On his way home after dropping Zhao Xiaoxiao off at school that morning, Jiang Siming received a call from home.
Jiang Siming had Xiao Xian hold the phone up on the passenger seat so he could chat with his family. On the screen were his parents, grandparents, and little Jiang Wanwan.
Naturally, they were celebrating Jiang Siming's birthday, and he chatted with them with a smile.
He asked whether there was anything they wanted to buy or eat. He would bring it back for them when he returned for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the price didn't matter.
But what left Jiang Siming both amused and exasperated was that they all gave the same answer: he just had to bring his girlfriend home.
Jiang Siming could only nod with a helpless laugh. "All right, all right. I'll bring her back, okay?"
"Really? The Korean girl the news was talking about?" Mother Jiang became extremely excited as soon as she heard that Jiang Siming was bringing his wife-to-be home.
Jiang Siming shook his head. "No. Haven't you met the one I'm bringing back in the video call last time? The piano teacher."
"Huh? Brother, you still haven't broken up with her? No, wait, she hasn't broken up with you? You've already been exposed." Jiang Wanwan looked astonished.
She wondered if that piano teacher never went online. How could she not know about such huge news?
"Why do you care, you little brat? Just study hard." Jiang Siming naturally adopted his big-brother air and refused to answer his sister's question.
Jiang Wanwan was indignant and sought justice from her mother. "Mom, look at my brother. He's two-timing people and still thinks he's in the right."
Who would have thought that her mother, who usually took her side, would actually stand on Jiang Siming's