Pingjiang City Second Hospital
When Tang Wan arrived at the hospital, Manager Chen was already there, and the injured Xu Lin was leaning on the hospital bed. He had been checked and there weren’t any serious problems, but the doctor suggested that he stay in the hospital for observation for two days.
"Ms. Tang." People who are attractive can easily make others feel favorable towards them, but Xu Lin was self-aware, "I can be discharged tomorrow, why did you buy so much stuff?"
"Just some fruits." Tang Wan had also bought a bouquet of flowers and a fruit basket, "How are you feeling today?"
"Not bad, please have a seat." Xu Lin was very polite to her, although they were the same age, she was his boss, and he didn’t dare to speak casually, which inevitably made the atmosphere a bit awkward.
"Wanwan, I heard Mr. Shen has returned?" Manager Chen spoke.
"And about Zhang Defu’s incident, it’s all over the forums. They say that the two families met, and that Zhang Defu was beaten. It wasn’t your aunt, was it?"
"Mhm, she tried to climb over the wall and just happened to bump into him."
"That girl is really something," Manager Chen joked.
"How fierce is she?" Xu Lin asked to join the group chat.
Manager Chen laughed lightly, "I’ve only seen her once. She has quite the presence. I just heard from Ms. Tang mentioning that Wanwan used to have a boy in school who would pick on her, and even followed her home. Boys that age like to get girls’ attention that way."
"I heard her aunt came back to the country and just ran into him, pulled the boy aside in an alley to talk for a bit."
"After that, the boy was never seen again, and it was said he got beaten up."
Subconsciously, people would assume that Tang Wan’s aunt must be in her thirties or forties. Xu Lin’s expression became a bit strange—an adult hitting a child?
Seeing his expression, Manager Chen realized the misunderstanding, "Wanwan’s aunt is actually a year younger than her, just a young girl!"
Xu Lin suddenly understood.
"I’ve only met her once and greeted her, quite an aloof girl."
Tang Wan just smiled, yes, aloof... so how come she was suddenly so enthusiastic towards Jiang Jinsang?
And at that moment, her phone vibrated with a message from Jiang Jinsang:
[Are you at the hospital yet? We are at the tea house. If there’s any pastry you want, I can bring it back for you.]
Tang Wan stroked her phone but didn’t reply right away.
After sending the message, Jiang Jinsang waited five or six minutes without a response. He fiddled with his teacup, his gaze deepening, clearly getting restless. The hospital was closer to the Tang family’s residence, how could she not have arrived yet.
Either she hadn’t seen the message, or...
she didn’t want to reply!
"Waiting for a message." Shen Shuci was sitting next to him. Because the music in the tea house was loud, they had to sit close to speak.
"Ms. Shen, what exactly are you trying to do?" Jiang Jinsang wasn’t stupid; he could usually tell if someone genuinely wanted to get close or was just pretending.
"Nothing much, just curious about you, wanted to know more."
The old men from the Tang and Shen families looked at each other; these two were whispering again.
The Jiang family was even more puzzled.
Jiang Cuo nudged the person next to him, "Hey, what is Ms. Shen up to? She couldn’t possibly be falling for our grandpa."
"Man, if that ferocious person marries into the family, our grandpa might not live past twenty-eight."
"This is Ms. Tang’s aunt, too, can’t make it too awkward."
Because she was Tang Wan’s aunt, Jiang Jinsang really couldn’t make a scene. As long as she wasn’t too excessive, he had to play along.
However, Shen Shuci didn’t do much afterwards, and even spoke very little to Jiang Jinsang until later that evening when they were going to a restaurant booked by Tang Yunxian for dinner. Then, she suddenly spoke, "Lord Jiang, may I ride in your car?"
Only Jiangjiang suddenly covered his mouth, laughing hysterically, his eyes continuously darting between the two, then quietly asked Jiang Jinsang:
"Uncle, does this sister like you?"
Even a child could sense something unusual, let alone the others.
When they arrived at the restaurant, Tang Yunxian and Tang Wan had already arrived. It was a large round table, everyone was familiar with each other, so there wasn’t much fuss about seating.
"Wanwan, come sit next to grandpa!" Old Master Shen naturally wanted to be closer to his granddaughter.
"Lord Jiang, let’s sit here," Shen Shuci smiled as she called him over.
Jiang Jinsang twiddled his fingers; everyone was watching him, making it impossible to decline, so he sat down, thanking her. He ended up sitting two seats away from Tang Wan, his maneuvering wasn’t enough to get him any closer to Tang Wan.
Tang Wan meanwhile kept talking to her grandfather, having greeted him when she first came in, and there was no eye contact between them.