Good intentions lead to mistakes
After a long chat, Yu Ran stood up and said, "Your brother will soon wake up, I'm going to cook." Although he said cooking, in fact, Yu Ran was happy to help with a series of processes before cooking, such as dressing, tidying up the bedroom, etc.
Jiang Yu looked at the clock and thought to himself that his brother slept until noon and had everything provided for him, which meant his sister-in-law was caring.
Hearing rustling noises from inside the door, he quickly sat up straight to make a good impression on his brother. He waited, waited, waited, but only his sister-in-law was seen coming in and out, her feet twirling behind her head. Jiang Yu grew bored of waiting and sat lost in thought on the armchair, tracing the intricate patterns with his hands.
"Brother Yu Ran, what are we having for lunch?"
Suddenly, a shout came from the kitchen:
"Holy crap?! Where's my induction cooker?"
The next second, Yu Ran rushed out wearing an apron and holding a fruit knife.
Jiang Yu staggered off the chair, the skin on his knees and elbows etched with the chair's marks, red, swollen, and wrinkled. Looking at the approaching cold light, he suddenly felt like he was being slaughtered, the kind that could be eaten without worry after getting a stamp of approval...
"I...it's flooded, I threw it away!"
"Mine was brand new, and you threw it away?!"
Jiang Yu had no way to retreat, and a huge sense of guilt welled up in his heart. This was probably the retribution for his domineering behavior in front of his sister-in-law over the years.
The vow of reform arbitrarily divides twenty years of life into a past life and a present life; the past life accounts for nineteen years and months, the present life for half a day... Jiang Yu, who restrained himself for only half a day, boasts that he has lived the most leisurely time of his life. Now, is it unfair to punish him, a man who has just started anew, with the retribution of his past?
The inner drama is so pretentious.
It wasn't until his foot tripped on the carpet and a door narrowly brushed past the front that he realized he had been kicked out.
"Don't come back even if you can't find it!" The wolves howled and the tigers roared, lurking behind the door.
After driving the man away, Yu Ran turned around and said to his wife with a smile on his face: "Okay, I've sent him away, let's go!" How did his voice change from that of a tiger to that of a kitten in a second?
After all, you must not allow outsiders to disrupt your carefully planned date schedule.
Jiang Liu lazily got up, and Yu Ran coaxed him into eating a loving breakfast. After living together, the two of them gradually became more in tune with each other's schedules, and he no longer had to worry about preparing food and cooking from dawn to dusk.
At first, Yu Ran would still get up early. Jiang Liu, reluctant to see his lover suffer too much, would always tuck him back into bed, fearing that his clattering, overworked nature would upset the Pleiades star official's biological clock. Now, Yu Ran generally prioritized efficiency, but he was absolutely uncompromising about quality.
On the other side, Jiang Yu regretted that he had gotten carried away. The sanitation truck had already collected the garbage in the morning. No, maybe someone had picked it up the moment he threw it.
Never mind, he's rich anyway. He doesn't know how to pick brands, so he just needs to stick to the expensive ones, right?
Just as my worries were gone, I was now filled with hunger. My stomach felt like it had been through a dozen different noodle-pulling processes, and now it was ready to be eaten with the sauce and vegetables! No, no! What was I thinking?
Normally, a normal person wouldn't be hungry for such a meal, but he was so used to eating full meals that he couldn't stand the slightest emptiness in his stomach. Not to mention that he was a proud nobleman, how could he have experienced such a feeling? Although his parents disliked him, they never deprived him of food or drink.
He went into a nearby rice noodle shop. It was lunchtime, and the line was long. He was completely blinded, feeling the call of numbers like the countdown to his own death. Hot and irritated, he unknowingly reached his brother's studio door, only to find it closed. He stumbled and stumbled into a sweet dessert shop.
"Ouch!" A girl inside rushed out, her name badge flashing. It was the store manager, Su Li.
Jiang Yu didn't want to embarrass himself in front of old acquaintances. He hurriedly fixed his hair and looked at the reflection in the glass door. Oh my god, why was he still wearing pajamas?!
"Sir, are you okay?" Su Li held his arm tightly.
In an instant, Jiang Yu's IQ took the lead! That's right! They only communicated through WeChat and had never met in person!
At this moment, his mind was filled with only one thought: something was wrong with this girl.
Judging from the questions his two brothers had asked yesterday, he wasn't that stupid; it was impossible for him not to have guessed something. After meeting Su Li, some of his suspicions were cleared up.
Su Li wore two thick short braids, twisted into a knot and tucked under her hat. Her warm, cheerful, and indifferent personality was like the best lychee, the one that bends the top the most.
"Sir, please sit down first. I'll pour you a glass of water." She looked at him secretly and had already come to a conclusion in her mind. He was wearing pajamas and was unkempt, but his face was rosy. At first glance, he was obviously a young man who had run away from home because of a quarrel with his family.
Jiang Yu thought she had brought him just hot water, but it turned out to be glucose water. Tears of gratitude welled up in his eyes. He swallowed it and regained his strength. "Hello, I want all the fresh pastries in your display case!"
Su Li's hands froze as she was sorting the goods, and she looked at the other customers who were still shopping in the store, not knowing what to do.
Jiang Yu waited patiently for the last batch of customers to finish their selection and then locked the door.
Bakers: “…”
Jiang Yu was smug. His actions just now had nothing to do with lust, sex, money, or anger, right? After all, his original intention was to create an opportunity for conversation.
The kitchen staff came out in droves to help pack and distribute the food. Jiang Yu calmly dismissed them, "No rush."
Employees: “…”
In order to maintain today's performance, Su Li agreed to whatever the young master said.
Jiang Yu, mindful of his frail persona, rested as long as he wanted. While they ate and chatted, Su Li showed no interest in him, her responses all out of politeness. His mind raced, and he came up with another surprising move.
"Everyone, please help me get to Building 6, Fengheyuan...Room 21."
"Yeah, okay. Some desserts need to be put in a fresh-keeping layer, and..." Su Li remained calm, as if she didn't hear the address given by the customer, which was Teacher Jiang's, next door.
"Hey, by the way, my neighbor also likes your desserts. He recommended it to me!"
Su Li's official words were perfunctory and impenetrable.
Jiang Yu felt less confident because of her expression and used his last trump card.
"You don't know, my neighbor, even though he dresses so fashionably, he's actually very mean, lazy, and has a very arrogant temper. I really don't know how anyone can stand him! And his girlfriend dotes on him so much."
I'm sorry, my dear brother!
“Oh, hehe——”
Sure enough, Su Li had no intention of prying into other people's privacy.
However, this didn't mean Jiang Yu's plan had failed. At least it showed that she was kind-hearted and upright. After all, if her parents had truly bribed her to pass on information, Su Li wouldn't have been completely uninterested in her "neighbor" identity.
There may be some misunderstanding.
"Thanks, add me on WeChat. Would I have the honor of being a taster for their new products?"
"It's our honor!" Su Li smiled and took out the QR code of the official account. Jiang Yu was slightly startled and scratched his head, "Wait, this private account, is it yours?"
The transition shouldn't be abrupt, right?
Jiang Yu had first added Su Li on the official WeChat account, and after becoming more familiar with her, he asked for Su Li's private account. The two also exchanged information on the private WeChat account.
…
Su Li and Jiang Yu recognized each other.
"Ms. Su, my name is Jiang Yu. Although I saw your name tag, I figured that since your brand is so big, you definitely have more than one store. I didn't dare to rashly match you with the person on WeChat. Please forgive me."
The reason shouldn't be far-fetched, right?
"No, no, are you feeling better? I wonder if you're free to take a nap later. I'll treat you to afternoon tea, okay?"
Both of them blushed, even though they got along well on WeChat.
Jiang Yu didn't want to show off in his pajamas. Fortunately, after the cakes were delivered, the staff went on their lunch break, so he could talk in peace. The topic naturally turned from when he had asked her to keep an eye on him, to the current situation of the two brothers.
Of course, the private parts were glossed over. He had only sketched out the outline of the story, and it was up to Su Li to fill it with emotion.
Although the story of the Jiang family was an abridged version, Su Li was still moved by it. It was a story of all appearances but rotten inside.
After hesitating for a moment, she murmured, "Well, don't you have a grandma? Doesn't she love you too?"
"Hmm?" While the Jiang family was a wealthy and powerful family, Duan Ran couldn't quite describe it as a warm and welcoming place. "Many people and many eyes" was the most appropriate description. Jiang Yu, for his part, had only met the older generation a handful of times.
——"They are not from the same class as us. This is not something you should be concerned about." The parents spoke with one voice in front of the two brothers. This tacit understanding was regarded as a false testimony of their love.
"Maybe I only saw my grandparents when I was very young. My parents were older than the parents of my peers, but now their parents are all old."
He was too young to attend the funeral, and all he remembers is the somber atmosphere. A few loosely painted faces flicker through his mind, as if from another world.
He didn't even need to think about the reason why Jiang Chun and Jiang Yueming refused to acknowledge their relatives.
"Strange!" Su Li said, "Around the beginning of March this year, someone added me on WeChat, claiming to be your grandmother. She said her eldest grandson was out there on his own, and she was worried sick. Unfortunately, he and his parents were having a falling out, and they had deleted everyone's contact information. She missed him but couldn't get in touch with him. She only heard he ran a flower shop in Xiangze City, but she didn't dare contact him privately, so she found me and said her grandson's name was Jiang Liu."
"Can you please help me gather intelligence?!"
"Um……"
Comparing the chat records, the time when the other party added Su Li was the day she said, "That person bought a cake for your brother today!"
That day, Jiang Yu was furious after seeing the news, and he sent several voice messages to express his deepest feelings. Could it be that, at that time, the walls had ears?
"She is definitely not my grandmother." Jiang Yu insisted and forwarded the chat records to Jiang Liu.
"Wait..." Su Li was embarrassed. "If it's fake, then I really can't face Teacher Jiang!"
The chat history had been forwarded. Jiang Yu took a quick look at it. The report contained only minor details, without any subjective assumptions or personal emotions, and there was no inappropriate behavior such as taking secret photos.
It is simply sharing life with elders, more like a diary written by an elementary school student, friendly and natural.
But whether it will affect Jiang Liu himself or not, they have to wait and see before making a decision.
"Don't worry, your intentions were not wrong. You were simply being taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives. Besides, I'm also deeply involved in this matter. I won't let you bear the consequences alone."
Seeing that Su Li was still worried, he said, "Okay, okay, I still have something to ask you for advice. Come with me to buy an induction cooker. Oh, let's go buy some clothes first."
After shopping in the mall and waving goodbye, Jiang Yu felt more and more that something was wrong. Was he possibly being lured away?
After all, he was a young man who had been away for so long without even having a meal, and his two brothers didn't even call to show their concern.
I’m afraid he sent me away to go on a date!
Jiang Yu was confident. She spent a huge amount of money to buy her brother's favorite desserts and a better induction cooker. She also collected such important information. This should give her the right to go home for dinner, right?
Arriving at the door, the titanium-gray security door remained impassive and immovable. It was truly a situation where I cried out to heaven and earth for help but to no avail!
Jiang Yu went crazy and called Yu Ran.
Yu Ran's tone softened and he left an address for him to come over.
The pastries and the newly bought induction cooker were placed outside the door. After all, there was one household per floor, so it was safe.
He hurried to his destination, a private house with a magnificent view of the river.
Two handsome, emotionless beasts! Jiang Yu just wanted to pounce on them and have a huge fight.
All the complaints in his heart were like a dam bursting, but he just had to say, "You did a good job today. Your brother and I are very optimistic about you." All of them were blocked.
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