Chapter 546: Chapter 545: Love-Struck at Home 27

In the blink of an eye, several months have passed, and it’s almost the New Year.

In these past months, there have been quite a few cases, and Lu Yan is extremely busy.

Ah Chen is doing alright, and occasionally gets busy. Whenever she has free time, she would go back to the Jiang Family to check in.

In the span of a few months, Ah Chen’s training has shown great results. Anyway, her colleagues now know she has some talent; an average person can’t beat her. No matter how busy Lu Yan is, she would train every day; however, she rarely spars with others.

Now that things aren’t busy lately, Ah Chen plans to take Lu Yan home for the New Year; it’s time to meet again.

The day before heading home, Lu Yan makes an excuse to meet a friend, but ends up sneaking out alone to buy a bunch of stuff.

Carrying the purchases back to the dormitory, he runs into Ah Chen.

She was actually waiting for him there.

Ah Chen quickly walks over: "Did your friend give you that?"

Lu Yan sighs inwardly, knowing she’s teasing: "I bought them, taking them home tomorrow."

"Got it." Ah Chen doesn’t continue to tease him, follows Lu Yan into his dormitory, where he has also bought some groceries, and cooks over there.

Normally, Ah Chen eats at the canteen and rarely cooks. When it does happen, Lu Yan is the one who cooks; his culinary skills are quite good.

Early the next morning, Ah Chen boards the bus with Lu Yan, who is loaded with a ton of items, heading home.

After getting off the bus, they are picked up by Lu Yan’s childhood friend who drives them to the village entrance.

The Jiang Family is also wondering whether Ah Chen will bring someone home this New Year.

Seeing her bringing someone back, they are particularly excited.

It’s worth mentioning that Liu Yujia is several months pregnant, her belly visibly showing. As for Su Man, she probably won’t give birth until after the New Year.

Su Man is also sitting in the yard. Originally, Jiang Maohua was worried, but Su Man said sitting in the yard wouldn’t affect her. After sitting there a few times without incident, they felt reassured.

The Jiang Family actually breathed a sigh of relief. They don’t usually gather in one place, but during Chinese New Year, they definitely do.

If Su Man couldn’t stay in the yard, they wouldn’t know what to do.

Now it’s fine; they can just set things up in the yard for the occasion. Recently, the weather has been great, with sunny days every day, and there’s no worry about rain or snow. Even if it does rain or snow, they’ve planned to set up a tent in the yard.

Su Man is quite annoyed, as she doesn’t know how, but she ended up validating the astrology prediction, and now there’s no turning back.

The people in the village all know about this.

Su Man sits on the side, watching the Jiang family welcoming Lu Yan. Her lips curl slightly, feeling amused, knowing they will suffer eventually, since Lu Yan won’t survive past next year.

No matter how skilled this butterfly is, she can’t make such a big case disappear, right? As long as Lu Yan stays in his position, he’ll surely have to handle that case. Surviving it won’t be easy.

Given this, it’s better for Jiang Chen and Lu Yan to marry sooner.

"After dating for so long, when is the little sister getting married?" Su Man asks with a smile, "You both work so hard and finally got to take a break to come back home. In my opinion, it’s better to settle this matter sooner rather than later."

Lu Yan indeed wants to marry sooner; who wouldn’t want to marry someone they love as early as possible?

Only, there’s a hint of malice in Su Man’s tone that he doesn’t quite understand.

The jealousy in her eyes didn’t escape him either. A little jealousy is normal, but Su Man remains a bit weird.

If she weren’t in the village all the time and pregnant, he would have liked to properly investigate what’s peculiar about her.

"I would love to get married, but that still depends on Chenchen’s thoughts," Lu Yan says, "If Chenchen thinks I’ve passed the test, then we can get married anytime."

The Jiang Family is very happy; even though Lu Yan is busy, he is contributing to society, is handsome, upright, and prioritizes Ah Chen, which satisfies them.

"Then why don’t you talk it over?" Ah Chen suggests.

Su Man seems very eager for her and Lu Yan to get married, probably hoping she would become a widow.

The marriage might go as she wishes, but the widowhood certainly won’t.

Su Man breaks out into a smile, though it doesn’t reach her eyes.

Jiang Chen’s fate is truly fortunate; even if Lu Yan is doomed to an early death, his excellence is unmatched by many.

And looking at the silly Jiang Maohua next to her, Su Man feels extremely displeased.

She gently rubs her big belly, dropping her gaze; in over nine years, she will definitely wait for Gu Lingfei to return and hold her head high.

"Get married, then have children early," Su Man says with a smile, "The sister-in-law is already several months pregnant. Little sister, you’re the only one missing."

If Jiang Chen were to marry and have kids, then if Lu Yan dies, they’d just be a single mother and an orphan.

Ah Chen smiles: "No rush."

Lu Yan generally disregards these words, letting Chenchen handle it. Right now, he cares about where Su Man’s malice originates.

She is clearly a daughter-in-law of the Jiang Family, so why does she constantly wish the Jiang Family misfortune?

Her face is all smiles, yet her eyes are full of malice and hatred.

Ah Chen reaches out and holds his hand, startling Lu Yan into scanning the surroundings. Seeing everyone busy, he breathes a sigh of relief.

Being so bold with so many people around.

But he doesn’t attempt to break free either.

Let her do as she pleases.

Who wouldn’t want to hold the hand of the person they love?

Thinking about Su Man, Lu Yan remains uneasy, unsure of how to bring it up with Ah Chen.

"Want me to take you out for a walk?" Ah Chen suggests, "Get to know our Jixiang Village."

Once Lu Yan nods, Ah Chen informs the Jiang Family of their plan.

Ah Chen notices Lu Yan has something to say, hence she leads him out, avoiding places favored by the villagers.

Lu Yan glances at the hand holding his, and tightens his grip on the warm little hand, his lips curling, feeling full inside.

Jixiang Village also has some scenery, which Ah Chen introduces to him one by one.

Lu Yan waits until there’s no one around before leaning in to tentatively whisper: "Your second sister-in-law feels off."

Ah Chen stops walking, nodding toward him: "Yes, she’s a bit strange; I noticed long ago."

Lu Yan feels a bit relieved and adds: "She holds malice toward you all."

"I’m sensitive to people’s emotions," he continues, worrying she might not believe him.

Indeed, it’s malice.

Not only toward the Jiang Family, but also him, as if he’s doomed.

Very peculiar.

"Could it be because of that incident?" Ah Chen feigns curiosity, "Our family was originally against her marriage to second brother, and that child isn’t his. Keep this confidential; only the Jiang Family knows."

This matter cannot be kept secret; once Gu Lingfei returns, Su Man will reveal her true self.

Su Man is a bit clever, focused on waiting for Gu Lingfei to come back and turn her misfortunes around. Before this, she wouldn’t do anything stupid, at least not showing her cards publicly.

Lu Yan quietly processes the information, recalling Jiang Maohua’s demeanor, finding himself momentarily speechless.

No wonder he feels the Jiang Family behaves a little oddly toward Jiang Maohua.

But when she says only the Jiang Family knows, doesn’t it mean she’s acknowledging him as part of the Jiang Family? He likes that.

Ah Chen observes his delighted look, guessing he’s daydreaming about something good.

She suddenly attacks him, and Lu Yan instinctively responds, and the two of them start sparring in the open space.

Ah Chen has two purposes for practicing sparring with Lu Yan: to showcase her martial skills, and secondly to indirectly enhance Lu Yan’s capabilities.

Half an hour later, Lu Yan is already drenched in sweat, his eyes reflecting complex emotions.

He seems to be losing the fight!

His partner is a martial arts genius!

"Looks like Brother Lu has been slacking recently; this won’t do. Even if you’re busy working, don’t forget to practice your moves. Otherwise, if you’re beaten down by me in front of your colleagues next time, can you take it?"

Lu Yan: ...

"This is your skill; beating me with talent is expected."

He doesn’t feel embarrassed.

Having such an impressive partner, marrying early would be wise.

"Let’s go again." Ah Chen smiles and gestures to Lu Yan to continue practicing, "We’ll practice more next, and advance together."

Lu Yan takes off his jacket, takes a deep breath, and joins Ah Chen in sparring again.

In the future, if she encounters any thugs, she won’t run away. Instead, they will run away; just thinking about it is reassuring.