Reborn with a Cell Phone 2007

On the first day of the new year, Tongtong was playing wildly in the yard and fell down. His forehead hit the stone bench and a big bump appeared.

Tongtong was in so much pain that she couldn't stop crying.

Qin Rong hugged her, feeling angry and distressed, and kept wiping away tears.

They wanted to call a doctor home, but were worried that Tongtong had hit her head, so Qin Rong and Ji Zhenhua took her to the hospital for a full check-up.

Fortunately, nothing serious happened and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

During dinner, Tongtong was lectured by everyone one by one. Tongtong was eating rice with an aggrieved expression: "I just tripped..."

Qin Rong picked up a piece of scallion pork chop for her and said, "Children are bound to get bumped and bruised. Our child is not that delicate."

Qin Rong said this, but after dinner she still found a jade pendant with a phoenix pattern from her great-grandmother's dowry box, made a string out of it and asked Tongtong to wear it.

Ji Shumiao rubbed her head and said, "That's enough. Now you have your grandmother to bless you."

Tongtong held the peace lock curiously and said, "I will definitely protect it well."

Qin Rong put away the tools for weaving the rope: "It is to let it protect you. With a little jade on your body, you will not dare to be reckless again."

Tongtong laughed and threw himself into her arms, kissing Qin Rong despite the purple bump on his forehead: "Thank you, Mom."

"Thank you, great grandma." Qin Rong pinched her cheeks, "Tomorrow, kowtow to her in the direction of her hometown... Forget it, don't kowtow."

The mother, daughter and three of them burst out laughing.

In March, Ji Shumiao received a transfer from Du Zixi with the note "repayment".

Ji Shumiao asked her if she was doing well.

Du Zixi replied that she was living a good life. After going to college, she worked part-time playing the piano in a western restaurant and earned a good income.

Only then did Ji Shumiao take the money.

Recalling that she had joked about putting a piano for her on the first floor of Shenglang Building, Du Zixi was angry that she treated her as a human music box.

So, time and setbacks can really change people beyond recognition.

It was not only Du Zixi who changed, but also Yamamoto Zeye. At the beginning of summer, Yamamoto Zeye asked someone to bring a message to Ji Shumiao, hoping for a chance to make peace.

The Yamamoto family had an extremely difficult time over the past six months, and Yamamoto Ze finally distanced himself from Chu Anran, saying that he did not know that Chu Anran was a fugitive when he hired her.

But this time the police did not let them down, thanks to the cameras that could be seen everywhere on the streets, they arrested the man and woman who assassinated Qin Rong. After several rounds of interrogation, they finally pried open their mouths and confirmed that they were instructed by Chu Anran.

Yamamoto took great pains and mobilized countless connections to get rid of the charge of "harboring a wanted criminal."

On the other hand, major daily chemical brands are chasing after Hemeng Co., Ltd. and trying to snatch its business at all costs. In the first half of this year, Hemeng's profit was less than one-fifth of that in the first half of last year. If this continues, it will sooner or later fall into a loss-making state.

To make matters worse, Nan Zhao took the opportunity to snatch the Eye of Memory.

If the family property cannot be preserved, the Yamamoto family will not even be eligible to purchase a ticket to the New World.

Ji Shumiao waved his fan and said, "Okay, I should be free on August 8th."

Sui Xixi immediately understood and flipped through the small notebook that recorded her schedule: "Oh, you happen to be going to Jiangsu to inspect stores that month, so let's meet in Nanjing."

Ji Shumiao covered his mouth and smiled: "Then we can only meet when we have time."

It's only June now, and Ji Shumiao has left people out for two whole months.

There are no peaceful days around Ji Shumiao, and the assassinations against her are becoming more and more frequent, but thanks to her "precognitive ability", Ji Shumiao is able to turn danger into safety every time.

She no longer hired a driver. Whenever she went out, Yinlang or Yinxiao drove her, and all the car windows were replaced with bulletproof ones.

Ji Shumiao fanned herself and lamented that the more personal safety was in danger, the more she felt that she was an awesome person - who would spend so much effort to deal with a passerby?

Ji Shumiao glanced at the time and it was almost time to go to the restaurant.

In the past two years, Ji Shulang has been going to the United States whenever he has time. If he doesn't have enough time, he will go to Xu's house. He has coaxed Xu Jinhuan's parents into accepting him. Last week, Xu Jinhuan returned from the United States and decided to stay in China for graduate studies and not consider getting married for the time being. However, Xu Jinhuan and her parents finally agreed to let her and Ji Shulang get engaged first.

Today is the day for the two families to meet formally and have preliminary discussions on the engagement.

After hearing this, Zhou Hui complained in front of her: "Some are engaged, while others are still unmarried."

Ji Shumiao smiled and coaxed him: "Don't worry, your reputation and blessings are all in the future."

Zhou Hui never took her words seriously, thinking that she was just being perfunctory, and left in a huff every time.

When they arrived at the restaurant, the two families exchanged greetings politely. The Xu family meant that the engagement did not need to be a grand affair, and that a simple ceremony would be enough to invite close relatives and friends from both sides.

The Ji family naturally had no objection, but they privately gave Xu Jinhuan a bank card, saying it was just a gift for meeting him.

Xu Jinhuan was shocked when he found the amount of money in the banknotes. Who would give “eight eights” as a gift?!

After Professor Xu and Haiyun's mother found out, they also gave Ji Shulang a gift - a bunch of antique calligraphy and paintings, each of which could be donated to a museum.

The "清" in "书香清流" originally means "清" in the sense of nobility, not "清" in the sense of poverty.

Ji Shulang became completely depressed after attending a family dinner hosted by the Xu family.

"The minimum education level in their family is a master's degree, and the average education level is a doctorate. With three academicians sitting in the main seats, I felt an unprecedented sense of oppression." Ji Shulang was dejected. "After dinner, they talked about the technical difficulties in the development of nuclear power plants, the cladding materials of nuclear reactors, or Qian Xuesen's ballistics. Don't even interrupt me. I couldn't even understand what they were saying."

In comparison, their family is simply a nouveau riche, old-fashioned family.

Ji Shiqian patted his son's shoulder and consoled him, "It's okay. It's just that our family is too high to marry. You are thick-skinned, so you don't have to worry about not being able to marry him."

Ji Shumiao suggested: "Why don't you study for a master's degree? At least you can get the starting academic qualification of others, right?"

Ji Shulang had not planned to continue studying before. He had been going to school and working for seven or eight years, but things are different now.

Ji Shulang gritted his teeth and said, "I won't believe it if I take one this year!"

Ji Shumiao: "Oh~~It's already June, come on."

After Zhou Hui graduated, he moved to a new house. The new house he rented was bigger and closer to the company.

When Ji Shumiao went to help clean up, he asked curiously, "Why don't you just buy a set?"

Apart from buying gold and custom-made suits for himself, he has no other place to spend money, so he is not without money to buy a house.

"No." Zhou Hui opened the carton, took out the things inside and placed them in the corresponding places.

A photo was left in a cardboard box. Ji Shumiao picked it up and found that it was his family portrait - taken during the New Year of 2008.

Why does Zhou Hui exist?

Why is there a stick figure drawn with a marker in the corner?

Ji Shumiao remembered that the ornament called "A Mountain with Trees" had himself dressed exactly as in the photo.

Ji Shumiao seemed to have caught something, holding up the photo and ran to Zhou Hui to ask, "Tell me the truth, have you been plotting against me for a long time?"

Zhou Hui snatched the photo away: "What are you talking about? How old were you then? I'm not a pervert."

"Then why did you keep the photo and draw yourself on it?"

Zhou Hui explained helplessly: "At that time, your brother and I were taking a programming class. He developed these photos at the photo studio next door and forgot to take them, so he asked me to get them."

Ji Shumiao narrowed his eyes: "And then you just kept it?"

Zhou Hui's eyes dodged: "No, the owner of the photo studio printed an extra photo for free."

"Ah~~" Ji Shumiao suddenly realized, "And then you took it for granted and even drew yourself on it."

Zhou Hui clenched the photo in his hand and said, "I don't buy a house because it's not a house I want."

Home can’t be bought.

Ji Shumiao: "Ah~ poor little thing~~~~"

Zhou Hui turned away in shame and said nothing.

Ji Shumiao continued to tease him: "Do you want to have a home with me?"

Zhou Hui said sourly, "Let's talk about it after we have a name."

"I'm afraid you'll be beaten by my dad."

Zhou Hui wanted to say that he was not afraid of being beaten, but he felt that saying it would make him seem too eager, so he did not respond.

The day after Zhou Hui moved, he went on a business trip abroad, and Ji Shumiao also began his annual "Southern Tour" - inspecting industries in various places.