CHAPTER 744: CHAPTER 734: ACTION ON BOTH SIDES

"That Jiang Wenjia is more annoying than a fly!" Wenhui finally blurted out a new curse word when she thought of the unexpected complications caused by Jiang Wenjia’s appearance. However, after cursing, she still had to think of a strategy, "I’ll see if I can persuade your little granduncle to come back to the Imperial City with us. But he’s been living here for over ten years, I’m afraid..."

"I actually think it’s feasible," Jiang Lingxi understood her mother’s concerns, but she felt they were insignificant, "Little Grandaunt’s situation is special, and Little Granduncle is willing to marry her and take care of her for a lifetime, which surely involves true affection. Compared to Little Grandaunt’s safety, everything else should be secondary. As long as you explain Wenjia’s schemes and their implications clearly, Little Granduncle will make his own judgment."

Jiang Wenhu clutched her heart, feeling that her daughter’s calm and clear voice soothed her restlessness throughout the day.

She spoke again with a more relaxed tone, "Xixi, Mom knows what to do now. You’ve been out all day and listened to me talk on the phone for so long. You haven’t had dinner yet, have you? Let me hang up now. You have a good meal."

"Okay, if anything happens over there, just call me. I’m not busy these days."

"Alright."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing exchanged a silent glance.

"Fame brings trouble!"

She really didn’t expect that her sudden rise to fame would stir up all these troubles.

"But if it weren’t for this incident, I would have thought that Madam Jiang’s family were all long gone." Jiang Lingxi squinted her eyes as she spoke, a flash of sharpness passing through them, "If they kept hiding like before, it would be fine. But now they’re jumping around, so annoying!"

Wenhui’s analogy on the phone earlier wasn’t wrong; it really was like a bunch of pests buzzing around obnoxiously!

"Should I check out that small company of Jiang Peng’s first?"

Jiang Lingxi looked up at Shen Yunqing’s serious expression, "Even though his actions show that his moral baseline is likely low, have you forgotten that we’re being monitored right now?"

Even Shen Family’s Second Uncle heard about it, and she didn’t think Wei Ke was only monitoring their daily activities; those surface-level matters are too easy to track.

She’s sure there are some hidden surveillance measures.

If they suddenly move to investigate an obscure small company at this time, Wei Ke wouldn’t miss it.

If it’s detected, they might follow up.

Jiang Lingxi had a sudden flash of inspiration, "Wait, are you thinking of using their hand..."

Shen Yunqing nodded with a smile, "This surveillance means nothing, so why not give them something else to do? If they gain something, it would be a meaningful action."

"That makes sense."

So while Wenhui discussed with her husband and son how to persuade Little Uncle to return to the Imperial City before Jiang Wenjia could interfere, Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing took coordinated action.

It was simple; just send out a signal and follow it up with some action.

"Yue Sheng Cosmetics?" Wei Ke received a report from his subordinate, "I remember, the Shen Group doesn’t deal in daily chemical products, and they haven’t planned to expand into other industries recently."

"So their sudden interest and investigation into the daily chemical industry is listed as an anomaly during the monitoring period."

Daily chemicals have a slight relation to chemistry, which is inherently somewhat risky behavior.

Even though he believed those two weren’t planning anything malicious, protocol is protocol and they must follow it.

"Investigate Yue Sheng Cosmetics."

"Yes."

*

Mao City.

The sky was just getting light.

But the faculty residential area beside Mao City’s first high school had already opened its doors. Recently, seniors had been returning to school in batches to prepare for the college entrance examination, and teachers living in the residential area also had to end their vacations early to supervise students for morning study sessions.

Jiang Wenhu wrapped herself in a long black down jacket, with a hat and mask on, and looked back at her husband and son, who were dressed similarly. Standing beneath a big tree on the roadside, she instructed, "Old Jiang, go guard the back gate of the residential area. Lingxu, stay at the main entrance. I’ll go to the unit entrance. Once you see Little Uncle, Auntie, or Jiang Wenjia, inform the group immediately. We must see Little Uncle before Jiang Wenjia does, otherwise who knows what nonsense she’ll say in front of him. Understand?"

The father and son exchanged a look and nodded together.

"By the way, Little Granduncle looks like..."

Jiang Lingxu quickly nodded, "Mom, I’ve seen Little Granduncle’s photo on the school’s excellent teacher bulletin."

"Good, let’s move!"

Watching as his wife (their mom) hurried into the residential area until she disappeared from sight, the father and son left behind exchanged another glance, each seeing the helplessness in the other’s eyes.

Jiang Runcheng cleared his throat, lowering his mask to exhale a breath of white mist, "Your mom’s overly nervous. That Jiang Wenjia, if she shows up by noon, that’s already giving her some credit for being efficient!"

"But you didn’t oppose her plan of action."

"Would you dare?"

Jiang Lingxu immediately shrunk back: "No."

"There you go, as if you could. Alright, let’s coordinate. Later, your mom will ask if we’ve reached our assigned spots in the group."

The father and son put on their masks again, one heading to the main gate and the other to the back gate.

The sun gradually rose.

A few mobile food stalls, which resumed business after the New Year, appeared at the entrance of the residential area.

Jiang Lingxu had breakfast before coming, but the scent of food carried by the wind made him hungry again.

"Since no one’s here, I might as well get a couple of tea eggs first."

He said, already walking toward the tea egg stall.

"I’d like two, no, three tea eggs."

"I also have braised chicken legs and freshly cooked pumpkin millet porridge this morning..."

"I’ll take one of each."

"Alright!"

After paying and taking the bagged food, Jiang Lingxu turned to eat under the tree near the residential entrance.

A taxi drove over from the opposite side and stopped at the stall where he had just bought tea eggs.

Not far off, the owner’s voice grew more enthusiastic, "Oh, Teacher Jiang, back from a trip with your wife! How about some tea eggs or porridge, so you don’t have to cook breakfast at home."

"I’d like one of each, please."

"This egg didn’t turn out well, it’s on the house."

"That won’t do."

"My kid passed the chemistry final for the first time thanks to you. This tea egg is nothing to repay you!"

...

Jiang Lingxu unknowingly stopped walking and couldn’t help but look back.

The taxi that had just passed him had already left, leaving two new figures at the tea egg stall.

The man had slightly graying temples, wore a gray overcoat, stood tall but appeared slender, with a pair of silver-rimmed glasses completing his scholarly air.

He held a large black suitcase in one hand and with the other hand led a woman wrapped in a thick, warm down jacket, much shorter than him.

At this moment, he took the breakfast from the stall owner and handed it to the woman next to him, "Yinyin, hold this."

Finally having seen the man’s face clearly, Jiang Lingxu could not help but blurt out, "Little Granduncle!"

Jiang Cisheng: "?"