Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot

Chapter 417: 268 saccharine: constant cheesy talk, sprinkling sweet nothings everywhere

Two days after the engagement, having seen off long-distance relatives and friends like Qiao Wangbei, Tang Wan spent another two days in Pingjiang with the elderly lady and others.

The elderly lady hadn’t set foot here for over twenty years. As people age, reaching this point in their years, it’s very likely this could be her last visit. She reminisced about the last time, when she visited with her husband. In the blink of an eye, the old man had been gone for several years, and her emotions were quite stirred.

Shen Zhixian originally planned to return after the engagement party, but Taotao really wanted to stay and play with Jiangjiang, and she rarely had the chance to take her child out, so she decided to stay with the Jiang Family.

However, Xie Duo had been rather down lately, feeling like an outsider every time a group went out.

His daily routine involved carrying things, holding bags, or helping to entertain the kids.

Taotao would cry for her brother, and Jiangjiang would follow suit, incessantly piercing Xie Duo’s heart.

With Jiang Chengsi around, the two kids seemed to have suddenly freed their nature, causing trouble all day long and not listening to any discipline.

On the contrary, when the Shen family of three prepared to go back to their country, the three families got together for a meal, which turned out to be even livelier than the New Year’s Eve dinner.

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In the midst of the wine merriment, Old Master Shen grabbed Old Tang’s arm, "Old Tang, although Wanwan and Xiaowu aren’t married yet, she will soon be busy with her studio and will definitely stay in Beijing. How are you and Yunxian going to manage all by yourselves here?"

"Just living life, what else can we do?" Old Tang had previously tried his best to match Tang Wan with Jiang Jinsang, but the thought of his granddaughter marrying far away filled him with an indescribable bitterness.

"Why don’t you and Yunxian move to Beijing and live there?" the old lady suggested.

"Once Wanwan leaves, you two old men staying here alone will be quite lonely. At our age, aside from finding distractions for ourselves, we mostly just want to spend more time looking at our children."

"Now that she and Xiaowu have just gotten engaged, she can still come back to see you, but if she gets pregnant and has children in the future, how can she travel back and forth like that?"

...

Old Tang was advanced in age and wanted to stay in familiar surroundings. Yet when the old lady mentioned children, his eyes brightened considerably.

"Auntie Er, do you have a baby now?" Jiangjiang was originally focused on eating. He only heard that Tang Wan was pregnant with a child, and his eyes were fixed on her belly as if there was already something inside.

"No, I don’t," Tang Wan said, greatly embarrassed.

"I want a younger brother!"

"Why a younger brother?" Jiang Jinsang asked with a light laugh.

"I want to have both a sister and brother," Jiangjiang said, which made everyone laugh. Yet he lifted his little face and looked at Tang Wan again, "Auntie Er, you don’t have one now, but when will you have one?"

Such dangerous words!

"Jiangjiang, eat your food!" Shen Zhixian gave him a cola chicken wing to quiet him down.

Tang Wan was thin-skinned, and with a bunch of elders around, she almost wished she could crawl into a hole.

At this time, Jiang Jinsang suddenly turned his head and asked her, "Do you prefer a boy or a girl?"

Tang Wan clenched her teeth and glared at him, but he just rubbed his fingers, "How many do you want to have?"

"Eat!" Tang Wan uttered each word as if squeezing them through her teeth, just short of telling him to shut up directly.

"We could have a football team; I’ll take them to play soccer!" Jiangjiang started jumping again. noveldrama

Jiang Chengsi just smiled, "Jiang Wenyan, get your dad to have them for you."

He only intended to tease Jiang Yanting and Shen Zhixian, but a sharp glare from someone sent a chill down his spine, followed by numerous glares shooting at him—

Damn!

Did he just stir up a hornet’s nest?

Caught off guard, his calf was suddenly kicked, followed by two more from different angles, clearly not by the same person, "Ouch—"

Who the hell kicked him?

"Fourth Brother? What’s wrong?" Jiang Jinsang looked over at him, "Feeling uncomfortable?"

"My leg’s cramping a bit."

"Let me take you outside for a walk." Saying this, he pretentiously helped Jiang Chengsi out.

Shen Zhixian had developed health issues after giving birth, and Zhou Zhongqing had long said that it would be difficult for her to conceive again in the future, so Jiang Chengsi’s unintentional mockery really hurt her.

"I didn’t know about this... Otherwise..." Jiang Chengsi said, feeling a headache and brushing his trouser leg, "Does it mean she and my second brother might not be able to have children?"

"Most likely that’s the case."

"No wonder his look just now, as if he wanted to tear me apart. But they already have a girl and a boy; even so, they are still very fortunate."

...

When the two returned, the conversation had already shifted. After eating, Jiang Chengsi suggested, "It’s rare for everyone to be together; how about taking a group photo?"

The old lady looked at him with a smile, "You finally said something sensible."

Jiang Chengsi, taken aback: So in your eyes, have I been talking nonsense all this time?