Chapter 359: Chapter 359: The Couple Fights
6:30 in the evening.
Su He had just walked out of the research institute’s gate when she saw the tall and handsome figure standing not far away.
The man in black trousers always had a refined appearance, with a white shirt tucked neatly into his waistband, exuding an elegant and noble temperament that made him look composed and imposing.
The charm he was born with made him appear so perfect all over.
This man, no matter when, just one glance at his extremely perfect face would captivate you.
As she approached, he stretched out his long arm and pulled her into his embrace.
Then, without caring where they were, he leaned down and kissed her.
Su Baobao was still sitting in the car.
Seeing that no one was getting in the car for a while, he pressed the window button.
He looked at the two adults kissing each other outside very calmly: “Daddy, Mommy, I’m hungry.”
Su He didn’t know that Jiang Yan had also brought the little guy along.
She was startled and pushed him away quickly with her hands against his shoulders.
Su He turned to look at the little guy leaning on the car window, and said with an embarrassed face: “Sorry, Mommy didn’t know you were here too.”
If she had known Su Baobao was also here, she wouldn’t have allowed this scoundrel to kiss her.
The kisses seemed endless.
Su Baobao put on a smiling face and said: “Mommy, it’s okay.”
Then, the little guy changed the subject: “But, I still want to ask, have you two kissed enough? If not, Baobao can wait a few more minutes.”
The little guy looked at them very sincerely.
Su He: “Enough, enough, no more kissing.”
She pushed away the man holding her and quickly walked over, opened the car door, and got in.
Jiang Yan: “…”
In the car.
Su He looked at Jiang Yan and asked, “Do you still have money to treat us to dinner?”
Ever since that time, Su He really did as she said, confiscating all his cards.
However, she did send him a family card on WeChat, but it only had a monthly limit of five thousand.
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi in the front seat were silently munching on the melon from the back seat.
“You don’t have any hidden private money, do you?” Su He asked.
“Daddy, you actually dare to hide private money from Mommy?”
Su Baobao looked up with his little head and blinked his round eyes, looking at the man beside him.
“…”
The man looked at Su He and honestly said: “No money, later my wife will pick up the tab.”
Su Baobao continued: “Daddy, how can you let a girl pay when going out for a meal?”
Jiang Yan glanced down at him and said, “Or you pay? Anyway, your dad here has no money, it’s all with your mommy.”
The formidable CEO of the Jiang Family admitting to having no money to spend sounded rather pitiful.
When it came to money, Su He actually remembered something.
She placed her palm on Su Baobao’s head and turned his little head around.
“Su Baobao, I almost forgot one thing, last time you spent several million in one go, what did you buy? Where’s the thing?”
She initially thought the little guy bought it for her, but she still hadn’t seen where the gift was.
Su Baobao answered honestly: “I bought gifts for Aunt Xiao Jie, and for Aunt and sister Fei Yue.”
This was an answer Su He didn’t expect.
However, since he didn’t spend it recklessly on things he shouldn’t, that was fine.
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi in the front were a bit envious of Fei Yue; they hadn’t received a gift from the young master yet.
The family of three had just arrived at Taoyao Inn when they ran into Gu Beiyan and Jiang You, who were also there to eat.
“Brother, sister-in-law, are you here to eat too?” Jiang You ran over with a giggle, taking Su He’s hand: “Just right, why not join us?”
Before Su He could speak, Jiang Yan responded first: “Okay, then let’s eat together.”
Su Baobao sweetly called out to Jiang You: “Auntie.”
“Hey, dear Baobao.” Jiang You bent down and extended her hands to rub the little guy’s cheeks: “Haven’t seen you for a few days, did you miss your aunt?”
Su Baobao shook his head, “No.”
Jiang You was stunned, “What do you mean? Your aunt loves you so much, and you don’t miss me?”
Su Baobao said: “Aunt is always in Baobao’s heart, there’s no need to miss you.”
Hearing that, Jiang You chuckled, “Your mouth is still as sweet as always. I’m very pleased with this answer.”
…
An hour later.
Jiang Yan glanced at Gu Beiyan and said, “Go pay the bill.”
Gu Beiyan raised an eyebrow, thinking he must have heard wrong.
“What did you say?”
“I said, let you go pay the bill.”
At this time, Jiang You was pulling Su He to chat about some private girl talk in the leisure area on the other side.
Su Baobao was playing with her phone by herself, so at the dining table, it was just the two of them.
Gu Beiyan looked at him and remained silent for a few seconds.
Generally, as long as Jiang Yan was present, he was the one who paid for meals, it had nothing to do with the rest of them.
Gu Beiyan asked, “Is Jiang Family and DK going bankrupt?”
Jiang Yan flicked his gaze, “You’re the one going bankrupt!”
Gu Beiyan: “Since you’re not bankrupt, why are you asking me to pay? That’s not your style, is it?”
“What, you can’t even treat your brother-in-law to a meal once?”
“…”
Using this to press him, he had nothing to say.
But according to what he knew about him, there was more to this than meets the eye.
Suddenly, he remembered the surveillance video he saw at Xiao Si’s place.
A slight enigmatic smile formed at the corners of his mouth: “You aren’t out of money, are you? Your little sister-in-law confiscated all your cards?”
After he finished speaking, the man across threw a chilling glance at him.
Instantly, Gu Beiyan understood.
It seems he guessed right.
He wanted to laugh, but he held it back.
However, his shaking shoulders betrayed him.
“Gu Beiyan, I see you really don’t want this wedding, do you?”
The man’s deep and cold voice sounded.
Gu Beiyan said: “Let’s be clear on this one, you can’t mix things up. I don’t mean anything else, I’m just a bit surprised that you would one day run out of money. If this gets out, who would believe it? But I must say, little sister-in-law’s husband-taming skills are quite impressive.”
Gu Beiyan has always admired Su He.
Now, he admires her even more.
To actually take control of the financial power directly and have a firm grasp over the man before him.
Jiang Yan couldn’t even be bothered to respond to him.
Gu Beiyan had no choice but to say, “Fine fine fine, I’ll pay the bill, I’ll pay.”
“By the way, do you need me to subsidize you a bit?” Gu Beiyan looked at him with schadenfreude, his tone somewhat provocative: “So that later when you go out for a meal you don’t have the money to pay and have to let little sister-in-law pay for you.”
“Scram!”
“Don’t be embarrassed, it’s not something shameful.”
Jiang Yan didn’t feel embarrassed or humiliated; he just didn’t need it.
He curled his lip, saying, “Why would I spend the money I earned when I can get it for free?”
Gu Beiyan: “What’s this, from now on every time you go out to eat you have to call us along?”
Jiang Yan: “Why not?”
Gu Beiyan commented: “Then you are really sly!”
Jiang Yan said with an unchanged expression: “Thanks for the compliment!”
“…”
The next day.
Early in the morning, Jiang Yan was called back to the Jiang Family Mansion by the Old Madam.
“Is this true?”
The Old Madam looked towards Jiang Yan, pointing to the phone placed on the table.
The phone was displaying footage of Jiang Nanche’s matchmaking scene from yesterday.
Jiang Yan sat upright, composed as he said, “Grandma, you heard it yourself, he admitted it in person.”
Zhong Min wasn’t so easily fooled; she might be old, but her mind was still sharp.
“Are you sure he didn’t just find some girl to claim as his girlfriend to avoid the matchmaking?” the Old Madam asked with slightly squinted eyes.
Jiang Yan: “That I’m not sure about, but you understand Ache’s personality. He is timid, even with a thousand tiger’s worth of courage, he wouldn’t dare to lie in front of you and me.”
He certainly knew that it was not easy to fool the Old Madam, but as long as you are confident and transparent, it is still possible to pull the wool over her eyes.
Zhong Min remained silent for a moment, then spoke up: “Bring him back, I will ask him personally.”
Jiang Yan: “Alright, but I am tied up with something this afternoon and can’t make it, I will arrange for Fei Yang to bring the person to you.”
Zhong Min: “Okay, go and attend to your business.”
“Then Grandmother, I will take my leave.”
Jiang Yan stood up, said his piece, and then left the Jiang Family Mansion.
After getting into the car, he said to Jiang Feng, “Contact Fei Yang, have Jiang Nanche brought back to the mansion. The Old Madam wants to see him.”
Jiang Feng: “Understood, Master.”
Jiang Yan: “Also, tell Jiang Nanche that if he doesn’t want to continue with the matchmaking, he should talk sincerely with the Old Madam.”
Jiang Feng: “Understood, Master.”
But as soon as Jiang Feng thought of the Old Madam’s tactics, he started to worry: “Master, can Nanche withstand the Old Madam’s interrogation?”
“If he wants peace and quiet in the future, he will naturally find a way to withstand it. He isn’t stupid,” said Jiang Yan.
If Jiang Nanche couldn’t even handle this, then he really would be useless.
Elsewhere, at the Jiang Family home.
“Husband, do you think Jiang Yan will genuinely help Yueyue find a suitable girl? If he introduces girls from unsuitable families, wouldn’t that be wasting our Yueyue’s time?”
Cheng Wan had been holding back from mentioning this issue for several days, enduring until today.
At the moment, Jiang Zhongzhen was practicing his calligraphy and did not respond to her.
But this didn’t prevent Cheng Wan from speaking up: “I tell you, Jiang Yan is closer to the second branch, his heart is definitely with Jiang Nanche, wouldn’t our Yueyue be at a disadvantage then?”
“I don’t understand why Mom would entrust this matter to Jiang Yan.”
Jiang Zhongzhen had just finished the last stroke of his character but didn’t raise his head to look at her, “If not him, then should it be entrusted to you?”
He glanced at his own writing, growing increasingly satisfied: “Not bad.”
Cheng Wan was infuriated, ever since being dismissed from her duties, this damned old man has been practicing calligraphy every day at home, completely unaware of what is there to practice.
If he continued like this, where would their main branch stand in the Jiang Family?
Now that the daughter-in-law of the main branch was pregnant, she felt confident again.
The Old Madam favored Su He just because she gave birth to a great-grandson for the Jiang Family.
But what the main branch has is the eldest grandson.
Jiang Zhongzhen put down his brush, then finally slowly raised his head to look at her: “Don’t you know what kind of person Jiang Yue is? And you still think about matching him well? His escapades are well-known; which family’s daughter would be willing to marry such a prodigal son without ambition, who is incompetent? If it were your daughter, would you want her to marry down?”
Cheng Wan was rendered speechless by his rebuke.
Because everything he said was true, there wasn’t a single redeemable quality to be found in Jiang Yue.
The only good quality might just be his decent looking face.
But, good looks can’t put food on the table!
Cheng Wan: “You old fool, he’s also your son! The way he is now, you’ve played a part in that too!”
If he didn’t want to make things easy for her, naturally, she wouldn’t make him comfortable either.
All the blame couldn’t possibly fall on just her.
Jiang Zhongzhen scoffed, “That’s right, it is my fault. My mistake was listening to your false words back in the day! If the children had stayed in the old mansion under the care of the elders, they wouldn’t have ended up as useless as they are now!”
Upon hearing this, Cheng Wan instantly felt her eyes bulging with anger: “So now, you’re turning this around and blaming me for not raising them properly?”
Jiang Zhongzhen: “I didn’t say that, but if that’s what you think, there’s nothing I can do.”
“…”
The argument in the study quickly reached the ears of the passing servants.
The servant didn’t want to eavesdrop on the gossip, she was about to hurry away when suddenly she heard a scream from inside.
It was followed by a roar of anger that echoed to the heavens.
“Cheng Wan, are you mad, how dare you hit me!”
Even Chu Yanan, who was sitting downstairs, was startled.
Soon after, Chu Yanan saw a maid running hastily down from the second floor.
“What happened?”
“Not… not good, Young Madam, the Madam has injured the Master.”
“What?”
…
An hour later.
The news of Jiang Zhongzhen being admitted to the hospital quickly spread back to the mansion as well as into Jiang Yan’s ears.
“The Old Madam has already rushed to the hospital,” Jiang Feng reported.
Jiang Yan was indeed a little surprised after hearing that.
“Is the injury severe?” he asked.
Jiang Feng replied, “According to the Jiang Family’s servants, it is quite serious, both of them were injured.”
Jiang Yan: “Really impressive, getting into a fight at such an old age.”
“…”
Meanwhile, just as Jiang Nanche was about to be taken back to the old mansion, he heard about this incident.
For a moment, he really wanted to give a deep bow to his uncle and aunt, for they had saved him from a desperate situation.
As the saying goes, good news stays within, while bad news travels far!
“Um, Yang, do I still need to go to the old mansion? After all, Grandma is not at home.”
Yang: “…”
“I’ll ask Master for instructions first.”
He was just about to take out his phone when Jiang Nanche immediately stopped him, “No need to ask for instructions, Grandma is too busy to care about me right now anyways.”
“That’s not acceptable.” Yang said somewhat sternly and with a firm tone.
“Oh come on, it’s not about what’s acceptable or not, my brother is probably rushing to the hospital to watch the drama right now.” Jiang Nanche said.
“…”
However, he was right; Jiang Yan really did go to the hospital.
He wasn’t there to care about the couple’s injuries, but mainly because he was called over by the Old Madam.
As soon as Jiang Yan reached the door of the ward, he heard Cheng Wan’s heart-wrenching voice: “I want to divorce him, I can’t live like this anymore, he actually hit me over such a trivial matter!”
Jiang Zhongzhen retorted: “Cheng Wan, get it straight, you were the one who started it!”
Pointing to his forehead, he said angrily, “I got ten stitches here, I think you were trying to beat me to death!”
He never expected that Cheng Wan would pick up an inkstone and smash it onto his head.
Cheng Wan: “That’s because you were the one who started saying those things!”
Jiang Zhongzhen: “What did I say? Was I wrong by any chance?”
The Old Madam sat there, frowning deeply as she listened to the couple arguing back and forth.
“Enough!”
The Old Madam shouted, silencing both of them instantly.
Zhong Min glared at them sharply, speaking with frustration as if hating that they couldn’t meet her expectations: “Both of you are over fifty years old, yet still so childish and ridiculous! Even resorting to violence, and not just a fight but ending up in the hospital, you two really do have a lot of ‘achievements’!”
Cheng Wan hung her head, not even daring to breathe heavily.
“I don’t care what the two of you were fighting over, nor do I want to know!” the Old Madam said.
“Mom, I…” Cheng Wan started to speak but was cut off by the Old Madam.
Zhong Min’s sharp gaze fixed on her, “Furthermore, if you two want to get divorced, I won’t stop you. As long as no life is lost, I won’t bother with whatever you do.”
Cheng Wan started to panic; she had just spoken in haste.
She thought the Old Madam would at least be fair to her.
But now she had said she wouldn’t interfere with the matter; what if Jiang Zhongzhen actually wanted to divorce her?
At that moment, Jiang Yan pushed the door open and came in.
Jiang Yan looked at the Old Madam and called out, “Grandma.”
He glanced at the two on the hospital bed and greeted them politely as well.
Jiang Zhongzhen was somewhat embarrassed to see him, as the whole affair was not exactly honorable, and he even felt it was disgraceful.
“Grandma, did you call me here for something?” Jiang Yan asked the Old Madam.
Both people looked like they weren’t heavily injured, at least not in any life-threatening way, and there wasn’t much he could do by coming here.
The Old Madam said, “At the beginning of this year, didn’t the Jiang Family just acquire an electronics technology company in Jin City?”
Jiang Yan replied, “Yes, Grandma.”
“So who is in charge now?”
“It’s Xie Shao, a career manager directly assigned by the head office.”
“From now on, give that company to Jiang Chao.”
No sooner had the Old Madam finished speaking than Jiang Yan showed a look of surprise.
Was this an attempt to kick Jiang Chao out of the head office?
Yet, the one with the strongest reaction was Cheng Wan.
“Mom, are you trying to drive Chao out of the Jiang Family?”