Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot

Chapter 1441: Chapter 827: Like an Abandoned Little Wife, Meeting the Parents With the Whole Family in Tow

Nanjiang, the coconut trees rustled and the sea breeze blew gently.

When Si Qingxiao woke up it was already past nine in the morning. She probably never would’ve imagined that in this lifetime she’d end up doing something so reckless with someone on a yacht. Just thinking about yesterday still made her cheeks burn bright red.

On her phone, there was a message Jiang Chengsi had sent more than ten minutes ago:

[I’m going for a walk by the sea. Call me when you wake up.]

At this hour, what’s he doing at the beach all by himself? That’s very off.

Even though Si Qingxiao was staying in the same hotel as him, they weren’t in the same room. After a quick wash and change of clothes, she went to look for him by the sea. The hotel was right on the beach. Before she even saw Jiang Chengsi, Special Assistant Yuan walked over to greet her.

"Uncle Yuan, why are you here?"

"I was going to bring some documents to Fourth Master, but he didn’t seem in a great mood. He’s been standing alone by the sea for a long time, looking very desolate."

"What happened?" Si Qingxiao frowned.

"No idea. He looks like a walking corpse. I went over to say hi and he didn’t even lift an eyelid."

Si Qingxiao nodded, strolled along the beach for a bit, and found him squatting on the sand spacing out, staring out at the endless sea while his fingers mechanically drew circles in the sand.

Just like Special Assistant Yuan said, really not normal.

"Fourth Brother." Si Qingxiao half squatted beside him.

"You’re awake?" Jiang Chengsi tilted his head to look at her.

"What happened?"

"My brother’s getting married."

Si Qingxiao was stunned when she heard that. She’d never asked about Jiang Shiyi’s business before and had no idea what his private life was like. It was a bit sudden, but...

A big brother getting married is supposed to be a happy thing, right?

Then why did he look half dead.

"Third Brother’s getting married, so we should be congratulating him." Si Qingxiao pressed her lips together.

Jiang Chengsi suddenly got emotional. "How could he just spring this on us out of nowhere and suddenly decide to get married? Who gave him the right?"

"He never even mentioned he was seeing someone, and now he’s just skipping all the steps and jumping straight to marriage? Since when is getting married something so simple and casual?"

"I wasn’t even mentally prepared." Just like that, he’d been overtaken.

...

Si Qingxiao frowned slightly, watching him fume and sputter, and said, "Fourth Brother?"

"Hm?"

"Do you maybe have a brother complex?" A hidden bro-con?

Jiang Chengsi choked. "I... I, I have a brother complex? No way. Don’t joke like that."

"Then why are you so worked up about Third Brother getting married? Besides, since he’s announced it, what is there to ’prepare’ for? Third Brother’s very steady in how he does things. If he’s decided to get married, it definitely isn’t some spur-of-the-moment rash decision."

Jiang Chengsi was at a loss for words. He couldn’t exactly tell Si Qingxiao that what was bothering him wasn’t Jiang Shiyi getting married at all, but...

That he’d just been inexplicably run over by a tire. He was always the best driver, yet people kept overtaking him one after another. Of course he felt weird about it.

Seeing how tsundere he looked, Si Qingxiao scooted right up next to him and sat down. "Do you know what you look like when you’re complaining about Third Brother just now?"

"What do I look like?"

"Like a little wife who’s been abandoned."

"..."

Jiang Chengsi completely lost it. His own girlfriend actually described him like that; how was he supposed to live with that?

"Let’s go out on the sea again today and take another spin."

Si Qingxiao turned her head and saw that he was still drawing circles in the sand with his finger, humming under his breath, "Sea breeze, blow gently, sea waves, rock gently—"

Rock what, exactly? If he rocked any more, she was going to lose it.

Si Qingxiao suddenly felt her legs go a little weak. She used to think the difference in stamina between men and women couldn’t be that big, but during these days in Nanjiang, she’d gotten a deep, firsthand understanding of just how much energy this man had.

Jiang Chengsi was also the straightforward type. Every time she was completely exhausted, he would always ask:

"Why are you this tired?"

"I’m the one doing all the work, aren’t I? You barely moved. How are you this wiped out?" Jiang Chengsi honestly didn’t get it. "Xiaoxiao, are you doing this on purpose?"

Si Qingxiao was furious, itching to kick him a couple of times just to vent.

Jiang Chengsi just patted her head. "It’s okay, you’re just not very fit. I’ll take you to work out more, and you’ll be fine after a while."

For the first time in her life, Si Qingxiao was told she had poor stamina.

She was almost mad enough to drop dead right there. Just listen to this nonsense. Though admittedly, he really did have impressive energy. She’d be exhausted, stumbling back to the room to sleep, and he could still keep working and studying afterward.

One good thing about Jiang Chengsi’s temperament was that he never let annoying stuff sit in his heart for too long.

It had been pouring just a moment ago, but now the sky was clear and bright. He started humming a little tune, getting ready to take the yacht out to sea.

Si Qingxiao also took the chance to ask a bit about Jiang Shiyi’s girlfriend.

"The team lead from the lab?" Si Qingxiao had an impression of Lin Luyou. The two had met at Jiang Xiaowai’s one-month banquet and had hit it off back then, just never kept in touch.

"My brother went to the lab just to chase her."

"Didn’t expect Third Brother to be such a devoted romantic."

"..."

Jiang Chengsi was speechless. Girls really were simple; easy to be fooled by appearances. With his brother’s personality, anyone who actually lived with him for a while would go crazy.

Neat freak, super finicky—he really didn’t know if he’d still be like that after getting married and having kids.

Jiang Chengsi couldn’t even picture what it’d be like to see his brother with a kid. It would absolutely be surreal as hell.

Have a kid?

Could he beat him to that? He gave Si Qingxiao a meaningful look, then worried that once they were back in Beijing, Si Yushan would break his legs.

**

Over on Jiang Shiyi’s side, he was still at the Lin Family’s place. Since they were already on the topic of meeting the parents, of course Lin Luyou’s mom and dad had more to ask him, like when they got together, or what plans he had for the future and so on.

"Auntie, let me make the tea and cut the fruit." Seeing Lin Mom busy, Jiang Shiyi主动 took over the work in her hands.

Lin Mom didn’t stop him. The new son-in-law had come to visit; wanting to show off a bit was normal. She just stood at the side and watched.

Jiang Shiyi’s movements were practiced, and most importantly, he was very clean about everything. After cutting the fruit, he wiped the countertop several times, then casually scrubbed their kitchen and the sink as well...

A mess like this early in the morning, Lin Mom hadn’t even had time to tidy up, and in the end Jiang Shiyi finished it all for her.

Lin Mom walked over to stand beside Lin Luyou and even praised him, "Nowadays plenty of boys can do housework, but ones as careful and attentive as him are really rare."

"Just looking at him, you can tell it’s not his first time doing this. He cleans better than I do."

"Youyou, if you marry him, you probably won’t have to do any housework in the future."

Lin Luyou gave an awkward little smile. She didn’t dare tell her mother that he wasn’t diligent, he just couldn’t stand dirt because of his neat freak tendencies.

"Right, did you ask him who from the Jiang Family is coming over? His younger brother is in Nanjiang, so are his parents and grandma coming?" Lin Mom asked in a low voice.

The Lin Family wasn’t like the Si Family. The Si Family knew the power structure in Beijing like the back of their hand and didn’t need to ask anything.

Lin Luyou’s parents only knew some things about the Jiang Family from the news. The stuff about Jiang Zhaolin had all happened two or three years ago. How deep the rift was between them, they really weren’t clear.

"His parents probably won’t come." Lin Luyou coughed lightly. "Their relationship isn’t very good..."

Lin Mom didn’t press further, just asked what clothes she was planning to wear when she met the Jiang Family later.

"Clothes are clothes, whatever." Lin Luyou was both amused and helpless at her mother’s question.

"How can you just wear ’whatever’? I have to help you carefully pick something out."

...

Just after Lin Mom helped her daughter pick out an outfit, her husband called her into the bedroom. He hadn’t slept all night; with a hangover from the alcohol, his head hurt terribly. In this state he really couldn’t face his in-laws.

He hurriedly asked his wife to go to the pharmacy to buy some oral tonics to refresh and clear his head.

He said meeting the Jiang Family was so sudden, even sounded a bit unwilling, but his hands weren’t cooperating at all. He rummaged around for a suit, put it on, and stood in front of the mirror examining himself for a long time before suddenly turning to his wife:

"Should I go get my hair done?"

"..."

Before it was even eleven, Jiang Shiyi received a call saying the old lady and the others had already arrived at the hotel, and that Jiang Jinsang and Jiang Yanting had been sent to the Lin Family to pick them up because they couldn’t find where Lin Luyou lived and needed to ask Jiang Shiyi.

The Lin Family really hadn’t expected the Jiang Family to specially send someone to pick them up. On one hand, they felt the Jiang Family was very courteous, and they also felt they were being taken seriously. The feeling in their hearts was naturally complicated.

When Jiang Jinsang drove to the bottom of the Lin Family’s apartment building, the Lin Family was already waiting. After a quick round of introductions and small talk, they got in the car and headed to the hotel.

The hotel the Jiang Family chose was right near the Lin Family’s complex. It wasn’t some five-star place, but it did have taste.

Jiang Jinsang’s face was much more likable than Jiang Shiyi’s. He came with a natural three-tenths smile. He’d been frail when he was young, and although he’d recovered very well now, his figure still looked a bit thin and delicate.

Calm and elegant, refined and charming.

Just based on that face alone, for a first meeting, his "bewitching power" was very strong. Lin Dad only sat in his car for a short while and already had an especially good impression of him.

The main thing was...

This guy wasn’t the "wild man" who’d snuck into his home. At this point he found anyone more adorable than Jiang Shiyi.

It was only when they reached the private room at the hotel that Lin Luyou’s parents were stunned again. Honestly, they’d never thought the Jiang Family would show up with such a big lineup.

They’d brought the whole family, even a tiny baby.