The men on the side were full of shock. Before they could react, Jiang Shanghan strode downstairs and squatted in front of her with one leg bent, frowning slightly: "Where did you fall?"
Jiang Chuning turned his head sideways, crying in grievance, but did not speak.
Jiang Shanghan saw scratches on her arms and face, and the skin on the knees of her pants was torn.
He directly picked her up and walked upstairs, saying, "Call Jiang Yuan over."
Jiang Chuning resisted with all his body: "I don't want it! Call my dad and ask him to pick me up. I don't want to stay here anymore..."
Jiang Shanghan ignored her and said in a deep voice: "If your father knows that you secretly ran back from Switzerland, you will never want to return to Jiangzhou again in your life."
Jiang Chuning was speechless. She admitted that she was a little scared.
Ever since her father and great-grandfather resolutely sent her to Switzerland, despite her coquettish begging, she knew that her father would not indulge her unconditionally like before.
What's more, not only did she sneak back from Switzerland, she was also so embarrassed.
It's possible that her father doesn't want to recognize his daughter.
Jiang Shanghan took her back to the room, put her on the sofa, and turned around to get disinfectants.
Mu Qing leaned against the wall and watched this scene, not knowing what she was thinking.
Jiang Chuning had his head lowered, but when he noticed her gaze, he raised his head and met her gaze.
Seeing this, Mu Qing smiled at her.
Jiang Chuning's eyes turned red and he sniffed: "Don't get me wrong, he is my uncle."
This was the best explanation she could give in order not to destroy the relationship between them and to regain her remaining dignity.
Obviously he didn't expect her to say that, and Mu Qing raised his eyebrows: "I know you, Jiang Chuning."
Over there, Jiang Shanghan took the medicine box and squatted in front of her again.
Jiang Chuning took it from him and said, "I'll do it myself. Thank you, uncle."
She emphasized the last two words specially, as if to remind herself that she also set the boundaries of the relationship with him.
A cold voice from the river: "Sit tight."
Jiang Chuning stepped back again, reasoning, the fear of a person since childhood can still be engraved in his bones.
Mu Qing said: "Then I will leave first and come back tomorrow."
Jiang Shanghan did not raise his head, but said: "Let Jiang Ying come tomorrow."
Mu Qing was quiet for two seconds, realizing that he asked her not to come.
She said: "I know."
After Mu Qing left, Jiang Chuning looked at the man disinfecting her wounds in front of her and couldn't help but whisper: "Are you so cruel to your girlfriend?"
Jiang Shanghan raised his eyes to look at her and said without mercy in his voice: "Jiang Chuning, worry about yourself."
Jiang Chuning lowered his head again.
Not long after, Jiang Yuan came.
He looked at Jiang Chuning on the sofa and hissed: "What are you doing, transforming into a living person?"
Jiang Shanghan said: "Check her carefully, if not, take her to the hospital."
"I don't……"
The moment Jiang Shanghan's eyes met, Jiang Chuning took back his words.
Jiang Yuan examined her carefully, asked her about her situation, and said to Jiang Shanghan: "The problem is not big. Apart from the scratches on the face and hands, the only thing is a sprained ankle. Let's rest for a few days and rub some."
The ointment will be fine.”
Jiang Shanghan hummed lightly.
Jiang Yuan sat next to Jiang Chuning and asked curiously: "How did you come back? Didn't you say you wouldn't come with us earlier, and you still put in so much effort?"
Jiang Chuning suddenly looked up at him: "Cousin."
Jiang Yuan: "?"
Show your courtesy for nothing.
Jiang Chuning pulled his sleeve: "I'll stay with you for the next few days. When I get better, I'll go back to Switzerland. Don't let my father know, otherwise he will break my legs."
Jiang Yuan took out his sleeves: "You live here, why did you fall out of the shadow?"
Jiang Chuning was silent before saying, "He has a girlfriend, and I will disturb them if I live here."
Jiang Yuan was even more surprised and looked at Jiang Shanghan: "When did you have a girlfriend?"
Jiang Shanghan looked cold and showed no emotion.
After a while, he turned around and left the bedroom.
Jiang Yuan thought for a while and said seriously to Jiang Chuning: "If you call me cousin, I can't just sit idly by. But, my cousin is also planning to find a girlfriend. I'm a kid here, so you live with me."
It’s even more inconvenient, so I’d better live here. Anyway, you’ll be going back to Switzerland in a few days, and his girlfriend won’t mind.”
After saying that, he strode away regardless of Jiang Chuning's attempts to stay.
Jiang Chuning: "..."
…
Jiang Yuan came out of the bedroom and saw Jiang Shanghan standing on the balcony not far away smoking, and walked over: "What happened? Who does she think of as your girlfriend?"
Jiang Shanghan said: "Mourning."
Jiang Yuan wondered: "Why."
Jiang Shanghan didn't explain too much, he just looked out the window.
Just letting her misunderstand it would have saved him a lot of trouble.
The sky was shrouded in hazy mist and rain at some point, and it was filled with a biting chill.
Jiang Yuan leaned on the railing next to him: "Actually, you and Jiang Chuning are not related by blood. She just calls you uncle based on your seniority.
Didn't you two have an engagement before? It's not like you couldn't..."
"I watched her grow up."
"You have watched me grow up, so why don't you feel sorry for my nephew?"
Jiang Shanghan glanced at him and slowly dusted off his cigarette.
Jiang Yuan was frightened by the sight and laughed twice: "Pretend I didn't say that."
After a few seconds, Jiang Shanghan said: "Don't let the Jiang family know about her return."
"Don't worry, I have nothing to do with gossiping."
Jiang Yuan asked again, "How is your injury?"
"It doesn't matter."
Jiang Yuan said: "Okay, if you have anything to do with me, come to me again. You should think about how to deal with Jiang Chuning. I think she likes you very much. She has not changed her mind after being in Switzerland for more than half a year."
Jiang Shanghan was silent for a while before saying: "I remember that Ruan Xingwan had a younger brother who was about the same age as Ning Ning."
"Then don't even think about it, he is even more stubborn than Jiang Chuning.
But they are quite similar, they both like someone who is a few years older than them, and who is not accepted or discussed by the world."
…
When Jiang Shanghan returned to the bedroom, Jiang Chuning had fallen asleep on the sofa, with faint traces of tears still hanging on his face.
She looked very haggard, and her eyes were still black and blue.
Jiang Shanghan covered her with a blanket and asked the servants to clean up a guest room and come out.
…
Jiang Chuning opened his eyes and looked at the completely unfamiliar environment. He couldn't figure out where he was for a moment.
What just happened was like a dream.
She suddenly sat up from the bed, and the pain began to revive, affecting every nerve.
Jiang Chuning turned over his palm and looked at the blurred blood marks on it, almost crying in pain.
That embarrassing scene resurfaced in her mind and was engraved into her DNA.