Ji Xiaoli felt like a huge burden.
She had dragged down her parents and Zheng Nanfeng.
Ji Xiaoli hid in her room, sitting in a daze by the window.
The lively, lovely, and motivated girl she used to be seemed to have vanished into thin air at this moment.
Zheng Nanfeng knew Ji Xiaoli was feeling terrible, so he stayed by her side all the time.
"Xiaoli, what would you like to eat? How about I cook something for you?"
Zheng Nanfeng bounced around in front of Ji Xiaoli, deliberately acting silly in an attempt to cheer her up.
In the past, Ji Xiaoli would surely have stood up and shooed this silly Zheng Nanfeng away from her sight.
But now, looking at Zheng Nanfeng who was trying so hard to make her happy,
she couldn't feel the slightest bit of joy.
"Ding-dong, ding-dong." The doorbell rang continuously.
Zheng Nanfeng frowned but still went to open the door.
Ji Xiaoli couldn't help but think: At this moment, who would still come to see someone who had been completely blackmailed?
Just as Ji Xiaoli was secretly speculating,
a familiar and kind voice reached her ears.
"Is that you, Nanfeng? Where's Xiaoli?"
As soon as Ji Xiaoli's parents entered the door, they looked around.
Hearing her parents' voices,
Ji Xiaoli now felt guilty and was somewhat reluctant to see them.
Before Zheng Nanfeng could open Ji Xiaoli's door, her mother got there first.
"Creak." The door opened.
"Xiaoli, are you okay?"
Seeing the disheveled Ji Xiaoli, her mother stepped forward and hugged her tightly.
Ji Xiaoli felt the warmth from her mother. No words could compare to this big hug.
Ji Xiaoli's eyes welled up with tears.
It was all because of her that things had come to this.
Yet her mother was still as kind to her as ever.
"My dear daughter, it's all Mom's fault. I've made you suffer."
Ji Xiaoli and her mother clung to each other tightly.
The whole room was filled with a warm atmosphere, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Zheng Nanfeng and Ji Xiaoli's father could only stand there, watching the mother - daughter pair.
A genuine smile involuntarily appeared on their faces.
"Nanfeng, you must take good care of our Xiaoli. Otherwise, I'll hold you accountable!"
Ji Xiaoli's mother deliberately said to Zheng Nanfeng in a teasing tone.
"Auntie, I surely will. Don't worry. But your company..."
Zheng Nanfeng slapped his head. How could he be so bad at speaking! This mouth of his was really useless!
Words spoken couldn't be taken back like on WeChat.
Zheng Nanfeng regretted it! He had touched on a sore spot for their family.
Ji Xiaoli's mother knew what Zheng Nanfeng wanted to say.
"Don't worry about the company. This little thing can't stump your uncle and me!"
Ji Xiaoli's mother gave her husband a look.
Signaling him to cooperate with her and let Xiaoli rest assured.
The thick - headed Zheng Nanfeng didn't notice.
But Ji Xiaoli caught this scene.
"Yes, yes, Xiaoli, just stay here peacefully. Trust your dad!"
After receiving that look, Ji Xiaoli's father didn't hesitate to follow up on his wife's words.
Ji Xiaoli knew very well that her parents were just trying to comfort her.
She felt tired and wanted to be alone for a while.
"Mom, Dad, I didn't sleep well last night. I want to go and rest for a while."
Without waiting for her parents' reply, Ji Xiaoli left them behind.
Lying in bed, Ji Xiaoli felt extremely uneasy.
She didn't know how she could help her parents who had been dragged down.
She really was so useless, only bringing trouble to her family.
The confident girl she used to be was nowhere to be found now.
System, what should I do?
Ji Xiaoli quietly asked the all - powerful system in her heart.
[Your parents are talking about the company. You can go and listen. Then you can figure out how to help them.]
The system gave Ji Xiaoli, who was at a dead end, an idea.
Let her eavesdrop and figure it out on her own?
At this critical moment, the all - powerful system backed off.
Ji Xiaoli hesitated. It didn't seem right to eavesdrop on their conversation.
But then she thought, if it weren't for her, how could such a thing have happened to the family?
She tiptoed out of bed and lay on the door, quietly eavesdropping on what they were saying.
"Nanfeng, thanks to you for taking care of Xiaoli for us. Our company probably won't make it..."
Ji Xiaoli's mother sighed, and her father also had a bitter face.
"Auntie, how can you give up on yourself! We must never give up until the very end!"
Zheng Nanfeng tried to encourage the dejected elders in front of him.
Although Ji Xiaoli was listening from behind the room, she could clearly hear those long sighs.
Ji Xiaoli felt really bad and thought she was so useless.
"You don't know. The company's stock price has dropped sharply..."
"Hey, Nanfeng, you must never tell Xiaoli about this. Let her stay here with you peacefully."
Ji Xiaoli's parents took turns speaking, and their wrinkled brows never relaxed.
"Uncle, Auntie, don't worry. I will definitely take good care of her."
Zheng Nanfeng stood up to show his determination.
Hiding behind the door, Ji Xiaoli's eyes turned red. Her parents were in such a situation but still cared about her and put her first.
She tried her best not to make a sound and held back her tears.
What she never expected was the decision her father would make next.
"Um, Nanfeng, uncle has something to discuss with you.
"How about we transfer all our funds to you? You can use this money to rescue the company. We should save what we can."
"No, no, no, uncle, you can't do this. You must believe in yourself. We will surely get through this."
Hearing Ji Xiaoli's father say such self - defeating words, Zheng Nanfeng quickly interrupted him and kept encouraging him.
Ji Xiaoli was completely desperate.
Although she had only been reunited with her biological parents not long ago and hadn't spent much time with them, she had at least developed feelings for them.
After all, blood is thicker than water.
Ji Xiaoli even regretted being found by them and reuniting with them.
If she hadn't been found, things wouldn't have ended up like this.
Ji Xiaoli slowly dragged her heavy feet and walked back to the bed.
She calmed herself down.
Maybe the system could help her. No matter how much good - luck value she had to spend, as long as she could calm the public opinion, she was willing.
She asked the system in her heart if she could spend good - luck value to get a chance to calm the public opinion.
The chilling reminder from the system made Ji Xiaoli, who had just held a glimmer of hope, fall back into the abyss again.
[Your good - luck value is insufficient. Please accumulate it and come back later.]