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Chapter 17 The Darkest Hour Is Under the Lamp
Once out of Shen Huaizhou's sight, Jiang Guier's straight back suddenly went limp, and she sighed with a bitter expression.

"Hey……"

"What's wrong? My little Guigui." Lin Wan reached out and lifted Jiang Guier's chin, her eyes provocative with a hint of teasing and probing. "Don't tell me you miss Teacher Shen so soon after leaving him."

"Are you trying to die?! How could this be!"

Jiang Guier jumped three feet high like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She stomped her feet on the spot, her high heels making a loud thud on the asphalt.

His face flushed with anxiety.

"Okay, okay, I was just saying, don't be so nervous," Lin Wan said softly, her eyes narrowed, secretly wondering about the relationship between the two.

"I know you're struggling with who to ask."

Jiang Guier smiled wryly and nodded. "I knew from the moment I was born that my maternal grandmother and great-grandmother had a bad relationship."

"Guigui, that's an exaggeration." Lin Wan is half a head shorter than Jiang Guier. Even though she is wearing a pair of 10-centimeter-high YSL black patent leather high heels, it hasn't changed the height difference.

She hooked her arm around Jiang Guier's neck, pinched her cheek with her fingers painted with red nail polish, rested her chin on Jiang Guier's shoulder, and let her fluffy curly hair fall down to cover her chest. She said teasingly, "Even a super-intelligent baby didn't grow a brain at the moment of birth, right?"

Jiang Guier rolled her eyes and glared back, "Prenatal education!"

"Pfft!"

She leaned on Jiang Guier's shoulder and giggled nonstop, "Fine, I can't argue with you."

July is the hottest time in Shanghai. The scorching sun makes the asphalt roads scorching hot. Even just walking on them in high heels, you can feel the heat rising from the ground, making it uncomfortable.

If it weren't for the sycamore trees planted around the road, providing much shade, the scorching heat would have made the asphalt smell unbearable. The sycamore leaves were curled up at the edges, a testament to just how hot it was.

The two of them were sticking together so close together that it got even hotter.

"Get in the car first."

Under the blazing sun, the two quickened their pace and finally reached the parking lot.

When they were less than 5 meters from the car, Jiang Guier suddenly and quickly pushed Lin Wan, almost making her fall, and urged her repeatedly, "Hurry up and get in the car."

At the same time, he quickened his pace, opened the driver's side door, and started the car before Lin Wan could even sit down in the passenger seat and fasten her seatbelt.

We drove away quickly, the car brushing past the toll collector.

"Hey, wait a minute, we still have money to refund you."

Seeing the cashier getting smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror, Jiang Guier breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you doing? Explain yourself." Lin Wan crossed her arms, looking serious and determined. If she couldn't get a satisfactory answer, she was going to throw a tantrum.

Jiang Guier pointed behind her, "The cashier is so annoying."

Lin Wan rolled her eyes. "Come on, your empress dowager and grand empress dowager are not easy to deal with. What are you bothered by aunties of this caliber?"

"I don't want to waste time on such trivial matters," Jiang Guier said again.

"You're right." Lin Wan didn't refute this explanation.

Time is precious, and there's really no need to waste time on meaningless things.

"Getting back to the main point, once you've decided who to contact, that's fine."

"Of course, I'll go back to the countryside to visit my great-grandmother's old neighbors. I just don't know if it will be easy to communicate with those elderly folks." Jiang Guier's fingers tightened on the steering wheel.

Really annoying!

Things have come full circle; not only is there no progress, but time has also been wasted.

Thinking about the unilateral promise I made to my great-grandmother at her bedside the day before yesterday, I felt even more upset.

"My friend, you're blind to what's right under your nose!"

Lin Wan rested her chin on her hand, her elbow propped between the two seats, and tilted her head to look at Jiang Guier's profile. Just then, the light turned red, and after Jiang Guier stopped the car, she turned to ask, "What do you mean by that? Is there something I've overlooked?"

"Of course!"

Lin Wan's expression was full of confidence, her eyes slightly raised, with long hooks at the corners, "You've forgotten two crucial people."

"Who?" A glint flashed in Jiang Guier's eyes.

The two looked at each other, and the tangled ball of yarn in her heart seemed to have found its end, and it was pulled apart in an instant.

You mean—my mom and grandma?

"bingo."

Lin Wan snapped her fingers, first pointing to the traffic to signal Jiang Guier to drive. Once the car was moving again, she tilted her head and said softly, "Think about it, is anyone in this world who knows exactly how your great-grandmother made braised pork, or is it a family member?"

"Me too."

"You're ignoring it, the little embryo."

Jiang Guier pouted, then thought about it again, and realized that in her memory, her great-grandmother had never made braised pork, not even during the two years she was with her.

really weird.

"Do you think they might actually know something? You know, my maternal grandmother and great-grandmother had a very bad relationship." Jiang Guier was a little nervous.

"It's hard to say."

Lin Wan shook her head, her expression becoming serious. "Whether they know to tell you or not is their choice. It mainly depends on you. Who are you planning to talk to first?"

Lin Wan's question was seemingly inquiring, but it actually contained a hint of guidance.

"Let's go find my grandma first."

As soon as Jiang Guier finished speaking, Lin Wan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did you and Aunt Yun have a fight?"

The tone of a statement affirms the fact.

Jiang Guier pressed her tongue against the roof of her mouth and said through slightly gritted teeth, "We haven't made up yet. Besides, my mother definitely doesn't know as much about my great-grandmother's affairs as my maternal grandmother does. What if my maternal grandmother is willing to tell me?"

Lin Wan chuckled softly, not exposing Jiang Guier's little scheme, her eyes clear and bright, "You're right, your grandmother definitely knows more. Besides, old people are easily moved. Go over there later and act cute, be charming, and pitiful, I think she'll talk to you."

She suppressed a laugh, "As for your mother~" she drew out the last syllable, "If you don't get a good answer from your grandmother, at least you'll have a good understanding of the situation, which will make you more composed when dealing with your mother."

"Wan! Wan!!" Jiang Guier glared at Lin Wan quickly, emphasizing each syllable.

"No sarcastic remarks allowed!"

"I'm telling the truth, and this will help you see the facts clearly." Lin Wan spread her hands, looking like a dead pig that doesn't fear boiling water.

Jiang Guier held her breath and asked, "Then will you come with me?"

"Go."

Receiving a positive reply brought Jiang Guier some comfort.

Thankfully, my sister still has a conscience.

"but--"

"what?"

"I have to remind you of something," Lin Wan said with an unusually bright smile.

"explain."

　Guess, guess, what Lin Wan wants to say?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)