Chapter 1793: Lost Composure, Exposed, Si Family of Guandong [Happy Holidays]

Nanjiang Yan Family

Jiang Ruan’s arrival caught everyone off guard. After the initial chaos, everyone took their seats at the table. Both the son and the grandson brought their girlfriends today, which made Qiao Aiyun the happiest. Only Yan Wangchuan kept sizing up the girl.

She really looked familiar.

"What would you like to drink? Coconut juice? Cola? Or soda?" Qiao Aiyun’s gaze fell on Jiang Ruan and never moved away.

"Auntie, you don’t need to take care of me, I’m fine with anything."

Jiang Ruan smiled awkwardly, turned her head slightly, and met another wave of attention.

It came from the Fu Family’s third young master. She nodded with a smile.

"Are you my uncle’s junior? Are you still studying, or have you graduated? How old are you?" Fu Qinyuan was quite interested in this potential future aunt candidate.

When Jiang Ruan revealed her age, Fu Qinyuan had a headache. This girl...

She’s younger than him.

"Your accent doesn’t sound like a local from Nanjiang." It was Song Fengwan speaking now, who is Yan Chi’s half-sister.

"I’m from Beijing." Jiang Ruan replied smoothly.

"Beijing..." Song Fengwan pursed her lips, "Xiaochi was in Beijing during Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays. Did he go to Beijing to play with you?"

Jiang Ruan bowed her head without speaking, just recalling what happened during that time, inevitably blushing.

The people around the table exchanged glances again.

They wondered what Yan Chi did to make the young girl blush like that.

Everything seemed to match up, so Song Fengwan didn’t ask further, just smiled and said, "From Beijing to Nanjiang for studies, it’s not easy for a girl. You should come by often, let Yan Chi bring you over for a meal."

"Yes, come play often." Qiao Aiyun echoed with a smile.

Yan Wangchuan was quite pleased that his son found a girlfriend, although he felt the girl looked familiar.

Just hearing that she was from Beijing, suddenly a person popped into his mind. As he looked at Jiang Ruan again, she seemed more and more familiar to him.

Could she be...

It shouldn’t be the child from that family, right?

But the more he looked at her eyebrows and expression, the more he felt...

He remembered he might have a photo on his phone. As he took out his phone, Qiao Aiyun kicked him and whispered, "What are you doing? The child is toasting you, why are you spacing out?"

Yan Wangchuan looked up to see the young girl standing with a soda, evidently for quite a while, offering him a toast, but he hadn’t responded. It was a bit awkward.

"Sorry, please sit." Yan Wangchuan raised his glass and gestured to her. His gaze was fiercer, which made Jiang Ruan even more nervous.

When he tried to check his phone again, Qiao Aiyun reached over and snatched it, "You’re too old to be playing with your phone at dinner. Go have a drink with Fu Chen, it’s rare for him and Wanwan to visit."

With a huge doubt in his mind, Yan Wangchuan found the meal quite unsatisfying.

After the meal, everyone took a short break in the living room. Yan Chi organized a group to take Fu Qinyuan, Jiang Ruan, and others out to play. They planned to dive and surf in Nanjiang’s popular spots, and the group left noisily.

As they were about to set off, Fu Huan approached Jiang Ruan, "Miss Sister, what’s your surname?"

She was Yan Chi’s niece. Meeting for the first time, it was inappropriate to call her little aunt but she still needed a way to address her. If she knew the surname, calling her sister temporarily would be okay.

In the previous chaos, everyone realized they did not even know the young girl’s full name.

Yan Wangchuan had just taken his phone back from his wife and was searching for a photo when he suddenly heard:

"My surname is Jiang, my name is..."

His finger trembled, and the phone dropped to the ground with a "crash."

Jiang Ruan’s words were interrupted, preventing her full name from being said.

However, they didn’t mind much, as Jiang wasn’t a rare surname, and everyone focused on Yan Wangchuan.

He was usually steady, but today, with Yan Chi bringing a girlfriend home for the first time, he kept messing up. He even commented that the young girl looked familiar, spaced out during the toast, and then dropped his phone.

"Jiang Sister, can you swim?" Fu Huan had already joined Jiang Ruan.

"Yes, but I’m not very good." When someone offered friendliness, Jiang Ruan was naturally happy.

"There will be lots of water activities later. You didn’t bring a swimsuit, right? I remember there’s a shop nearby. Shall we go and see?" Fu Huan was determined to build a good relationship with this future aunt.

Throughout the meal, it was clear how thoughtful the usually aloof uncle was towards her.

"Sure."

"Sister-in-law, you should come along too." Fu Huan said, pulling Jing Xingyao, who was standing next to Fu Qinyuan, "Uncle, we’ll be right back after buying things."

It’s not fitting for guys to follow girls picking out swimwear, so Yan Chi agreed.

Although Fu Huan called Jing Xingyao sister-in-law, their families were close, and they grew up together, so they were very familiar. Jiang Ruan was somewhat reserved at first being between the two, but they had nice personalities, never ignored her, and even talked about meeting up when she returned to Beijing. Gradually, she became comfortable.

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Meanwhile at the Yan Family

Today was a big day with both the son and grandson bringing girlfriends home, but Yan Wangchuan kept messing up, making Qiao Aiyun quite displeased. She was not going to let it slide once the two girls left.

"Yan Wangchuan, what’s wrong with you today? Do you know how many inappropriate things you’ve done..."

He’s usually so steady, how could he make mistakes at critical times?

"Mom." Song Fengwan handed her a cup of tea.

"Don’t interfere. If he doesn’t clarify today, I won’t let it go. Especially with the toasting incident, it was so awkward for the girl." Her son bringing someone home showed he was serious and took the relationship very earnestly.

"Maybe dad’s not feeling well physically, right, dad?" Song Fengwan attempted to mediate.

But Yan Wangchuan was still flipping through his phone.

"Look at him, really..." Qiao Aiyun was immensely frustrated.

"Dad." Song Fengwan frowned too. It was unusual for Yan Wangchuan to behave like this. What was going on today?

"He’s not feeling unwell, I believe he’s intentionally trying to irritate me." Yan Wangchuan’s reserved and cold demeanor often led to minor clashes in their marriage.

"I’m not trying to irritate you." Yan Wangchuan moved his gaze from his phone and suddenly focused on Yan Chi, "Yan Chi, don’t you have anything to say?"

"What’s Xiaochi got to do with this? You’ve been so inappropriate today, asking if his bringing a girlfriend home is wrong?" Qiao Aiyun increasingly felt Yan Wangchuan’s behavior was off today.

"Qinyuan is getting engaged before the year ends, your grandson is getting married, but your son’s major life affairs have not settled, aren’t you worried?"

"I’m telling you, if you scare the girl away, I won’t let it go."

Talking about Fu Qinyuan’s proposal made Fu Chen, standing nearby, quite distressed.

His son poached his friend’s territory, and if he went to the friend’s house to propose, the difficulty was obvious.

But he didn’t know more serious matters awaited him.

Yan Wangchuan looked at his agitated wife, "Aiyun, I’ll explain today’s matter later, but right now there’s something more urgent, and I need an answer."

"Alright, I’ll be waiting for your explanation." The girl was returning soon; Qiao Aiyun didn’t want the atmosphere too tense now.

The reckoning after the fact was inevitable.

Yan Wangchuan turned to Yan Chi, "Yan Chi, you need to answer honestly whatever I ask later."

"Okay." Both Yan Chi and Yan Wangchuan were straightforward and direct people.

At this moment, Fu Chen, Fu Qinyuan, and the visiting Yan Shaochen family were already sitting on the side, ready to watch the drama unfold.

"I said that little girl looks familiar, is it because I’ve seen her?"

"Yes."

Everyone continued watching, curious how Yan Wangchuan had seen the young girl given their significant age difference. She was still a student and not a local from Nanjiang, making interactions unlikely.

Yan Wangchuan rubbed his phone, "I know her family."

A definite inquiry.

Yan Chi’s response was even more direct:

"Not only know, but very well acquainted."

The child of a familiar family?

Now it was Qiao Aiyun who felt a bit puzzled. She knew some families with the surname Jiang, but none had a girl this age.

Yan Wangchuan’s head was pounding, almost splitting. He found old photos taken when Jiang Ruan was young, captured when Si Yushan brought her over. Although the young girl was now grown, her features showed resemblance.

"Her name is Jiang... Jiang Ruan? She’s Si Yushan’s granddaughter, right? And her father is Jiang Chengsi from the Beijing Jiang Family!"

The crowd initially watching the spectacle was dumbfounded.