The mother and daughter duo were thick-skinned, refusing to leave no matter what the old lady said.
At that moment, Jiang’s father, rubbing the spot that had been kicked, grudgingly walked out.
“Fine, take Yingying back to the hospital first!” This marriage had already been enough to make the old couple upset, and now these two were just standing there cluelessly, making things worse.
Jiang Nanshan grew angrier the more he thought about it so childish!
Jiang Chuying’s mother never expected that no matter what she did, she’d still be disliked; it left her feeling a bit wronged.
She raised her hand, wanting to pull her eldest daughter away, but the girl, feeling wronged, refused to leave.
More than that, she worried that if she left, she might never return.
At the stalemate, Tan Jingyun arrived!
“Brother Jingyun…” The moment Jiang Chuying saw him, her heart fluttered, and her cheeks flushed.
Indeed, the power of love is mighty.
“Auntie, Yingying!” Standing closest, he couldn’t pretend not to see them and greeted each one: “Grandma Jiang, Uncle Jiang, Yao Yao!”
“Jingyun is here, come inside!” Jiang Nanshan, seeing the smile on his face, couldn’t hide his fondness for this younger man.
“Your grandfather mentioned the other day that he hasn’t seen you for a while and wants to play chess with you. Come on in!” Grandma Jiang said not out of affection for the Tan boy, but purely to keep family matters private.
“I won’t go in, Grandma Jiang. I’m here to see Yao Yao!” Tan Jingyun walked straight up to Jiang Chuyao and pulled a red handkerchief from his pocket, handing it to her.
(⊙o⊙)…
Today was a good day; everything he thought about seemed to work out!
Jiang Chuyao immediately understood what it was.
“Brother Tan, this won’t do me any good. Your things are with my mother. You’ll have to get them from her!” Jiang Chuyao pointed to her mother nearby, indicating that she merely had the right to be informed.
“As long as you don’t change your mind!” Tan Jingyun, hearing this, thought she might not want to break off the engagement.
“Of course not! I never wanted to be engaged to you in the first place. Besides, you see, this is my proper childhood fiancé! Handsome, rich, clever I’m not stupid; of course, I know how to choose!” Compared to Tan Jingyun’s pride, Jiang Chuyao truly preferred the low-key, steady Shen Hexuan.
After all, he had money, but never flaunted it!
Tan Jingyun turned to Shen Hexuan. They nodded to each other greeting, in a way but their impressions of one another were likely negative.
Especially Tan Jingyun, who remembered that Shen Hexuan’s background was far less impressive. Yet Jiang Chuyao said she preferred him in every way. That was intolerable.
“Brother Jingyun, Yao Yao just speaks her mind. Don’t take it seriously.” Jiang Chuying, unable to watch any longer, hurried forward to help him save face but in reality, it would have been better not to say anything.
“Brother Tan, my sister left her brain in the hospital while she was admitted. Don’t take offense!” Reborn, Jiang Chuyao never missed an opportunity to assert herself over her ‘good sister,’ like right now with the eye-drop incident.
Perfectly handled!
Jiang Chuying: …
“Jingyun, what’s this?” Jiang Nanshan finally remembered the item in Tan Jingyun’s hand it was the engagement token!
Why was it being returned?
The eldest daughter had already been broken off. If the youngest were also broken off, what face would the family have?
“Uncle Jiang, the other day Yao Yao came to my house to break the engagement. My mother just found the token, so I came to deliver it today. Don’t want to delay Yao Yao’s lifelong affair!” After all, she had just said he was her proper fiancé.
Yet it looked somewhat familiar…
Shen Hexuan, hearing that Tan Jingyun was delivering the token for Jiang Chuyao’s engagement, was a bit taken aback. Had they met once? Twice? He didn’t remember clearly. But it seemed unrelated to Jiang Chuyao.
Moreover, she had just said she actively broke off the engagement herself. He couldn’t help but feel a little unsettled.
“Break off the engagement? What engagement? When did you two even have one?” Just as Jiang Nanshan wanted to stop Tan Jingyun, Grandma Jiang heard it clearly.
Jiang Nanshan kept signaling Tan Jingyun not to continue, but by now, Tan Jingyun had no reason to hide it. He told everything how Jiang Chuyao had gone to his house to break the engagement.
Jiang Nanshan looked at Jiang Chuyao as if he wanted to swallow her alive.
This girl had been scheming behind his back!
If she didn’t want to marry, she could’ve told him he could’ve made other arrangements!
Now… his painstaking plans were ruined. How could he not be furious?!
“Brother Jingyun, Yao Yao has liked someone since childhood. The Jiang family’s engagement with you was… me!” Jiang Chuying, unwilling to be outdone, also spoke her supposed truth.
(⊙o⊙)…
Tan Jingyun You’re no better than Jiang Chuyao!
But she kept this in her heart and didn’t say it aloud. Some face had to be preserved like with the Jiang family, keeping a little dignity ensured future cordial relations.
Jiang Chuyao couldn’t help but laugh at her shameless claim.
“All I know is that the engagement was with Yao Yao, and today I’m returning the engagement token to her!” Tan Jingyun just wanted to resolve the matter quickly.
He really didn’t like either of the Jiang daughters.
“Sister, Brother Tan means that each thing stays separate. Once I finish here, you can discuss yours.”
Jiang Chuyao didn’t want to intervene, but Shen Hexuan’s stare was piercing a hole into her. She had to say something!
Besides, she had just praised her ‘childhood fiancé’ in front of Tan Jingyun this was a key moment to defend him!
“Yao Yao, when did this fiancé of yours appear? If it’s a childhood engagement, why didn’t I know?” Tan Jingyun didn’t care if Jiang Chuyao had set herself up; he was focused on the more important point.
If she had a fiancé all along, what had he been all these years?
Cuckolded?!
Thinking this, a surge of blind anger rose. His tone turned unfriendly.
Shen Hexuan He hadn’t even been upset yet, and he was already preemptively striking!