Way back to Our Past

6. You Jinx!

Translator: Snowball

“Oh? How’s Wanwan doing?” Qin Surong asked with a fine-tuned smile on her face.

“She seems to have a hard time,” Jiang Zhendong said, letting out a sigh.

“She still hates you, right? Zhendong, if it weren’t for Xinyue and me, it wouldn’t have come to this.”

“Let’s not put it that way.” Sitting upright, Jiang Zhendong continued, “It seems Wanwan is less hostile to me and she even finished the dishes I picked for her!”

“Why didn’t you bring Wanwan back? I haven’t seen her for years.” Qin Surong remained her gentle smile.

“It’s not the right time yet. She still has an aversion to me, so I have to be patient.”

“Surong, I hope you can care more about Wanwan after she returns home. Please be considerate even if she says something offensive.”

“No worries. I know what to do.”

Jiang Zhendong then turned to his daughter. “Xinyue, Wanwan has suffered a lot these years, so after she comes back, you should put up with her and never argue with her. Even if she has a go at you, just let her.”

“Got it, Dad.” Jiang Xinyue nodded.

Qin Surong was about to say something, but she stopped on a second thought. After a while, she shifted her gaze from her daughter to her husband. “Zhendong, Xinyue and Mubai are getting engaged. I’m afraid that Wanwan will be unhappy if she knows about that.”

“It’s not Xinyue’s fault. I should be blamed for that. I’ll explain to Wanwan, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

“I’m worried that Wanwan might feel wronged.” Qin Surong heaved a sigh of relief.

After quite a while, Jiang Zhendong said with a guilty look, “Surong, I wanna make a will and leave most of my inheritance to Wanwan as compensation. What do you say?”

“Zhendong, I didn’t marry you for your money and Xinyue won’t fight with Wanwan over the inheritance. We’ll respect any decision you make,” Qin Surong answered without hesitation.

Though the Jiang family was well off, it couldn’t be compared with the Ling family at all. If her daughter was able to marry Ling Mubai, she wouldn’t give a damn about Jiang Zhendong’s negligible savings. Only an idiot like Qu Wan would give up her position as the distinguished Mrs. Ling!

“Dad, I want nothing more than to marry Mubai.” Jiang Xinyue also expressed her understanding of Jiang Zhendong’s decision.

Jiang Zhendong was so moved by his ‘considerate’ wife and daughter. “I’m sorry to put you through all this!”

“As long as my sister is willing to come back and our family stays together, it’s all worth it,” Jiang Xinyue said as if she had put her own interests out of the picture.

Jiang Zhendong felt even guiltier for his daughter. “Xinyue, I’m not that busy recently. So make an appointment with Mubai and I’m going to meet his family to settle your marriage.”

“Thank you, Dad!” Jiang Xinyue exchanged glances with Qin Surong, her eyes full of joy.

Qu Wan was taking a shower when her cell phone ringing outside, so she didn’t hear it. After she walked out of the bathroom, the cell phone happened to be off. Therefore, she didn’t know someone had been calling her just now.

Since Wang Zicheng hadn’t seen his girlfriend for some time, Qu Wan thought he must be busy making out with that model for the moment and wouldn’t call her tonight. Therefore, she didn’t switch on her cell phone before she dropped herself on the bed.

As she had been worn out after a long day, Qu Wan slept soundly and she didn’t wake up until her uncle knocked on the door the next morning.

“Wanwan, get up and have breakfast! You have to go to work later.”

After getting out of the bed, Qu Wan freshened herself up and gobbled up a bowl of porridge before she went out.

She ran all the way to the bus stop, only to find that the bus hadn’t arrived yet. While waiting for it, she turned her phone on and instantly saw more than a dozen missed calls from Wang Zicheng’s driver pop out on the screen.

“Miss Qu, why didn’t you answer the call last night?”

“Sorry, my cell phone happened to be dead.”

“Mr. Wang had a car accident by the gate of your community and he’s still in the hospital. You’d better come to the hospital right now!” the driver said, sounding a little resentful.

“A car accident?” Qu Wan was taken aback. “How’s he doing? Is his injury serious?”

“The doctor said he was out of danger now, but Mr. Wang said you might be in trouble! So hurry up!”

Instead of waiting for the bus, Qu Wan hailed a taxi after hanging up, heading for the hospital.

As soon as she rushed into the ward almost out of breath, she saw Wang Zicheng staring at her angrily with a bandage around his head.

“Mr. Wang, how are you feeling?”

“Don’t you feel ashamed to ask me about that?” Wang Zicheng cursed, pointing at her nose, “Jinx! Qu Wan, you’re such a jinx!”

He was extremely depressed. He didn’t expect that after he sent this woman home out of kindness, their car would have collided with Ling Mubai’s, which nearly killed him!

He had booked the hotel the day before and was about to enjoy a passionate night with his girlfriend, Yaya, but now everything was screwed up by this jinx!

Wang Zicheng was so annoyed that he couldn’t help venting all his anger on Qu Wan.

Instead of retorting, Qu Wan stood there in silence with her head lowered. Though she was listening, what Wang Zicheng said only went in one ear and out the other.

Wang Zicheng didn’t stop yelling until he felt like his strength had run out. “What are you still standing here for? I’m hungry. Go buy me some food!” His face twisted in pain when he stroked the gauze around his head.

“Oh!” Qu Wan immediately ran out, as if she were his henchman.

Wang Zicheng was picky about food and he didn’t eat anything that was too cold, too hot, too sweet, or too spicy. In short, he was a difficult person to please.

In the past two months, Qu Wan already had some ideas of his preferences, so she took a taxi straight to the Food Town nearby.

Half an hour later, she came back to the ward with the food to his liking.

Looking at her from the corner of his eyes, Wang Zicheng thought god must have sent this sun-glasses wearing woman to punish him. Nothing had gone right for him ever since he met her, and he even got choked on water!

“I have to teach her a good lesson, or she’ll never know who the boss is!”

Qu Wan had no idea what was on Wang Zicheng’s mind at this moment. After setting up the small table on the bed, she opened the food container and set his breakfast before him. “Mr. Wang, please take your time.”

Wang Zicheng snorted and didn’t move at all. “My hand was injured. Feed me!”

Qu Wan was stupefied. It wasn’t a big deal to feed someone, but as a young lady, she found it awkward to feed a grown man she wasn’t that familiar with.

“Forget it! For the sake that he got injured because of me, I can’t refuse. Just think of it as my charity,” she thought.

Wang Zicheng had thought that she would turn him down. Actually, he was just trying to embarrass her. However, to his surprise, she picked the spoon up and began to feed him.

In the beginning, Wang Zicheng felt uneasy, but after a few bites, he felt like he was enjoying it, and without knowing it, he ate a lot.

Being so close to her, he caught the faint fragrance which was supposed to be from the perfume on this sun-glasses wearing woman, though he couldn’t tell what brand it was.

When he fixed his gaze on her delicate face below the sun-glasses, he suddenly had a feeling that this woman must be drop-dead gorgeous without it.

Watching her fair and tender skin, trembling feather-like eyelashes, delicate nose, and inviting lips, he suddenly had an impulse to kiss her.

Wang Zicheng became so pumped the moment this bold idea popped into his mind.