Chapter 53 Even such a big apple can't shut you up, right?
On the way to the Jin family's house.
Sang Qian's gaze fell on the man beside her again, and she felt that his outfit seemed to be deliberately staged.
"Did you invite anyone else to your house today?" she suddenly asked.
"No," Jin Changyu said, looking at her with a puzzled expression. "Why do you ask that?"
"Just asking."
He never dressed up like this when he returned to the Jin family home before, so why is he doing this today...?
Suddenly remembering that he had said he was off today, Sang Qian's eyelids twitched. "Are we going to be staying at your house all day?"
"Um."
Jin Changyu smiled and said, "I told Grandma on the phone that I'm off today and can stay home with her all day."
Sang Qian's expression changed instantly.
What if someone notices something amiss while I'm staying at the Jin family's house all day?
"How could you..."
"Grandma said she misses you a lot, and she's so happy to know you can spend the day with her."
"..."
Sang Qian's words were cut off before she could even speak.
*
The car arrived at the Jin family mansion.
The two got out of the car.
Jin Changyu walked over to Sang Qian and took her hand. When he saw that the woman was avoiding him, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Grandma is always shrewd and perceptive. We need to act more intimately so that we don't give ourselves away."
Having navigated the business world for many years, Madam Jin is wise and shrewd, and indeed not easily fooled.
Sang Qian hesitated for only a moment before the man took her hand.
Jin Changyu squeezed her soft fingers. "Let's go, wife."
"..."
They really got into character in a second.
He led Sang Qian into the house.
In the living room, Jin's mother sat upright on a single sofa.
Grandma Jin sat on the sofa, and Jin Ningxi sat intimately next to her, holding a phone and showing her something. Both of them were laughing.
Jin Ningxi: "Isn't it hilarious? This video is from my class's yearbook."
Madam Jin smiled and said, "Then your classmate has quite a talent for comedy."
"Grandma, Mom, Qianqian and I are back."
Hearing the sound, Madam Jin looked up and saw Sang Qian coming over hand in hand with Jin Changyu. "Qianqian is back."
Sang Qian saw that Old Madam Jin had become a little thinner, but her spirits were much better than when she left, and called out:
"grandmother."
Her voice was gentle and obedient, but her motionless posture made her seem somewhat distant. Old Madam Jin glanced at Jin Changyu with a seemingly casual look.
When she looked at Sang Qian again, her gaze became kind. "Come, Qianqian, sit here with Grandma."
"……good."
Sang Qian tried her best to act normal and sat down next to her.
"Grandma, are you feeling better now?"
"It's much better. The rheumatism plaster you had someone bring me two months ago is very effective. After using it, my knees don't hurt when I meditate."
Madam Jin smiled and gently patted the back of her hand, "Good child, you're so thoughtful."
"Mom, isn't Sang Qian just being kind to you?"
Jin's mother glanced at Sang Qian and said, "When you were home before, she would personally deliver Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to you, and we would also receive holiday gifts. This year, since you're not home for the holiday, we can't benefit from your generosity."
Sang Qian understood the underlying meaning: she was dissatisfied that she hadn't sent a Mid-Autumn Festival gift to the Jin family this year.
It's an insinuation that she lacks manners and disrespects her mother-in-law.
After all, in her eyes, she was the daughter-in-law of the Jin family, and doing these things was her duty.
Before Sang Qian could speak, the man who sat down next to her spoke first, "Mom, I insisted on preparing this year's gift. I'm sorry, it was my oversight."
Jin Ningxi, who was sitting on the other side of the old lady, was eating an apple. Hearing this, she complained, "Brother, why don't you let your wife prepare next year? Every time she brings back gifts, she prepares a small gift for everyone in the family. Unlike you, you're such a straight man. All Gao Ze brings back is a bunch of stuff that even a dog wouldn't look at."
Jin Changyu glanced at her. "Such a big apple can't shut you up, can it?"
Jin Ningxi pouted at him.
Jin's mother was displeased with Jin Changyu speaking up for Sang Qian, "Changyu, you..."
"Alright."
Madam Jin looked at her and said, "You've been married into the Jin family for so many years, and you've never prepared a holiday gift for me, your mother-in-law. Your daughter-in-law only failed to prepare one, and you're already complaining?"
Unexpectedly, she had shot herself in the foot. Jin's mother immediately looked embarrassed and her voice became weak with guilt. "Mom, I, I didn't mean that."
Grandma Jin ignored her and took out a red talisman from her pocket and placed it in Sang Qian's hand. "Take this. This is a talisman that Grandma got for you at the temple."
"Thank you, Grandma."
Sang Qian accepted it with both hands.
Jin Ningxi leaned over to take a look. "Hmm? Grandma, why is the talisman you gave me different from my sister-in-law's?"
“Yours is a peace charm, and your sister-in-law’s is a harmony charm, so of course they’re different.”
As Madam Jin said this, she handed another talisman, exactly the same as Sang Qian's, to Jin Changyu, saying, "This is yours."
Jin Ningxi asked, "What is a Harmony Talisman?"
"It is a talisman to promote harmony between husband and wife."
Upon hearing Madam Jin's words, the talisman in Sang Qian's hand suddenly became scalding hot.
Jin Changyu happily put the talisman into his pocket, saying, "Thank you, Grandma."
Seeing that Sang Qian didn't react to the talisman, Old Madam Jin smiled and said to her, "This talisman has been blessed and is very effective."
"..."
Sang Qian now felt even more pressured.
Before I could figure out what to do, a large hand snatched the talisman from my hand.
"I'll put it in your bag for you."
Jin Changyu didn't give her a chance to react and directly put the talisman into the inner compartment of her bag.
Just then, a maid came over and said, "Madam, we have a guest to visit you."
Madam Jin was taken aback. "I haven't told anyone I'm back yet. Who would come to visit me?"
"It's Miss Zhou Yunshuang."
Upon hearing this, Sang Qian's expression changed, and she subconsciously glanced at Jin Changyu.
No wonder you looked so good today, it turns out...
He also said he didn't invite anyone else to his home?
The old lady Jin's face immediately darkened, and she looked at Jin's mother with a questioning gaze.
Feeling a little guilty under her gaze, Jin's mother quickly explained, "I ran into her at the beauty salon yesterday, and we chatted and inadvertently mentioned your return. That's probably why she came to visit you."
Madam Jin's face was somber as she said to the servant, "Please invite them in."
A short while later, Zhou Yunshuang came in carrying a gift box.
"Grandma Jin, it's been a long time."
Madam Jin looked at her and said indifferently, "Indeed, I haven't seen Miss Zhou since she went abroad."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunshuang's smile froze instantly.
She went abroad at the very moment when the two families were about to arrange a marriage. Later, her father told her that Madam Jin was very angry at the time.
Enraged, she randomly chose Sang Qian, a lowly woman from a humble family, to marry Jin Changyu.
Zhou Yunshuang tried her best to maintain a smile and changed the subject, "Grandma Jin, I heard that you had surgery and went to the temple to pray for blessings. You only came back yesterday, so I came here today specifically to visit you."
"Miss Zhou, you're too kind."
Madam Jin smiled faintly, "Guests are welcome. Miss Zhou, please sit down and have a cup of tea before you leave?"
Seeing that she had agreed, Zhou Yunshuang's eyes lit up with joy. "Thank you, Grandma Jin."
Jin Changyu explicitly rejected her advances and wanted to marry into the Jin family. Now, she could only rely on pleasing the two elders of the Jin family.
In the Jin family, the person with the most say is this old lady Jin.
She is also the person she most needs to win over.
Zhou Yunshuang sat down on another sofa, and Sang Qian noticed that she glanced at Jin Changyu as she sat down.
Madam Jin instructed the servants to serve tea.
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