Shen Jichuan returned at dinner time as usual. Wen Qiao told him that she went to her mother's place in the afternoon. Her mother had found a job as a nanny, and the family was treating her quite well.
Shen Jichuan paused eating.
“There is absolutely no need for her to work. Your mother only has you as her daughter, and my parents have long since passed away. We are both filial to her, so she doesn’t need to find a job.”
After finishing his sentence, Shen Jichuan added, "Xiao Qiao, I'm not saying that I think it's not good for your mother to be a nanny, I just think that she doesn't need to."
Wen Qiao said, "I tried to persuade her, but she wouldn't listen. She said she feels more at ease and secure earning money with her own hands."
"Let her be."
As Wen Qiao spoke, she picked up a piece of chicken and placed it in Shen Jichuan's bowl.
"My mom made stir-fried chicken with chili peppers."
Shen Jichuan chuckled softly.
"It tastes great. I was wondering why you're such a good cook; it turns out you learned it from your mother."
Wen Qiao said, "Of course."
After a simple dinner, Shen Jichuan went to his study to handle some matters, while Wen Qiao curled up on the sofa in the living room reading.
When Shen Jichuan came out of the study, he saw Wen Qiao asleep on the sofa.
Shen Jichuan thought that perhaps they should get a television set for the house.
This way, Wen Qiao can watch TV to pass the time while sitting in the living room.
He bent down and picked up Wen Qiao, and the sudden weightlessness made Wen Qiao wake up immediately.
"It's you."
Shen Jichuan said, "Who do you think it is? How come you fell asleep sitting down? If you're sleepy, go upstairs to your bed."
"I wanted to watch for a while because I have a job interview tomorrow, but I didn't expect to get sleepy after watching for a bit."
Wen Qiao asked him to put her down so she could walk upstairs by herself, but Shen Jichuan didn't. He carried Wen Qiao up to the second floor.
Worried that she might actually be pregnant, Wen Qiao immediately told Shen Jichuan, who was changing clothes, that she wanted to rest that night.
Shen Jichuan smiled.
"Looks like you're really tired."
"Okay, I won't touch you tonight. I have some things to take care of, so I might go to sleep a little later. You go to sleep first, and I'll come up to keep you company later."
Shen Jichuan only wanted to carry Wen Qiao upstairs and didn't intend for anything to happen between them that night.
Wen Qiao looked at Shen Jichuan, her eyes filled with worry as she asked.
Have you been having any trouble lately?
Shen Jichuan gently rubbed Wen Qiao's soft hair.
"It's nothing, just routine work."
Wen Qiao was indeed sleepy, and she knew that if Shen Jichuan didn't want to tell her something, she wouldn't be able to get it out of him by asking.
Wen Qiao didn't know what time Shen Jichuan was busy until. She only remembered that she had slept for a long time that night. When Shen Jichuan came back and saw that she was awake, he apologized for disturbing her and then lay down to hug Wen Qiao and sleep.
The next morning, after having breakfast at home, Wen Qiao rode her bicycle to her job interview, while Shen Jichuan drove to his workplace.
In the car, driver Sun Jianjun glanced at the leader in the back seat.
"Sir, do we want to go back to the unit now, or...?"
"Go see Minister Liang."
Someone at his workplace smeared Shen Jichuan, saying that when his father was an officer in the army, he confiscated a landlord's property and secretly gave it to Shen Jichuan.
Things that weren't uncovered within the military back then are now being reopened for investigation.
Shen Jichuan, as the possible heir to that fortune, became the focus of the investigation.
Shen Jichuan roughly knew what was going on. It was originally a family matter, but now the old family mansion was planning to abandon him and follow Yang Hongyu.
They wanted to team up with Yang Hongwei to bring him down.
Shen Jichuan originally intended to give Wen Qiao a ride, but Wen Qiao felt she wasn't familiar with the route, so she decided to ride her bike.
Shen Jichuan told her to drive carefully and to call his workplace if anything happened.
Wen Qiao knew Shen Jichuan's work unit's phone number by heart.
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