When An Ancient Chinese Romance Novel Heroine Transmigrated Into A Lesbian Novel - Chapter 21

As soon as these words came out, several people’s gazes fell on Ji Xu’an.

Jiang Jiang’s eyes were filled with surprise mixed with doubt, which wasn’t an act. She really didn’t expect that Ji Xu’an would admit her identity in front of others, especially when they hadn’t talked things out yet.

Didn’t Ji Xu’an dislike me very much, and didn’t want to acknowledge me as her fiancée at all?

Tsk.

Jiang Jiang seemed to understand something. The woman who could make Ji Xu’an endure her dissatisfaction and use me as a shield to deal with, could it be that this Miss Wen was in love with Ji Xu’an?

Honestly, hearing these words, Ji Xu’an was also stunned for a moment.

She had said the words herself, so she wouldn’t deny them, but Ji Xu’an didn’t expect that she would break off the engagement with Jiang Jiang so quickly.

Denying it in person and admitting it behind her back would make all the resistance and anger she showed this morning seem ridiculous.

Ji Xu’an’s expression was faintly unnatural. Fortunately, only she and Jiang Jiang knew about this matter, and Jiang Jiang’s expression was only slightly surprised at first. She quickly reacted and changed to a shy and bashful smile, giving Ji Xu’an enough face in front of others.

It was rare for Ji Xu’an to lose face in front of Jiang Jiang. Fortunately, Jiang Jiang was very considerate and didn’t mean to expose her.

According to their private agreement, the matter of breaking off the engagement shouldn’t be announced to the public for the time being. When someone asked, they only needed to acquiesce.

So Ji Xu’an didn’t speak, and Jiang Jiang only glanced at Ji Xu’an shyly, her almond eyes watery, as if with a rosy glow on her cheeks.

Ji Xu’an’s default attitude, and Jiang Jiang’s girlish infatuation, were the best answers.

Wen Xueyun bit the tender flesh in her mouth hard, and instantly tasted a bloody taste. The pain allowed her brain to barely maintain the last trace of clarity, so as not to lose her composure in front of Ji Xu’an.

“After the last gathering, I was thinking about when I would be fortunate enough to meet your fiancée. I didn’t expect to meet her so soon.” Wen Xueyun showed a very forced smile. Although she tried her best to hide it, her gaze towards Jiang Jiang still carried a kind of condescending scrutiny.

This kind of girl…

Wen Xueyun admitted that Jiang Jiang’s appearance and figure were very superior. That palm-sized face was tender, her round eyes were curved and bright, and her limbs were slender and well-proportioned. Even if Wen Xueyun looked at her with the eyes of a rival in love, she couldn’t find anything wrong.

However, her age was really too young, and there was even a childishness on her face that hadn’t faded.

She should be with boys or girls of her age, having a pure love full of youthful spirit.

Instead of standing beside the mature, cold, and imposing Ji Xu’an, being set off by her like a newly sprouted seedling at the foot of a towering tree.

Even though she had seen it with her own eyes, Wen Xueyun still couldn’t believe how Ji Xu’an could like such a little girl?

Jiang Jiang stood there, letting her look her up and down, her expression seeming a little nervous. This petty appearance made Wen Xueyun even more disdainful.

“Xu’an also told me last time that your personality is relatively introverted,” Wen Xueyun said.

She stood next to Ji Xu’an, smiling at Ji Xu’an while speaking, her attitude familiar and intimate, which made Jiang Jiang seem like the outsider.

Ji Xu’an didn’t speak, but her gaze had been falling on Jiang Jiang, taking in all of her reactions.

She became listless as soon as she met outsiders, but she was quite fierce in front of her, and even dared to point at her and scold her for being a coward.

Neither of them answered, but Ji Heyuan couldn’t help but ridicule, “Who’s introverted? Xie Jiang Jiang?”

She rolled her eyes, looking at Jiang Jiang with her arms crossed, “She’s only submissive in front of outsiders, but she’s quite eloquent when arguing with me at home.”

Home.

This word once again stabbed Wen Xueyun’s heart hard.

Although Ji Heyuan seemed to look down on the other party, the feeling in her words that she implicitly regarded the other party as family was hard to ignore.

Ji Heyuan probably didn’t hate this girl very much, right?

Ji Xu’an, who was on the side, couldn’t help but move her eyebrows slightly when she heard these words, and a thoughtful look appeared in her eyes.

Only fierce to family members?

Wen Xueyun didn’t notice the change in Ji Xu’an’s expression. She endured it, her heart almost vomiting blood, but she still remained calm on the surface, and even praised with a smile, “Your name is Jiang Jiang, right? It’s a very well-behaved name, as cute as you are.”

Jiang Jiang raised her hand to brush away the broken hair that had been blown in front of her eyes, her smile pure and harmless between her fingers, “My name is Xie Xiao, the Xiao in ‘Qing Xiao Jian Mei Luo Cai Wa’ (slender, clear eyebrows, falling like colorful ribbons) , Jiang Jiang is my nickname.”

Ji Heyuan rubbed her arms, “Just talk, don’t show off.”

Although Jiang Jiang didn’t understand what showing off meant, she thought it wasn’t a good word.

Very good, Ji Heyuan’s legs probably didn’t hurt anymore, so she was courting death again.

Wen Xueyun ignored Ji Heyuan’s jokes. Her mind was full of Jiang Jiang’s words just now.

The next line of this poem is “Qiu Shui Wei Shen Yu Zuo Rong” (Autumn water reflects the moon, adding to its beauty), which means praising a woman’s appearance and temperament as cold and beautiful.

Why did Xie Xiao use this poem as an example?

Was she trying to say that she had a bright and moving appearance, which happened to be the type that Ji Xu’an liked?

Wen Xueyun felt a sense of provocation. Looking at the soft smile on Jiang Jiang’s face, she only felt that the other party wasn’t as simple and naive as she showed.

But she was both a teacher and an older sister who was several years older than them. On the surface, Wen Xueyun couldn’t say anything, and even her attitude towards Jiang Jiang couldn’t be too cold, so as not to be criticized.

Wen Xueyun took a deep breath, “You haven’t had a good look around S University yet, right? How about I take you around the campus?”

Ji Heyuan had this intention. Her sister had been here many times, but she hadn’t really looked around S University. It was good to have Wen Xueyun around. She had worked at S University for almost two years, so she definitely knew S University better than Ji Xu’an.

“Xueyun sister, let’s go!”

Ji Heyuan took the lead to walk forward. Wen Xueyun originally wanted to walk with Ji Xu’an, but seeing this, she could only follow.

They walked, with Ji Heyuan and Wen Xueyun leading the way, and Jiang Jiang and Ji Xu’an following behind.

Wen Xueyun turned her head to look at Ji Xu’an from time to time, seeming to want to say something to her, but every time before she could open her mouth, Ji Heyuan always had new questions for her to answer. After several times, Wen Xueyun suspected that Ji Heyuan was doing it on purpose.

The four walked forward along the cement road on campus in this strange atmosphere. Although Jiang Jiang and Ji Xu’an were walking side by side, neither of them spoke. Jiang Jiang even kept her ears perked up to eavesdrop on Wen Xueyun’s words.

Having no idea how far they had walked, Jiang Jiang suddenly heard someone shout “Xie Jiang Jiang,” the voice sounding very familiar.

She turned around and almost collided with the person, but at the critical moment, Ji Xu’an pulled her back, grabbing her arm and dodging to the side.

“I’m sorry Jiang Jiang, I was too excited! I sprained my foot and almost couldn’t stop.” The person hurriedly explained, smiling brightly. Jiang Jiang took a closer look and realized that it was Chu Yueqi, who had helped her at the train station.

“It’s okay, Sister Chu, is your foot alright?” Jiang Jiang had a good impression of Chu Yueqi, and since they were already talking, she took the opportunity to ask with concern.

Hearing this, the smile on Chu Yueqi’s face became even brighter, “It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s nothing.”

Her shout just now had been too loud, and Ji Heyuan and Wen Xueyun, who were walking in front, had also heard it. Wen Xueyun immediately stopped and turned to walk towards them.

She spoke words of concern to Jiang Jiang, but her eyes were fixed on Ji Xu’an, “What’s wrong?”

Ji Heyuan also followed, and after stopping, she crossed her arms and looked at Jiang Jiang with a strange expression, “Xie Jiang Jiang, do you have a hobby of randomly calling people ‘sister’?”

Can she call anyone “sister?”

Before Jiang Jiang could speak, Chu Yueqi immediately explained, “It has nothing to do with Jiang Jiang. I just thought I was a few years older than Jiang Jiang, so I asked her to call me ‘sister.’ That’s not too much to ask, right?”

As soon as she spoke, everyone present immediately felt her hostility. She didn’t seem to be targeting only Ji Heyuan, but equally disliking everyone with the surname Ji. After retorting to Ji Heyuan, Chu Yueqi didn’t spare Ji Xu’an either.

“President Ji, long time no see.” Chu Yueqi reached out her hand to Ji Xu’an, her charming eyes concealing dissatisfaction, “You’ve been hiding it so well. You weren’t planning to bring out such a beautiful fiancée for everyone to see? Keeping a beauty locked away isn’t a good habit.”

Chu Yueqi wasn’t making baseless accusations. After separating from Jiang Jiang at the train station that day, she had carefully inquired about this matter, but everyone seemed to not know when Ji Xu’an had gotten a fiancée. Everyone was clueless.

At first, Chu Yueqi thought that it was because the time was too rushed, and Ji Xu’an hadn’t had time to introduce Jiang Jiang to everyone, but after patiently waiting for several days, the Ji family still didn’t make any announcement.

There wasn’t even a trace of news on the outside, so Chu Yueqi understood that Ji Xu’an didn’t plan to let everyone know about this matter at all.

As for the reason, it wasn’t hard to guess why. It must be because Ji Xu’an thinking Jiang Jiang wasn’t worthy of her, and felt that this fiancée made her lose face.

Because Chu Yueqi had briefly learned about Jiang Jiang, knowing that her family background was ordinary, like clouds and mud compared to the Ji family.

But this was only Chu Yueqi’s personal guess. If she was only half certain before, then after Ji Heyuan publicly ridiculed Jiang Jiang just now, the certainty in Chu Yueqi’s heart became 100%.

Ji Heyuan could casually ridicule Jiang Jiang, her soon-to-be sister-in-law, in front of outsiders. One could imagine what kind of life Jiang Jiang usually lived in the Ji family.

If it wasn’t for Ji Xu’an’s indulgence and acquiescence, how could Ji Heyuan dare to be so presumptuous?

Chu Yueqi was both angry and heartbroken. The object of her love at first sight, she had to worry about tarnishing her reputation even if she wanted to get close. Some people, on the other hand, clearly already had such a well-behaved, such a good wife, but they didn’t cherish her!

How hateful!

Chu Yueqi’s malice was almost undisguised, so blatant that Ji Xu’an couldn’t ignore it even if she wanted to.

Ji Xu’an met her gaze with a cold expression, not angered by her words, “Miss Chu, thank you for your concern for Jiang Jiang. As for when we will get engaged, this is a matter for the Ji family, and I’m afraid I can’t tell you.”

Chu Yueqi cursed in her heart. Was I asking when the two of them would get engaged?

Was Ji Xu’an trying to say that if she wanted to formally introduce Jiang Jiang’s identity, it would only be at their engagement banquet?

Who knew when they would hold an engagement banquet!

Besides, if she kept suppressing the engagement banquet, wouldn’t Jiang Jiang’s identity be very awkward?

Her name wasn’t right, her words weren’t right, but she kept living in the Ji family. Chu Yueqi felt wronged for Jiang Jiang.

Last time, her heart had been moved, but she had lost the opportunity. Although Chu Yueqi had always been thinking about Jiang Jiang, always regretting that she had been one step too slow, she hadn’t thought about interfering in Jiang Jiang and Ji Xu’an’s relationship.

But this meeting made Chu Yueqi realize that Ji Xu’an didn’t seem to value Jiang Jiang very much, and the small flame of love in Chu Yueqi’s heart was rekindled.

It didn’t matter if Ji Xu’an didn’t cherish her, she was willing to cherish her!

Jiang Jiang saw the secret confrontation between the two, and the sense of crisis in her heart told her that it was best not to speak easily at this time, otherwise she might put herself in a difficult situation.

However, now that she thought about it, was Sister Chu a little too concerned about her? This was only their second meeting, but Chu Yueqi was protecting her and standing up for her in front of everyone.

Before Jiang Jiang could think clearly, Ji Heyuan, who had been listening for a long time and couldn’t bear it any longer, finally exploded, “Hey Chu, what do you mean? You’re so concerned about my sister and my sister-in-law’s love life. Could it be because your own blind date failed some time ago, so you’re jealous that others have a relationship to talk about?”

Chu Yueqi’s expression stiffened, and her sharp gaze instantly swept towards Ji Heyuan, smiling insincerely, “Little friend, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want. When did I go on a blind date?”

Ji Heyuan curled her lips, “Everyone knows about it, there’s no point in denying it anymore, right?”

“What, did you see it with your own eyes?” Chu Yueqi sneered.

She didn’t seem to be guilty at all, but only she herself knew how panicked she was inside.

Her family had arranged a blind date for her, but she hadn’t met the other person at all!

Would Jiang Jiang be misled by Ji Heyuan, thinking that I was the kind of woman who two-times?

“Who knows.” Ji Heyuan leaned towards Jiang Jiang, “whispering” in her ear, “Xie Jiang Jiang, let me tell you, you must keep your eyes open when looking at people. The more anxious someone is to deny something, the more it shows that they’re guilty. You must never easily believe their words.”

Chu Yueqi was almost angered to death by her, but she really didn’t have the qualifications to care about Jiang Jiang’s affairs.

Not to mention that Jiang Jiang was still Ji Xu’an’s fiancée, even if Jiang Jiang wasn’t, she wouldn’t necessarily like her.

Chu Yueqi wilted, changing her aggressive posture from just now, and began to look at Jiang Jiang pitifully, “Jiang Jiang, why haven’t you added me as a friend?”

She had her phone with her twenty-four hours a day, and didn’t even dare to turn off the sound when she slept, for fear of missing Jiang Jiang’s friend request. Who knew that the other party didn’t plan to add her at all.

Chu Yueqi really felt wronged. When she gave her contact information, she really just planned to make friends with Jiang Jiang, and didn’t think about poaching!

It must be that Ji Xu’an was too strict. She looked like a pervert with a strong desire to control, and maybe she didn’t even allow Jiang Jiang to have her own social circle.

Chu Yueqi blackened Ji Xu’an in her heart without reservation. Anyway, whatever was wrong, it must be Ji Xu’an’s fault!

Jiang Jiang frowned in embarrassment, “Because…”

Because of these words, everyone’s attention was refocused on her.

Ji Heyuan seemed a little angry, Wen Xueyun was watching the show, and as for Ji Xu’an, she didn’t seem to have any reaction. The expression on her face was indifferent from beginning to end, but Jiang Jiang always felt that her black eyes seemed to carry a complex and difficult-to-understand emotion, unfathomable.

Chu Yueqi was also looking forward to Jiang Jiang’s answer, “Is it because Ji…” Xu’an?

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Jiang Jiang.

“Because you didn’t accept,” Jiang Jiang said seriously, “I applied, but you didn’t accept.”

Chu Yueqi subconsciously retorted, “Impossible!”

She didn’t receive a friend request at all!

Jiang Jiang opened her phone WeChat, signaling her to look, “I didn’t lie to you.”

Chu Yueqi was extremely nervous in her heart. Could it be that it was really my fault?

After seeing the verification message in Jiang Jiang’s phone clearly, Chu Yueqi breathed a heavy sigh of relief, “This person isn’t me.”

She clicked on that person’s avatar and found that the other person’s WeChat was only different from hers by one Arabic numeral. Chu Yueqi then remembered that she had written it in a hurry that day, and might have written the 1 a bit like a 7, so Jiang Jiang had accidentally mistaken it.

“I’m sorry, it’s all my fault.” Chu Yueqi quickly admitted her mistake. She almost didn’t give Jiang Jiang time to react, and had already quickly found her WeChat QR code, “Then let’s add a friend now, okay?”

Jiang Jiang nodded, “Okay.”

The two were adding friends there, and this scene made Ji Heyuan feel uncomfortable, especially when she found that her sister was looking at this scene with a gaze that could be called indifferent. Ji Heyuan really didn’t know what to say.

She nudged Ji Xu’an’s shoulder with her elbow, asking in a super low voice, “Sister, aren’t you going to do anything?”

“Do what?” Ji Xu’an asked her.

Ji Heyuan’s eyes were full of disappointment, “Xie Xiao is flirting with someone else right in front of you, and you’re not angry?”

Ji Xu’an’s tone was flat, “She’s an independent person, and has the right to make friends on her own. Why should I be angry?”

Ji Heyuan thought, was this making friends? This was putting a green hat on you!

She didn’t know if Xie Xiao had that intention, but Chu Yueqi was definitely up to no good!

It wasn’t that Ji Heyuan looked down on her own sister, but she really felt that Ji Xu’an didn’t have Chu Yueqi’s sweet mouth, and didn’t know how to lower herself to please the person she liked like the other party did.

What if Xie Xiao just liked this kind of thing, and was really coaxed away by Chu Yueqi’s sweet words? Her sister would have nowhere to cry.

At this time, Ji Heyuan had completely forgotten that if Jiang Jiang really chose to be with Chu Yueqi, she should clap her hands and cheer.

After all, she had always been unwilling to accept Jiang Jiang as her little sister-in-law.

Since even Ji Xu’an, the fiancée, didn’t care, Ji Heyuan didn’t want to interfere either. Wen Xueyun wouldn’t say anything either. She even said indifferently, “Xu’an, now you don’t have to worry about Jiang Jiang’s introverted personality, and that she might not be able to make friends later.”

Ji Xu’an was silent.

After adding friends, Chu Yueqi didn’t pester them. She actually had something to do today. She had only suddenly seen Jiang Jiang just now, and was temporarily excited, so she had hurriedly run over.

“Jiang Jiang, then I won’t disturb you anymore. We’ll contact each other on WeChat.” She shook her phone, giving Jiang Jiang a meaningful look, and then turned and left without hesitation.

Jiang Jiang watched her back gradually disappear. She was just about to withdraw her gaze when Ji Heyuan came over again, “The person’s already walked far away, and you’re still looking.”

Seeing Jiang Jiang’s gaze fall on her again, she said in a strange tone, “Sis~ter~Chu~”

This scene seemed familiar.

Jiang Jiang pursed her lips, ignoring Ji Heyuan, and instead explained to Ji Xu’an in a low voice, “I got lost at the train station last time, and Sister Chu took me out. Secretary Zhao was also there at the time.”

Ji Xu’an definitely knew about this matter. Secretary Zhao couldn’t have hidden it from her, but Jiang Jiang still had to explain. She couldn’t really make Ji Xu’an lose face in front of outsiders.

Ji Xu’an didn’t seem to care about the reasons, “You can make your own decisions.”

After she finished speaking, her peripheral vision seemed to catch something, and she suddenly raised her arm, reaching out to Jiang Jiang, her soft and slender fingertips stopping on the top of Jiang Jiang’s head.

A faint touch swept over, and Jiang Jiang knew that it was Ji Xu’an’s fingertip. She tilted her neck and let Ji Xu’an move, and after the other person put her hand down, Jiang Jiang saw that Ji Xu’an’s fingers were holding a small leaf.

“Let’s go,” Ji Xu’an said.

She released her fingers, letting the leaf slowly fall to the ground, her fingertips lightly twisting twice as if inadvertently.

This action was so subtle that no one noticed it, only Jiang Jiang seemed to notice something, and a shallow arc unconsciously appeared on the corner of her lips.

Ji Xu’an was too calm, not caring at all how surprising her actions were. Jiang Jiang knew that she was doing it on purpose.

In the second half of the journey, everyone was very quiet. Even Ji Heyuan, who had the most questions before, seemed to be lost in thought. Before long, everyone stopped at the same time.

Ji Xu’an first looked at Wen Xueyun, “Are you free tonight?”

Wen Xueyun’s breathing stagnated, but she quickly recovered her smile, “Are you inviting me to dinner?”

Ji Xu’an: “Mm.”

Of course Wen Xueyun couldn’t refuse. Although she knew that Ji Xu’an couldn’t just call her alone, when she heard Ji Xu’an ask Ji Heyuan and Jiang Jiang to go together, Wen Xueyun was still very disappointed.

The four of them could just fit in one car. Zhao Zitang had already gone back first, only leaving the car keys to Ji Xu’an, so it was only natural for Ji Xu’an to drive.

Ji Heyuan got into the back seat first, and Jiang Jiang and Wen Xueyun were standing by the car door, hesitating about who should sit in the passenger seat. The two looked at each other, and neither of them took a step forward first.

What Jiang Jiang saw on TV, it is said that this position is very meaningful, only the legal wife is qualified to sit.

Although me and Ji Xu’an are not married yet, I’m more qualified than Wen Xueyun, right?

Wen Xueyun didn’t want to give up this position either. She also knew that she was not qualified to compete with Jiang Jiang, but she always had a glimmer of hope in her heart.

What if?

Ji Xu’an doesn’t seem to care much about this fiancée…

Perhaps she was only forced to accept Xie Jiang Jiang, but as Chu Yueqi said, if Ji Xu’an really liked her, why didn’t she take her out to meet people?

Wen Xueyun bit her lip. She thought she could face Ji Xu’an’s fiancée calmly, but when this day really came, she realized that she couldn’t do it. She was really unwilling!

Jiang Jiang wouldn’t give in, but she didn’t want to argue with Wen Xueyun either. She didn’t speak, but only glanced at Ji Xu’an, who was standing beside her as if she was out of the matter, and then raised her foot and walked towards the back seat, her expression and movements carrying an unspeakable grievance.

One, two, three…

Jiang Jiang counted in her heart. She had only counted to three when her wrist was grabbed. Ji Xu’an’s fingertips were clasped on the inside of Jiang Jiang’s wrist, first tightening for a moment, and then slowly relaxing.

She looked at Jiang Jiang, her thin lips slightly opened, and said lightly, “Aren’t you getting in the car.”

Jiang Jiang walked back obediently like a rabbit that had been caught by the ears, “Oh.”

Ji Xu’an let go, her fingertips seeming to still retain the temperature of Jiang Jiang’s wrist, really so thin, easily able to circle it, so weak that it couldn’t withstand a single fold.

She lowered her eyelashes and reached out to open the car door for Jiang Jiang.

Jiang Jiang noticed that Ji Xu’an used the other hand, the hand that had just grabbed her was hidden by Ji Xu’an on her side as if it didn’t exist.

After Jiang Jiang got into the passenger seat, she glanced at Wen Xueyun without a trace, not missing the disappointment and unwillingness that flashed in the other person’s eyes.

She didn’t take it to heart, and there wasn’t much joy or pride in her heart. Under her slightly lowered eyelashes, Jiang Jiang’s emotions were even indifferent.

Money, power, and influence, ordinary people would attract others to flock to them if they only possessed one of them, let alone a woman like Ji Xu’an who was outstanding in everything. There were only more people who had designs on her.

Jiang Jiang didn’t really care that much. If this world didn’t allow concubines, and Ji Xu’an obviously had no interest in Wen Xueyun, Jiang Jiang might really take the initiative to accept the beauty who came to her door for Ji Xu’an.

Of course, the premise was that she had to be Ji Xu’an’s legal wife.

Ji Xu’an didn’t know that Jiang Jiang still had the idea of taking concubines for her. After she got in the car, seeing that Jiang Jiang seemed a little absent-minded, she reminded her softly, “Seatbelt.”

Jiang Jiang came back to her senses, her face turning red, “I’m sorry, older sister, I forgot.”

Ji Xu’an held the steering wheel, not turning her head back, “It’s okay, it’s enough for me to remember.”

The ambiguous atmosphere in these words added an unspeakable dryness to the car. Jiang Jiang’s face turned even redder, but her eyes were open and honest, even full of emotion, “Thank you, older sister.”

Her tone was soft, and full of sincerity.

Ji Xu’an finally took the time to glance at her, “You don’t need to thank me.”

Jiang Jiang knew very well that all of this was Ji Xu’an doing it for Wen Xueyun to see, and she was also very cooperative, all the reactions were what Ji Xu’an wanted her to show.

If Wen Xueyun saw it, she would be very sad.

Jiang Jiang felt that she was a little pitiful, falling in love with someone who didn’t love her was destined to feel disappointed. But she didn’t sympathize with Wen Xueyun in her heart. All of this was Wen Xueyun’s own choice, and besides, she had repeatedly connoted Jiang Jiang because of this. If Jiang Jiang really liked Ji Xu’an, she would probably be so angered by her words that she couldn’t breathe.

So she was not innocent, and not worthy of Jiang Jiang’s sympathy.

…

Ji Heyuan wanted to eat hot pot, and the others had no objection. Jiang Jiang didn’t know what hot pot was at first, but she didn’t understand until she walked into the store. This was very similar to the pot in her world.

But the hot pot here was much more fragrant than the pot Jiang Jiang had eaten. The rich aroma went straight into her nose, making her mouth water.

Ji Heyuan had been watching Jiang Jiang’s expression. Seeing it, she leaned in and whispered, “You’ve never even had hot pot before, have you?”

Jiang Jiang shook her head, “I’ve eaten it.”

She paused, and added, “But I’ve never eaten such a fragrant one.”

Ji Heyuan showed pity, “What kind of pitiful life did you live before?”

Jiang Jiang thought for a while, “There weren’t many opportunities to eat meat in the mountains, and the meals were very light. When I was a child, my favorite thing to eat was pork elbow, but I could only eat it during the New Year.”

Because her master said that her body wasn’t good, and her diet shouldn’t be too oily or spicy, and should be mainly light and nourishing, but Jiang Jiang, a child who was growing up, couldn’t stand that kind of hardship.

She dreamed of eating meat.

Ji Heyuan was stunned. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Although Ji Xu’an was very strict with her, as long as she didn’t violate any principles, she would almost fulfill her requests.

Ji Heyuan was a princess living in an ivory tower. Although she couldn’t say the naive and stupid words of “Why not eat meat porridge,” she didn’t understand how the children of poor families lived.

So Ji Heyuan really couldn’t imagine that someone would live so hard.

“You’re too pitiful.” Ji Heyuan actually felt a sense of guilt in her heart. She looked at Jiang Jiang’s slender back and limbs, and felt it was caused by hunger.

Ji Heyuan couldn’t help but cough softly, her eyes flickering, “Then umm, I shouldn’t have said you were a country bumpkin before, I’m sorry.”

It turned out that Xie Jiang Jiang had lived so hard in the mountains, and couldn’t even eat pork elbow, and she had never eaten KFC.

“It’s okay, Xiao Yuan, you didn’t understand me before, I don’t blame you.” Jiang Jiang smiled generously. Of course, she didn’t say that after she was ten years old, she had lived a life where she ate big fish and meat until she was tired of it.

The Duke’s mansion was so extravagant that a casual meal would have to prepare twenty or thirty dishes, and some dishes were even taken away without even being touched.

The things that Jiang Jiang had dreamed of when she was a child were just ordinary things to the people in the Duke’s mansion.

Jiang Jiang’s lack of care made Ji Heyuan feel even more embarrassed.

She thought, actually Xie Jiang Jiang wasn’t as bad as I thought. I had bullied Xie Jiang Jiang so much, but Xie Jiang Jiang hadn’t really gotten angry with me.

Jiang Jiang then said, “And compared to those who can’t even afford to eat, and have to sell their own daughters in order to survive, I’m already very happy.”

Her tone was very light, that kind of calm to the point of indifference, as if she was talking about a very ordinary little thing.

Ji Heyuan was dumbfounded, “Sell, sell daughters?!”

This sentence was a bit loud, causing Ji Xu’an and Wen Xueyun, who were talking about work in low voices, to look over at them. Wen Xueyun even raised her eyebrows, “Xiao Yuan, what are you talking about? I seem to have heard ‘sell daughters’?”

“It’s nothing, we’re talking about TV dramas,” Ji Heyuan said perfunctorily.

She grabbed Jiang Jiang’s arm, her mind in a mess, her voice very low, “Xie Jiang Jiang, do you know what you’re talking about?! Trafficking people is against the law!”

Ji Heyuan bit her tongue, forcing herself to calm down, “Do you know someone is selling their daughter? Who is it? We can call the police and arrest them!”

Her tone was very urgent, with obvious panic and anger, “Tell my sister, let her investigate, my sister will definitely not sit idly by!”

Jiang Jiang smiled, patted the back of her hand to comfort her, “There’s no one, I’m just giving an example.”

Ji Heyuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, glaring at Jiang Jiang, “You scared me to death!”

She relaxed, but then felt strange.

Xie Jiang Jiang’s expression just now didn’t seem like she was joking. She felt that she had really seen such things happen, and more than once, so she would be so calm. Rather than saying she didn’t care, it was better to say that she was numb to the extreme, and didn’t know how to react anymore.

Ji Heyuan pinched her palm, a chill rising in her heart. I can’t help but wonder, what kind of life had Xie Jiang Jiang lived before?

Could it be that her grandmother had no choice, so she had taken this last resort and sent Xie Jiang Jiang to the Ji family?

Maybe, if she didn’t do this, Xie Jiang Jiang would be sold to some isolated deep mountain forest, as she had just said, and would never be able to escape…

Ji Heyuan shuddered.

She decided that she wouldn’t bully Xie Jiang Jiang in the future, just consider it as seeing that Xie Jiang Jiang was so pitiful.

…

When eating, Jiang Jiang and Ji Heyuan sat on Ji Xu’an’s left and right hands, facing each other.

Ji Heyuan struggled for a long time before mustering up the courage to use public chopsticks to clip a piece of spicy beef for Jiang Jiang.

“Eat more, you’re as thin as a string bean.”

Jiang Jiang bit half a lotus root slice, her chewing action pausing for a second. She swallowed the food in her mouth, “Thank you, Xiao Yuan.”

Ji Heyuan said gruffly, “Don’t talk while eating, just eat your food!”

Her attitude wasn’t good, but it still couldn’t hide the blush that climbed from her neck to her ears, obviously dazzling.

It was clearly she who spoke first, but Jiang Jiang didn’t expose her, and slowly ate the piece of beef, her lips red from the spiciness, and she drank several mouthfuls of orange juice before barely relieving it.

Jiang Jiang knew very well why Ji Heyuan would do this. Perhaps because of the different growing environments, Ji Heyuan was much simpler than the Crown Prince. Jiang Jiang only used a little trick, and Ji Heyuan had changed her view of her. Even because of sympathy and guilt, Ji Heyuan was trying to make up for her.

So simple that it made people want to laugh.

Jiang Jiang licked her hot lips, and her gaze seemed to inadvertently stare at the plate of potato slices in front of Ji Heyuan for two more seconds.

Two seconds later, Ji Heyuan dumped the plate of potato slices into the clear broth pot. “If you can’t handle spicy food, eat from the clear broth pot. Seriously, you need to learn how to eat properly.”

She selectively forgot that she had clipped that piece of beef for Jiang Jiang herself.

Jiang Jiang was silent.

Wen Xueyun’s expression was strange, and even Ji Xu’an couldn’t help but take another look at Ji Heyuan.

Ji Heyuan then realized that her sister was still here, was it her turn to show concern for Xie Jiang Jiang?

Ji Heyuan was a little guilty. She put down her chopsticks, took out her phone, and sent a WeChat message to Ji Xu’an.

“Ding Dong——”

Ji Xu’an’s phone, which was placed by her hand, vibrated. She paused for two seconds before picking it up and taking a look.

[Ji Heyuan: Sis! I didn’t want to hit on your wife, don’t misunderstand!]

[Ji Heyuan: I just thought she was pitiful, so I wanted to clip food for her. Of course, I definitely won’t steal your job, it’s up to you to perform next!]

What was all this?

Pitiful?

Ji Xu’an thoughtfully turned her gaze to Jiang Jiang.

A moment later, Jiang Jiang’s phone also started vibrating.

[Older Sister: What did you say to Xiao Yuan?]

Jiang Jiang lowered her head to type.

[Jiang Jiang Doesn’t Eat Ginger: Xiao Yuan asked me if I had eaten hot pot before, and I told her that we didn’t get to eat meat much in the mountains, and could only taste meat once in a long while.]

Ji Xu’an saw this sentence, and a trace of surprise appeared in her eyes. No wonder Xiao Yuan said she was pitiful…

Ji Xu’an pursed her lips and didn’t say anything else.

She wasn’t talking, but Jiang Jiang wanted to chat with her.

So Ji Xu’an’s phone started vibrating like crazy again.

[Jiang Jiang Doesn’t Eat Ginger: Older sister, does Teacher Wen…]

Ji Xu’an’s expression didn’t change when she saw this sentence.

[Older Sister: Does what?]

[Jiang Jiang Doesn’t Eat Ginger: Like you?]

This message popped up just as Ji Heyuan saw it. She didn’t know what the two had been chatting about before, and thought that Jiang Jiang was confessing to Ji Xu’an.

Ew!

Ji Heyuan’s gaze towards Jiang Jiang changed. She didn’t expect it, Xie Jiang Jiang, she looked shy, but she was actually a straight-ball player!

Ji Xu’an didn’t deny it.

[Older Sister: Mm.]

Jiang Jiang tilted her head, seeming to be thinking about something. After a long while, she continued to type.

[Jiang Jiang Doesn’t Eat Ginger: I know that older sister is deliberately doing it for Teacher Wen to see today.]

Ji Xu’an wasn’t surprised. She had already seen that Jiang Jiang was very smart, and not as simple and innocent as she appeared on the surface.

[Older Sister: So?]

Jiang Jiang tilted her head to look at her, meeting Ji Xu’an’s dark eyes. She finally made up her mind.

[Jiang Jiang Doesn’t Eat Ginger: I will help older sister!]

Ji Xu’an didn’t say yes or no in the end. She put away her phone, not looking at it again.

In fact, Ji Xu’an was a little curious, how does Jiang Jiang intend to help me?