Huo Qinqi, though he spent a long ti in Shen Shuci’s room last night, couldn’t really do anything, considering this was the Jiang Family ho, where the elderly had light sleep. If he actually woke up old Mr. Shen, he feared that the latter might jump out of bed and kick him out.
The next morning,
Huo Ran had been hyping up the group chat until past midnight and was dragged out of his covers by Huo Qinqi before dawn.
Under the pretense of "morning exercise".
In reality, he was going to buy breakfast for the elder Shen couple. Shen Zhixian would usually wake up early to make breakfast, but since Huo Qinqi was there, he was excused from the task.
Huo Ran’s head spun as he staggered downstairs, nearly taking a tumble, listlessly following behind him, puffing breaths into the chilly air, lurching along.
Huo Qinqi thought his physical condition was too weak, making him get up every day. Huo Ran used to like sleeping naked, but since Huo Qinqi would barge in early in the morning, it sent him scurrying in panic. Even though they were both n, it was quite embarrassing.
Now, he wrapped himself up tightly when sleeping.
"If you think morning exercise is good for the body, why don’t you get your sister-in-law up to exercise, why drag into it?"
"Were you up late again last night?" Huo Qinqi scrutinized him.
"No, no." Huo Ran gave him a dopey smile.
...
anwhile, in Pingjiang, dawn was just breaking.
Today, they were going to the Jiang Family to propose. Fan Mingyu woke up very early and knocked on Jiang Jinsang’s door, asking him to get ready, only to find the room empty.
"What is this child doing so early in the morning?" she muttered to herself.
"Maybe he was too nervous to sleep and went out to exercise," Jiang Zhenhuan said with a smile. Jiang Jinsang had been adamant about his daily fitness routine ever since his surgery, and today, he had donned a new suit, looking neat and clean.
But Jiang Jinsang had gotten up early not to exercise but to take a taxi to the cetery.
Pine waves rustled, and a layer of white mist began to form around, with intermittent chirping of insects and birds, casting a chill over the graveyard.
From a distance, he could barely make out a figure, shrouded in the light fog, the black silhouette stark in its solitary desolation.
Tang Yunxian had also heard footsteps and turned to look, showing slight surprise upon seeing Jiang Jinsang.
Today was supposed to be a Good Day and not a ti to co here, but at dinner yesterday, old Master Tang had suddenly reminisced, "If Wanwan’s mother could see her getting married, how wonderful would that have been."
Which triggered his emotions, so he decided to visit her first thing in the morning.
"I chatted with Wanwan yesterday, and she ntioned a few things. I thought she wished to share this news with Aunt, so I ca by myself," Jiang Jinsang explained.
"Uh-huh." Tang Yunxian didn’t reply, a strange feeling in his heart.
Regardless of Jiang Jinsang’s usual deanor, having this sentint ant sothing different to him.
The two lingered in the graveyard for over ten minutes before Tang Yunxian patted his shoulder. "Let’s go, let’s head back. Haven’t had breakfast yet, have you?"
"Not yet, I was about to return to the hotel."
"How did you get here?"
"By taxi."
"I’ll drive you, and we can grab so authentic Pingjiang morning tea."
Jiang Jinsang rarely had such alone ti with Tang Yunxian. He thought the atmosphere would be awkward and considered whether to start a conversation. But before he could, Tang Yunxian spoke up first, "Wanwan resembles her mother a lot, doesn’t she?"
"Yes," Jiang Jinsang nodded in response.
"I liked her the mont I first saw her, but you know about the Shen Family, Dad is famously strict. At the ti, I wasn’t sure if she had any feelings for , I was afraid I might scare her off if I acted rashly, so I had to take it slow..." Tang Yunxian was driving, reminiscing about the past, and his entire deanor softened.
"The Shen Family protected her well. She didn’t have any guard up against , and even Mom and Dad didn’t notice that I had an agenda."
"They had a particularly good impression of . I said we were just friends, and they believed it until everything was exposed..."
"The mont Dad saw visiting their house, it was like he was ready to chase with a broom."
Jiang Jinsang smiled without saying a word.
No wonder Grandpa had that attitude towards Huo Qinqi, it seed both his daughters were whisked away right under his nose.
"Right, I didn’t ask in detail about Shuci yesterday. The boyfriend she’s with, he is that very tall guy I’ve seen, the one who frequently visited you in the hospital, right?" Tang Yunxian hadn’t spoken much to Huo Qinqi, but his impression was of a...
Silent giant!
"Yes, that’s him."
"How is he?"
"Pretty good." Since he was a friend of his own, Tang Yunxian, not being foolish, wouldn’t step on him. If your friend is that terrible, why would you associate with him? He couldn’t afford to ruin a budding relationship.
"Shuci’s pretty secretive too." Tang Yunxian tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, his smile ambiguous.
Indeed, Tang Yunxian had been snubbed by his father-in-law because of Huo Qinqi; he couldn’t have a good opinion of him.
...
At the hotel, everyone had finished packing up, just waiting for Jiang Jinsang to return so they could go to the Tang Family together.
Jiang Chengsi even teasingly said, "Mr. Tang still has quite an animosity toward Xiaowu. I feel like this marriage proposal might be tricky for Xiaowu; it’s too bad Uncle Zhou couldn’t co. If both fathers-in-law were here, that’d really be lively."
Fan Mingyu, seeing that he hadn’t returned for a while, made a call to hurry him along, only to be told he was with Tang Yunxian.
Zhou Zhongqing was in Beijing at the ti, he had entrusted the task of giving Jiang Jinsang a hard ti entirely to Tang Yunxian, expecting him to really give the young man a makeover...
But what they didn’t expect was that their relationship had ward significantly due to the morning’s incident at the cetery. The marriage proposal went smoothly, with congeniality all around.
Since it was a day for celebration, drinking was inevitable. Mr. Tang brought out his treasured vintage. Tang Yunxian was in high spirits today and intended to get Jiang Jinsang thoroughly drunk. However, Tang Wan suddenly felt unwell in her stomach, and Jiang Jinsang needed to take care of her, so he was hesitant to let him drink too much.
In the end, the task of drinking on his behalf inexplicably fell on Jiang Chengsi.
"Why ?" Jiang Chengsi was baffled.
There were two older brothers above him; why push him out?
At tis like these, shouldn’t the older brothers take the lead? But in their family, everything seed to change.
Jiang Yanting looked at him, "Otherwise, what are you here for?"
"It’s ti for you to play your part," Jiang Shiyi said without rcy, pushing him forward.
In the end, Jiang Chengsi ended up drinking with Tang Yunxian until both were utterly inebriated. Having drunk too much to return to the hotel, he spent the night at the Tang family’s old house and nearly took a spill in the night due to unfamiliar surroundings.
The commotion disturbed the Hua i bird in the courtyard.
He didn’t know what nonsense he was thinking, actually staggering to the front courtyard, deep in the night, where he had an "all-night long talk" with a bird. The next day, he was found sleeping in the yard.
Jiang Jinsang, because of Tang Wan’s baby, got out of a tough spot and even contemplated that this little one could be considered his lucky star.
But whether it was good fortune or a misfortune, only after the child was born would they know.
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