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Chapter 379: 247 Paying respects at the grave, Wanwan vanishes into thin air? (3rd update)

Jiang Jinsang rented a light display for his confession, causing quite a stir. It spread throughout their circle, and the very next day, Jiang Zhenhuan called him over for a scolding.

The Jiang Family had always been discreet in their dealings; it was rare for someone like Jiang Jinsang to be so ostentatious.

“Be more careful in the future.”

“When you and Mother confessed, in a theater of thousands, clutching flowers—in that era, you were much more extravagant than I.”

Jiang Zhenhuan was left speechless; back then, Fan Mingyu had an ardent admirer, and their relationship wasn’t set in stone. In that era where there were no mobile phones, only letters, sometimes there would be no reply for ten days or half a month—how could he not be anxious?

The social morays were conservative at the time, so he didn’t even dare to hold her hand when asking her out.

So he was unclear about what Fan Mingyu felt towards him and had decided to throw caution to the wind with that grand gesture—a memory that has lived on to this day.

“Jiang Xiaowu!” Jiang Zhenhuan warned in a low voice.

This kid must be itching for a celebration recently.

“But I also heard that the first time you went to your grandfather-in-law’s house to propose, you were kicked out.”

Jiang Jinsang couldn’t help but laugh.

In the previous era, such a move meant everyone considered them a pair; no one would dare pursue Fan Mingyu or arrange another marriage for her. If it had worked out, it would have been fine, but if not, they couldn’t avoid the gossip.

Fan Mingyu’s grandfather suffered from Alzheimer’s; it had become more severe in recent years, with his memories in disarray. Whenever Jiang Jinsang visited him, he sometimes mistook him for Jiang Zhenhuan and would tirelessly repeat embarrassing stories about his father.

Every visit, he had to hear the story again, and the main thing was that each time, he would hear some fresh scandal.

“Get out—”

Jiang Zhenhuan was so frustrated he didn’t know what to do with this son who antagonized him.

…

This affair was the subject of many discussions for days until it was the anniversary of the Jiang Family’s eldest grandchild’s death. The night before, the elderly matriarch repeatedly reminded Fan Mingyu to prepare things for the ancestral tribute.

“Everything’s ready. We’ll just buy a bundle of flowers tomorrow morning before we leave.”

Flowers had to be fresh, after all.

we leave tomorrow?” Past tributes were always done together with Jiang Zhaolin’s family. Despite previous disputes, they

not explicitly stating the reason, but the old lady

go

Xiaowu to keep an eye on Chengsi tomorrow. He’s always a bit off during these two days every

already mentioned it

by the way…” the old lady called out to her, “Is the

the morning flight and will arrive in the

listening on the side. Jiang Zhaolin had three sons and a daughter; aside from the one

every year, I doubt we’d ever see him.” The old lady sighed, using her walking

**

The next morning

had woken up early, but the Jiang family was already gathered in the living room, even Jiangjiang was there. Jiang Chengsi was dressed all in black, formal and proper, with none of his customary flamboyance or insolence. His demeanor was solemn, as if he had transformed into

Auntie.” Only Jiangjiang greeted her as usual,

knew they were going to pay tribute,

Jiang Chengsi, unusually,

in some suburban park but was surprised to find the burial site in the mountains. They couldn’t drive there, so they walked for over

into the mountains, the chillier it became. The paths grew narrower, the winds through the trees louder, and only the low

him here?” Tang Wan asked Jiang Jinsang as they

cremation, they scattered his ashes in the mountains. Eventually, they erected a tombstone

nodded. This desolate and remote place

saw him for the first time. The photo on it was from over a decade ago, he was young, with a smiling face indicating that he had been a gentle

lady spoke to the tombstone in a low soliloquy. She was of advanced age, and climbing the mountain was not easy for her, so she could only

events. You have a new little niece, and the little girl is exceptionally beautiful. In a few days, Xiaowu is going to

Mengxi. She hung up once, but the calls continued insistently. She had no choice but to walk further away

are you busy with?

something on.” The matter with the Jiang family couldn’t be explained briefly, so

company quickly if you can. There’s been an incident here. Two actors came for auditions and fought over using the makeup room, ruining all your

Tang Wan’s Cyan Feathers were all handmade; even a little damage was

of arguing was faintly audible from Ruan Mengxi’s end of the

“I understand.”

lot. Plenty have discordant public and private faces, fighting

Jiang Jinsang

a problem at

to go down the

“It’s nothing.”

Wan’s dismissiveness, the repeated phone calls suggested it was urgent. Fan Mingyu even came over to tell her to take care of her matters, as

was only