Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot

”Dad just got home from work, let him wash up and change first.” Tang Wan moved their son aside.

After Jiang Jinsang entered the bedroom, Tang Wan quickly followed, ”Today, after school, I took Mutang to the studio. When buying stuff, we ran into Miss Yuan who was walking her dog, so I let him walk it for a while.”

”Had I not talked him around, your son might have gone home with Miss Yuan tonight.”

”Their dog is quite well-behaved.”

...

Tang Wan chattered on but noticed Jiang Jinsang didn’t seem to be listening, ”Fifth Brother?”

”Hmm?”

”What’s wrong? You’ve seemed absent-minded since you came in.”

”Just thinking about work.”

They all agreed that if they could solve a problem privately, they wouldn’t share it with their spouses to avoid everyone worrying.

”You’re home, why think about work?” Tang Wan took his coat, ”Oh right, Teacher’s Day is coming up. I was thinking of letting our son make a card for his teacher. What do you think?”

”Sounds good.”

Assuming he was anxious about work, Tang Wan didn’t press on.

Before sleep, Jiang Jinsang’s phone buzzed with a group message.

Jiang Chengsi sent:

[He asked me and my elder brother to meet the day after tomorrow at 4 PM.]

Kindergarten lets out at 4:30 PM. Though it doesn’t overlap, if they meet Jiang Zhaolin, the timing overlaps, making it impossible for them to pick up the kids.

If he chose a time when the kids are in school, it would be fine, but this timing is a bit too convenient.

Qi Zeyan: [So what do you plan to do now?]

If Jiang Zhaolin is truly orchestrating things from behind, he likely wouldn’t target the Qi family, but everyone worries about innocent kids being affected.

Jiang Shiyi: [Hold steady and watch closely.]

Jiang Jinsang added: [Catch a turtle in a jar.]

...

All wore serious expressions. If it’s aimed just at them, fine, but if they target the kids, that’s intolerable.

Jiang Shiyi sat in his home lab, completely unaware when Lin Luyou entered, ”What are you thinking about, so deeply?”

”Just thinking about an experiment.” Jiang Shiyi smiled at him, ”Is our daughter asleep?”

”I just made sure she bathed and now she’s reading. Jiang Sese is relatively worry-free and doesn’t need much supervision,” said Lin Luyou, ”Can you pick her up from school these days? There’s a project at the lab I need to work on that we discussed before. The director’s been urging.”

”I have a meeting the day after tomorrow about the support issue.”

”I’ll pick her up then. We always discuss and don’t assign pickup tasks rigidly,” said Lin Luyou, ”Lately, while picking her up, I often feel like someone is watching me.”

Jiang Shiyi raised an eyebrow and looked at her, a glint of darkness in his eyes, ”What did you say?”

”Maybe I’m overthinking. This project’s been driving me crazy, and I feel like I’m losing my mind a bit, probably overreacting. Once it’s done, let’s take our daughter on a trip for the National Day holiday since we didn’t go anywhere during summer break.”

”Where do you want to go?” Jiang Shiyi smiled at her.

”The other day she seemed envious hearing Xiaoxiao’s little girl talk about the seaside, mentioning it several times. How about the seaside?”

”I’ll arrange it then.”

Jiang Shiyi liked things done right; whenever they traveled, he planned everything—hotels, itineraries—leaving no worries for Lin Luyou.

Traveling with him meant just bringing yourself. He’d even pack clothes neatly for you.

”But instead of arranging that now, why not look at my project report and offer some suggestions?”

”Sure.” Though not in the same project team anymore, they often worked separately, yet offered mutual assistance and suggestions.

Lin Luyou pulled out her project report and handed it to him, casually asking, ”What were you up to with them today? I thought you’d be home late but you were back early.”

”Just casual chatting, nothing important,” Jiang Shiyi smiled, not wanting to reveal and frighten them.

If Lin Luyou’s feeling wasn’t wrong, then he could almost be certain that if they were to target one child, specifically his daughter...

She might be their first choice!