354: Chapter 353 Hehe and Not Hehe - 1

"Fine, if you won't let me feel it, then forget it..."

Jiang Ye glanced at Comrade Xiao Tian, who was still standing with her hands on her hips, looking puffed up with anger, and reached out his hand irritably:

"Let's go, let's find your dad. What's the situation over there?"

Tian Lijuan curled her lip and reluctantly stepped forward to take his arm, grumbling as she walked:

"My dad and the others are playing mahjong, and there's another table playing Fight the Landlord. They're all in the lounge area."

"Playing mahjong?"

Jiang Ye rubbed his chin. "Then what about your dad's goddess? What's the situation now? Is she at the table too?"

Tian Lijuan was stunned for a moment, then realized he was talking about Second Aunt and nodded:

"You mean Second Aunt? She's playing too. I don't know what's so fun about that thing; it's so noisy with all the clacking."

"Everyone thinks they can win."

Jiang Ye grinned. "If you ask at the table, they all say, 'Winning or losing doesn't matter, just passing the time.' But when they get home and do the math, they're grinding their teeth in regret."

"Pfft—"

Tian Lijuan was amused by his vivid description. "Right, right, right! Every time my dad comes home from a gathering, he stomps his feet and says, 'Oh, I shouldn't have played that card' or 'It would've been better if I kept that one.' It's so funny."

The two of them chatted and laughed as they navigated through the luxuriously decorated bathhouse.

The lounge area here was very large, divided into different functional zones: card rooms, a movie theater, a main lounge, and Sauna Rooms, all intricately connected.

Jiang Ye followed Tian Lijuan around a few corners. Just as he was about to ask why they hadn't arrived yet, he suddenly caught sight of a somewhat familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, head down, walking quickly back the way they had come.

"Holy crap? Wait a second!"

Jiang Ye grabbed Tian Lijuan and lowered his voice. "Look, isn't that your Second Uncle-in-law?"

Tian Lijuan stumbled as she was pulled. She looked back in the direction of his gaze for a moment and said uncertainly:

"I think so? The back of his head looks a bit like him... Eh? Wasn't he playing mahjong? Where is he going?"

"Tsk, are you stupid?"

Jiang Ye glanced at her. "A middle-aged man with some spare cash, a bad marriage, just had a fight, breaks away from the group in a bathhouse, and sneakily heads upstairs alone—damn, all the elements are there. What else could he be doing?"

Tian Lijuan blinked blankly. "Doing what?"

"Damn!"

Jiang Ye was completely exasperated by her denseness. "Massage, extra time, 'stress relief.' What else? You think he's going up there to inspect the facilities?"

"Oh, oh, I see..."

Tian Lijuan nodded in realization, but the next second she immediately became suspicious. "Wait... how do you know so much? Little Uncle! Do you often go looking for 'ladies' too?!"

"Like hell I do!"

Jiang Ye irritably flicked her forehead. "I, Jiang Ye, am a man of integrity. How could I do such a thing? I heard all this from a bad friend of mine named Fang Wei! I'm a very decent person!"

He paused, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Though I am curious how your Second Uncle-in-law is going to handle the bill on his wristband... If everyone sees a 998-yuan 'Prostate Massage' on the bill when they check out, that would be freaking hilarious."

"Ah, I know this!"

Tian Lijuan immediately raised her hand. "Second Uncle-in-law said before playing mahjong that he had something to do tonight and had to leave early, so he'd settle his own bill."

"I see..."

Jiang Ye snapped his fingers. "Leaving early, settling his own bill—this guy's a pro!"

Seeing Second Uncle-in-law's figure about to round the corner ahead, he quickly pulled Tian Lijuan:

"Let's go, let's go, follow him! Let's see what this old dog is really up to!"

"Why follow him?"

Tian Lijuan tugged at him reluctantly. "Let's go find Second Aunt and my dad! We can tell Second Aunt right now!"

"To catch a thief, you need the loot; to catch an adulterer, you need the pair! Don't you even know that?"

Jiang Ye carefully followed while pulling her along, explaining in a low voice, "He hasn't even gone upstairs yet. What's the point of telling your Second Aunt? Without proof, he'll just brush you off by saying, 'I went to the upstairs lounge to sleep.'"

With that, he didn't give Tian Lijuan a chance to argue and simply pulled her along, trailing a short distance behind Second Uncle-in-law.

Jiang Ye was clearly experienced, specifically choosing to walk behind decorative pillars or greenery, making full use of blind spots to hide their presence.

"Little Uncle, what if we get caught?"

Tian Lijuan had never done anything so thrilling and followed him nervously. "Like you said, he hasn't done anything yet."

"Don't worry! When it comes to tailing someone, your Little Uncle has been recognized by the police!"

Jiang Ye smacked his lips confidently, his eyes fixed on the slightly bloated figure ahead. "And even if your Second Uncle-in-law really is going up to play, we can't just expose him immediately. Let's see how things develop first."

"Huh? Why?"

Tian Lijuan was puzzled. "He's doing this, and we still have to help him hide it? Little Uncle... you aren't... empathizing with him, are you?"

Jiang Ye's mouth twitched, and he rolled his eyes irritably. "Get lost. You've learned too much useless crap; what kind of nonsense word is that!"

As they spoke, Second Uncle-in-law's pace ahead suddenly slowed down, as if he were checking his phone.

Jiang Ye reacted instantly, quickly pulling Tian Lijuan to duck into a small alcove where a cleaning cart was parked.

"Shh... when someone is on the phone, their attention is on their ears, which actually makes them more sensitive to subtle surrounding sounds."

Tian Lijuan looked at his experienced, all-knowing manner. Although she still had reservations about his 'player' status, stars couldn't help but twinkle in her eyes.

Little Uncle really is amazing, he seems to know everything...

Even his tailing and eavesdropping are so professional...

She saw Second Uncle-in-law take out his phone, hold it to his ear, turn past a few Sauna Rooms, and continue toward the elevator area.

"We're still not sure how far the relationship between those two has actually deteriorated..."

Jiang Ye quickly pulled Tian Lijuan to keep following, maintaining a distance of a few meters.

"Besides, we don't know if your Second Aunt is truly without fault either. We can't just go destroying someone's family just to help your dad poach her, right? Let's observe first and see what's going on."

Tian Lijuan curled her lip. "Pah! After all that talk, you're just empathizing! You men are all in this together!"