Chapter 79, Chapter 79, it seems like we've met somewhere before...
Wen Lingshuang said she would sleep for an hour and she really only slept for an hour. She turned over in a daze and heard Jiang An's heavy breathing. Not wanting to wake him, she tiptoed out of bed, got out of bed barefoot, and slowly walked out of the room. After closing the door, she felt instantly liberated and ran downstairs, shouting as she ran, "Sisters, I'm fully recharged! I'm here!"
Anne and the others had already finished five bottles of red wine, which wasn't much. When Wen Lingshuang came downstairs, Anne handed her a clean wine glass from the table, smiling as she put her arm around her neck, "Where's Chairman Jiang? Aren't you coming down to drink with us?"
“He’s been busy all day and is exhausted.” Wen Lingshuang took the wine from her hand. “It’s good that he’s asleep. No one will bother us when we drink. If he wakes up, we might not be able to drink to our hearts’ content.”
The two walked to the sofa and sat down. Fang Pei sat beside her and gently touched her glass with his.
Wen Lingshuang turned to look at him, smiled knowingly, and said, "Happy New Year, Fang Pei."
Fang Pei smiled and said, "Happy New Year."
He picked up his glass, took a sip of his drink, and said, "Seeing you so happy makes me happy for you."
"Truth or lie?" Wen Lingshuang looked at him suspiciously. "Fang Pei, I know you well. If you're jealous of Jiang An, you can just say so."
All right.
Fang Pei was indeed very jealous of Jiang An.
In fact, no one is not envious of Jiang An. He married such a bright and beautiful woman, pampered her at home, and raised her to be so delicate and beautiful. After a long day, seeing her makes all the fatigue disappear instantly. But unfortunately, the only one who can handle this beautiful woman is probably Jiang An.
Anne's friends gathered together and chatted about everything under the sun, from campus life to returning to society. Anne seemed to have endless things to say and talk about. They drank until late at night, and everyone was drunk. Only Wen Lingshuang managed to hold on to her last bit of strength and go upstairs. She was afraid that if she slept with them, Jiang An would wake up and devour her alive.
He forced himself to walk back to his room, but before he could even see where he was, he collapsed.
Jiang An woke up on time as always, and when he opened his eyes, the seat next to him was empty.
He felt a sudden tightness in his chest and sat up abruptly, but his legs felt heavy. Looking down, he saw Wen Lingshuang sleeping on his lap.
The strong smell of alcohol indicated that he had been drinking heavily behind his back last night.
He reached out and pulled her to the head of the bed, kissing her red lips. "Little drunkard."
The strong aroma of grapes still lingered on her red lips, sweet and delicious. He couldn't help but kiss her again, and only after hearing her soft moan did he release her and get up to wash.
High-level leaders like Jiang An don't have annual leave; they have to report to work on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
After getting dressed and tidying up and going downstairs, he still saw people sleeping haphazardly. He looked around and found Fang Pei in a corner. Fang Pei was sleeping in the gap of the sofa, while the table was full of empty wine bottles, and the wine cabinet next to him was also mostly empty. He rubbed his temples with a slight headache and took a step towards the door.
Upon arriving at the company, a briefing meeting was held, during which Jiang Qi, in a wheelchair, reported on the details of his handover.
After the meeting, Jiang Qi pushed his wheelchair to his office. While signing the documents and cooperation projects that Jiang An had submitted for review, Jiang An asked, "These projects and contracts of yours will be handed over to a special reviewer next month. You don't need to bring them to me for review anymore."
Jiang Qi, sitting in his wheelchair, looked around the office and chuckled, "Then I should thank you, Chairman Jiang?"
"No need for sarcasm." Jiang An didn't even look up. "I'll follow the company's official procedures."
Official seal process.
Yesterday, he was arrogant and domineering when he returned home for Lunar New Year's Eve. Why is he pretending to be fair and serious today?
Jiang Qi clenched his hands, wanting to curse back, but his legs wouldn't move, so he could only swallow his words.
The sound of signatures filled the office. After all the documents were signed, Jiang An looked up at him and said, "By the way, Ms. Yao told me yesterday that your leg injury was related to Ling Shuang. What happened?"
Given Jiang Qi's previous temper, he would most likely have embellished the story, claiming that Wen Lingshuang deliberately came to his golf course, seduced him, and then lured him into bed. He might even have gone a bit further and said that he had tasted Wen Lingshuang's beauty and found it wonderful. However, for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to say those vulgar words.
If the intention was to annoy Jiang An, then doing so would indeed achieve the goal.
Wen Lingshuang is his wife, yet she's cheating on him with his own brother. How exciting and embarrassing for him to tell everyone!
But what about Wen Lingshuang's reputation? How can someone as bright and flamboyant as her survive in the industry after being branded with such a label? Jiang Qi could already imagine that after this was done, Wen Lingshuang would be in tears every day, and such a beautiful and wealthy flower would wither away.
Furthermore, given Jiang An's vengeful nature, it's hard to guarantee that he won't transfer his anger towards him to Wen Lingshuang.
He'll probably hit her, right?
That delicate face must have hurt so much from being hit.
Several thoughts swirled in Jiang Qi's mind before he finally replied, "She wanted to see my membership list. As for her leg, breaking a leg while playing basketball is normal. What's there to explain?"
Jiang An hadn't expected him to be so nonchalant.
They didn't even try to smear Wen Lingshuang.
He put down the documents. "Okay, you can leave now."
Jiang Qi pushed his wheelchair outside the door and looked at the long, narrow corridor. His brows furrowed involuntarily.
Why didn't he say anything bad about Wen Lingshuang when he had such a good opportunity?
He's going to die, it's all that woman's fault! She made him lose the chance to disgust Jiang An for nothing!
He pounded the armrest once before reluctantly pushing the wheelchair away.
*
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wen Lingshuang brought her friends home for dinner. Tan Zhu, Xu Mo, and Xu Cheng also came. There were over a hundred people in the manor, and the atmosphere was very lively. The children asked for red envelopes, the elders listened to the opera singers who had been hired at great expense sing, and Wen Lingshuang stayed with them in the entertainment room on the second floor to chat and play games.
This year is her first Chinese New Year after marrying Jiang An, and she received so many red envelopes that her hands were sore from receiving them.
Jiang An didn't return for dinner either. Tan Yu pulled Wen Lingshuang aside and asked her about her plans for the second day of the Lunar New Year. According to custom, one should visit their in-laws on the second day of the Lunar New Year, but Jiang An's relationship with the Jiang family is strained, and they all know this. So, whether or not to visit them depends on Jiang An's wishes.
Wen Lingshuang pondered for a moment, "I heard his idea is not to go."
"Not going?" Tan Yu frowned. "Wouldn't that be too impolite? The Jiang family values this very much."
“He never goes home for Chinese New Year in previous years, and the Jiang family is used to it.”
"I'd better call him myself and ask him. This kind of thing can't be taken lightly."
Tan Yu didn't trust her daughter, so she took out her phone and called Jiang An.
The two chatted for a while, and after hanging up the phone, Wen Lingshuang leaned closer and asked, "How was it?"
Tan Yu turned to look at her, touched her smooth cheek, and sighed, "Baby, do you know that when your father arranged this marriage for you, I really didn't want to? No matter how good the Jiang family is, Jiang An is an illegitimate child. It would be better for you to marry Jiang Xu or Jiang Qi than him."
Wen Lingshuang blinked. "Now?"
"Now," Tan Yu said with a smile, "my daughter is really well-married."
Wen Lingshuang playfully clung to her arm, "Mom, why are you speaking so gently on the phone? Tell me, what did Jiang An say to you?"
Tan Yu pinched her cheek. "Jiang An said that the Jiang family has a lot of rules, especially during the New Year, and there is a custom of kneeling. He said you would definitely not be used to it, and he didn't want you to kneel back and forth with a group of elders you didn't know at all. He said he would just go back and do it himself, and he would deliver the gifts for us."
"Kneel?" Wen Lingshuang clicked her tongue. "That's terrifying! I would never kneel before anyone."
Jiang An forced him to kneel several times, until his knees ached.
The force applied from behind was particularly strong.
She has no intention of kneeling before anyone.
"You," Tan Yu smiled helplessly, "you really found someone who spoils you rotten."
Wen Lingshuang laughed out loud, "If he doesn't pamper me, I'll divorce him."
Because it was Chinese New Year, Tan Yu didn't scold her. Otherwise, she would have said something to her for such a childish remark. How could she have mentioned divorce so casually?
The lively and festive New Year arrived quietly in this happy atmosphere.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Wen Lingshuang did not visit relatives but took her friends out to play, spending money like water every day.
#Jiang An's wife spent several hundred million more#
#I'm going to challenge you rich people#
#ThisIsWhatATrueHeiress#
#Jiang An is spoiling me too much!#
#Wen Lingshuang spent 300 million in three days#
Some trending topics quietly appear on the list, and then quietly disappear from the list.
When Anne saw the trending topics, she couldn't stop laughing and asked Wen Lingshuang what would happen if Jiang An saw these trending topics.
Wen Lingshuang thought for a moment and asked in return, "What do you think will happen?"
"When you spent 300 million, did you and your spouse argue?"
Wen Lingshuang put on a pained expression, then sighed heavily, "He thinks I don't spend enough."
Anne's grin suddenly froze.
She also became a trending topic: #I'm going to compete with you rich people#
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Wen Lingshuang chartered a plane to send her friends away. She got drunk again before leaving, but fortunately Jiang An was working overtime and didn't see their drunken antics. He didn't dare ask the maids at home, afraid of hearing something he didn't want to hear. He could only tell himself that Yangyang was a good baby and wouldn't do anything to upset him.
In the evening, Jiang An had some free time and went home, only to find the living room already filled with dozens of suitcases.
As I entered, Ah Shui was pushing a suitcase into the lounge.
"Chairman Jiang?" Ah Shui stood up abruptly upon seeing him. "You're back?"
"What are you doing?"
“This is Miss’s… oh no, this is all Madam’s luggage.” Ah Shui was still afraid of Jiang An, and her tongue was tied. “There’s more upstairs, but it’s too heavy for me to carry down.”
besides?
Jiang An took off his coat and hung it on the rack next to him, then walked upstairs. Before he even got close to the room, he heard Wen Lingshuang's voice coming from inside.
"I want to go to the tea plantation with my husband and stay for a few months."
“He rarely has free time, so I definitely want to spend it with him.”
"Okay, then come find me at the tea plantation and I'll send you the address."
Jiang An walked in the direction of the sound and saw Wen Lingshuang standing in front of several mannequins making a phone call. The mannequins were all wearing haute couture gowns.
Jiang An slowly opened his mouth, "Yangyang".
Upon hearing the voice, Wen Lingshuang turned around and, seeing that it was Jiang An, immediately rushed over and hugged him tightly.
The force of the impact caused Jiang An to step back slightly, but he still held her firmly in his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder. "Can you tell me, are you moving?"
"You're so naughty." She lightly tapped his shoulder. "I told you we were going to the tea plantation."
Jiang An smiled and said, "I understand, Your Highness's mobile castle."
Wen Lingshuang was embarrassed by his teasing.
She didn't want to bring so much stuff, but March was already spring, and the Jiangnan region was prone to rain, with the weather fluctuating between cold and hot. She needed to prepare clothes for spring, summer, and winter, and the mountain paths were muddy, so hiking boots were also necessary. However, she couldn't wear hiking boots all the time; she also wanted to wear pretty high heels... As for accessories, she needed to bring them too...
Jiang An tilted her head and looked at the open suitcase on the ground. Inside was a velvet dress. It was very beautiful, with a bare back and straps. One could imagine how dazzling and radiant she would look in it.
Princesses should be treated with such solemnity.
Jiang An stopped talking and started helping her tidy up.
In the end, she packed a total of seventy boxes of luggage, and that was after careful selection. If she hadn't been so selective, even hundreds of boxes wouldn't have been enough for her.
Wen Lingshuang had already begun to fantasize about the wonderful life in the tea garden, and she put her arm around Jiang An's shoulder and asked him about the entertainment facilities in the tea garden.
Jiang An thought about it carefully, "Entertainment facilities...making tea?"
"You!" Wen Lingshuang glared at him with her round eyes, then punched his chest again, pouting, "You're so indecent, all you think about is that kind of thing all day long."
Although they hadn't been intimate for a week...
Jiang An paused for a moment, then realized what he meant and said with a smile, "Yangyang is a very proper tea-making process. It involves several steps, from picking tea leaves, withering, fixing, rolling, and fermentation, before the finished product can be made. The production process will also be different for different types of tea."
His earnest explanation made Wen Lingshuang blush even more, and she stammered, "Oh..."
"Tea picking involves picking the tender shoots of the tea tree, like this." His hand silently reached for her tender shoot.
Wen Lingshuang couldn't help but grab his clothes tightly.
"Withering is simply spreading out the freshly picked leaves, which can be done with just two fingers."
Wen Lingshuang's breathing became somewhat rapid.
"The finishing process involves high-temperature stir-frying, steaming, and baking." He looked down, trying to catch every subtle expression on her face. "Which one do you prefer?"
Wen Lingshuang clenched her teeth tightly and glared at him coquettishly, "Come out."
"There's one more step I haven't mentioned yet," he said in a low voice, "kneading."
"Ouch!" She couldn't help but scream, and pushed him away abruptly. "Jiang An, I'll get angry if you keep doing this!"
As she left, traces of withering remained on Jiang An's two withered fingers.
Without making a sound, he picked up a tissue from the side and wiped his mouth, saying, "Yangyang, you don't even know the process of making tea properly. It's not easy to taste a good cup of tea in a tea garden."
Wen Lingshuang suspected that he wasn't talking about making tea at all!
What a hypocrite!
A hypocritical and sanctimonious scoundrel.
She bit her red lips and snorted coldly, "I'm ignoring you!"
After saying that, he turned and left angrily.
Jiang An watched her retreating figure, smiled, and chased after her, pulling her into his arms. "Alright, alright, don't be angry. Is there anything else to pack?"
Wen Lingshuang pouted and said, "That's all, only your things are left to pack."
Jiang An thought for a moment, "I don't need to pack. My clothes are at the tea garden."
Perhaps because she had spent time in her grandfather's tea garden when she was a child, Wen Lingshuang always had beautiful fantasies about tea gardens. She was looking forward to this vacation more than ever before, or to any other place. She hugged Jiang An's neck and said, "This is what our honeymoon should be like."
Jiang An lowered his head and nuzzled her nose. "My Yangyang is so easily satisfied."
His sweet baby.
*
The trip to the tea plantation was two days before the Lantern Festival. The weather was perfect. When they set off, Jiang An was worried that she would get cold, so he carried her onto the private jet. The flight from Beijing took just over an hour. Wen Lingshuang was very tired and fell into a deep sleep on the sofa as soon as she got on the plane.
Jiang An looked at her sleeping face, and the corners of his lips turned up slightly.
An hour later, the plane landed on the local private jet tarmac. When Wen Lingshuang got off the plane, the wind was so strong that she couldn't open her eyes. She could only see tea garden staff in uniform standing not far away waiting. The sun was blinding and the wind was blowing sand and gravel. She put one hand on her forehead to shield her eyes from the light and was obediently held in Jiang An's arms.
This was the first time Jiang An had brought his wife to the tea garden.
The staff working in the tea garden couldn't help but whisper among themselves when they saw Wen Lingshuang.
They knew Jiang An had married, but they didn't know his wife was such a delicate and beautiful woman.
Wearing a black cashmere coat, her long, thick black hair was tied up, revealing her exquisite features. Even wrapped in such thick clothing, her slender figure was still visible, and she looked as beautiful as a fairy.
"Honey," Wen Lingshuang said coquettishly, "it's so hot in the tea garden."
Jiang An smiled and said, "It'll get cold soon, don't take off your clothes, or you'll catch a cold."
He put his arm around her and walked towards the staff, saying, "Let's go, let's go to our accommodation first."
Wen Lingshuang's eyes were blown shut by the sand and gravel, and she could only vaguely see the beautiful scenery of mountains stretching as far as the eye could see. The mountains mostly belonged to Jiang An.
She looked at the distant peaks and felt a vague sense of familiarity, as if she had seen them somewhere before.
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