247: Chapter 247 Visiting My Cousin

Su Nange had indeed spent the entire night thinking. He wanted to unravel the mystery surrounding himself.

Clearly, this "phantom juice" was a very important item.

Thus, Su Nange no longer needed to deliberate at this moment: "Sorry, I still cannot agree to your request. The reason is simple: I am a person of Huaxia."

"I cannot move against my own compatriots."

Saionji Sawa actually showed no sign of anger.

"That is truly a pity, Mr. Su. I thought we would make excellent partners. I in Shanghai, you in Qiantang. We could have dominated the Yangtze River Delta."

Su Nange smiled. "Then I won't disturb you further. Thank you for your warm hospitality, Miss Sawa."

Watching Su Nange walk out, Saionji Sawa's expression turned cold and stern.

A sinister-looking Japanese man appeared behind Saionji Sawa.

"Eldest Miss Sawa, is it not somewhat inappropriate for us to expose intelligence to him like this?"

Saionji Sawa set down her coffee cup.

"Do you need to question my decisions?"

"Inshui would not dare."

It turned out that the man standing behind Sawa was the leader of the Dark Fang Society's Second Unit, the Hidden Fang Unit, and one of the Seven Dark Fang Elites—Yezaki Insui!

He specialized in infiltration, assassination, scouting, and intelligence. His movements were ghostly, and his blade left no shadow.

The intelligence regarding the Shangguan Family obtaining an extraterrestrial object had been scouted by him.

Saionji Sawa stood up and walked to the window.

She explained, "Do you think that because Su Nange rejected my proposal, he truly doesn't care about the Shangguan Family's item?"

"Heh, I deliberately sold the intelligence to him. Next, we just need to keep a close eye on this young master from Qiantang."

"I, Saionji Sawa, am not stupid enough to go head-to-head with the Shangguan Family myself. I only need to plant this seed of curiosity in Su's heart and wait for it to sprout."

Yezaki Insui suddenly understood: "This subordinate admires Eldest Miss Sawa's brilliance!"

"Heh, no need for flattery. Inshui, from now on, you will keep an eye on Su Nange's side. As for that useless Himura Ryusai, seeing Su Nange now is like seeing the god of plague."

"This subordinate obeys Eldest Miss's command."

Saionji Sawa added, "For now, do not have any more conflicts with him. To use a word my master taught me, we must learn to 'Endure'!"

"Understood, Miss Sawa!"

Su Nange and Liu Yuan left the Katana Building, but they did not head back toward Qiantang.

Instead, they went to the pedestrian street to enjoy some time together.

They had to stay one more night today, and since they were in Shanghai, they couldn't possibly not visit Zhou Shuyan.

Since Qiu Shou was injured, Liu Yuan had Dong Cang accompany her to rest for the day.

In any case, with Su Nange around, it was absolutely impossible for anything to happen to Liu Yuan.

There weren't many people by the Shen River today. The young lady linked arms with Su Nange, feeling very content.

However, she suddenly asked, "I heard that before the New Year, you're going to the capital with Zhou Wanqing?"

"I didn't want to go either, but it was Zhou Wanqing's father's idea, and I couldn't refuse."

"Heh, I don't believe you. Deep down, you must be very happy, right?"

"What do I have to be happy about? I really have no interest in the Wen Family."

"You're avoiding the question again. I mean, being able to spend time alone with Wanqing, you must be ecstatic inside."

Su Nange had indeed been looking forward to this day for a long time.

"Cough, cough. Wife, is your hostility toward your Best Friend, my Older Female Cousin, really this great now?"

Liu Yuan said something meaningful: "Whether I have hostility toward her or not, doesn't it still depend on you?"

Su Nange truly had a headache; how was he supposed to handle these two women?

Su Nange bought many gifts, some for adults and some for children.

Each item wasn't expensive, but they were things useful for a household.

It wasn't until evening that the two arrived at Zhou Shuyan's home.

Zhou Shuyan was busy with work and hadn't returned home yet, so Xue Rong hosted the two.

But toward Liu Yuan, she actually still harbored some reservations, like a thin veil between them. She wasn't as warm as she was toward Su Nange.

Previously, Xue Rong and Liu Yuan were somewhat like love rivals. After all, the Liu Family had always hoped Liu Yuan could be paired with Zhou Shuyan.

But Liu Yuan had never actually had any feelings of that sort for Zhou Shuyan.

She didn't like men like Zhou Shuyan who did everything by the book; it was very boring.

She liked being an official's wife even less.

And now, Xue Rong's feelings toward Liu Yuan were even stranger.

Originally, she had really shipped Su Nange and Zhou Wanqing as a couple. However, she never expected that Su Nange had already gotten together with Liu Yuan.

Furthermore, Zhou Wanqing had somehow inexplicably become Su Nange's cousin.

In other words, Xue Rong used to consider Liu Yuan a love rival. Well, fine, now this woman has snatched away her sister-in-law's man.

What kind of mess was this? It was simply too bizarre.

But Xue Rong's daughter, Zhou Nuoyi, still really liked this beautiful auntie.

Liu Yuan didn't care about any of that anyway. She was very touched that Su Nange had taken the initiative to bring her to Zhou Shuyan's home.

This showed that Su Nange acknowledged her status in his heart in front of the Zhou Family.

Liu Yuan stayed with the child to play.

Su Nange helped Xue Rong prepare dinner in the kitchen.

Xue Rong had high emotional intelligence: "Little Cousin, Wanqing said a couple of days ago that you were coming, and your cousin was so happy. You must have a few extra drinks with him tonight."

"Sigh, if only Wanqing were here too. Why don't you give her a call? It's only a one or two-hour trip from Qiantang to Shanghai. we can eat a bit later."

Su Nange understood that Xue Rong's words had a hidden meaning, but how was he supposed to answer? What was he supposed to do?

Say that I like my cousin in front of my older male cousin?

Damn, not even the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was this messy, right?

"Forget it, Wanqing is very busy with work at the end of the year. She has endless meetings every day."

Xue Rong also understood. Su Nange's meaning was: first, I didn't call her 'Cousin'; second, I am very clear about her current situation and care about her very much.

Xue Rong also felt it was a pity. How did these lovers end up in such a melodramatic plot?

Zhou Shuyan finally returned.

"Cousin, Little Sister Liu!"

This man glanced at Xue Rong, then chuckled: "I shouldn't call you Little Sister Liu anymore; I should call you Sister-in-law!"

He received another glare from Xue Rong.

Zhou Shuyan: ???

Liu Yuan giggled: "You're still Big Brother Shuyan anyway."

Su Nange was dying of embarrassment.

Finally, during the meal, Su Nange changed the subject: "Cousin, two very powerful assassins escaped from the Katana Building. I'm to blame for not considering everything thoroughly this time."

"Please help me say sorry to the Shanghai Public Security."

Zhou Shuyan: "I've already heard about this. Nange, what kind of talk is that? The comrades on the public security front all have a very high opinion of you."

"This matter was originally just you helping out voluntarily. Don't think too much. As long as they ran out of that building, the public security won't have so many concerns."

Su Nange asked: "By the way, why can that group of Japanese people establish an extra-legal zone in Shanghai? Is there really no way to deal with them there?"

Zhou Shuyan shook his head: "I haven't been in Shanghai for long. I don't understand it that well."

"But our relationship with the Japanese is indeed delicate. They invaded us, but they also supported our opening up."

"Of course, a large part of the reason is because they are deeply bound to the United States."

"Our government doesn't want to have too much friction with two major powers at the same time."

Su Nange had another question he wanted to ask, which was about the Shangguan Family. But the words reached his lips and he swallowed them back down.

Zhou Shuyan's style was extremely similar to his old man's.

Su Nange felt it would be more reliable to ask his cousin when the time came.

Thus, the meal was considered quite harmonious.

After dinner, Su Nange and Liu Yuan were mysteriously pulled into her room by Zhou Nuoyi.

Su Nange thought the little girl had some serious matter, but it turned out she wanted him to play games with her.

The little girl said she had a game that she had been stuck on in one place and couldn't get past no matter what. She had just asked Liu Yuan to teach her, but how would Liu Yuan know?

However, Liu Yuan told the little girl that Su Nange was a gaming king.

So, at this moment, Su Nange rolled up his sleeves: "Hehe, Niece, you've really found the right person. What game do you need help with?"

Zhou Nuoyi: "Don't talk big. This game I'm playing is very niche."

Su Nange was unconvinced: "Yo, I'm not bragging, but what computer game or console game haven't I seen?"

"I even have a PS5 at home. Next time, why don't you come to my house to play?"

Zhou Nuoyi looked excited: "Really? Then you can't go back on your word."

But she suddenly said regretfully: "My parents would never buy me something like a PS5. I'm asking you to teach me how to play this today."

Su Nange followed the direction of Zhou Nuoyi's finger, and his heart skipped a beat. Holy crap, there's still this antique in this era?

It turned out to be... a Little Tyrant? Su Nange became even more excited!