The newly moved-into apartnt, though chaotic and barely having space to walk, still felt warm with light.
Shen Zhixian wanted to get the bed sorted out first, so at least soone could sleep in it tonight, and only after the takeout arrived did she manage to tidy up the children’s bedrooms.
She had already inford the Jiang Family’s old lady that she would keep Jiangjiang overnight, and the old lady, eager for their families to grow closer, agreed imdiately.
Previously, it was inconvenient for her to live in the Xie Family’s house, but now that she lived alone, it was much more convenient to have Jiangjiang over, which was one of the reasons she moved out. Parents always want to be close to their children, yet she couldn’t always bring Jiangjiang to the Xie Family.
"Fourth Master, I’m really sorry to have kept you busy all day, and now at night, I can only offer this for dinner." Shen Zhixian apologized with a face full of remorse—it was late, and all she could offer him was a boxed al.
Jiang Chengsi rely smiled, "It’s alright."
They were family, after all, no need for such formalities.
"Then please eat more." Shen Zhixian said, pushing so of the at dishes toward Jiang Chengsi. Throughout the al, apart from taking care of the two children, she was paying attention to Jiang Chengsi and not really minding Jiang Yanting.
Dinner was over, and normally, this would be the ti for guests to leave, but not only did Jiang Yanting not go, even Jiang Chengsi continued sitting on the couch playing with his phone, showing no signs of leaving. This left Shen Zhixian sowhat frustrated.
It wasn’t that she wanted to be ungrateful, but it was already around nine in the evening, and it was indeed ti to rest. She also needed to bathe the kids and get them to bed early.
But these two living statues in the living room were causing her a headache.
She tried to hint to Jiang Chengsi, "Fourth Master, ti really flies, doesn’t it? Look how late it’s gotten."
aning:
You should go ho now.
Jiang Chengsi didn’t really want to go ho, but more importantly, he wanted to see what kind of shenanigans soone would pull to stay the night. So, when Shen Zhixian inquired, he made up excuses.
"It is late, but I haven’t finished my ga, no rush."
"Hey, Jiangjiang, I’ll play Ludo with you."
"Taotao, do you want Uncle to teach you how to play this Rubik’s Cube?"
...
Shen Zhixian was at her wit’s end. Why wouldn’t he leave?
This new ho was a ss, what was he thinking?
Eventually, she even outright said, "Fourth Master, it’s really late, and you’ve been such a great help today. It’s ti for you to head ho and get so rest."
Previously she had been indirect; now she was outright giving him the boot.
Jiang Chengsi laughed, "It’s fine, I’m young and have plenty of energy. And playing with the kids, I don’t feel tired at all; they’re both so well-behaved."
Shen Zhixian: "..."
His thoughts, Shen Zhixian couldn’t fathom, but Jiang Yanting knew all too well. Listening to him speak, his expression remained, as usual, cold and unflustered, "The house is a ss, and a lot of things haven’t been tidied up. The floor is also cluttered, and with the children here, it’s all too easy to trip or bump into sothing. Since you don’t find it tiring to take care of the kids..."
Jiang Chengsi was playing Ludo with Jiangjiang at that mont, and hearing his tone, he knew trouble was brewing.
Warning: a big pitfall ahead...
And indeed, Jiang Yanting turned his head to look at Taotao, who was busy figuring out the Rubik’s Cube, "Taotao, would you like to go out with your Fourth Uncle tomorrow?"
"Go out?" Kids love going out, and Taotao was no exception. At the ntion, his eyes lit up.
"I need to tidy up the house tomorrow. Would it be okay for you and your brother to go out with Fourth Uncle?"
"Mom?" Taotao imdiately sought Shen Zhixian’s approval.
"He’s already helped so much today, and I was planning to ask Tongtong to help with her tomorrow. And to ask him to take the kids out... that’s..." Shen Zhixian couldn’t bring herself to keep inconveniencing Jiang Chengsi.
"It’s fine, he’s young, has plenty of energy, and he doesn’t find ti with the kids tiring, right, Chengsi?" Jiang Yanting said, looking at him with a sly smile.
Jiang Chengsi held a ga piece in his hand, twirling it between his fingers, his face expressionless, but inside...
If they weren’t family, he really would’ve had words for his relatives.
Can’t they have any sha?
Taotao really liked Jiang Chengsi and naturally wanted to go out with him. Seeing his expression full of eager anticipation,
Jiang Chengsi, even if he didn’t want to agree, couldn’t bear to disappoint the child and just smiled and nodded, "Right! I’m not tired at all."
"I’ll have to trouble you again tomorrow," Jiang Yanting declared, settling the matter without waiting for Shen Zhixian to speak.
Jiang Chengsi’s fingers tightened around the chess piece, nearly crushing it in his hand.
"It’s getting late, and the kids wake up early. You’ll need to co over early tomorrow too. Let’s go, I’ll walk you downstairs," said Jiang Yanting, having perfectly set up his trap before taking Chengsi’s coat and car keys and standing at the door.
With Jiang Yanting going that far, even if Jiang Chengsi had the thickest skin, he couldn’t possibly stay any longer. He had no choice but to get up, say goodbye to Shen Zhixian, Taotao, and Jiangjiang, put on his coat, and head out.
"Uncle Four, will you really co over tomorrow?" Taotao seed sowhat excited.
"I will. Wait for at ho like a good girl," replied Jiang Chengsi, always generous with children, had given her hope and wouldn’t let her down.
"Four Lord, once the house is all tidied up, I will invite you over for a al," Shen Zhixian really didn’t want to trouble the Xie Family, and sending the kids directly to the Jiang Family seed sowhat inappropriate.
The Xie Family would surely ask, "We could have helped you take care of them. Is there really a need to bother outsiders? Even if you’re splitting from the family, do you need to be so distant?"
Besides, not everyone in the Xie Family was bad. After caring for her for so long, she couldn’t hurt everyone’s feelings.
...
anwhile, Jiang Yanting had already escorted Jiang Chengsi outside. Chengsi mounted his motorbike, pulled out the keys, and started it up. However, the cold weather ant that the bike would take longer to start than usual, so they stood by the bike chatting for a while.
"Second Bro, aren’t you being a bit too unkind with this? Have you no sha?" Jiang Chengsi fondled the helt in his hands.
"Your sister-in-law tried to send you off several tis, hinting for you to go ho to sleep, but you ca up with a thousand excuses to stay. And you’re talking about having sha?"
Jiang Chengsi chuckled, "So..."
"I’ve been in business for so long, I act according to the person I’m dealing with. When I encounter soone shaless, I naturally have to take extraordinary asures."
Shaless?
Jiang Chengsi scoffed quietly, was that a covert jab at him?
"You really trust to take care of the kids? Aren’t you afraid I’ll lose both of them?"
"I trust you," Jiang Yanting said.
At that mont, Jiang Chengsi truly didn’t know whether this trust was a blessing or a curse.
"I’m heading out, I’ll co by around nine tomorrow." After saying that, he put on his helt, lifted the kickstand, and started the bike. This heavy-duty motorcycle could speed up extrely quickly, and its instantaneous burst of power was impressive. Suddenly, he revved the engine.
The bike’s wheels gripped the ground, kicking up clouds of dust in the high-speed spin. In Beijing, with its dry climate and frequent sandstorms, the bike sped past Jiang Yanting, the noise nearly brushing against his clothes...
The man himself didn’t seem startled but only stood still as the motorcycle sped away, the roaring engine leaving a trail of dust and exhaust fus that sprayed over his face.
Jiang Chengsi was always rebellious. If you make things difficult for , I’ll make sure to collect so interest.
Jiang Yanting frowned,
How could soone his age still do such childish things!
**
Jiang Chengsi didn’t return to his own ho that evening but went directly to the other side. By that ti, the old lady and the others had gone to sleep. Jiang Jinsang had just finished a video call with Tang Wan, and when he heard the sound of a motorcycle outside, it was already very late. Chengsi was driving slowly, trying to keep the noise down as much as possible.
As he entered, Jiang Jinsang was coming down the stairs, "Didn’t Big Brother co back with you?"
"He kicked out," Jiang Chengsi said, setting his helt aside. "Our place is too far from theirs, and I need to go babysit tomorrow, so I ca here to catch so sleep first."
"Kicked out?" Jiang Jinsang chuckled softly, "After the task was done, shouldn’t you have left of your own accord? They are a family of four, what business do you have mixing in?"
"In the end, I still need to go babysit tomorrow."
"You know exactly what temper our brother has. If you purposely overstayed, did you think he would let you leave easily?" Jiang Jinsang laughed lightly, "You should’ve known when to fold. Maybe then my brother would have owed you a favor. Now, you’ve got nothing."
"I just wanted to see, if he didn’t want him to stay, what tricks he would use to stick around."
Shen Zhixian and Jiang Yanting’s relationship wasn’t widely known, and even the Xie Family was clueless about their true connection, rely thinking they were at the stage of casual interaction. Besides, since she had just moved out, it wasn’t quite appropriate to imdiately live together with him.
Jiang Chengsi, having woken up early today, found that his internal clock wasn’t ready yet, he couldn’t fall asleep after his shower, and leaned on the headboard, scrolling through his phone for news. He just wanted to see if Jiang Yanting would get kicked out tonight...
He waited and waited!
And to his surprise...
The man didn’t co ho all night!
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