Zhou Qing wanted to tease him, so he moved closer and raised his eyebrows deliberately: "Why, you don't want to marry me?"
"I have someone I want to marry and I'm not interested in a marriage alliance."
Zhou Fang opened it calmly and glanced inside, "Where's Ruan Ruan? Is she inside?"
I was looking behind the door, but he couldn't see it from this angle.
Seeing the triumphant smile on Zhou Qing's face, I couldn't help but chuckle. Just as I was about to speak, I saw Zhou Qing looking at me, "Niece, come quickly, my brother is looking for you."
“…”
I can almost imagine the confusion on Zhou Fang's face.
I stood up and walked over. Zhou Fang held my cool, dry hand. He looked at Zhou Qing again, the tip of his tongue against his cheek. Suddenly, he smiled and asked, "When did my Ruan become your niece?"
Before I could say anything, Jiang Yunshu put his arm around my shoulders. Seeing that Jiang Yuheng and his wife were teasing him, he couldn't help but laugh: "Because Ruan is my daughter, what do you think?"
“???”
Zhou Fang stood up straight abruptly. Before he could delve into the matter and confirm the truth of the words, his playful expression subsided a bit. He said obediently, "Teacher Jiang, you are not kidding, are you?"
"It's true, Fang."
I squeezed his palm and explained, "It happened yesterday, but you didn't come to Lijingyuan last night, and I haven't found a chance to tell you yet."
——But I probably won't tell him even if I get the chance. After all, I was silenced in order to please his cousin.
Jiang Yunshu looked at his relaxed and controlled temperament and smiled, "So, from now on, you don't have to call me Teacher Jiang anymore. Call me..."
Zhou Fang quickly changed his tone, "Mom."
“???”
“???”
“???”
“???”
Jiang Yunshu, Jiang Yuheng and I were all completely bewildered.
Jiang Yuheng gave him a thumbs up from an angle that Jiang Yunshu couldn't see.
I quickly pulled his hand and said, "I told you to call me auntie!"
"……cough."
Zhou Fang forced herself to be calm, "It's okay, our relationship is so stable, it's only a matter of time before I call you 'Mom'."
Zhou Qing looked at him trying to please his future mother-in-law and laughed out loud. "Would you like to call me aunt as well?"
“…”
Zhou Fang glanced at her sideways and said, "First, remarry Jiang... ahem, uncle."
He cleared his throat and forced himself to change his words halfway through.
Zhou Qing crossed her arms and looked at him calmly, "You're so good! You used to be afraid that he would bully me, but now you're looking forward to our remarriage?"
Zhou Fang snorted and laughed, "Don't you want me to call you aunt?"
After chatting for a while, Jiang Yuheng mentioned that Jiang Yunshu was going to announce my identity at the dinner party.
He disagreed. "Sister, you finally found Nanzhi. Shouldn't we hold a separate dinner party to make it more formal? In the name of the Jiang family, or in your name, it's fine. This way, everyone can see how much we value Nanzhi, and no one will dare to bully her in the future."
"I've considered what you said."
Jiang Yunshu looked serious and held my hand. "It's just that I can't wait to let everyone know who my real daughter is. I don't want her to suffer for another day."
Jiang Yuheng sat in a leather chair, his serious face showing a strong aura, yet revealing the gentleness that only a junior can show. "Nanzhi, what do you think?"
He and Jiang Yunshu chatted back and forth, and it was clear they were both thinking about me, just with different perspectives. Hearing my loved ones put themselves in my shoes like this, I'd never felt such a sense of peace and security.
It's an emotion completely different from what a lover can provide. This is probably the magical part of blood ties.
When I heard him ask me this, I smiled slightly and said, "I will listen to you. Whether it's a day earlier or a day later, it can't change the fact that I am my mother's daughter. That's enough."
"Aunt,"
Zhou Fang smiled and took over the conversation, saying methodically: "As far as I know, Jiang Chuxia is still recording a slow-paced life, and you haven't announced your relationship with her yet..."
He speculated, "Even she herself probably doesn't know yet, right?"
"you're right."
Jiang Yunshu nodded, wanting to know his intention, "Go on."
"Then why don't we..."
Zhou Fang glanced at me and then said slowly, "Play the long game and catch the big fish."
"I investigated Jiang Chuxia's background two years ago. How could an orphan with no power know about your search for your daughter and appear before you?"
Jiang Yunshu, "Regarding what you're talking about, I've already asked someone to check who she had contact with before."
“This is difficult to check.”
Zhou Fang was certain and continued, "When you went to look for Ah Ruan yesterday, you must have been seen by someone with ulterior motives. They must have been much quicker to erase their traces than us to investigate the past."
"Instead of this, the best solution is to suppress this matter first. Once these few days have passed and the other party's suspicions have subsided, we can follow the clues and find the real culprit."
"But the connection between my mom and me and Ni Tian yesterday surpassed that of a designer and client."
I questioned, "Isn't it so easy to dispel the other party's suspicion?"
The person behind the scenes this time used similar methods to the one two years ago.
And they are all hidden very deeply. The scheming is deep enough, and it is not so easy to let go of the worries.
Jiang Yuheng narrowed his eyes, "Sister, how about publicly recognizing Nanzhi as your goddaughter first?"
"This way, we can protect her openly, and it can also be a reason for you to interact more frequently with Nanzhi recently."
"In that case, Nanzhi..."
Jiang Yunshu really wants to announce my identity tonight, but it is true that if the person behind the scenes is not caught, who knows what will happen in the future.
Therefore, she looked at me with some concern, afraid that I would be sad.
I smiled, agreeing with Zhou Fang and Jiang Yuheng's approach. "Mom, I think Uncle and Fang are right. Compared to whether we can live peacefully in the future, how and when the identity is announced is not important."
The person behind the scenes has stretched his hands too far.
But until now, we still can't figure out what his purpose is.
For two consecutive times, the other party failed to gain any benefits from it, and the only one affected was my body.
Jiang Yunshu took a deep breath and said, "Okay, in that case, Mom will announce that she has adopted you as her goddaughter!"
"That's enough for me to show off for a while."
I'm kidding.
As soon as he finished speaking, his cell phone rang. It was Jiang Lai calling. She was out of the hotel.
After I finished the call, I got up to pick her up. Before leaving, I gave Zhou Fang a look that said "come on!"
Even when Zhou Fang sat on the sofa, she didn't lean on it as loosely as usual, she was very... well-behaved.
Zhou Qing even teased him, saying that finally there was someone he was afraid of.
…
I left the lounge and headed towards the elevator.
There were more guests at this time. I dressed up outstandingly and came out of Jiang Yunshu's lounge, which immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.
A few young men even came up to chat with me and asked for my contact information.
I declined them all.
Just as I was about to leave the banquet hall, I saw an uninvited guest!
——Shen Xingyu!
I am sure that Sister Jing definitely did not send an invitation letter to the Shen family.
At this moment, an idol with millions of fans came over to chat with me, "You are so beautiful. This kind of temperament is unique in our entertainment industry."
"Are you the designer who's been very popular recently, Teacher Elena?"
"You are familiar with Teacher Jiang, right?"
My brother was very humble. Even though I knew his purpose, he remained polite. "Thank you, I am. I am quite familiar with Teacher Jiang..."
——Are mother and daughter considered familiar?
Unexpectedly, before I could even finish my words, I heard a mocking voice, "Tsk, Ruan Nanzhi, are you so shameless just to flatter yourself? You're pretty familiar with me, right?... You're just a designer, but you really think you're a piece of cake?"
The girl standing next to Shen Xingyu, whose daughter was unknown, took Shen Xingyu's arm and said, "Xingyu, do you know each other?"
"I guess I can say I know him."
Shen Xingyu was indifferent, hiding the jealousy in her eyes as she sneered, "She's just a poor girl with no father and no mother. Two years ago, she even managed to trick my grandmother into treating her like her own granddaughter, and now she's trying to get close to Teacher Jiang. People like her are definitely not the same as us!"
"So scheming?"
The daughter looked at me with disdain on her face. "Teacher Jiang, you dare to try to get ahead of yourself? Even our He family has to show complete sincerity to get the qualification to cooperate with Teacher Jiang. Do you really think you are a piece of cake?"
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