The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 147: Sister, You Are Talented in Both Arts and Martial Skills

Chapter 147: Chapter 147: Sister, You Are Talented in Both Arts and Martial Skills

"My nephew?" Jiang Man didn’t catch on at first.

"You beast."

Indeed, she did have a little nephew, only three years old this year, the grandson of her adoptive elder brother.

Love knows no age, they say.

But JOJO was 23 this year, which made them 20 years apart.

The most crucial fact was that her little nephew was still wearing split pants!

"Man, what are you thinking about? I’m not talking about your three-year-old little hairball of a nephew. I’m talking about Lu Zhan, him!"

"Him, huh." Jiang Man suddenly lost interest.

"Then you chase after him."

The love affairs of adults didn’t seem that interesting to her.

She walked over to the living room sofa, leaned back lazily, and took out her phone, ready to play a game.

She hadn’t played games much recently, only when she was bored. She was very controlled, with a strong ability to quit.

"I’m recording a song tomorrow, come with me, I’m shy," JOJO said, walking over and sitting next to Jiang Man, leaning her head on the shoulder of her goddess.

Jiang Man let her lean on her, curling her lips up: "A female celebrity shy? You’re kidding me."

"Really shy, I’m the type with the thinnest skin during the flirtation phase," JOJO said, all earnest.

Jiang Man scoffed and gave a thumbs up, only wanting to say one word—awesome!

As the two of them were chatting, the maid walked in with the utmost respect.

"Young Madam, Master Kangkang is here to see you," she announced.

Jiang Man raised an eyebrow: "Let him in."

Speaking of which, they hadn’t seen each other for a while.

Soon, a boy in a school uniform walked in, carrying a single-strap backpack.

Jiang Man’s eyes lit up when she saw him.

Kids at this age grow quickly; just one or two months apart, and he had grown considerably taller.

"Mmm, you’ve grown taller? You must be 167 or 168 centimeters now?"

"Wow, this kid is handsome!" JOJO stood up, walked over to Kangkang, and pinched his cheek.

Kangkang frowned, thinking that this sister was rather frivolous.

However...

"Sister, are you foreign? I think you look like a female celebrity," Kangkang said earnestly, his English fluent.

At that, JOJO couldn’t have been more pleased.

Here it was, a chance to play the fool and eat the tiger!

"A lot of people say that, that I look like a certain female celebrity."

"Now I remember, you look like JOJO!" Kangkang exclaimed.

JOJO smoothly nodded along: "Yes, yes, I think so too."

Jiang Man: "..."

She rolled her eyes.

Teasing a kid like this, was that really appropriate?

"Hey handsome, want to take a picture with me?" JOJO tried to converse with Kangkang using the simplest English she could.

Kangkang’s English had improved leaps and bounds, thanks to Lu Xingzhou, who found him such a great professor for a home tutor.

Now his English was at a professional C6 level, and communication with JOJO was effortless.

"I don’t want to, you’re not the real JOJO. What’s the point of taking a picture with a fake?"

With a disdainful look in his eyes, Kangkang didn’t wish to entertain the enthusiastic older sister.

Coming over to Jiang Man, he suddenly became meek.

"Man sis, there’s a parent-teacher conference at our class tomorrow, can you go as my parent?"

He said it in Chinese.

JOJO opened a translation app, translating his words into English.

"Parent-teacher conference? How about I go as your sister?" JOJO asked with enthusiasm.

Kangkang frowned slightly: "Man sis, is she your friend?"

"Yeah, a very good friend," Jiang Man nodded, casually playing her game.

"She seems pretty enthusiastic, but I wanted you to attend the parent-teacher conference for me..." Kangkang dropped his head down, looking pitiful: "I don’t want my stepmom to go. I don’t want my classmates to know my dad and mom are divorced... My mom is busy with work tomorrow and can’t make it..."

"Sis..." The more Kangkang spoke, the more pitiful he looked, with his doe eyes pleading.

Jiang Man had never seen such a look before, and certainly not from the opposite sex.

The little boy was so good, calling her "sister" over and over, who could resist that?

Jiang Man hesitated, "Let your brother Fanzi go? He’s usually idle."

"I want... sister..."

"Alright." Jiang Man really couldn’t withstand the young boy’s soft insistence and hard persistence.

JOJO was somewhat disappointed.

Her opportunity to play dumb while being clever was gone?

"Then, sister, I’ll come to pick you up tomorrow morning." Kangkang wore a smile, looking radiant and vigorous.

Jiang Man raised her eyebrows, "Mm-hmm."

"I’ll leave first then, I’ve arranged to meet classmates for a tutoring session."

Jiang Man waved her hand without budging from the sofa, radiating boss-like authority.

"If you’re going to the parent-teacher meeting tomorrow, won’t you not have time to accompany me to record the song?" JOJO realized belatedly.

Jiang Man patted her shoulder, "Chase after your own man."

"Oh right." She remembered something, "Give me a stack of hand-signed postcards, I’ll go to Kangkang’s school tomorrow and hand them out to the kiddos."

"Oh." JOJO sulkily pursed her lips, "How many do you want?"

"About a hundred."

"That many, huh? Won’t I have to write my name a hundred times?"

"Good girl JO, it’s hard work for you."

"Alright~"

...

The next day.

Jiang Man was woken up by a rapid knock on the door.

"Manman sister, time to get up."

The voice was youthful, belonging to a boy about 13, still going through the voice change.

Jiang Man opened her eyes and glanced at her watch—it was a little past seven in the morning.

"Got it, getting up right now."

"Mm, I’ll wait for you downstairs."

"Wait, do you have any requests about my outfit?" After all, it was the first time she was going to attend a parent-teacher meeting, and Jiang Man was quite serious about it.

"Mm~ Anything is fine, sister looks good in everything!"

"Okay then."

In the dining room downstairs, they stared each other down.

Lu Xingzhou wore a black shirt, his expression reserved; his buckwheat-colored wrists peeked out, toying with his wristwatch.

His dark, intimidating eyes fixed on a certain middle school student drinking milk while in school uniform.

"You’re having Manman go to the parent-teacher meeting?" Lu Xingzhou said in an unfriendly tone.

Kangkang raised an eyebrow, "Yeah, my sister is pretty, and it gives me face when she attends the meeting for me."

"Face? What does a little kid like you need with face?" Lu Xingzhou snorted coldly, "I’ll have Zhao Huai go in your place."

"I don’t want that." Kangkang bit his straw.

"You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?" Lu Xingzhou was so annoyed he gritted his teeth.

Kangkang gave him a sideways glance and huffed, "No, not really."

"..." Lu Xingzhou was sour to the core.

Who let his family’s Manman be so popular? With so many rivals in love, he simply couldn’t guard against them all.

From the elderly to the youngsters, they were all charmed by her!

Old Master Song took her as his goddaughter, while Kangkang clung to her, calling her ’sister’ this and ’sister’ that.

He really...

Lu Xingzhou was utterly frustrated.

He could stand up to Nan Juefeng one-on-one, but he was helpless against a little brat.

And the little brat still looked so harmless, making him seem like the neurotic one.

"Manman sister~" Kangkang finished his milk, and when he looked up, he saw Jiang Man descending the stairs.

"Wow!" He exclaimed, his eyes gleaming, awestruck by the beautiful sister before him.

Jiang Man wore a black A-line skirt and had her hair tied back in a high ponytail.

She radiated vitality, resembling the campus belle of some university.

The skirt was simple, with only a white belt as decoration.

But even with such simplicity, her exceptional demeanor and beautiful face could not be concealed.

"Sister, you’re so pretty!"

"Thank you," Jiang Man said with a slight smile.

Lu Xingzhou stood up and walked over to her with long strides, sizing her up and down, "I think those wide-leg pants you have, the baggy ones, look better on you. Also, these Martin boots don’t suit you; you should wear sneakers instead. They won’t tire your feet when you walk."

"Brother Zhou, your taste is awful! Baggy wide-leg pants just don’t sound good, and sneakers? How can they be better looking than Martin boots!" Kangkang pouted, clearly exasperated.

Jiang Man let out a mocking snort, keeping her real thoughts to herself.

The old man’s thoughts were written all over his face.

It made her wonder if his previously inscrutable, enigmatic demeanor had been all for show.

He used to be impassive; but now, it seemed he wanted to display every emotion on his face.

"So sour," she leaned in close to Lu Xingzhou and sniffed him.

Lu Xingzhou frowned, "I did put on perfume."

He was wearing Men’s N°7, touted as a woman-killer fragrance.

He usually preferred a woody scent suitable for business settings.

But to attract Jiang Man, he had changed his perfume.

Yet Jiang Man not only didn’t find him fragrant, she had even called him sour, which dampened his spirits.

He lifted his arm and smelled it, and sure enough, it was the scent of his perfume.

"Why are you competing with a kid? You don’t really think I’d wait seven years for him and that something could happen between us, do you?"

Jiang Man hit the nail on the head.

Lu Xingzhou’s ears turned red with embarrassment at having his feelings so bluntly exposed, which made him feel quite awkward.

He genuinely... felt competitive and jealous over a thirteen-year-old child.

"Don’t worry, I don’t like the young ones. I like the older ones, like you... an old man..."

Jiang Man whispered into his ear with a mischievous smile.

After teasing him, she patted Kangkang’s shoulder: "Let’s go."

"Bye, Brother Zhou," Kangkang waved at Lu Xingzhou.

Lu Xingzhou stood still, watching the departing figures of the two, his lips involuntarily curving into a smile.

Was Jiang Man... flirting with him?

...

Driving the big G, Jiang Man brought Kangkang to his school.

Kangkang was excited throughout the entire journey, constantly praising the big G for being cool.

"Sister, you’re really, really cool!"

Jiang Man just smiled without responding.

This was just the beginning.

When the car arrived at the gates of the Experimental Middle School, it immediately drew the attention of many students.

Only then did Jiang Man realize that her big G was indeed quite popular with the kids.

"What do you want for breakfast? Is buns, steamed bread, and soy milk okay?"

Jiang Man jumped down from the big G and asked.

Unable to tear himself away, Kangkang touched the big G’s door before leaving, "Sister, let’s eat over there. There’s a breakfast shop with a wide variety."

"Alright, lead the way," Jiang Man slowed her pace.

The breakfast shop next to the middle school was crowded, and they lined up.

JOJO kept sending messages to Jiang Man, updating her on her own situation.

[Man, I’ve arrived at Hua Yin.]

[Man, I’m at the recording studio now, ah ah ah, I’m about to meet Lu Zhan!]

Jiang Man outright ignored her.

Her celebrity friend was quite fickle in love, unable to sustain a relationship for long.

Liking Lu Zhan was probably just a whim, and before long, she’d be captivated by another man.

"Sister, their soybean pudding is delicious, especially with fermented bean curd and chive blossoms, absolutely amazing!" Kangkang, standing in front of Jiang Man, gushed about the store.

"Xu Zikang?"

Suddenly, a voice came from the side.

"Eh? Why are you alone? Where are your parents? Isn’t today the parent-teacher conference?"

"I heard his parents got divorced; they probably don’t want to deal with him anymore!"

"His father cheated, got together with a home tutor, and kicked his mother out. I heard the home tutor has moved in and is pregnant. It won’t be long before the child is born, and Xu Zikang will be thrown out of the house."

"Tsk, that’s rough."

Several voices spoke at once, mixing together.

Unable to bear it, Kangkang immediately started arguing with them, "Where did you hear all this stuff?"

"From your stepmom; she told my mom. You really think others don’t know, poor kid, no one wants you anymore~"

"Hahaha." A group of classmates joined in with roaring laughter.

Kangkang’s eyes turned red with anger, his hands clenched into fists, and he swung a punch at the face of the classmate who had made the meanest comment.

Seeing that he dared to hit someone, the group of mocking students pounced on him, beating him with their fists and kicking him with their feet.

In the time it took Jiang Man to send a message in a daze, a fight had broken out.

By the time she had grabbed hold of one of the male students’ arms, Kangkang had been pushed to the ground and was being kicked by the group.

"Stop it!" Jiang Man shouted thunderously.

But no one listened.

Very well, did they really want her to use force?

Jiang Man grabbed one of the male students and threw him over her shoulder.

With a loud thud, all the students stopped in their tracks.

They looked at Jiang Man in disbelief.

"We don’t hit girls! You’d better mind your own business!" a student yelled at her.

"Yeah, yeah, just scram!" the other male students echoed.

Jiang Man let out a cold laugh, "What if I’ve decided to make it my business?"

She raised her eyebrows, her expression smug and wicked, clearly not the sort of good girl she seemed to be, as if she was from the underworld.

Despite being dressed quite ladylike.

"You want to meddle? Fine, then don’t blame us for ganging up on the few! Attack!"

The group exchanged glances, silently agreeing, and swarmed towards Jiang Man all at once.

They thought they could knock Jiang Man down directly.

But as soon as they lifted their feet, they were tripped by Jiang Man’s sweep.

Like dominoes, one after another, they all fell down.

"Ouch, ouch."

The students’ combat strength was limited after all, and with only one-tenth of her strength, Jiang Man had knocked all these middle schoolers down.

"Damn it, what’s your relation to Xu Zikang? Why are you helping him this much!"

"Me?" Jiang Man’s lips curled up with a layer of frost in her eyes.

Her expression seemed to smile, but her smile didn’t reach her eyes.

"I’m his enthusiastic neighbor." Her tone was light, but it carried a chilling deterrence.

"Busybody!" they cursed. "Just you wait!"

"Just you wait!"

The students on the ground got up and scampered away, as if greased on the soles of their feet.

Jiang Man found it quite amusing.

Their hair hadn’t even grown in fully yet, and they were already playing at the adult world of the underworld?

"Are you alright?" Jiang Man walked over to Kangkang and extended her hand to him.

Kangkang had been stunned by the beating and was curled up like a shrimp, shivering.

Tears unceremoniously streamed down his face.

"It’s shameful for a big boy like you to cry," Jiang Man said unkindly. "If you keep crying, I’ll just leave."

"Don’t." Kangkang sat up, feeling aggrieved, his young face streaked with tears, "Sister, I won’t cry."

"Later, your sister will teach you SanDa, so you can fight ten at once, and then they won’t bully you anymore."

"Really?" Kangkang wiped away his tears, his eyes suddenly sparkling.

He stood up by himself: "Sister, you’re amazing, good with both pen and sword; no wonder brother Xingzhou would marry you."

Speaking of Lu Xingzhou, Jiang Man was reminded of something and casually asked, "Your brother Xingzhou, has he had other girlfriends?"

"Girlfriends? He’s so full of himself, thinking no woman in the world is good enough for him, so when I found out you were his wife, I was truly stunned. I was thinking, just how amazing must you be to capture his heart, and now I understand. Sister, you are talented in both literature and martial arts, there probably isn’t a second girl as outstanding as you in this world!"

"That’s an exaggeration; I’m not as good as you say."

"You are! Absolutely!" Kangkang insisted earnestly.

Jiang Man didn’t argue any further and went back to line up: "I bought breakfast, eat up then head to the classroom."

"Mhm!" Kangkang obediently nodded.

The people in line were deathly silent, and no one dared to look Jiang Man in the eye.

They were afraid of offending this female knight and getting punched as a result.

Jiang Man and Kangkang quickly finished their breakfast in the store.

As they were about to head towards the school gate after leaving the breakfast shop,

right at that moment, a group of students armed with their furious parents descended upon them.

"It’s this woman, she’s the one who beat us up like this!"

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