TFWYH – Chapter 280 The Qian Family in Trouble

Ji Wushuang looked at the cake in front of him, quite surprised. “It actually looks pretty good. Can you eat it?”

“Yes!” Tang Wan had just said that when Jiang-shi and Ling Yue returned.

Tang Wan quickly carried the cake outside.

The moment Ling Yue saw the cake, her eyes lit up. She hurried over. “Sister-in-law, what’s this?”

“Your birthday cake.” Tang Wan then looked at Ling Yue, the corner of her lips curving slightly. “Yue’er, happy thirteenth birthday!”

Ling Yue was truly taken by surprise. “Birthday?”

“That’s right.” Tang Wan handed her the cake. “It’s for eating. Make a wish before you eat—it’s very effective!”

Ling Yue’s eyes grew a little moist.

She hadn’t expected Tang Wan to remember her birthday—she herself had forgotten it!

And this so-called birthday cake was unbelievably beautiful.

“Thank you, Sister-in-law! I wish that—”

“Don’t say it out loud. If you do, it won’t come true.”

“Okay!” Ling Yue nodded obediently, smiling as she silently made her wish.

She hoped the family would be well, that everything would go more and more smoothly, and she also hoped…

At that thought, Ling Yue shyly glanced at Ji Wushuang, only to find that he had been looking at Sister-in-law the whole time, a faint light shimmering in his eyes.

The smile at Ling Yue’s lips slowly faded, but she quickly averted her gaze as if nothing had happened. “Sister-in-law, how do you eat this?”

“I’ll do it.” Tang Wan came over with a knife and cut the cake into pieces.

She first gave the birthday girl a big piece, then served one to Jiang-shi.

Everyone said they had never eaten anything so delicious. Even Jiang-shi, who usually ate modestly, ended up overfull, and she deliberately saved a large piece for Ling Chen to eat when he returned in the afternoon.

“Sister-in-law, this cake is so good. I still have to go to the manor this afternoon—when I come back, will you teach me how to make it?” After finishing the cake, Ling Yue was completely won over and clung to Tang Wan, asking her to teach her.

Tang Wan nodded. “Sure.”

“Then I’m off!” After saying that, Ling Yue slung her small basket over her back and slipped away, her gaze never once lingering on Ji Wushuang.

In the afternoon, Jiang-shi also needed to go to the roasting house to keep busy. Seeing that Ji Wushuang still showed no sign of leaving, and feeling that it wasn’t appropriate to leave a man and woman alone together, she smiled and said, “Wan-niang, do you have anything to do this afternoon?”

Tang Wan shook her head. “Nothing much today.”

Jiang-shi said, “Your father-in-law sent word asking for some beef jerky. Ling Sheng has been very busy lately, and Li Dashan has gone to a neighboring town. Why don’t you deliver it for him?”

“Alright.” Tang Wan agreed and went out together with Jiang-shi.

With the whole family gone, Ji Wushuang naturally couldn’t stay either and took his leave.

Jiang-shi might be simple, but she wasn’t low in emotional intelligence. She had long noticed that Ji Wushuang’s true interest wasn’t in the food.

She glanced at Tang Wan, hesitating to speak. Seeing Tang Wan’s carefree, oblivious expression, she finally kept quiet.

Tang Wan hadn’t noticed anything in the first place—she’d be crazy to go out of her way to point something out to her!

However, Tang Wan did notice her hesitation and asked suspiciously, “Mother, what’s wrong?”

“Huh? Oh, nothing!” Jiang-shi quickly changed the subject. “It’s just that the day before yesterday, when Aunt Yang and I went to Zuixian Tower to deliver beef jerky, we ran into your uncle. He said he wants to bring Shengzi’s mother to live in town and asked whether we’re short of help here—he wants to find some work for your aunt.”

Tang Wan thought for a moment before saying, “The manor will be renovated soon. When Aunt Yang’s family moves over there, the roasting house will be freed up. If she’s willing, she can take over Uncle Li’s job.”

Jiang-shi sighed. “That would be good, but from what your uncle meant, he wants to bring Qian-shi to town as soon as possible. The manor won’t be ready anytime soon, and the roasting house can’t be freed up yet.”