Chapter 1389: Chapter 797: Is Third Brother Really a Schemer? Jiang Xiaowai Born to Be a Drama Queen

The Huo Family’s full moon party went on until after ten in the evening. Most of the attendees were male, and drinking inevitably took up time.

Huo Qinqi wasn’t there, so several of the Huo Family brothers took turns toasting at each table. Some had special professions and couldn’t really get drunk, so it was almost always Huo Ran who took the lead.

Speaking of Huo Ran, there’s an amusing story about him.

He spent most of his time living in Hexi. He used to idolize Jiang Chengsi, but later latched onto Shen Shuci. With his big brother away, he became his sister-in-law’s little sidekick. Whatever Shen Shuci needed, he was almost always the one to buy it for her.

Since he was quite entertaining, he brought a lot of joy to Shen Shuci.

He was always hanging around Shen Shuci, and the most direct result was...

The nourishing soups prepared for Shen Shuci during her postpartum confinement mostly ended up in his stomach.

Shen Shuci was already quite slim, didn’t eat much, and didn’t have a great appetite. Whatever nourishing soups Liang Yun made for her, she only drank a small bowl. Huo Ran, on the other hand, loved them and was almost always the one to finish the rest.

There was a period of time when someone was visibly gaining weight at an eye-popping rate.

To fit into a suit for the full moon party, Huo Ran had been desperately dieting for the past couple of days, but dieting by day and nourishing with soup by night, he didn’t lose weight; he just got fatter.

People say that when a woman goes through postpartum confinement, the husband gains weight, but in the Huo Family...

The sister-in-law went through her confinement, but it was the brother-in-law who got fat.

...

As the full moon party was about to end

"Sister-in-law, do you need someone to take you home?" Tang Wan noticed that it was getting late. Traveling from Hexi to Guandong practically meant crossing a whole city. "Why don’t you just stay at our place tonight?"

"It’s alright, I’ll drive myself back." With Jiang Chengsi away, Si Qingxiao felt a bit uncomfortable facing the Jiang Family all alone.

"I’ll take you home," said Jiang Shiyi.

The old lady nagged for a while before letting the two of them leave.

Si Qingxiao had only heard Jiang Chengsi describe his elder brother before:

Obsessively clean, compulsive, fussy, sharp-tongued... none of the descriptions were flattering. Since he was Jiang Chengsi’s elder brother, Si Qingxiao was even more polite with him.

Jiang Shiyi hadn’t drunk any alcohol that night. He wore a clean and well-fitting suit, almost without a crease in it. The car was also exceptionally tidy, almost like a new car, with no air fresheners inside. Instead, it had a faint scent of disinfectant and chemicals.

He didn’t talk much, and the atmosphere was a bit stifling at first.

"Your face looks a bit red. Do you want me to open the window?" Compared to Jiang Chengsi, Jiang Shiyi was very considerate.

"Thank you." Si Qingxiao smiled.

"It must be tough being with Chengsi, huh?"

Si Qingxiao was momentarily stunned, not knowing how to answer that question.

"Sometimes he’s like an immature child, doing and saying things impulsively, easily offending others and making enemies."

"Actually, that kind of personality is quite good, much better than those who keep secrets and like to play tricks behind people’s backs."

"That could be considered his good point." Jiang Shiyi nodded.

The two chatted idly, but it completely changed Si Qingxiao’s impression of Jiang Shiyi. When she went home to call Jiang Chengsi, she praised him all over.

"Third Brother is not at all like you said. At the previous birthday banquet, he was the first to step up and protect you when you almost got into a fight, and now he made sure to take me home. He’s a gentleman, very considerate, and exceptionally articulate. When we got to the door, he even got out to open the door for me. He’s nothing like you described."

Jiang Chengsi frowned, "Are you sure it was my brother who took you home? Did something happen to him tonight?"

"I think you’re just prejudiced against him. All the way, he kept complimenting you, and you’re constantly bad-mouthing him. That’s really not good."

"I..."

Jiang Chengsi was up late studying hard; for whose sake was this? Ultimately, it was all for Si Qingxiao. And now, his own wife was discussing his brother’s attributes.

His brother was just a sharp-tongued clean freak, and yet his brother could really put on an act.

A schemer, indeed.

He’s totally hoodwinked the sister-in-law.

That must be it. Even though that lab girl acts so aloof and fierce while working, she’s not that old, and she must have been fooled by this old fox.

What Si Qingxiao didn’t know was that after Jiang Shiyi saw her inside, he immediately turned around, took a disinfectant wipe, and quickly wiped down the passenger seat.

He knew very well that his cleanliness and compulsiveness were personal issues, and he couldn’t demand others to be like him, nor did he want others to feel uncomfortable because of it...