Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 216: 161 Qi Duidui: No one dares to trouble my people.

On the way back to the hospital room, Jiang Jinsang kept looking for the right opportunity to clear the air with Tang Yunxian, but he was either on the phone or sending messages, leaving no chance for a conversation.

Nearing the door of the hospital room, Tang Yunxian turned to look at him.

“Uncle Tang,” Jinsang said, maintaining a very respectful demeanor.

“The old man just had surgery and is still recovering, so don’t bring this up yet. I’ll find the right moment to inform him,” Tang Yunxian said.

Jiang Jinsang forced a smile. What was even happening?

Due to Old Tang’s recent surgery, the Tang family stayed overnight to watch over him while the others left.

The Jiang family’s grandmother was at the hospital around the clock too. On the way back, she leaned back in her seat, removed her reading glasses, pinched the bridge of her nose, and although she looked tired, she couldn’t hide her happiness. “Xiaowu, once your grandfather Tang feels better, we’re going to visit the Tang family to ask for a marriage.”

“But with the New Year coming soon, if we want to settle things before then, there isn’t much time.”

“Although it’s been really busy lately, everything has gone smoothly. Later, I need to go to the temple to give thanks, and maybe have Master Pudu select an auspicious date.”

…

Jiang Jinsang rubbed his fingers and said nothing. At this moment, he really couldn’t bear to disappoint his grandmother by telling her that Mr. Tang was secretly planning to “break up” him and Wanwan.

At the hospital,

Old Tang woke up after 11 PM. Though he had been pampered recently, his face was still pale after surgery, and with several big incisions on his body, he looked as though he had narrowly escaped death. The anesthetic had worn off, and even though he was using a pain pump, he kept groaning with discomfort throughout his body.

Zhongqing stayed the night at the hospital and didn’t go home until 4 AM, only after checking on the patient and ensuring that Tang Wan and the others could rest easy with some precautionary advice for the day.

Many people didn’t sleep well that night.

*

The next morning, the earliest arrival wasn’t Jiang Jinsang but Ruan Mengxi, who brought breakfast as she had to rush to work before dawn.

“How did you get here?” Tang Wan looked pale after several days of worry.

“I was too busy yesterday and you didn’t let me come over last night,” whispered Ruan Mengxi. “How is grandfather Tang?”

“He’s doing well, just recovering from the surgery.”

“I bought some breakfast; have a bit,” Ruan Mengxi glanced at the sleeping old man. “I’ve been so busy lately. Once I finish, I’ll come to the hospital to keep you company.”

“So busy before New Year?”

by now, slack off and just waiting for

“President Qi?”

the room and

that there would be a

many social engagements

“It’s normal. Before New Year is always the busiest, maintaining

“It’s… okay, I guess.”

tonight. If someone offers a drink to the boss, help block it for him. It’s rare for anyone to dare to make him drink, so just symbolically drink a few glasses on his

what to do from

her in various dinner gatherings because of the previous neck twist incident; it was genuinely a busy end of the year, and he

…

and Qi Zeyan went to

watching her expertly maneuver her vehicle, and raised his eyebrows slightly, “Have you secretly been practicing your driving skills

smile. Secretly practicing driving

as if she had been sneakily watching little ‘instructional

seem like

having dinner with tonight?” Close to their destination,

Chuang, the head of New

and its round table were already full. Seeing Qi Zeyan approaching, a wave of polite greetings ensued, and everyone who met Ruan Mengxi for the first time teased him a

little President Qi find such

assistant by your side must really motivate you

interest in the outside world, turns out there’s such a

…

seemed that the topic of women was inevitable. Qi Zeyan pursed his lips, revealing no emotion, merely toying with the small

Assistant Ruan graduate from? She looks quite young,”

graduated just a year ago,”

Zeyan to numerous drinking occasions recently, she was naturally aware of some unspoken rules at these gatherings; there had been instances where

all, she was brought by Qi Zeyan; they just looked and joked verbally, but no

accent, are you from

“Yes, I’m from Pingjiang.”

known for its

a forced smile; after all, she couldn’t offend the people at the

for her to block drinks for her

seeing that he remained silent, she could

and now, with alcohol in her

and summer, even

at her now, her gaze, flowing with a hint of intoxication, still subtly stirred many hearts without a

Qi Zeyan seemed disinterested in protecting his assistant, so

men, utterly heedless, even

companions, with the men holding grand discussions while the women laughingly engaged, helping them with