This form of address... compared to the previous "Cloud Laoban," is worlds apart.
Winter nights always co early. The elderly lady had already invited Qi Lao and Qi Zeyan to stay for dinner. She thought of inviting Ruan ngxi and Yun Hezhi to join too. It was rare for Tang Wan to run into acquaintances, and she was in a good mood, hoping they could stay a little longer.
But they both politely declined.
"Cloud Laoban, didn’t you drive?" Ruan ngxi asked.
"I ca in soone else’s car, so I’ll just hail a cab to leave."
"It’s quite difficult to get a cab around here. Why not take my car? I’ll give you a lift." Ruan ngxi noticed he was about to refuse and said with a smile, "We’ve known each other for so long. No need to be so formal with ."
"Alright." He said and ntioned the na of a neighborhood, which coincidentally was just a street away from Ruan ngxi’s place.
After they left, Qi Zeyan was so angry he was grinding his teeth, but at the dinner table surrounded by elders, he couldn’t show his emotions too clearly.
Only then did the elderly lady inquire Tang Wan about Yun Hezhi.
"...He’s currently a popular perforr in the Beijing circle. Just getting a ticket to see his show is tough."
"If you enjoy his performances, I can ask Cloud Laoban for a few tickets next ti. He’ll certainly give that bit of face." Tang Wan said with a smile.
The elderly lady’s face filled with wrinkles of delight at those words, "How do you know each other?"
"He wanted to make so Cyan Feather headpieces, but at that ti, he didn’t have much money and couldn’t afford the expensive masters. In the end, he found . My studio was just starting, and the prices were relatively low. My skills weren’t as good as other master craftsn, but luckily he wasn’t too picky, so over ti we beca familiar."
The Tang family hadn’t asked much about Tang Wan’s studio, so it was the first ti they heard about Yun Hezhi.
Old Tang chuckled, "The young man seems nice..."
The elders’ concerns are always about a few things: work, love affairs, etc. After all the questioning, they brought up whether he was dating anyone.
"He probably doesn’t have anyone." Tang Wan laughed.
Qi Zeyan wasn’t concerned with this at all, but kept thinking about how Ruan ngxi was all smiles when talking to Yun Hezhi, and even offered to drive him ho?
The more he thought about it, the more it irked him...
Upon leaving to go ho after dinner, Tang Wan whispered sothing to him that left him dumbfounded. His face turned ashen pale when he left the Jiang Family.
"What did you say to Zeyan? He looked so distraught."
Tang Wan pursed her lips, "I just told him that Cloud Laoban likes Xixi."
"Hmm?" Jiang Jinsang looked at Tang Wan in surprise.
"I wasn’t lying; it’s true." Tang Wan shrugged, "When my studio was just starting, I had no employees. Xixi often ca to help, and he also ca often. Later, when Xixi graduated and moved to Beijing, he stopped looking for as much..."
"She doesn’t know?"
"Sotis Xixi is a bit clueless, and Cloud Laoban used to be very quiet and reserved; he didn’t dare pursue her. But looking at him now, he’s completely different from before."
Jiang Jinsang suddenly laughed...
He recalled Qi Zeyan teasing him, and thought it would be wise to keep an eye on his own love interests, lest soone else swoops in.
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Qi Zeyan was already feeling dizzy. They hadn’t made progress, and now a sudden romantic rival?
"Qiqi, Xiaowu is really adorable, a little lucky star, haha—" Qi Lao thought the little crooked tree had brought about Qi Zeyan’s relationship, and was in a good mood.
Qi Zeyan was speechless, lucky star?
More like a little disaster star.
If it weren’t for his birth, Tang Wan, his old acquaintance, wouldn’t have co around, nor would he have reunited with Ruan ngxi, and now he wouldn’t have this unexpected, long-known rival!
A whole day’s good mood vanished instantly.
The little crooked tree was sleeping soundly, unaware of the bla placed on it yet again.
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