After Qiao Mu finished speaking, Manager Bai looked up at her master cautiously, not daring to say a word, for fear that he would lose his temper and take it out on her.
In fact, it was a waste of her talent to be the manager of such a small restaurant, but the most important thing for a subordinate was to obey discipline. She had heard that Hao Cheng might become Jiang Mengzhen's new wife in the future. If she got along well with Hao Cheng, her future would not be bad!
Jiang Mengzhen didn't get angry, but looked a little happy. He was silent for a while, then asked Manager Bai to leave. He was angry at Qiao Mu's lack of tact, but Hao Cheng's reaction really surprised him.
Women pay more attention to their careers, and he has seen how much effort Hao Cheng has put into this restaurant. In order not to disappoint him, she directly rejected the Qiao family and even ignored their threats, which made him feel as sweet as honey.
Hao Cheng hoped to get married as soon as possible and establish a legitimate relationship with him, so he also hoped to get married earlier. After getting married, he could confidently drive away the flies around Hao Cheng.
Although there are no young men around her now, she is determined to climb up step by step. She is so young and so polite, how could no one come to her.
But when he thought of his own problem, he couldn't help but worry. No woman would like a man who is not good enough. Waiting for the wedding night, the wife and husband can't just sit there doing nothing.
When he kissed Hao Cheng, he could feel the other's emotions and restraint. He was also aroused, but his body was not keeping up, and there was no reaction down there.
It was all Xie Yanan's fault. The person was dead, but he still brought such a shadow to him! If he went to see a doctor, it would be a man's fault after all.
If the disease cannot be cured, the doctor's mouth must be sealed. No one can keep secrets except the dead.
Having seen so many bloody things, human life has become cheap in his eyes. After so many years, he is no different from those women who stand at the center of power.
Anyone who is blocking the road must be driven out by any means necessary.
But taking action over this matter always seemed to cast a shadow on the marriage. Even if he didn't care, he couldn't bring bad luck to himself.
Since a doctor cannot be found, if it really doesn't work, he will just prepare some aphrodisiac drugs.
Jiang Mengzhen made up his mind. He sat in the lobby for a while and then left with an umbrella.
He waited until Hao Cheng came back, but did not mention Qiao Mu. He only said, "I will leave Mingzhou City and return to Beijing tomorrow. It may take some time for me to come back."
Hao Cheng looked at him with disappointment: "It's almost the New Year, can't you stay?"
Jiang Mengzhen couldn't stand her pitiful look and almost softened his heart, but in the end he hardened his heart and said, "It's because of the New Year that I want to go back."
He usually went out, and Old Master Wei hoped that he was not at home, but if it was New Year's Eve and he was not in the capital, it would inevitably alarm many people.
Only after getting married can he live with his wife. If he lives with Hao Cheng even during the New Year, his grandparents might have objections.
It’s not that Hao Cheng didn’t know the reason, but she just couldn’t bear to do it.
That evening, the two of them were locked in the room. She pressed Jiang Mengzhen down and kissed him hard, and also bit his delicate and fair neck a few times.
She almost got into an orgasm, but in the end she restrained herself and did not spend the night in Jiang Mengzhen's room.
Hao Cheng had always had a good sleep quality, especially in the past few days, as he was very busy with the restaurant's affairs. When he came back, he basically ate something casually and then fell asleep on the bed.
As a result, she couldn't sleep that night. It was the first time she couldn't sleep the whole night. She stared at the ceiling above her head and counted sheep. When she counted to 39,784, there was suddenly movement next door.
She turned her head to look out the window. It was already dawn, so she simply got up from the bed, put on a heavy coat, and pushed the door open to go out.
Sure enough, she saw Jiang Mengzhen dressed neatly and ready to leave. There was also a carriage that looked unremarkable outside the mansion.
When she thought about the fact that he was leaving so early, her tone couldn't help but become a little sour: "You can't wait to leave."
Jiang Mengzhen saw the indigo color under her eyes at a glance, and he was reluctant to leave. He said softly: "I will be back in a few days. Besides, I am still waiting for you to marry me. I can't stay here for you to marry me."
His attitude was so soft that Hao Cheng's inexplicable anger disappeared immediately: "I know, I just feel bad. It's so cold today, you should wear more clothes on the way."
She muttered to herself for a while, watched Jiang Mengzhen get on the carriage, then stood at the gate, staring at the carriage until it completely disappeared from her sight, before going back to sleep.
Jiang Mengzhen was right. She still wanted to marry him. She was so poor now. She had to make the restaurant business prosperous and save enough money to prepare the betrothal gift.
Jiang Mengzhen was so determined in the carriage that he didn't even lift the curtain to look at the thin and slender figure standing there. He had only walked less than half a mile when he began to miss Hao Cheng. Although Hao Cheng's residence was far less comfortable than the one in the capital, for him, having Hao Cheng around was much better than the cold and icy residence in the capital.
However, no matter how reluctant he was, he couldn't ignore the things in the capital. Fortunately, the road from Mingzhou City to the capital was not far. The driver drove the car overnight under Jiang Mengzhen's instructions and arrived in Kyoto in just three days and three nights.
He was riding in a carriage. Before coming, he had informed the Wei family and his maternal family by letter. When Jiang Mengzhen's carriage stopped in front of the Wei family's door, a group of servants rushed out to greet their master.
The originally quiet Wei family mansion suddenly became lively. The sound spread to the east courtyard of the Wei family. Old Master Wei, who was sitting on the bed, opened his slender eyes and asked, "What's going on outside? It's so noisy in the middle of the day. Can't you let us rest?"
A handsome man was massaging his shoulders. After hesitating for a moment, he finally said, "It must be that my cousin's husband has returned, and the servants in the mansion have been making some noise."
"That vicious husband is back!" Old Master Wei straightened up all of a sudden, not even taking his lunch break. "It's almost New Year's Day, why is he back? Wouldn't it be better for him to just stay out and die? Why did he have to come back to make trouble for me?"
The handsome man tried to comfort her, "Don't say that. Since your cousin's husband married into the Wei family, he is naturally a member of the Wei family. Besides, we have to rely on him for our expenses. You should be humble to him." He had come to the Wei family a few years ago. Although he was a cousin of the Wei family, he was an outsider after all.
It was also because of this that he had a particularly clear view of the situation in the mansion. Although Old Master Wei seemed to be the one with the highest power and status in the mansion, the one whose words really carried weight was Jiang Mengzhen.
On the surface, he is Old Master Wei's man. If Old Master Wei makes his cousin's husband unhappy, he will be the one who will be in trouble.
Old Master Wei understood what he meant, but what he said was like stirring up a hornet's nest: "What cousin-in-law? He is a toxic husband! If you were older, he would never have married into our family. My poor daughter was killed by him!"
The man looked panicked: "Don't ever say that!"
Old Master Wei snorted, "Even if I told him that he wanted to do something to me, he would be a member of the Wei family after he married in, and I would have no choice but to attack him."
Men in Jin obeyed their mothers at home and their wives after marriage. If a man married out, it was equivalent to cutting off from his original family. Even if his wife died, if the man did not remarry, he would still be a member of the family and could naturally manage the people in the family. And if he remarried, the man's in-laws had to pay a dowry for him, which was equivalent to his second natal family.
As soon as Old Master Wei finished speaking, Jiang Mengzhen walked in: "Dad is right, I don't know how you want to attack Mengzhen."
Old Master Wei was only tough on the outside, but he immediately became timid when he met Jiang Mengzhen. He was not like this originally, but during the time when he lost his daughter, this weak and forbearing man was like a different person. Over the years, he was suppressed by the other party and was extremely afraid in his heart, but he still whined: "You came in suddenly, are you trying to scare me to death?!"
Jiang Mengzhen smiled lightly and said openly, "I know Dad doesn't like me, but don't worry, you won't have to see me soon."
What he meant was that he would be married soon, and when the time came he would take his own property with him and marry Hao Cheng, then he would become a member of the Hao family and naturally would have nothing to do with the Wei family.
Old Master Wei was frightened by him and thought that Jiang Mengzhen's subtext was to kill him.
He shuddered, but forced himself to remain calm, but anyone could hear the trembling in his voice: "What do you mean by that? If you want to kill your father, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"
Jiang Mengzhen also realized that he had misunderstood, but when he left, he would take away everything that belonged to him, which might be like digging out the heart and flesh of Old Master Wei. He had no feelings for Old Master Wei, and was happy for him to have such wild thoughts. He just smiled and whispered, "Don't worry too much." Then he left surrounded by servants.
Old Master Wei was most afraid of Jiang Shi laughing, but he couldn't show his fear on his face. Jiang Mengzhen hadn't done anything to him yet, and during the New Year, he was so worried that he frightened himself and got sick.
Because he was worried about Hao Cheng, Jiang Mengzhen simply did not stay at home during the New Year, but went to his grandfather's house.
Knowing that Jiang Mengzhen had a special status in the family, the servants of the Lin family were also respectful to him. When Old Master Lin saw his grandson coming, he asked him to sit next to him affectionately, and complained: "You are a man, and I am so worried about you being alone outside. You didn't come to my birthday party last time, but you thought about me very much."
Jiang Mengzhen begged for mercy: "I was delayed by something before. You see, I came here on the second day of the Chinese New Year and planned to stay here for the whole New Year. It was all because I missed you and was afraid that you would dislike me."
The grandfather and grandson exchanged pleasantries for a while. The people of the Lin family also greeted Jiang Mengzhen with smiles for the sake of the old man. They chatted about some trivial matters. Old Master Lin changed the subject and talked about Jiang Mengzhen again: "Grandpa is not saying anything about you, but you are a man, and you don't count as a man without a woman in your family. You have been a widow for so many years for that unpromising man in the Wei family, which can be regarded as your deep love and kindness to him."
Jiang Mengzhen still smiled: "Grandpa means..."
"Men, it's hard to have children when they get older. You're already 28, so you can get married when you come back this time. Grandpa has made sure that you will be well treated. He will never let the Wei family mistreat you like that. You know about Li Yushi, she came to propose marriage a few days ago, and I accepted it on your behalf."