Fleeting Fortune: A Pampered Life

Chapter 702: 439 Meeting the in-laws vs Gathering intelligence, Birth was just an accident (2 updates)

Jiang Jinsang received a call from the old lady, and he too was quite surprised by the arrival of the Huo couple.

"The parents of Big Brother Huo have cto our house? And they're staying for dinner?" Tang Wan packed her

things, ready to leave the studio, "By the way, | haven't met them yet, right? The last tthey cto the

house, | was asleep, and you didn’t wakeup."

"How could they suddenly return to Beijing?" Not to mention Tang Wan, even Jiang Jinsang had met them only a

few times.

"What? You don’t allow them to take a break and chome?" Tang Wan laughed, "What are uncle and auntie

like? Are they easy to get along with?"

"Auntie is quite easy to get along with, but Old Huo’s personality has inherited a part of hers, though the

majority is like Uncle Huo’s. You should give Small Auntie a call and ask her to cover for dinner earlier too."

The elders from the Shen Family were at the Jiang Family, and Shen Shuci had agreed to cover for dinner

too, but now with the unexpected variable of the Huo couple, naturally, they couldn't let the elders wait for

them.

"Okay." Tang Wan nodded.

When Shen Shuci got a call from Tang Wan, she had already left the company and was shopping at the mall.

Since her parents were going over to bother them, she had to bring something to show her gratitude, and she

was pondering what to buy.

"I'll probably arrive in about half an hour. Are you hyet? You're actually callingto hurry up."

Shen Shuci was choosing snutritional supplements.

"No, Big Brother Huo’s parents arrived, Grandma told us to chearlier. They're staying for dinner, so

let's not make them wait."

Shen Shuci’s hand trembled, "Have Mom and Dad already returned from watching the opera?"

"It’s getting dark, they've been back for a while now, you should hurry over." Tang Wan ended the call and added

a reminder, "Keep in touch if anything comes up."

While the parents of Huo Qingi were old acquaintances of the Jiang Family, their visit had nothing to do with her,

Shen Shuci nonetheless felt a guilty unease.

She even felt a bit jittery and anxious.

She had met the couple before, but the circumstances of that meeting were completely different from her

current state of mind.

And how much did Huo Qingi’s parents know about her and their son, with his personality, could he have already

told his family, and would they reveal it all in front of her parents?

Shen Shuci was overwhelmed, her mind a mess, and without the heart to choose any supplements, she picked a

few recommended by the shop assistant and drove straight to the Jiang Mansion.

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Meanwhile, in the Jiang Family's living room

Jiang Zhenhuan had arrived. Although he knew Huo Zheng, their wives were the ones who were close friends,

while the two of them had a very general relationship, having hardly met a few times, naturally they were far

from confidantes.

The elders from the Shen Family originally thought that with the arrival of Jiang Zhenhuan, the atmosphere would

relax a bit, but they forgot that he was also a person of few words with a cold demeanor, making it all the more

difficult since they were not acquainted.

It was Huo Zheng'’s cell phone that vibrated twice, a message from his wife.

"Find a topic to discuss, deepen the impression, and earn more favor." Succinct and to the point.

Huo Zheng clenched his right fist and placed it by his lips to clear his throat.

The Huo Family was instantly energized, thinking he was finally about to speak up, but after Huo Zheng

pondered for a long moment, he looked towards the elders,

"Let's have tea, if not, it's going to cool down."

His tone was cold and even a bit stiff; having been in a position of power for so long, his speech naturally carried

a cool and stern authority.

In his younger days, he was notoriously grim, and with age, his authority only intensified. Even though he

thought he had softened his voice, to the Shen Family elders, it was still quite intimidating.

"Indeed, it will cool down, and it would be such a waste of good tea." Elder Shen held his cup, coughing lightly,

"Your line of work must keep you very busy."

"So-s0." Huo Zheng wished he could converse as easily as others, at least if it was about military or political

affairs, but casual small talk was not his forte.

"Both you and your wife are so busy, do you have tto take care of your child?" The old lady from the Shen

Family really couldn't stand it anymore; what kind of conversation was this?

"No, he's very independent."

"It shows, that child must not have had an easy tbefore."

Elder Shen tried to smile, no wonder the child didn’t talk much—it seemed the father was the same. She

wondered how father and son got along when they met.

"He's not young anymore, aren't you worried about him finding a partner?" The topics of conversation among

parents were just that.

Huo Zheng coughed deeply, "Not in a hurry."

"I don’t want to pressure the child, but we're getting old and our health isn’t great, we might not be able to

wait." The old lady sighed helplessly.

The speaker means no harm, but the listener takes it to heart.

Huo Zheng raised an eyebrow, "Is your family in a hurry to arrange the children’s marriages?"

"How can we not be? Recently, we even asked someone to introduce her to potential partners, but unfortunately,

she wasn’t interested." The old lady laughed, "It was even Master Xi who made the introduction. The young man

was quite decent; it’s a pity, really. | just don’t understand what today’s young people are looking for."

Huo Zheng understood, and at this point, his wife was also intermittently sending messages to inquire about the

conversation. Apparently, she also had her doubts about her husband's social skills, and was not at all at ease.

Then her phone received several messages.

[Based on the current situation, there are three pieces of information:]

[First, they have a very good impression of our son;]

[Second, their family hopes the children get married as soon as possible;]

[Third, they have introduced their daughter to potential matches before, which implies that both are unaware our

son is pursuing their daughter. The lad must hurry up and decisively make his move.]

The couple kept each other updated, much like they were collecting intelligence.

Before long, Tang Wan and Jiang Jinsang arrived home, followed by Fan Mingyu and Mrs. Huo, and with more

people, the atmosphere becmore harmonious.

Shen Shuci was the last to arrive at the Jiang family. Tang Wan was busy in the kitchen with Fan Mingyu and Mrs.

Huo, and when she offered to help, Tang Wan used the excuse that the kitchen was too small for three people

and pushed her out.

She greeted everyone one by one, and upon seeing Huo Zheng, she courteously called out, "Uncle Huo."

"Mm." Huo Zheng’s expression was scarce, much like a leader on inspection, giving a slight nod as a greeting.

Shen Shuci was nervous all the way, but once at the Jiang family’s home, because of the lively crowd, it seemed

no one paid much attention to her. However, during the meal, she could distinctly feel the eyes of Mr. and Mrs.

Huo constantly on her.

The couple was decisive and efficient, aware that a lot had happened today and the Shen elders needed to rest

early. After dinner, they intended to head back.

"Are you heading back to Hexi? Cwith us; we'll give you a ride," Mrs. Huo said to Shen Shuci, her demeanor

that of a kind elder. It wasn’t easy to glean anything from her face.

"Thank you, Auntie, but | might stay here for a while to accompany my parents," she replied.

"That's good too, it’s thoughtful of you." Mrs. Huo only had one son, and he was a no-nonsense kind of guy, just

like his dad. He could never be so considerate.

The one tHuo Qingi gave her a bouquet of carnations for Mother's Day, she was deeply moved and even

bragged about it, praising her son’s thoughtfulness.

Later, she found out it was the result of a school assignment. For Mother's Day, they were to cook a meal, wash

feet, or buy flowers for their mother and write an essay about it. He had chosen to buy flowers.

On the way home, the couple lamented the joys of raising a daughter, how much more affectionate they can be.

"How did we end up having a boy?"

Huo Zheng remained stone-faced and finally, after a long while, uttered a sentence that made the Huo family

collectively gasp, "I didn’t even want this kid; your pregnancy was purely accidental."

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Although the couple had silently agreed not to have children at the time, the surprise cnonetheless.

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Hearing that Huo Qingi’s birth was merely an accident, even Shen Shuci couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Suddenly, she felt as though the lofty and unreachable Huo family was, after all, just ordinary people.

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"His mother was still in the field and had to step back to an office position, which was tough."

"And then the child's temperament turned out to be somewhat... challenging, making things even more difficult

for the couple."

"From the pregnancy to birth to the child’s upbringing, this couple never relaxed their brows. Anyway, for Qingi

to grow up the way he did really wasn’t easy."

Jiang Jinsang straightforwardly said, "Yeah, not easy to cinto this world."

Both parents didn’t want children; he had to wonder how he fought his way into being.

Yet Tang Wan subconsciously touched her belly. Her child would definitely not be like that; it had to be lively and

upright, definitely not sstrange, twisted misfit...