Fortunately, the phone that Jiang Siyan had placed on the table rang.
Su Er glanced at it and quietly clenched her fist. She knew who had called from this number.
Su Er smiled instinctively, standing up and kissing him on the cheek, temporarily suppressing all her strange feelings without revealing a trace of her emotions. "You answer the phone. I'm a little hungry, and Auntie's cooking should be almost done. I'll go out now."
"good."
After Su Er walked out the door, she did not leave. She stopped at a corner out of Jiang Siyan's sight, leaned against the wall, and listened to the conversation coming from the study.
She didn't close the door completely when she closed it; through the crack in the door, one could faintly hear the angry questioning voice from the other end of the phone.
Although Su Er didn't hear it clearly, she could still guess the general idea.
"So this is what you meant by 'having your own considerations'! And it even made the entertainment news! Did you think no one would recognize you just because you didn't show your face?"
As if he had been prepared, Jiang Siyan tossed his phone onto the table and lit a cigarette the moment the call connected, thus avoiding the ordeal to his eardrums.
He and his father had never gotten along, let alone being scolded like this the moment he answered the phone.
Jiang Siyan exhaled a puff of smoke and sneered, "Dad, you don't always have to seek your fatherly presence in my marriage. What, my brother satisfied your desire to be a loving father, and now you want to come and be a strict father to me?"
"How could I be bad for you? How dare you talk to your father like that!" Jiang Zhuoli was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at his father.
"I've always had this mouth, and it's been like this since I was a child. You should be used to it by now."
The two of them were exchanging words back and forth, and it looked like they were about to have a major argument.
"Alright, stop arguing. You two are like sworn enemies, keeping me up at night. Give me your phone, I need to talk to my grandson for a bit."
The only person who could make the father and son argue to this extent and then immediately calm things down is the old lady in the family.
Yu Landong glared at her son, took the phone, and called out affectionately, "Siyan."
Jiang Siyan also dropped his previous nonchalant attitude, "Grandma, you're still up so late."
Yu Landong complained, "Your father's shouting was so loud that the floors upstairs and downstairs were shaking. I could hear him, so I told him I wouldn't stay here, but he still insisted on doing this."
When winter came, the old lady returned from Jiangcheng, originally planning to live in Dongfeng Lane.
However, Jiang Zhuoli kept saying he was worried and insisted on bringing the old lady over to live with them, which made Jiang Zhuoli's reputation for filial piety shine through.
The elderly need to be coaxed like children as they get older. Jiang Siyan said, "Then I'll take you back to the old house tomorrow."
“It would be great if you could take me back to the old house, but…” Yu Landong drawled out the last syllable, “Are there any young ladies you’d like to introduce to me?”
"Mom!" Jiang Zhuoli tried to stop Yu Landong from saying something that would embolden Jiang Siyan.
Yu Landong pointed her cane at the door, signaling him that if he interrupted her again, he should get out. She didn't have the same patience for her son as she did for her grandson.
Jiang Siyan chuckled and said quietly, "You read entertainment news?"
“Don’t think that Grandma is outdated just because she’s old. There’s no end to learning.” The old lady said playfully, “Siyan, as long as you like it, your dad will take care of it for you. He won’t dare to say a word.”
"No need to trouble you, old lady." Jiang Siyan fiddled with his lighter, his tone unhurried. "I really have no plans to get married, so please don't worry about it."
Upon hearing this, Yu Landong was outraged. "Then what's going on between you and that girl? Isn't she your girlfriend?"
“Yes.” Jiang Siyan’s eyes turned cold. “But Grandma, does marriage have to be the only good outcome in a relationship? That’s another matter.”
Before meeting Su Er, Jiang Siyan was a person who was indifferent to emotions.
It's true that he loves Su Er, but the word "love" occupies a very small place in his life.
Jiang Siyan himself couldn't remember exactly when he started, but he understood that his environment and identity required him to examine every decision he made with an extremely calm perspective.
He may have considered marriage in the past, but that was only from the perspective of personal gain.
In Jiang Siyan's view, marriage is more of a tool than a conclusion to love.
This was certainly not just his idea; most people living in this circle felt the same way, just like the conditions Cheng Youli had previously proposed to him.
However, after meeting Su Er, his feelings for her, which had previously made him a playboy, turned into an unexpected turn of events in his life where he had absolute control.
This accident led him to fall in love with Su Er, and he hoped to stay with her for a long time, but it was not enough to overturn his long-held belief in marriage.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Zhuoli still wanted to chat with Yu Landong for a bit more, "Mom, you can't spoil him like this."
Yu Landong threw down her phone and snapped, "Shut up! I think Si Yan was corrupted by you and turned into this cold and aloof person. I shouldn't have thought of having you and your son work on building a relationship before sending Si Yan to you. Listen to what he's saying! Is that what he means by being willing to get married? You still dare to talk about being a good match? Just wait until he's a bachelor for life!"
Jiang Zhuoli frowned and argued, "Xuan Ji is fine, but this brat is..."
"You still dare to say that you treat both children the same? Are they even the same? All that education you've received has gone to waste!"
...
Su Er stood outside the door, listening to the study return to silence, and gave a self-deprecating smile.
She thought she had the answer.
An answer we already knew.
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