Chapter 203 You want to marry her, but you regret it?
Not long after Chen Qing hid in the bedroom, the door was pushed open.
She lay sideways facing the window, her whole body tense and holding her breath.
Judging from the sound, Jiang Jingyan should have gone to the cloakroom to change clothes. When he came out, the faint scent of soap was approaching the bed.
Chen Qing's eyelashes trembled, but she didn't move.
The man slid his arms under her, gently hugged her to his chest, and rubbed her back soothingly.
Jiang Jingyan was rarely gentle, and he was so gentle and cautious that her nose suddenly felt sore, and she gritted her teeth and endured it.
After finally holding back the tears that surged up in her eyes, Chen Qing twisted her body and rubbed her toes against his calf, "Are you ready to eat?"
Jiang Jingyan ignored her nervous heartbeat and said in a normal tone, "Boss Xu didn't give you food?"
"I didn't eat much. I was just listening to Mrs. Huo gossiping."
"Whose gossip is this?"
"In the securities industry, her husband had a female client who liked young men in their 20s. They kept her until she was 23, then broke up. For a year, she kept every male student in the Southern University City who was of the right age and matched her taste. She broke the record of 100 and was nicknamed 'University Wu Zetian.'"
Jiang Jingyan laughed, his low voice mellow and upright, "Next time, don't join in the fun."
Chen Qing looked up, "Why?"
"Those ladies are full of jokes and they're corrupting you."
"Isn't it normal to like a guy in his 20s? If I had money—"
Jiang Jingyan narrowed his eyes and tickled her cheek with his fingertips, "What do you want if you have money?"
"I started supporting you when you were 20."
He raised his eyebrows without saying a word. He felt the wetness of her palm and looked into her smiling eyes, and his throat felt like it was being scraped by a knife.
This was the first time that there was a rift between Chen Qing and him.
Like water or fog, misty and thick, a barrier that cannot be crossed.
Simply because the water is an ocean and the fog is a poisonous miasma.
Chen Qing stayed in his arms for a while, and then the nanny knocked on the door and said that dinner was ready.
She was too lazy to move, so Jiang Jingyan kissed her forehead and asked, "Send it up and eat it?"
"No, Mrs. Jiang will dislike me." She climbed to the end of the bed with her butt sticking out to look for her shoes. When she hid on the bed, she was in such a hurry that she didn't know where she kicked.
Jiang Jingyan pulled one out from under the bed, found another under the sofa, put them in place, and turned around to get her slippers.
Chen Qing stared at his back, feeling mixed emotions.
Thinking about it carefully, Jiang Jingyan was always willing to pamper her most of the time. No matter how troublesome or pretentious her emotions were, he was always willing to be patient and resolve them even though he had a bad temper. In the past, she thought it was just because she was young, but now the relationship was different. This pampering was more alluring and more profound.
It is so profound that the death of his parents cannot negate all his delicacy.
Chen Qing raised his leg, and his toes almost poked him in the face.
Jiang Jingyan was taking off her socks when something suddenly happened, causing him to frown. "Don't move. I don't have that habit."
"When did you like me?"
"I don't like you, I hate you." He rolled up his cotton socks and held the back of her head. "Smell it yourself, do you stink? You even want to put it in my mouth."
Chen Qing covered his mouth and nose and dodged backwards, "I don't have stinky feet!"
“Who would admit that their feet smell?”
Jiang Jingyan left her and went to wash his hands. He caught a glimpse of her secretly holding her feet and smelling them, which made him smile with his back turned.
In fact, there is no smell. Chen Qing's feet are more tender than his hands, and his pink toes are clean. When he is passionate, he curls up beside his ear and trembles, and kicks his shoulder unbearably.
After going downstairs, Jiang Zhongyi was nowhere to be seen in the restaurant.
"Don't wait for father to come back?" He took Chen Qing's hand and sat down.
Mrs. Jiang was worried. "The secretary called and said he had something urgent to do and couldn't get away."
Her tone was too serious, Jiang Jingyan raised his eyelids, "Official or personal matters?"
Mrs. Jiang didn't say anything. She poured a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Chen Qing. "Your Uncle Jiang sent someone to bring this back specially. He went to the countryside to investigate poverty alleviation work. There are local farmers raising free-range chickens. He ordered a year's supply, which will be delivered every other month. Little girls are very delicate, so I asked Sister Mei to research some more ways to cook it."
Chen Qing was flattered. Holding the bowl of soup, he nodded and thanked her obediently.
Jiang Jingyan joked, "Qing'er said that my face changes quickly, so I inherited it from you."
Mrs. Jiang rarely refrained from bickering with him. She smoothed her shawl over her shoulders and said, "If you were like Tang Xiaoming and brought back questionable women for me, I'd have a headache. Fortunately, Chen Qing is a good child, so of course I'll treat her well."
Chen Qing drank his soup without saying anything.
"Please give me some, too. Be nice to me." Jiang Jingyan extended his empty bowl and said in a nonchalant tone, "I haven't even had a sip yet."
Mrs. Jiang glared at him, then turned to Chen Qing and smiled kindly, "I noticed you've been sleepy lately. Have you checked?"
Chen Qing was stunned, but then she understood. She was shy and replied softly, "I got up early today because the school was rehearsing for the welcome party."
"Oh..." Mrs. Jiang looked a little disappointed. She had been wanting to have a grandson for several years. She was so envious when the ladies in the circle got together to talk about how cute their grandchildren were.
However, Chen Qing was indeed still young, so Mrs. Jiang smiled again and said in a gentle tone, "Jing Yan said that he wanted to get the marriage certificate with you first, and then have the ceremony after school is done and you graduate. What do you think?"
Chen Qing opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Jiang Jingyan, "Let's pick a date to propose first. Lao Luo is still in China, and he is a member of the wife's family. The proper procedures and etiquette must be followed."
"You don't have to tell me!" Mrs. Jiang was annoyed. "I know the rules better than you."
"After the offer is made, we'll have to consider her schedule. She has a lot of courses in her junior year, so she needs to prepare for the association interview next semester. She can continue after her senior year debut performance to avoid people thinking she has connections and not recognizing her abilities."
Mrs. Jiang was stunned, realizing that he was stalling for time, and her eyes looked suspicious.
After dinner, she called Jiang Jingyan to the bedroom and put her hands on her hips in a domineering manner, "What do you mean? You tried every possible way to get him into your home, and now when it comes to discussing marriage, you regret it?"
The man sank into the sofa, rubbing his temples. "I don't regret it."
"You're the one who's in a hurry to get the marriage certificate, and you're the one who said you have to wait. It'll take me forever to get my grandson!"
He rubbed harder, frowned more tightly, and said nothing.
Seeing him like this, Mrs. Jiang's heart skipped a beat. "Is Yan Baiqing behind this? Or has Chen Qing changed his mind?"
"Father was tripped up by something tonight."
He suddenly changed the subject. Mrs. Jiang didn't react and answered subconsciously, "The provincial government called him away."
"You think it's unusual?"
"There's a promotion opening recently, and you should have heard about it. Old Meng is one of the candidates, and your father has also submitted a report."
Jiang Jingyan's expression changed. "Father is not someone who seeks fame and fortune."
It's lonely at the top. When Jiang Zhongyi reaches his position, he wants to be promoted half a level before retiring to ensure the stability of his family's status after his retirement.
But Meng Hongwen was determined to get that spot. Liang Jing said that it was basically decided, and Jiang Zhongyi's joining in the fun at this time was putting himself in the crosshairs.
Mrs. Jiang's previous momentum had weakened by half. She sat at the end of the bed and said, "I tried to persuade him, but he didn't listen."
Jiang Jingyan had a severe headache and got up to go back to the house.
At this moment, Chen Qing was hiding on the bedroom terrace and answering the phone, "Did you see it clearly?"
It was You Meng on the other end, speaking with conviction, "I saw clearly that it was that man. He entered the office with the club owner, and it sounded like he was talking about sending someone to Thailand."
Chen Qing understood instantly that Wan Lihong was going to be dealt with.
Thinking of this, she was so anxious that she didn't notice anyone coming in.
"Who's calling?"
Chen Qing shuddered and lost his grip on the phone, which fell to the edge of the terrace.
Jiang Jingyan bent down to pick it up, but she snatched it away and hung up.
Their eyes met, and the man's eyes were deep, hitting the hesitation in her heart.
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