Shen Zhengye's face flushed red with embarrassnt. He backed away, apologizing, "It was my fault. I was in a rush and forgot to knock. Don't worry, it'll never happen again. Now, hurry up and get out of bed."
Mortified, he walked toward the bedroom he shared with his wife.
A girl changes so much as she grows up. Shen Lingyin was only nineteen, but she was already a young woman.
"Old Shen, did you go for a morning run?"
Just then, a middle-aged woman in a blue, patterned qipao approached gracefully. It was Shen Zhengye's wife, Qiao Huimin.
"Oh, I just went for a morning run with Jiang."
Seeing his wife's elegant and stately dress, Shen Zhengye grew quite excited. "My wife, you have a fantastic figure! Co on, it's ti I introduced you to Jiang. You two haven't t yet."
When the couple went downstairs, Jiang Xinghai was having breakfast with Shen Lingxue.
However, whether it was intentional or not, they were not sitting together, maintaining a noticeable distance.
"Jiang, let introduce you. This is your auntie."
Shen Zhengye chuckled as he made the introduction. "Honey, this is Jiang Xinghai, the Shen Family's benefactor."
"It's nice to et you, Auntie." Jiang Xinghai looked up and rose from his seat as a sign of respect.
From a distance, he could see that although Qiao Huimin had a slightly fuller figure, it was quite nice overall.
Moreover, Qiao Huimin's facial features were quite similar to her two daughters'.
She didn't look to be in her fifties as one might expect; she appeared to be in her early forties.
"Please, sit down, Jiang. Continue with your breakfast," Qiao Huimin said, nodding in satisfaction.
Jiang Xinghai gave a slight smile.
"You should eat too, Mom," Shen Lingxue said, gesturing toward the tableware.
The four of them then began their al.
A short while later, Shen Lingyin ca downstairs wearing a black tank top and white hot pants.
She instinctively glanced at Jiang Xinghai.
And Jiang Xinghai's gaze happened to be on her as well.
"Tch!"
She sat down beside them in a huff. "How co it's all soup dumplings? Where are the soy milk and fried dough sticks I like to eat?"
"An oversight, just an oversight. We'll have them tomorrow," Shen Zhengye said, rubbing his forehead.
After breakfast.
Shen Zhengye and Qiao Huimin stayed ho, as they had other matters to attend to.
Jiang Xinghai, anwhile, acted as the driver, taking the sisters Shen Lingxue and Shen Lingyin to the Shen Corporation.
During the drive, Shen Lingxue updated Shen Lingyin on her recent work.
Shen Lingyin wasn't interested in the slightest; it all went in one ear and out the other.
RING RING RING...
An incoming call on Jiang Xinghai's phone interrupted the two won's conversation.
"Go on, answer it," Shen Lingyin urged.
"Miss Su, what's up?" Jiang Xinghai answered.
"Xinghai, you can call Yanyun. Why call Miss Su? It sounds so formal."
The caller was none other than Su Yanyun, the owner of the AM Beauty and Wellness Center and Shen Lingxue's old classmate.
"Yanyun, what can I do for you?" Jiang Xinghai asked with a smile.
"You promised yesterday you'd co work part-ti at my place as a male technician for two hours every day. You haven't forgotten, have you?" Su Yanyun asked with a mischievous smile.
It dawned on Jiang Xinghai. "Of course I rember. This afternoon... soti after two."
"Great, I'll be waiting for you, then," Su Yanyun said before briskly hanging up.
Shen Lingyin muttered, "Tsk, tsk. Great Divine Doctor Jiang is quite the busy man, isn't he? Which pretty young lady was that on the phone?"
"Lingyin, don't talk nonsense. That was my old classmate, Su Yanyun," Shen Lingxue said, having overheard most of Jiang Xinghai's conversation.
"Su Yanyun... Isn't she the one who married that old geezer from the Yu Family?" Shen Lingyin apparently hadn't heard that Su Yanyun was back.
After Shen Lingxue explained the situation, it all clicked for Shen Lingyin.
"Great Divine Doctor Jiang, you're not dating Su Yanyun, are you?" Shen Lingyin started probing again.
In truth, she wanted to embarrass Jiang Xinghai in front of her sister.
Jiang Xinghai's reply was blunt. "It's just a normal relationship between a man and a woman."
"A 'normal relationship'? Coming from you? I don't believe it."
Shen Lingxue suddenly recalled the "smacking" sounds she had heard from Jiang Xinghai's bedroom the previous night, and her cheeks couldn't help but flush red.
She instinctively craned her neck to look at Jiang Xinghai's hands and made a gagging face.
RING RING RING...
Just then, Jiang Xinghai's phone rang again.
This ti, it was Feng Lulu. After he answered, she asked delicately, "Xinghai, are you free tonight?"
'She was getting frustrated. She had tried to arrange a eting with Jiang Xinghai several tis over the past few days, but he still hadn't been able to give her the acupuncture and massage treatnt.'
"Let's talk about tonight later. I can't say for sure right now."
Jiang Xinghai had already spoken with Shen Zhengye about the Shen Family's ascension to a First-class Clan, and there might be plans for that in the evening.
"What about during the day, then? Like right now, at noon, or this afternoon?" Feng Lulu asked.
"How about... two o'clock this afternoon? Co find at the AM Beauty and Wellness Center. I'll be there for two hours."
'Since he was already going to Su Yanyun's wellness center to work as a part-ti male technician, he figured he might as well help Feng Lulu with her acupuncture and massage then.'
They set the ti and ended the call.
"Divine Doctor Jiang, I want to go to Yanyun's place for so pampering, like a hydrotherapy spa or sothing. Take with you this afternoon, okay?" A sly idea suddenly occurred to Shen Lingyin. With exaggerated warmth, she reached out and pretended to accidentally brush her fingers against the base of Jiang Xinghai's ear.
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