245: Chapter 245 Ew, So Disgusting!
245: Chapter 245 Ew, So Disgusting!
“Alright, stop crying.
What’s there to cry about, no one is dead!”
Lin Liu’s crying was annoying, and Old Mr.
Tang shouted loudly.
Then, Old Mr.
Tang reprimanded: “Let this matter end here, no one is allowed to spread it.
You can be shameless, but the Tang Family still needs its dignity!”
But Lin Liu was unwilling; to her, it was like losing a piece of her own flesh.
Seeing her child ruined like that broke her heart.
“Dad, we can’t just let this go, we must call the police.”
Old Mr.
Tang glared at her sharply upon hearing this, his anger surging as he said, “Call the police?
You want to drag the entire Tang Family down with her?”
Old Mr.
Tang used to adore his granddaughter Tang Sirou, but now his disappointment was just as great!
He had thought Tang Sirou would lead the Tang Family to glory, but now it seems she might destroy it instead!
Scolded by Old Mr.
Tang in this manner, Lin Liu dared not speak anymore.
“…”
When Tang Sirou was found, she was still wearing the pajamas she had on when she disappeared, all dirty, her face swollen beyond recognition.
If not for the maid recognizing her pajamas, she wouldn’t have been identified, and her right hand was also broken…
She’s still unconscious at the moment…
On the other hand, the situation was similar in the Lin Family.
Lin Xueyin’s condition was no better…
Her mouth was so swollen it looked like a pig’s head; it was almost impossible to make out its shape…
The Lin Family never liked her, so there wasn’t much emotional upheaval, and to allow her a place in the Lin Family was already giving her enough face.
Lin Yue, looking at her daughter lying in the bed, didn’t know what to do and had a trace of frustration flash in her eyes.
But she couldn’t just ignore it, after all, she was her own flesh and blood.
–
On the 29th of the lunar month.
The family of three, Jiang Yan, returned to the Jiang Family Mansion.
Jiang Zhongqian and Nan Jia had been there since their last visit, so they had not left, and thus, they would spend New Year here too.
Jiang You and Jiang Nanche had also finished all their work that day and returned to the mansion.
This New Year was undoubtedly the most lively one for the Jiang Family Mansion.
Everyone who should have been back was back, the happiest of all was Old Madam Jiang.
A few days earlier, Nan Jia had taken Su He to buy New Year goods, and it was her first time dealing with such things…
She hadn’t realized that celebrating the New Year involved so many rituals and things to buy; her eyes dazzled and her legs nearly gave out from all the walking…
Even performing surgeries for over ten hours wasn’t this tiring.
On New Year’s Eve, festive red lanterns were visible all around the Jiang Family Mansion.
Most of the servants had gone home for the New Year, only a few senior ones and the housekeeper remained.
Uncle Zhong, still unmarried with no family, had also come from Moon Gift Villa to spend New Year at the mansion.
Jiang Feng, Jiang Qi, and Fei Xu were also invited by Su He.
They were all pleasantly surprised when they received the message from Su He; such arrangements had never been done before.
Su He had consulted Old Madam, and of course, the Old Madam approved.
Thus, on New Year’s Eve, the Jiang Family Mansion was extremely lively.
After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Old Madam Jiang sat in the living room, looking at her grandsons, granddaughters, and great-grandchildren, her face spreading with a sense of felicity.
After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Old Madam Jiang sat in the living room, her face beaming with happiness as she watched her grandsons, granddaughters and great-grandchildren.
Even though not everyone was present, the sense of happiness was still strong.
Her younger son died young, and going from sending white-haired people to black-haired people was a lifetime of pain for her.
Soon after, the living room was left to Old Madam Jiang, the couple Jiang Zhongqian and Nan Jia watching the Spring Festival Gala on TV; the younger crowd had run out to the yard to set off fireworks.
The ones enjoying it most were Su Baobao, Jiang You, and Jiang Nanche.
Jiang Feng, Jiang Qi, and others seemed more like helpers, moving wherever they were needed.
Su He stood aside watching quietly when the man’s deep and magnetic voice came over: “Wanna join?”
Su He shook her head upon hearing this, “Not really, I was just thinking it’s been a long time since the mansion was this lively, Grandma is very happy today.”
Jiang Yan reached out, pulled her into his arms, and said softly, “From now on, it will be like this every year.”
Su He was about to speak when the man suddenly added unexpectedly, “And if we give grandma another great-granddaughter, she would be even happier, and the mansion even livelier.”
“…”
Su He tilted her head and couldn’t help but glare at him, saying, “I think that’s what you want.”
She knew what he was really thinking.
Jiang Yan’s eyes drooped slightly, his black eyes filled with indulgence and tenderness, his lips slightly curved, then placed a kiss on her forehead.
He said, “The one who knows me, my wife as well.”
Not far away, Su Baobao called out to Jiang You and Jiang Nanche nearby: “Little Aunt, Little Uncle, look over here.”
Following the principle that gossip is only fun if shared, Su Baobao quickly pulled everyone together to join in.
They looked in the direction Su Baobao pointed.
“Tsk, spreading dog food (showing off their affection) in front of us during the New Year, that’s really something.”
Jiang Nanche complained in annoyance.
Jiang You sighed, “Truly a perfect couple, enviable by others.”
Suddenly, the little one nearby chimed in: “When will I get my own little sister?”
Everyone: “…”
Jiang You said, “Baby, your auntie doesn’t have an answer to your question.”
Just then, Jiang Nanche leaned in and muttered something into the little one’s ear.
Hearing this, Su Baobao’s eyes lit up: “Uncle, what you said seems to make sense.”
Then they saw Su Baobao quickly running over to Su He and Jiang Yan.
Jiang You looked at Jiang Nanche and asked, “What did you tell Baobao?”
Jiang Nanche said, “I told him to make a New Year’s wish.”
Jiang You: “That sly idea of yours…”
“…”
Jiang Yan felt someone tugging at his leg and looked down, only to see the little one who had run over at some point.
Su He followed his gaze and looked down too.
“Baby, why did you run over here?
Tired from playing?” Su He asked.
With one hand clutching a man’s hem and the other hugging Su He’s leg, Su Baobao looked up with his big eyes and asked in a sweet, childish voice, “Mommy, Daddy, can all kids make New Year’s wishes?”
Hearing this, the couple exchanged glances.
Su He said, “Yes, you can.
What wish do you want to make?
Mommy will do her best to make it come true.”
Su Baobao blinked and confirmed earnestly once again, “Really?
Mommy can’t lie to kids, those who lie to kids are not good people~”
Su He raised her hand and gently rubbed his head, smiling, “Hmm, if Mommy can’t do it, Daddy will help you.
One of us will definitely make it happen.”
Su Baobao said, “Baby’s wish needs both Mommy and Daddy to come true, and it definitely can be fulfilled.”
A strange expression flickered in Jiang Yan’s eyes, seeming to know what the little one was going to wish for, but he didn’t stop him, as he had no reason to.
On the other hand, Su He, who usually thought she knew the little guy very well, momentarily didn’t catch on to her son’s intention.
“Alright, mommy promises you, tell me.”
After confirming repeatedly, Su Baobao said with a giggling childish voice, “Baby’s New Year’s wish is for mommy to give baby a little sister next year.”
Su He: “…”
She sharply looked at the man holding her, her eyebrows slightly raised, obviously asking if it was his instigation.
The man understood her gaze and innocently said, “It wasn’t me, I’ve been with you since coming out from the living room.”
“Mommy~” Su Baobao hugged her leg and shook it slightly, “You just promised baby, you can’t go back on your word, and mommy can definitely do this~”
Su He: “…”
She was careless; she thought having Xuanxuan and the little golden retriever as his companions, he wouldn’t think about this anymore.
But she had indeed promised him, and she really couldn’t go back on her word.
She coughed lightly, somewhat perfunctorily saying, “Mommy will try, but no promises.”
Su Baobao looked at Jiang Yan and said, “Then daddy, you do your best.”
“…”
Su Baobao was still young and didn’t understand these adult matters, but one thing he did know: he needed daddy’s help to get a little sister.
After the fireworks were over, everyone was called inside because great-grandma wanted to hand out red envelopes, and after that, it was time for her to rest.
Old Madam was of advanced age and couldn’t stay up late with the group of young people; she routinely returned to her room at 9:30 PM every night.
Su Baobao took the bulky red envelope handed to him by great-grandma, and said in his sweet, milky voice, “Thank you, great-grandma, happy New Year, be healthy, baby wants to spend every New Year with great-grandma.”
The Old Madam smiled broadly, “Good good good, great-grandma will try to live longer, to give red envelopes to our Xixi every year.”
Everyone present, both married and unmarried, received a substantial red envelope from the Old Madam.
After distributing the red envelopes, the Old Madam was assisted back to her room to rest by the housekeeper.
Jiang Zhongqian and his wife also gave everyone hefty red envelopes.
Then it was Su He’s turn.
Jiang Feng and others couldn’t help but sigh; these red envelopes valued half a year’s worth of their salary.
…
Around eleven, Su Baobao was tired from playing.
Su He took him back to their room, gave him a bath, and put him to bed.
Then, she too freshened up and lay down next to the little one, playing with her phone.
On WeChat, she received numerous New Year greetings.
Having some time, she replied to each one.
In the Su Family’s group chat, which had active youngsters like Su Heng, Su Ning, and Su Yan, the group was lively and bustling.
She clicked on it, and a stream of New Year red envelopes caught her eye.
From grandparents to uncles and aunts, the screen was filled with red envelopes…
After posting a New Year greeting sticker, she also sent out ten red envelopes for them to grab.
Earlier in the afternoon, she had called her grandparents, planning to visit the Su Family on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
After leaving the group chat, she replied to An Mi and An Rui’s messages, and then transferred one million to each of their bank accounts.
Sitting in the living room of the An Family, An Mi and An Rui were stunned by the unexpected large sum.
Truthfully, this was the biggest New Year red envelope they had received in their eighteen years.
Each year, Su He would send them New Year red envelopes, but none were as large as this one.
Not only them, but Su Heng, Su Ning, and Su Yan in the Jiang Family Mansion of Beijing also received them.
“Damn!”
Unable to hold back, Su Heng shouted, jumping up from his chair.
Mr.
Su gave him a stern look, “What are you freaking out about?
Sit down.”
Su Tiancheng’s biggest headache is his youngest son, who is utterly rebellious in front of him.
Everyone is afraid of him, except his own son.
He said excitedly, “My sister actually transferred one million to me as a red packet!”
Su Tiancheng was momentarily confused, thinking that by “sister” his son meant his second daughter, Su Ning, so he gently asked her, “Ningning, why did you give money to this kid?”
Su Ning had also received money, and while holding her mobile phone she told her father, “Dad, the ‘sister’ Su Heng is referring to is our cousin.
Besides, even if I had the money, I wouldn’t give it to him.
I’m not stupid.”
Moreover, she was only born a minute before Su Heng, who stubbornly refuses to call her sister.
She has never heard him say it all her life.
But she doesn’t really care.
Su Yan sat there very calmly and said, “Having a rich sister is great; even my mom and dad aren’t as generous as her.”
Beside him, Su Tianyi: “…”
Yang Shuyi gently tapped his head, “If your dad and I were gone, wouldn’t all this money belong to you anyway?”
“…”
Over at Jiang Family Mansion, after Su He had replied to all the messages.
Jing Xuan, who had disappeared for quite a while, suddenly popped up.
Jing Xuan replied to her message: “Baobao, Happy New Year~”
Then, she got up and went to the balcony to make a call.
The call was quickly answered.
Jing Xuan started with a cheerful voice, “My baby, did you miss me?”
Listening to her voice, Su He could tell that Jing had had a good time during her absence; at least she seemed to be in a very pleasant mood, which reassured her.
She asked, “Where are you?”
Jing Xuan replied, “I’m at Jing Family Mansion.
I arrived home two hours ago and just put my mom to sleep.”
Su He didn’t expect her to have already returned; she thought Jing wouldn’t appear until after the New Year.
Su He asked, “Is he also there?”
Jing Xuan was currently lying on a chaise lounge in her room, holding a small plate of fruit.
She had recently taken to eating fruits.
All that was heard was her muffled voice, “No, he’s probably back at Lu Family.”
“Didn’t he marry into your Jing Family?
Why did he go back to Lu Family?” Su He asked casually.
Jing Xuan replied offhandedly, “I’m not sure, I don’t care where he goes, as long as it doesn’t affect me.”
Now she understood, as long as she was happy, let Lu Zhiyang cling if he wanted to.
After all, she wasn’t at a loss.
There was money to spend, and someone to manage her company for free, sharing some of her burdens.
It was good for her, so why wouldn’t she enjoy it?
“So, are you just giving up now?” asked Su He.
Jing Xuan said, “Not really, just tired, and don’t want to fuss over it anymore.”
“You know, sister, I’ve got money and looks, and now even an unborn baby.
My life is complete.
For the rest of my days, I just want to live happily, traveling around the world with my baby and my mom.”
Listening to her, it seemed quite beautiful indeed, quite irrefutable, yet…
Su He chuckled and asked, “If you’re traveling the world, are you letting go of Jing Group?”
“Who said I’m letting it go?
Isn’t there a free worker?” Jing Xuan said nonchalantly: “It’s free, so why not use it?”
“…”
Su He really didn’t doubt her words; such a thing, Jing truly could do.
But wasn’t this all because she trusted Lu Zhiyang too much?
Otherwise, how could she hand over Jing Group to a man so easily?
Jiang Yan had been dealing with some work in the study, and when he returned to the bedroom, he only saw the sleeping little one on the bed, but not the woman.
He looked around the bedroom and didn’t see her anywhere.
Then, he saw a slender figure standing outside on the balcony through the glass door, making a phone call.
Moreover, the woman was only wearing pajamas, with no coat.
He frowned, turned around and went to the closet to fetch a coat.
Su He was just about to hang up Jing Xuan’s call when she felt warmth on her back, and then she was pulled into a fortress-like embrace.
A familiar fragrance wafted into her nostrils, the man’s deep magnetic voice tinged with a slight authority sounded.
“Who are you calling?
You came out without wearing a coat, aren’t you afraid of the cold?”
Jing Xuan, on the other end of the phone, also heard the man’s voice and quickly said, “I won’t disturb the world of just you and your husband then, see you tomorrow.”
With that, she hung up first.
The two were very close, and he also heard Jing Xuan’s voice.
No wonder she ran out to answer the phone without wearing clothes.
“Jing Xuan appeared?” he asked.
“Yeah,” Su He blinked, “Are you done with your work?”
“Finished.”
Just as the man’s voice fell, a burst of fireworks sounded.
The dazzling fireworks bloomed in the night sky like flowers, and like bird cages descending from the sky, the colorful lights illuminating half of the heavens.
Su He looked up at the sky filled with fireworks and said, “It’s beautiful.”
Though the fireworks are beautiful, they are fleeting.
No matter how splendid, they cannot outshine the person by her side.
Her eyes were full of the colorful lights in the sky, while his eyes held only her.
He leaned over and whispered in her ear, “Wife, Happy New Year, I love you.”
Su He felt a warmth by her ear, then abruptly turned around, staring blankly at him.
What did he say?
Before, he always said the word “like,” but he never said those three words to her.
The man’s long fingers lifted her chin, his thin lips covered hers, blocking the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
Under the brilliant fireworks-lit sky, their embrace was fervent and warm, tender and poignant.
The dazzling fireworks became their most dazzling backdrop.
“…”
At early dawn with the sky bright with colors, the air around the old mansion was fresh and peaceful, and Su He got up early to walk in the backyard with Old Madam.
“Why didn’t you sleep in a bit longer?”
“Isn’t it said that you shouldn’t sleep in on the first day of the New Year?
Whoever gets up early will have good luck for the new year.”
Old Madam smiled kindly and said, “It’s indeed a custom, but our Jiang Family doesn’t emphasize it too much.
As long as you are comfortable, that’s what matters.”
Su He, holding Old Madam’s hand, said, “I mainly wanted to accompany Grandma.”
She recalled what Aunt Hui, who took care of Old Madam, had told her the night before.
Su He asked, “Grandma, Aunt Hui mentioned that you’ve been having headaches frequently, is that true?”
Old Madam still smiling, said, “It’s nothing serious.
It’s just old age, let it be.”
But Su He wouldn’t let it go: “Grandma, we really can’t ignore it.
I’ll check up on you later and prepare some herbal medicine to help.”
They didn’t walk for too long, as the morning was still quite cold.
As soon as Su He and the Old Madam returned to the living room, Uncle Zhong came over with her phone, saying, “Young Madam, your phone was ringing nonstop.
Do you want to check the calls?”
Old Madam said, “Go handle your things, girl, don’t mind this old lady.”
Su He: “Grandma, then I’ll answer the phone first.”
“…”
Su He took the phone handed over by Uncle Zhong and stood still.
The call was from Bai Yang, calling so early in the morning wasn’t his style.
She frowned slightly and pressed the callback button.
The call was answered quickly.
Immediately, Bai Yang’s voice came through: “Hello, boss, there’s something I need to report to you.”
Su He asked, “What happened?”
“Xi Jue’s mansion was blown up.”
“What?” Su He exclaimed, “When did this happen?”
Bai Yang replied, “Around three or four o’clock early last night, I just received the news.”
Su He furrowed her brows, “…Who did it?”
Bai Yang: “I don’t know, I wanted to ask if it might be someone from your family?”
“…”
After a short while, the man who had gone for a morning run returned.
Su He followed him to the bedroom and asked, “Did you blow up Xi Jue’s mansion?”
Jiang Yan just entered the bathroom, and while taking off his clothes, he answered, “Not me.”
This confused Su He: “If not you, then who?”
It couldn’t have been Ye Jiuqing, that fool; if it were him, he would have come to claim credit by now.
Jiang Yan wasn’t as bothered, quickly removing his shirt, then grabbing her hand with a deep, mischievously charming gaze, he proposed, “How about joining me in the shower?”
Su He snapped back to reality, her eyes lingering on his strong abdominals.
She swallowed, but the next second, she sensibly withdrew her hand, “No, I haven’t sweated, you go wash yourself!”
Saying this, she quickly turned and left.
Just after she left, baby Su Baobao woke up, sitting sleepily on the bed.
Su He helped him change clothes, and then took him to the washroom.
Fortunately, the master bathroom had a wet and dry area separation; otherwise, she would have to take the little guy to the guest bedroom.
“Mommy, why is daddy taking a bath so early in the morning?”
The little guy now at the sink, brushing his teeth, asked unclearly.
Su He casually responded, “He went on a morning run and stepped in dog poop.”
“Ew~ that’s disgusting…”
“…”
At ten-thirty, Su He took Su Baobao and Jiang You out to meet Jing Xuan.
In the car.
Su Baobao asked excitedly, “Mommy, did you receive my present?”
Driving, Su He glanced at the rearview mirror and confusedly said, “What?
Where did you put the present?
Mommy didn’t see it.”
After saying this, an idea crossed her mind…
Wait a minute!
She abruptly stopped the car, turned her head to look at the little guy in the back seat, and asked, “Was that mansion you blew up?”
The little guy blinked innocently and adorably nodded his little head.
“Uh-huh~”
Su He: “…”
Jiang You, sitting next to him, indicated he didn’t understand…