Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 42: 042 Are you from the north, deliberately looking for trouble? Chapter 42: 042 Are you from the north, deliberately looking for trouble? The storm raged, dark clouds looming heavily over the city.

Tang Wan returned to her room for a bath, and when she came out, she saw her phone lit up with several consecutive storm warnings. She hung Jiang Jinsang’s coat aside to dry and then headed to the front hall with her umbrella—it was time to prepare dinner.

“Where is grandpa?” Tang Wan asked the maid, Chen.

“His old ailment acted up; he went back to sleep and said not to call him for dinner.”

Tang Wan frowned, poured a cup of hot tea, and knocked on the old man’s door.

“Come in.” His voice sounded muffled through the door.

After she pushed the door open, she saw the old man leaning against the bed head. His rheumatism was acting up; his legs and knees were sore and weak, and he seemed to have been drained of all his strength, his lips even turning pale. On the TV across the bed, a classic war movie was still playing.

“Have you taken your medicine?” Tang Wan sat beside the bed.

“I have, but it’s not very effective.”

“I’ll rub them for you; it might feel a bit better.”

“It’s not necessary. It’s just an old problem…”

Before he could refuse, Tang Wan’s hands were already on his knees. The massage wouldn’t relieve the pain, it was more of a comfort for the mind.

“With your legs hurting so much, don’t know why you didn’t rest earlier. I’m grown up now; you don’t need to wait for me to come home; if you feel unwell, just rest in your room.”

“Who said I was waiting for you? I lost track of time playing chess with Xiaowu.” The old man stubbornly retorted, “Wanwan, what exactly is your opinion of Xiaowu?”

Tang Wan chuckled lightly, “No particular thoughts?”

“If you have no thoughts, why did you run off to his room in the middle of the night?”

“I had something important.”

“What important thing can’t be handled during the day but needs the dead of night? Let me tell you, if we turned back the clock a few decades, this kind of behavior from both of you would be considered hooliganism.”

Tang Wan paused, her fingers momentarily stiff, “You’re overthinking…”

“I’m not trying to pressure you into marrying someone. I just want to see you settle down in my lifetime. Otherwise, my latter years might pass without any joy.”

He even picked up a photo from the bedside, “My dear, it looks like I’ll have to break my promise, I might not be able to witness Wanwan getting married.”

good child she is, and I really don’t understand what these young girls today are looking for in a

…

coming on as she

legs hurt all night. In the early hours of the next day, he was too exhausted and finally fell into a

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the day before. After mulling over for an hour, she finally mustered the

in high school,

“What’s the matter?”

talk to the other party and push

“Is Old Master unwell?”

and off, and I can’t focus on my work, feeling uneasy. It’d be best to postpone until next spring. If they don’t agree, I might

haven’t signed the contract yet,

“Thank you.”

…

Beijing

crisply dressed assistant holding a stack of documents knocked on the office

in.” The man kept his

assistant entered, he arranged the documents that needed attention before speaking up, “Manager Chen, who

voice

“Next spring.”

face darkened in an instant,

a family

He scoffed.

leave──personal illness, needing a doctor’s visit, or a family member, even extending to their

assistant was out of

in traffic, I can’t

Plane… stuck in traffic?

some kind of

stomach pains as a reason, which is understandable, as there are always a few

four times a month

hair’s too oily, it might damage the

many hairs do you

…

his assistant, “Do I look like someone easy to fool? Just as we were about to sign, they say they need to

the

aren’t

lips, “It seems like they don’t care, and moreover… we’ve been eager to make this partnership happen, we’ve been passive from