Chapter 326 - 210: Top-Tier Anti-GANK Awareness
Welcoming Lin Jiang inside, Jiang Rongmin looked at Qin Zhengqing.
"How come you two came back together?"
"Xiaojiang had some company business, so the two of them went to discuss it," Qin Zhengqing said.
"She didn’t even plan on asking Xiaojiang to stay for dinner. If I hadn’t happened to run into them, Xiaojiang would have left."
"Really, Yangyang. Xiaojiang brings you home, and you don’t even invite him in for dinner," Jiang Rongmin said, scolding Qin Yangyang.
"Today is your..."
"Alright, let’s not talk about it. Go to your room and change. We’re about to eat."
Qin Yangyang: ...
Left with no choice, Qin Yangyang returned to her bedroom, too lazy to bother with explanations. Jiang Rongmin went to her room as well.
When the mother and daughter came out again, they had both changed their clothes. Qin Yangyang was wearing a light green, short-sleeved nightdress, while Jiang Rongmin had changed into a simple set of cotton pajamas.
Just then, the front door opened, and Qin Youyou came home.
She was wearing a form-fitting blue short-sleeved top and a knee-length skirt, an outfit full of youthful energy.
Seeing Lin Jiang in her house, Qin Youyou’s initial surprise quickly turned into delight.
"Brother Jiang, you’re here!"
[If I had known Brother Jiang was coming, I would have come home earlier.]
Lin Jiang nodded.
Jiang Rongmin stood to the side, sighing inwardly.
’If I don’t create opportunities for her, who knows when their relationship will ever make any progress.’
But what the two of them didn’t know was that Qin Youyou and Lin Jiang had been chatting very enthusiastically these past few days.
They even went to the gym together, where he got to admire her great figure.
Qin Youyou took Lin Jiang’s arm.
"I’m starving. Brother Jiang, let’s go eat."
Lin Jiang secretly glanced at Qin Yangyang and saw a look in her eyes that could kill.
’Your sister hates this kind of thing. Are you deliberately trying to provoke her?’
[Qin Yangyang: Those two are definitely up to something!]
The family went to the dining room.
Also seated at the table was the Qin Family’s housekeeper.
Lin Jiang had heard Qin Youyou mention her before but didn’t know her name. The Qin Sisters both called her Aunt Chen.
She had been with the family for seven or eight years and they got along like relatives, so she would join them at the table for meals.
Qin Zhengqing and Jiang Rongmin were very hospitable, constantly putting food on Lin Jiang’s plate, afraid he would feel shy. Throughout the entire meal, no one mentioned the birthday.
"Son-in-law, this is the crayfish I made. You have to try it," Aunt Chen said.
’Are you all ganging up to be the death of Qin Yangyang?’
’This is going to be even harder to explain now.’
"Thank you, Aunt Chen."
"Aunt Chen, don’t say things like that. Nothing’s set in stone yet," Qin Youyou said shyly.
[Say more, I love to hear it.]
Aunt Chen realized she had misspoken and glanced at Qin Zhengqing and Jiang Rongmin.
"He may not be now, but he will be in the future. There’s nothing wrong with your Aunt Chen calling him that."
Qin Yangyang sat to the side, eating silently, her gaze no longer just sharp enough to kill—it could probably shoot laser beams.
Lin Jiang was helpless.
’I’m the victim here, too!’
After eating for a while, Aunt Chen left the table, not wanting to disturb the family’s conversation.
Qin Zhengqing could hold his liquor quite well. The two of them finished a bottle of red wine, but neither showed any signs of being drunk.
After keeping them company at the dinner table for a bit longer, the mother and her two daughters prepared to leave the table.
Just as Qin Youyou was about to get up, Jiang Rongmin stopped her with a look.
"You stay here. The company will have to rely on you in the future. Have a good chat with them."
"I know."
Jiang Rongmin and Qin Yangyang went back to the sofa, where Jiang Rongmin asked:
"Your dad told me you didn’t want Xiaojiang to come over?"
"It’s my birthday today. How could I ask him to come? Knowing his personality, he would have insisted on buying me a gift," Qin Yangyang said.
"That may be true, but even if it weren’t your birthday, you probably still wouldn’t have invited him over."
"True. He’s not a fan of this kind of occasion, so there was no need to ask him over."
"How do you know he doesn’t like it? You know him that well?"
Qin Yangyang realized she had walked right into her mom’s trap.
"I’ve been his legal consultant since his restaurant only had a few tables. I know all about his business. Of course I know him well."
"Do you have feelings for Xiaojiang, too?"
Jiang Rongmin suddenly laid it all out on the table, stunning Qin Yangyang.
"How could I possibly have feelings for him? At most, we’re just business partners."
"Really?"
Qin Yangyang sat cross-legged on the sofa. "Why would I lie to you? Right now, all I want to do is build my career. I’m not that interested in men."
"You’re not getting any younger. You can’t keep on like this. You need to pay more attention to it."
"Don’t you worry about me. Worry more about Youyou."
"Let her and Lin Jiang develop things slowly. After a while, once she gets a clue, their relationship will heat up."
Qin Yangyang tilted her head for a look and saw Lin Jiang grinning from ear to ear, which brought back her death glare.
At the same time, she felt a little nervous.
After so many years as a lawyer and interacting with so many rich people, she knew all too well what kind of people were in that circle.
And Lin Jiang was a bold one; there was truly nothing he wouldn’t dare to do.
’He would definitely think about doing something like that.’
A question popped into Qin Yangyang’s mind unbidden.
’What if the two of them really do sleep together? What then?’
She thought about it until she was a mess of anxiety, so she decided to just stop thinking about it altogether.
The dinner party continued until around nine at night, when it began to wind down, and Lin Jiang prepared to take his leave.
[Qin Yangyang: It’s finally over! I need to get Lin Jiang to leave quickly. What will people think if they’re always stuck together like this!]
[Qin Youyou: It would be so great if Brother Jiang could stay the night, but that seems impossible!]
[Jiang Rongmin: This silly girl, she really doesn’t know anything. I’m at my wit’s end with her!]