Chapter 1643: Chapter 960: Bar, Parenting Experience Sharing Session (31 Updates)

Before Tang Wan had time to ask the little cousin from the Fan Family about that special way of tying crabs, Jiang Xiaowai had an accident.

He’d just eaten crabs once at the Huo Family, then mooched two more at the old house. That day, Zhou Zhongqing was off, took him out to play, and he ate crabs again. His stomach got upset, so Zhou Zhongqing gave him some children’s anti-diarrhea medicine. As soon as Tang Wan got the message, she rushed over, originally frantic with worry, but then...

The little guy was lying in bed, with a small table in front of him, a tablet playing cartoons. Within reach: toys, snacks, fruit... everything.

Just because he had diarrhea, he was enjoying VIP-level treatment.

"How many crabs has he eaten lately?" In these years, Zhou Zhongqing has been running all over the country and abroad. It’s rare that he happens to be in Beijing and actually on break.

"Quite a few meals."

"I took him out to eat today and he didn’t say anything. I saw him staring at the crabs in the restaurant’s tank, so I ordered a few more for him. Crab is cold in nature, and kids’ spleen and stomach are weaker after all. But it’s nothing serious, just let him eat light for the next few days."

Tang Wan nodded. "Godfather, how long can you stay this time?"

"A few days. In a couple of days I have to go to the Southwest. Our Hospital is taking the lead, organizing a free consultation event with a few Hospitals over there."

"How long will you be gone this time?"

"Tentatively two months, but it’s hard to say for sure."

"Grandpa, where are you going?" Jiang Xiaowai frowned. "Can I go with you?"

"I’m going there to work. You still have to go to school."

"Then I’ll come find you to play when I’m on vacation."

"Okay."

Zhou Zhongqing said with a smile.

But because of the stomach trouble, Jiang Xiaowai was a bit low on energy. He took a day off and didn’t go to school, and that’s how his diarrhea story spread so quickly.

It was only diarrhea, yet Tang Wan still received a pile of sympathetic messages.

That afternoon after kindergarten, Shen Shuci even specially brought her two little buns over to visit the "patient."

"It’s not a serious illness, he’s already fine, no need to make a special trip." Tang Wan was helpless and amused.

"Tinglan insisted on coming to see him, what could I do?" Shen Shuci was resigned. "Who told them to be so close."

Even the little cousin from the Fan Family somehow heard that he’d gotten diarrhea from eating crabs and specially called to check on him:

"Cousin-in-law, is Mutang okay?"

After she went home, she found out that the crabs she’d specially prepared for her parents and grandpa to try had been taken away by her uncle Jiang Zhenhuan. When she heard that Jiang Xiaowai’s stomach trouble was because of crabs, she naturally thought it was related to her.

"He’s already fine, bouncing all over the place, don’t worry."

"That’s good."

"By the way, which friend gave you those crabs?" Tang Wan had doubts in her heart; since the little cousin happened to call, of course she had to ask.

The girl obviously hadn’t expected Tang Wan to suddenly ask that, and froze for a few seconds.

"J‑just a friend, why?"

"I thought the crabs were pretty good, wanted to ask where they were bought. Next month is Mid-Autumn Festival, and I’m thinking of sending hairy crabs as Mid-Autumn gifts to my studio staff. I can’t send mooncakes every single year."

Mid-Autumn gift?

There aren’t many people in Tang Wan’s studio, but you can’t give just one crab each. The total amount adds up to quite a bit.

"Um... I’ll ask my friend and get back to you."

"I’ll wait for your message."

While Tang Wan was on the phone, Jiang Jinsang was sitting right next to her. He turned and looked at her. "Didn’t you already pick out the Mid-Autumn gifts for your studio employees?"

"Can’t I change my mind?"

Jiang Jinsang shrugged—whatever makes you happy. "Why are you suddenly fixated on crabs?"

"No particular reason."

He’d boiled crabs so many times and hadn’t eaten a single one himself, so he naturally hadn’t paid attention to whether there was anything special about the way they were tied.

...

It was just something Tang Wan happened to latch onto in the moment; she asked casually and didn’t really take it to heart. The next day she went right back to her own stuff.

After the solo exhibition ended, orders at the studio surged. Zhou Zhongqing was about to travel, supposedly heading into the mountains. Mosquitoes are plentiful in the Southwest Forest Area, so Tang Wan bought him a bunch of mosquito repellent and daily necessities. Because Jiang Zhaolin and that group of smugglers had been caught, the police came to talk to her twice again...

In the blink of an eye, she’d tossed the crab question to the back of her mind.

After all, asking where someone bought their crabs isn’t some national secret. She had no idea that because of the crab issue, she’d put the little cousin in a real bind.

Worried and nervous, afraid that one day Tang Wan would suddenly feel like calling her about it.

**

In the few days before Zhou Zhongqing left, the Hospital gave him a short break. He took Jiang Xiaowai to stay at his place, drove him to school every day, and took him out to play after school.

It was rare for him to have free time to keep the boy company, so Zhou Zhongqing practically granted his every wish.

Jiang Xiaowai felt like these recent days were like celebrating New Year every single day.

That made Little Yiwai incredibly jealous. One time he even asked Shen Shuci:

"Why don’t I have two grandpas?"

After Jiang Xiaowai enjoyed a few carefree days, Jiang Jinsang also benefited.

With no kid at home, he could enjoy a two‑person world with Tang Wan. On ordinary days, when they went to the movies, they had to consider the little guy and pick something suitable for children. Now it didn’t matter.

Things like candlelight dinners and romantic flowers were all pulled out. Someone even took pictures and posted them on Moments.

Jiang Jinsang’s Moments has zero real content, it’s just nonstop PDA!

Makes everyone jealous as hell.

After all, sometimes taking care of kids can really make you blow your top. Especially now that they’re at the age of going to school and learning to read. Word is Qi Zeyan tried to get their Little Juanmao to do a pinyin dictation and almost made himself go social-anxiety-level autistic.

One day Jiang Jinsang reposted a restaurant’s "like this post to get your meal comped" promo in his Moments.

Qi Zeyan commented: [You really that broke you need this to eat out?]

He got a reply: [I just wanted to let everyone know we’re planning to have a date at this couples’ restaurant.]

Get lost, will you!

Jiang Jinsang instantly became Public Enemy No.1 in their WeChat.

Back when Jiang Zhaolin’s incident happened, they were all a huge help. To thank everyone, Jiang Chengsi and Jiang Shiyi specifically picked a day off and invited the few people who’d taken part in the operation to a little get-together.

They still haven’t laid the kidnapping stuff out for the family, mainly because they’re afraid of scaring the kids.

The location was set at Jiang Chengsi’s bar.

Huo Ran was actually pretty happy about it, since Jiang Chengsi had already told him before he’d invite him to the bar to hang out. But once he got to the private room, he was a little dumbfounded...

A bunch of dad friends + him, one lonely single dog.

Coming to a bar and not drinking, just ordering lemon water and fruit, then starting to talk about kids, even sharing parenting tips and experiences.

Huo Ran thought they were coming for a house party, so he specially fixed himself up. He even wore the little leather jacket he’d been saving for a big day, with studs on it, super badass. If he hadn’t been worried about being short on time, he’d even planned to go get a perm.

And the result?

A bunch of grown-ass men holding a parenting experience-sharing seminar in a bar.

He really does not want to know how to educate kids, how to teach them to write, how to coax them to sleep.

Huo Qinqi then told him:

"Listen more, watch more, build up experience. You’ll need it one day."

Huo Ran was speechless. A guy who doesn’t even have a girlfriend, what’s he collecting that kind of experience for?

Feeling bored, he went out for a stroll.

After all, this is Jiang Chengsi’s turf. Seeing that he hadn’t come back for a while, Jiang Chengsi went out to check on him.

From a bit of a distance, he saw him sitting on a high stool at the bar, staring at one spot, his eyes practically shooting flames.

Jiang Chengsi followed his line of sight over. There was a group of people there, both men and women, probably friends out having a little gathering.

"What are you looking at?"

"I’m looking at..." Huo Ran got halfway through the sentence, then turned and saw Jiang Chengsi, and forcibly swallowed the second half of what he was about to say.

"You know them?" Jiang Chengsi leaned against the bar, had the server pour him a glass of iced water, and studied that side with the glass in hand.

"Don’t know them!"

Huo Ran lowered his head, rubbing the glass of booze in front of him.

Jiang Chengsi patted his shoulder. "Hey, kiddo, my relationship experience isn’t exactly rich—I’ve only dated one person, who’s my current wife..."

Huo Ran was speechless:

I suspect you’re showing off your couple status here.

"But hey, I still count as someone who’s been through it. Which girl is it? Did you take a fancy to someone? Or is one of them your ex?"

"No." Huo Ran took a swig of his drink.

These past years, Jiang Chengsi almost never shows up at the bar. The area by the bar counter is public, so the moment he appeared, it drew a lot of attention. Plenty of people were pointing over this way, and some had even whipped out their phones to take pictures.

"Hey, that table over there is looking this way."

Huo Ran’s body instantly went rigid, then he grabbed his glass...

And bolted!

Jiang Chengsi’s hand that had been patting his shoulder froze in mid-air, and he couldn’t help laughing and crying at the same time.

This kid, what’s he running for?

Don’t tell me his ex really is over there...

Jiang Chengsi, on the other hand, blatantly looked them over a few times. There were four girls in the group, all pretty. He doesn’t know Huo Ran’s taste, so he has no idea which one would be connected to him. He’d just heard Qi Zeyan mention that some little guy would blow his top the second his ex-girlfriend was brought up, and found it amusing.

Quite a few Huo Family people were there at the time, and the story made the rounds in the Huo Family—only that certain someone is stubborn as hell.

Insisting that even if she turned around crying and begged him, he wouldn’t go back; that he’s just not reconciled to being dumped, blah blah.

Clearly hasn’t let go, still acting like a big bad wolf in front of them. That look in his eyes just now was practically spitting fire.

If you truly don’t care, if it’s someone completely unrelated, why react that hard? He only said one sentence about how they were looking this way...

And the kid actually ran?

What a coward!

He glanced over at that table and had the server send some drinks and a fruit plate to them.

"Table 6?" The server was a bit surprised. Jiang Chengsi almost never treats other people to drinks. In the past, if someone took the initiative and asked him to buy them a couple of rounds, they were ruthlessly rejected every time.

"Yeah, and the tab..." Jiang Chengsi frowned. "Put it on Huo Ran’s account."

"..."

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