Chapter 1248: Chapter 727: Si Family’s Miss: Beauty and Strategy (Third Update)

After lunch, Jiang Jinsang was the first to leave. It seemed he had an important client to meet. Tang Wan never really asked about his work.

She looked at the two people in the office, feeling a bit helpless.

They had already finished their tea and meal; shouldn’t they be leaving? Why were they still hanging around here?

Jiang Chengsi had some matters to attend to at the club. He originally planned to take Si Qingxiao with him and thought of giving her some driving practice. Her driving wasn’t very professional, and last time they were interrupted by Geng Dong, she remained tight-lipped and didn’t really get a proper lesson.

Unexpectedly, Si Qingxiao received a call saying she needed to attend a gathering at someone’s house that evening, so she had to return and prepare early to avoid being impolite.

It takes about an hour to drive from Hexi to East City, leaving no time to go to the club.

But Jiang Chengsi still had to go to the club to handle some matters and had no time to take her.

"You go ahead and take care of your things. I’ll sit here with Teacher Tang for a while and then take a taxi back myself."

"You’re heading back alone?"

"It’s easy to get a taxi here, it’s no big deal."

"How about I take you home first, and then head to the club?"

...

Tang Wan sat with her chin in her hand, watching them. Just discussing this took them seven or eight minutes. Were they deliberately flaunting their affection in front of her?

In the end, Jiang Chengsi escorted her downstairs, opened the taxi door for her, noted down the taxi driver’s operating license and license plate before letting her leave.

Tang Wan stood by the side the whole time, like a statue.

The people tailing them saw both Jiang Chengsi and Si Qingxiao off downstairs. Jiang Chengsi’s behavior seemed off.

"Doesn’t it seem like Fourth Master is acting a bit unusual? Isn’t he usually indifferent to everything? He personally opened the car door for her and saw her off."

"What do you know? That’s called courtesy, especially since she’s a woman. Fourth Master has always been a gentleman."

If Ruan Mengxi heard this, she would jump up, having been left on the road by someone "gentlemanly" to walk to the club herself.

"Is there really no chance for Fourth Master and Miss Si?"

"In all of Beijing, she could be with anyone, except Fourth Master. It’s impossible."

"Why?"

"Rumor has it, Fourth Master has brought men home before, more than once. He has a poor relationship with his father, largely due to his sexual orientation. Think about it, he runs a bar and club, what kind of women hasn’t he seen? Why would there be rumors about him and Qi Zeyan? There’s no smoke without fire, you know."

They all seemed to understand, though today’s society is more open, and coming out is more accepted, notable families are often scrutinized.

"But Young Master Qi is getting engaged, won’t Fourth Master be heartbroken?"

"It was never going to work out between them anyway."

...

Jiang Chengsi had no idea people are still buying into this "unorthodox CP". After seeing Si Qingxiao off, he left the office, allowing Tang Wan to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally, she got rid of this pair of troubled souls.

They had met before in Pingjiang, and she had even arranged for them to have dinner together. Back then, there weren’t any sparks, not even a glimpse of chemistry, so how did they end up together?

They even teamed up to "bully" her; it’s unbearable.

As soon as she reached the office, she received a call from Jiang Jinsang, basically telling her he had arrived at the company.

"What kind of client is so urgent that you had to leave right after lunch?"

"Originally, Big Brother was supposed to meet them, but he said he had other plans and couldn’t make it to the company in the afternoon, so he asked me to help. I should be done by around three. I’ll pick you up then, and we’ll go to the Huo Family to get the kid."

"Alright."

As Jiang Jinsang took the call, Jiang Jiu had already knocked and entered, waiting by the side. Only after the call ended did he speak, "Those people didn’t just park their car there for no reason."

"Have you found out who they are? What do they want?"

Jiang Jinsang was temporarily tasked with overseeing a client meeting. At the moment, he was going through customer profiles and draft cooperation plans.

"Their identity isn’t clear yet. They might be reporters or private detectives, and they’re tracking Miss Si."

Jiang Jinsang squinted slightly, continuing to flip through the materials in his hand, "That’s quite interesting. Why would anyone be tracking her?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Si Qingxiao’s identity was well-protected by the Si Family, and very few people in Beijing had seen what she looked like. To outsiders, she was just a regular girl from a good family and attractive. Why would anyone go to great lengths to monitor her? Unless..."

"They know her identity," said Jiang Jiu. "If that’s the case, it could be someone familiar."

Jiang Jinsang only smiled:

A familiar face?

Could it be someone from the You Family?

Lately, the Si Family has been getting closer to the Xie Family, rather ignoring the You Family, with whom they have familial ties.

You Hongxian managed to mingle in the circle for so long largely due to his ties with the Si Family, leveraging his status as Si Yushan’s brother-in-law, garnering him a certain level of respect.

Now there’s a project that could benefit his family, yet Si Yushan chose the Xie Group. Industry insiders have been talking about the tensions between the You Family and the Si Family.

Si Yushan sent out such a signal, You Hongxian must be anxious. But if he really targeted Si Qingxiao, things would escalate.

"Sir, should we keep investigating? This person is, after all, Fourth Master’s girlfriend."

"Keep an eye on the situation, but investigating people isn’t our job."

It was said that the people tailing her might be related to You Hongxian.

This was merely his speculation. You Hongxian, after all, is Si Qingxiao’s biological uncle. Without solid evidence, Jiang Jinsang couldn’t possibly relay his hypothesis to Si Qingxiao, though he did send her a message.

[You’re being followed, stay safe.]

He also included the vehicle information.

Taking action against You Hongxian might involve Mrs. Si, as You Yunzhi’s family only had this one brother, and previous matters involving You Shenming were already linked to their family.

If Mrs. Si insisted on protecting him, Jiang Jinsang would be meddling needlessly, and if Jiang Chengsi got involved, it might put Fourth Brother in a difficult position.

If it was indeed related to You Hongxian, it required careful consideration.

**

When Si Qingxiao received the message, she was stunned for a few seconds as the car drove for over ten minutes, passing several intersections before she confirmed that a car really was following her.

"Young lady, what are you looking back at?" The taxi driver was puzzled.

"Nothing," Si Qingxiao smiled, her fingers constantly rubbing her phone, her eyes revealing no emotions.

"I saw you looking back, thought you saw someone familiar?" the driver laughed. "Was that your boyfriend who saw you off earlier?"

"Mm." Si Qingxiao squinted with a smile, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes.

Jiang Jinsang initially thought that after notifying Si Qingxiao, she might take some action or have someone shake off the followers. But she seemed as though nothing had happened at all, everything normal.

Apparently, she had her own plans.

"Miss Si isn’t doing anything, isn’t that risky?" Jiang Jiu asked frankly.

Jiang Jinsang, however, smiled:

"Don’t forget, it was this same Si Family Miss who landed the final blow in You Shenming’s scandal with Xiang Xiaoyuan. She’s not as simple as she seems."

"Underestimate her, and you might find yourself in a world of trouble."

Si Qingxiao wasn’t inactive; she had discreetly sent someone to investigate. Jiang Jinsang was nowhere near conducting a thorough investigation; some matters, if the Jiang Family got involved, wouldn’t necessarily be beneficial.

Moreover, some matters were for the Si Family to verify, different from him informing them.

If it was indeed the act of the You Family, he had longstanding grudges with them. If it came from him, it might be seen as personal vendetta. Besides... 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

This Si Family Miss, with her looks and means, likely doesn’t need his concern.

Jiang Jiu listened attentively to Jiang Jinsang’s reasoning and nodded, "And Fourth Master, you’re really not going to tell him?"

"You know Fourth Brother’s temperament, headfirst into the river of love. If he finds out Si Miss is being followed, he might race over there immediately."

Jiang Jinsang explained:

"If it really involves the You Family and Mrs. Si protects him, what do you think the fallout from Fourth Brother’s actions would be? If it was indeed You Hongxian’s doing, but the Si Family wants to handle it quietly, and it gets blown up, it’ll be hard to resolve. In that case..."

"Fourth Brother won’t benefit at all."

The course of events will depend on the Si Family, or what this Si Family Miss decides to do.