Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot

Chapter 320: 214 Money-Bought Affections Are the Least Reliable (3 more updates)_2

“I thought you would give me a good morning kiss,” Jiang Jinsang suddenly opened his eyes, smiling at her. Tang Wan had barely moved when he woke up, having been waiting for her to kiss him voluntarily. Did he really not expect her to start touching his face?

“Why did you sleep so late today? Aren’t you going up for a workout?” It was already 8:30 AM, whereas Jiang Jinsang usually got up to work out by 6:00 AM.

“I only now understand why there are sayings like ‘dying drunk in a gentle township’ and ‘preferring to be a romantic ghost under the peony flowers.'”

He had just woken up. He stretched lazily, his voice even more languid yet seemingly more provocative than usual.

The two lingered in bed for a while before finally getting up to wash and go downstairs, where the Xie Family and Jiang Zhaolin’s family had already arrived, and the old lady was giving out red envelopes to the children.

“Wanwan is here, come over, this is your red envelope.”

“Grandma, I’m so big now, I don’t need it,” Tang Wan said with a smile.

“No matter how big you are, you’re still a child in Grandma’s eyes. I give it, so just take it,” the old lady today was wearing a bright red outfit, looking sprightly.

“Then I won’t be polite, thank you Grandma.”

Jiang Zhenhuan and others all received red envelopes, and Tang Wan took them one by one, thanked them, and then took out her own gifts to give away.

The gift for Fan Mingyu was the Cyan Feather jewelry she had made herself, a pair of earrings, and she had later added a brooch with an orchid motif, exquisitely charming.

Jiang Zhaolin took a few extra glances and sized up Tang Wan, indeed finding her very likable.

The Jiang Family lacked for nothing, and Fan Mingyu had seen all the best things, but what mattered most was this sentiment.

“You are such a thoughtful child,” Fan Mingyu said while holding the brooch and trying it on her clothes, everyone praising how beautiful it looked, “What do you and Xiaowu plan to do today?”

“We wanted to watch a New Year’s movie.”

“That—” Fan Mingyu just began to suggest letting Jiang Yanting and Shen Zhixian take the kids along when she realized, “Where are Jiangjiang and Taotao?”

“They just went out with Uncle Four, probably playing in the snow,” a servant said with a smile.

Beijing is cold, and the snow does not melt easily; the area in front of the Jiang Family’s home was still all white.

“It’s so cold, why go out!” Fan Mingyu hadn’t finished her sentence when suddenly the sound of a motorcycle engine roared from outside. The old lady immediately clenched her walking stick and got up, hitting her leg in anger, “That no-good kid Jiang Chengsi!”

The Xie siblings who came over today looked at each other, puzzled as to why the old lady suddenly became so angry.

They had practically no dealings with Jiang Chengsi. Not only was he an oddity in the Jiang Family, but he was also a rare breed among Beijing’s different families, wild and rebellious, yet never known to have done anything wicked.

Being entirely different from those prodigals, they usually didn’t interact much or understand him.

Jiang Zhaolin’s face turned cold in an instant. After all, if any of the children got hurt, fell, or rolled off the motorcycle, it could be fatal.

Putting oneself in danger was one thing, but bringing children along was another!

Shen Zhixian had always heard Jiangjiang talk about how he wanted to take Taotao for a ride in Uncle Xiaosi’s car, and she thought it was a sports car, even joking that in such cold weather, one would freeze to death sitting in a racing car. Now hearing this engine roar, she knew it was definitely not a supercar, and she hurried outside…

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As everyone rushed out, there was no one in sight. About three or four minutes later, accompanied by the sound of an engine getting closer, a motorcycle braked sharply and stopped at the Jiang Family’s doorway.

Jiangjiang was sitting at the back, holding tightly onto Jiang Chengsi’s waist, while Taotao sat in the front, both wearing helmets. Jiang Chengsi swung his leg off, set down the footrest, helped the kids off before getting off himself, and then took off his helmet and shook his hair.

Indescribably dashing.

Even the Xie siblings were surprised, wondering how the Jiang Family could have raised such an anomaly.

Seeing the motorcycle speeding towards them and then coming to a swift stop, Shen Zhixian was somewhat stunned!

What was this?

Was this what they meant by going for a ride?

Jiangjiang had already mastered removing his helmet, but Taotao hadn’t figured it out yet. She struggled with the clasp for quite some time without getting it undone.

“I’ll help you!” Jiangjiang went over, and swiftly helped remove her helmet, seemingly already taking on the role of a caring older brother, “How was it? Wasn’t it fun?”

Taotao was always well-behaved. Shen Zhixian walked over, ready to see if her daughter had been frightened.

She herself had never been involved in anything like this. She only remembered a movie about a motorcycle racer who reformed only to eventually die on the racing track. She always had a bit of a shadow in her heart about this kind of sport.

Yet, she heard Taotao suddenly exclaim excitedly, “It was so thrilling! I want to do it again!”noveldrama

Shen Zhixian instantly panicked, realizing the gravitas, this was too dangerous!

She immediately considered Jiang Chengsi a dangerous influence.

“Jiang Chengsi, you rascal, taking the kids out again, haven’t I told you it’s dangerous? Do you understand?” the old lady fumed, overwhelmed with anger during the festive season. Anything bad could have happened!

“Just went around the complex, didn’t go out.” Facing the old lady’s accusations, he seemed unconcerned, watching her come at him with a cane, he simply bent over and embraced her shoulders, “Grandma, don’t you trust me? I know what I’m doing.”

“Rascal, get out of my sight!” the old lady dismissed him, shooing his hand away.

In this household, he probably was the only one who dared to be so cheeky with the old lady.

“You know, if you keep getting angry, you won’t look pretty.”

“If you dare to involve the kids in such dangerous activities again, I’ll have someone tear apart those motorcycles and throw them in the scrapyard,” the old lady retorted sharply.

“I actually have a safer vehicle,” Jiang Yanting raised an eyebrow.

“What could possibly be safe!” the old lady snorted.

Then, Jiang Yanting had someone bring out an electric car from the garage…

Jiang Chengsi’s face twitched violently at the thought of him riding this thing out with two kids.

Was he supposed to lose all his dignity?

Ten minutes later…

Jiang Chengsi was riding the electric car, taking the kids around the complex for three or four rounds, but he seemed unbothered.

Using his own words, “As long as the kids are happy, saving face is really the cheapest thing in this world.”

He always knew how to live freely and wisely.

But as Jiang Jinsang would say, someone’s skin was just too thick, impervious to bullets, otherwise how could he possibly irritate someone as tough as Jiang Zhaolin.

Jiang Chengsi was a black sheep in the Jiang family, his dress and behavior always unconventional. For someone like Taotao, who grew up under the strict discipline of the Xie family, he was both a curiosity and an aspiration.

From a young age, she knew there were things she could do and things she couldn’t, but Jiang Chengsi told her, “As long as it’s not illegal, you can pursue whatever you like. No one should constrain or control you. Your life is in your own hands.”

“To just follow the rules, to live as others have planned… Your future is already set, so what’s the meaning in your life?”

“So I support you in pursuing what you like.”

Taotao couldn’t grasp the entire meaning behind these words, but his ideology deeply resonated with her.

Even though Shen Zhixian considered Jiang Chengsi an outlier and preferred her daughter to steer clear of him, in Taotao’s heart,

this carefree, rebellious man was her idol.

So, Jiang Yanting once again found out that his darling daughter was starting to gaze brightly at another uncle, feeling as if the money spent last night was totally wasted.

Indeed, relationships built on money and lavish spending were the most unreliable.