Ji Mushan’s eyes fell on Cheng Liu, and he saw that she was carrying several men’s clothing bags in one hand and a new flower pot in the other hand. It finally dawned on him that the things in Cheng Liu’s hands might actually belong to his son… 

So… the short-haired girl thought she was dating the boy named Wang Hongyang whose name was on the gold plaque, but this Wang Hongyang was actually Cheng Liu’s boyfriend, and Cheng Liu had just bought men’s underwear for someone else, and it turned out that these four people just bumped into each other at the mall?

But why did Cheng Liu still have a gold plaque engraved with her and Wang Hongyang’s names in the trunk of her car?

President Ji, who has experienced countless ups and downs in his life, was nevertheless overwhelmed by immense logical confusion at this moment.

But, regardless, the most relevant thing right now was that one of the people involved was his son.

He had always thought that Chaozhou would not like anyone romantically, but now he even directly interfered with other people’s emotions?

In Ji Mushan’s view, the life trajectories of Ji Chaozhou and Cheng Liu should be akin to two parallel lines that would never have intersected.

No, that wasn’t right.

Ji Mushan remembered the WeChat post Cheng Liu made on the night of the 2nd. She posted a photo of Ranshan Midu, saying it was a gift from her boyfriend.

Ji Mushan immediately asked Wang Hongyang, “Did you buy a bottle of Ranshan Midu a few days ago?”

“Ranshan Midu? I never buy domestic perfume,” Wang Hongyang replied with a hint of disdain when he heard this question.

If Wang Hongyang didn’t buy it, then Cheng Liu’s bottle of Ranshan Midu was obviously a gift from Chaozhou.

Ji Mushan suddenly stared at Cheng Liu with a cold look, “Young President Cheng, I don’t care if you want to paddle using two boats, but don’t try to deceive my son.” 

Over the years, Ji Mushan has been doing his best to be good to Chaozhou, to cautiously repair their father-and-son relationship, but now he found out that his son has been deceived! How could he not be angry?

Cheng Liu: “…”

Ji Chaozhou frowned. “She—”

“Chaozhou, was that perfume a gift from you?” Ji Mushan suppressed his anger and interrupted his son, pointing a finger at Cheng Liu. “She obviously already has a boyfriend, but on the 2nd, she publicly said in the circle of friends that her boyfriend gave her a bottle of Ranshan Midu.”

“Posted on WeChat Moments on the 2nd? Hah! Wang Hongyang, your girlfriend cheated on you before you did!” the short-haired girl exclaimed. “You deserve it!” she sneered.

She was so happy that she grabbed Wang Hongyang’s hand again and pulled on it hard. She took the watch off his wrist ruthlessly, “Give this back to me!”

The watch he just received was abruptly taken off. Wang Hongyang looked at the short-haired girl’s back disappearing in the distance with much heartache. He felt that he had just wasted all his efforts to hook up with her these last couple of days.

But he still has the big fish, Cheng Liu, and right now he has the moral upper hand, too!

So Wang Hongyang asked Cheng Liu, “You made an official announcement on Moments that you’re with another man? Cheng Liu, you secretly blocked me from seeing it, right?”

Cheng Liu instinctively explained, “I didn’t block you, I just left my personal mobile phone in G city. The one I added you to before was my private WeChat account.”

Wang Hongyang: “…” What’s the difference?

Standing under the sun, all the ridiculous and outrageous behaviors of Young President Cheng during these past few days were laid bare, and her whole body felt like it had been whipped repeatedly.

“She recognized the wrong person.” Ji Chaozhou glanced at Cheng Liu, “We have nothing to do with each other.”

Wang Hongyang showed his disbelief and sneered, “What are you even saying, recognized the wrong person? Why don’t you find a better excuse?”

Despite his denial, Cheng Liu looked into Ji Chaozhou’s beautiful amber eyes, and she found that her heart still beat so fast. She bowed head to calm her heart down and tried to wake herself up to reality.

“President Ji, it’s just a misunderstanding.” Cheng Liu returned to her usual manner, as if the social death just now was only a dream and did not happen at all. She looked at the black SUV parked behind him and, after a while, said calmly, “Is that car owned by President Ji? I’ll send you there, my… Chaozhou needs to apply for a new ID card and bank card in the afternoon.”

Ji Mushan couldn’t calm down now that he has encountered Ji Chaozhou’s matter, not to mention that he really didn’t want his son to stay with Cheng Liu any longer.

Therefore, Ji Mushan took those bags and flower pot directly from Cheng Liu’s hands and said coldly, “No need to trouble Young President Cheng.”

When he turned to look at Ji Chaozhou, his eyes softened again, and there was even a bit of hidden anxiety. “Chaozhou, wherever you need to go, I will take you.”

Ji Chaozhou’s eyes stayed on Cheng Liu for a moment until finally, he walked towards Ji Mushan’s car.

Ji Mushan put all the bags in the trunk of the SUV, and then sat in the back seat with Ji Chaozhou.

Ji Chaozhou turned his head and looked out the window, vaguely distracted. She has been thinking of him as her boyfriend these past days, is that why she made him sit in the passenger seat?

“Chaozhou,” It was rare for Ji Mushan to be so close to his son, but he had to say something, “Cheng Liu is a capable person, but she has bad conduct. She knew that I was going to give you a jade ‘lily-of-the-valley and deer’ diorama, yet she still wanted to rob me of it, and finally spent 5.2 million to take it and gave it to her boyfriend.”

When Ji Mushan mentioned this matter, his stern face became even sharper. He shouldn’t have let it go at that time!

“… I received the jade ‘lily-of-the-valley and deer’ diorama,” Ji Chaozhou had to explain.

He suddenly remembered the letter in the wooden box that he had misunderstood.

Was that bluntly-worded letter a love letter from her? 

It’s just that it was probably burned from the fire by now, and there was no way to return it to her.

Ji Mushan didn’t react for a moment. “What?”

“Cheng Liu recognized the wrong person at the airport.” Ji Chaozhou lowered his eyes, his gaze unconsciously falling to his hands, “She thought I was Wang Hongyang.” 

Ji Mushan frowned.

He and Yun Se talked on the phone on the night of the 1st, and he knew that Chaozhou had been to the airport that day. “Cheng Liu recognized the wrong person, you say. But what about you?” 

“… I thought she was a bodyguard you hired for me.” Ji Chaozhou looked at the trees they passed along the road.

Ji Mushan: “?”

The two of them talked and got along for nearly six days, and no one found anything wrong. This was really outrageous ah!

If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: There is a literary device called ‘lampshading’, when an author deliberately calls attention to something not quite right with the plot as a way to help readers get over it. It comes from the idea of ‘putting a lampshade’ on something conspicuous like a lightbulb to ‘hide’ it. Ji Mushan here, is the guy with the lampshade 😂

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Chapter 21.2 — Day 6 (Break Up)