Tang Wan might have felt that texting was too risky, so before going to sleep, she decided to give Shen Shuci another call.
"... Don’t worry, I’ll talk to the manager tomorrow and see if I can leave work early."
"Try to wear so makeup tomorrow and dress up nicely."
"eting Master Xuefan? It’s not like I’m going on a blind date, so why should I put on makeup?" Shen Shuci was just teasing, but it inadvertently made Tang Wan’s heart flutter. To be honest, the taste of hiding the truth was not pleasant.
"Dress up nicely to make Master happy. He has always said you don’t really look like a girl." This wasn’t just sothing Tang Wan made up, "And today you went to et a colleague but didn’t visit him; he’s quite upset."
"I know." Shen Shuci pinched the bridge of her nose, considering how to et him tomorrow.
Indeed, Xifangli had expressed his disdain for Shen Shuci—it was only his personal opinion that girls should be delicate and gentle.
But this Shen Shuci could fight better than boys, and she didn’t have the look of a lady that she was supposed to have.
However, the Shen Family elders liked her very much and didn’t try to change her. When Xifangli brought it up a few tis, he was rebuffed by his own son:
"Who decided that girls must be gentle and pretty? I think Shuci’s temperant is great—straightforward!"
Xifangli: "That’s called being wild and sowhat rude!"
"You old man, always ddling too much. No wonder she doesn’t want to be close to you, even rejecting the gifts you give her..." Father and son never got along, always sparking conflict when they t.
...
Shen Shuci also knew that Xifangli was genuinely fond of her. She was certainly upset for not seeing him tonight. She pulled a dress out of the wardrobe; since she had to wear the company’s suit for work, she could only change in the washroom after work.
**
The Next Day
Although Xifangli stayed for dinner at the Jiang Mansion last night, because he had to attend an event the following morning, it wasn’t convenient for him to stay overnight at the Jiangs, so around ten at night, Jiang Jinsang escorted him back to his hotel to rest.
Tang Wan had arranged to et at 5 pm at the mansion.
It was dawn, and Tang Wan got up early. The studio had been closed for a while and was due to reopen. However, once she started working again, Jiang Jinsang would be left with little to do.
Apart from exercising and dicating as the doctor ordered, he mainly helped the old lady with her gardening and watered the tree he and Tang Wan had grown together—their testant tree. The newly planted tree’s branches were delicate, even the thickest trunk gave a sense of fragility as if a gentle breeze could break it.
Hearing a car approaching outside, he looked up and saw the Huo Family car already entering the mansion courtyard.
It was just after noon, the old lady was taking her nap, and the whole mansion was peaceful. "What brings you here?"
"I went out to buy so things and figured I’d stop by to see you."
"What did you go out to buy?" Jiang Jinsang laughed. His life was monotonous and uneventful, rarely in Beijing, with no requirents, thus not much consumption.
"I got a cat."
"You got a cat?"
"I need to buy so daily necessities for the cat." By the ti he brought the cat ho yesterday, it was very late, and he hadn’t had ti to buy anything, so he used a cardboard box to makeshift a nest for it.
He had sent a ssage to Shen Shuci at noon, simply asking if she was free in the evening to go buy so cat supplies together.
But she had "heartlessly" refused him...
The reason was: [I have plans tonight.]
Huo Qinqi didn’t ask further.
Jiang Jinsang laughed, "Old Huo, what made you suddenly want to get a cat?" Considering there were already two wolfhounds at his house.
"You can keep turtles; why can’t I keep a cat?"
"..."
That turtle was a gift from Jiang Chengsi.
Thinking of Lord Wansui, Jiang Jinsang rembered Tang Wan saying she wanted to keep so fish in their new ho, "I’ll go with you. There’s not much for to do at ho."
They went out together, naturally taking only one of the Huo Family cars.
Jinsang also bought so turtle food for Lord Wansui, along with so dried bread worms, dried shrimp, and such, before he and Huo Qinqi entered a pet store.
It was run by a couple, who looked surprised to see two n without any pets walk in, "What do you need?"
Jiang Jinsang was already attracted by an Old English Sheepdog in a cage, lying there very ta. But since he wasn’t the one shopping today and soone else was just staring at the shelves without speaking, a cold look on his face, the shop owners exchanged looks, feeling a bit awkward.
"He needs to buy cat stuff. Whatever essentials are there, you can recomnd them to him." Jiang Jinsang helped to break the ice.
"Sir, how old is your cat?"
"Around 40 days."
"Male or female?"
...
After a brief interrogation and finding out it was a male cat, and given his appearance, most likely not fond of anything flashy, the shop owners recomnded to him so cat beds and bowls in colors fitting for a male cat—either blue or black and gray.
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