Chapter 1243: Chapter 723: First Date, Meeting the Family? Hard to Refuse a Gift (Part 2)

"That’s all fake." Jiang Chengsi clicked his tongue, "You have no idea, this guy’s a neat freak, especially picky and troublesome."

"The reason I moved out of Hexi is because I didn’t want to live with him."

"You can’t judge a book by its cover. Among us Jiang brothers, he’s actually the most difficult one, even harder to deal with than Jiang Xiaowu."

...

Si Qingxiao couldn’t help but chuckle at his rant.

Jiang Chengsi had always had many complaints about Jiang Shiyi, and what he said was true. As they were heading back home after breakfast, Jiang Chengsi shared some childhood stories with her, like how he used to be bullied.

He thought it was still early, wanting to go out on a date but many places weren’t open yet, so he decided to take Si Qingxiao home to rest first then plan their day.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they got to the doorstep, they ran into —

Cao Cao!

It truly confirmed the saying: don’t speak of ghosts at night or people during the day.

Standing at his door was —

Jiang Shiyi!

He was dressed very casually, obviously waiting for a while at the door.

Seeing him return with a girl in the back seat, a glint of interest flashed in his eyes. Si Qingxiao, who was just enjoying the rant, was momentarily surprised at the sudden sight of the real person.

Although she had met Jiang Shiyi before, she didn’t have that kind of relationship with Jiang Chengsi then, so naturally, it was straightforward when meeting him. But now...

Early in the morning, sitting in Jiang Chengsi’s car, her arms around his waist.

Even if she claimed they were just friends, he wouldn’t believe it.

Jiang Chengsi was also surprised to see Jiang Shiyi, especially since he mentioned he’d return in a couple of days during the phone call yesterday.

The man stood in the cold wind, dressed somewhat too lightly, his beautiful peach blossom eyes were slightly pale due to the cold, but his eyes were filled with indifferent and cold expression.

He had a scholarly aura, with eyes that were hard to read.

"Bro?" Jiang Chengsi was shocked too, parked the car, let the person from the back get off first, then took off his helmet to look at him, "Didn’t you say you’d be back in a few days?"

Moreover, even if he came back, he shouldn’t be here.

When Jiang Chengsi moved out, Jiang Shiyi was busy with lab work, so he had never visited this place.

"I lied to you." Jiang Shiyi admitted, his gaze landing on the girl behind him.

Contemplatively.

"Lied to me?" Jiang Chengsi smirked, "Why lie to me?"

"Surprise inspection."

"..."

Surprise inspection? Did he think he’d be messing around outside?

At this moment, Si Qingxiao removed her helmet and nodded in greeting with Jiang Shiyi.

"Miss Xiao?" Jiang Shiyi was a bit surprised, his brother was indeed in a relationship, but seeing this girl, it seemed quite natural, with no expression on his face.

"She’s my girlfriend." Jiang Chengsi introduced openly.

"Hello." Jiang Shiyi was straightforward, after all, she wasn’t his girlfriend, no need to be nervous.

"Hello." Si Qingxiao was quite polite.

Jiang Chengsi opened the door to let them in.

"Chengsi, help me grab some luggage from the trunk." Jiang Shiyi clearly had something to say to him alone.

"You go inside first." Jiang Chengsi patted Si Qingxiao’s shoulder.

Si Qingxiao nodded, feeling slightly uneasy. Seriously, why did she bump into Jiang Shiyi?

She knew that Jiang Chengsi didn’t have a good relationship with his parents, and in his heart, perhaps Jiang Shiyi was more important than Jiang Zhaolin, an unexpected meeting with...

Was this considered meeting the parents early?

Jiang Chengsi helped Jiang Shiyi with the luggage and some gifts, "Bro, do you have more stuff?"

"That’s all." Jiang Shiyi closed the trunk, scrutinizing him, "Did you move so far from home to live with her?"

"Huh?" Jiang Chengsi was dumbfounded by his accusation, "What... what cohabitation?"

"Were you together last night?"

"We weren’t."

"Dating so early? It’s only seven-thirty, and you’ve already been out." Jiang Shiyi pointed at his watch.

Dating so early in the morning? The sun hadn’t even risen before them.

Jiang Shiyi clearly didn’t believe such an explanation.

After entering, Jiang Shiyi borrowed his computer, seemingly to check emails, coincidentally saw Jiang Chengsi’s search history from last night, terms like physical contact, first time... made him overthink.

He was convinced that his brother had "bullied" the young lady.

"Sorry, had something urgent." Jiang Shiyi, after handling his tasks, finally looked at Si Qingxiao, studying her earnestly.

The girl wasn’t foolish, pretty and poised, looked gentle and well-mannered, yet why did she fancy someone like his brother?

Do good girls like bad boys?

"No problem, you were busy." Si Qingxiao was relatively unfamiliar with Jiang Shiyi, but had heard about him.

The infamous story of tearing apart his biological father within the Jiang Group was well-known in business circles, Si Yushan naturally knew and discussed it with his family.

Si Qingxiao understood that this third young master of the Jiang family wasn’t as genteel as he appeared, especially those dark, deep eyes, seemingly able to see through people.

While Jiang Shiyi checked his emails, she mentally filtered through potential questions.

Typical parent-meeting queries could be age, occupation, family, or how long they had been dating, she prepared for them, surprised when Jiang Shiyi didn’t ask but instead handed her a pile of gifts from the luggage.

Even Jiang Chengsi was shocked, expecting his brother to utter something astonishing, didn’t foresee an influx of gifts.

"These are some special little gifts I bought on my trip, though we’ve met before, as this is a first with this identity, it’s a token from me as an older brother, nothing expensive, don’t mind it, just treat it as New Year gifts."

"Why would I mind, it’s just..." Si Qingxiao was baffled, what was going on.

She glanced at Jiang Chengsi, noticing his confusion too.

"Don’t be courteous with me, just accept them."

Saying so, Jiang Shiyi rummaged through the luggage, handing everything to her.

The expected parental meeting events didn’t occur, instead Jiang Shiyi showed tremendous enthusiasm towards her, even Jiang Chengsi was stunned.

Though Jiang Shiyi appeared polite, he was inherently indifferent, far from a passionate person, why the sudden act?

Jiang Chengsi was puzzled:

Could it be, had his brain been swapped during the trip?

Later he asked Jiang Shiyi what he meant.

"Why did you keep giving her gifts? You scared her."

Jiang Shiyi’s eyes seemed to look at him like he was an idiot, "You didn’t see I’m helping you keep her?" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"..."

"Accepting a favor, maybe she won’t easily break up with you, besides..." Jiang Shiyi pressed his lips, "we should take responsibility."

"Huh?"

Jiang Shiyi always thought his brother naive and foolish, naturally wanted to assist him.

After all, if a nice girl was willing to tolerate him, as a brother, some support seemed appropriate.

Jiang Chengsi was puzzled, while Si Qingxiao stared at the gifts filling half of the long table, feeling even more bewildered.

Jiang Shiyi was nothing like what Jiang Chengsi described, not a neat freak, not picky, but overly enthusiastic...

Almost too enthusiastic!