When An Ancient Chinese Romance Novel Heroine Transmigrated Into A Lesbian Novel - Chapter 1

9:30 AM, inside the Songhe Nursing Home.

Caregiver Xiao Chen was carrying today’s breakfast, heading towards the room of Old Mrs. Ji. As she was about to walk through the corridor, she suddenly heard a series of “da-da” sounds behind her.

Xiao Chen turned her head and saw a familiar figure walking towards her.

It was a slender woman, dressed in a simple white shirt and suit pants. The sleeves of her shirt were loosely rolled up, revealing a jade-like forearm, with a watch on her wrist.

The woman walked quickly, her expression cold and detached. The sound of her high heels hitting the ground made Xiao Chen feel a sense of tension. It wasn’t until the woman was almost in front of her that Xiao Chen reacted.

“President Ji?”

Ji Xu’an nodded slightly, her eyes falling on the tray in her hand. “Grandma hasn’t had breakfast yet?”

Xiao Chen was afraid that she would think she wasn’t attentive enough, so she quickly explained, “The old lady didn’t sleep well last night and woke up a little later this morning.”

Ji Xu’an didn’t say anything. She reached out to Xiao Chen. “Give it to me.”

Xiao Chen guessed that she had something to say to the old lady. Otherwise, with Ji Xu’an’s busy schedule, it would be impossible for her to come to the nursing home at this time.

She handed the things to Ji Xu’an. After Ji Xu’an walked into the bedroom with the tray, Xiao Chen patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

President Ji was not a difficult person to get along with, but her cold temperament was really intimidating. Xiao Chen didn’t even dare to look up in front of her. She always felt that Ji Xu’an’s deep black phoenix eyes could see through everything. Probably no one could play tricks in front of President Ji.

But then again, is President Ji’s visit at this time related to the old lady’s recent sleep problems?

Outside the room, Xiao Chen was trying to calm her nervous mood, while the atmosphere inside the room was not very warm.

At first, Old Mrs. Ji thought it was Xiao Chen coming, and the corners of her mouth were raised. But when she turned her head and saw Ji Xu’an’s cold and beautiful face, the old lady immediately restrained her smile and snorted heavily.

Ji Xu’an calmly put down the tray, then bent down to prop up the small table by the bed. After doing all this, she sat down on the chair next to her.

While placing the bowls and plates, she opened her mouth and said softly, “Xiao Chen said that you didn’t sleep well last night, Grandma.”

Old Mrs. Ji’s face was very kind. She was born with a smiling face that made people feel like they were bathed in the spring breeze, and her tone was very gentle. So even if she tried her best to put on a straight face, she couldn’t show any fierce look.

She turned her head, not looking at Ji Xu’an. “Nonsense! I slept very well.”

The fatigue in Ji Xu’an’s heart dissipated a lot in her grandmother’s deliberate ferocity. She took all the old lady’s small movements of secretly looking at her into her eyes, and couldn’t help but sigh softly when her eyes fell on the other person’s face that couldn’t hide her fatigue.

“Let’s eat first.”

The old lady thought that Ji Xu’an was frightened by her cold face. She was raising her chin and preparing to “teach” her a lesson. The words were already on her lips, but Ji Xu’an lightly blocked them back, and her expression was a little embarrassed.

She peeked at Ji Xu’an with her small eyes and found that her granddaughter’s expression was not as resistant and impatient as it had been in the past few days. Only then did she feel a little relieved and quietly enjoy the food.

After finishing breakfast, Ji Xu’an seized the opportunity to hand over a tissue, still not giving the old lady a chance to speak, but said with a calm expression:

“I have already arranged for someone to pick up Xie Xiao at the station.”

When Old Mrs. Ji heard this, the breath that had been held in her heart suddenly dissipated, and the coldness that she had deliberately put on her face turned into a strong sense of guilt.

“Xu’an, I know you resent me for arranging this marriage for you without your consent.”

The old lady felt a little guilty when she said this. Anyone would be dissatisfied with this kind of thing, let alone Ji Xu’an, who has a strong desire for control and cannot tolerate being arranged by others.

But she really had no choice. Who told Ji Xu’an and Xie Xiao to have a destined relationship? They were destined to only be with each other, otherwise they would both be lonely for the rest of their lives.

This was what Xie Xiao’s grandmother said personally, and Old Mrs. Ji had to believe it.

Old Mrs. Ji and Xie’s grandmother grew up together. Although they haven’t met many times over the years, they have always maintained contact. No one knows Xie Xiao’s grandmother’s abilities better than Old Mrs. Ji.

Since she was a child, Xie’s grandmother could see things that others couldn’t. Later, she followed an old Taoist priest for several years and was especially good at reading people’s faces. She had never been wrong.

She had once made a divination for Old Mrs. Ji, and it turned out to be true, so Old Mrs. Ji deeply believed in Grandma Xie’s abilities.

Two months ago, Grandma Xie was critically ill. Before she passed away, she made a final phone call to Old Mrs. Ji and arranged this marriage.

Old Mrs. Ji knew that Ji Xu’an never believed in these things. When she mentioned it uneasily a week ago, Ji Xu’an sneered on the spot, left a sentence of “absurd,” and turned away.

Afterward, Old Mrs. Ji made several more phone calls to Ji Xu’an, but Ji Xu’an didn’t budge until today when Ji Xu’an took the initiative to come to the nursing home.

Thinking of this, Old Mrs. Ji occasionally glanced at Ji Xu’an, trying to pry into her true inner thoughts from her face. Unfortunately, Ji Xu’an always had a cold face, and the old lady couldn’t see anything, so she had to give up.

She cleared her throat and advised, “I know you don’t believe in these things, but I’ve seen it with my own eyes. Xun Chun is quite capable. Besides, Xie Xiao was raised by her, would she harm her own granddaughter?”

Fang Xun Chun is the name of Xie Xiao’s grandmother.

Ji Xu’an sneered dismissively, “Do you think letting your granddaughter marry into a wealthy family and not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of her life is harming her?”

The two of them were planning on her, and Ji Xu’an didn’t believe in the nonsense of “dying alone” at all.

Besides, even if she really died alone, it didn’t matter. Anyway, she wasn’t interested in love and affection. If she has the time to do that, she might as well discuss more collaborations.

Old Mrs. Ji choked. After a moment, she said, “There are always people in this world who are not interested in money.”

Seeing that Ji Xu’an was about to retort, Old Mrs. Ji quickly raised her hand and rubbed her brow, looking like she had a terrible headache.

Seeing this, Ji Xu’an swallowed the sarcastic words back with a cold face.

Old Mrs. Ji silently breathed a sigh of relief, and then explained in a low voice, “If Xun Chun really just wanted to entrust her granddaughter to me, she should have sent Xiao Xiao here two months ago. At that time, in the phone call, she specifically and repeatedly told me to wait two more months, until the time was right, before letting you and Xiao Xiao meet.”

As for what kind of opportunity she had to wait for, Old Mrs. Ji had also asked, but Fang Xun Chun just sighed for a long time and said nothing.

Ji Xu’an’s sarcasm grew stronger when she heard this.

She thought to herself, of course, if Fang Xun Chun had just died and Xie Xiao had entered the Ji family’s door, wouldn’t their purpose be obvious?

Ji Xu’an remained silent, and Old Mrs. Ji’s mood became more and more uneasy. “Grandma didn’t blindly agree. I’ve already investigated. Xie Xiao is a filial and well-behaved child.”

Ji Xu’an didn’t speak, and Old Mrs. Ji couldn’t figure out what she was thinking, so she could only bite the bullet and continue to persuade, “Of course, you haven’t even met, and Grandma knows that it would be too hasty to let you get married like this.”

“So I thought, why don’t you try dating for a while? If it’s really not suitable, then forget it.”

Old Mrs. Ji was very clear and understood Ji Xu’an’s reluctance, but she was really afraid of Grandma Xie’s words, fearing that her granddaughter would really end up dying alone.

So even if this proposal was absurd, she had to try it.

However, she didn’t dare to push too hard, after all, Ji Xu’an was never the type to be threatened.

Seeing that the old lady was willing to step back, Ji Xu’an’s goal was achieved, and her expression finally softened a little. She hummed and agreed.

“Half a year, is that enough?”

She could only endure it for half a year at most.

Old Mrs. Ji nodded repeatedly, “Enough, it’s enough.”

With a major issue resolved, the old lady relaxed and talked to Ji Xu’an for a while before letting her leave.

Before turning around, Ji Xu’an still had a faint smile on her face, but after leaving the bedroom, Ji Xu’an’s face immediately turned cold.

Die alone?

Only the old lady would believe this kind of nonsense. Ji Xu’an was more willing to believe that Xie Xiao’s grandmother was worried that after she left, no one would take care of her granddaughter, so she specially found a sucker for her.

After all, according to the information Ji Xu’an had investigated, the Xie family’s economic level was very average, and the inheritance Xie’s grandmother left to Xie Xiao would not exceed 300,000.

But, did she choose to use such an outrageous reason to deceive my grandmother because she was sure that the Ji family were all fools?

Ji Xu’an knew that her grandmother’s personality was very stubborn and that she was very superstitious. Maybe she had already regarded the old swindler’s words as a sacred decree.

A one-sided resistance was useless, so Ji Xu’an retreated to advance, and finally successfully turned the engagement into “try dating for a while.”

Having an unexpected fiancée and knowing that the other party was a liar, but having no choice but to cooperate, Ji Xu’an was in a very bad mood, and she was also full of malice towards her fiancée whom she had not yet met.

The little liar taught by the old liar will always have a time to show her true colors. Half a year is enough for her to let her grandmother see Xie Xiao’s true face.

Whether this marriage succeeds or not, the decision will only be in her hands, Ji Xu’an .

….

When Jiang Jiang got off the train, her head was still dizzy, and her legs were as soft as noodles. She followed the crowd forward blankly.

Xie Xiao said that someone would pick her up at the train station and asked her to pay attention to the people around her, but Jiang Jiang was still very unaccustomed to the environment here, and everything looked unfamiliar.

There’s nothing she can do about it, since she isn’t from this era at all.

Ten days ago, Jiang Jiang came to this world inexplicably. Before that, she was Xie Jiang Jiang, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion, but now, she was Xie Xiao, an orphan whose parents had died and whose only grandmother, on whom she depended for life, had also passed away two months ago.

Jiang Jiang stumbled to adapt to this strange world. Fortunately, the white jade exquisite mirror that she had carried with her since she was a child also came here with her. Through this mirror, Jiang Jiang could talk to Xie Xiao, who had gone to another time and space.

Xie Xiao said that this was called “video call,” but Jiang Jiang didn’t quite understand it.

After getting off the train, Jiang Jiang got lost in the huge high-speed rail station. She stood there for a moment, deciding to report her safety to Xie Xiao first.

Mustering up the courage to ask a kind person who passed by for the location of the restroom, Jiang Jiang observed and chose a cubicle in the corner.

She first carefully locked the door, and then carefully took out the white jade exquisite mirror from her bag, tapped the mirror surface twice with her index finger, and said “hello, hello” twice. Then, she opened a pair of round and bright apricot eyes and stared at the mirror, obediently waiting for Xie Xiao to “answer the phone.”

This words was also taught to her by Xie Xiao.

After a few breaths, a soft white light suddenly lit up on the mirror surface. Another person’s figure appeared in the originally empty mirror, it was Xie Xiao who was in another time and space.

She was wearing a wide-sleeved flowing fairy dress and a twisted silk butterfly gold hairpin, just like Jiang Jiang’s previous dress.

When Jiang Jiang saw this scene, her expression was a little dazed, but she quickly came back to her senses and said to Xie Xiao in a low voice, “Xiao Xiao, I have arrived at the station safely.”

Xie Xiao leaned closer to the mirror, her face, which was exactly the same as Jiang Jiang’s, was full of worry.

“Are you in the toilet?”

Jiang Jiang nodded, her cheeks a little red.

In the past, she would never have imagined that one day she would be chatting with someone in the restroom.

Although they had only known each other for a few days, Xie Xiao also knew that Jiang Jiang was shy, so she didn’t dwell on this topic. “Did you see the Ji family?”

Jiang Jiang was a little embarrassed. Xie Xiao had clearly told her how to get there, but she still got lost in the high-speed rail station.

“I thought I’d tell you first, so you wouldn’t worry about me.” Jiang Jiang also leaned her face closer to the mirror, like Xie Xiao, and said softly, “I’ll ask someone else after I go out later.”

Xie Xiao nodded, “Okay.”

Looking at Jiang Jiang’s fair face, which still showed a childish look, her thoughts were particularly complicated for a while, and as she spoke, tears were about to flow down again.

“Thank you for your hard work, Jiang Jiang, I’m sorry for you.”

If they hadn’t exchanged identities, Jiang Jiang wouldn’t have to suffer these sins. She was originally an unattainable noble lady from a prominent family, with a Duke father in a high position, a dignified and wealthy Princess mother, and even the Crown Prince, who was deeply favored by the emperor, was her fiancé.

Her life should have been smooth sailing, enjoying a lifetime of happiness, instead of living a life of dependence under the identity of an orphan.

It was easy to imagine that Ji Xu’an, who inexplicably had gotten engaged, wouldn’t give her fiancée a warm welcome.

As long as Xie Xiao thought that she had replaced Jiang Jiang’s identity, enjoyed the rich and noble life that should have belonged to Jiang Jiang, and left a bunch of bad things for Jiang Jiang, she felt ashamed and sad.

Jiang Jiang pursed her lips when she heard this, and looked at the girl opposite her seriously, “Xiao Xiao, don’t cry.”

She paused, “I don’t feel wronged.”

Leaving the world she had lived in for more than ten years, it was impossible not to be panicked. Jiang Jiang had also been afraid, but this matter was not Xie Xiao’s fault. Xie Xiao was also a victim.

Moreover, Xie Xiao didn’t know that her relationship with her parents was far less close than Xie Xiao’s relationship with her grandmother.

Her father loved the illegitimate younger sister born to his concubine more, and her mother’s attitude towards her was also indifferent. As for the title of the Crown Prince fiancé, their marriage was decided by the Emperor, and the Crown Prince actually had little affection for her.

Wasn’t I, the eldest daughter who had grown up outside since she was a child and was only brought back to the Duke’s mansion at the age of ten, also living a life of dependence?

Xie Xiao felt sorry for Jiang Jiang, but Jiang Jiang also felt very sorry, because while Xie Xiao enjoyed wealth and glory, she also had to bear that heavy responsibility in her place.

Perhaps for Xie Xiao, the wealth in front of her was far less than the comfort and freedom she had when she was with her grandmother.

Unfortunately, God didn’t give them a chance to resist, and forcibly changed their identities. Neither she nor Xie Xiao had a choice.

Jiang Jiang felt very uncomfortable watching Xie Xiao cry. For a moment, neither of them spoke, and only a faint cry echoed in the toilet cubicle, scaring Chu Yueqi, who had just walked in, so much that her whole body trembled.

Toilet, crying, doesn’t this feel like a horror movie scene?!

Chu Yueqi’s face turned pale with fright. It wasn’t until she looked up and saw the sunlight outside the window that her violently beating heart slowly returned to its place.

It’s okay, it’s okay, ghosts can’t live in the light, it must be a person!

Chu Yueqi breathed a long sigh of relief, “That scared me to death.”

This sigh, which still carried fear, was caught by the sharp-eared Jiang Jiang. She subconsciously hid the white jade exquisite mirror in her arms, her face tightened, and she pricked up her ears to listen to the movement outside.

The crying stopped.

Chu Yueqi also realized that she had actually said what was on her mind. She was a little embarrassed, thought for a while, and couldn’t help but say: “Sorry to bother you, I seem to hear you crying, do you need help?”

Although the crying was a little erratic, she could still tell that the owner was not very old, probably a young girl.

She was hiding in a public toilet crying, she must have encountered some difficulties, right?

Chu Yueqi rarely had a moment of kindness and decided to help others for once.

Moreover, she had carefully weighed it, even if the other party was a bad person, she could deal with it, after all, her two bodyguards were standing at the door of the restroom.

…

Jiang Jiang didn’t expect the person outside the door to talk to her. She couldn’t figure out whether the person outside the door was good or bad, so she didn’t immediately answer the other person’s inquiry.

Xie Xiao said that a girl like her who looked well-behaved and easy to bully was easily targeted by human traffickers when she walked outside alone.

Thinking of this, Jiang Jiang first looked down at the white jade exquisite mirror. There was no sign of Xie Xiao on the mirror surface. It was estimated that she had accidentally cut off contact with Xie Xiao just now.

Jiang Jiang carefully put away the white jade exquisite mirror, and checked her clothes again, confirming that there was nothing wrong, before opening the door of the cubicle and making eye contact with Chu Yueqi standing outside.

She inconspicuously looked the person over, and seeing that Chu Yueqi didn’t seem to have any malicious intentions, she silently breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her softly, “Thank you for your kindness, young lady. I’m fine now.”

She hadn’t cried just now, but her eyes had also turned red. After the watery light faded, only a faint red remained in the corners of her eyes.

This wet red fell into Chu Yueqi’s eyes, and she only felt that the girl in front of her seemed to have suffered a great grievance.

Chu Yueqi didn’t notice that Jiang Jiang called her “young lady.” She looked at Jiang Jiang with interest, her eyes filled with undisguised interest.

Although she guessed that this little girl’s age should not be very old, Chu Yueqi didn’t expect her to look so good. Those black and white apricot eyes were round and big, and they complemented the soft flesh on her cheeks, making this face full of youthfulness, pure and innocent to the extreme.

So well-behaved!

This face hit Chu Yueqi’s aesthetics hard, making her enthusiasm suddenly change from two points to ten points.

“Are you really okay? Don’t you need my help?” Can we add each other as friends?

Jiang Jiang could feel that she had no bad intentions, so she gave her a smile, “I’m really okay, thank you.”

She smiled, and shallow dimples appeared on her cheeks. For a moment, Chu Yueqi was truly bewitched.

She didn’t expect her love at first sight to come so suddenly!

Not in a German castle full of roses, nor in a damp bluestone alley after the rain, but in an unremarkable toilet at a high-speed rail station.

Life is indeed full of surprises everywhere!

For example, her. Ten minutes ago, she was still feeling annoyed about having to go on a blind date with someone she didn’t like. How could she have imagined that just ten minutes later, she would meet someone who perfectly matched her aesthetics!

Chu Yueqi’s eyes lit up. She saw that Jiang Jiang was carrying a large black bag and had no other luggage, which made her feel a little regretful.

She lost an opportunity to be attentive.

Chu Yueqi was not discouraged. She smiled brightly, her words carrying a hint of probing, “Are you a high school student? Or a college student? Are you a local? Or are you here to play?”

Jiang Jiang showed a thoughtful expression. What is a high school student? What is a college student?

Seeing that Jiang Jiang didn’t speak, Chu Yueqi thought she was frightened by her, so she slowed down her tone, “I have no malice, I just want to make friends with you. If you don’t believe me, I can show you my ID card.”

She took out her ID card from her bag and handed it to Jiang Jiang.

Jiang Jiang also had her own ID card. Xie Xiao had taught her how to recognize it. She saw that the image on it looked exactly like Chu Yueqi, so she nodded, “I believe you.”

As for whether she really believed it or not, only she herself knew.

Chu Yueqi didn’t mind. After all, doesn’t love often begin with strangers becoming familiar?

“I’ve already told you my name, can you tell me what your name is?” She stared at Jiang Jiang’s face.

Jiang Jiang hesitated for a few seconds, “My name is Xie Jiang Jiang, ‘Man Jiang Dou Kou Xiang Si Wei’ is my maiden name.”

( ‘Man Jiang Dou Kou Xiang Si Wei’: The entire river is filled with the taste of red beans, symbolizing longing.)

“Then I’ll call you Jiang Jiang, okay?” Chu Yueqi’s love brain went into overdrive, her mind full of thoughts of how cute this name was, but she was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

Jiang Jiang pursed her lips and smiled, “Okay.”

As they spoke, someone else came into the toilet. Chu Yueqi took a step back, “Jiang Jiang, let’s go out first, let’s talk as we walk.”

Jiang Jiang had the same intention. She grabbed the strap of her black backpack and followed behind Chu Yueqi, curiously looking around.

Chu Yueqi caught a glimpse of this scene from the corner of her eye, and her heart suddenly itched, “Are you hungry? How about I treat you to a meal?”

She was being too attentive, like Xie Xiao said, a malicious human trafficker.

Jiang Jiang shook her head. She frowned slightly, her expression a little troubled, “Thank you for your kindness, but someone is waiting for me.”

Chu Yueqi raised her eyebrows. She brushed the broken hair on her cheek with her hand, and asked inconspicuously:, “Is it family?”

The little girl looked young, she probably hadn’t fallen in love yet, right?

Family?

It should be, right?

Jiang Jiang nodded slightly.

Chu Yueqi breathed a sigh of relief, “It’s okay, then we can make an appointment next time. Which exit is your family waiting for you at? I’ll accompany you there.”

Jiang Jiang raised her eyes to look at Chu Yueqi, her eyes flickering, “Thank you, Miss Chu, then I’ll trouble you.”

Great, I couldn’t find the way anyway.

Chu Yueqi waved her hand, “It’s nothing.”

She was quiet for no more than two seconds, and then became restless again, “Don’t call me Miss Chu, it sounds too distant. I should be older than you, it wouldn’t hurt you to call me sister.”

Jiang Jiang didn’t refuse, because she didn’t realize that Chu Yueqi was flirting with her at all. In her opinion, it was normal for peers to call each other sister.

“Sister Chu.”

Chu Yueqi’s heart rippled with circles of waves. She felt a little overwhelmed. Even though the other party hadn’t done anything, she was already dizzy with infatuation.

Chu Yueqi was dizzy and just wanted to say something to Jiang Jiang, even if it was useless nonsense.

She started looking for something to say, “Who in your family is picking you up? Mom and Dad? Or older brother and sister?”

She was secretly probing for information again.

Jiang Jiang’s eyelashes drooped slightly, “Neither.”

“It’s my fiancée.”