Chapter 86
"It's on my way." Jiang Li turned the key and said casually, "I'm going to take care of something there."
There was a moment of silence.
"This is too much of a coincidence," Guan Nan said suspiciously. "What if I said I was going to Xishan District?"
“No, not at all,” Jiang Li said lazily, a slight smirk playing on his lips. “It’s not like I’m going everywhere on the same route.”
Guan Nan nodded upon hearing this, said nothing more, picked up her bag, and went out with him.
Downstairs, someone who seemed to have not slept all night stood by the stone steps, looking up at the people coming down from above.
The air pressure became very low.
After hiding for several days, Guan Nan was caught off guard and ran into Qi Yang. She felt extremely uncomfortable, especially with Jiang Li standing next to her. She didn't know how to face Qi Yang at all.
Unlike her, Jiang Li calmly and composedly went downstairs.
Just as he passed by Qi Yang, someone suddenly grabbed his collar, and the atmosphere instantly became tense, as if a single glance or word could start a fight on the spot.
Jiang Li tilted his head back, glanced to the side, and accurately tossed the item into the trash can: "Is this your style all the time?"
"What did you do to her?!" Qi Yang ignored his words, his chest heaving as he spoke, his eyes filled with a fierce hatred that seemed to want to devour him.
"What's it to you?" Jiang Li smiled politely.
Qi Yang's eyes widened in disbelief: "You really think I wouldn't dare to fight you?"
"You try it." Jiang Li laughed nonchalantly, his words and actions full of provocation, completely disregarding the other person.
The two not only didn't get along, but it also seemed like Qi Yang was deliberately causing trouble. One of them was furious, while the other was calm and composed.
Guan Nan couldn't persuade them or pull them away; there was nothing he could do about the two of them.
She was just glad that Jiang Li was long past his youthful arrogance, otherwise he would have been uncontrollable if he had acted impulsively.
Fortunately, a community security guard on patrol passed by, and his car carried a community duty officer. The officer single-handedly separated the two and patiently educated them.
Jiang Li lowered his eyes and casually dusted off the non-existent dust from his clothes.
After the eldest sister on duty finished speaking.
Jiang Li smiled, looking innocent and puzzled, and said, "I left my wife's house, so I shouldn't have violated any laws or regulations, or broken any rules or regulations, right?"
"No, no." The woman on duty glanced at Qi Yang and said with a forced smile, "It's only natural for in-laws to share a bed and pillows."
“Then I can’t understand,” Jiang Li said, holding Guan Nan’s hand. He stopped laughing and asked calmly, “If it’s all justified, why did he start questioning me and throwing punches right away?”
The woman on duty: "This..."
"And another thing," Jiang Li said, enunciating each word clearly, "does knocking on an adult woman's door in the middle of the night, to some extent, constitute sexual harassment?"
Qi Yang's eyes widened in surprise: "I'm her brother!"
“Then we should be even more careful about what we say,” Jiang Li said slowly. “Both are unmarried…and she is already married.”
"With that lousy red certificate of yours, who knows if it's real or fake? A man and a woman alone in a room, who knows who might be the one sexually harassing them!" Qi Yang ignored Guan Nan, who was talking to them, and was only amused by Jiang Li's words, and said something reckless.
As if waiting for him to say those words, Jiang Li stuffed the car keys into Guan Nan's hand and pulled out the marriage certificate.
——"The People's Republic of China"
—"Marriage Certificate"
The seal, with the national emblem printed in the middle, was arranged in two rows, and the ten characters were clearly visible to the group.
Jiang Li: "Come on, look more closely."
As if afraid the other party might be illiterate, he calmly turned to the inner page, as if educating a toddler in the snowy region, "Certificate holder, Jiang Li."
“Registration date,” Jiang Li said, “August 23, 2023.”
Jiang Li's hand landed on the marriage certificate number. He glanced at the words F500023-2023-000001 and didn't continue reading because he heard the alarm clock ring again.
"Excuse me, we have something to attend to, please excuse us." Jiang Li put away the marriage certificate and led Guan Nan out.
He parked his car in front of the grocery store, which was convenient but also hard to miss.
"What are you doing so early in the morning?" An old lady was pulling a handcart and had just returned from buying a bag of groceries when she saw the patrolling security guard parked at the gate.
Just then, she saw the two people leaving. The old lady, with her sharp eyes, immediately stopped muttering and said with a smile, "Cousin is here."
"Grandma," Jiang Li glanced at her, readily agreeing, "You're back from grocery shopping?"
Guan Nan: "..."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries.
After getting into Jiang Li's car, Guan Nan started to think about whether she should buy a car too, otherwise it would be quite troublesome to rush to work by bus or subway every day.
On second thought, she realized that she should be thinking about how to make more money, since Jiang Li was in a difficult situation right now.
But what he's lacking now is clearly not just a small amount of money.
If all else fails, it's time for her to get some money back from her former company.
Thinking this, Guan Nan sighed unconsciously, feeling that she had a long way to go when it came to money.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Li asked. "Cousin."
"..." After a two-second silence, Guan Nan snapped out of her tangled thoughts, feeling a strange sense of vengeful sting, as if someone had subtly pointed out her flaws. Lacking confidence, she quickly changed the subject, asking, "Why do you carry your marriage certificate with you all the time?"
It wasn't until I realized what I had said that I understood how stupid it was.
"Carry it with you?" Taking advantage of the traffic light, Jiang Li rested his hand on the steering wheel and glanced at her casually. "Do I really need to?"
Guan Nan also felt it was unlikely, but the conversation had already reached this point.
She stammered, "Who knows?"
"From what you're saying," Jiang Li's gaze was unfathomable, "you're carrying it with you at all times?"
"I guess so," Guan Nan mumbled.
Jiang Li nitpicked: "It is or it isn't, what counts as what?"
For a moment, Guan Nan was speechless.
“When someone asks you whether it’s hot pot or mala tang,” Jiang Li said, not wanting to tolerate someone cutting in line without using their turn signal, but after glancing at them and pausing, he still let them pass. “You should at least tell them ‘or’.”
He was confusing the meaning and making misunderstandings, but Guan Nan was smarter this time and didn't follow his line of thinking. "Aren't they all the same?"
Jiang Li glanced at her, his expression as if asking, "Where are you?"
"Hot pot and spicy hot pot are all cooked in one pot," Guan Nan said, spouting nonsense without batting an eye. "They're pretty much the same."
After he finished speaking, the carriage fell silent.
One second she was so confident and didn't see anything wrong, but now she suddenly fell silent, which was quite intimidating. She suddenly lost her confidence and felt awkward.
Especially when that gaze swept over again.
“Well said,” Jiang Li stopped the car, looked up and gave a half-smile, “Should I give you a round of applause?”
Guan Nan said shyly, "No need."
Just as he was about to say something more, his phone rang in the car, and Jiang Li casually pressed the answer button.
Bluetooth pop-up sound.
"You weren't at Coffee Bar last night?" Lin Rui had been waiting at Coffee Bar for a long time, but when he didn't see him, he couldn't help but call him.
Jiang Li looked straight ahead and lazily hummed in agreement.
"Where did you go gallivanting last night?" Lin Rui said. "I called Sister Siyao, and she said you didn't go home last night, and no one answered the phone at Yuyuan."
Upon hearing this, Guan Nan's eyelids twitched, and she glanced at him uncomfortably.
Jiang Li happened to look over as well, raising an eyebrow slightly as if to silently inform the other party, but his reply remained calm and composed: "Nowhere to go. Is there something you need so early?"
Lin Rui keenly sensed the anomaly, but didn't take it to heart, continuing, "Didn't you say so? I found you a reliable person with good qualifications. He's currently at the notary office. When are you going there?"
“It’s on its way,” Jiang Li replied.
"…On the way!" Lin Rui paused for a second. "Making a will so early in the morning, are you trying to die early? What the hell did I tell you yesterday? This kind of thing should be avoided, we should go in the afternoon at the earliest. Where were your ears?!"
will?
Is Jiang Li going to make a will?
Lin Rui, on the other end, was quick-witted and spoke rapidly and fiercely, completely ignoring the abnormality he had just noticed. He even felt like cursing when his temper flared up.
Guan Nan immediately looked at him upon hearing these words.
She opened her mouth, "You—"
"We'll talk about it when we get back." Jiang Li said quickly and hung up the phone.
Lin Rui stared at the phone call that had been abruptly ended halfway through the conversation, hopping mad with anger: "Call back my ass! I came here so early to keep an eye on you, to prevent you from doing anything stupid, you idiot!"
Guan Nan was completely unaware of what was happening on the other side. She was staring at Jiang Li, her mind blank: "Jiang Li."
"Mmm," Jiang Li responded.
The words "will" made Guan Nan dizzy. Her ears and brain were ringing, as if a fierce force was tearing her eardrums and piercing through her body.
Guan Nan instinctively covered her ears, and finally managed to find her voice again.
"You," Guan Nan said, somewhat finding it hard to accept, after several mental rehearsals before finally asking the question, "why do you want to make a will?"
Jiang Li: "What will?"
Guan Nan looked at him without saying anything.
"Oh," Jiang Li seemed to remember, and chuckled lightly, saying casually, "Why would someone so young make a will? A friend asked me for help, and I'm on my way there."
"..." Guan Nan was still not quite convinced, and her expression didn't improve. "Really?"
Jiang Li nodded: "Yes."
"What," Jiang Li changed the subject jokingly, "we're married now, so if we make a will, all the inheritance will be yours. Isn't that great?"
Guan Nan's face was tense, and she said coldly, "Not good."
"What's wrong?" Jiang Li asked with interest.
“I don’t want your money,” Guan Nan said. “I have my own money, and I can earn money myself.”
The air instantly became quiet.
They remained silent the entire way.
Only when the car stopped did he say helplessly, "Why is he so stubborn?"
“Jiang Li,” Guan Nan said seriously, “Although we are married, I don’t want you to do anything for me, nor do I need you to do anything. Because this is my own choice, you don’t need to feel any sense of compensation for it.”
Jiang Li smiled wryly, not answering her question, and simply said, "We've arrived."
"What?" Guan Nan was taken aback.
Seeing this, Jiang Li raised his hand and pointed out the window.
She subconsciously turned her head and looked in the direction he pointed. She found that the car had stopped at the entrance of the business park. Not far away, a conspicuous yellow Maserati drove in and handed a few bottles of drinks to the security guard.
As if they had spotted a suspicious vehicle, the Maserati's windows slowed down.
Xie Qiao, wearing sunglasses, waved excitedly at her.
Clearly, it wasn't just the car that was recognized, but also the people.
"I'm leaving now." Guan Nan opened the car door, but before she could get out, she heard him say that.
“Hey,” Jiang Li said, “I’ve had some things to take care of lately.”
Guan Nan paused, thinking he was implying that she had caused him trouble, and subconsciously nodded: "Oh, okay, I won't bother you."
After a two-second silence, Jiang Li looked at her without explaining, "If you have any free time lately, could you help me look after the birds? It won't be too much trouble, just make sure they don't go hungry."
“Oh,” Guan Nan said, “and what about you?”
Jiang Li lowered his eyes, then smiled again, "I have something to take care of, I need to go out for a bit."
"Are we leaving Fuling?" Guan Nan asked.
"Okay." Jiang Li smiled slightly. "Take a couple of photos for me when you have time. If you don't know how, just send me a message."
He was acting like he was entrusting his son to someone else.
Guan Nan felt uncomfortable listening to this, and her heart felt heavy. She frowned, wanting to say something.
It was clear that Jiang Li kept glancing at the clock, forcibly suppressing the urge to say something more. After agreeing to his request, she stood by the glass window before closing the door.
At that moment, the people inside the car also looked at her.
For some reason, Jiang Li didn't seem as relaxed as he appeared, but his nonchalant demeanor made Guan Nan think she was overthinking things.
Guan Nan pursed her lips: "Be careful."
Masa honked her horn outside. Before she could say anything, she headed towards the park.
Walking ahead, Xie Qiao pointed ahead, indicating that he should drive the car in and they would go into the company together in a little while.
When they arrived at Xieqiao, Guan Nan joked, "You're not late today."
“Ah,” Xie Qiao said with a bitter smile, “I can’t afford to be late. They’ll deduct fifty yuan without even blinking. If I’m late again, I’ll really have to go to the market to pick up rotten vegetable leaves to eat.”
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