Chapter 187 Part 2: It’s Swollen!

Song Qiuyu’s gaze wavered.

Yet, because she’d set up the excuse of a weak stomach for herself early on, she couldn’t speak up.

“The cart selling spicy chicken legs has already gone to the next carriage. I’ll go after it and see if there are any left?”

Just as she was about to refuse, Jiang Xiao stood up from his seat and said this.

Song Qiuyu froze, dazed for a moment, then subconsciously nodded.

“You want one too? Then can you get one for me?”

“That’s exactly what I was thinking.” Jiang Xiao replied with a bright smile.

Song Qiuyu immediately shifted to the side, allowing Jiang Xiao to step out from inside.

As their bodies inevitably brushed against each other, she gave a slight shiver, her heartbeat quickening a little.

Then she belatedly realized, her mouth opening as if to say she wanted to go along.

Buying chicken legs was something she could’ve done herself, but she let Jiang Xiao, who was sitting inside, run the errand—how odd that looked!

How did she subconsciously ask Jiang Xiao to buy for her…?

She stole a cautious glance at Xie Zhuran and the others’ reactions.

“Seeing them act the same as always, I’m relieved.”

Xie Zhuran, with the thinking mode of a single-celled organism, didn’t notice anything amiss at all and said this with a smile.

“Jiang Xiao is so good to Song Qiuyu. Lin An, can you buy one for me too?” Xia Qi said.

“If you act cute, I’ll get it for you?” Lin An shook his head and replied.

“I’ve never acted cute for anyone in my whole life!” Xia Qi decided to do it herself.

“Then get one for me, too.”

Lin An smiled as he spoke.

“There’s plenty of chicken legs. If your appetite is small, you could consider sharing one between two people.”

Sang Tian didn’t even bother to act anymore.

Song Qiuyu pursed her lips, feeling that she was being a bit too tense.

Although Jiang Xiao’s care seemed to have some personal motives, even without that kind of romance, helping a friend run a quick errand to buy something…

Shouldn’t be that weird either.

As for Xie Zhuran and the others, it didn’t seem strange to them at all.

Thinking of this, Song Qiuyu watched Jiang Xiao passing by her knees, her brows slightly furrowed, still unable to accept his kindness with ease.

She said she wanted Jiang Xiao to let go.

But the one who truly couldn’t let go of the past seemed to be herself.

So she had to work harder.

When the train arrived at Danyang, it was already evening two days later.

“My legs feel swollen! What about you guys?”

Xie Zhuran pushed his suitcase.

“Same here. No big deal, once we get to the Hot Spring Hotel, a soak in the hot spring will fix everything.”

Lin An sighed.

“Oh right, hot springs, free hot springs!”

Xie Zhuran suddenly acted like his legs weren’t swollen or tired at all, striding briskly: /gogogo!”

“It’s just a hot spring soak, is it really that exciting?”

Song Qiuyu spoke nonchalantly, but her accelerating heartbeat and tightly clenched hands betrayed her excitement.

She had never soaked in a hot spring before, nor had she been to a Ski Resort.

This Commercial Collaboration allowed her to experience it for free—what a win!

Jiang Xiao saw through her but didn’t point it out.

The Science Guy and the Chubby Guy quietly followed behind them.

“Don’t worry, bro. I’ll help you with the chores when the time comes!”

The Chubby Guy patted his buddy’s shoulder, looking at him with a gaze that was seventy percent clear stupidity and thirty percent pure innocence.

The Science Guy nodded and thanked him, not being polite with the Chubby Guy at all.

Then, just as the group exited the train station, they saw a tall foreigner in the latest, trendiest Paris winter fashion, wearing sunglasses, a black mask, and a black hat, waving at them.

Next, the very fashionable foreign man strode toward them.

Seeing this, everyone slowed their pace.

Could this ultra-stylish foreigner, almost enough to make them catch a chill, be Aider?

They looked behind him and saw two figures.

It was Jiang Li and Jiang Yu.

No doubt about it.

This man was Aider.

Since their train didn’t pass through Jiang Li and Jiang Yu’s Jian City, Jiang Li and Jiang Yu had taken a different train to get here.

Originally, Jiang Xiao was going to pick them up alone, but Jiang Li refused, sticking to her “little adult” persona to the end.

Reliable to an extreme.

After meeting up and exchanging brief greetings, Jiang Yu looked around with wide eyes, then spoke in a cute voice, “Brother, why can’t I see my sister-in-law?”

Jiang Li had originally been watching Xie Zhuran, making the latter uncomfortable, but he didn’t dare say anything, so he awkwardly struck up a conversation with Sang Tian.

After all, having known each other for a while, everyone knew Sang Tian was gentle—if you wanted to chat, even without a topic, she could force a conversation with you.

Unless she really disliked you.

At Jiang Yu’s words, Jiang Li’s gaze immediately shifted to her own brother, quite curious about the answer to this question.

Xie Zhuran breathed a sigh of relief.

“Your sister-in-law is gone.”

Jiang Xiao deliberately sighed as he spoke.

“?”

Four people in that spot had a question mark pop up in their minds.

“I mean,”

Jiang Xiao paused.

“We broke up.”

Song Qiuyu pressed her lips together, wishing she could kick Jiang Xiao. Couldn’t he just say it simply?

“I see.”

Jiang Yu didn’t know much, but had a pretty good first impression of that sister-in-law, so it was a little regrettable.

Jiang Li curled her lips, looking quite satisfied.

“It’s getting late. Let’s talk more once we get to the hotel.”

Aider spoke in rather fluent Chinese, taking the lead.

“The hotel Boss and the Ski Resort Boss are waiting to meet you at the hotel.”

At this, everyone grew tense. Chatting with Party A online was one thing, but meeting and dining with Party A in person was something else entirely!

For the Commercial Collaboration to go smoothly, they had to perform well!

Everyone’s gaze became determined.

Even the Science Guy and Chubby Guy felt the atmosphere and got nervous, tagging along with the mood.

But they were just there for chores, right?

They thought as much.

Song Qiuyu turned back and said to them, “You guys can join us for dinner later. After all, it’s Party A treating, not costing us anything.”

Hearing this, the Science Guy and Chubby Guy froze.

“Tonight’s meal will be plentiful, but before dinner, you can soak in the hot spring and rest a bit. After you’ve eaten and met everyone, you can just sleep for the night.”

Aider stuck his hands in his pockets and walked toward the car parked in the lot.

“We can discuss the details of the promotional video tomorrow.”

Hearing this, everyone nodded, unable to help looking forward to the dinner and smiling in anticipation.

Just then, Aider opened the car door but suddenly turned his face toward Song Qiuyu and said something that made her heart skip a beat.