When her fingers touched, her heart sank, and she instinctively withdrew her hand.
"Why so anxious?"
"I just forgot..." She clenched the invitation tightly. If the quality of the wedding invitation wasn’t so good, she might have crumpled it.
"I also forgot to say sothing." Jiang Shiyi raised his hand, gesturing for her to close the car door, "Leaving the door open is quite dangerous."
At this mont, she wished she could find a hole to hide in, and could only obediently close the door.
"Regarding the incident where my sister-in-law was injured, our family has always wanted to thank you."
"Thank you have already been said, this is my job, there’s really no need to be so formal." She truly wasn’t a hero, nor did she intend to be one. Helping Tang Wan was purely a part of her duty.
Since it was a part of her duty, a simple thank you was enough.
At this mont, her mind was in a ss, still thinking about the earlier awkwardness, desperately wishing she could leave here sooner.
"If she knows you can attend her wedding, she will definitely be very happy."
"..."
Her fingers tightened around the invitation card abruptly, turning her head to look at Jiang Shiyi, those beautiful doe eyes seed to carry a trace of astonishnt.
"This..."
"What is it?" Jiang Shiyi smiled at her.
"Nothing, nothing." She pursed her lips, unable to describe her feelings in her heart which was rising and falling.
At this mont, Jiang Shiyi reached out as if to help her unbuckle her seatbelt. Her back was pressed tightly against the seat. With a click, the buckle was released, and he grasped the seatbelt, placing it back in its original position...
Unfastening a seatbelt is not a difficult task, but Jiang Shiyi needed to lean slightly closer, which resulted in his body almost blocking all her sight for a mont.
He had a faint scent on him, one that you would find in a lab, along with a hint of disinfectant sll.
She slightly averted her gaze.
"You just said you were attending a wedding and giving a gift?" The car’s space was already narrow and cramped, and now the distance was even closer.
She felt as if the surrounding air was compressed, making it difficult to breathe.
She thought it was Jiang Shiyi’s wedding, made a blunder, and then another awkward situation with the seatbelt, today was truly a series of embarrassing monts for her.
She tightly pressed her lips together, the tips of her ears turning bright red, unsure of what to say.
Jiang Shiyi smiled at her, "Little junior sister..."
His voice was very low, even deeper and unusually soothing, so pleasant that it could make one’s heart tingle.
In the lab before, many undergraduates or master’s students helped clean reagent bottles and petri dishes, and so of the girls would say:
"He’s a man you could fall for just by his voice."
Now that they were very close, it seed as if he saw through her embarrassnt, his voice carrying a hint of a smile, deep and resonant, as if it could pierce into one’s heart.
Jiang Shiyi was always good at going with the flow, and without exposing her awkward blunder, he simply laughed:
"Since you’re going to give a gift, I’ll be waiting."
"..."
She thought it was Jiang Shiyi who was getting married, so she said she would give a gift. For no reason, what could she possibly give him now?
At this mont, Jiang Shiyi had already moved away and got out of the car. Still awkward and annoyed, her car door was suddenly opened, and he, ever the gentleman, "Your colleague is probably waiting, shall I take you over?"
"No need, I can go over myself." Holding the invitation, she almost fled hurriedly.
Having embarrassed herself so much, she couldn’t bear to stay any longer.
Jiang Shiyi watched her back, unable to hold back a laugh...
**
At the Jiang Family in Hexi
When Jiang Shiyi returned, Jiang Chengsi had already been ho for a while and had prepared the al, "Brother, you’re back? Quick, sit down."
Soone eagerly took the briefcase from his hand.
Jiang Shiyi looked over the table full of dishes, "Where did you get these from?"
"From the club over there, they have a new chef, quite skilled. We can’t make you cook every day, can we? Try it."
"I’ll go wash my hands." Jiang Shiyi headed to the restroom, soone followed closely, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"I just wanted to ask, the invitation to Xiaowu’s wedding..."
"Has been delivered, she agreed to co."
"Really?" Jiang Chengsi almost burst out laughing.
"You don’t believe ?"
"I’m calling Xiaowu and the others right away..." Jiang Chengsi happily shared the news with Jiang Jinsang.
...
And at this mont, the invited person had already arrived at the restaurant. The people from the lab were all there, and seeing her return, of course, they had to gossip a bit.
"Actually, there’s nothing between him and ." She pursed her lips, "He’s just my senior brother."
Senior brother?
Of the sa ntor? Everyone knew who her ntor was, he was the top-notch professor in the industry, he not only looked at talent but also at affinity when accepting students. He didn’t enroll Ph.D. students every year, yet Jiang Shiyi had such a background...
"Xiaolin, you’re quite the keeper of secrets." The director laughed, "Where’s he working currently? Is he interested in joining our lab?"
"I don’t know." Working with Jiang Shiyi? That would be like going back to the student days, living in fear of being dominated by the Demon King, she didn’t want that, "But senior brother probably..."
"Isn’t interested in joining our lab."
"That’s too bad..."
People inquired about why Jiang Shiyi looked for her, she just brushed it off casually. When they ntioned the Jiang Family, everyone talked about the upcoming wedding of Jiang Jinsang and Tang Wan.
She sat on the side, listening intently. So it really wasn’t him getting married, and it was sothing everyone knew about. She was really out of the loop.
Returning ho, she packed up and then took out the invitation to have a look.
Inside was indeed the couple’s photograph... obviously, it was Fifth Master Jiang’s.
Thinking about what happened today, she pinched her temples, it was so embarrassing.
**
anwhile, when Tang Wan learned she was coming, she was overjoyed, because although that girl wasn’t very old, she seed quite aloof. She really didn’t expect she’d be able to invite her and was already starting to ponder where to seat her.
With the invitation list in hand, she began to worry again.
"She’s soone Fourth Brother invited, so we should seat her at his table." Jiang Jinsang stated directly.
"This..." Tang Wan rested her chin on her hand, "It doesn’t seem quite appropriate."
That table was all family mbers, besides Jiang Chengsi, there was also the eldest brother’s family of four, as well as Jiang Shiyi and Uncle’s family, so the seating arrangent had its own considerations.
"Besides our family, does she know anyone else? So where do you think we should seat her?" Jiang Jinsang looked at her.
This person held different significance for their family, seating her casually would appear insincere, so Tang Wan pursed her lips, "Then I guess that’s the best option."
Tang Wan worried she would be overwheld with busyness by then, and made a simple note on her phone:
[Lin Luyou, family.]
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