"Awake?"
Tang Wan felt shy when she heard his voice, and responded with a soft hum, her mind instantly recalling the intimacy of last night. Her ears subtly reddened, which did not escape Jiang Jinsang’s notice, causing the corners of his mouth to lift uncontrollably.
"Pack your things."
"Pack up?" Tang Wan, thinking about last night, was inevitably a bit slow.
"We’ll grab sothing to eat and then check out of the room, or..." Jiang Jinsang said with a smile, "would you like to stay here tonight?"
"That’s not what I ant." Tang Wan walked quickly, nearly losing her balance, luckily Jiang Jinsang caught her from behind.
Holding her in his arms, he looked down at her with a slight smile, "It seems I’m not the only one who needs to exercise."
**
When Tang Wan left the room, Jiang Cuo and Jiang Jiu had already been waiting at the doorway. She coughed twice and subconsciously reached for her neck, trying to cover two bite marks.
By the ti they left the hotel, it was already late. After a quick breakfast, they returned to the old mansion where the old lady was lying in the courtyard sunbathing, smiling widely as she saw them co back.
"Welco back, I specially had soone buy a hen today, making soup, Wanwan, you should drink more at noon."
Tang Wan smiled shyly, wishing she could find a crack to disappear into.
After lunch, she slept soundly, as if her soul had been drained, too lazy to move once she touched the bed.
Jiang Jinsang knew he had been too clingy last night and didn’t disturb her. Zhou Zhongqing had called once, simply to say he had arrived at his destination and to ask how she was feeling, she could hardly rember what else was said.
"Teacher Zhou has changed completely since he took a goddaughter," remarked so relaxed assistant and doctors, who couldn’t help but tease him.
Landing at the airport, the organizers arranged transportation, and he asked about any local specialties as souvenirs, planning to take sothing back for Tang Wan.
The assistant, traveling with him, couldn’t help but remark, "Teacher, do you think there will be any problems with Xiaowu after we leave?"
"He’s recovered very well, what could go wrong?"
"What about them..."
"That kid cherishes his life now; I’ve hinted many tis, leading him to mistakenly believe there’s sothing wrong with his body, so he probably wouldn’t dare lay a hand on Wanwan."
He shopped for gifts delightedly, little knowing his goddaughter had already been thoroughly devoured by a certain demon.
**
When Tang Wan ca downstairs, it was already dusk. The setting sun filled the living room with specks of lingering light, painting a beautiful scene.
No one was in the living room, yet there were many beautifully wrapped gifts on the table.
Hearing a car outside, she walked to the door, seeing a military green car drive out of the Jiang family driveway; the plate was unclear but looked like a special vehicle. Was it Brother Huo?
"Wanwan, are you awake?" The old lady, leaning on her cane, turned and saw her.
"Are you hungry? I made so porridge, and Xiaowu’s father should be back from work soon, then we can eat." Fan Mingyu was also there today. Jiang Jinsang stood next to her, they exchanged glances, and Tang Wan felt slightly awkward, shifting her gaze.
"Did Brother Huo co?"
But if it was him visiting, the old lady wouldn’t need to see him out.
"No, it was his parents. They said they were back in Beijing for a eting and stopped by to see . They were worried they might miss Yanting’s wedding, you see, very courteous, brought a bunch of gifts," the old lady explained with a smile.
"Mingyu, call Yanting and ask them to thank them over the phone, and co over soti to take the gifts back."
"These folks are really too polite."
"Brother Huo’s parents?" Tang Wan pursed her lips, pity she missed them.
She had heard so things from Jiang Jinsang before and was very curious about this family.
"I even wanted to invite them for dinner, but they had sothing and needed to leave the sa night, only stayed about fifteen minutes. Work is busy, I couldn’t hold them," the old lady said, still smiling.
Jiang Jinsang brushed past Tang Wan, taking her hand and rubbing it twice, whispering, "Does it still hurt?"
Tang Wan glared at him, trying to pull her hand back, but he held on too tightly.
**
At that mont, the car that had just driven out of the Jiang family returned swiftly to Hexi.
The couple had returned to Beijing for a sudden eting, not notifying anyone from the Huo family, thinking of dining with their son before departing. Only upon arriving ho did they realize he wasn’t there.
"Where did everyone go?" They had just left the Jiang Mansion and hadn’t heard Jiang Jinsang ntion any gatherings or events with his friends.
He was also a man with an extrely dull, extrely boring life, staying ho unless invited out by Jiang Jinsang and his group, hardly ever going out on his own.
The Huo Family looked at each other, not daring to lie, but even more afraid to reveal soone’s whereabouts, so they just stood there, pretending to be dead.
"Won’t speak?" The woman sized up the group, didn’t make a sound but took out her cellphone, didn’t make a call, but directly checked soone’s car dashcam, "Left Bank Garden, Zhisen International?"
The man leaned over to look, "Goes there once in the morning and once in the evening, sa ti, sa place."
"Seems like he’s casing the place, has he targeted soone? Is he stalking?"
"Shall we take a look?"
"Not much ti left." They had just co back to Beijing on short notice and had to rush back to their permanent base.
"Then let’s make a move."
...
The Huo Family continued to pretend to be dead.
Having parents too skilled in investigations, it was really impossible to hide any secrets.
It’s not our fault, madam, you know her background better than we do, she wants to find you, it’s always spot on, it’s just that she’s usually not in Beijing.
By the ti the Huo Family ca back to their senses, the two had already driven off.
"What should we do? Should we call grandpa or send a ssage?"
"I think at this point, it’s better to stay quiet and pretend to be dead."
**
anwhile, at the Jiang Mansion,
Jiang Zhenhuan had just arrived, Jiang Yanting ca over with his wife and child, and the family was sitting around the table eating when Tang Wan’s phone vibrated. Thinking it was a spam call because it was an unknown number and not in Beijing, she didn’t pick up at first.
But the phone rang incessantly, and she finally picked it up and stepped away from the table, "Hello, you..."
Before she could finish her greeting, the person on the other side urgently asked,
"Are you a family mber of Shen Shuci?" The tone was so urgent it even felt sowhat impolite.
"I am, who are you?"
"I am Fa Shoucheng’s wife."
"Fa... Shoucheng?" Tang Wan looked confused.
"What is Shen Shuci to you?"
"Sorry, but who exactly are you?"
"You are her family, don’t you know what she has done? I think you need to co to the office so we can have a clear conversation..."
Tang Wan looked bewildered, and before she could ask for details, the call was disconnected.
Did my aunt offend soone? But when she tried calling Shen Shuci, the phone was unreachable.
"What’s wrong?" Jiang Jinsang walked over.
"A woman called, seems like there is so issue involving my aunt, even asked to visit her company." The person sounded very confrontational, as if looking for trouble.
At that mont, all the Jiangs also gathered around, and Jiang Jinsang patted her shoulder, "I’ll call Fourth Brother; he’s closer, let him check it out first. Go grab a jacket, I’ll go with you."
"Okay."
Jiang Jinsang gave his family an excuse, just a small ergency at the studio, needing to step out, which made the old lady frown slightly, "Finish eating before you go, what’s the rush?"
Jiang Chengsi, who received the call, wasn’t at ho; he was at the racing car track, "Send the company’s address and her contact details; I’m not at ho, but my brother’s workplace is nearby, he should be able to get there quickly."
At the mont, Shen Shuci was also puzzled because the previous manager, Fa, who had harassed her and got caught, his wife ca to the company to handle his resignation and expressly said she wanted to see her.
But she didn’t know, this matter had already alard Tang Wan, and several groups of people were on their way.
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