together and slightly tilted. Her sitting posture was extremely elegant, and the lawyer she brought sat beside her.
　　”He may not intend to ask for your inheritance.” She said calmly, “Otherwise, let’s get started directly and don’t waste each other’s time.”
　　”This is our family’s business.” Mrs. Ji’s eyes were sharp and she was scratching her like a knife.
　　”Old madam, legally speaking, I am still your daughter-in-law.” Chen Qianqiong said with a smile, “Of course I have the right to speak about my own affairs.”
　　The old lady’s chest felt tight and she was too lazy to talk to her anymore.
　　It was her miscalculation.
　　She initially fell in love with Chen Qianqiong because the other person’s family was well-off and could be of help to them, but was not as good as the Ji family. Such a marriage partner was just right, which was why she tried her best to bring her and her son together.
　　Although she had heard about Chen Qianqiong’s temperament, she was just a woman no matter how powerful she was. She should not be able to make big waves.
　　Now it seems that she was totally wrong.
　　Chen Qianqiong was unwilling to let her go: “Old madam, I heard that in the past few years, you have often blamed me?”
　　Mrs. Ji’s back stiffened, her mind was spinning rapidly, and she frowned at her: “Have you ever seen Ji Ran? What did you say to him?”
　　”What do you think? I don’t like to take the blame. Who threatened Zhao Qingtong to have an abortion and asked the media to put pressure on her? Who should take the blame now?” Chen Qianqiong said.
　　”I had no choice!” Mrs. Ji slapped the chair, “If she hadn’t come to seduce Guozheng…how noble would you be? Don’t think I don’t know why you kept him in the first place!”
　　”Stop arguing!” Ji Guozheng was annoyed, “If you continue to argue, get out of here!”
　　Chen Qianqiong was not afraid of him. She sneered and pointed the finger at Ji Guozheng: “If you hadn’t been unable to control yourself, would you have been in so many troubles now?”
　　Ji Wei stood by the wall with his fists tightly clenched. He had to work hard to keep his back from touching the wall.
　　He never thought that one day, these elders who usually looked dignified and elegant in front of him would get together and argue until they turned red.
　　After a while, I’m afraid he will also join in this farce.
　　He had to fight, he couldn’t let his mother down.
　　Too unbearable.
　　Xu Lin was beside him. When the people around him were not paying attention, he reached out his hand to his back, gently smoothed it, and said in a low voice: “…It’s okay.”
　　Ji Wei looked sideways and was about to say that he was fine, but out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of someone standing outside the door.
　　At this time, Ji Ran had heard enough.
　　He only looked at Ji Wei for a moment, then raised his hand and pushed open the wooden door, and the quarrel inside immediately stopped.
　　”Something happened, I’m late.”
　　People who usually don’t come to mind at family dinners are very present today. His hair was dyed back to black and he was dressed casually. At first glance, he looked like the purest and cleanest person in the house.
　　Seeing that the quarrel had finally subsided, Ji Guozheng felt relieved: “Why are you here so late?! You are such a big man, can’t you even keep time?”
　　”It’s okay.” Ji Ran smiled, “As long as you haven’t died yet, it won’t be too late for me to come.”
　　As soon as these words came out, the study was quiet for a moment.
　　Mrs. Ji closed her eyes and finished her thoughts.
　　This person was completely out of her control.
　　Ji Guozheng was so angry that his face turned red: “What do you mean by this-”
　　Ji Ran pulled up a wooden stool, sat down and said, “I care about you. Aren’t you afraid of your death? Didn’t you say you want to make a will? I’m here, read it.”
　　Mrs. Ji calmed down and gave her son a look.
　　Part of it must be given to Ji Ran, otherwise with Chen Qianqiong’s ability, her marriage to Ji Guozheng is still in the legal stage, and they may be wiped out if they sue.
　　Ji Ran is at least easier to deal with than her.
　　Ji Guozheng, with a livid face, signaled the lawyer to start reading.
　　The lawyer picked up the contract and said, “Entrusted by Mr. Ji Guozheng, I…”
　　Before he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door twice.
　　Who else?
　　Everyone in the room had different thoughts and looked at each other warily. Only Ji Ran was still playing Tetris with his head down.
　　The assistant opened the door and saw a man in a suit and gold-rimmed glasses standing outside. He was holding a black document bag and looked smart and capable.
　　”Excuse me, I am Mr. Ji’s lawyer.”
　　Ji Ran raised his head in confusion.
　　The lawyer glanced left and right, found the person he wanted to serve, stepped forward quickly, nodded and said, “Mr. Ji, I’m sorry, because Mr. Qin’s notice was too short-term, so I came late. I hope I’m not late.”
　　It turned out that in the whole room, Ji Ran was the only one without a lawyer behind him. So no matter how arrogant Ji Ran was when he arrived, everyone knew that he was just a necessary part of the process and had no other threat.
　　Under everyone’s surprised gazes, the lawyer took out a note from the document bag and lowered his voice: “Mr. Ji, this question may be a bit temporary…but I must ask clearly, what is your request in this will?”
　　Ji Ran came back to his senses and couldn’t help but lower his head and smile.
　　It’s not Old Dog Qin today.
　　It’s Doraemon.
　　He said: “It’s not mine, don’t fight for it.”
　　Chen Qianqiong’s brows softened slightly.
　　As long as Ji Ran doesn’t interfere, Ji Guozheng will obediently give her half of his property when she appeals. She is sure of it.
　　Ji Wei closed his eyes.
　　He knew, he knew too well, that with Ji Ran’s temperament, it was impossible to comply with other people’s requests.
　　He didn’t think his mother’s words could move Ji Ran.
　　Sure enough, before Mrs. Ji got angry, Ji Ran sneered and finished her words.
　　”…but it should be mine, not even a penny should be lost.”
