The intense sumr sun was slightly scorching, and Shen Shuci was woken by the driver’s shout.
"...10-minute break, if you need to use the restroom, hurry up," the bus driver said, and people began to get off one after another. Shen Shuci hazily looked out the window; the bus had stopped at a service area on the highway, where a few n were standing together smoking in the distance.
She raised her hand to pull down the window curtain before taking out her phone.
An hour and a half ago, Huo Qinqi had sent her a ssage: [I’m going to training, be safe on the road.]
He was always succinct; the rest of the ssages and calls were from Tang Wan. She imdiately called her back.
"Wanwan?" Just waking up, her voice was slightly hoarse.
"Did you fall asleep?" Tang Wan was currently at ho, sketching designs for a Cyan Feather screen. She was at her wit’s end with Jiang Chengsi lately; how had she never noticed his fussiness before?
"Yeah."
"Huo’s place is so remote; it’s worrying for you to go alone... "
"It’s a legitimate bus service, nothing to worry about."
The place where Huo Qinqi was located wasn’t so godforsaken mountainous area. It was near a remote town in a certain city, with no direct high-speed trains or flights from Beijing. Usually, people either drove or took a bus.
Originally, he wanted the Huo Family to send her over, and Jiang Jinsang also suggested that Jiang Jiu or Jiang Cuo could take her, but she didn’t think it was necessary. So she bought a bus ticket herself and expected to arrive by evening.
"You’ve got everything with you, right?" Although Tang Wan was her niece, being younger, she couldn’t help but remind Shen Shuci with a few more words.
Just waking up, Shen Shuci imdiately checked her luggage when asked, "No, I have everything."
"Just make sure not to lose the things I bought for you."
Shen Shuci only felt the sunlight seem to seep through the curtains onto her face, making her feel hot and restless...
After the call, she sent a ssage back to Huo Qinqi, but there was no reply, likely because he was still busy. She recalled the things Tang Wan bought for her, causing her heart to race for no reason.
Ever since she ntioned to Tang Wan that she was going to see Huo Qinqi, Tang Wan had teased her about being a thousand miles away with gifts. The day before she left, Tang Wan even suggested going shopping, saying she wanted to buy so maternity items. Shen Shuci didn’t think much of it and went to find her after work...
She didn’t expect Ruan ngxi to be there, too.
The two of them picked out a couple of dresses for her, eager to dress her from head to toe.
"This... there’s no need for the lingerie, right?"
Shen Shuci felt more excited about the prospect of visiting Huo Qinqi than they did.
"How about this lace one? Haven’t you worn this type before?" Ruan ngxi held up one for comparison.
Shen Shuci coughed slightly. Could that even be called clothing?
Just a few straps.
"What about this black set?" Tang Wan chid in.
In the end, Shen Shuci didn’t buy any of them. When she arrived at the bus station, Tang Wan and Jiang Jinsang had driven her there. At that ti, Tang Wan handed her a bag, saying it contained so snacks and water. The top layer was indeed snacks, so Shen Shuci didn’t think much of it until she boarded the bus and discovered there were other items inside...
Especially when she realized what those things were, she hastily cramd them, along with the packaging, into her luggage.
Then Tang Wan called her, and she quietly said, "Why’d you buy those things?"
"When we were shopping, I noticed you kept looking at that lingerie set and thought you liked it. I haven’t gifted you anything in a while, so I bought it."
"I..."
Shen Shuci had only looked at the items out of curiosity at how anyone could design such clothes.
...
Tang Wan hung up the call, grinning mischievously.
"Why are you smiling like that?" Jiang Jinsang stood on the other side, changing the water in the tropical fish tank.
"I just think that this ti, my niece is going to serve herself up as prey; if Huo’s big brother is up for it, maybe when she cos back, she’ll have a little cousin on the way."
Jiang Jinsang paused his water-changing motion.
Cousin? Niece?
He instantly recalled the various changes in a certain soone’s expressions when Jiang Jiang and big brother Xie Duo were present...
Could it be that soday there might be a little one addressing him that way?
A inexplicable sense of gloom and frustration.
Even accompanying Tang Wan to prenatal classes in the afternoon, he couldn’t help but be distracted; so much so that at the end of the course, the teacher even kept him for a chat, advising him that when attending classes with expectant mothers, one had to be focused because everything learned would be put into use later.
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