Chapter 32: The Cannon Fodder in a Dogblood Novel (32)
On the other side, Shen Tangqing only realized it was Jiang Qingyan’s call after leaving the private room.
The cold air in the corridor blew on his face, sobering him up a bit.
As soon as it connected, Jiang Qingyan’s cold voice came through. “Where are you?”
Shen Tangqing was stunned for two seconds subconsciously, completely unexpected that Jiang Qingyan would call him at this time. “Brother Yan, I’m at Zunyan.”
“I asked you, which floor and which private room.” Jiang Qingyan’s tone carried some impatience.
Shen Tangqing frowned. Could Jiang Qingyan be at Zunyan too?
Wasn’t he at home when I left?
In an instant, various thoughts flashed through his mind.
Seeing Shen Tangqing didn’t reply immediately, Jiang Qingyan’s tone became even colder. “Shen Tangqing, I’m asking you a question!”
Shen Tangqing came back to his senses and reported the private room number.
The next second, Jiang Qingyan hung up the phone.
Shen Tangqing: …
Rude guy!
Shen Tangqing stood in the corridor for a moment. Just as he turned to return to the private room, he heard Jiang Qingyan’s voice.
“Shen Tangqing…”
Shen Tangqing was stunned for a second, momentarily suspecting he was hallucinating. Was Jiang Qingyan really at Zunyan?
Wait.
Came this fast?
He turned his head and saw Jiang Qingyan walking quickly toward him.
Seeing Shen Tangqing standing properly in place, Jiang Qingyan’s tense shoulder line quietly relaxed halfway.
After seeing them tease in the group chat about playing with Shen Tangqing tonight, Jiang Qingyan ultimately rushed over.
Of course, he wasn’t concerned about Shen Tangqing.
No matter how bad Shen Tangqing was, he was a Jiang family member. What was Ran Tao, worthy of treating Shen Tangqing like a dog?
Looking at Shen Tangqing, Jiang Qingyan felt a moment of irritation. Thing with no perception, others treat him like a dog to play with and he still rushes up!
Pleasing them might as well please himself… truly stupid to death!
“Brother Yan, why are you here?” Shen Tangqing suddenly realized. “Are you here to find Brother Fu for a drink?”
Jiang Qingyan frowned slightly. “Ah Zhao is here?”
Shen Tangqing heard from Jiang Qingyan’s tone that he hadn’t made plans with Fu Sizhao. Then what did he come in the middle of the night for? Couldn’t be to find him, right?
“En, right in the private room. Brother Fu is treating me to drinks!”
“Weren’t you with Ran Tao and the others?”
Shen Tangqing looked at Jiang Qingyan in confusion. “How did you know?”
A trace of unnaturalness flashed in Jiang Qingyan’s eyes, but the look on his face became colder, and even his tone hardened a few degrees.
“Are you questioning me?”
Shen Tangqing: …
“No…”
Jiang Qingyan scoffed coldly. “Why would Ah Zhao treat you to drinks?”
His gaze fell on Shen Tangqing’s face, eyes full of scrutiny.
Since when were Shen Tangqing and Ah Zhao so close? Clearly… didn’t Ah Zhao know he hated Shen Tangqing? No reason to treat him to drinks…
Jiang Qingyan had a thousand thoughts in an instant.
“Met by chance here.” Shen Tangqing finished speaking, looking excited. “Brother Yan, are you going in?”
With Jiang Qingyan present, Shen Tangqing felt an inexplicably strange sense of security.
“I’ll go in to say hi then leave.”
As the voice fell, Shen Tangqing’s eyes lit up. “Brother Yan, give me a ride back on the way. I drank and can’t drive.”
Jiang Qingyan’s lips hooked into a very faint arc, but it was quickly suppressed, restoring his usual iceberg face.
He lifted his chin at Shen Tangqing, tone still cold. “Let’s go.”
Pushing open the private room door.
Fu Sizhao and the others were stunned for a moment when they saw Jiang Qingyan beside Shen Tangqing.
“Ah Yan, why are you here?”
Fu Sizhao spoke first to break the silence.
Jiang Qingyan, apart from necessary social engagements, never came to these places privately.
To put it nicely, he was overly clean-living, but in Fu Sizhao’s view, it was boring.
Jiang Qingyan swept a glance at the three in the private room. Without extra pleasantries, he walked straight to sit beside Fu Sizhao.
“Have a social engagement.” Jiang Qingyan didn’t explain much. His gaze fell on Wen Ci and Lu Yanli, greeting them politely and distantly.
“President Wen, Master Lu, long time no see.”
He was just nodding acquaintances with the two, no cooperation, and the relationship wasn’t close.
Wen Ci’s face sank slightly. Finger tapping twice on his knee lightly, but soon he hung up a formulized smile again.
“President Jiang, long time no see. You came at the right time, wine just decanted, have a drink together?”
“Then it seems I came at exactly the right time.”
Jiang Qingyan responded, but his tone didn’t hold much warmth. “But it’s getting late. After a drink, I have to go back.”
Fu Sizhao raised an eyebrow, getting up to pick up the wine bottle. “I’ll pour the wine for you guys.”
After the two clinked glasses and drank.
Shen Tangqing aside hurriedly picked up the wine he hadn’t drunk before, smilingly speaking.
“Brother Wen, Brother Fu, Brother Lu, I’ll drink this glass and go back with my brother. Gather again when there’s a chance…”
Fu Sizhao and Wen Ci’s expressions changed.
Conversely, Lu Yanli sitting on the sofa didn’t even move an eyebrow. Fingertips holding an unlit cigarette, looking cold like an outsider.
“Little Brother Shen, why the rush to leave so soon? You don’t have class tomorrow…” Wen Ci sat up straight, gaze landing on the wine in Shen Tangqing’s hand, expression somewhat obscure.
“It’s late. I drank wine, just right to hitch a ride back with my brother.”
Shen Tangqing called Jiang Qingyan ‘Brother’ quite smoothly now.
The smile on Wen Ci’s lips turned cold, a trace of gloom flashing in his eyes.
The duck near his mouth was about to fly away…
Truly making one unhappy!
Fu Sizhao was also silent for a moment, the hand hanging by his side pinching the seam of his trousers very subtly.
What was in that glass of wine, the three of them knew clearly in their hearts.
If Shen Tangqing drank the wine and went back with Jiang Qingyan…
He stepped forward two steps, taking the wine glass from Shen Tangqing’s hand, smiling gently.
“You drank several cups today. This wine has a strong afterkick. Don’t drink this glass, arrange drinks again when free.”
Fu Sizhao’s small action fell entirely into Jiang Qingyan’s eyes.
His gaze locked onto that glass of wine, his face sinking little by little.
A few seconds later, he suddenly chuckled lightly, only the smile didn’t reach his eyes, his face looking somewhat chilly.
“Ah Zhao, I have words to speak with you alone.”
Fu Sizhao frowned slightly, looked at Jiang Qingyan, and sighed secretly in his heart. Why so sensitive?
He placed the wine glass in his hand on the table, tone somewhat helpless. “Let’s go.”
Just stepping out of the private room.
The temperature on Jiang Qingyan’s face dropped completely cold, tone carrying undeniable pressure.
“What’s in that wine?”
Fu Sizhao: …
Silent for a moment, Fu Sizhao still chose to tell the truth. “Aphrodisiac…”
Jiang Qingyan’s face became even colder, voice carrying threads of warning. “Ah Zhao, he is a member of my Jiang family.”
Fu Sizhao frowned slightly. “Just an illegitimate child brought back by a mistress climbing the ladder. Ah Yan, didn’t you hate him before?”
Jiang Qingyan’s expression froze for a moment.
He did hate him.
He should hate Shen Tangqing.
But—
Looking at Shen Tangqing’s face, he couldn’t hate him again.
Even upon hearing that the wine was drugged with aphrodisiacs, the violence in Jiang Qingyan’s heart was somewhat unsuppressible.
“Regardless of whether I hate him or not, he is a Jiang family member, not someone anyone can just play with…” Jiang Qingyan enunciated word by word.
Fu Sizhao scoffed. He took a step forward; the two were evenly matched in height.
Gazes met directly.
“Ah Yan, his surname isn’t Jiang.” After speaking, his brow raised slightly, tone carrying a bit of probing.
“Are you… planning to protect him? On what basis does he deserve it?”
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