Chapter 10: Wangchuan, are you free?

Outside the Shui Xie Xuan pavilion.

The Jiang family’s car had arrived.

Just as Qiao Nian walked out, the phone in her bag vibrated incessantly. She pulled it out, glanced down at the screen, and stopped in her tracks.

"Nian Nian, what’s wrong?" Elder Jiang, who was keeping a close eye on her every move, immediately asked with concern the moment she stopped.

"Did you forget to bring something?"

"No."

The things she needed to retrieve were elsewhere.

Qiao Nian put her phone back into her pocket, looked up, and discussed it with him: "Grandpa, I’d like to go somewhere later."

Elder Jiang had only just found her and was so eager to please her that he would have plucked the stars from the sky if she asked. Without a second thought, he said, "Where do you want to go? I’ll have your brother take you."

A flash of dissatisfaction crossed Jiang Xianrou’s eyes, and she interjected, "Grandpa, I have a press conference later, and Second Brother already promised to drive me there."

As a beautiful academic prodigy, Jiang Xianrou had a small reputation in the entertainment industry and had already acted in quite a few television dramas before even graduating.

She was somewhat well-known in Beijing.

"Can’t you just have the driver take you?" Elder Jiang did not approve of her being in the entertainment industry. The Jiang family’s status did not require Jiang Xianrou to be out in the public eye, but since Jiang Zongnan and Tang Wanru supported her dabbling in acting, he, as a grandfather, found it difficult to be too rigid and forbid the younger generation from having their own ideas.

Jiang Xianrou pouted unhappily and clung to his arm, acting spoiled: "Second Brother and I agreed on this this morning."

She looked at Qiao Nian with hostility and said offhandedly, "Just let the driver take Nian Nian."

Qiao Nian wasn't blind; she saw the hostility directed at her and spoke nonchalantly, "No need for the trouble. I’ll just take a taxi."

"That won't do!" Elder Jiang was the first to object!

He frowned in thought for a moment, then suddenly looked toward the side, addressing the distinguished-looking man: "Wangchuan, do you have time to take Nian Nian for me?"

Jiang Xianrou immediately bit her lip, her expression shifting slightly.

The reason she insisted on Jiang Li taking her wasn't really about Jiang Li, but about the person who was with him! She had been hoping for a chance to spend some time alone with that man. If Ye Wangchuan took Qiao Nian, wouldn't her previous request have been for nothing?

She held onto the Elder with a forced expression and spoke first: "Grandpa, Brother Wangchuan must be busy and won't have time. Why don't we just let Second Brother take her? I'll take a taxi myself."

"Didn't you just say you and your Second Brother had an arrangement?" Elder Jiang turned his gaze toward the tall, upright young man to ask for his opinion: "Wangchuan, are you free?"

The implication was that if he wasn't, it didn't matter.

Ye Wangchuan stood in a relaxed, casual posture. His peripheral vision swept over the young girl who was busy replying to a message. He reached out to take the car keys from Jiang Li, his cold, aggressive features softening as he spoke seriously to the Elder: "I'm free. I'll take her."

Jiang Xianrou’s expression turned even worse.

She squeezed out a reluctant smile and offered a well-meaning suggestion: "Brother Wangchuan, you must be exhausted after just returning from Lin City. It’s better to let Second Brother take Qiao Nian!"

Tang Wanru knew her daughter’s mind. Given Ye Wangchuan’s status, who wouldn't want such a son-in-law?

Having remained silent all evening, she spoke up at this moment: "That’s right, Wangchuan. Let Jiang Li take her."

Jiang Li didn't notice these subtle undercurrents. He patted the man on the shoulder nonchalantly and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say you haven't slept well for three days? If you're really struggling, go back and rest. I'll take Nian Nian."

"No need. I'll take my own person."

Jiang Li: "..."

Ye Wangchuan took the car keys from him, ignored Jiang Xianrou and the others, and walked straight up to Qiao Nian. He lowered his elegant, phoenix-like eyes and spoke in a slow, relaxed tone: "Where do you want to go?"

Qiao Nian was someone who hated trouble, especially trouble involving interpersonal relationships!

She could see Jiang Xianrou staring at her with resentment a few meters away, and the look Tang Wanru gave her was cold and filled with rejection.

She withdrew her gaze and looked at the man who had inexplicably insisted on driving her.

Her temples began to throb again.

This friend of Jiang Li’s... was truly annoying!

She put her phone back in her pocket, refusing to look at the Jiang family entourage: "Wangjiangnan Road."