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Chapter 750 - 740: Welcome Banquet, Somewhat Familiar Face

Chapter 750: Chapter 740: Welcome Banquet, Somewhat Familiar Face

As soon as they found a parking space at the address on the navigation and stopped the car, a call request popped up on the phone screen attached to the car mount.

Shen Yunqing looked over and reached out to answer, and Jiang Lingxi cooperatively called out, "Mom."

"Xixi, have you set off?"

"We’ve already arrived."

"So soon? I’ll have Xiaoxu go to the door to meet you."

Jiang Lingxu had just sat down when he received a new task. Without complaint, he quickly ran to the restaurant entrance to meet them.

Upon reaching the entrance, there was no need to look around deliberately. He immediately waved when he saw the two well-dressed figures walking hand in hand towards him.

"Sis, Brother-in-law!"

Jiang Lingxi walked up to him, "How long have you been here?"

"Just arrived as well."

"Let’s go inside then."

The private room chosen for the homecoming dinner was on a quieter second floor.

Upon entering, Jiang Lingxi took off her sunglasses and mask and looked towards the main seat opposite her.

A man with slightly graying temples was also looking at her warmly.

Jiang Wenhu got up to introduce her daughter and son-in-law, "Xixi, Yunqing, this is your great-uncle, and this is your great-aunt."

Jiang Lingxi walked up to them, "Great-uncle," then looked at the great-aunt who appeared younger than Mrs. Jiang, "Great-aunt."

After hearing that the grandniece in front of him was now a big star and even his visit by Jiang Wenjia was indirectly because of this grandniece, Jiang Cisheng naturally went online to learn more.

He was even persuaded by the grandniece to watch a few episodes of the TV series "Empress Yuan Zhao."

But it wasn’t until this moment, seeing her in person, that he realized how superficial his prior understanding was.

He even somewhat couldn’t believe that this girl in front of him could truly be cultivated by his niece and her husband?

Although the niece’s husband was indeed somewhat capable, to have built something from nothing back then, it wouldn’t be fair to say he was exceptionally outstanding.

The same went for the grandniece. Neither the couple was particularly exceptional.

But this dear grandniece standing before him felt impeccably perfect in every way.

It could only mean one thing: she achieved it all by herself.

And the grandniece’s husband, standing beside her, was equally remarkable.

What was rare was that such excellent children were his family members.

This made it hard for him as an elder not to be pleased.

"Don’t just stand there, Xixi, Yunqing, sit down and take a break, have some water."

Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing sat beside Jiang Wenhu.

Jiang Runcheng got up to instruct the waiter waiting outside the private room to start serving, but found the waiter staring blankly inside the room, so he had to cough lightly to attract attention.

"What would you like, sir?"

"Everyone’s here, let’s start serving the dishes."

"Okay, sure, I’ll notify the kitchen right away."

The waiter picked up the walkie-talkie to notify the kitchen downstairs, unable to resist glancing at the two figures in the private room again and again.

Even though their private kitchen had hosted many stars, she’d even taken photos with a few who were quite approachable, but her favorite stars had to be the two in front of her!

She was even a CP fan of this couple, and she didn’t expect that the first table she served today would be the family members of these two stars.

How lucky could she be!

Repressing her excitement, she notified the kitchen, and after putting down the walkie-talkie, she couldn’t help but glance over again.

This time, she inadvertently made eye contact with Jiang Lingxi, who had just looked over. Realizing she’d been caught, she froze for a moment and was about to tiptoe out of the room, only to see Jiang Lingxi lightly nodding towards her.

My life is complete!

The private room door was silently closed by the waiter, and after withdrawing her gaze, Jiang Lingxi couldn’t help but look at the quiet great-aunt sitting next to the great-uncle again.

Seeing her sip water from a glass slowly, with the person next to her quietly refilling when needed, she simply listened to everyone else in the room speaking.

Her aura was pure.

But none of this was what concerned her the most. What concerned her was...

In her ear, Shen Yunqing asked quietly and deliberately, "What’s wrong?"

Jiang Lingxi withdrew her gaze and answered in a lowered voice, "I feel like this great-aunt looks familiar."

"Familiar?"

"Yes."

Shen Yunqing, knowing that Her Majesty’s intuitions were often correct, said, "Should I check it out?"

Jiang Lingxi hesitated for a moment but shook her head, "Let’s not for now; besides, great-aunt isn’t just anyone."

To her, people like Jiang Peng and Jiang Wenjia were outsiders, so she had no qualms checking on them.

Family didn’t need such scrutiny.

The homecoming banquet lasted almost two hours even without alcohol.

When they left, stars filled the sky.

"Uncle, the apartment you rented in the Imperial City hasn’t expired yet. Before the tenants move out, why don’t you stay with us? Staying in a hotel costs money every day and isn’t as peaceful as home. Our place is quite big now, four bedrooms, and Xixi and Yunqing are always busy and not there often. The rooms are empty anyway, so it’s perfect for you and Auntie to stay."

"I can’t take the kids’ rooms," Jiang Cisheng’s tone, though gentle, was direct in refusal, "The apartment has almost two months left, not long but not short either. I plan to find a quiet short-term rental like a homestay or an apartment for us."

Jiang Wenhu knew he wouldn’t succeed in persuading, just about to suggest helping to look for a nearby short-term rental when the son-in-law behind them spoke: "Great-uncle, we have vacant guesthouses at our place, very quiet."

Jiang Lingxi glanced sideways, swallowing her intended words, and nodded when Jiang Cisheng looked over, presenting an unbeatable argument, "That side is safer than any homestay or apartment, fully equipped with surveillance and security guards. Great-uncle can work without worry, leaving great-aunt at home; the space is spacious enough for her activities."

Though it had only been one meal, it was sufficient for her to gather an overall impression of great-aunt’s condition based on her observations and her great-uncle’s comments involving his wife.

Capable of taking care of herself alone and expressing her needs and responding without barriers, yet has a fatal flaw, in her world, complexity like right and wrong, true and false, needing thought and judgment, simply doesn’t exist – there’s only what she wants to do and doesn’t want to do.

Like saving stray cats from a cat vendor back then, she wouldn’t consider if her actions would anger the vendor, nor think about calling the police or finding others to help quietly, nor assess if she was capable of countering the vendor, she just wanted to snatch the cat away, so she did directly.

If she lived in a world filled with kindness and beauty, it wouldn’t matter, but how often does such an environment exist in reality?

Even if it exists, it’s something created specifically for her by the people around her.

And now, Xiyuan just fit this condition.

Jiang Cisheng himself didn’t care where he stayed, he could even lay a mat in the newly leased office space his nephew just helped with.

But when it came to his wife’s safety, he finally chose to bring her along in the grandniece’s car.