Chapter 13 A Math Problem

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  They said they were going for a walk, but as soon as they went downstairs, the father and daughter sat down on the long bench in the garden of their residential area to gaze at the stars, refusing to take another step.

  Ji Siyuan sighed, "Old Ji, I think if you could bring out even a bit of the vigor you had when pursuing Shen Taijun back then, our father-daughter duo wouldn't be oppressed like this."

  Ji Mo was probably oppressed for a long time, calmly pointing out Ji Si Xuan's mistake, "It was your mother who chased me back then."

  Ji Siyuan's face was twisted in a scowl, "Then why did you compromise?! You can't succumb to her tyranny, you must arm yourself and resist!"

  Ji Mo continued to nod calmly, "It's armed resistance, with all the guns and ammunition."

  Ji Siyuan's eyes lit up, "And then? The uprising failed?"

  Ji Mo's gaze shifted from the stars to Ji Siyu's face, with a look of regret, "And then... and then you hit the bullseye, and you were born."

  Ji Siyuan covered her forehead, I'm talking about this kind of gunpowder?!

  The old man sighed, looked up at the moon and slowly opened his mouth. "In your second year of birth, your mother had a physical examination and found a tumor on her stomach. At that time, I felt like the sky was falling down. You know, apart from painting a few paintings, I couldn't do anything else. I was just an unknown small painter at that time. Your mother was young and beautiful, she could have found someone better, but she followed me and later married me. This family inside and out was all taken care of by your mother. Fortunately, after the surgery, it was diagnosed as benign. On the day the results came out, I told myself, whatever she wants to do in the future, I'll let her do it. I owe her from my previous life, so this life should be bullied by her."

  Ji Siyuan slumped against the back of the chair, struggling desperately, "But I don't want to be squeezed dry!"

  "Haven't you heard of the saying 'a daughter repays her father's debts'?"

  “……”

  Later, there were too many mosquitoes, and the father and daughter could no longer withstand the mosquito attack, so they held hands and went back.

  As soon as they entered the door, they heard Empress Shen's gloomy and eerie tone, "Oh, the father-daughter duo who were secretly plotting have returned?"

  Empress Shen sat on the sofa reading a book, not even giving him a glance. Ji Mo immediately stood up straight and reported, "No! It was all her! This treacherous subject usurped the throne at around 8:30 tonight on the third long bench in the garden of our residential area, and also instigated me to arm myself and force my way into the palace! I firmly refused with righteous words and slapped him to death!"

  Ji Siyun gave her own father a disdainful look, "Must you be so over-the-top?!"

  After finishing speaking, she walked over to the sofa and sat down, hugging Shen Taihou's waist and refusing to let go, drawing out her voice in a spoiled tone, "Mom..."

  Empress Shen showed a face of disgust, but didn't push her away. Instead, she reached out and gently stroked Ji Siyue's hair, "Hmm... good girl."

  Ji Siyuan's heart skipped a beat, and she didn't speak for half a day.

  After a while, Empress Shen put down the book and reached out to scratch Ji Siyuan's chin.

  Ji Siyun was startled and sat up with a shocked face, "Mom, what are you doing?!"

  Empress Shen was startled by her sudden movement, but quickly regained her composure and replied lightly, "Oh, I'm used to touching the big cat."

  The little bit of emotion that had finally welled up in Ji Siyuan's heart was suddenly gone...

  A daughter who has married out is like a spilled bucket of water; a far-off daughter is not as good as a cat.

  Ji Siyuan returned home, and the second gathering of her university roommates was on the snack street behind the school.

  The sky had just darkened and the local restaurant was already packed with people. As soon as the dishes were served, Ji Siyuan spoke up amidst the bustle, "I have something to tell you all."

  As soon as Ji Siyun's words fell, the three people who were still laughing and making a racket immediately put down their chopsticks, sat up straight, and looked at her with serious faces.

  Three people have a grudge against this sentence: San Yisheng and He Ge.

  The last time Ji Siyuan said this was a few years ago, on the eve of her university graduation, and also at the dinner table.

  At that time, in the school cafeteria, she picked up a few grains of rice and put them in her mouth, chewing slowly, and said calmly, "I have something to tell you, I broke up with Qiao Yu, from now on, don't call him Brother Qiao anymore."

  "After saying that, she contradicted herself again, 'Oh, I forgot he's already graduated and we won't be seeing each other anymore.'"

  As soon as the words fell, two pairs of chopsticks clattered onto the table, and Su Yi, who already knew about this matter, wasn't very surprised, and silently lowered her head to continue eating.

  It wasn't until half a day later that He Ge and San Bao finally came back to their senses after being shocked.

  San Bao asked cautiously, "Is it because last time I made Qiao's husband take us to the seafood restaurant too extravagantly? Tell Qiao's husband that I was just joking, we don't need to go to the seafood restaurant, eating casually at the school gate is fine."

  Ji Siyuan's expression was momentarily stunned, yes, when they announced their relationship at that time, Qiao Yu promised to invite his roommates to eat seafood at Haixian Building, but later due to various reasons did not go, now it seems like he won't be able to go again.

  He Ge clenched his fist, "Do I need to go beat him up?"

  Ji Siyuan smiled and pointed at the TV screen hanging in mid-air in the cafeteria. "Do you know who he is?"

  Three people simultaneously turned their heads and looked back at a close-up shot of a middle-aged man who was broadcasting the midday news.

  "Qiao Bo Yuan, what's wrong?"

  "He is Qiao Yu's father."

  Three people, you look at me and I look at you, it's not like we're not shocked in our hearts.

  He Ge glanced at Sui Yi and said in a low voice, "There were posts about gossip in school before, even Xiao Shixiong's family background was dug up, but it didn't mention that Qiao Shixiong was also..."

  Ji Siyun let out a cold hum, her beautiful black eyes filled with self-mockery. "Yes, the second son of the Qiao family, indeed hidden very deeply. You say, someone from such a background, how could he possibly go study architecture with me? What reason do I have to stand in his way? Previously, I thought his words and actions were outstanding, just thinking it was because of good home teaching, now I realize, it's actually because of his illustrious family background, the Qiao family's accumulated virtues and moral character over several generations, how could he not be outstanding. He Ge, I heard his parents are all from the military, thrown into the troops to train since young, you say, can you beat him?"

  A casual remark from her and Qiao Yu's breakup years ago, now after all these years, the three of them really can't think of what bombshell she will drop this time.

  Ji Siyuan saw their tense appearance and found it amusing, "Don't be afraid, actually it's not a big deal. It's just that I met Qiao Yu, this project has one of the collaborators being him."

  Su Yi lowered her head, and after a moment of silence, Xiao Zi Yuan spoke up, unexpectedly hitting the nail on the head. This project indeed fell into Qiao Yu's hands.

  He Ge and San Bao looked at each other without saying a word.

  Ji Siyuan pinched the cup in her hand, took a sip of wine, and lowered her eyelids to cover up her emotions, speaking softly, "I've figured it out, I was too sentimental back then. Qiao Yu's conditions were so good, we had been together before, no matter what, I benefited from it. This time coming back and running into him is purely coincidental. Since it's work, I should be professional. After the project ends, I'll leave, time will pass quickly, there's nothing to it."

  He paused for a moment, finally lifted his eyes and glanced at the three people, smiling and opening his mouth, "Uh-huh, that's right."

  After a few seconds, San Bao's expression was exactly the same as it was back then, cautious and hesitant, "Uh... can we still go to Hai Xian Lou?"

  Under the table, Sui Yi suddenly kicked San Bao with one foot at the same time as He Ge.

  He slapped San Bao on the head with a loud slap, "I knew it! Can't Brother Chen feed you enough?"

  Ji Siyun smiled and changed the subject, "By the way, San Bao, where's that ginseng and vinegar of yours? I haven't seen it yet."

  Sanbao's face was red from drinking and he shook his phone in his hand, "He said to wait for us to finish and then come pick me up."

  Ji Siyuan and He Ge immediately hugged each other and burst into tears.

  He Ge burst into tears, "Last time I went to A Yi's house, I was shown a loving face and vomited blood nonstop."

  Ji Siyun covered her face and continued, "Just when I was finally resting and recovering, San Bao caught me off guard again."

  "Are you still going to let us live?!"

  San Bao stretched out his hand and poked Ji Siyu, rarely speaking seriously, "You witch, I've been waiting for you to come back and take a look at Chen Cong."

  Ji Siyuan pushed her away with a look of disgust, "What are you looking at? Are you watching us be lovey-dovey?"

  "No, Ah Yu and He Ge have both seen it, I want you to see it too." San Bao was pushed away and stuck back on, staring at Ji Si Xuan's hand with a gaze close to worship. "At that time, you told me that if I asked you a few questions, you could guess the surname of the person I liked, and as a result, you really picked out a Chen character from a pile of surnames, and even calculated his age."

  After finishing speaking, he carefully pulled Ji Si Xuan's hand and looked at it repeatedly, "Is this a cactus? Why is it so spiritual?"

  Ji Siyun was completely speechless, glancing at Su Yiming who was holding back his laughter, "You two have never told her the truth about that matter?"

  Two people shook their heads simultaneously.

  Ji Siyun furrowed her brow, looking complex and hesitant for a moment before speaking with difficulty. "Actually... that thing back then... was just a math problem, and you yourself told me the answer. At the time, I told you to multiply the ranking of your surname in the Hundred Family Surnames by 2, add 5, then multiply by 50, add a number, and then subtract the birth year of the person you liked... and then you told me a number."

  If we assume that the surname is ranked x in the Hundred Family Surnames, and the number added at the end is a, then this question becomes

  (2x + 5) * 50 + a - (birth year) = 100x + 250 + a - (birth year)

  The key lies in this number a, which must ensure 250 + a = the year of that year

  So it becomes 100x + year of graduation - birth year

  The last two digits of this number are the age of the person you like, and the rest is his ranking in the Hundred Family Surnames. When you told me the calculation result that year, I knew his ranking was 10, and the 10th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames is Chen.

  San Bao reacted for half a day, holding a pen and scribbling on paper for half a day before suddenly realizing, "You actually deceived me!"

  Ji Siyuan also had a look of disdain, "Who knew a primary school math problem could cheat you for so many years..."

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