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Chapter 835: Chapter 727: The Long-Awaited ’Financial Loss’ (Please Subscribe!)
Walking out of the airport,
Tang Qing and his group were immediately spotted by their relatives in the distance.
However, seeing Wang Yan next to Tang Qing, several people were momentarily stunned.
Tang Kai and the Qin Yugang couple had met Wang Yan before, yet the context was different now. Seeing Tang Qing and Wang Yan exiting the airport together, the adults had many thoughts, and inevitably, they started to wonder.
Could it indeed be a coincidence?
Tang Qing quickened his pace.
The entourage coming to pick them up was quite large, as almost all the families had come.
Yet, Wang Yan looked around and around and still did not see her father.
Shi Lan quickly called her husband and, after a minute, said helplessly, "Your dad is still on his way. He just left the house and had a scrape with another car, which delayed him a bit. Don’t worry, he’s fine. It will probably be another fifteen minutes or so before he arrives."
At this moment, Tang Qing spoke up, "It’s good that uncle is okay. I think you should take my car, since it’s on the way."
"Can it fit everyone?" Wang Yan hesitated, her heart of course hoping to be with Tang Qing for the ride.
"It definitely can," Tang Qing laughed.
Now that each of the families owned a car, even the Lin family had bought a car worth more than two hundred thousand for commuting, not to mention the car driven by Tang Qing’s bodyguard, it was impossible to lack space for two more.
Upon hearing this, Wang Yan was about to speak when her mother Shi Lan preempted her, "Then we’ll trouble you, Little Tang. I’ll have your Uncle Wang wait for us in Hongjin Park. Just drop us off there. Oh, and do come to visit during Chinese New Year. Your uncle has been wanting to chat with you and learn from you, hehe."
After thinking for a bit, Tang Qing nodded and said, "Sure, Jiaxue and I will go together."
Tang Qing dared not say he would go alone. Besides, it was Chinese New Year, and everyone was busy, visiting relatives and paying respects—it was uncertain if the timing would even align. So he casually agreed.
As they were talking,
Tang Qing and the others had already reached the barrier outside.
Father Tang, who had been waiting for a long time, started off with a lecture, pretending to be displeased, "You rascal, you’re finally back. You’ve stirred up such a big mess; wait until I give you a proper lesson when we’re home."
No sooner had he said this than Mother Tang objected.
Rushing forward to see her handsome son, how could she bear to scold him?
She retorted to Father Tang, "Where does it fall to you to lecture my son? Off with you! Jiaxue, ah, you’re getting prettier and prettier. Tsk tsk, Tangtang hasn’t been bullying you, has he? If he has, tell me, I’ll give him a proper telling off."
Mother Tang enthusiastically took Jiaxue’s hand, even more warmly than Lin Father and Lin Mother.
She looked Jiaxue up and down, noting the changes over the past few months: she had grown a bit taller, her skin was better, fair and rosy, and her naturally unadorned, beautiful face was now paired with an even more impressive figure.
Tsk tsk, after looking her over, Mother Tang’s eyes practically shone with delight, feeling incredibly proud and satisfied. It seemed this daughter-in-law wouldn’t be getting away; with wide hips good for bearing children, and an ample bust, her grandchildren would never go hungry.
In an instant,
All sorts of thoughts flickered through Mother Tang’s mind.
In short, the more she looked, the more pleased she became. She almost wished for Tang Qing to hurry up and marry her and have a chubby little boy. After all, Tang Qing was the only male heir of his generation in the Tang family, carrying the mission of continuing the family name.
Finding herself the subject of Mother Tang’s inspection,
Jiaxue immediately felt a bit embarrassed. She certainly knew what Mother Tang was looking at. As for the bullying part, she glanced subtly at Tang Qing, who was chatting with Tang Kai—it’s not like she could say she was being bullied by him every night, could she?
Lin Father and Lin Mother also noticed the significant changes in their daughter and could only accept them; after all, the two of them living in Shanghai and not tasting the forbidden fruit was nearly impossible.
It was a matter of sooner or later.
Especially now. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝖕𝖚𝖇.𝖈𝔬𝔪
Knowing the enormous empire Tang Qing had built in just a year, they felt even more that their initial judgment was spot-on. They had set up a childhood betrothal, and though the Tang family later fell on hard times, with Tang Kai missing and Tang Qing’s grandparents passing away one after the other, draining the family’s savings,
It would be difficult for any average person to keep such a commitment and promise for their beautiful daughter.
But their intentions had never wavered.
And the return was immense.
The comfortable life the Lin family now enjoyed was all related to Tang Qing.
In just over a year’s time,
He had created a billion-dollar empire.
The word "terrifying" wasn’t even sufficient to describe their future son-in-law. The more they looked at him, the more they liked him, almost wishing they could send the couple off to get married right away.
"Dad, Mom,"
Jiaxue threw herself into her mother’s arms, her eyes beginning to moisten.
"Ah, my girl, Mom has missed you to death."
Mother and daughter shared their longings for each other.
On the other side.
"Bro, tell me, how are you going to compensate me for deceiving my feelings? I demand compensation for mental anguish," Qin Shiqi said with her hands on her hips, wearing an expression as if she had suffered a great injustice, the very picture of a creditor.
"What feelings?" Tang Qing still couldn’t quite keep up with the little girl’s train of thought.
Qin Shiqi snorted coldly, "Humph, how dare you hide the true state of your property from me, making me feel guilty about my previous attempts at extortion. That guilt has left an indelible mark on my young soul, so tell me, how are you going to make it up to me?"
Tang Qing thought to himself that she was aware it was extortion, after all, then he ignored Qin Shiqi and turned to ask her sister who had been quietly standing there all along, "Shiyu, did your sister forget to take her medicine before leaving the house today?"
"Pfft..." Before Qin Shiyu could reply, Tang Nian’er, standing next to them, couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
"What medicine?" Qin Shiqi asked, puzzled.
"There, you’ve forgotten about the medicine too. You can’t stop taking it, you know. I’ve brought back quite a few idiot-pills for you; I’ll give them to you later. Remember, take your medicine on time or it’ll be too late even for medicine to cure," Tang Qing said with a tone of pity.
When it came to spouting nonsense, Tang Qing felt he had made significant progress over the past six months.
"Giggle..."
"Haha..."
Qin Shiyu and Tang Nian’er were laughing so hard they could barely close their mouths.
Only Qin Shiqi had a gloomy face, thinking to herself that her cousin’s ability to talk his way out of things had improved—isn’t this mostly from sweet-talking his sister-in-law? Thinking about it, she was quite convinced that Tang Qing had already sweet-talked Lin Jiaxue into becoming his sister-in-law.
Immediately switching tactics, she stepped forward, grabbed Tang Qing’s arm, and shook it vigorously, cooing, "Bro... I want to buy clothes, lots and lots of clothes. You’ll buy them for me, right? It’s not like it costs money..."
"Shiyu, when did your sister learn this skill?" Tang Qing looked towards Qin Shiyu.
Qin Shiqi interjected proudly before anyone else could answer, "It’s called talent."
"That’s a pretty good talent, keep it up," Tang Qing laughed. Although the familiar feeling of ’spending money to avoid disaster’ had been hard to shake since meeting Qin Shiqi, it was all family after all; such interactions could foster closer emotional bonds.
The joyous atmosphere.
Made Tang Qing feel a strong sense of warmth.
At the same time, he was grateful that the Tang Family hadn’t encountered any sibling rivalry, no cruel sisters-in-law, none of that dull storytelling about looking down on each other and seeking to turn the tables. Why create so many problems within the family?
Was life not stimulating enough?
"..."
Haven’t seen her in six months, Qin Shiqi’s personality also seemed to have matured a bit, but Tang Qing guessed that not having had the opportunity to extort him in six months, even that ’skill’ had become a bit rusty.
Looking at the family’s harmonious joy.
Wang Yan was full of envy.
She had always envied children with siblings, even cousins would do, but unfortunately, although she had cousins, they were not in Qingyan City and it was difficult to meet them; they only had the chance to see each other during the Chinese New Year visits to Province City.
Their bond was nowhere near as close as that of Tang Qing and Qin Shiqi.
"Yanzi, how about Mum has another baby for you, a little sister?" Shi Lan suddenly said.
Wang Yan gave her unserious mother a blank look and said in between laughs and tears, "Mum, you’re too old for that, it’s not safe, let’s not think about it."
"Hehe, I was just saying. But there’s one thing I think makes sense - just wait for you to have one...no, have several kids later on, and Mum will help you take care of them. It’s more lively with more kids," Shi Lan said, dreaming of a house full of grandchildren.
"I’ve still got plenty of time," Wang Yan said, speechless.
Shi Lan said a little disappointedly, "Suddenly I don’t feel like being a celebrity’s mum anymore, I want to be a grandma, what should I do, honey?"
"... Then you can think about it slowly," Wang Yan responded with an eye roll.
As they were talking.
They had already walked out of the airport.
Vehicle traffic was not allowed at the main entrance of Qingyan City’s airport, and they had to walk a bit more to reach the road.
Arriving at the spot.
Wang Yan and her mother got into the Audi passenger car that the bodyguard drove back.
Tang Qing and Lin Jiaxue got into the Mercedes-Benz that the uncle had sent for their family. When they reached Hongjin Park, Tang Qing got out to greet Wang Sheng, and, on an impulse, invited Wang Sheng to attend his company’s annual meeting.
There were quite a few family members this time.
Thanks to Liu Qian’s hospitable arrangements, Tang Kai simply booked the Qiankun Pavilion where he had reunited with his older brother before.
And Liu Qian had long been waiting for them there.
