Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot-Chapter 718 - 447 Old Lady Wants to Play Matchmaker? On the Development of the Crooked Neck Tree (2 More Updates)_2
"How old is that little girl?" The elderly lady suddenly became interested, and her matchmaker’s heart began to stir again.
"Mom, who do you want to introduce her to?" Fan Mingyu smiled.
"Chengsi!"
Jiang Shiyi was peeling an ugly orange and glanced at the person beside him without saying a word.
Jiang Chengsi was also eating an ugly orange, and upon hearing this, he almost choked. "Grandma, please don’t..."
"What, you don’t think she’s good enough?" The elderly lady raised an eyebrow.
"I’m afraid if we argue, she might poison me or give me an injection, paralyze me half."
His family already had a terrifying elder brother who was always messing about in the laboratory with all sorts of bizarre things, which was scary enough. Marrying a similar kind of daughter-in-law? He might as well not live at all.
"Stop talking nonsense. With your lack of skills and knowledge, she might not even look at you. Without a proper degree, without a proper demeanor, marrying you, I’d be afraid of wasting her."
"I asked; she is trained in chemistry." Tang Wan added.
"Shiyi, she is in the same field as you..." Everyone’s eyes turned to Jiang Shiyi.
His expression was indifferent, merely nodding his head without any extra emotion.
Everyone had a discussion filled with teasing, but no one noticed what the two children were doing outside...
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Jiangjiang and Taotao were playing in the yard when they suddenly saw the sapling planted by Tang Wan and Jiang Jinsang. They had heard from Tang Wan that this tree was to grow along with the little baby in her belly.
"Sister, let’s water the sapling."
"Okay."
The two somehow acquired a little bucket from their pretend play set and even took a small plastic shovel. They watered the sapling diligently and even tidied up the surrounding soil. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
"I hope our brother will grow strong like this tree!" Jiangjiang, sweaty from the exertion, shook the tree to see if it was sturdy, but he used too much force...
The tree almost toppled over!
The siblings hurriedly fixed it, piling on soil. Being children, they lacked precision, thinking they’d planted it upright properly, only to find it still leaning.
After returning inside, regarding this incident, they kept silent, sealing their lips, not daring to mention it to anyone.
This seemed to be foreshadowing something...
For instance:
Why this tree at Grandpa Wu’s house grew crooked—these siblings’ watering and adding of soil certainly contributed.
...
After all the commotion, when Tang Wan returned to her room to rest, Jiang Jinsang was called to the living room by the elderly lady, where his concealment of Tang Wan’s pregnancy was unanimously criticized.
"Ah, Xiaowu, what happened to your hand?" Fan Mingyu, equally distracted, only then noticed his knuckles were scraped.
"Concealing this from you and such an incident occurring, I indeed bear responsibility. However you reprimand me, it is deserved." Jiang Jinsang was cooperative but then added, "My hand is fine, you don’t have to worry about it, it’s just..."
"A bit painful."
Everyone: "..."
Jiang Chengsi sat by, nearly laughing, What an act of looking pitiful.
You really have no shame.
The Jiang family was all too familiar with his antics; the lad was just deliberately playing the victim, and they definitely weren’t buying it.
Everyone else scoffed, but the Shen elderly couple didn’t understand.
At the hospital, although Jiang Shiyi had gotten the cotton swab and disinfectant, the news of Tang Wan’s safeness and the bustling preparations for discharge diverted attention from Jiang Jinsang’s finger.
Especially Shen Grandma, kindhearted and soft, seeing a child wounded naturally felt pity. "You should rest if you’re injured, you’ve also been busy all morning, it’s tiring and not easy."
"Grandma, I’m really okay."
"With your hand like this, how can it be okay? Have you applied medicine?"
"It’s a small matter, no need for medicine."
"Beware of infection. You’re already not well; you must be more careful." Shen Grandma was full of care, and the person only needed to display a docile, compliant demeanor.
Meanwhile, the Jiang family members shook their heads in resignation.
The Shen elderly couple simply were too unfamiliar with his character. He inherited a warm and innocent appearance, highly deceiving.
The Jiang family members initially hoped to take this chance to properly deal with him, as chances to trouble him were rare, but with the Shen elderly couple shielding him, the matter was glossed over.
"Xiaowu, come with me to the kitchen to get a bowl of soup for Wanwan." Seeing him about to head upstairs, Fan Mingyu called out to him.
After entering the kitchen, as Fan Mingyu was ladling the soup, she looked at him. "Wanwan is pregnant. While the baby is still in the early months, you two should hurry up with the wedding. You’ve already registered; having this child still call me ’aunt’ feels rather uncomfortable..."
