binnovel Chapter 232 Flowers Bloom in the South of the City, Time to Return 4
Chapter 232 Flowers Bloom in the South of the City, Time to Return 4
Shen Xiangyi was overwhelmed with emotion, seemingly understanding Shen Yicheng's feelings when he "kidnapped" Shen Yirou, but still said:
“You and Bao’er are both daughters of the Shen family. We have no demands on you. We only hope that you two can live your lives like precious jewels. So don’t worry about anything else. Do whatever you want, and your father will take care of the rest.”
Shen Yirou pursed her lips, hiding the emotion in her eyes: "Okay, I understand, I will think about it again."
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, sister, you haven't asked for my opinion yet!" Shen Shuwan raised her arm high, trying to get attention.
"Okay, so what does Bao'er think?"
"My opinion is the same as our parents' and uncle's: as long as my sister is happy! But,"
Feeling powerless sitting down, Shen Shuwan leaned on the table and stood up, angrily saying, "My sister clearly goes to and from school with me, and we're at an all-girls school all day, so when did he confess his feelings today?!"
Uncle Shen and Father Shen, who had been too shocked and upset by their daughter's (niece's) confession to the brat to notice this, also instantly changed their expressions.
"Yeah, how did he confess?" Shen Yirou was also very curious. She gave Shen Xiangyi a meaningful look. "Could it be that he climbed over the wall?"
Father Shen clearly recalled the extravagant things he had done to pursue his wife.
The more triumphant they were then, the more miserable they are now.
Shen Lezi nodded under the watchful eyes of everyone. "He has a friend whose younger sister is also at the girls' school. After calling me out, he secretly climbed over the wall to come in."
"It must have been more than once, right?" Shen Xiangyi's grip on the chopsticks tightened.
Shen Lezhi nodded again and answered honestly, "Twice."
Although it only happened twice, they exchanged letters frequently.
Of course, he wrote most of the writing himself, and then his friend's sister delivered it to him.
The chopsticks that Aunt Qian had just replaced for Shen Yicheng were destroyed again, and Uncle Shen's gaze toward someone was becoming increasingly uncontrollable.
Well, the first brat climbed over the wall and kidnapped his own sister, and now another brat is trying to climb over the wall and kidnap his own niece.
"Pfft, that's pretty romantic."
Shen Yirou's lips curled up in a wild smile, but she still disagreed, saying, "Climbing over the wall is too dangerous and it's not good for the school. Next time, if there's anything, just have him come to your house directly to talk to you."
Jiang Che's mother and Shen Yirou were very close friends, and before she passed away, she often brought Jiang Che to visit the Shen family.
After his death, Jiang Che visited less often, but he would still bring gifts during the Lunar New Year.
But, talking about it at home?
Jiang only chose to climb over the wall because the Shen family had two powerful figures, Uncle Shen and Father Shen, watching over them, so he dared not say or do anything.
But what does this have to do with Shen Lezi?
Shen Lezhi pretended not to see the unpleasant looks in her father's and uncle's eyes and nodded in agreement.
"Yes, we shouldn't have climbed over the wall." Shen Xiangyi picked up the tea that Aunt Qian had placed on the table, blew on it, and said slowly.
"However, I heard that Grandpa Jiang is planning to let Jiang Che take over the family business recently, so he probably won't have time to look for Zhu'er after that."
Even if he has free time, he'll make that brat appear to be busy.
It just so happens that he has time tomorrow, so he can invite Grandpa Jiang to have tea together and chat with him about how young people these days need more opportunities to grow.
Uncle Shen stroked his chin and sighed, "Hmm, it seems like the security guards at the girls' school aren't very reliable. The wall isn't even that high, yet someone managed to climb over it twice. It's really worrying for us parents. But it's okay, I'll patrol the area more often when I'm on patrol."
It's best to keep him from catching that brat.
Once he catches them, he doesn't care whether they're young masters of the Jiang or Li families; he'll treat them all as delinquents, beat them up, and send them to jail.
Shen Shuwan glanced at her father and then at her uncle with her round eyes, realizing that the bastard surnamed Jiang was probably going to get what's coming to him. Only then did she contentedly stuff two more large strawberries that Aunt Qian had brought her into her mouth.
Hmph, trying to steal her sister will come at a price!
Jiang Che, who was still lying in bed imagining where they could go on a date after Shen Lezhi agreed, naturally had no idea what he was about to face.
However, he soon found out.
……
The consequences came very quickly.
First, his own grandfather (Grandpa Jiang) inexplicably entrusted him with an important task.
Just a while ago, Mingming kept saying that we should proceed step by step and develop steadily, so that he could gradually take over the family business.
In just one day, their attitude completely changed, and they immediately decided to "force growth"!
This caused his workload to increase dramatically. Forget about leaving work early; it would be good if he could finish his tasks by midnight.
After working diligently for several days, Jiang Che realized he had no way to finish ahead of schedule, so he secretly skipped work when Grandpa Jiang wasn't looking.
He had already made an agreement with Shen Lezi that she would come to him at the same time and place five days later to give him a reply.
Unfortunately, just as he was about to rummage through the debris, he was caught by a group of patrol officers who appeared out of nowhere and beaten up as if he were a delinquent.
If he hadn't run fast, his grandfather would have had to go to the police station to bail him out.
可惜错过了跟乐梓约定好的时间，她不会以为是他爽约了吧···=?2?3?2?2?2?3....
Having already known that Uncle Shen would be waiting outside the girls' school, Shen Lezhi listened to the commotion inside and returned to her classroom in high spirits.
Unable to climb over the wall and having missed Shen Lezi's school dismissal time, Jiang Che worried that Shen Lezi would be angry with him for standing him up, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and visit the Shen family.
Aunt Shen, as usual, chatted with him for a while and invited him to stay for dinner before leaving, taking with her the eerily smiling Mr. Shen who made him break out in a cold sweat.
I thought that the little sister of the Shen family, who stayed behind to eat strawberries obediently, would be as easy to please as ever.
But the chocolate today doesn't seem to be very good.
Jiang Che watched as Shen Shuwan kept hugging Shen Lezi and chattering incessantly, but he couldn't get a word in edgewise when he tried to say something to Shen Lezi.
She even secretly winked at Shen Lezhi, but he was mistaken for having an eye problem and told to go back and see a doctor quickly.
Fortunately, Aunt Shen came in again, saying she had something to tell her, and then called away the youngest sister of the Shen family.
After that, it was a rare time to be alone with Shen Lezhi.
“Um…” Jiang Che scratched his head, “I didn’t mean to stand you up that day, it was, it was, there was a little accident.”
You can't exactly tell your crush that you got beaten up and almost got arrested; that would be too embarrassing.
Shen Lezi suppressed her smile: "I know, are you alright?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Jiang Che smiled like a fool after being shown concern.
It took her a while to remember the main purpose of her visit today. "Well, well, how have you thought about the issue from the other day?"
"I……"
Unfortunately, before Shen Lezhi could answer, her uncle, who happened to be home, interrupted the conversation.
"Hey, isn't this the Jiang family's young master? What brings you here today?"
Shen Yicheng casually took off his hat and, seemingly warmly but actually forcefully, pulled Jiang Che along, saying, "It's about time for dinner, let's go eat!"
"I, um..." Jiang Che was unwilling, but he was still dragged away.
He was so close, just a tiny bit more, to finding the answer!