Chapter 35: Tangtang Wants to Tutor Jiang Sheng

Ning Qiutang heard the conversation outside, she almost stripped naked and wrapped herself in a blanket.

Seeing her grandmother coming in, she immediately said, “Don’t worry, grandma, I’m fine.”

“Oh, you poor thing, you’re always getting into trouble. After your grandpa finishes praying to the Buddha and asks Master Guangzhi for some peace charms for you, why is your hair still wet?”

Ning Qiutang shook her head and said sensibly, “I’ve already wiped it with a towel. There’s no hairdryer here, and it’s hot now, it’ll dry soon.”

“You can’t be so lucky. Without a hairdryer, you should keep wiping it with a towel. Even in hot weather, people can catch colds.”

Jiang grandma felt sorry for her and took a towel to wipe her hair.

“Our Xiao Haitang has such beautiful hair, it’s so smooth to the touch. Unlike grandma, my hair is white and not smooth.”

“Grandma, I know a really good hair dye. I’ll have someone dye your hair later, it’ll make you look twenty years younger.”

Ning Qiutang genuinely liked Jiang grandma. Her own grandma died early, and she had never met her family’s younger generation. Fortunately, she had Jiang grandma’s love, so she, the most pampered little princess in the capital, truly had everything she wanted.

Her mother said that the arranged marriage with Jiang Sheng was because she once said, when she was young, that she wanted to marry her third brother, and then the Jiang family decided to marry her to Jiang Sheng.

Back then, she didn’t understand what marrying someone meant.

Jiang grandma also liked her: “You know how to please me. Bring it to me next time and let my old man be shocked.”

“Grandma and grandpa have such a good relationship. You’ve been married for forty or fifty years, right?”

Ning Qiutang was still young. She used to think that loving someone meant a lifetime, but now she realized that no one could love someone for a lifetime.

Jiang grandma held her hand, her expression full of nostalgia, and said slowly, “Your grandpa and I were like you when we were young. I refused to marry him no matter what. My family arranged the marriage, and I hadn’t even met him, how could I marry him?

“But I’ll never forget the day I ran away from the marriage. Your grandpa came to stop me in his military uniform. He said he had someone he loved too, but it was the family’s choice, he had no objections. He asked if I really didn’t want to marry, he could help me escape.”

“I was pretty superficial back then. I saw your grandpa was so handsome, so I immediately went back with him to get married. I thought that since your grandpa said he had someone he loved, our marriage would be more or less a polite relationship. But unexpectedly… we had four children in the first few years.”

“Back then, the fourth child was born on the battlefield. I was weak at the time, and the child hadn’t grown well in the womb. He died a month after birth. Your grandpa went to get a vasectomy so that I wouldn’t have more children and hurt my body…”

“I’ve gone off track. Actually, Haitang, love and marriage are different. You don’t necessarily marry someone you’re in love with, but you can definitely be in love after marriage. You used to like Jiang Sheng the most, do you really not like him anymore?”

Ning Qiutang didn’t answer, she was also thinking about this question.

Reason told her that Jiang Sheng had killed her, and liking him again would be asking for trouble. But her free will told her that Jiang Sheng was different now. What happened in the past was in the past, he hadn’t done anything this life.

Jiang Sheng became even more attractive to her, making her feel trapped. The love that had been severed in her heart grew back every day. She couldn’t help but like him whenever she saw him.

“Grandma, I used to think that love could overcome all difficulties. Now I realize that love can never overcome the lack of love. I don’t know what the future holds, I just want to not regret it now.”

Ning Qiutang said firmly. She couldn’t forget the pain he had caused her in the past life, and she couldn’t accept the past becoming the wind, the passing of thousands of sails.

Grandma Jiang didn’t force her to accept anything, she reached out and touched her head, speaking with love, “This is ultimately your own life, you have to make your own decisions.”

“Grandma will give you three chances to change your mind. When you mention breaking off the engagement for the third time, the Jiang family will not stop you.”

Ning Qiutang lowered her eyes, the gentle color in her eyes gradually faded, she nodded, understanding Grandma’s foresight.

Jiang Sheng returned home half an hour later.

Grandma Jiang chatted and laughed with Ning Qiutang.

She also told her how to make lotus seed sweet soup.

Ning Qiutang changed into a new dress and went straight to the kitchen to make lotus leaf chicken.

However, she was not used to cooking, and even though she followed the video, the lotus leaf chicken she ended up making was a bit of a mess.

At dinner time.

Grandpa Jiang just came out of the master’s Zen room, after listening to the master’s teachings, Grandpa seemed to be refreshed, as if he had seen through the world.

He saw the black thing on the table: “What’s this new dish?”

“Grandpa Jiang, this is lotus leaf chicken.” Ning Qiutang also felt that the appearance was not presentable, who would recognize that this was chicken.

Grandpa Jiang twitched his lips: “Old woman, are you following our chef to retire?”

“This is made by Xiao Haitang herself.” Grandma Jiang sighed.

Jiang Sheng directly had the dish removed: “Everyone has seen your good intentions, it can rest in peace now.”

Of course, Ning Qiutang wouldn’t let everyone eat it, it was all burnt.

Grandpa Jiang was going to eat vegetarian recently, so he didn’t touch any other meat dishes.

“Tangtang, the college entrance exam is coming soon, you should help Jiang Sheng with his review. If you can help Jiang Sheng pass the exam smoothly, Grandpa will grant you one request.”

Ning Qiutang’s eyes lit up, then quickly dimmed.

How could the big devil study hard.

But Grandpa Jiang didn’t need to worry, Jiang Sheng’s ability was undeniable, he just didn’t want to show it in front of others, not taking exams didn’t mean he didn’t know.

“Grandpa, actually, Third Brother is very capable, he doesn’t need my help to review, and Grandpa can also hire other tutors.”

Ning Qiutang wanted to refuse, she already found it difficult to deal with Jiang Sheng, now she had to tutor him, she had nowhere to escape.

Jiang Sheng raised his eyes and looked at her coldly: “You are so unwilling to teach me, are you afraid I will eat you?”

“Tangtang, don’t worry, if he dares to bully you, come directly to the Jiang family to find me, I will beat him to death.”

Grandpa Jiang was really bold, he didn’t hesitate in his actions, if he couldn’t handle something, he would just use his fists.

Ning Qiutang was caught in a difficult situation, and finally nodded: “Okay, I’ll try.”

Just hope this big devil doesn’t cause trouble.

Because there were not many Zen rooms in the temple, most of them were rented out.

Jiang Sheng and Ning Qiutang were arranged to sleep together.

Ning Qiutang looked at the boy sleeping on the floor: “We can go home.”

“Grandpa said, stay here for a night to get rid of bad luck.” Jiang Sheng had never been so obedient.

Ning Qiutang noticed the new bandage on his left hand: “How did you get hurt again?”

“It’s nothing.” Jiang Sheng didn’t explain, he turned off the light and lay down.

The room was very quiet.

Due to the primitive life of the temple, there was no air conditioning, only a fan.

Although the mountain was cooler than the foot of the mountain.

But Ning Qiutang, who was pampered, was still very hot.

She lay on the bed and mumbled: “Jiang Sheng, aren’t you hot?”