Chapter 42 "Finding Joy in Suffering"
As soon as Xie Yanchuan said this, the room fell silent for a moment.
Old man Chen's hand, which was pouring tea, froze in mid-air for a moment, and the tea almost spilled on the table. Fortunately, he reacted in time and barely avoided the "tragedy" from happening.
"You little bastard!" The old man immediately blew his beard and glared. His originally leisurely demeanor became more shrewd as he looked at Xie Yanchuan: "Just now, I didn't think you were a good person."
"You say I'm not? What's the evidence?"
Xie Yanchuan was not annoyed by the old man's stubborn and unreasonable attitude. He replied calmly, "I heard that Mr. Chen is a refined, gentle and virtuous person. He doesn't care about fame and fortune. He is famous in the jade carving world for holding the knife with his left hand, but you just poured the tea with your right hand."
"If I'm not mistaken, Ms. Chen should be your wife, right?"
Although Xie Yanchuan was asking the old man a question in return, his tone was very firm.
Jiang Wanning was listening at the side, and like the old man, she looked at him with some surprise.
Unlike the old man who was surprised that his identity was so easily revealed, Jiang Wanning was surprised that he actually cared so much about some of her little things.
If Xie Yanchuan had not deliberately tried to understand it, he would definitely not have been able to identify the opponent's flaws so quickly.
The old man opposite finally restrained his extremely arrogant attitude towards them when he heard the answer.
"Well, it seems that you are indeed different from those people."
He took out two new cups from the tea table, motioned for the two to sit down opposite him, and poured them each a cup of freshly brewed tea.
"My name is Chen Haishu. The Mr. Chen you are looking for is actually Chen Canghui, and she is indeed my wife."
"I only have a superficial understanding of jade and other things. As for you, your arrival is a bit unfortunate. Cang Hui happened to be out for something a while ago."
"Ah?" Jiang Wanning's newly-born hopes were dashed.
She and Xie Yanchuan exchanged a glance, and at the other's hint, she continued, "Then may I ask you, when will Mr. Chen be back?"
"If it's fast, it will be tomorrow. If it's slow, it will probably be three days later, or even longer."
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Finally, Chen Haishu left Jiang Wanning's contact information and promised to contact them both when Chen Canghui returned.
After leaving Chen's house, Xie Yanchuan's face was a little gloomy: "Sorry, Ningning, I made you come here for nothing."
Jiang Wanning didn't expect that he would blame himself for this matter. Her beautiful eyebrows couldn't help but bend: "No need to apologize, Xie Yanchuan, you have already helped me a lot."
After all, if it weren't for Xie Yanchuan, I might not even have any hope now.
And maybe they will be lucky and Chen Canghui will come back tomorrow.
This was the first time that Jiang Wanning showed such a pure and heartfelt smile in front of Xie Yanchuan.
In order to facilitate her movements today, she did not wear those complicated and long dresses. She only wore a simple long-sleeved sweatshirt and jeans. Her long, smooth black hair was casually scattered behind her, and the ends were carefully curled by the beauty-loving girl.
At this moment, she was bathed in the afterglow of the sunset in the small town. Her beautiful eyes and eyebrows seemed to be embedded in the starlight, so bright that it made people reluctant to look away.
Xie Yanchuan was naturally a little dazed.
Until Jiang Wanning stretched out her hand and waved it in front of him: "Xie Yanchuan, how long will it take to get back to our place from City C?"
"About four hours."
It is getting dark now, and the road conditions from the town to the city are complicated. Driving back at night will naturally not be as smooth as during the day.
"That takes too long." Jiang Wanning pondered for a moment. "And if Mr. Chen comes back tomorrow, we'll have to drive here again. It's really too much trouble to go back and forth."
"How about this, we just find a hotel nearby to stay tonight. If there's still no news of Mr. Chen's return tomorrow, it won't be too late to leave then."
Xie Yanchuan: “…”
Logically speaking, the suggestion put forward by Jiang Wanning is indeed very reasonable and appropriate.
In this way, they can save a lot of time traveling back and forth.
But Xie Yanchuan hesitated for a moment for some unknown reason.
Seeing Jiang Wanning's doubts, he replied with a stiff upper lip: "I don't have any problems, it's just the accommodation here..."
When Xie Yanchuan just graduated from school and started working, he had experienced the most difficult and worst environments, so naturally his strict requirements for accommodation were not that high.
But Jiang Wanning was different from him. In a small town like this, it would be difficult to find even a decent inn, let alone a hotel. Xie Yanchuan was very worried that Jiang Wanning would not be able to accept it, so he would rather waste more time on the road.
Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Jiang Wanning before he could finish his words.
"Don't look down on me. It's decided."
As Jiang Wanning said this, some strange emotions arose in her heart.
Back then, she had followed Shi Wang, then a trainee lawyer, to help him secure a case. They'd spent a whole week visiting villages near Shenzhen, getting drenched in mud and enduring all kinds of hardships. Yet, Shi Wang had never once said a word of heartache to her...
Jiang Wanning shook her head, throwing these irrelevant past events out of her mind. Suddenly, her eyes caught sight of a "Farmhouse" with a bright sign not far away. She suddenly became interested and turned to look at Xie Yanchuan.
"Xie Yanchuan, are you hungry? How about I treat you to a meal?"
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At the same time, on the other side of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Shi Wang added the colleague recommended to him by Xu Wen and made an appointment to meet with him the next day.
It was still the same coffee shop as last time. Shi Wang subconsciously ordered two cups of mocha. After he realized it, he was a little surprised.
Mocha tastes sweet, and he has never liked sweets. This is Jiang Wanning's favorite drink when she is with him.
In the other party's words, it is "finding joy in suffering."
At that time, Wang discovered that the anger that Jiang Wanning had deliberately pretended to have by his side for nearly three years had subsided.
Only at this moment did he finally realize how much the other party had accommodated him.
"Lawyer Shi."
Just at this moment, a clear male voice sounded behind Shi Wang.
He turned around and saw a young man who looked young but was very tall walking towards him.
The other party walked up to Shi Wang without any hesitation, took the other empty cup of mocha on the table, took a big sip, and then frowned fiercely.
"You're looking for Jiang Wanning, right? I know where she is."
"But you have to agree to one condition of mine."
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