Chapter 124: Chapter 121: He Asked, Why Did You Put Your Hair Up? (2)
Jin Jumo’s clear black-and-white eyes fixed straight on Fang Jingting.
Fang Jingting was startled by her gaze, instinctively avoiding her pure look.
Jin Jumo smiled as she looked away, "Of course, it’s a job that makes money."
"What kind of money-making work can a young girl like you do at a bar?" Fang Jingyi’s sharp and indifferent eyes turned to Jin Jumo, her words somewhat aggressive.
Jin Jumo slowly turned her eyes to Fang Jingyi.
Fang Jingyi squinted, "What? Is it inconvenient to say?"
Jin Jumo’s lips slightly pale, smiled, "Do you really want to know?"
"If I didn’t want to know, how would I..."
"What? Do all of you think I’m dead or something? Once you start talking, you don’t stop!" Rong Zhengfeng suddenly interrupted Fang Jingyi’s words sharply, glaring at Fang Jingyi, "If you want to interrogate, find a police officer!"
Fang Jingyi’s complexion changed slightly, her expression softened instantly, and she said respectfully, "Dad, don’t be angry, I won’t ask anymore."
"I just don’t like you like this!" Rong Zhengfeng ignored his daughter-in-law and frowned, looking at Jin Jumo, "You, come over!"
Jin Jumo glanced at Fang Jingyi, who instantly became obedient and looked plainly, then stared blankly at Rong Mochen.
Rong Mochen’s face was colder than ever, only when Jin Jumo looked at him did his expression soften a bit. He squeezed her hand, his voice thick, "Go ahead."
Jin Jumo pressed her lips tightly, stood up, and walked towards Rong Zhengfeng.
"Mr. Rong." Jin Jumo walked to him and looked at him in confusion.
Rong Zhengfeng frowned, "You little girl, changing every moment, what did you just call me?"
Looking at Rong Zhengfeng’s serious face, Jin Jumo raised her eyebrows helplessly and called, "Grandpa."
Rong Zhengfeng snorted, his fierce eyes moved from Jin Jumo’s face to her belly, restrained excitement in his eyes, and he instinctively reached out a hand toward Jin Jumo’s belly.
Seeing this, Jin Jumo was startled, took a step back, and looked at him in shock.
Rong Zhengfeng froze, his eyebrows immediately raised, "Why are you dodging?"
"..." Jin Jumo’s mouth twitched fiercely, looking to Rong Mochen for help.
Rong Mochen squinted, stood up, and walked to Jin Jumo’s side, holding her hand, looking at Rong Zhengfeng, his voice cold, "Grandpa, I brought her to see you today, not for you to treat her like this."
"How did I treat her?" Rong Zhengfeng protested, glaring, "I just want to have a close encounter with my great-grandson!"
Crash—
As soon as Rong Zhengfeng spoke, a harsh sound of a broken porcelain cup suddenly erupted in the hall.
Jin Jumo was still astonished by Rong Zhengfeng’s words, but upon hearing this sound, she immediately turned to look where the sound came from.
Tang Ruan’s face was deathly pale, sitting dazedly on the sofa, her hands still holding the position of a water cup, but the cup had already shattered on the ground, her charming eyes staring at Rong Mochen with disbelief.
Jin Jumo raised her right eyebrow, glanced at Rong Mochen beside her, but saw that Rong Mochen didn’t turn his head at all.
Her eyes drifted to Rong Sinan, whose handsome and elegant face was somewhat stiff, his bright eyes looked gloomy at Tang Ruan, his thin lips pressed straight.
Seeing this, Jin Jumo couldn’t help but sigh inwardly: What a good man, just like that...
Fang Jingyi was stunned for a while, her eyebrows furrowing tightly, coldly glanced at Tang Ruan, then turned her eyes to Jin Jumo, her finely maintained face showing a hint of darkness, "You’re pregnant?"
Before Jin Jumo could respond, Rong Zhengfeng said enthusiastically, "You didn’t know? So I’m the first to know this good news?"
With that, Rong Zhengfeng laughed heartily, pointing at Rong Mochen and said, "Hum, you are indeed considerate, Grandpa didn’t dote on you for nothing all these years!"
Rong Mochen raised his eyebrows, not commenting.
Fang Jingyi felt suffocated inside, her eyebrows twisted into knots.
Good news? She did not see this as good news!
"Ah, sister, girls these days really can’t compare to us back in the day." Fang Jingting sneered coldly, hooked her mouth.
Fang Jingyi and Fang Jingting both come from scholarly families, while not as wealthy as the Rong Family, they live in wealth and comfort.
Because their parents are seasoned scholars or authoritative professors in traditional culture and education, the education for their descendants is also conservative and traditional.
The deeply rooted traditional and conservative notions were already entrenched in both of their minds.
For Jin Jumo, being in her early twenties, not yet graduated from college, and already pregnant, if this had happened in other families, they might dismiss it with a snort, but if such a situation occurred in their own family, it would be utterly unacceptable. They would think it goes against social norms, and in ancient times, an unmarried pregnancy would mean being submersed in a pig cage!
Hearing the derisive laughter in her sister’s words, Fang Jingyi’s face darkened. To them, Jin Jumo’s pregnancy was not a happy occasion but a disgraceful event!
Even though Fang Jingyi and Fang Jingting were close as sisters, they still secretly competed with each other, and the ridicule from her sister left Fang Jingyi unable to maintain her composure.
"Mo Chen, I’m asking you, is it true that Miss Jin is pregnant?" Fang Jingyi looked at Rong Mochen, her tone severe, not like that of a mother at all.
Rong Mochen’s expression was grim and austere. He turned slowly upon hearing the question, his deep black eyes shifting to Fang Jingyi, "Yes."
"Is this how I taught you from childhood?" Fang Jingyi suddenly stood up from the sofa, her face taut with anger as she stared at Rong Mochen. "Some people don’t know how to keep their dignity, it’s because no one taught them. From childhood, I taught you and your elder brother to be strict with yourselves, to be cautious with words and actions, not to follow those playboys living a life of debauchery. But you? What have you done? Is this how you repay me?"
Rong Mochen’s face was steady and calm; his black eyes stared coldly at Fang Jingyi. "Are you sure you taught that person to be me?"
Fang Jingyi was slightly taken aback, then her eyes widened, "What is your attitude?"
Rong Mochen sneered, "What kind of attitude do you want?"
Fang Jingyi’s face turned red with anger, "To do such a shameless thing, you..."
"Fang Jingyi!"
Rong Zhengfeng roared in rage, his stern face already purple with fury, breathing heavily as he glared at Fang Jingyi. "Mochen is your son, do you have any semblance of parental demeanor left?"
"Dad, look at what he’s done. On their coming-of-age day, I told each of them, regardless of how other noble families’ heirs conduct themselves, our Rong family’s sons must never behave recklessly and ruin our family reputation..."
"Is it the Rong family’s reputation or the Fang family’s reputation?" Rong Zhengfeng’s voice shook with anger.
"Dad..."
"Shut up!"
Rong Zhengfeng suddenly stood up, his chest heaving with anger, "Fang Jingyi, let me tell you, stop bringing your Fang family’s decaying and outdated ideas into our Rong family!"
"...Dad, how can you say that? By saying that, you’re excluding me from the Rong family! Just because my surname is Fang, does that mean I’m not part of the Rong family?" Fang Jingyi looked at Rong Zhengfeng with hurt and grievance.
Rong Zhengfeng’s face twitched, his lips pressing together several times, "I didn’t say that."
"Mr. Rong, after all, this is a matter concerning your Rong family, it’s not convenient for me to say much. But the Rong family is a prestigious household in Z City, watched by many eyes, eager to see you make a spectacle of yourselves. If Mo Chen marries someone like this..."
"You shut up, too!" Rong Zhengfeng had an expression suggesting that listening to the sisters speak was shortening his lifespan, and he took a sharp breath.
Fang Jingting was stifled, pursed her lips, looked down and picked her nails, coolly saying, "Alright, I’ll keep quiet. After all, it’s not our family being disgraced, people aren’t laughing at our family’s expense, so it doesn’t affect me."
Fang Jingyi’s face turned from blue to pale as she abruptly directed her gaze at the silent Jin Jumo, "Miss Jin, I don’t know how this child came to be, but I know that a child born in an upright family would never devalue themselves like this, getting pregnant with a man’s child so casually. I believe Mo Chen was just momentarily infatuated, this child came suddenly, and he hasn’t figured out how to handle it. But I am Mo Chen’s mother, I can decide for him. Miss Jin, let’s not beat around the bush, just say how much money you want to get rid of the child in your belly?"
Get rid of the child?
Jin Jumo’s mouth curled slightly as she looked at Fang Jingyi, "I’m sorry, Ms. Fang, there’s no way I can get rid of my child."
Fang Jingyi sneered with a look of disdain, as if she had expected Jin Jumo would never easily comply, "Miss Jin, forgive my bluntness, but the woman Mo Chen will marry in the future doesn’t have to match our Rong family’s status, but she must be a girl with a clean and decent background. And Miss Jin, you are not that person."
Jin Jumo lowered her eyelashes, looking at her belly, she smiled softly, "A distinguished noble family like the Rong family, of course, I cannot match up to."
Saying this, Jin Jumo lifted her head, her peach blossom eyes bright and clear as she looked at Fang Jingyi, smiling, "However, Ms. Fang, your words are wasted because the decision has never been in my hands."
Rong Mochen’s black eyes deepened at Jin Jumo’s words.
Fang Jingyi frowned, "What does Miss Jin mean by this?"
Jin Jumo smiled, "Instead of wasting your breath on someone like me, Ms. Fang, why not find the person who can make decisions for me?"
"..." Fang Jingyi paused, looking at Rong Mochen, "Mo Chen, say something!"
Rong Mochen didn’t even glance at Fang Jingyi; instead, he stared straight at Jin Jumo, his thin lips stern and cold, "Don’t even think about it!"
Jin Jumo’s eyelashes trembled slightly, a bitter smile playing on her lips.
Seeing this, Fang Jingyi’s expression turned even colder, she murmured lowly, "What on earth have you been charmed with? You are the CEO of the Rong Family, representing the entire Rong Family. Everything you say and do is watched by the whole of Z City. Do you really want our Rong family to become a laughing stock for the entire Z City?"
Rong Mochen suddenly turned his gaze, his black eyes coldly and deeply staring at Fang Jingyi, the fleeting red in his eyes made Fang Jingting beside her shrink her shoulders, "I brought Little Mo here today, not expecting you would be here too. If I had known you were coming, I certainly wouldn’t have brought her here!"
"...What do you mean?" Fang Jingyi’s face turned pale.
"Don’t you get it yet? Your opinion means nothing to me! Whether you agree or not, I will marry her." Rong Mochen said coldly.