Su Man raised her eyes and met Mr. Zeng's sharp eyes, "Yeah."
Her indifferent attitude caused Jiang Xiangrong strong dissatisfaction. Why didn't she introduce herself at this time? What was she waiting for?
But for Mr. Zeng's sake, Jiang Xiangrong had to suppress his anger and speak well of Su Man.
"Mr. Zeng, although Xiaoman is young, she is very sensible, has good grades, and often goes to the hospital to take care of her younger sister. My younger sister has a bad temper, and only Xiaoman can soothe her. She has also helped me a lot."
Jiang Xiangrong's fawning attitude was so ugly that Su Man rolled her eyes. His sister had a bad temper? Not to mention his sister's temper, he probably didn't even remember her face. He was just making up nonsense to tell Mr. Zeng in a disguised way that she was good at serving people.
As Jiang Xiangrong spoke, he winked at Su Man, indicating that she should say something too.
Su Man nodded symbolically, "Yeah."
Jiang Xiangrong was almost mad at her. He was afraid that Su Man's attitude would affect the cooperation with the Zeng family, so he carefully looked at Mr. Zeng's expression.
Sure enough, because of Su Man's perfunctory response, Mr. Zeng put away his smile, raised his water glass silently and took a sip, and the atmosphere instantly became awkward.
Jiang Xiangrong's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to make the situation more heated.
The dullness in the air also affected Jiang Ying and Jiang Yao. Jiang Ying knew that this was not the right occasion for her to speak, so she pretended to be deaf and dumb.
As for Jiang Yao, although he is not very old, he has been following Jiang Ying for so many years and has been able to understand the ways of the world.
He could see that Jiang Xiangrong wanted to please this uncle. In addition, Jiang Ying had specifically told him before coming that he was going to meet Jiang Xiangrong's business partner today, and he had to behave well so that Jiang Xiangrong would take him to discuss business in the future.
All these things combined made Jiang Yao eager to make a move.
He noticed that there was very little tea left in Jiang Xiangrong and Mr. Zeng's cups, so he took the initiative to pick up the teapot and pour tea for them.
As the tea poured into the cup, Jiang Xiangrong's expression softened a bit. Finally, he had a reason to break the deadlock. He smiled in the direction of Mr. Zeng and said, "Pour tea for Uncle Zeng."
"Why."
Jiang Yao behaved very well outside, even pouring tea in a very proper manner.
Not too fast or too slow, not shaking or splashing, not overflowing.
This was all taught by Jiang Ying. Before that, she and Jiang Yao had not moved into the Jiang family officially. She was afraid that Yang Tianjiao would know about her existence, so Jiang Xiangrong often had to wait a long time to see her.
Jiang Ying naturally wanted to make use of this limited time to let him feel the warmth of family.
"Uncle Zeng, please have some tea."
Facing the well-behaved Jiang Yao, Mr. Zeng's expression softened a little. Perhaps thinking of his own son, Mr. Zeng rarely spoke a few more words to Jiang Yao.
"Well, thank you. How old are you?"
Jiang Yao spoke in a crisp voice and glanced at Su Man out of the corner of his eye, as if he was happy that President Zeng liked him more.
But Su Man didn't care at all. Instead, she was happy to see it happen. However, she had an embarrassed expression on her face, which made Jiang Yao very satisfied.
Seeing that Mr. Zeng and Jiang Yao were having a pleasant conversation, Su Man had an idea in her mind.
At the dinner table afterwards, Su Man became a marginal figure. Apart from saying a few words to Jiang Xiangrong, Mr. Zeng spent most of the time talking to Jiang Yao.
For example, what does Jiang Yao like to play, and what kind of game consoles would a boy of his age like.
As they communicated more, Jiang Ying's face became increasingly gloomy as she realized the crisis.
But at the dinner table, every little movement was too obvious, and she could only watch Jiang Yao chatting with Mr. Zeng.
"...There are so many games, like Honor of Kings and PUBG. I often play with my classmates."
"Playing with friends?"
"Yeah, that's right, it's more fun to team up with friends."
"I see."
Mr. Zeng seemed to be lost in thought. He exchanged a glance with Mrs. Zeng, who understood and asked him many more questions.
After chatting for too long, Jiang Xiangrong also realized that something was wrong.
Shouldn't these questions be asked to Suman?
He tried to steer the conversation towards Su Man, "Haha, Jiang Yao is a spoiled child. He just plays all the time. Xiao Man is more obedient and good at studying. Besides, girls are more considerate and are better suited to taking care of people."
Although he didn't say it explicitly, Mr. Zeng understood his hidden meaning. Mr. Zeng sneered, "What does Mr. Jiang mean by that?"
Seeing that Mr. Zeng was angry, Jiang Xiangrong panicked a little, "I didn't mean anything, I just said, I just..."
Jiang Xiangrong glanced at Jiang Yao, a struggle flashing in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I will listen to Mr. Zeng."
Although he didn't want Jiang Yao to suffer so much and go to Mr. Zeng's house to take care of his sick child, if the order couldn't be signed and the company went bankrupt, not only Jiang Yao, but their whole family would suffer.
Besides, he only has Jiang Yao as his son, so everything will belong to Jiang Yao in the future.
When you think about it this way, it’s nothing.
After thinking it over, Jiang Xiangrong smiled and said, "Boys probably have more things to talk about when they're with other boys. That's good."
Mr. Zeng was slightly satisfied and wiped his hands with the wet towel folded into a beautiful shape on the table. "I will ask someone to pick up Jiang Yao at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Pick me up?"
Jiang Yao didn't understand the situation clearly. Just when he was about to ask, Jiang Xiangrong gave him a look and discouraged him. He didn't dare to speak anymore.
Seeing Jiang Ying's pale face, Su Man raised her glass to drink water, covering the corners of her mouth that were curled up wildly.
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It was already dark outside when they came out of the hotel. After seeing off Mr. Zeng and the other two, Jiang Yao relaxed. He took Jiang Ying's hand and shook it, "Mom, what did that Uncle Zeng just say? What did he mean by picking me up at 7 o'clock tomorrow? I have to go to school tomorrow."
Jiang Ying shook off his hand, her face darkening for a moment, but she couldn't say too much in front of Jiang Xiangrong. She took a deep breath and said, "Didn't Mom tell you to talk less? Why did you say so much just now?"
Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment, then whispered, "I thought I was helping Dad..."
"Okay, Yaoyao is not to blame for this matter."
Jiang Xiangrong, who had just seen Mr. Zeng off, relaxed his stiff smile and yelled at Su Man, who was slowly coming out from behind, "I told you to behave yourself, but who are you showing that deadpan face to?"
Su Man, who had been eating the whole time, burped silently. She spread her hands and said helplessly, "Boss Zeng doesn't like me. There's nothing I can do."
"You! I'll settle the score with you when we get back!"
“…”
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10 p.m.
The lights were still on at Zeng's house. Jiang Yao had already understood the whole story on the way. At this moment, he was staring at Su Man as if he was about to spit fire.
Perhaps Su Man had tricked her, Jiang Ying's face rarely showed any smile, and she looked at Jiang Xiangrong angrily with cold eyes.
"You heartless thing, what did you say before? I'll transfer that brat to another hospital, and you'll go back to the Zeng family. You insisted on making that deathly face, did you do it on purpose?"
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