mesbooks Chapter 275 Did the neighbors come over for dinner today? 13
Chapter 275 Did the neighbors come over for dinner today? 13
For the next two days, Jiang Shuwan was forced to start raising pigs.
Although her temperature returned to normal the next day, someone insisted on extending her bed rest time under the pretext of preventing a relapse.
Now, the master bedroom became her private ward, while Lu Yan moved to the guest room on his own initiative.
It only took Jiang Shuwan an afternoon to go from protesting in vain to adapting to this life of being waited on hand and foot, and she even began to enjoy it.
But after staying in the room for nearly four days, she really couldn't lie down anymore.
"Lu Yan! Lu Yan!"
She jumped out of bed, ran to Lu Yan, and bounced around twice. "I'm all better! Completely better! We have to go out today! If we don't go out soon, I'll grow mushrooms!"
Lu Yan looked up from the book and gazed at her face for a moment. Her complexion did look much better.
"Do you really want to go out?" He closed the book.
"This is a notification, not a request!"
Jiang Shuwan put her hands on her hips and said, "I've planned it all out. First, I'll buy that newly opened trendy milk tea shop, then go see a movie, and then have hot pot tonight!"
"Hot pot is out of the question. Someone who just recovered from a fever isn't qualified to be picky." Lu Yan vetoed the idea outright, but at least relented. "Go change your clothes."
"Wuhu!" Jiang Shuwan cheered and turned to rush back to the other side, but suddenly remembered something, stopped in her tracks, and lingered back to his side, tugging at his sleeve and drawing out her voice.
"Lu Yan... my legs are weak right now, I don't have the strength to walk back to the other side... why don't you carry me across?"
Lu Yan raised an eyebrow: "From here to your door, the straight-line distance is less than ten meters. If you don't even have that much strength, I think it's necessary to re-evaluate the decision to go out today."
"Hey, how can you do this!" Jiang Shuwan said defiantly. "Can't you at least show some chivalry as a boyfriend?"
"No." He said, but his body turned around automatically and bent his knees slightly.
"Hehe, Lu Yan, you're the best!" Jiang Shuwan jumped onto his back without any hesitation, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck. "Let's go!"
Lu Yan steadily supported her knees and opened the door with one hand.
However, the moment the door opened, the two of them met the eyes of a middle-aged couple standing in front of room 1802.
Then, the four of them stared at each other.
The air seemed to freeze in an instant.
Jiang Shuwan was lying on Lu Yan's back when her phone suddenly rang.
The name that popped up on the screen was—"Mom".
Jiang Shuwan's hand trembled, and she almost dropped her phone.
She hurriedly slid off Lu Yan's back, frantically straightening her pajamas in an attempt to make herself look less disheveled.
"Dad, Mom?"
Her voice was dry and hoarse, "You... how did you get here... weren't you supposed to arrive the day after tomorrow? That... it's not what you see here, that..."
Jiang's mother turned off her phone, which was still dialing. Her initial surprise quickly faded, replaced by a mixture of understanding, inquiry, and a barely concealed smile.
"I wanted to surprise you, so I deliberately said it was two days late."
Jiang's mother paused, her gaze sweeping between the two of them, her smile deepening. "When I got home, I found you weren't there. I asked Aunt Wang, and she said you might have gone back to school. It seems... we've come at the wrong time?"
Jiang Shuwan: "...It's not what you think..."
Lu Yan stood still, his back ramrod straight, his expression seemingly calm, but his eyes momentarily glazed over.
However, he quickly composed himself and broke the silence first: "Hello, Uncle and Aunt, I am Shu Wan's boyfriend, Lu Yan."
Jiang Shuwan looked at him, then at her parents, and scratched her face awkwardly: "Um, that's right, I'm his boyfriend, uh, no, he's my boyfriend."
Jiang's mother's smile immediately became even more intrigued, and she drawled out, "Oh, your boyfriend."
Jiang's father, who had remained silent the whole time, looked at Lu Yan with a serious expression and sharp eyes, and finally spoke up: "Are you the son of President Lu of WE Group?"
Lu Yan nodded slightly, his attitude composed: "Yes, my father, Lu Heng."
……
Things inexplicably took a turn in a direction that Jiang Shuwan had never anticipated.
When she came to her senses, she and her mother were sitting in the back seat, while Lu Yan was chatting happily with her father in the front seat.
Jiang Shuwan looked at the backs of the two men in the front row, tugged at her mother's arm, and whispered, "Mom, what's going on with Dad? Is he that close to Lu Yan? Should we bring Lu Yan home with us?"
Although she had this idea, was her father really that open-minded?
Especially when facing a man suspected of abducting his daughter, this "love at first sight" approach is inappropriate.
Jiang's mother patted Jiang Shuwan's hand: "Your father has been discussing a collaborative project with Lu Yan's father recently. They had a very pleasant video conference a few days ago and have been wanting to meet for a while. Unexpectedly, he met Lu Yan first. Since he is spending the New Year alone, he naturally has to take care of him."
"Besides," she looked at her daughter with a smile in her eyes, "Lu Yan himself seems quite good, not the kind of pretentious kid."
"Is that so...?" Jiang Shuwan glanced at Lu Yan, who was having a serious discussion with her father, and then looked at her father's excitement. She muttered to herself, "I feel like if they keep talking like this, they'll be able to become sworn brothers on the spot."
Jiang's mother was amused and gently pinched her cheek: "Don't you know your dad? He puts on airs on the surface, but he's actually very outgoing. Once he meets someone he can chat with, he can't stop talking."
"Okay." Jiang Shuwan reluctantly accepted this explanation, looking at the rapidly receding street scene outside the window, somewhat puzzled, "So where are we going now? This isn't the way home."
Jiang's mother explained, "Didn't your Uncle Su invest in a new resort? It just opened not long ago, and I heard the environment and facilities are quite good. I thought it had been a long time since I'd gotten together with their family, so I arranged to stay for a couple of days. Su Qiao is also here; she said she'd invited some friends too. It'll be fun for you young people to hang out together."
"Resort area?" Jiang Shuwan was taken aback, then smiled. "Su Qiao did call me, but I was thinking you guys were coming back, so I said I'd wait until after the New Year. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."
Mentioning this, Jiang's mother's tone softened, and she reached out to smooth her hair: "Baby, we're sorry, your dad and I are always busy abroad and don't have time to spend with you."
"We'll definitely make it up to you this time and spend more time with you, okay?"
Jiang Shuwan nuzzled her mother's shoulder and said in a low voice, "Then it's a deal, you can't run away halfway this time."
"Okay, it's a deal," Jiang's mother promised with a smile.
However, as Jiang Shuwan leaned against her mother, she happened to make eye contact with Lu Yan, who was looking over from the passenger seat, through the rearview mirror.
Jiang Shuwan secretly pursed her lips at him, her eyes clearly saying: Oh no, the date is ruined again.