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"We don't need to have a baby so soon. We won’t just be a two-person
world after having one. Anyway, I’m still young so we can wait a while longer."
Jiang Jingchuan said simply, "Or we can have one a few years later, I’m not rushing to
be a father."
Su Yan felt helpless, she wanted to pick up a rose and hit
him on his head. She was scrambling about having to make up her mind about
having a kid. Now that Jiang Jingchuan actually said that it didn't matter if they
had one a few years later.
How can you not be mad?
“...... Oh.” She decided to ignore Jiang Jingchuan's whim at this moment.
Maybe tomorrow he’ll regret it again.
"By the way, I almost forgot to tell you that I’ll be going to London for
a business trip next week. I'll probably be there for a week or so. I wanted to
take you with me, but you're going to be busy with embroidery now." In the
past, Jiang Jingchuan often travelled. Back then, he only felt that he was just going
to another place to sleep. Now he was a little reluctant, he was eager to bring
Su Yan with him.
"A business trip?" Su Yan wanted to follow Jiang Jingchuan to go
outside to see, but when she thought of what she promised Zhou Lu, her
expression was a little lost, "Oh right, if you didn’t mention it then I
would have forgotten to tell you. Guess who Zhou Lu’s client is? You would
never have guessed!”
"Who, it someone I know?"
"It's Lu Yang, I was shocked when I saw him. The world really is small. He’s
doing the ceramics exhibition for his grandfather. Su Yan wasn’t a person who
believes in coincidences, once is a coincidence, two or three times, she’ll
start to think of it as something else.
Jiang Jingchuan was slightly surprised: "No wonder he just called and said
that he saw me as if it was coincidentally?"
"Jing Chuan, I don't quite understand what's going on in your business
field, but I've heard you say that Lu Yang's current situation is not so good,
right?" This was the vigilance cultivated in the harem, and if there is a
relationship of interest between people, then similar coincidences are
questionable.
Jiang Jingchuan nodded, and his face was also serious, "Indeed, Old Master
Chen is interested in his ability. In fact, clear-eyed people can see that Lu
Yang is just being superficial. He is also being guarded against. To put it
mildly, this Old Master Chen can't survive for long, if he dies then his days
won’t be easy. Lu Yang also knows about this, so he’ll definitely find a way to
control the Chen family."
Don't even talk about whether they’re all grandchildren or whatnot, in the eyes
of some of the older generation, they are all outsiders as long as you have a
different surname. Old Master Chen really doesn’t have a choice now, he will
hand over the Chen family to Lu Yang, but whether this is long-term or
temporary, is unknown.
Su Yan carefully looked at Jiang Jingchuan and said, "You see, the last
time I met Lu Jiaying, it was two years ago. It was already very coincidental,
the result was that Lu Yang was actually Lu Jiaying's cousin, that time can
also be said to be a coincidence. This time, with a city so big, I actually met
Lu Yang for business. I really can't take these as coincidences, Jingchuan, I
can't help you in the company's business, but I can't drag your hind legs. If
there really is a problem, I will tell Zhou Lu that I won’t continue with the
project.
No matter what feelings she has for Jiang Jingchuan, they were husband and wife
in the same boat. No matter the issue, she had to unite with him.
Even if she lost faith in Zhou Lu, she didn't want to bring unnecessary trouble
to Jiang Jingchuan.
Jiang Jingchuan was still very pleased that Su Yan could have such a
consciousness, reached out and touched her head, and said softly: "Not as
serious as you think, I would also think the same if I were Lu Yang. Lu Yang is
not bad, doing business also has its own specialties, maybe we’d cooperate with
him in the future, you never know."
He paused, and this time there was more of a teasing element in his tone,
"Besides, you’re that worried about me? Rest assured, I have my own
precautions.”
Su Yan still thought of everything too simply. One day, he and Lu Yang can
cooperate, of course on the premise that Lu Yang can bring benefits to Jiang.
"Anyway, I think it's really a coincidence." Jiang Jingchuan made up
his mind. Lu Yang was not that kind of person, at least if he really wanted to
do something, it would be watertight.
Su Yan flattened her mouth: "I know, you must mean that I think too
much."
After Jiang Jingchuan's analysis, she felt that she had not yet jumped out of
her original thinking, always taking the set in the harem to think of others. In
the end, her vision was too limited.
"No, no, no, if you feel that something is wrong, you can discuss it with
me directly, no one has reminded me of this before. Sure enough, my wife is
intimate with me." Jiang Jingchuan felt that this was a very novel
experience.
In the past, no matter how complicated the relationship between the company, he
had to keep things to himself. Now that his wife was helping him share some
concerns, his psyche felt relaxed.
The two came to the Jiang Mansion, and as usual, Old Mr. Jiang took Mrs. Jiang
out fishing, and they haven’t returned yet.
As soon as Jiang Jingchuan came, he was called into the study by Daddy Jiang,
saying that he wanted to ask about the company.
Mother Jiang asked the kitchen aunt to bring a bowl of rock sugar bird's nest
and said to Su Yan: "Knowing that you were coming today, I let the auntie
make this, try it."
When Su Yan took a small sip of the soup, Mother Jiang asked: "I heard
Xiao Chuan say that you came back early this time because of an accident at
home, is it solved now?"
"Everything is good now." Su Yun's divorce was basically ironclad, Su
Yan and Jiang Jinchuan weren’t going to participate any further.
All in all, Su Yan has decided, that until Su Yun's divorce gets finalized, she isn’t
going to meddle.
"It's okay, I've also heard Xiaochuan say something about it. Your family
is quite wise, divorce is the best solution to such a matter. Don’t be polite
when you need help from Xiaochuan, we are all family after all."
Su Yan listened to Mama Jiang say this, she thought of what Jiang Jingchuan
said. Mama Jiang likes to read romance novels, not the comedic kind, but the sadomasochistic ones.
"Well, thank you, Mom." Su Yan quickly bowed his head and continued to
drink the bird's nest.
When Jiang Jingchuan came out of the study, Mama Jiang pulled him into the room
and whispered: "I was inconvenient to tell you on the phone, but while you
and Su Yan were on a trip, the Wang family girl came over trying to stir up
some trouble."
Jiang Jingchuan was a little confused, completely unaware of this matter.
"Xiao Chuan, you remember a little, no matter what unpleasant things you
had with Xiao Yan before, she is still your wife, and I know that you don't
mean that to the Wang family girl, but you should still pay attention to it in
the future." Mother Jiang is not going to mix with her son and
daughter-in-law’s matters, but she felt that she should still remind her son
that if she knows that the other party is interested in him and there was no
hope for them, then they should stay far away from each other.
It was enough for him to make his wife happy, whether or not other women were
unhappy shouldn’t matter to him.
"Mom, I know." Jiang Jingchuan was also a little angry, he felt that
he and Wang Siqi had spoken clearly enough, how could she still look for his mother?
Did you want him to put it in the newspaper to explain?
"Xiao Chuan your mother believes in you, but remember don't look at how
smart that Wang girl usually is. To get involved with a married man, don’t wait
for your wife to solve it for you. This is not her trouble. If she gets upset
one day because the Wang family girl is unhappy, don't say that she is
unreasonable, because you did not handle it well."
Jiang Jingchuan listened and nodded, "I know, Mom, thank you."
Seeing her son like this, she knew that he understood, and Mother Jiang
breathed a sigh of relief, "You live a good life with Xiao Yan. This
child's heart is not bad, and her character is not bad, so treat her
well."
Su Yan was sitting in the living room watching TV. At this
time Daddy Jiang came down from the upper floor, and said somewhat unnaturally:
"Xiao Yan, I heard Xiao Chuan say that the words in his office were
written by you?"
This was the first time that his father-in-law had said so
much to her. Su Yan was somewhat flattered.
She and her father-in-law basically had nothing to say to each other. They’d
usually just nod at each other, not saying anything.
This was the most common portrayal of the relationship between father-in-law
and daughter-in-law.
"Well, yes." Su Yan still heard the doubt in Father Jiang's tone.
Presumably, he did not believe that she had written the words and thought that
his son was bragging.
When Father Jiang heard this answer, he was silent for a moment and said,
"The handwriting is good." Then there was nothing more to say, so the
atmosphere turned quite awkward. Jiang Jingchuan and Jiang's mother went
downstairs, and the atmosphere was finally eased.
Until the meal, Old Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang did not come back, they called for
the driver to come to pick them up.
There was no second elder present, Jiang's father and mother Jiang were not
people who talked a lot, and only Jiang Jingjing was talking non-stop at the
dinner table.
Probably because of the last time they went shopping together, the relationship
between Su Yan and Jiang Jingjing also moved closer to the direction of
friends, and after dinner, Jiang Jingjing pulled Su Yan into the room to gossip.
Jiang Jingjing's whispers revolved around a man, the number 4 male lead that showed
his face on a TV drama.
Su Yan looked at the photo of this eighteen-line male artist, looked at Jiang
Jingjing, and asked with difficulty: "Jingjing, what do you like about
him?" He actually looked very average, at least she didn't see anything
attractive.
Jiang Jingjing's eyes widened, "Didn't you watch that TV series, the role
he played was very obsessive and handsome. Even though he knew the cannon
fodder didn’t like him, he still helped her do bad things." Oh, she sees, Jiang
Jingjing loved the character, not the person,
"Just like it." Su Yan did not think of breaking reality, nor did she
think of giving Jiang Jingjing lessons. This was what she likes, and it was bad
for someone to disdain what another person liked.
"I asked for his WeChat, and we had a good chat these days. He said that
after the crew finished, he would come and invite me to dinner." No matter
how Jiang Jingjing usually looked, she was still a little girl at heart.
Su Yan found that although the brothers and sisters of the Jiang family looked
very shrewd and rational. In terms of feelings, they were all rookies.
She also did not ask Jiang Jingjing if the actor knew she was miss Jiang.
People who grew up in this kind of environment knew about these things. Don’t
look at how Jiang Jingjing is squealing about right now, she definitely knew.
Whether others were sincere or false, she believed that Jiang Jingjing could
tell, and this was not up to her to worry about.
At this moment, Jiang Jingjing's mobile phone rang, and she did not shy away
from Su Yan and picked it up, speaking fluent English the whole time.
Su Yan listened from the sidelines and couldn't help but be stunned. She
suddenly thought about Jiang Jingchuan going abroad to London, and how he was
speaking fluent English while they were on the island together. She felt a bit
lost at their wide range of choices.
She didn't know if anyone else would feel that way, but she did.
Whether she loves Jiang Jingchuan or not, in the face of such a man, she also had
some competitive desire. She knew she couldn’t catch up in terms of career, but
she wanted to win against him in places she can.
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T/N: Going to do 2 parts a chapter from now on, 4 parts is kinda too much even for me.
Reading the first few sentences in this chapter, I felt like something was missing. Then when I looked up the chapter 41 in MTL, I realized that this chapter was really missing some paragraphs at the start of the chapter. Please fix this, translator-san...
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