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Capítulo 820: Chapter 496: Fifth Master Throws Knives in Secret, Classic Three-Step Syllogism from Master Huo

After the wedding, Huo Qinqi spent most of his time accompanying the Shen family’s elder couple, but the old man was no fool; he always wondered how he got the hotel room key.

Even if the hotel knew they were a couple, they wouldn’t just give him a room key easily. There was something fishy, and the accomplice pointed directly to Jiang Jinsang.

It was the day before the Shen family’s elder couple planned to go abroad.

Recently, the two had been selling and transferring assets overseas to prepare a dowry for Shen Shuci. Although Tang Yunxian helped with much of it, the two planned to return home to settle down, so they needed to go back and sort things out personally.

The news had been kept from Shen Shuci because, given her personality, she would definitely disagree with the two worrying and working hard to prepare a dowry for her, so the whole matter was done in secret. Even the return was just said to be going home.

That evening, the old man specially called Jiang Jinsang and Tang Wan into the room, mainly to remind Tang Wan to take care of herself.

He also asked Jiang Jinsang to take good care of her and to look after Shen Shuci when he had the energy.

“… Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it,” Jiang Jinsang agreed readily.

“That boy from the Huo Family might leave at any time, and if she gets in trouble, it’ll be hard to help from afar. You should support a bit,” the old man said with a helpless shake of his head.

“Grandpa, don’t worry. My brother and I will definitely look after her,” Tang Wan went behind him to massage his shoulders, “You and Grandma just need to take care of yourselves.”

“You’ve always been the most considerate.” The old man patted her hand, “Xiaowu, there’s something I’m curious about and want to ask you.”

“Go ahead.” Jiang Jinsang had just seen off Tang Lao and Tang Yunxian and finally caught his breath.

“On your wedding day, that boy entered Shuci’s room with a room key. Even if he asked, do you think the hotel would just make him a key?”

Tang Wan heard about it and took it as a joke without thinking it through but now looked at Jiang Jinsang…

Surely, he didn’t have a hand in this?

Jiang Jinsang pursed his lips and frankly admitted, “I got the room key.”

“I figured it was you. You handled all the room arrangements; without you, the hotel wouldn’t give out extra keys. It’s because of the wedding being large and special arrangements for you.”

Regular hotels wouldn’t easily give you two keys for a single room.

Jiang Jinsang didn’t respond, which counted as admission.

“I didn’t expect the mole to be from our own family. You two really are good brothers, busy with your wedding but still thinking about helping him,” the old man said with a light snort.

Tang Wan kept giving Jiang Jinsang looks to coax the old man, but she underestimated someone’s cheeky move.

He had no intention of coaxing the old man but instead shifted the blame to Huo Qinqi.

“Grandpa, you’ve misunderstood me. I helped him not because he’s a friend or brother, but because of his relationship with Auntie—considered as my senior. As the junior, wouldn’t it be hard for me to refuse a senior’s request?” Jiang Jinsang said with feigned helplessness.

“Wouldn’t you say so?”

Tang Wan’s pupils trembled slightly.

She always knew Jiang Jinsang could be cheeky, but never thought he’d be this cheeky.

Back when Jiang Zhaolin was involved, he almost drove him crazy in front of the company executives, not showing any regard for seniors. If he didn’t want to, not even ten knives could force him to succumb.

This was clearly setting up Brother Huo.

“Senior?” The old man almost forgot about this part, “At most, he’s just dating Shuci, they’re not married. How is he considered a senior?”

With no official status or title, he sure knows how to put on airs.

…

No matter what, the old man kept a firm grudge against Huo Qinqi.

After Tang Wan and Jiang Jinsang left, she specifically asked, “Brother Huo and Grandpa just made peace. Why did you set him up?”

“During the wedding procession, everyone was waiting for him, but he turned traitor at the last minute.” Jiang Jinsang noted it down in his little book.

“Besides, it’s just a little prank. Grandpa can forgive him for sneaking into Auntie’s room at night. As for how he got the room key, he might just give him the cold shoulder but nothing substantial.”

“I’m just collecting a bit of interest.”