novelsite Chapter 1796 Drinking Too Much Is Bad for Your Health
Chapter 1796 Drinking Too Much Is Bad for Your Health
"Oh... don't drink too much, it's bad for your health..."
"Don't worry, even if I wanted to drink more, no one would let me. I only had a small sip..."
Wang Yuyan couldn't bear to hear the word "taste" any longer. Her cheeks burned, and even her neck turned a light red.
She playfully punched Jiang Cheng lightly, then winked at him, signaling him to stop talking nonsense.
If she weren't afraid of disturbing Jiang Cheng's flirting, she would definitely have squatted down in front of him to show him what it means to "take a small bite".
She didn't dare look at the screen again, nor did she ask any more questions. She simply leaned down slightly and placed two very light and gentle kisses on the back of Jiang Cheng's hand.
The movement was so careful, as if afraid of disturbing something, that the lips even trembled slightly when they touched.
After kissing her, he let go of her hand, and when he turned around, his skirt barely fluttered as he quietly retreated.
After walking a few steps, Wang Yuyan raised her hand to cover her burning cheeks and leaned against a pillar to catch her breath.
This person... is absolutely wicked.
But when Jiang Cheng found her, he didn't signal her to leave but instead let her in, which made the corners of her lips unconsciously curve into a smile.
Her past experience as a private butler at Amanyangyun made her immediately think about Jiang Chengchen's morning needs.
At that moment, she felt she should warm up the Qimen black tea he often drank and pair it with freshly baked red bean buns.
With that thought in mind, Wang Yuyan followed the structure of the courtyard house and walked towards the courtyard.
As Wang Yuyan approached the main hall, she saw Xia Li standing under the eaves, holding a half-dry rag and carefully wiping the carvings on the pillars.
A faint aroma of tea wafted from the kitchen. Two blue-and-white porcelain covered bowls were already set on the stone table, and the red bean buns on the side dishes were still steaming.
Even the chopsticks were arranged neatly according to the rule of "left chopsticks, right spoon".
"Miss Wang is awake?" Xia Li looked up at her, her tone flat. "President Jiang went to the study in the front yard and said he would wait for you to finish washing up so we could have breakfast together."
Wang Yuyan nodded, a subtle sense of loss passing through her heart.
She had hoped to showcase her skills through her service, but Shirley had already arranged everything.
They both knew what had happened last night, but they tacitly kept quiet about it.
"Thank you for your trouble. I'll eat with Jiang Cheng after he's finished with his work..."
After saying that, Wang Yuyan walked along the corridor to the backyard, wanting to take a good look at this courtyard house by Houhai.
The more I walked, the more amazed I became: the pomegranate tree in the courtyard was lush and leafy, and there were several koi in the fish tank under the tree. The layout of the rockery and flowing water perfectly blocked the draft from the northwest.
According to the Eastern feng shui knowledge she learned during her studies in Switzerland, this is an auspicious layout that "gathers and retains qi (vital energy)."
The main house has a spacious and grand layout, and the "Pine and Crane Longevity" carvings on the old elm wood doors and windows are exquisite and meticulous, clearly the work of early palace craftsmen.
Instead of a currently popular and expensive oil painting, the painting hanging on the wall is a simply framed landscape hanging scroll.
The inscription bears the private seal of a deceased master calligrapher and painter, and is titled with four characters in the slender gold script: "Wind Clear and Moon Bright".
What secretly startled Wang Yuyan the most were the pair of small white marble lions at the entrance of the study. They were only about a foot tall, but the carving was astonishingly exquisite, and even the curls of the lions' manes exuded a sense of life.
I've seen quite a few nice things at Amanyangyun.
She had heard from a feng shui master that these "small but exquisite" ornaments for warding off evil spirits are not something that can be displayed simply because you have money.
Only those with an extremely strong aura can subdue it.
Ordinary people who move in may feel suppressed by the energy field, which may cause them to have trouble sleeping or even experience a series of misfortunes.
However, when she thought about the Hongqi car with the special license plate that Jiang Cheng drove yesterday, Wang Yuyan suddenly realized that she was overthinking things.
Jiang Cheng is clearly not an ordinary person; he can definitely keep his reputation in this house.
After finishing breakfast, Wang Yuyan said she was going out.
Jiang Cheng frowned upon seeing this.
Although he likes sensible women, overly sensible ones seem a bit distant.
Wang Yuyan seemed to understand Jiang Cheng's expression and explained, "I want to see my aunt."
Auntie?
"I remember you said your parents divorced when you were little..."
Wang Yuyan nodded: "After the divorce, my mother hardly contacted me. She only started contacting me again after I graduated from university."
She lowered her eyes, her fingertips unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes. "You know, my family only has two rooms. My dad gave the bigger one to my stepmother and their child, so I sleep on the sofa in the living room." In winter, the sofa let in drafts, and I always wrapped myself in two old quilts, listening to my younger brother's laughter from the other room. I missed my mom terribly.
“Once, I couldn’t take it anymore, so I saved up my spare change for half a month and ran to the public phone booth at the alley entrance to call my mother. The phone rang only a couple of times before I heard my brother’s voice on the other end.”
"He said, 'Mom! It's my birthday today, hurry up and blow out the cake!' I've never celebrated my birthday before, but he's my younger brother, so I'm very happy that he can have a birthday. I said to him on the phone, 'Happy birthday, little brother.'"
"But as soon as I finished speaking, my mom got a little impatient and asked me what I wanted to talk to her about."
"I told my mom that it was so cold sleeping on the sofa, that my dad wouldn't buy me new clothes, and that I never had enough money for living expenses... Before I could finish, my mom started scolding me: 'Don't say such discouraging things! How old are you? Can't you even handle something this simple?'"
I wanted to ask a few more questions, but all I heard from the receiver was a busy signal.
"Later, from junior high to university, I called her a few times when I was desperate, but she would either say 'we have no money at home' or simply not answer. Until a year after I graduated from university, my mother suddenly started contacting me frequently. At first, I was very happy, thinking that my mother had finally remembered me."
"But after a few times I understood. When my mom called me, it was always, 'My birthday is coming soon, buy me a new bag,' or 'Your brother wants the latest phone, you have a high salary, buy it for him.' Apart from asking me to buy things, she never asked me, 'How are you doing?'"
Jiang Cheng's hand gently rested on her shoulder, its warmth reassuring. Wang
When Yu Yan looked up, her eyes were still red-rimmed, but she gently tugged at the corners of her mouth: "I don't care anymore. It's my aunt who's different. Whenever she has a chance to see me, she secretly slips me money and buys me clothes..."
"When I was in college, my dad refused to pay my tuition, so I had to work to earn money for both tuition and living expenses. Sometimes I had no choice but to contact my aunt, who paid my tuition without hesitation... In contrast, my biological parents..."
Jiang Cheng knew what was going on without Wang Yuyan explaining it to him.
Jiang Cheng, Wang Yuyan's father, already knew what was going on with Si last time.
I never expected that her biological mother would be like this, and that they had never been in contact since she was a child.
You only remembered you had a daughter right after graduating from Renmin University?
Isn't this a classic case of not raising a child after birth, and then expecting the child to be filial to them for nothing when they grow up?
Sigh, this is what happens when a child is neither loved by their mother nor cared for by their father.
Jiang Cheng held Wang Yuyan in his arms and comforted her for a while before saying, "Shall I have someone take you there? I'm having dinner with President Lei tonight, I'll pick you up then..."
Wang Yuyan was startled, and then her heart skipped a beat.
Although she didn't know exactly who "General Manager Lei" was, anyone who could be addressed as "General Manager" by Jiang Cheng and invited to dinner alone was no ordinary person.
That wasn't a gathering of friends; it was more like a formal occasion.
He wanted to take her there.
It wasn't hidden away in a private courtyard, but brought into his world.