Chapter 1: Are you sick?

  Is this fairy her own aunt?

  Tang Chong really wanted to learn from Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West" and with one stick, shouted: Monster, quickly show yourself.

  "She's not a scammer." Tang Zhong thought to himself. If she was a scammer, how would she have gotten Tang Xin's number? How would she know of his existence? And how would she know that Tang Xin's phone is in his hands? "Although she looks very much like a scammer."

  "Doesn't it feel strange?" Jiang Keqing's smile was warm and gentle, her demeanor elegant and refined, a stark contrast to her behavior just before.

  "Does it feel very tiring for you to speak like this?" Tang Zhong asked.

  "What?" Jiang Keqing's small mouth opened slightly, the red lip color that had just been applied still shining with a moist glow, as if she had been kissed fiercely several times.

  "I saw it all," said Tang Chong. "Maybe I left the school gate a few minutes earlier than you thought."

  Jiang Keqing's expression was slightly stunned, then she burst out laughing hehehe.

  "It was just an accidental flirtatious glance at him, but he actually had the nerve to come over and hit on me, even reaching out to touch my face - some people really have no shame."

  "Tang Zhongxiang, you're the one with no bottom line, right? You look so charming and mysteriously throw flirtatious glances at people - even the most obtuse man wouldn't want to miss the chance to get to know a beautiful woman like that."

  "Alright, let's not talk about him anymore. Just thinking of his gold teeth makes me feel nauseous. Tell me, what era are we living in now? There are still people getting gold teeth? I'm not made of money, but I'd like to buy two gold bars and stuff them into his mouth - that would be the death of him."

  "There's still vegetable leaves stuck on your gold teeth. The yellow is dazzling, the green is even more dazzling. Don't people know to brush their teeth before going out to pick up girls?"

  "Or else, let's just forget about him?" This time, Tang Chong felt disgusted too.

  "Oh. Right. I've mentioned it before, let's not bring him up again." Jiang Keqing patted her own forehead, smiling apologetically: "I'm just a bit muddled. But I'm not stupid."

  Tang Zhong thought of turning around and leaving.

  Is this woman here to play him? Is this the retribution for making Huang Wenya cry?

  "You must have never thought that you would have such a young and beautiful aunt, right? Actually, I didn't think my nephew would be so silly either----"

  Seeing Tang Chong's face change, she quickly comforted him: "Even if you're a bumpkin, you're still my nephew."

  "Besides, I also know you shouldn't look like this. This disguise is pretty good."

  "It's truly my honor." Tang Zhong said with a bitter smile.

  "Look around, this isn't a place for talking. Come on, I'll take you to a great place to eat and have fun."

  "No need." Tang Zhong refused. He knew that the place this woman would take him to was definitely a place he had never been to before. But he could only refuse such kindness. Because now he still has to replace Tang Xin and live, let the people in her circle see him and her together will have bad associations.

  "I know what you're worried about." Jiang Keqing opened the car door and pushed Tang Chong into the passenger seat. "They all say that you and Tang Xin look alike, but I've looked at Tang Xin's face for so many years and almost didn't recognize you. Can others recognize you? At worst, others will just misunderstand that you're my new kept boy."

  She climbed into the driver's cabin from the other side of the car door, smiling sweetly and said: "I'm afraid others will say that my taste is getting worse."

  Tang Zhong knew that this woman must have contracted 'If you don't hit people, you'll die of illness'.

  He had always thought that hanging out with those thugs in prison all day had turned him into a poisonous snake, but now he realized that there was actually a king cobra in this world.

  "There's a coffee shop at Xuefu Road intersection." Tang Zhong said: "Let's go there then."

  Jiang Keqing looked at Tang Chong and sighed, saying: "When I saw you earlier, I suspected that you might not be my sister's son. I thought to myself, 'My sister looks like me, a troublemaker who brings calamity to the country, her son is better than any prince.' But now that I've met you, I can confirm that you're definitely her son. Your temperament is just as stubborn as hers. Once she makes up her mind, no one can change it."

  "Perhaps it's really not." Tang Chong said with a smile.

  "Do you hate her?" Jiang Keqing started the car. The Land Rover, equipped with a 5.0-liter V8 mechanical supercharged gasoline engine that accelerates from zero to one hundred in just 6.2 seconds, roared to life immediately.

  Little woman, big ambition.

  It is said that the more delicate and lovely a woman is, the more she likes to conquer this wild and powerful machine. What one doesn't have is always especially longed for.

  "It's nothing," said Tang Chong. "I just think she shouldn't have done that. How did you know mine?"

  "I'm your aunt, her sister, what can be hidden from me?" Jiang Keqing said with a smug face. "Recently, I've been visiting her and found that she's always been restless, as if something is bothering her. She often gets distracted when talking to me. This was impossible in the past. When I asked her, she didn't say anything. Then I became even more curious. Once I'm curious, I like to investigate, and this investigation... Ah, the Jade Maiden Peak murder case came out."

  Jiang Keqing glanced at Tang Chong with a slanted eye, clicking her tongue in praise, saying: "Looking at your slender arms and legs, I didn't expect you to be able to kill a top-notch killer ----- Your appearance has deceived our hearts."

  "What a mess! Tang Zhong was really defeated by this woman."

  "What happened to you at the Tianyi Pavilion made her very angry, not only did she send Wenjing to help you solve the problem, but also personally called Guo Hailong ---- then, a public security bureau director ran all the way to wipe your butt. Did you feel very powerful at that time?"

  "Although you were passive defense, you still killed someone. If it followed the regular procedure, there would be no way to come out without three to five months of interrogation and investigation."

  Tang Zhong sneered and said: "Are you saying that you want to illustrate the incompetence of the police or make me feel grateful to her?"

  Jiang Keqing looked at Tang Chong with a mixture of surprise and curiosity, saying: "How did you become such a freak? I was indeed trying to say that the police are incompetent and your mom is awesome. Didn't expect you to see right through me."

  "I've just seen too many people's lives, so I'm more sensitive about some things." Tang Zhong explained.

  Jiang Keqing let out a soft sigh and said, "It seems I can't treat you as an ordinary child anymore. But then again, how could the son of those two be an ordinary child? If that were really the case, I'd suspect you're a counterfeit product."

  Jiang Keqing stopped Lu Hu at a small restaurant on the side of Xuefu Road and said, "I don't want coffee. I want to eat braised pork rice."

  After finishing speaking, he pushed open the car door and got out of the car by himself.

  Tang Chong was speechless. This woman's emotions were also unpredictable. Once she made up her mind, she wouldn't easily change it.

  Tang Chong got off the bus and heard Jiang Keqing standing at the entrance of Tang's house shouting to the boss: "Boss, two bowls of braised pork rice, one with more pork and less rice, the other with less pork and more rice."

  "Miss, this isn't good for counting money." The boss said with difficulty.

  "Then let's have two plates of braised pork rice." Jiang Keqing was still very easy to talk to, and immediately changed his mind.

  "No problem. Please have a seat." The boss replied, immediately rushing off to help them prepare.

  The pre-cooked braised pork belly was served quickly.

  Jiang Keqing used chopsticks to pick the pig's trotters from her own bowl and put them into Tang Chong's, saying: "This boss is so stupid. Can't he just take the pig's trotters from one serving of braised pork rice and put it in another?"

  And then said to Tang Chong: "Eat. Pig's feet rice is delicious. When I was in school, I liked watching others eat the most."

  "How come you're not eating?" Tang Zhong asked in puzzlement. Didn't you insist on coming to eat braised pork feet?

  "I'm afraid of getting fat." Jiang Keqing said matter-of-factly. "Actually, I also want to eat it very much. But then I think, after all the hard work I've put in to look this good, if a bowl of braised pork feet were to ruin my figure, wouldn't that be a terrifyingly cruel and wasteful thing?"

  She tapped her chopsticks against the plate and said, "There are many beauties in this world, but a beauty like me is a rare treasure."

  Tang Chong couldn't hold back and suddenly spat out the rice in his mouth.

  Jiang Keqing was furious, wanting to use chopsticks to knock on Tang Chong's head, scolding: "You stinky brat, don't think that just because you didn't call me Little Aunt I'm not your Little Aunt. Believe it or not, I'll use these chopsticks to knock you silly! You can mock me if you want, but you can't spit rice grains into my bowl!"

  Jiang Keqing pushed her plate in front of Tang Chong and said, "I don't care, hurry up and pick up the ones you spat out for me one by one."

  Tang Chong scraped all the rice from the surface of her plate into his own bowl, and only then was Jiang Keqing satisfied. She scooped up a small block of rice with her spoon and chewed it slowly, saying: "Originally, I shouldn't have come to see you. Nobody should have come to see you. She couldn't bear it, and neither could I."

  "What exactly happened?" Tang Chong put down his chopsticks and asked in a low voice.

  "Don't ask. I won't tell you even if you ask me. It's not good for you to know." Jiang Keqing said. "You see me, knowing you have such a beautiful little aunt is not enough? What else do you want?"

  "Besides, I'll also treat you to a braised pork feet meal." Jiang Keqing added.

  "I'm asking just one question," Tang Zhong said. "What exactly did Big Beard do back then?"

  "A big beard?" Jiang Keqing was taken aback, then relaxed and said: "He has a beard now? I've never seen him with a beard. But when he didn't have a beard, he was quite handsome."

  "You haven't answered my question yet."

  "Alas." Jiang Keqing sighed. "The number one fool of China has ruined the number one marriage in China, and he's still alive, which is a miracle in itself."

  (PS: Thanks to Brother Yunyuan and Liao Ziyu for the rewards. Also delighted to see the return of brothers like Junjipu Nan Shan. Always looking forward to your long reviews and suggestions.)