"Fine, is this how you treat me? You listen to a woman's every word and are so obedient, but my words as your father mean nothing?" Di Jianhan questioned with a heavy heart.
The contrast made him feel like a failure.
"Don't you know why I don't listen to you?"
His actions would disgust and repel anyone.
He had never participated in his life, disappearing and then reappearing as he pleased. He treated their home like a marketplace, freely entering and exiting as he pleased. His family was unimportant to him, and now he wanted to use kinship to force him to divorce and marry another woman.
How could any of this go according to his wishes!
"Uncle, I'm fine. Please don't argue with Brother Mingjue because of me." Lu Sisi, fearing that the TV content would continue, quickly pulled Di Jianhan, who was on the verge of anger, to prevent the situation from escalating.
Enraged, Di Jianhan knew that Di Mingjue would not listen to him or give him any face. He wisely took the ladder Lu Sisi had provided and climbed down awkwardly.
He cleared his throat, feigning a mature sound, and ordered, "I'll pretend today's events never happened. Tomorrow, when you go to the company, immediately assign Sisi a different position."
"There are no suitable positions for her." Di Mingjue had no intention of brushing this matter aside.
Since she didn't want to be a cleaner, she shouldn't harbor any thoughts of entering the company.
Lu Sisi gritted her teeth, caught between a rock and a hard place.
If she continued as a cleaner, not only would she be doing dirty and tiring work, but she wouldn't see him for a single day. But if she didn't, wouldn't that prove her hypocrisy?
"Uncle, I am willing to continue working as a cleaner." Lu Sisi declared, "I know Brother Mingjue is doing this for my own good, and I believe I have the ability to gradually get promoted from a low-level cleaner to a qualified white-collar worker."
From cleaner to white-collar worker?
She dared to say such a monumental change so naively.
Jiang Ziyu couldn't help but want to mock her ambitious posture.
Di Jianhan, as if bewitched, couldn't hear the logical flaw in her words. Instead, he looked at her with affection and satisfaction.
The argument ended with Lu Sisi's declaration.
Back in the room, Jiang Ziyu couldn't hold back. She clutched her aching abdomen and burst into laughter.
Her melodious laughter piqued Di Mingjue's curiosity.
"What's so funny?"
"Why can't your father see through Lu Sisi's pretense?"
Such obvious hypocrisy, and yet he praised her with such affection.
Was this a case of love being blind? Was everyone in his eyes beautiful, no matter how bad they were?
Jiang Ziyu suddenly stopped smiling and looked at Di Mingjue mysteriously, "You said your father insists on you marrying her. Is it because he's too old to marry Lu Sisi, so he wants you, his son, to fulfill his dream?"
"What are you thinking!" Di Mingjue interrupted her wild thoughts, "If the old man really wanted to marry her, would he give her to me?"
Just like with Di Jue Group, if he hadn't had the accident, the old lady wouldn't have had to hand over control to him. At his current age, would he have stepped down as CEO?
Di Mingjue pinched Jiang Ziyu's nose, punishing her playfully, "Stop overthinking. I'll arrange a place for her to live and a stable job as soon as possible, and have her leave the Di residence."
The door was not fully closed, and this sentence was overheard by Lu Sisi, who had come to explain.
Chase her away? What a dream!
Lu Sisi turned back, a thoughtful expression on her face, and returned to her room.
Sitting at the dressing table, her sharp eyes gazed at her reflection in the mirror.
Her beauty was not stunning, but she could be considered gentle and refined. Her soft features lacked any defensiveness, giving people a sense of approachability.
Her pure and harmless appearance was what men liked most.