Chapter 1379 - 900: Distance
"Why would I be angry?" Jiang Nian looked bewildered, "What happened yesterday, did Qianqian have that time of the month?"
As he spoke, he glanced at her.
"No..." Song Xiyun was embarrassed, how could he think of everything like that, "Anyway, don’t take it to heart."
"Alright." Jiang Nian didn’t bother to think more about it.
Upstairs, sure enough, a table full of dishes was laid out. It was quite grand, even including a large lobster.
"What’s this?"
"Delivery, couldn’t make this dish," Zhao Qiuxue straightforwardly invited Jiang Nian and the others to sit and eat.
"Alright." Jiang Nian put down the gift he brought, bought casually, as it’s not good to show up empty-handed.
At the dining table, the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Zhao Qiuxue looked at the three and thought to herself, what are they bickering about again? Feeling uncomfortable, she took a few bites and then found an excuse to go downstairs.
As soon as the adult left, the atmosphere among the three eased.
Jiang Nian didn’t dare to provoke Xu Qianqian, but he couldn’t ignore her either. So, he simply found a middle ground.
"How’s your online store doing?"
"Pretty good," Song Xiyun thought for a moment and replied, "it’s just that small factories are hard to find, this type is quite special."
Jiang Nian pondered and offered a suggestion.
"For now, just keep selling, stability is more important. You can’t manage both ends, it’s hard to expand."
Upon hearing this, Xu Qianqian pursed her lips. But she didn’t retort back at Jiang Nian; she was upset but not stupid.
Flying back and forth is indeed impractical.
"Produce a small amount of stock, then take custom orders," Jiang Nian said, "As for traffic, you know better where to find it."
He paused for a moment, then spoke.
"When you’re doing designs, you can show me first. After all, many hands make light work and it can save you some detours."
"Okay." Xu Qianqian nodded.
Song Xiyun worriedly said, "Designs are okay, we’re not selling ready-made products, our main issue is suppliers."
"Finding reliable small factories is tough, and even then, they might not take the orders."
"Well, I’ve got that covered," Jiang Nian leaned back tactically, brimming with confidence.
The two women were infected by his enthusiasm and couldn’t help but turn to look at him.
"Really?"
"How do you do it?"
Jiang Nian didn’t respond, as he couldn’t explain it. He couldn’t say half was experience, the other half was intuition.
"You’ll find out when the time comes."
"Tch! x2"
The three talked business for a while, and the atmosphere eased more.
Jiang Nian was already used to it. As long as they don’t cut ties and stop seeing each other, he treats it as flirting.
If there’s no conflict on any day, that’s when things are really over.
As night fell.
Zhao Qiuxue finished handling her "business" and came back. Seeing the dishes were washed, she felt a bit awkward.
She was about to say something when suddenly, Jiang Nian on the sofa got up to leave, "It’s too late today, I should get going."
"Ah?"
"Okay then." Zhao Qiuxue didn’t know what to say, guessing the three might still be having a tiff?
Kid’s stuff, she couldn’t really control it anyway.
As Jiang Nian was about to leave, Song Xiyun got up, followed by Xu Qianqian, and the three of them left one after the other.
Zhao Qiuxue: "??? "
The living room was empty, just like when she went out earlier, exactly the same.
Only, the scene had changed.
The three entered the elevator together, Jiang Nian didn’t ask anything. He took out his phone, swiped it twice, and casually said.
"Experts suggest that a walk after a meal is best."
"Where to?" Xu Qianqian asked.
"Not too far, just along West Lake." Jiang Nian lied with a straight face, sneaking a glance at them.
Seeing the two women had no objection, he continued.
"It’s pretty over there at night, a walk is good for one’s mood too, once we’re back in Beijing, we’ll only have parks to stroll around."
Song Xiyun: "..."
"Then let’s go." Xu Qianqian pursed her lips and said, "I heard strolling can be healing to the heart."
Jiang Nian couldn’t help but add, "That’s just an illusion from being too tired to keep walking with no place to sit."
Xu Qianqian: "..."
Twenty or so minutes later, they arrived at West Lake. Jiang Nian went to park while the two women waited at the entrance.
Xu Qianqian sighed, "Sigh, I shouldn’t have come."
"We’re already here," Song Xiyun put her hands in her pockets, comforting her, "A post-meal walk isn’t that bad either."
Xu Qianqian: "...."
Although she didn’t want to admit it, she really couldn’t stay away from Jiang Nian. If they didn’t meet for some time, she’d miss him too.
Angry as she was, yet for various reasons.
She managed to find balance.
After all, even if Jiang Nian stayed completely honest, it wouldn’t be a life of one person for one person, at least it would be one and a half people.
Considering his class monitor, it might even be two people.
Annoying!!
From other angles, Jiang Nian did pretty well. In fact, so well it almost overflowed.
....
"Let’s go," Jiang Nian returned and, with the two women, walked towards the crowd, "Do you want to ride a bike?"
"What kind of bike?"
"Bicycles, I saw some people riding."
"No."
The three continued forward, Xu Qianqian linked her arm with Song Xiyun’s, and Jiang Nian walked on the side, feeling a bit empty.
Suddenly, his neck felt cold.
"Is it raining?"
He looked up at the street light, watching snowflakes slowly drift down, like in a slow-motion under the orange glow.
"No," Xu Qianqian reached out, catching the scattered snowflakes, "It seems like sleet, might get wet."
"Let’s find a place to hide first," Song Xiyun put on her down jacket’s hood.
"Alright, follow me," Jiang Nian surveyed around and began to lead the way, "If worse comes to worst, we can head back."
Xu Qianqian pursed her lips, really not wanting to go back. After all, it was quite uncomfortable to have sat in the car for twenty minutes.
Just arriving and having to return, sitting another twenty-odd minutes in the car.
It seemed like a loss.
Jiang Nian glanced at her, mostly gauging her thoughts, and then didn’t mention going back, suggesting they find a place to stay instead.
After wandering a while, they found a tea room and sat down.