345: Chapter 345 Changing venues

Jiang Shuang glanced at Li Ting, then looked at Ms. Qin, who was still perfectly playing the role of a "pure white lily," and quietly nudged Jiang Ye's arm with her elbow, lowering her voice:

"Hey, seriously, do you actually... quite like Lan Lan's type?"

"You're crazy!"

Jiang Ye rolled his eyes in annoyance. "I like her? Do you see the word 'sucker' written on my face?"

Jiang Shuang said "Oh," her eyes rolling as she thought she still needed to ruin Ms. Qin's image; otherwise, if these two ended up hitting it off, it would be too disgusting.

"Jiang Ye, don't let Lan Lan's current pure, innocent, and unworldly appearance fool you. Let me tell you, when she's with us in private... tsk tsk, she's quite the flirt."

"..."

Jiang Ye was silent for two seconds. The disdain on his face vanished instantly, and his tone took a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn:

"Forget it, I won't lie to you. Actually, I really quite like her... Hey? In that 'us' you mentioned just now, does it include me? Can you let her show me later?"

"..."

Black lines instantly hung over Jiang Shuang's head; she felt the Jiang Ye in front of her was vastly different from the classmate she had known half a year ago.

With this kind of mental leap and thickness of skin, one could absolutely not use past impressions to gauge him.

Sure enough, men change when they have money...

Hmm, they become unpredictable!

Just as she was about to dig deeper into Jiang Ye's "true preferences," the Second Uncle across the table looked at the dishes that had been basically wiped clean, raised his voice slightly, and proposed with a smile:

"Alright, alright, we've eaten enough! Let's follow the old routine: find a nice bathhouse, go for a soak to relieve our fatigue, and then play some cards or mahjong, how about it?"

The elders naturally chimed in with smiles:

"Sure! That's a great idea!"

"Yeah, nothing feels better than a soak after a full meal!"

"I know a newly opened one with a nice environment!"

Seeing the enthusiastic response, the Second Uncle beamed with pride and turned enthusiastically to Ms. Qin: "Ms. Qin, if you're free this afternoon, why don't you come along too? Relax a bit!"

Ms. Qin rolled her eyes internally and was about to refuse, but suddenly heard the other party add:

"Look, this is our first time meeting, and your uncle and I haven't prepared any gift for you. It just so happens that on the way, I can have your aunt take you to the nearby mall to browse and pick out a couple of clothes you like; consider it a small token of our appreciation! Then we'll meet up at the bathhouse, how about that?"

The refusal that had reached the tip of Ms. Qin's tongue was immediately swallowed back.

"Well, then thank you, Uncle and Aunt!"

She smiled slightly and nodded obediently: "It just so happens that I'd also really like to chat more with you both."

Seeing this, the Second Uncle laughed heartily, feeling that his face was saved, and was in a great mood.

Ms. Qin agreed, then turned to look at Jiang Shuang, her tone affectionate:

"Jiang Shuang, you don't have anything to do this afternoon, right? Come with me, keep me company, okay?"

Jiang Shuang frowned slightly; she had no interest in going to a bathhouse with a bunch of strangers and was about to find an excuse to decline, but the Second Aunt, who had been observing the interaction between Jiang Ye and Jiang Shuang, suddenly spoke up:

"Jiang Ye, you and Jiang Shuang should come along this afternoon too, right? It just so happens... Second Aunt has some things she wants to talk to you two about privately."

Hmm...

This friend brought by Ms. Qin is also a flight attendant, not bad-looking, and is a classmate of Jiang Ye's; the two were whispering to each other for a long time just now.

She had to create some opportunities for her niece and, by the way, warn her not to let the "prospective son-in-law" be snatched away by this flight attendant who suddenly popped up.

"Huh?"

Jiang Ye was slightly taken aback when he heard the Second Aunt's invitation and subconsciously glanced at Old Tian beside him.

Wasn't this just pretending to be a Boyfriend? Why are there follow-up stages?

Old Tian received his gaze, glanced at his daughter beside him, whose eyes lit up instantly and whose face was practically screaming, "I want to go! I want to go with Uncle!" and sighed inwardly.

Forget it, his daughter has been working so hard lately, and it's rare for her to come out to play; he couldn't let her down.

"Well, Jiang Ye, if you don't have anything to do, just go along. Doesn't your Second Aunt have something she wants to say to you two? It doesn't hurt for you young people to listen more to the advice of your elders."

"...?"

Jiang Ye looked at Old Tian suspiciously and curled his lip inwardly.

Tch, sure enough, there's no such thing as a wrongly given name.

Comrade Tian Boguang is true to his name; he speaks quite grandiosely, but isn't he just afraid that he won't take "poaching" seriously and delay his 'second spring' plan!

However, there really wasn't anything to do this afternoon, as long as he could get home by eight or nine in the evening to catch Coach Lin's "evening class," it would be fine.

Since Old Tian was so "attentive," he would observe further to see just how broken the relationship between the Second Aunt and her husband really was.

If the other party's relationship was truly broken, her life unhappy, and she also had some feelings for Old Tian, doing a favor to facilitate a "good story" didn't seem impossible.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Ye nodded and readily agreed:

"Sure, I'm free this afternoon anyway, so let's go for a soak and relax."

"..."

Jiang Shuang blinked on the side, swallowing the "I have something to do later" that had reached her lips, and smiled brightly:

"Alright then, Ms. Qin, I'll go with you, so you won't feel embarrassed being alone."

Ms. Qin nodded with a smile, inwardly praising that this best friend was truly on the ball! She was worthy of being a good sister who "fought" alongside her!

Seeing that the two "flight attendants," Ms. Qin and Jiang Shuang, were both going, Third Aunt, wanting her daughter Li Ting to have more contact with "excellent role models," quickly nudged her daughter beside her with her elbow and whispered:

"Tingting, you go too! Learn more from these two older sisters about how to conduct yourself! Don't just spend all day glued to your phone!"

Li Ting's face was full of "speechless" and "life is meaningless": "Mom... what am I going there for? I only know my cousin..."

"If I tell you to go, you go! If you don't know them, won't you get to know them by getting familiar? Look at Ms. Qin, she's not much older than you, and she's so good at talking! Make sure to learn from her later!"

"..."

Li Ting couldn't win against her mother, and she couldn't state her speculations in front of so many people, so in the end, she could only give a reluctant "Mm."

Finally, everyone's gaze fell on Xu Xuan.

This guy, who had always had no presence and was used to looking at people sideways, was actually quite self-aware; sensing everyone's gaze, he didn't even lift his head, continued looking at his phone, gave a vague "Mm," and said concisely:

"Fine, I'll go."

"Good! It's settled then! Let's all go and have some fun together!"

Second Uncle slapped his thigh happily: "Let's set off now! Wife, you take Ms. Qin to the mall first! We'll meet at the bathhouse later!"

Everyone stood up one after another, grabbing their coats, packing their things, and the private room was instantly filled with noise and laughter.

A family dinner finally moved on to the next leisure (and undercurrent-filled) stage.