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”He’s pulled quite a few strings, even having someone deliver messages to me,” Jiang Zhenhuan spoke lightly of it, as such things were common, ”He’s putting a lot of effort into this collaboration, feeling like he’s staking his entire fortune on this one project.”

”The Liang Family...” Jiang Jinsang scoffed lightly, ”They shouldn’t be in such a situation, should they?”

But after all, he was not a businessman and wasn’t very clear about these matters.

”When Mr. Liang was in charge, there was no question about it, but his son just isn’t cut out for business. Even during the financial crisis of ’08, they barely scraped by. These past few years, they’ve only seemed impressive from the outside...”

Jiang Zhenhuan wasn’t usually a talkative person, but when it came to business, it was hard not to get a bit chatty.

”Let’s not talk about work after we get home. Today, since Qinqi is here, I’ll go cook a few dishes,” Fan Mingyu interrupted him.

Huo Qinqi slightly frowned; he actually wanted to hear Jiang Zhenhuan gossip a bit more...

”See, Qinqi doesn’t even like this stuff. Why bring it up at home!”

Huo Qinqi: ”...”

Capitalists and the financial markets are always sensitive, and it was clear from this that the Liang Family wasn’t really up to par.

...

Since Huo Qinqi rarely came over, Fan Mingyu even picked up some wine, but since he was always on the go and couldn’t drink, it ended up being just a few drinks among the Jiang Family members. Tang Wan was preparing to go to the hospital the next day to accompany her grandmother for a check-up, so she didn’t drink, but Jiang Jinsang did.

His tolerance was just average, and when Huo Qinqi left, it was Tang Wan who saw him out.

”I didn’t expect you to make a trip just for grandma’s check-up.”

”It just happened that Xiaowu was going out, and visiting was the right thing to do. I didn’t expect Ms. Shen to have such a good relationship with her parents, to take leave specifically to accompany them.”

Shen Shuci was an adopted daughter, and that wasn’t a secret hidden away. Huo Qinqi’s remark simply meant he thought their relationship was exceptionally good.

”Auntie really treats my grandparents well; after all, to her, they are her closest kin.”

”Doesn’t she have any other relatives?”

”If she had relatives, would she have been sent to an orphanage? With such relatives, even if she does have them, I’m afraid the relationship wouldn’t be very good.”

”Is she an orphan?”

Tang Wan nodded.

Their conversation seemed casual as Tang Wan watched him get into the car, not thinking too much about it, like...

if someone was deliberately trying to extract information from her.

Huo Qinqi wasn’t a bad person, so naturally, Tang Wan didn’t think too much of it. Moreover, if it was about Shen Shuci’s overly private matters, she wouldn’t discuss them with others.

It felt just like casual family chatter, and Tang Wan felt quite good after returning...

She had known Huo Qinqi for so long, and tonight might have been the most they’d ever spoken.

Even when Jiang Jinsang was hospitalized and they were in the same hospital room, their usual conversations were like, ”Brother Huo, you’re here;” ”Have some water;” ”You’re leaving? Goodbye.”

She hadn’t expected to talk so much today, and deep down, she was quite happy, feeling that Huo Qinqi was no longer so distant with her.

And when he left, Huo Qinqi looked at her, even telling her to rest early and saying goodnight?

Far gentler than usual!

Once back in her room, she even mentioned to Jiang Jinsang, ”I feel like Brother Huo has changed a bit recently; he’s more expressive. When I saw him out today, he even said goodnight to me. He doesn’t usually say such things, does he?”

”Do you think something happened to Brother Huo recently?”

”They say a change in routine is a sign of something brewing. What do you think he’s plotting?”

...

Tang Wan used to see him so infrequently, she thought he was mysterious. Recently, as he appeared more often, she could sense something was off, maybe some kind of a woman’s sixth sense.

But after babbling on for a long while, Jiang Jinsang, who had drunk quite a bit, had already fallen asleep.

Seeing him sleeping so soundly, Tang Wan tucked him in, got up to wash up, and had just squeezed some toothpaste, not even brought it to her mouth, when she felt nauseous.