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

…

headache coming on as she talked with him

the old man’s legs hurt all night. In the early hours of the

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looking at the Cyan Feather materials purchased the day before. After mulling over for an hour, she finally mustered

was already in high school, so calling

“What’s the matter?”

the other party and push it back a

“Is Old Master unwell?”

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

contract yet, I’ll go talk to

“Thank you.”

…

Beijing

assistant holding a stack of documents knocked on

The man kept

speaking up, “Manager Chen, who makes the Cyan Feather headdresses, just called. He wants to

His voice

“Next spring.”

face darkened in

has a family member who’s not well and needs time to care for

He scoffed.

ask for leave──personal illness, needing a doctor’s visit, or a family

was out of town on business and said they’d be

got stuck in traffic,

Plane… stuck in traffic?

some

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

to four times a month

“My hair’s too oily, it might damage the

do you have?

…

his work and looked up at his assistant, “Do I look like someone easy to fool? Just as we were about to sign,

get the

aren’t good

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