Shang Xu?
Jiang Nanshu hadn’t seen Shang Xu for a very long time.
The little milk baby should be nine years old by now.
Jiang Nanshu didn’t have the chance to look for him, as she had to return home first.
It truly had been a long time.
Jiang Leyi had been waiting at the entrance since the early morning and waved happily when she saw Jiang Nanshu, “Nannan, come quickly; we’ve been waiting for you to start the meal.”
The weather in April was mild, neither cold nor hot.
Jiang Leyi was wearing a black dress paired with a matching Chanel-style jacket.
Jiang Nanshu wasn’t as enthusiastic as her, anyone who hadn’t seen each other for so long would feel a bit estranged.
Who would have expected that the next moment Jiang Leyi would pout, “Nannan, do you dislike me? Whoo whoo whoo, you weren’t like this before.”
Jiang Nanshu twitched the corner of her mouth, “No.”
Jiang Leyi quickly pulled her over, “Hehe, I’ve been working hard filming these years, and I’ve finally become a rising star actress. You were all my motivation; you secured opportunities for me, and I thought, perhaps you’d be proud to see your sister become so impressive once you woke up.”
Jiang Nanshu already knew about it, but all of Jiang Leyi’s achievements were due to her own efforts; Jiang Nanshu wouldn’t think she played a significant role in her sister’s growth.
“Congratulations, sister.”
Jiang Leyi’s lips curled in a smile, “Everyone’s waiting for you. After the dinner is over, I have something to give you.”
The two of them walked to the hall.
The atmosphere at the Jiang family’s home was not good.
After all, Mrs. Jiang had just passed away today, and they were about to start preparing for Mrs. Jiang’s funeral.
Even though Mr. Jiang had divorced her many years ago, no matter what,
Mrs. Jiang was his first wife, and he had no plans to remarry.
After all, the children were already grown up; bringing a new stepmother into the house would only stir up discord.
So Mr. Jiang felt averse to Chu Xin’s attempts to please him in recent years and gradually avoided her.
Chu Xin no longer appeared in front of him.
Jiang Yunchuan didn’t have so many concerns and happily came forward, “Sister, you’re back. Will you stay here tonight? Your room has been kept clean; nothing has changed.”
Jiang Nanshu flatly refused, “I still have to go back and pick up Lu Qingyan; I won’t be staying over tonight.”
Not only Jiang Yunchuan, but the others also seemed a bit disappointed.
Especially since everyone knew that Jiang Nanshu had always been aware they could hear her thoughts, but since she remained silent, they also chose to hide it, gradually feeling somewhat shamefaced.
Jiang Zhouye’s face still bore his proud good looks as he smiled at Jiang Nanshu, “Come and sit, I haven’t seen you in a long time.”
Jiang Nanshu didn’t stand on ceremony.
She looked at them all, smiling cheerily as if nothing had happened, “Have my brothers’ careers been going well lately?”
Everyone, “…”
Thanks to her, too well.
Jiang Zhouye had a hit song that made him a top-stream singer.
And Jiang Hemian’s intact hands allowed him to conduct many astonishing experiments.
Although Jiang Yisen’s company had been squeezed by Lu Qingyan’s pressure, thanks to avoiding earlier missteps, the outcome wasn’t too dismal.
As for Jiang Jingcheng, he had even risen to the position of deputy director at Beijing People’s Hospital.
Jiang Yunchuan wasn’t blinded by a woman, and his company was now on the right track.
Jiang Yunchuan cleared his throat, “Not too bad. You, how have you been with Lu Qingyan? If he bullies you, just tell us, and we’ll back you up.”
Mr. Jiang nodded, “Lao Wu is right, Nannan, you just registered your marriage with him but haven’t held a wedding ceremony. Many people still don’t know that Lu Qingyan is already married. It’s still necessary to go through the formalities. We don’t expect Lu Qingyan to be less hostile toward our Jiang family, as long as he treats you well, that’s enough.”
He was quite puzzled.
This guy, Lu Qingyan, has married his daughter and still relentlessly suppresses them.
Truly exasperating.
But Jiang Yisen didn’t say anything.
Being someone who stayed behind the scenes, he was too lazy to bother, he couldn’t get worked up over it anyway.
Hearing the word “wedding.”
Lu Qingyan said he wanted to organize one, but there was no action seen.
Jiang Nanshu was unsure.
But for her, whether the wedding was held or not didn’t matter.
She wasn’t someone who particularly valued ceremonies.
But to avoid having this topic hanging over them, she still said, “We might hold it later, and when the time comes, we’ll send you an invitation.”
During the meal, everyone tried to avoid the topic of Mrs. Jiang.
Jiang Nanshu didn’t even want to see her before she died, so it was unnecessary to make her attend the funeral.
Sometimes they felt that Jiang Nanshu and Mrs. Jiang were somewhat alike in temperament; both were quite stubborn.
But Jiang Nanshu wasn’t blindly so.
She was very rational and knew how to choose.
By the time dinner was over, it was already eight o’clock in the evening.
Jiang Leyi ran upstairs, asking Jiang Nanshu to wait for her.
About ten minutes later, she came down with a pile of gift boxes in her arms.
“Nannan, these are the gifts I’ve prepared for you over the years. They include your birthday presents, annual New Year gifts, and some things I thought were memorable. They’re all here. I’ve said before that once I became famous and started earning money, I would buy you a lot of pretty gemstones, and I did.”
These were the things she’d been saving for five years.
Some were out of production, others were priceless. Whenever she went to a place, she would always bring back some local trinkets she found interesting for Jiang Nanshu, waiting to give them to her when she woke up.
Jiang Nanshu felt the weight as she held them.
Jiang Leyi continued, “I brought these all the way from Port City. You can put them wherever you want once you take them back.”
There were about a hundred boxes, big and small.
“You can take your time and open them when you get back.”
Jiang Nanshu just felt the weighty significance.
She looked at the bags piled at her feet.
Swallowed quietly.
Gemstones!
Over a hundred of them!
She had struck it rich!
Exuberantly, she hugged Jiang Leyi, “Wuu wuu wuu, you really are the best sister ever. If I have a piece of meat, you’ll definitely have a sip of meat soup!”
Jiang Leyi: “…”
“If you like it, that’s good.”
Jiang Nanshu wasn’t ungrateful to not love these things.
She too was a common person who loved only material wealth.
In fact, she wanted to take them home and open them right now.
The meal was eaten, the family had chatted.
Now it was time for her to go!
Half an hour later, Jiang Nanshu used Lu Qingyan as an excuse to prepare to leave.
Mr. Jiang was somewhat reluctant to let her go.
He wanted her to stay over at home for one night.
Jiang Nanshu refused again.
Mr. Jiang didn’t insist further but simply asked her to come home more often when she had time.
Jiang Nanshu looked towards Jiang Leyi, who was staying a few more days, at least until Mrs. Jiang’s funeral was over before leaving.
“I heard you’ve retired from the entertainment industry to take over the company?” Jiang Nanshu asked.
Jiang Leyi nodded, “I’ve already started taking over. My dad is getting older and is not in good health, so I need to help lighten his load.”
Her tone was flat; now she had inherited an industry worth hundreds of billions, which would have anyone else bursting with joy, but she showed no emotion.
Jiang Nanshu arched an eyebrow slightly, understanding her to some extent, and said somewhat gleefully, “Well then, you work hard. Ah, laying back and enjoying life was so much happier; no worries about food and drink and people giving me money to spend, every day eating, drinking, playing, shopping, and just like that, a day would pass by.”