Fleeting Fortune: A Pampered Life

Chapter 582 - 371 Huo Ye: Entering the Hall? Do | Have to Take Off My Clothes? (4 more - s)

Chapter 582: 371 Huo Ye: Entering the Hall? Do | Have to Take Off My Clothes? (4 more Chapters)

Shen Shuci rarely took the initiative to invite people over, but after the events of yesterday, she felt their

relationship had grown closer.

She no longer felt as unfamiliar with him as before, having helped her numerous times, she found him very

reliable and her guard was down.

Combined with the sympathy and pity she felt for him, and although his manner was often brief and cold, at the

end of the day, he was just a regular person. There was no need to be overly defensive every tshe

encountered him.

The people of the Huo Family were extremely agitated, but he managed to keep his composure, lowering his

voice to ask,

"Is it convenient?"

"There's nothing inconvenient." Shen Shuci was not a messy person, her house was quite tidy, and there was

nothing embarrassing to hide.

Thinking about it, she owed him quite a bit, at least a couple of meals, having eaten at his place a few times and

troubling him to drive her to and from work every day without even offering him a cup of tea. Shen Shuci

thought about it and felt her actions were not quite appropriate.

"Hey, big brothers, would you like to cup for a glass of water too?" Shen Shuci was referring to the two in

the driver and passenger seats, who had becfamiliar over the many days.

"We better not."

"Yeah, we'll stay in the car, it’s comfortable here."

"You guys go ahead."

They weren't stupid, daring to follow up might lead to more than just sskin off when they got back.

After dropping off for so long, the two of them had made sprogress, and only after watching the two enter

the building did the people inside the car finally take a long sigh of relief:

It was damn hard!

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The apartment Shen Shuci rented was not large, allowing one to see all the furnishings clearly at a glance,

simple and clean. The floor mop at the entrance, pink in color, seemed somewhat mismatched with her.

"By the way, men’s slippers, | only have one pair prepared for Mr. Jiang here, will you wear these?"

Jiang Jinsang had his own slippers here?

Shen Shuci’s apartment, only Tang Wan and Jiang Jinsang visited frequently, having prepared for Tang Wan, it

made sense to have a pair for Jiang Jinsang too.

He glanced at the slippers, "I'm not comfortable wearing others’ things."

"No need to take off your shoes then, just cin like this." Shen Shuci had already entered, starting to boil

water to make him tea.

Upon exiting, she saw him looking at a photograph on the table.

"This was taken at Tang Family’s hduring Wanwan’s engagement, those behindare my parents." The

photograph also included Elder Tang and others, clearly showing their affection, with Tang Wan already engaged

to Jiang Jinsang, he also appeared in the group picture.

"What tea would you like? | only have sblack tea and broken silver that Wanwan previously gifted, and some

coffee here."

Jiang Jinsang liked to drink tea too?

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His slippers, his pictures, and now his tea? How was he everywhere!

"I'll have the black tea."

After he spoke, he casually flipped the photo frface down on the table.

Shen Shuci was looking for the tea leaves and hadn't noticed these details.

She had broken silver here obviously for entertaining Jiang Jinsang; aside from him, she had no other guests, so

she had prepared just enough.

After preparing the tea for him, Shen Shuci remembered what the police officer at the station had said today.

The incident happened so suddenly yesterday that the officer didn’t ask many details, but when discussing

compensation today, he mentioned the attack by Peng Yan and asked if she was injured or needed compensation

for emotional distress.

Shen Shuci definitely wasn’t injured, but recalling this moment she suddenly remembered, someone had

shielded her yesterday.

It seemed he was hit quite a few times.

She didn’t know whether he was injured.

With everything that had happened suddenly yesterday, plus the chaos brought by the Huo parents, she had

forgotten to ask at the time.

While he held the cup, blowing the steam coming off the top, he side-glanced at her, "You've been watching me."

"I haven't, have I?" Shen Shuci replied with a wry smile.

"You've been staring atfor almost two minutes."

"I was just..." Shen Shuci hesitantly said, "I was just wondering, when she threw things atyesterday, you

blocked it for me, did you get hurt?"

"Hmm."

"Were you hurt? Badly?"

"Not sure." It was on his back, he definitely couldn't see it.

"Didn’t you have a doctor look at it?" The Huo family had a private doctor, which made seeing one very

convenient.

"It shouldn't be a big deal; no need for a doctor."

That it wasn’t serious was a bit of relief for Shen Shuci, then she heard him add:

"It just hurts a bit."

Shen Shuci hesitated, "Should we... go see a doctor at the hospital?"

"No need."

He said that, yet he complained of pain. Since it was all because of her, how could Shen Shuci act indifferent? "If

we're not going to the hospital, would you mind showing me?"

She definitely needed to see it with her own eyes before she could feel reassured.

"Do you want to see it?"

"Can't you see it for yourself? If it’s serious, we should still check it at the hospital. I'll cover the medical

expenses. If it’s just a bruise or something, applying sointment would be good too. | should have some

bruise-healing medicine here," Shen Shuci said, reaching for her medical kit.

The medicine she had was brought from abroad. Old MadShen, afraid that she wouldn't take good care of

herself, had prepared even common medicines for colds and stomachaches. Indeed, she found a tube of

ointment.

But when she turned around, she saw the man who had been sitting and drinking tea was now standing up. He

had taken off his coat, draped it over the chair, and was unbuttoning his shirt cuffs.

He was very tall, which gave an overwhelming sense of presence. Since he entered the room, Shen Shuci

instantly felt as if her own space had been compressed, as if the entire room was filled with his presence.

"Mr. Huo, what... what are you doing?"

"You said you wanted to see the injury on my back."

"um."

"How can you see it withouttaking off my clothes?"

Shen Shuci was at a loss for words; it seemed like a reasonable point. Clutching the ointment tube, she suddenly

didn’t know where to direct her gaze...

At this moment, two men downstairs, having a little leisure time, stood beside a trash can, smoking a cigarette.

"What do you think they're doing upstairs, alone, one man and one woman?"

"Our boss loves to play dumb, probably just staring at each other."

"How long do you think they'll stay up there?"

"Ten minutes, tops!" The atmosphere was too awkward; Shen Shuci would surely send him off soon.

"Eleven minutes, a pack of cigarettes."

"Deal."

An hour passed, and the person still had not cdownstairs...

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So today, the Jiang family of four all moved into the old mansion.

Taotao was naturally the happiest. She liked Jiang Jinsang very much, and stuck to him as soon as she arrived.

"I heard something happened to Shen Shuci last night?" Jiang Yanting spoke directly.

"Your information network is quite good," Jiang Jinsang chuckled lightly.

"I was in Hexi then, both old Huo and the third brother were there. Even if the news was hidden from the public, |

still have my channels."

"It's been dealt with."

"Why is old Huo mixed up in this?"

"That's a long story."

Originally, Tang Wan hoped that Shen Zhixian and Jiang Yanting would look after Shen Shuci a bit since they had

promised to, but they had a wedding to prepare and children to take care of. Naturally, they couldn't manage

everything.

Jiang Jinsang twiddled his fingers.

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Jiang Yanting gave a wry laugh. "Maybe he’s on a secret mission."

As for his affairs, curious as they were, it wasn’t convenient to probe. If he really was on sconfidential

mission, their meddling might sabotage matters.

Even though Tang Wan told him not to worry unnecessarily last night, he still couldn't let it go.

"Jiang Xiaowu, you better not investigate him in secret; stepping on landmines wouldn't end well," Jiang Yanting

warned.

"I know."

"He's always been elusive in his actions; you shouldn't interfere," Jiang Yanting warned.

Jiang Jinsang, usually headstrong, might indeed step into trouble if not warned explicitly.

"Brother, | know how to handle things."

Jiang Jinsang felt there were too many inexplicable things. This morning, he even called Jiang Shiyi, but his

assistant answered, saying he had gone to the lab where calls weren't allowed.

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Could he really be back in Beijing on a secret mission?

Yet, unimagined by him, someone had already entered Shen Shuci’s home...