The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 616 - 534 He’s Interested in You

Chapter 616: Chapter 534 He’s Interested in You
After searching for a restaurant for quite a while, Jian Si was also hungry, and she couldn’t help swallowing her saliva as she smelled the spiciness of the hot soup in the restaurant.
"Sisi, you haven’t eaten, right? How about we just grab something simple here?" Jian Chuan noticed her subtle movements attentively,
Jian Si really liked hot pot, so naturally, she had no objections. However, Lawyer Nan was a different story. After spending some time with him, Jian Si realized he was quite picky. Other than Xiangshan Club, he hardly ever dined out.
"Would you mind having hot pot?" Jian Si carefully sought his opinion.
"If you want to eat, let’s eat." Nan Zhan walked straight to a seat by the window. "Anyway, I haven’t tried it before."
In Aus City, where hot pot is ubiquitous, he had never tried it. My God, what on earth did he grow up eating?
Jian Si went to the self-service area to pick ingredients, while Jian Chuan and Nan Zhan sat facing each other.
The waiter came over, poured tea, and diligently remarked, "That lady the other day was sitting right here."
They were actually sitting where the deceased had once sat, which inevitably made them a bit sentimental.
Jian Chuan asked, "Lawyer Nan, how did you come to know my sister?"
"I’m her guarantor." Nan Zhan said succinctly. Just as he was about to pick up the teacup, he noticed a spot wasn’t cleaned off the rim and disdainfully put it back down.
Jian Chuan nodded: "Sisi is a good girl; she would never do anything like murder or arson. We really owe it to Lawyer Nan this time."
"Don’t mention it." Nan Zhan glanced unintentionally at Jian Si, who was still seriously selecting ingredients. She examined almost every vegetable leaf, due to her standing back-first towards them, and in denim shorts, her long legs were straight and evenly shaped.
"Will you eat this?" Suddenly, Jian Si waved a small bunch of glass noodles towards them.
Jian Chuan laughed and said, "Yes."
Nan Zhan didn’t expect her to turn around suddenly. He quickly moved his gaze away, his tone suddenly cold, "Whatever."
"Then let’s get three portions." Jian Si happily put the items into a small basket for vegetables.
During the meal, Jian Chuan and Jian Si were catching up, while Nan Zhan was silent, struggling with the messy pot of food, eventually finding a simple solution - whatever Jian Si picked, he followed suit.
Halfway through the meal, Nan Zhan received a phone call.
"Are you leaving?" Jian Si noticed him putting down his chopsticks.
"Yeah." Nan Zhan said, "You guys continue, I need to leave for something."
"Lawyer Nan, I hope to seek your advice again sometime." Jian Chuan immediately stood up, and after shaking hands, Nan Zhan hurried off, but he took care of the bill on his way past the cashier.
"Sisi." The siblings sat down again, and Jian Chuan added a piece of mutton to her bowl, "I think Lawyer Nan has taken a liking to you."
Pfft~
Jian Si almost choked, coughing uncontrollably. Jian Chuan immediately passed her a cup of water, and she drank most of it before calming down, her face and neck flushed from the coughing.
"Brother, don’t talk nonsense, how could he possibly like me? He always scowls at me, always calling me stupid."
"Hehe." Jian Chuan shook his head with a smile: "When a man starts to like a woman, there are several different ways he might show it. One way is to go out of his way to please her, another is to do seemingly unreasonable things to get her attention, even if it might make her feel annoyed or repelled, and the last way is to do nothing, just silently believing and liking. I think Lawyer Nan is the second type. He criticizes you, troubles you, gets angry with you, all just to prove his presence and to capture more of your attention."
Jian Si quickly waved her hands: "Brother, you’re a forensic expert, when did you become a love expert? Nan Zhan is heartless and desireless, he would never like me to death."
"What about you then, what do you feel towards him?"
"Me?" Jian Si awkwardly bowed her head, besides herself, nobody knew that Nan Zhan was actually that man from before. Her feelings for him were quite complicated, especially these days living with him, seeing how he interacted with Zhengzheng, further touched the walls she built around her heart, "How could I dare to entertain such thoughts, having Zhengzheng is enough for me."
"Do you really plan to stay unmarried for your whole life? Are you afraid they won’t treat Zhengzheng well?"
"Yes." Jian Si admitted readily, "Finding someone who is nice to me is useless, the key is whether they can accept Zhengzheng. If they can’t, then I would rather not marry in my whole life."
"Sigh." Jian Chuan could only sigh, "It’s been tough on you."
Jian Si was still just a child back then, yet she encountered several major changes in life in just a few short months. It was not easy for her to have maintained an intact personality without falling into an abyss of darkness.
After the meal, Piaopiao called to ask where she was.
Jian Si covered the phone and whispered to Jian Chuan: "It’s Piaopiao, she asked me to go karaoke tonight, should I tell her you’re also here?"
Jian Chuan thought for a moment: "Don’t tell her yet, I’ll go with you later."
After setting a time and place with Piaopiao, Jian Si called Jian Hedong to have Zhengzheng stay over there for the night, and she would pick him up tomorrow.
After hanging up, she looked worriedly at Jian Chuan: "Big brother, how do you feel about Piaopiao now, do you still like her?"
"After all, she was the girl I admired in my youth, it’s not that I can forget her just by saying so, but she’s not quite the same as the Piaopiao I remembered. Did she suffer any setbacks?"
"When she was in junior high, she was actually a very honest and decent girl, but later her personality changed drastically. I asked her about it, but she refused to say, and eventually I stopped asking as well."
"If I have the chance, I’d like to have a good talk with her." Jian Chuan took a napkin and wiped his mouth, "By the way, Sisi, I forgot to tell you that you are sitting in the place where the deceased Teng Huafang once sat."
"What?" Jian Si immediately sprang up from her seat, retreating several steps away from the chair, with a face full of dissatisfaction, accusing, "Why didn’t you tell me earlier."
Seeing her reaction, Jian Chuan couldn’t help but laugh aloud: "You’re still so timid, haha."
"Jian Chuan." Jian Si stamped her foot, remembering her childhood when he also liked to scare her, often making her cry loudly. Father Jian always indulged him, while Jian Hedong would always drag him over to give him a beating.
It almost felt like returning to her childhood, but things are no longer the same, they are still alive, yet the two who loved them are gone forever.
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The singing KTV wasn’t too far away; a half-hour taxi ride would get there.
In the room, Feng Piaopiao was already singing on her own, with the coffee table filled with various types of alcohol and snacks.
Before entering the room, Jian Chuan could hear the female voice coming from inside, gentle yet with a touch of melancholy.
He had always heard that Class 1-6’s Feng Piaopiao was a good singer, and he had imagined countless times her beautiful singing appearance and unique voice, but fate played tricks on him. It was only after so many years that he finally heard her singing for the first time, just like her persona, alluring, stunning, and deeply emotional.
Jian Si kept hearing Feng Piaopiao roaring every other day. Naturally, she did not understand Jian Chuan’s feelings at the moment and pushed the door open to enter. When she entered, Feng Piaopiao was still singing, obviously treating her as non-existent. But as soon as Jian Chuan came in, Feng Piaopiao’s singing stopped, apparently not expecting him to come, suddenly a bit confused, her beautiful eyes blinked twice.
"Jian Chuan?"
The beautiful singing was suddenly gone, leaving only the monotonous music. Jian Chuan smiled and greeted, "We meet again."
"Yes." Feng Piaopiao tidied the hair by her ear, "Sisi doesn’t drink, these are all randomly ordered by me, what would you like to drink?"
"These are fine." Jian Chuan sat down on a sofa nearby, "It seems this song isn’t finished."
"Let’s not sing anymore, you guys go ahead." Feng Piaopiao was about to put down the microphone.
Jian Chuan quickly said, "Finish it, it sounds pretty good."
Feng Piaopiao hesitated for a bit, but then continued to sing facing the screen.
The three of them played until very late. Jian Si didn’t know how to drink. The other two were quite reserved initially but seemed to get into the spirit later, drinking endlessly, one glass after another.
After singing a few songs, Jian Si’s throat had become slightly hoarse. She took out her phone and glanced at it. There were no calls from Nan Zhan.
Probably he is not coming back tonight.
Nan Zhan had come back to the Nan Family upon receiving a call from Helan Ying, actually, it had been a month since he had been here, and he felt that even if he never came back for the rest of his life, probably no one would miss him.
Aunt Xian was just about to bring the dishes into the dining room when she spotted Nan Zhan changing his shoes, joyfully putting the dishes on the table, wiping her hands on her apron, and hurried over.
"Young master, you’re back."
"Aunt Xian." Nan Zhan smiled at her, "How have you been lately?"
"Good, good, very well. Knowing that you care about me makes me even better." Aunt Xian called out loudly and happily to the house, "Sir, madam, the young master is back."
"Aunt Xian, there’s no need to call them. They’ll come out when dinner is served," Nan Zhan said as he finished changing his shoes, "Do you need any help with something?"
"No need, no need; just go watch some TV, the food will be ready soon." Aunt Xian pushed Nan Zhan toward the living room and only looked back and sighed silently after seeing him sit on the sofa.
Aunt Xian believed that, given how loud she shouted before, the couple in the house must have heard it, but they were not like ordinary parents. In their eyes, work always came first.
Bored, Nan Zhan watched the legal channel for a while before hearing steady footsteps coming down from upstairs, soon followed by Nan Hanzheng in a business suit coming down from the second floor.
"Dad." Nan Zhan stood up and greeted him.
"Hmm, you’re back." Nan Hanzheng nodded slightly, "When did you arrive?"
"Just now."
"Hmm, let’s eat."
"Where is mom?" Nan Zhan looked behind him.
Nan Hanzheng’s expression was indifferent, "She’s on a conference call, don’t worry about her. Let’s eat first."
Nan Zhan didn’t say anything and followed Nan Hanzheng to the dining room, pulling out a chair for Nan Hanzheng before sitting down opposite him.