Chapter 413 - Official Rank? (2/2)
After finishing all that, Qin Sheng gave her cell phone back, waved goodbye, and took a taxi, straight toward the old bungalow located on Sinan Road.
Qing’er stared at the courtyard absentmindedly, recalling the dribs and drabs with the man. From her perspective, Qin Sheng seemed to be a nice guy, except for his occasional flirtation. Otherwise, her uncle wouldn’t speak so highly of him.
Qing’er sighed and said to herself, “What an unpredictable man he is. Nah, I guess I should be nice to him, anyway, there are times when we’ll need him.”
Upon hearing the door creaking, Uncle Wang, the housekeeper, came downstairs only to find that Qing’er was staring at the front door. He then asked, “Dear, Qin Sheng has left?”
Qing’er came back from her thoughts and nodded lightly.
Uncle Wang mumbled to himself, “I thought that he would stay for lunch, and he just left? The young man is really… But as far as I’m concerned, Qing’er, Qin Sheng is a nice and dependable man. You might want to take him into account.”
Absorbing his words, Qing’er blushed suddenly. “Uncle Wang, what are you suggesting?”
Then she fled all the way upstairs into her room…
When Qin Sheng arrived at the old bungalow on Sinan Road, his grandma was still asleep. His cousin-in-law had already come with his family, while his Small Aunt was still not in sight.
“You’re back?” Qin Ran noticed his presence and asked with a smile, “Met your friend or not?”
Qin Sheng sat down and replied, “I dropped by and met her by chance. Didn’t expect to.”
Zhu Jiayou went close to Qin Sheng, bent over to take a deep breath, and said, “There’s a slight scent of a woman on you. It’s not a fragrance. It’s actually a unique body scent, mixed with an odor that comes from tea leaves and tambac. Bro, this friend of yours must be a beautiful young lady, and prefers quietness.”
In the beginning, Qin Sheng didn’t take it seriously, but when he heard him out, he was shocked and would have exclaimed “What the hell?” if his brothers and sisters weren’t present. Both Qin Ran and Zhu Qingyuan felt skeptical and couldn’t believe it.
“Bro, am I guessing right? Tell me, who is this beauty? So that explains it. You don’t want my company for fear that I might steal her from you. Trust me. I love beautiful ladies but I’m a decent man, and I never poke someone else’s girlfriend,” Zhu Jiayou said proudly. Anyway, he was the so-called prince of the nightclub around the Bund, and he was keeping a low profile recently because of his tightened family rules.
Zhu Yi had always known that his little brother was worthy of the name dandy. According to his own words, he could identify exactly what perfume a woman was wearing, except for those newly in the market. By this unique skill of his, he had succeeded in getting girls to fall for him and seldom missed.
“Qin Sheng, come on! Shoot.” Zhu Yi teased him as well.
Qin Sheng thought Zhu Jiayou might do it quite well with Xia Ding, for they shared the same hobby. Therefore, he asked, “Jiayou, you really impress me with this. Where do you learn all this stuff? This friend of mine is sure a beauty and a teacher at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She loves a quiet environment, tea, and playing instruments, some of which she’s quite proficient at. And most importantly, she is single and available. I’ll pass, but I can introduce you two to each other some other day, perhaps you might have a chance with her.”
“Hahaha, bro, I’ll spare you the effort. I’ve got a girlfriend and would be a dead man if she finds out I mess around.” Zhu Jiayou laughed while saying so. He seemed to figure out that Qin Sheng was not available either and turned the page after the joke.
Time passed quickly during casual talks. Old people were used to a regular schedule, with one and a half hours of napping after lunch. Thinking that it was almost time, Qin Ran then went upstairs to check on her grandma. As expected, the old lady had already woken up the moment she went into the room. After a short cleaning-up, the old lady came downstairs with the help of Qin Ran. The living room began to warm up again, lighting up the whole bungalow with waves of laughter and cheers.
The old lady still sat next to Qin Sheng, held his hands and said, “Sheng’er, I thought it was all but a beautiful bubble that you are back. Fortunately, it’s not. I was so scared.”
It pained him a lot when those bitter words came out of his loving old grandma. Hence, he held the old lady’s hands and comforted her, “Grandma, I’m back and won’t leave you again. You will get used to it.”
“My good boy, I don’t have too much time left for you. The irony of it all.” The old lady sighed with emotion, tears shedding from her eyes.
People were afraid that something unexpected would happen to the old lady as she was in such emotional turmoil, therefore, they offered their comfort at once so as to ease her pain.
Not long after this, Zhu Yi’s husband and child showed up. Zhu Yi introduced Qin Sheng to her husband, who knew him only by hearsay and it was quite unexpected when he learned this from his wife today. Qin Sheng started a short conversation with his cousin-in-law who was servicing at Pudong New Area, then gave lucky money to the child. All that was left was just to wait for that high ranking uncle-in-law of his.
It wasn’t until dinner was ready that everybody heard the sound of a car locking, then finally Zhu Qingwen and her husband came in.
Qin Sheng was quite looking forward to this moment since his sister had asked him to take a wild guess about the official rank of his uncle-in-law if he failed to recognize his identity.