Chapter 26. Ranran had a chicken delivered to her that morning. ...
If the matter at the bar is investigated further, it will implicate Ye Xiaoyu, and Song Wuqi cannot allow Tang Ran to get involved.
She pulled Tang Ran aside, "Shu Yang has taken care of the matter, you don't need to call Lawyer Chen."
"That's okay too."
Seeing the wound on Song Wuqi's arm, Tang Ran stopped.
She put away her phone, pulled her hand away, and asked Song Wuqi, "Didn't you say you were going back to Jingting?"
The message Song Wuqi sent her was that he was going back to see Grandpa Song that night.
Jingting lived in the suburbs, and Song Wuqi would usually stay overnight when he went back to visit Old Master Song before returning to his own home.
She guessed that Song Wuqi hadn't handled the acquisition well and had been scolded by Old Master Song, which was why he called his friends to drink and drown his sorrows.
Tang Ran asked the question knowingly, partly to avoid arousing Song Wuqi's suspicion, and partly to deliberately rub salt in Song Wuqi's wounds.
As expected, Song Wuqi's expression stiffened for a moment, then quickly returned to normal.
"Shu Yang came looking for me, so I came out." Song Wuqi said without changing his expression, and then added, "I ran into Assistant Ye at the bar later. She came to the hospital with me after seeing that I was injured."
Tang Ran sneered inwardly.
Song Wuqi tried to fool her with this evasive nonsense, little did he know that she herself was a complete fool who was being deceived by Ye Xiaoyu.
The acquisition was ruined and Song Wuqi blamed Ye Xiaoyu. Ye Xiaoyu felt wronged and sad, and also realized that Song Wuqi was intentionally distancing himself from her.
Knowing that clinging to Song Wuqi would only make her more annoyed, Ye Xiaoyu decided to play hard to get and started flirting with a senior who had pursued her before.
Whether it was the encounter at the bar or deliberately rejecting her senior to provoke his dissatisfaction, it was all part of Ye Xiaoyu's plan.
As a result, Song Wuqi successfully fell into the trap.
What goes around comes around; every bad woman will be dealt with by a scoundrel.
After watching today's drama, Tang Ran finally understood why Song Wuqi was able to have an affair with Ye Xiaoyu for so many years in her previous life, and even have an illegitimate child.
From the very beginning, Ye Xiaoyu understood Song Wuqi's weakness: he didn't want what was given to him, but he preferred what was taken from him.
"Since you're being so proactive, I'll trust you."
It was the middle of the night, and the formalities were over. Tang Ran really had no mood to waste on these empty pleasantries with Song Wuqi.
After Song Wuqi finished bandaging up, she rushed him home, gave him a few perfunctory words of advice, and left.
Just before getting out of the car, Tang Ran seemed to have forgotten that she still had an injury on her arm, and accidentally grabbed it, causing Song Wuqi to gasp sharply in pain.
It was already past midnight when Tang Ran got home. As she passed through the living room, she turned and went to the balcony.
The balcony across the street was dark, and the lights in Song Zhixu's room were already off.
The next morning.
Jingting.
Grandpa Song was practicing Tai Chi in the courtyard when the maid, Aunt Wang, came in carrying two plucked chickens.
Seeing that Grandpa Song glanced at her, Aunt Wang took the initiative to say, "Miss Tang sent it over; it's a free-range chicken from Hushan."
Upon hearing that it was Tang Ran who had sent it, Old Master Song raised his eyebrows.
The old man was very satisfied with Tang Ran, his future granddaughter's wife. Tang Ran had been beautiful since she was a child, and her sweet mouth made her exceptionally likable.
He had originally considered arranging a marriage between his daughter Song Zhixu and Tang Ran, but considering the significant age difference between them, he feared the Tang family might not agree and thus abandoned the idea.
He was overjoyed when he learned that Song Wuqi and Tang Ran were dating.
As for why he didn't consider arranging a marriage between Song Wuqi and Tang Ran from childhood, it was because he felt that the two were of different generations.
He is sixty-six years old this year, nearly twenty years younger than the late Mr. Tang. He has been calling Mr. Tang "Uncle Tang" since the very beginning of his acquaintance with Mr. Tang.
Madam Tang's health was not good, and she gave birth to Tang Wanru when she was almost forty. Tang Wanru also married late, and gave birth to Tang Ran when she was over thirty.
He married his first wife in the village when he was nineteen, and he was only twenty when his son was born. His son also got married early, and he became a grandfather at the age of forty-three.
Thus, the Tang family and the Song family are a whole generation apart in age, but according to his original relationship with Old Master Tang, Song Zhixu and Tang Ran are actually of the same generation.
Thinking of his daughter, Grandpa Song frowned again.
My granddaughter's marriage is already looking promising, but my daughter is already thirty-one and still single. She never even mentions bringing friends home, let alone bringing any.
Mr. Song's first wife passed away before he became wealthy. More than ten years later, he met his current wife, Jiang Mei, and they had a daughter, Song Zhixu.
His daughter was smart from a young age and he didn't have to worry about anything. When she grew up and he wanted to worry about her, he couldn't take care of her anymore.
Grandpa Song thought that he would have to urge his daughter again when she came home for dinner that evening.
His mind raced, but Aunt Wang's thoughts were still only on those two chickens.
“Miss Tang is such a kind person. She called me early this morning and said that the young lady was injured. She specially had someone catch a free-range chicken from the mountain early this morning to make soup for the young lady to help her recover.”
When Tang Ran called, she immediately praised Aunt Wang's soup-making skills, saying that Song Wuqi loved drinking her soup, which made her very happy.
"Xiao Qi is injured?" Old Master Song stopped what he was doing.
"He said he accidentally hurt his hand." Aunt Wang didn't detect anything wrong with what she said, and then sighed, "Young people these days just don't know how to take care of themselves."
Old Master Song put away his stance and walked towards his study with his hands behind his back.
The acquisition of Daning was a project he specifically instructed his daughter to give to his granddaughter as practice.
The preliminary background checks and basic acquisition plan for this project are already quite mature. As long as we proceed according to plan, there is a high probability that there will be no problems.
Even such a simple project was ruined by the granddaughter's arrogance.
Mr. Song was somewhat disappointed.
He felt guilty because his son died young, so he wanted to make it up to his granddaughter.
He intended to promote his granddaughter, but although she seemed as reserved as his daughter, she was actually far less composed.
Back in his study, Old Master Song immediately sent someone to investigate why Song Wuqi had been injured.
Less than half an hour later, his subordinates replied that Song Wuqi was injured because he got into a fight at a bar the day before.
Upon hearing this, Old Master Song was even more disappointed.
Yesterday in his study, he couldn't help but scold his granddaughter a few times, and she seemed to accept it humbly.
He was pleased that his granddaughter had become more composed after this setback, but he didn't expect that she had only held back for a moment and vented her anger elsewhere as soon as she went out.
Around noon, Song Zhixu took some time to return to Jingting.
When Grandpa Song saw her return, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why are you back at this hour?"
If Song Zhixu doesn't have social engagements or business trips, he always goes back to Jingting for dinner on Friday nights.
Grandpa Song felt that there was something wrong with both of his children.
"I had a meeting this afternoon, which ended quite late, so I came over around noon."
Song Zhixu handed the bag to the maid and sat down on the sofa next to Old Master Song.
Upon hearing that it was just because of work, Mr. Song immediately lost interest and continued reading the newspaper in his hand.
"Zhixu is back?" Jiang Mei heard her daughter's voice, smiled and came out of the kitchen, saying to the father and daughter, "Dinner is ready, come and wash your hands and eat."
Aunt Wang followed behind her, carrying a large bowl of chicken soup.
Song Zhixu rolled up his sleeves and stood up. When he walked to his mother's side, he turned back to look at Grandpa Song and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Seeing the old man sulking and waiting for someone to coax him, Jiang Mei couldn't help but chuckle. She gestured with her chin towards the chicken soup on the table, saying, "Ranran had this chicken delivered this morning."
Song Zhixu's gaze fell on the bowl of chicken soup.
The chicken that Tang Ran sent?
Judging from her behavior yesterday, Tang Ran should be thinking about breaking up with Song Wuqi, so she shouldn't be giving gifts to win his favor at this time.
Song Zhixu frowned.
Or did I misunderstand her meaning?
Tang Ran didn't want to break up; her offer of help had another meaning behind it.
For example, could you help her keep Song Wuqi calm?
A note from the author:
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Did any of you guess why Tang Ran sent the chicken? [Winking face]
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