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Chapter 362: 237 Qi Duidui would rather break than bend; premature death of the Jiang Family’s eldest grandson (3 updates)

The proposal went smoothly, and the formal engagement party was set for mid-February. All the guests were close relatives and friends. It was just a simple meal, so there wasn’t much that needed to be prepared.

The next day, Jiang Zhenhuan and his wife, along with Tang Wan, took a tour around Pingjiang and stayed for three days and two nights before having to return to Beijing. However, the Shen Family decided to stay until after Tang Wan’s engagement ceremony.

Tang Wan’s studio was relocating and she needed to choose a location. With "Feng Que" on one side and the actors starting to get ready, she felt it was necessary to take a look, so she decided to return to Beijing with the Jiang Family.

"You’re leaving too?" Tang Yunxian got wind of this and always felt a bit uneasy about it. With the engagement over, the wedding wouldn’t be far off, and naturally, he hoped his daughter would stay by his side a bit longer.

"It’s about work. There are things I need to arrange."

"If it’s for work, then go on, go on—"

Old Tang waved his hand dismissively, his expression utterly heartless, as if he couldn’t wait to send his granddaughter off to the Jiang Family right away.

When the Jiang Family left, Xie Jing naturally followed. noveldrama

He had stayed with the Tang Family for the past two days. Although the food was good, he somehow lost 5 pounds in pure fright. Now he had to return to Beijing with the Jiang Family, he was afraid he might lose his life there.

During his stay with the Jiang Family, the Xie Family had called him a few times, but he didn’t dare answer the calls!

Everyone only knew that he had appeared in a live stream, lying next to a man, but the Xie Family had already sniffed out something different. It was too coincidental...

They were in a hurry to find him, and if they knew the truth, they would probably kill him.

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Jiang Family in Beijing

When the old lady learned that Tang Wan was coming over, she prepared good food and drink in advance and also reminded Jiang Yanting:

"Invite Zhixian and Taotao over too, and let’s all have a meal together."

"Okay," Jiang Yanting agreed.

"Yanting, I haven’t asked lately, how are things progressing with you and Zhixian?" With Jiang Jinsang’s matter settled, the old lady naturally focused her attention on him.

"Not bad."

"What do you mean ’not bad’? Didn’t she move out? Didn’t you pack up and go over there with Jiangjiang before? Why are you still coming back here to sleep?"

Jiang Yanting fell silent.

The old lady, however, hit him with a triple soul-crushing blow:

"Were you kicked out?"

"She wants the son but not you?"

"Does she not like you at all now, no feelings for you whatsoever?"

He had indeed thought about moving in with Shen Zhixian, taking his luggage and son over. Shen Zhixian left the son, even the luggage, but when the time came, she reminded him: "You should go home now."

With Taotao also there, even if Jiang Yanting wanted to be shameless, deliberately loitering and refusing to leave, he had to be mindful of the image he had in his daughter’s heart.

The little girl hadn’t fully accepted him yet. She was used to a life of relying only on her mother, and she wasn’t ready to accept a "strange man" just yet; they had to take it slow.

The old lady’s words were truly heartbreaking, and Jiang Yanting was at a loss for a response.

Seeing him silent, the old lady couldn’t help but sigh, "You should learn from Xiaowu. Look how decisive he is. After taking a liking to Wanwan, he stayed at the Tang Family, stubbornly refusing to leave."

"I’m not sick; I can’t just pretend to be ill and refuse to go," Jiang Yanting chuckled.

"You can’t get a wife, and you think you’re right?"

In the old lady’s eyes, not getting a wife was a cardinal sin. She looked at Jiang Yanting with disdain, "Go back to your room. Don’t hang around in front of me, it’s irritating."

Jiang Yanting wisely turned and walked upstairs.

"Ah, who would have thought that among the five Jiang brothers, the youngest Xiaowu would be the first to get engaged. Today’s kids are so headstrong; every single one of them is worrisome. If this were to..." The old lady suddenly thought of something, choked up, her eyes reddened, but she could not utter another word.

Heaving a long sigh—

Jiang Yanting paused for a moment, then continued upstairs.

...

With Jiang Jinsang’s engagement confirmed, Qi Zeyan was certainly invited. When the news reached the Qi Family, Old Master Qi became restless and even claimed he would give Qi Zeyan a "blind date leave."

With Jiang Jinsang not at home and Jiang Yanting running around outside all the time, Qi Zeyan had no choice but to ask Jiang Chengsi to meet up.

The two men, aside from chatting and drinking, had nothing serious to do. However, there was one time when they were photographed walking out of the bar, arm in arm.

Outsiders only knew the two were close friends, and seeing the photo, they didn’t say much.

The next day at breakfast, Old Master Qi handed the newspaper to Qi Zeyan, "You’ve been going out with that young Jiang quite often recently?"

"What about it?" There wasn’t anything written in the newspaper, just that the two were seen entering and leaving a bar. Adults having a drink wasn’t against the law.