Chapter 031 Getting to know Mr. Wen After leaving
the restaurant, Jiang Yiqing touched his flat belly and remembered that he hadn't eaten the food he ordered just now.
It seemed that he couldn't eat it now.
Tsk, it's all Mei Qian's fault. The fall she just made was so beautiful that he forgot to eat.
Mei Qian: ...
Jiang Yiqing fumbled for his phone and shamelessly sent a message to Wen Xiuyan: "Ahem, I finished earlier than expected today."
Wen Xiuyan replied quickly and politely: "Does Yiqing have time to try that restaurant that tastes good?"
Jiang Yiqing smiled and said: "Yes."
Wen Xiuyan: "Where are you? Send me your location and I'll pick you up."
Jiang Yiqing said, "Oh, this is too embarrassing," and then honestly sent the location.
Wen Xiuyan, who had failed to make an appointment with someone on the weekend and had secretly worked overtime at the company, immediately picked up the suit jacket hanging beside him the moment he received Jiang Yiqing's message, walked out of the office with a swagger, and looked down at the location Jiang Yiqing had sent.
It's not far, it should be there in ten minutes.
So, the employees who came to the company to work overtime on the weekend left the company like a gust of wind when they saw their boss.
Employees: "?"
Jiang Yiqing was too lazy to find another place to sit, and was afraid that Wen Xiuyan would not be able to find him later, so he just watched the excitement at the door of the western restaurant.
Mei Qian hadn't left yet, she was sitting on the ground wailing, and it was no wonder she was exaggerating, she did fall a bit badly, with large scratches on her arms and legs.
"Ma'am, let me help you up first." The waiter walked forward carefully.
"Ah! Go away! It hurts so much." Mei Qian cried in pain. She didn't care about the restraint of a lady at this moment. She shouted, "It's all your fault. Who mopped the floor? The floor is so slippery. I fell like this!"
The waiter was helpless. Their floor was wiped very clean. It was not slippery at all, okay? It was obviously her fault that she didn't step firmly. But she thought so in her heart and couldn't say it out loud. She could only blame herself.
After a while, a man who looked like a manager came in hurriedly, apologized to Mei Qian again, and gave her various benefits. Finally, he said that he would call a doctor to treat her wounds. Mei Qian
didn't know whether it was because of the various benefits mentioned by the manager or because of the manager's face that her expression eased a little.
She was helped to sit down on the sofa, and a doctor came to treat her wound soon.
Mei Qian grimaced in pain and called Zhou Ding again to tell him that she was injured.
Zhou Ding was in a bad mood and had no mood to comfort her. He said impatiently: "I see you can still call me, it shouldn't be serious."
Mei Qian: "..."
She was furious, but she didn't dare to lose her temper. She hung up the phone with a bad face.
Seeing this, Jiang Yiqing felt that it was meaningless, mainly because Wen Xiuyan said he had arrived in such a short time, and he was quite fast.
Jiang Yiqing walked out of the door quickly and saw the man in a suit from a distance. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that Wen Xiuyan's hair was a little messy.
But he is still so handsome that people can't take their eyes off him.
Jiang Yiqing got into the passenger seat, not knowing that Wen Xiuyan, who was standing beside him, took advantage of his inattention to raise his hand to tidy up his hair that was messed up by the wind.
The car drove away slowly, and they didn't know that Mei Qian, who was not far away, was looking at this scene in disbelief.
Zhou Ding's impatient attitude just now made her feel bad, and she didn't even have the mood to treat the wound .
Mei Qian frowned and asked the doctor not to treat her, then stood up and limped away.
The doctor and manager were left with confused faces. Well, it was she who didn't want to be treated, and it was none of their business.
Mei Qian left the western restaurant with such difficulty. As luck would have it, she saw Jiang Yiqing as soon as she reached the door.
As soon as she saw the other person's face, she was very angry. She felt that if Jiang Yiqing hadn't cursed her just now, she would not have fallen down because she was unhappy.
She completely forgot that she had just blamed the waiter in the western restaurant for mopping the floor too slippery.
In short, she was very unhappy to see Jiang Yiqing now.
However, when she thought that the other party had completely lost the inheritance rights of the Zhou family, Mei Qian's mood improved again.
With a cold snort, she tidied her clothes and was about to turn around and leave. However, before she left, she saw Jiang Yiqing walked to a car on the other side of the street and got in.
Mei Qian was of course familiar with this car. The price of the car was enough to make Zhou Ding stay away. How could Jiang Yiqing know such a person?
However, what she couldn't accept was what happened next. The window of the car suddenly rolled down, and Mei Qian quickly saw the silhouette of the driver.
It looked familiar, but that familiarity made her tremble, and her mind was full of impossibilities.
If she was just a little shocked when she saw Jiang Yiqing get on the car just now, then now, this shock made her dazed for several minutes. It was not
until the car slowly left her sight that Mei Qian seemed to come to her senses. She shook her head and murmured, "Impossible, impossible... How could he know Wen Xiuyan..."
Moreover, the person driving the car just now was Wen Xiuyan!
A man who, in her eyes, had nothing to offer except a face, could let Wen Xiuyan be his driver. Haha, Mei Qian felt that compared to this incident, it was more likely that she had just fallen and became stupid, so she had hallucinations.
If it was true, what she had just done... Mei Qian could not imagine how Zhou Ding would react.
This would not be good for them, mother and son, so Mei Qian subconsciously denied this possibility. Even if it was true, she would not say it out loud.
Thinking of this, Mei Qian exhaled and tried not to let her legs go weak. Just as she took a step forward, she fell with a "clang" and fell flat on her face.
Far away, the waiters in the western restaurant: "..."
"I suspect she has a problem with her walking ability, and she was trying to scam me just now."
"I think so too, who would be a good person to fall so many times after walking a few steps."
"Do you want to go over and take a look?"
"Ah... what? I didn't see it."
"Ahem, I didn't see it either."
Wen Xiuyan raised the car window again. Jiang Yiqing asked in confusion, "What were you looking at just now?"
Wen Xiuyan: "I saw a lady looking at you. I wanted to see if she knew you."
Jiang Yiqing knew who he was talking about. He wrinkled his nose without saying anything.
Wen Xiuyan saw this and understood Jiang Yiqing's attitude. He skipped the topic and handed Jiang Yiqing a tablet.
Jiang Yiqing took the tablet, raised his eyebrows slightly, and turned to look at Wen Xiuyan.
"It's a long way from the restaurant here. You can order first. You don't have to wait too long." Wen Xiuyan explained, "It's the one at the top."
It was quite considerate. Jiang Yiqing didn't bother to be polite with him. The main reason was that he was really hungry.
After asking Wen Xiuyan about his preferences, they quickly ordered the dishes. When they clicked the order button, the software showed that the kitchen had already started preparing the dishes.
Jiang Yiqing thought it was quite interesting. He had never seen this software before. He thought that only people inside the company had it. He couldn't help but sigh: evil rich people.
The evil rich people next to him asked him, "What are you thinking about?"
Jiang Yiqing came back to his senses and touched his nose with guilt: "Nothing."
Wen Xiuyan curled his lips and didn't ask any more questions.
The restaurant was indeed quite far from where they started. It took almost an hour to get there.
Jiang Yiqing was stunned for a moment after getting out of the car. Rather than saying that this was a restaurant, it was more like a private manor. After entering, it did look a bit like a restaurant.
At least they could see the waiters coming and going. Jiang Yiqing and Wen Xiuyan followed one of the waiters to the private room.
The private room was also very different, with an ancient charm. It was like traveling through time in an instant.
The only two people here who could find a different era from everything around them were probably him and Wen Xiuyan.
This thought made Jiang Yiqing unable to hold back his laughter. Seeing Wen Xiuyan looking over, he coughed lightly and said, "Nothing."
Wen Xiuyan said "hmm" and made tea with smooth movements.
Not to mention, it was simply too pleasing to the eye with his face.
Wen Xiuyan made the tea and handed it to Jiang Yiqing: "Try it? I see that you like to drink tea. The flower tea here is good."
Jiang Yiqing raised his eyebrows. He was a little curious about what the tea that was praised by Wen Xiuyan tasted like. He reached out to take it and took a sip.
The faint scent of flowers and tea lingered between the lips and teeth, which was really good.
Jiang Yiqing was busy tasting tea and didn't notice that when Wen Xiuyan handed him the tea, their fingers briefly touched for a moment and then quickly separated.
Wen Xiuyan clenched his hands slightly on his knees.
Before he finished a cup of tea, the dishes were served one after another. The portion of each dish was not large, so Jiang Yiqing ordered a lot.
He first tasted the squirrel mandarin fish at hand, and his eyes lit up the moment the fish entered his mouth.
He now understood why Wen Xiuyan didn't feel far away just to come here to eat.
It was really delicious. Although Jiang Yiqing tried to be reserved, his cheeks were a little swollen from eating.
Seeing Wen Xiuyan smile, he felt a little embarrassed and coughed lightly: "Well... I was a little hungry just now."
Wen Xiuyan poured him another cup of tea: "It's okay, eat slowly."
After the meal, Jiang Yiqing was very satisfied. He thought to himself that he must come next time Wen Xiuyan invites him to dinner. He almost missed such a delicious meal today.
It's really interesting to take a walk slowly in the manor after eating in the cool breeze outside.
"Brother Wen?" A surprised voice came from afar.
Wen Xiuyan and Jiang Yiqing stopped and saw a middle-aged man walking towards them with a smile on his face, followed by a middle-aged woman and a teenager.
The middle-aged man, Du Qinxue, did not expect to meet Wen Xiuyan here, and came over to say hello without thinking.
Du Qinxue used to be a partner of Wen Xiuyan's father, and the two had a good relationship. Later, Wen Xiuyan's father had an accident, and his grandfather passed away not long after. Wen Xiuyan supported the Wen family.
After that, Du Qinxue was embarrassed to call Wen Xiuyan an elder, because the other party had grown to a position equal to them, and sometimes they even needed to rely on Wen Xiuyan.
Du Qinxue just relied on the little relationship he had in the past, and shamelessly called himself "old brother".
Wen Xiuyan remembered that Du Qinxue had helped him in the most difficult time, and he did not refuse. As a result, the relationship between the Wen and Du families was better than when Wen Xiuyan's father was there.
When he met Wen Xiuyan at this time, he naturally came over to say hello without hesitation.
Wen Xiuyan nodded and introduced Jiang Yiqing: "This is my good friend, Yiqing."
Seeing Wen Xiuyan's solemn introduction, Du Qinxue's attitude towards Jiang Yiqing also became much more solemn: "Brother Yiqing is really a handsome man, hahaha."
Jiang Yiqing also smiled and greeted him.
Mrs. Du saw her son hanging his head and not saying a word, and couldn't help but patted her son's head: "Xinliang, why don't you say hello when you see people?"
Du Xinliang was a little dazed, and after a while he rushed to Wen Xiuyan and said: "Hello, Uncle Wen."
Uncle? Jiang Yiqing looked at Wen Xiuyan, who was only in his twenties, and wanted to laugh.
However, he then heard Du Xinliang say to him, "Hello, Uncle Yiqing."
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"Haha, I don't know what's wrong with this kid recently. He studies too hard. I guess he's thinking about going home to study." Du Qinxue secretly boasted to his son, "Xinliang got the first place in the grade this time."
Jiang Yiqing looked at Du Xinliang, who smiled reluctantly.
Speaking of studying, the boy's body trembled slightly, and his face showed some pain.
Jiang Yiqing frowned, took out a piece of talisman paper folded into a triangle, and handed it to Du Xinliang: "Since you call me uncle, I don't have anything else on me, so take this as a gift."
Du Xinliang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Mrs. Du.
Mrs. Du took a look at the things Jiang Yiqing handed over, which seemed to be talisman paper. Although she murmured in her heart, she still smiled and said, "Your uncle Yiqing gave it to you, just keep it."
Du Xinliang nodded and took the talisman paper from Jiang Yiqing. The young boy was quite polite: "Thank you, Uncle Yiqing."
Jiang Yiqing was not used to suddenly becoming an uncle. What I mean is, there is no need to be so polite.
"Hey, this child, I don't know what's wrong with him recently, he's so depressed, he used to be so naughty." Mrs. Du sighed.
Du Xinliang held the talisman paper in his hand, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Jiang Yiqing's eyes were always on Du Xinliang: "There must be a reason for the child's change, parents should pay more attention to him."
Du Qinxue smiled: "I think he is older and more sensible."
Jiang Yiqing: "..." Okay.
Wen Xiuyan glanced at Jiang Yiqing and reminded Du Qinxue: "Remember to let the child keep the things given by Yiqing close to him."
Du Qinxue was stunned. Although he didn't know why, Wen Xiuyan was not a person who would say nonsense. He nodded: "Okay."
After the family left, Wen Xiuyan spoke: "Are there any problems?"
Jiang Yiqing nodded: "Well, but it can't hurt him for a while. If Du Qinxue looks for me, just give him my contact information."
Wen Xiuyan understood: "Okay." After
he finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Yiqing and suddenly laughed.
Jiang Yiqing felt a little uncomfortable with his laugh. He was not an introvert, mainly because Wen Xiuyan was too good-looking. Being looked at and laughed by such a person, no one could stand it.
Jiang Yiqing pursed his face: "What are you laughing at?"
"Actually, I was not used to being called uncle at first." Wen Xiuyan obviously saw what Jiang Yiqing was thinking.
"That's good, you are young and promising." Jiang Yiqing smiled. Being called uncle at such a young age, how can that not be considered as being young and promising?
Wen Xiuyan smiled.
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the other side, Madam Du took the talisman paper given by Jiang Yiqing from Du Xinliang's hand and looked at it over and over again in confusion: "What is this? A talisman paper? Why would Xiu Yan's friend give this to him?"
There was no one else around, so Du Qinxue didn't care about his image. He was a little full from eating just now, so he patted his belly: "How would I know? I'll just keep it well if it's given to me."
Du Qinxue was a smart man: "I've never heard of Brother Wen having such a friend before. I'm afraid Jiang Yiqing is a capable person."
He didn't believe that Wen Xiu Yan had no other abilities to treat him like this in such a short time.
"Maybe he is a hermit or something." Du Qinxue pondered: "Anyway, keeping the things will definitely not harm Xinliang."
Mrs. Du nodded and said, "I will keep this talisman paper first, in case Xinliang loses it, I will make a sachet for him when I get home."
In fact, Mrs. Du did not think this talisman paper was anything special, but after all, it was given by Wen Xiuyan's friend, and Wen Xiuyan specifically told Du Xinliang to carry it with him. If he found that Du Xinliang didn't have it with him when they met next time, it would be so embarrassing, so he should carry it. As
the two talked, Du Xinliang, who was standing aside, became particularly anxious from the beginning and kept looking at the time.
Finally, she couldn't help but urge: "Mom and Dad, come home quickly."
"Why are you in such a hurry? It's still early. You have a day off today, so relax." Mrs. Du touched her son's head distressedly. She didn't know what was wrong. She had been trying to feed her son nutritious food recently, but he still lost a lot of weight.
"No, I... I have to go back to read." Du Xinliang became even more anxious, fidgeting and even crying.
Du Qinxue said: "If the child wants to go home, go back. There's nothing to do outside."
Mrs. Du looked at Du Xueliang worriedly. She always felt that her son was too abnormal. She nodded with a heavy heart.
Du Xinliang's face was full of resistance to going home, but when he thought about what kind of punishment he would get if he didn't go home on time, he became extremely anxious.
Two split emotions appeared in him at the same time, making him extremely painful.
But he didn't dare to tell his parents.
As soon as the car arrived at the door of the house, Du Xinliang rushed out of the car and ran to his study like a gust of wind.
Mrs. Du hurriedly reminded him from behind: "Don't be anxious, run slowly."
When Du Xinliang's back disappeared at the door of the room, Mrs. Du said worriedly: "Qinxue, do you feel that Xinliang is weird? Even if he loves to study, he shouldn't be like this."
What's more, Du Xinliang didn't like to study at all before, and this change started a month ago.
A month ago, Du Xinliang's grades were only in the middle of the class, but in less than a month, he became the first in the grade.
As parents, they were naturally happy that their child's grades had improved, but they watched Du Xinliang become thinner and more absent-minded every day. When they asked him what happened, Du Xinliang said nothing.
Sometimes, Mrs. Du would rather her son be as naughty as before than be like this.
Thinking about this, Mrs. Du began to wipe away tears.
Du Qinxue on the side was speechless: "Isn't the child fine? The one who studies well now doesn't work so hard. He should be a little tired now, and he will thank himself in the future."
"Get lost!" Mrs. Du was very angry: "The child is like this, and you still say such things! What? To inherit your family business, he must be admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University? Du Qinxue, why don't you find a new one, my son can't stand this hardship!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Du Qinxue saw that his wife was angry, and coughed lightly, still unwilling to admit defeat: "I am right..."
Mrs. Du was so angry that she smashed Du Qinxue's head.
Du Qinxue hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I think my son may have some psychological problems, wait for me to contact an expert to take a look at him."
Mrs. Du heard this and then her expression eased.
She returned to her room and touched something while tidying up her clothes. She took it out and found that it was the talisman paper given by Jiang Yiqing. After all, she was free and had no mood to do anything else, so she simply sewed a lucky bag and put the talisman paper in it.
Mrs. Du wanted to see how her son was doing, so she knocked on Du Xinliang's door under the pretext of sending something.
Du Xinliang's voice came: "Mom? What's wrong?"
Mrs. Du said: "Xinliang, open the door, I have prepared the things that your uncle Yiqing sent for you, please wear them."
After Mrs. Du finished speaking, Du Xinliang came out slowly after a long time.
Mrs. Du hung the talisman bag around Du Xinliang's neck. Before she could say anything, Du Xinliang said, "Mom, don't knock on the door when I'm studying in the future."
Mrs. Du was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Am I disturbing you from studying?"
Du Xinliang pursed his lips and nodded, turned his head to look at the study, his face slightly pale: "I... I will continue to study, Mom, don't come over."
Du Xinliang said, as if he was urged by someone, and hurried back to the study.
Mrs. Du looked at the tightly closed door and sighed with a worried look.
Something is wrong, her son is too wrong.
Mrs. Du looked worried and was about to turn around and leave, when a shrill scream suddenly came from the study. The sound was sharp and terrible, and it was not something that a human could make.
Mrs. Du was startled, thinking that the sound came from her son's study. She didn't care about being scared, and hurriedly pushed open the door of Du Xinliang's study and went in.
However, they found that the door was locked. Mrs. Du said anxiously: "Xinliang, Xinliang, are you okay? Open the door!"
"Du Qinxue, get the key!"
Du Qinxue naturally heard the call, and didn't even care that his slippers fell off. He hurriedly took the key to open the door.
The door was finally opened, and Du Xinliang was found sitting on the chair, looking unresponsive.
"Xinliang, Xinliang, are you okay?" Mrs. Du hurriedly held her son's face and checked everywhere.
Du Xinliang came back to his senses and shook his head slowly.
"What was that sound just now?" Du Qinxue frowned.
Du Xinliang didn't say anything. I don't know what he thought of. He hurriedly pulled out the talisman bag hanging around his neck and opened it under the puzzled eyes of his parents.
"Eh? I put the talisman paper in there myself, how come it turned into ash?" Mrs. Du asked curiously.
Du Xinliang's eyes lit up, he could finally escape from the sea of suffering. He held Du Qinxue's hand excitedly and said hurriedly: "Dad, please help me find Uncle Yiqing, he can definitely help me, he can, his talisman paper is so powerful..."
"Wuwuwu, I don't want to be forced to study every day anymore, Dad, please find Uncle Yiqing for me!"
Du Qinxue looked at his son's appearance, his brows slowly wrinkled, his expression became serious, and he finally realized that his son's recent changes might not be right.
"I'll ask Brother Wen now." Du Qinxue said hurriedly.