After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety
Chapter 737 - 727: The Names on the Family Tree, Meeting Wei Ke Again

Chapter 737: Chapter 727: The Names on the Family Tree, Meeting Wei Ke Again

When Shen Yunqing finally extricated himself from the main hall and rushed to the side room, Jiang Lingxi was no longer a beginner at billiards.

Shen Qingzhou, who was in charge of teaching, saw him come in and wiped his sweat. "Cousin, you and Cousin-in-law really are a perfect match!"

It’s like they were born to shatter the confidence of us ordinary people.

How long have I been teaching, and I’ve almost been thrashed by my own student!

Jiang Lingxi, holding a brand new cue, skillfully chalked the tip and, seeing Shen Qingzhou about to generously let him go, turned to Shen Yunqing and gestured, "How about a game?"

She hadn’t seen Shen Yunqing play billiards yet.

Shen Qingzhou, without waiting for his cousin to nod, eagerly handed the cue in his hand to him and quickly slipped away to help his fiancée, who was battling the claw machine.

He felt like he was a teacher without any real experience this time!

Shen Yunqing rolled up his sleeves and thought for a moment before preparing to break, "Let’s change the rules."

Jiang Lingxi thought of the game she just played with Shen Qingzhou, where she cleared the table after breaking, and he didn’t even get a chance to play, "Okay, tell me what you have in mind."

Shen Chuyue and Shen Huchen, who were playing at the table next door: "..."

Have the current game rules no longer been able to restrain you both?

The rules they set were indeed tricky. The game dragged on until they were called for dinner without a winner, and Shen Qingzhou secretly celebrated his wise decision to retreat early; otherwise, he’d be the one being defeated by the couple.

The family sat together for lunch, and after a round of tea-drinking, at three in the afternoon, they went for the official ancestral tribute at the shrine.

This time, it wasn’t just the two of them privately paying respects to Shen Yunqing’s parents in the morning, but the entire Shen Family gathered to honor the ancestors enshrined in their ancestral hall.

Even Tu Susu, who was only engaged and not yet officially married into the Shen Family, stood next to Shen Qingzhou.

As the Family Head, Shen Yunqing stood at the forefront, with Jiang Lingxi standing shoulder to shoulder with him.

Behind them were Second Uncle and Second Aunt of the Shen Family, among others.

Everyone solemnly offered the first incense of the new year to honor the deceased ancestors of the Shen Family.

After the ceremony, Second Uncle Shen didn’t forget to remind his eldest nephew, "Did you record Lingxi’s name in the genealogy?"

During the incense offering earlier, he noticed that the incense before his elder brother’s and sister-in-law’s plaques had just burned out, surmising that the two had come by when they strolled through the house in the morning to informally pay respects to the elder brother and sister-in-law.

The genealogy record was also appropriately updated.

Shen Yunqing nodded, "I have already recorded it."

"That’s good."

"Genealogy?" Shen Chuyue, hearing this ancient term from behind, stepped forward, "Is my name in the genealogy?"

"Of course it is," Third Uncle Shen glared at his daughter, "In our Shen Family, regardless of gender, everyone is recorded in the genealogy. When you were named shortly after birth, it was already included."

"I just haven’t seen what the genealogy looks like with my own eyes. Cousin, can I take a look at our Shen Family’s genealogy?"

Before, she didn’t have the chance, nor dared she boldly ask her cousin.

Thanks to Cousin-in-law now, she felt her cousin became much more approachable after having her Cousin-in-law!

Everyone, driven by Shen Chuyue’s curiosity, moved to the room next door where the genealogy was stored.

Shen Yunqing opened the box with a key, took out the genealogy on top, and handed it to Shen Chuyue.

Chuyue quickly wiped her hands before receiving it, carefully opened it, and when she saw her name written neatly with a brush on a page, along with her detailed birth date and eight characters of the birth time, she asked, "Dad, did you write this?"

"It was written by your eldest uncle. Your uncle was the previous Family Head of the Shen Family. The genealogy is written by the Family Head."

"Oh." Shen Chuyue nodded in sudden realization, turned to the previous page, and saw the still fresh ink of the name ’Jiang Lingxi’ next to her cousin’s name, her eyes widened slightly.

She was quite familiar with Cousin-in-law’s writing; she had a piece of brush painting in her office inked by Cousin-in-law herself, complete with signed characters. Let alone as a public figure, many celebrity autographs are publicly accessible. Cousin-in-law’s signature, compared to those of other celebrities whose signatures are often indecipherable, could be described as straight and clear.

This was clearly written by Cousin-in-law herself!

Shen Chuyue shifted her gaze from the three characters of ’Jiang Lingxi’, looked up at her cousin and cousin-in-law who were flipping through the other genealogy records, and pursed her lips as if she hadn’t noticed anything.

Having satisfied her curiosity, the genealogy was locked back in the box, and the people exited the somewhat cool ancestral hall.

"Are you two staying overnight at the old house, or leaving later?"

"We plan to visit an elder and pay respects later, so we won’t stay."

Second Uncle Shen habitually asked, knowing that in previous years, his eldest nephew would only return to the old house during the New Year to gather with them, have a meal, lead the tribute, and then chat for a bit before leaving. He never spent the night at the old house.

He thought with the addition of a niece-in-law this time, they’d at least stay a night.

But upon hearing otherwise, he could only nod.

Third Uncle Shen also spoke up, "Tomorrow, your Third Aunt and I will set off back to Shanghai. When you two go to Shanghai, remember to let me or your Third Aunt know, and you can stay at our place."

"Okay."

It was when Jiang Lingxi got into the car and was about to call Xu Maochun before heading over that she saw she was added to a group chat.

She opened the group members list and checked around, "A family group chat?"

"Yes, Second Uncle and the rest sent you welcome red envelopes individually in it. But everyone is quite busy at work, so they rarely chat in the group. The chat becomes lively just for these couple of days of New Year holiday."

Jiang Lingxi collected each red envelope, calculating internally, "That’s a profit!"

She sent out four red envelopes and received four larger ones in return.

Giving out red envelopes felt good, but receiving them felt even better!

The car stopped in front of the Xu family gate.

Jiang Lingxi saw through the car window Xu Maochun holding Xu Xingyuan’s hand standing at the entrance. Behind the elderly and the young stood a tall man wrapped in a black coat and black trousers, with gloves and a mask, bundled up thoroughly.

"Mr. Xu, Xingyuan, happy new year. And this is Mr. Xu, I presume?"

Xu Xingyuan nodded eagerly and introduced excitedly, "Sister Xixi, this is my dad. He was working in a faraway place before, but he’s finally finished and back now."

Xu Maochun patted his grandson’s head lightly. The reason was concocted for his grandson; the real reason was unspeakable, "Zhichi insisted on coming out to welcome you both upon hearing about your visit."

Only then did Jiang Lingxi notice that Xu Maochun and Xu Xingyuan stood in the sunlight at the front. Only Xu Zhiyi stayed more than a meter behind the grandfather and grandson duo, deliberately standing in the shadow of the porch.

Wrapped up so tightly, besides blocking any marks on his body, could he really not be exposed to the sun?

Sensing the gaze from the opposite side, Xu Zhiyi nodded slightly with somewhat awkward movements, speaking with a voice hoarse and rugged, "Welcome, Miss Jiang, Mr. Shen, and thank you."

Xu Xingyuan promptly helped explain, "Dad was injured at work and hasn’t fully recovered."

"Yes, I understand."

Once inside, Jiang Lingxi immediately sensed the changes in this residence.

External changes were the most apparent; several simple corridors shielding sunlight had been added to the courtyard.

Although less sunlight came through, the entire house showed more vibrancy.

"Xiao Ke happened to come today to pay New Year visits as well."

The young man originally sitting in the hall quickly stood up upon hearing the commotion.

"Miss Jiang," Wei Ke nodded as he greeted Jiang Lingxi and paused when shifting his gaze to Shen Yunqing walking beside her, "Mr. Shen, happy new year to both of you."

"Happy new year, it’s been a while." Jiang Lingxi responded calmly.

Wei Ke nodded lightly in acknowledgment.

Since their farewell in the small mountain village, it indeed had been a long time.

Although, that’s seen from his perspective.

As for himself, he hadn’t caught sight of her in person subsequently, yet over the past few months, he had learnt a lot about her through the internet, television, and from that little girl, Minmin’s mouth.

Unexpectedly, they met even in haste today.