CHAPTER 689: 432 AMBUSH BATTLE VS COUPLES’ LITTLE AMUSEMENTS

Tang Wan was planning where to take the Shen family elders to have fun before they left Beijing, searching for information and devising a strategy, when Jiang Jinsang glanced over with a sideward peek.

"Grandpa and Grandma are both old, don’t schedule the itinerary so full. They’ll actually be happy just having you and your aunt with them. Where to go isn’t important."

"I know," Tang Wan answered softly. "Actually, they would be even happier if my aunt could bring that ’ordinary colleague’ to meet them."

"What colleague?"

"Could be my aunt’s suitor, I guess."

"She likes him too?" Jiang Jinsang raised an eyebrow. Was it possible that in this generation, he would end up taking on a lower rank?

"She definitely doesn’t mind. I know my aunt’s temperament well enough. If there was no feeling at all, she wouldn’t give him any hope, and she would make it very clear even if he were a colleague. With her sharp tongue, if someone kept pestering her after being rejected, I bet she’d get physical," Tang Wan said nonchalantly.

"Last time she stayed at our house, the two of them were sending messages late into the night, sharing their feelings."

"When I asked if they were not colleagues, just ordinary friends, that excuse might be believed once or twice, but use it too much and it starts to look lame. You get what I mean?"

Jiang Jinsang nodded with a smile, "If she got a boyfriend, it would actually be nice."

Although she was his aunt, she was young, and Tang Wan couldn’t help worrying about her, frequently running to Hexi. Later, when her belly gets bigger, she wouldn’t be able to look after her all the time. Having a good man by her side to take care of her would be nice.

"So my aunt is seeing someone, and you don’t object at all?" Tang Wan propped her chin in one hand, looking at him with amused interest.

"Why would I object to her dating?"

"You might end up with an uncle younger than yourself."

Jiang Jinsang bent down and kissed the corner of her mouth twice, "Having an uncle younger than me does seem strange, but her husband, my uncle, there’s no other relationship besides this. Everyone lives their own life, and we won’t meet every day. Having one more person to take care of her is good."

"That’s true..."

Tang Wan wrapped an arm around his neck, almost hanging on him, and her voice grew more coquettish, "Fifth Brother, I’ve noticed that you’re really open-minded and considerate..."

"Are you hungry?"

"..."

Tang Wan rarely acted spoiled, so her sudden change in behavior definitely had an ulterior motive. Watching him get up to go downstairs to find her something to eat, Tang Wan giggled and continued to search for resources and plan strategies.

Thinking back to when her eldest brother got married and Xie Duo called him ’uncle,’ she then thought of Jiang Jinsang.

Indeed, it was her Fifth Brother who was the most open-minded. If it were that Master Xie encountering an uncle younger than himself, he’d probably be depressed, not knowing life can be so unpredictable...

Would Jiang Jinsang ever be depressed about it? Who could predict that?

**

On Shen Shuci’s end, after returning the necklace to Liang Wenzhong and clarifying things with him, she felt much more relaxed. She had been busy with work, and finally, she had some free time to check WeChat and open the strategy Tang Wan had sent her.

The two of them would sometimes call each other to talk and communicate.

Just then, Huo Qinqi’s call came. She bit her lip and hesitated for a few seconds before answering, and for some reason, her heart started pounding before she even heard him speak.

"When will you be home tomorrow?"

"Do you need something?"

"The cat’s owner reminded me just now, it’s time to take Chichi for deworming."

"Deworming?" Unfamiliar with the matter as someone who had never owned a cat or dog, Shen Shuci asked, "How is it done? Should we go to a pet hospital?"

"I’ll come by your place to pick it up tomorrow."

"I’ll be busy going out with my parents in the morning, and might only be back home by evening."

"Then I’ll come to see you in the evening. You should rest early." As soon as he finished speaking, she heard the sound of the phone hanging up on the other end.

"Hey, wait, you..." He didn’t give her any chance to refuse.

Shen Shuci looked it up online specifically and found that cats usually start their first deworming at 6 weeks, and then about every 3 months. Since Chichi was already over 50 days old, it was indeed time for deworming.

But did the deworming really require his personal visit?

This led to Shen Shuci constantly checking the time the next day while accompanying the elders out and about, as they had limited energy and got tired halfway through the day’s itinerary.

"Do you have an appointment with someone?" After sending the elders back to their hotel, Jiang Jinsang and Tang Wan drove her back to Hexi.

"No, not at all," Shen Shuci laughed awkwardly.

She was afraid that a Huo family car might be parked downstairs at her place. Jiang Jinsang would certainly recognize it, and it would be too embarrassing to run into him then. All the lies she told before would be exposed.

Anxious all the way, she even considered sending a message to Huo Qinqi to ask where he was?

If he were already downstairs at her place, it’d be better to hide quickly!

"I noticed you’ve been checking your phone, I thought you were waiting for a message or a call." Tang Wan, who was pregnant, tended to feel sleepy and leaned against the car window, yawning incessantly.

"You seem especially tired?" Shen Shuci observed her.

"I’m a bit tired like I didn’t get enough sleep."

"Just drop me off at the entrance of the residential area. It’s a waste of time for the car to drive in and then come back out. The walk from there isn’t long—I can go back by myself."

"I’ll take you to the bottom of the building," said Jinsang directly.

"Really, it’s not necessary. I’m just at the entrance anyway. I’ll look around nearby and buy some stuff to take home."

"I’ll wait for you in the car while you shop," Jinsang had promised Shen Family’s elders to safely escort her to the building, so naturally, he intended to fulfill his duties thoroughly.

"Wanwan looks quite tired. You two should go back and rest early," said Shuci, anxious as if on hot coals. If they bumped into Qinqi at the foot of her building, what would she say to explain it?

Tang Wan smiled and said, "We’ve already driven you to Hexi. A few more minutes won’t matter."

Shuci clenched her teeth and said, "Fine, let’s go in."

As she said this, she sent a message to Qinqi: [Where are you?]

While texting, she also kept an eye on Tang Wan and Jinsang’s movements. They seemed to be discussing what to eat later that evening—it was all just Tang Wan’s cravings for something sour, and they planned to take a detour to buy some snacks.

[Just got to your building,] Qinqi replied quickly to her message.

[Wanwan and Lord Wu are almost here. You better hide.]

[Why hide?]

Aren’t we acquainted?

[Hurry up!]

Shuci had no time to explain so much to him.

Qinqi looked at his phone, his eyes deepening. Was he asked to hide because Jinsang and Tang Wan were coming?

Was he really that unwelcome?

Through the message, he could sense her urgency. Qinqi also knew he was in pursuit and definitely needed to lower his stature a bit—clashing heads would certainly not end well.

The Huo Family had been cheerfully thinking that the two were finally starting to date and progressing; suddenly, Qinqi opened the car door and stepped out. Before leaving, he reminded them, "Stay concealed and don’t let anyone see you."

The Huo Family was dumbstruck:

Conceal?

What the hell?

Coming out for a date, yet playing this hide-and-seek?

Nevertheless, they were quick to act. The residential area’s landscaping was good, and finding a somewhat hidden place to conceal the car and themselves wasn’t difficult. Qinqi meanwhile slipped into the building’s stairwell.

Seeing this setup, the Huo Family could not help but wonder:

"What’s going on here? Are we setting up an ambush?"

"Don’t be a dumbass. This is called romance. Miss Shen certainly doesn’t know we’re here. Giving her a surprise when she arrives."

"Our lord really understands romance now?"

"This is a little bit of fun between lovers. You, a forever-alone, certainly won’t understand."

"So that’s it. I was thinking why a date felt like guerilla warfare, needing to sneak around and hide."

...

As they jokingly discussed how Qinqi had advanced from bronze to king-level in a flash, they saw Jinsang’s car slowly approaching. Shuci stood by the car and spoke a few words with the person inside before waving them off. After they left, she looked around and sighed in relief.

She looked like a thief.

The Huo Family exchanged glances. "I suddenly feel this isn’t a little romance but our lord..."

"Doesn’t want to be seen!"

"..."

Their cheerful discussion just now, suggesting they were already playing with romance, seemed ridiculous. It appeared they had both been big fools.

Shuci glanced around, not seeing the Huo Family’s car, and frowned slightly. Where had he hidden? As she walked toward the building, she dialed Qinqi’s number. Just as she stepped onto the stairway and before the call could go through, a familiar voice came from behind her.

"Do you really not want them to know about us?"

His voice was low, chilly, and indifferent.

Shuci’s heart skipped a beat from the shock, and she turned to look at him. The stairwell was dark, and his expression...

Though as usual, cold and uninviting, she could clearly sense that this man...

Was not pleased.