Jiang Rong suddenly remembered that when they were very young, when they were going home from school, the driver would stop the car on the side of the road, and she and Jiang Nian would buy a steaming hot fairy bean cake and eat it before going home.
That was one of her few fond memories.
"Don't you like eating it?" Jiang Rong said without any expression.
"...I lied to you." Jiang Nian said awkwardly, "I said that because I invited Huang Yue to eat fairy bean cake before, and he said that only women like this sweet thing."
"What's wrong with being a woman?" Jiang Rong said calmly, "I don't think he's that noble."
Jiang Nian whispered, "I won't have any contact with him anymore."
Jiang Rong didn't say anything, but went to buy a portion of fairy bean cake. Jiang Nian sat on the bench and took a bite. As she ate, tears fell again and she choked up and said, "Jiang Rong, do you think I'm stupid?"
"Do you need to ask?" Jiang Rong said.
Jiang Nian wiped away her tears and said, "Huang Yue's family is going bankrupt, and no one else wants to play with him. I took him out to play because I felt sorry for him, but he treated me like this..."
"That's because you are too stupid, so others treat you as a fool." Jiang Rong said mercilessly.
Jiang Nian was crying with tears all over his face. His delicate and pretty face looked so pitiful. His eyes were red. "I won't do this again!"
After saying that, he took another bite of the fairy bean cake and almost choked himself to death.
Jiang Rong patted him on the back speechlessly and said, "You should try to stay alive first."
"I hope this is the first and last time I see you in a place like this." Jiang Rong said, "If there's a next time, I won't care about you."
"...I understand." Jiang Nian looked up at her: "You haven't told me yet, are you familiar with this place?"
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask." Jiang Rong waved his hand casually and turned to leave. "I called a taxi for you. Find a way to explain to Jiang Ci why you came home dressed like this."
"Hey!" Jiang Nian called out anxiously, "Aren't you going home with me?"
Jiang Rong paused, then said, "That's your home, not mine."
…
When Jiang Rong returned to Bailu Manor, he did not see Shang Shaoheng.
This is actually normal. Shang Shaoheng looks casual, but he is actually very busy. It is no exaggeration to say that he has a lot of things to do every day. It would be strange for him to stay at home leisurely.
Since Shang Shaoheng was away, Jiang Rong planned to find something to eat for dinner. Just as he opened the refrigerator to look for food, he heard a soft voice behind him: "...Hey, what are you doing?"
Jiang Rong's whole body stiffened.
This voice...why does it sound so familiar?
Jiang Rong turned around slowly and saw Cui Congshuang, wearing a light blue cheongsam, standing at the kitchen door, looking at her with a smile.
Jiang Rong: “…”
???! Why is Cui Congshuang here?!
No... Bailu Manor was originally Cui Congshuang's dowry. It is much more normal for her to appear here than Jiang Rong.
"...Madam." Jiang Rong slowly put the yogurt in his hand back into the refrigerator and said hello politely, "Good evening."
"Well, good evening." Cui Congshuang said, "Ah Heng just told me that you were going to cook dinner. There are so many aunts at home, why do you need to cook? He has such a bad temper, don't indulge him."
Jiang Rong thought to herself, I'm not spoiling him, I'm begging him. If cooking a meal can prevent Shang Shaoheng from causing trouble, then she will make a lot of money.
"She wanted to cook, I didn't force her." The man's lazy voice approached. Shang Shaoheng leaned against the kitchen door and glanced at Jiang Rong. "Isn't that right, Jiang Rong?"
Shang Shaoheng and Cui Congshuang had very similar eyebrows and eyes. The two of them standing together were really pleasing to the eye, but Jiang Rong had no intention of appreciating them at all. Facing Shang Shaoheng's coercion, she coughed and said, "Yes, he didn't force me."
Cui Congshuang stepped forward and took Jiang Rong's hand, saying, "You don't have to speak for him."
She glanced at her son and suddenly raised her eyebrows: "Come to think of it, I've never eaten the meal you cooked in your entire life. Why don't you cook tonight?"
Before Cui Congshuang could finish her words, Jiang Rong stopped her: "...Let me do it!"
She looked at Cui Congshuang very sincerely: "I like cooking, I love cooking, really!"
Let Shang Shaoheng cook... Shang Shaoheng dares to cook, but she dares not eat it! She will never forget the pot of poison that Shang Shaoheng cooked!
Shang Shaoheng's expression was gloomy: "What do you mean?"
Jiang Rong: Don’t you have any idea what’s going on?
Shang Shaoheng: "I was—"
Jiang Rong interrupted softly, "Didn't I promise you before that I would make dinner for you? I have to keep my word. Please go out and wait for me for a while."
Shang Shaoheng sneered, and Jiang Rong translated it, which roughly meant: Don’t eat the food I cook, and say goodbye to this tasteless food forever.
Cui Congshuang looked at Shang Shaoheng, then at Jiang Rong, her smile growing deeper as she said, "It just so happens that I haven't cooked in a long time. Xiao Rong, I'll help you."
Jiang Rong wanted to refuse, but Cui Congshuang had already taken out an apron, so she had to give up.
"Xiao Rong, I heard from the housekeeper that you have been living in Bailu Manor recently?" Cui Congshuang asked casually.
"...Yes, I had some conflicts with my family. Thanks to Mr. Shang for being so kind, he let me stay here." Jiang Rong answered without a single mistake.
Cui Congshuang smiled and said, "That's as I should. You can stay here as long as you want. Don't worry about him."
Glancing at the jade bracelet on Jiang Rong's wrist, she added, "I didn't even know your birthday before you came, and I didn't prepare a gift for you."
Jiang Rong quickly said, "No need, birthdays are not important."
"Do you like the gift that Ah Heng gave you?"
Jiang Rong subconsciously touched the bracelet on his wrist and said, "I like it."
It’s worth the money, who wouldn’t like it!
She went to the market to ask, and found that the lowest recycling price was already in eight figures!
"That's good." Cui Congshuang said softly, "Our Ah Heng has had a strange temper since he was a child. Even I can't figure out what he's thinking. If he bullies you, just tell me and I'll help you vent your anger."
Jiang Rong felt that this sounded more and more strange, but he couldn't figure out what was strange about it for a moment. When Cui Congshuang said, "You can hold your wedding anywhere in the future," Jiang Rong finally realized that something was wrong.
This is exactly how Cui Congshuang treats her daughter-in-law!
"...Madam, you may have misunderstood." Jiang Rong said stubbornly, "The relationship between Mr. Shang and me is not what you think."
"Huh?" Cui Congshuang was surprised: "But I asked Ah Heng, and he said he likes you very much."
Jiang Rong: “?!”
What the hell was Shang Shaoheng saying in front of Cui Congshuang?!
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