blenderwars Chapter 284 The Summoning at the Old House: The Old Lady's Scheme
Chapter 284 The Summoning at the Old House: The Old Lady's Scheme
"What? You're going to the old house in Nanshan tomorrow?!"
In the living room, Jiang Wan, who was applying a face mask, suddenly sat up from the sofa upon hearing Jiang Chen's words, almost throwing the face mask off her face.
Su Qing also looked at Jiang Chen with a nervous expression.
"Jiang Chen, you...you're serious?"
"My grandma... she's not like my dad, she's not so easy to talk to!"
Jiang Chen found it somewhat amusing to look at the mother and daughter, who both looked nervous.
"What? Does she think the old lady can eat me?"
"That's not quite it..."
Jiang Wan sighed, peeled off the face mask, threw it into the trash can, and her expression turned serious.
She beckoned Jiang Chen and Su Qing to sit down next to her.
"Chenzi, there are some things I need to explain to you beforehand."
"On the surface, the reason our Su family is where it is today is because of your Uncle Su's hard work outside."
"But in reality, the one who can make the final decision is the old lady who lives in the old house in Nanshan, who is Qingqing's grandmother, Su Mingzhu."
Jiang Wan's tone carried a hint of barely perceptible reverence.
"We all call her 'Empress Dowager'."
"Back then, the Su family was on the verge of bankruptcy. It was because your Uncle Su's brothers were messing around outside and racking up a mountain of debt."
"In the end, it was the Empress Dowager herself who came out of retirement, took a feather duster, and beat those spendthrift sons half to death. Then she went to negotiate with the creditors by herself. It was only through her skills and connections that the Su family was pulled back from the brink of disaster."
"Therefore, even now, our Su family still has an unwritten rule."
Jiang Wan looked at Jiang Chen and said, word by word.
"In the family, anyone who wants to get married or inherit the family business must get the Empress Dowager's approval."
"Otherwise, even if the King of Heaven himself came, it wouldn't make a difference."
Su Qing, listening from the side, looked distressed and added in a low voice.
"Moreover... my grandmother was very traditional in her thinking, and what she valued most was 'marrying someone of equal social standing'."
"She had heard that I had found... found a boyfriend who... came from the village."
As Su Qing finished speaking, she secretly glanced at Jiang Chen's expression, and her voice grew softer and softer.
"My mom called a couple of days ago and said that my grandma got really angry at the old house and smashed her favorite set of purple clay teaware."
"Today, she specifically asked to see you, the young man who has bewitched her granddaughter."
This is clearly a trap.
"It's all over!"
Su Qing buried her head in the sofa cushions and wailed.
"Jiang Chen, you have such a fiery temper, and my grandma has an even fiercer one! What if you two start arguing right there and then!"
"My grandma will break my legs!"
She looked up at Jiang Chen with a pitiful expression.
"How about... we don't go tomorrow? Let's wait until my grandma's anger has subsided?"
"Go, why don't you go?"
Jiang Chen crossed his legs, took an apple from the fruit plate, and took a bite.
"Perfect timing. I also want to see what kind of person this old lady is who can keep your father so in check."
Early the next morning.
Su Qing wandered aimlessly around the huge walk-in closet like a headless fly.
"Jiang Chen! Come here quickly and help me see how I look in this Chanel dress. Is it too flashy?"
"What about this Dior one? Won't it look too plain?"
"Ugh, this is so annoying! What should I wear?!"
She threw her expensive designer clothes all over the floor.
Jiang Chen had already changed his clothes.
He didn't bother with those fancy suits and ties; he simply wore a clean white T-shirt and casual pants, along with ordinary sneakers.
She looked fresh and clean, radiating sunshine.
He yawned as he watched Su Qing, who was going crazy in the dressing room.
"It doesn't matter what you wear, you look good in anything anyway."
"Hey, don't try to fool me!"
Su Qing was so angry that she stomped her feet.
"This is a trip to see the Empress Dowager! First impressions are very important!"
Jiang Chen ignored her and turned to walk out of the villa.
Five minutes later, he returned.
In his hand, he was carrying a red plastic bag.
Su Qing was still fretting about what to wear when she saw the plastic bag in Jiang Chen's hand and asked curiously, "Where did you go? What did you buy?"
Jiang Chen put the plastic bag on the table and took out two items from it.
The two cans are packaged in rather... plain glass bottles.
There were also a few... bright green cucumbers with tiny prickles on them.
"Here, a gift for the old lady."
Jiang-Chen clapped his hands, looking completely matter-of-fact.
Su Qing stared blankly at the two jars of strawberry jam and the few bright green cucumbers on the table.
Her eyes were wide open, like copper bells.
A good ten seconds passed before she let out a deafening scream.
"Jiang Chen!!! Are you crazy?!"
"You're going to see my grandma, the most picky and demanding old lady in the whole province, and all you bring is... just two jars of jam and a few cucumbers?!"
Su Qing felt like she was about to faint.
"You might as well just go empty-handed!"
"If my cousins saw this, they'd laugh themselves to death! We'd definitely get a beating from Grandma with a broom today!"
"That's not necessarily true."
Jiang Chen picked up a cucumber, wiped it on his clothes, and took a bite.
The crisp sound echoed in the room.
A sweet taste that defies description exploded in his mouth in an instant.
"Believe me."
Jiang Chen chewed on a cucumber and mumbled something indistinctly.
"True treasures never need fancy packaging."
"At that time, not to mention the old lady, your cousins will be lucky if they don't fight over the food."
Looking at Jiang Chen's confident demeanor, Su Qing felt like crying but had no tears.
She could already foresee what kind of disaster would befall her today.
Nine o'clock in the morning.
The extended Maybach 62S, worth tens of millions, which Su Tianhao personally arranged, stopped right in front of the villa on time.
The driver opened the car door.
Jiang Chen casually sat down inside, carrying the conspicuous red plastic bag.
Su Qing followed behind with a look of utter despair, feeling as if she were about to be executed.
The vehicle started slowly and drove smoothly towards Nanshan on the outskirts of the city.
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