When An Ancient Chinese Romance Novel Heroine Transmigrated Into A Lesbian Novel - Chapter 26

Xie Xiao obviously wanted to hear gossip, and Jiang Jiang also felt that there was nothing she couldn’t let her hear, so she simply hid the White Jade Exquisite Mirror in a relatively hidden position like last time, but to be on the safe side, she also casually placed her mobile phone nearby.

After tidying up, Jiang Jiang got up to open the door.

Along with the breeze that rushed in when she opened the door, Jiang Jiang smelled a faint fragrance of perfume from Ji Xu’an, like white magnolias drenched in fine rain, with a hint of freshness from the water droplets mixed in the delicate fragrance.

Ji Xu’an was still wearing a shirt and suit pants, and her slightly curly long hair was casually draped behind her, very similar to the outfit when Jiang Jiang first met her at the old house.

But there were also differences.

At that time, Ji Xu’an’s gaze at her was cold with impatience, but now, even though Ji Xu’an still looked indifferent, Jiang Jiang could no longer capture the slightest displeasure from her calm black eyes.

She could even vaguely feel that there was an imperceptible concern in Ji Xu’an’s gaze at her.

“Were you sleeping?” Ji Xu’an lowered her eyes and carefully scanned her eyebrows and eyes.

There seemed to be weariness in Jiang Jiang’s eyes, but her clothes were neat, not like she had just gotten out of bed.

“I was reading just now, and fell asleep on the sofa while reading,” Jiang Jiang said, while yawning.

“Why did Sister come back at this time?”

Ji Xu’an didn’t explain, but asked another question, “Are you free now?”

She seemed to have something she wanted to talk to Jiang Jiang about.

It was quite new. Jiang Jiang thought that the last time she had asked her to talk, it was still with a cold and icy tone of notification.

“Sister, please come in first.” Jiang Jiang completely opened the half-closed door, while stepping aside.

Ji Xu’an paused. She first used her eyes to scan Jiang Jiang’s room, and then lifted her foot and walked in.

This was the first time Ji Xu’an had entered Jiang Jiang’s room. Even when she was at the old house before, she had only stood at Jiang Jiang’s door to talk to her at most.

The bedroom was a very private place, and Jiang Jiang being able to let Ji Xu’an into her bedroom at least proved that she was willing to accept Ji Xu’an.

Ji Xu’an probably also knew what this meant, but she still didn’t refuse.

Except for scanning it at the door just now, Ji Xu’an’s gaze didn’t wander around afterwards, but when she sat down on the sofa, the things in front of her were still inevitably taken into her eyes.

There was an Outline of Modern Chinese History on the coffee table, and it could be seen from the bookmark that was showing a corner that Jiang Jiang had already read at least half of this book.

Next to the modern history, there was also a notebook and a black gel pen. Jiang Jiang probably didn’t have time to close it, and Ji Xu’an saw that many words were densely written on the notebook, all of which were the key points summarized by Jiang Jiang.

Ji Xu’an knew that on the second day of coming to the old house, Jiang Jiang had asked housekeeper Chen for many books, mostly on history and technology. At that time, housekeeper Chen had praised Jiang Jiang in front of Ji Xu’an as a good child who liked to read.

It was just that Ji Xu’an didn’t take it seriously at that time, who knew if this was Xie Xiao deliberately pretending to be a persona. Now it seemed that it wasn’t fake, she really liked to read.

Jiang Jiang noticed that Ji Xu’an was staring at the notes she had taken, and a blush immediately floated on her face. She walked forward and put the book and notebook together on the bookshelf next to her.

Ji Xu’an’s gaze followed her movements to the bookshelf – the three-layer wooden frame was full, and it looked like it was about to run out of space.

Jiang Jiang put the modern history in order according to the classification, and then silently breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around and found that Ji Xu’an was quietly looking at her, with an unspeakable emotion in her eyes.

“Do you like to read history books?” Ji Xu’an asked.

Jiang Jiang nodded and then shook her head, “What I like to read most at the moment is history books, I can learn a lot of things from it.”

She eagerly wanted to understand the development of this world from ancient times to the present, so as to avoid revealing her identity in front of others in the future. Besides, she herself also liked to read books.

“Yes.” The frost between Ji Xu’an’s eyebrows seemed to melt a little, “There is a study room here, and I have never locked the door, you can use it.”

“I will have another bookshelf installed in the study room.”

No matter which world it was, the study room was a very important place, and there might be many things that couldn’t be known to outsiders. Ji Xu’an actually allowed her to use her study room, and Jiang Jiang was really a little surprised.

“What if I accidentally break Sister’s things?” Jiang Jiang asked tentatively.

“If they’re broken, they’re broken, it’s not a big deal.” Ji Xu’an’s tone was very indifferent.

Either there were no confidential things in the study room, or she really didn’t care about being discovered by Jiang Jiang.

Jiang Jiang guessed it should be the former.

Because she learned from Secretary Zhao that Ji Xu’an had only purchased this property in Star River Bay not long ago, and she usually wouldn’t come to live here. If it wasn’t for living with Jiang Jiang, Ji Xu’an wouldn’t have moved over.

“Then can I put the books I buy later in the study room?” Jiang Jiang also felt that the room was too cramped. It was okay to read occasionally, but if all the books were put in the room, there wouldn’t be enough space.

“Otherwise, who do you think the bookshelf is for?”

Jiang Jiang saw that Ji Xu’an seemed to smile, but that smile disappeared from the corners of her lips in the blink of an eye, so fast that it seemed like Jiang Jiang’s illusion.

She couldn’t help but take two steps forward, getting closer to Ji Xu’an, as if she wanted to see Ji Xu’an’s expression more clearly.

Ji Xu’an raised her hand and gently patted the sofa next to her, “Come sit.”

Jiang Jiang didn’t sit down next to her, but knelt on the carpet at Ji Xu’an’s feet with her legs together, her upper body leaning against the sofa, using her head to pillow her arms.

She seemed to like this posture very much. She had also spoken to Ji Xu’an like this in the living room last time.

When she sat next to Ji Xu’an, she could only look at Ji Xu’an straight ahead, but if she talked to Ji Xu’an in this posture, Jiang Jiang had to raise her eyes to see Ji Xu’an’s eyes clearly.

This gentle and admiring posture was the least likely to make people feel guarded.

In Ji Xu’an’s eyes, Jiang Jiang at this moment was like a docile and harmless rabbit, looking up at her and acting cute.

Ji Xu’an lowered her eyes to meet her round eyes. She searched carefully several times, but still couldn’t find a trace of sadness or unhappiness inside. Ji Xu’an could even feel that Jiang Jiang’s mood at this time was still good.

It seemed as if she had regained her composure.

Ji Xu’an stared at her for a long time before saying softly, “Did something unpleasant happen at school today?”

Jiang Jiang was stunned, “Why does Sister say that?”

Ji Xu’an didn’t intend to hide anything, “Xiao Yuan told me, she said you were very unhappy.”

Jiang Jiang unconsciously avoided Ji Xu’an’s gaze, her thick, long eyelashes half-lowered, blocking the emotions in her eyes. Ji Xu’an could only see the corners of her lips, which had been slightly raised, gradually drawing into a straight line.

“Why does Xiao Yuan say everything?” she muttered softly.

Ji Xu’an’s gaze never left Jiang Jiang’s face. “So, why are you unhappy?”

Jiang Jiang didn’t plan to tell Ji Xu’an about Liang Junsheng. Not to mention that Liang Junsheng disguised himself very well in front of others, but according to common sense, the current Jiang Jiang shouldn’t know that Liang Junsheng liked to abuse small animals, and it was even more impossible for her to realize that Liang Junsheng already had bad intentions towards her.

Besides, Jiang Jiang had already thought about how to punish Liang Junsheng. If Ji Xu’an discovered Liang Junsheng’s conspiracy in advance, how would Jiang Jiang make Liang Junsheng pay the price for what he had done?

“In the cafeteria, there was someone whose gaze made me very uncomfortable,” Jiang Jiang said vaguely, without specifying who that person was.

If Ji Xu’an really wanted to investigate, she would probably only think that she was talking about the boy who accidentally bumped into her.

But Jiang Jiang thought that Ji Xu’an probably wasn’t that free.

Hearing this, Ji Xu’an frowned. She told Jiang Jiang, “Next time you encounter this kind of situation, remember to take a picture of that person’s face.”

Jiang Jiang looked puzzled. “What do I do after taking the picture?”

Ji Xu’an said with a cold face and a serious tone, “Then come and complain to me.”

Jiang Jiang burst out laughing. “Why should I complain to Sister instead of complaining to the teacher?”

Ji Xu’an’s tone was indifferent. “The teacher won’t care.”

But she would.

Jiang Jiang stared at her blankly, her eyes slowly starting to turn red. A crystal-clear teardrop flowed down the corner of her eye and into her hair, washing her dark eyes until they were wet.

Ji Xu’an’s tone seemed a little gentler. “Got it?”

Jiang Jiang nodded vigorously. She bit her lip lightly, and suddenly leaned closer to Ji Xu’an, resting her head on Ji Xu’an’s lap, her cheek almost touching the back of Ji Xu’an’s hand.

“Thank you, Sister,” she said in a muffled voice.

Ji Xu’an didn’t have time to comfort her. As Jiang Jiang spoke, a faint heat sprinkled on Ji Xu’an’s hand, making her entire arm seem as if someone had tapped her acupoint, stiff and unable to move.

Jiang Jiang didn’t seem to notice Ji Xu’an’s discomfort. Because of Ji Xu’an’s words, she seemed to relax completely, and always couldn’t help but want to get closer to Ji Xu’an.

Ji Xu’an knew that Jiang Jiang was very good at acting cute, just looking at how Grandma was always coaxed to laugh by her every time, but she didn’t expect that one day, Jiang Jiang would use these tricks on her.

Jiang Jiang was still talking. “Sister, actually, I was really scared of you at first. You’re really scary when you have a cold face and don’t say anything.”

She was trying to tell Ji Xu’an what was in her heart.

Ji Xu’an originally planned to move away from her, but she didn’t expect to hear such words. At this time, she couldn’t easily interrupt Jiang Jiang, lest Jiang Jiang misunderstand that she was avoiding her.

Ji Xu’an had no choice but to endure that awkward feeling and continue to listen to Jiang Jiang silently.

“But after spending some time together, I realized that Sister is actually someone who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside.” Jiang Jiang said here, and smiled embarrassedly. “I really envy Sister. I feel like your emotions are very stable, and you won’t get angry easily even when you meet someone you don’t like.”

“But I can’t. Even the smallest things make me feel very unhappy.”

Ji Xu’an always felt that Jiang Jiang’s words about someone she didn’t like had a hidden meaning.

Jiang Jiang raised her head and asked her, “Sister, if you met someone you hated, what would you do?”

“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” Ji Xu’an replied without thinking.

Her tone revealed a hint of arrogance, but Jiang Jiang knew that Ji Xu’an really had that ability.

Seeing Jiang Jiang showing a thoughtful expression, Ji Xu’an felt that she seemed to have taught a child badly, so she added, “Of course, you can’t do illegal things at any time.”

Jiang Jiang pursed her lips and smiled. “Don’t worry, Sister, I definitely won’t.”

Ji Xu’an couldn’t help but curl the corners of her lips.

Jiang Jiang seemed to have endless things to say. In fact, she wasn’t a talkative person, but perhaps because the atmosphere was just right at the moment, and Ji Xu’an was the mature and stable older sister she admired the most, Jiang Jiang always wanted to say something to her, and her tone became unconsciously coquettish.

“Does Sister still have people she hates now?”

Ji Xu’an looked at her deeply. “No.”

The tension in Jiang Jiang’s eyes dissipated all at once. She had already gotten the answer she wanted, and the corners of her eyes curved up with a smile. There was obvious admiration and longing in her eyes as she looked at Ji Xu’an.

“That’s great, I also want to become someone like Sister.”

Ji Xu’an didn’t comment, she raised her hand and said softly, “Excellent people will inevitably attract all kinds of gazes. When you stand high enough, there won’t be anyone around you who makes you unhappy.”

Jiang Jiang watched as that fair and jade-like hand landed on the top of her head. She felt as if a breeze was blowing over her head. It was Ji Xu’an’s fingertips touching her long hair, touching and leaving, as light as a feather falling into a pool, rippling in layers.

Ji Xu’an was comforting her.

Jiang Jiang was stunned, remaining in the position of looking up at Ji Xu’an for a long time without moving. Ji Xu’an had already withdrawn her hand, saying with an unchanged expression, “I have to go on a business trip to the US for a few days, flying out early tomorrow morning.”

That meant that for the next several days, Jiang Jiang would be home alone.

They called it living together, but the two of them were more like roommates, and one of them was often not home, so they didn’t have much opportunity to see each other usually.

A look of reluctance appeared in Jiang Jiang’s eyes. “About how many days will Sister be gone?”

Ji Xu’an thought for a moment. “About four days.”

Jiang Jiang’s mood dropped, but she still obediently promised, “I’ll wait for Sister to come back home.”

Ji Xu’an’s heart stirred slightly, and after a few seconds of silence, she said softly, “Okay.”

Having said what she needed to say, Ji Xu’an prepared to pack her things. As she got up, the back of her hand inadvertently brushed against something warm and soft.

Ji Xu’an’s body stiffened instantly.

She lowered her head to look at Jiang Jiang’s expression, only to see Jiang Jiang staring at her blankly, as if she hadn’t reacted yet.

Slowly, under Ji Xu’an’s gaze, which held an unreadable expression, Jiang Jiang’s face, like the sunset in the sky, rippled with layers of intense color.

An alluring blush spread from the corners of her eyes to the tips of her ears, and Jiang Jiang’s gaze flickered, looking left and right, but not daring to look into Ji Xu’an’s eyes.

But she quickly calmed down, her bright eyes looking straight at Ji Xu’an, with even a hint of anticipation in her eyes.

From Jiang Jiang’s reaction, Ji Xu’an deduced that what she had touched just now was probably Jiang Jiang’s cheek.

Touching her head was one thing, but touching her face was another matter entirely.

Ji Xu’an’s fingers, which were hanging by her side, couldn’t help but curl up.

Both of them remained silent about the accident just now. Ji Xu’an breathed a sigh of relief and lifted her foot to continue walking out. As she was about to reach the bedroom door, she suddenly heard Jiang Jiang’s soft voice behind her, “Sister?”

“Did you come back specifically because you were worried about me?”

Otherwise, with her flight to the US not until tomorrow morning, why would Ji Xu’an come back so early?

From Jiang Jiang’s perspective, she could only see Ji Xu’an’s back. After she asked that question, Ji Xu’an’s footsteps paused for a moment, but then she continued to walk out. After turning a corner, Ji Xu’an’s figure completely disappeared from Jiang Jiang’s sight.

She didn’t answer Jiang Jiang’s question.

But sometimes, not answering was a kind of tacit agreement.

…

Jiang Jiang didn’t know that the classes had been divided until she woke up the next morning. She had been pulled into another group by the counselor, and the group name was “Photography Class 2.”

The counselor notified everyone in the group that they had to go to school to pick up their books today, and asked everyone to gather under the A2 teaching building on time.

It seemed that Jiang Jiang was the only one in their class who lived off-campus. The counselor specifically sent a private message to Jiang Jiang, telling her not to forget.

Jiang Jiang replied with an “Okay.”

When she pushed open the door and went out, Ji Xu’an had already left, and the house was empty.

Jiang Jiang found something that Ji Xu’an had left for her on the coffee table in the living room: a piece of paper with writing on it and a square card.

Ji Xu’an’s handwriting was unrestrained and elegant, with only a simple sentence on it.

[The password is your birthday.]

It was a bank card.

Jiang Jiang didn’t know how much money was in it, but since it was given by Ji Xu’an, it definitely wouldn’t be a small amount.

Was this also a kind of comfort?

It was indeed very much in line with Ji Xu’an’s style.

Jiang Jiang put away the bank card. She wasn’t planning to use Ji Xu’an’s money for the time being.

Arriving at the A2 building twenty minutes early, Jiang Jiang spotted Ji Heyuan’s figure in the crowd from afar. The other party looked sulky, with displeasure written all over her face.

“Xiao Yuan.” Jiang Jiang walked towards her, and only when she got closer did she realize that Fu Xihe and the other two were also there, quietly comforting Ji Heyuan.

The four of them happened to be in the same dormitory. They had probably had a friendly exchange in the dormitory last night, and today it was obvious that the atmosphere when they were together was more relaxed and harmonious.

“You’re here.” Ji Heyuan glanced at her listlessly.

Seeing this, Jiang Jiang couldn’t help but be curious. “What’s wrong?”

Ji Heyuan was always full of energy in front of her. Even when she was lectured by Grandma and Ji Xu’an, she still had a look of unwillingness to admit defeat on her face. It was the first time Jiang Jiang had seen her show such an expression.

Hearing Jiang Jiang ask, Ji Heyuan couldn’t help but show an annoyed expression again.

Yan Ke whispered to Jiang Jiang, “On the way here from the dormitory just now, a self-confident guy stopped Ji Heyuan to ask for her WeChat, and said some unpleasant things.”

With Ji Heyuan’s personality, she would naturally have cursed back on the spot, but under Ji Xu’an’s guidance, even when she cursed, she wouldn’t use swear words. The other person, however, used some very disgusting words, making Ji Heyuan extremely angry.

“If it weren’t for the second day of school and I didn’t want to cause trouble, I would have given him two punches!” Ji Heyuan said, shaking her fist forcefully.

Jiang Jiang pondered for a moment. “Did you take a picture of that person’s face?”

Ji Heyuan looked at her in confusion. “What’s wrong? Do you want to send him to debut in the center position?”

She was also a little regretful now. She should have taken a video just now to leave evidence, and then posted it on the school’s forum and confession wall to make that idiot famous at S University.

Jiang Jiang didn’t understand what “debut in the center position” meant. She shook her head. “You can send the photo to Sister.”

Ji Heyuan was dumbfounded. “What would I do with it if I sent it to my sister? No way, Xie Jiang Jiang, are you an elementary school student? Do you have to complain to your parents when you encounter something?”

Jiang Jiang looked puzzled. “Why not?”

“When you don’t have the ability to solve it yourself, you hand it over to someone who has the ability to solve it. What’s wrong with that?”

There was nothing wrong with it, but Ji Heyuan prided herself on already being an adult. How could she still be like before, relying on her sister to solve everything when she encountered something? Wouldn’t that be very embarrassing?

Ji Heyuan stubbornly argued, “My sister definitely wouldn’t care about such a small matter.”

“She will,” Jiang Jiang said firmly.

Ji Heyuan: “How do you know?”

Jiang Jiang honestly told her, “Because this method is what Sister told me.”

Ji Heyuan: …

My sister wouldn’t really treat Xie Jiang Jiang as a child, would she?

Ji Heyuan didn’t want to argue with her about this issue, but after bickering with Jiang Jiang for a few sentences, her mood did improve a lot.

After her own problem was temporarily resolved, Ji Heyuan began to care about Jiang Jiang again.

“Xie Jiang Jiang, have any idiots harassed you?”

“Um…” Jiang Jiang pondered for a moment. “Does adding me as a friend count?”

“Someone added you as a friend, who is it? Male or female?” Ji Heyuan was like a cat that smelled fish, her eyes filled with vigilance.

She was so nervous about Jiang Jiang that anyone who didn’t know better would have thought Jiang Jiang was her fiancée.

“I don’t know, I haven’t agreed yet.”

Ji Heyuan snorted twice. “Everyone doesn’t know each other yet, what’s the point of adding friends? Besides, if you can’t say it in the group chat, why bother whispering about it privately?”

When Ji Heyuan said these words, she had completely forgotten the row of friends she had added on her phone.

Jiang Jiang frowned in embarrassment. “But Xiao Yuan, if someone wants to be friends with me, I can’t refuse.”

“I didn’t say you couldn’t make friends.” Ji Heyuan clicked her tongue. “I said don’t make friends with people who have ulterior motives.”

But Ji Heyuan thought about it again. Xie Jiang Jiang was so stupid that she definitely couldn’t tell if others were interested in her. Sure enough, she still had to rely on me in the end.

Alas, she’d paid dearly for her sister’s happiness.

“I’ll vet them for you. If I don’t agree, you can’t be friends with them, got it?”

Jiang Jiang: “Okay.”

Alright, from now on, whenever she encountered someone she didn’t want to deal with, or something she didn’t want to do, she could push the reason onto Ji Heyuan.

Ji Heyuan didn’t realize that she had been used as a scapegoat by Jiang Jiang again. She still felt that Jiang Jiang was very obedient, and felt guilty for always bullying Jiang Jiang in the past.

“Don’t worry, if it’s normal friendship, I won’t stop you, unless it’s a bad-hearted idiot like just now!” As she spoke, Ji Heyuan’s anger flared up again.

Jiang Jiang rarely comforted her patiently. “It’s okay, Xiao Yuan. It’s inevitable that excellent people will be coveted. When you stand at a high enough level, these kinds of people won’t appear around you.”

Ji Heyuan: …

Ji Heyuan looked at her incredulously. “Where did you learn this inspirational quote”

She laughed loudly. “Xie Jiang Jiang, how are you so interesting? You even said stand at a high enough level. Then tell me, how high is high enough?”

Jiang Jiang said in a super small voice, “This is what your sister said.”

Ji Heyuan’s laughter stopped abruptly.

“Ah… that’s, that’s very reasonable, haha.”

If it was my sister, then it was indeed quite high.

Ji Heyuan had gone silent.

What had sister been saying to Xie Jiang Jiang?

Jiang Jiang couldn’t help but smile. She felt very good seeing Ji Heyuan deflated.

Ji Heyuan caught the smile on her face, and couldn’t help but reach out to pinch her face. “Good, Xie Jiang Jiang, you’re doing it on purpose, aren’t you!”

Jiang Jiang quickly dodged. “I’m not!”

Fu Xihe and the others quickly came over to stop Ji Heyuan, and the few of them laughed and made a fuss. Jiang Jiang inadvertently raised her eyes and glanced into the distance, and suddenly saw someone standing on the second floor opposite, quietly watching them with a strange gaze.

It was Liang Junsheng.

…

Jiang Jiang and Ji Heyuan weren’t in the same class, but because they were both photography students, the place where everyone gathered was the same. When it came time to actually pick up the books, the two classes were in different places.

Ji Heyuan was a little worried about Jiang Jiang. “Can you do it alone?”

With those small arms and legs, wouldn’t she be crushed?

Jiang Jiang smiled at her. “Don’t worry, Xiao Yuan.”

Ji Heyuan took three steps back and looked back, and was ridiculed by Fu Xihe and the others for being a nanny.

Ji Heyuan wasn’t annoyed, and she casually replied, “What do you guys know? Xie Jiang Jiang is my…”

Sister-in-law.

Before the last two words could be spoken, Ji Heyuan reacted and quickly stopped talking.

“Is your what? Why aren’t you saying it?” Xu Zhen covered her lips and smiled. “You’re watching Jiang Jiang so closely, could it be that…”

Ji Heyuan quickly interrupted her. “Don’t talk nonsense. If my sister knew about this, she would break my legs!”

“Oh——”

Everyone understood.

So Jiang Jiang actually had a somewhat special relationship with Ji Heyuan’s sister.

Ji Heyuan deflated, feeling like she hadn’t said anything, but also like she had said everything.

She closed her mouth tightly and walked forward, not noticing that the boy who had brushed past her just now turned his head and looked at her thoughtfully after hearing this sentence.

The rich person that Xie Xiao was with was this girl’s sister.

…

Jiang Jiang was waiting in line to pick up her books. There were a lot of books this semester, a total of sixteen, and they felt heavy when pressed between her arms.

This weight wasn’t much to Jiang Jiang. She held them steadily, without any effort.

Ji Heyuan was still waiting in line, so Jiang Jiang decided to find a place to stand and wait for them. There happened to be a step under the shade of a tree.

As she was about to reach her destination, Jiang Jiang didn’t know if she had stepped on a stone, but her foot suddenly twisted, and the books in her hand also began to slide down.

“Careful!” A hand reached out from the side, blocking the books that were falling down.

Jiang Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head to look at the person, and said in a light voice, “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” The person didn’t leave after helping, but stood in place, staring at Jiang Jiang intently.

Jiang Jiang frowned. “Is there anything else?”

The person chuckled. “Don’t you really recognize me, Xie Xiao?”

“I’m Liang Junsheng.”

Xie Xiao and Liang Junsheng were indeed junior high school classmates, but the two of them didn’t have much interaction. They were the type who could go a whole year without exchanging a word. Their only common point was that Xie Xiao and Liang Junsheng were both on the list of students receiving poverty subsidies distributed by the school.

Jiang Jiang suddenly realized. “It’s you.”

She looked Liang Junsheng up and down. “You actually got into S University too.”

The smile on Liang Junsheng’s face seemed to fade a little. “I didn’t expect to meet you here either. I heard your friend call you Xie Jiang Jiang just now, and I didn’t dare to recognize you.”

“Did you change your name now?”

Jiang Jiang’s expression was faint, her attitude was neither warm nor distant. “No, Jiang Jiang is my nickname.”

Liang Junsheng smiled. “I never heard you mention it before.”

“We didn’t talk before either.” Jiang Jiang didn’t look at him. Her gaze crossed the crowd and landed on Ji Heyuan.

Liang Junsheng followed her gaze. “That’s true, but it’s rare to meet a junior high school classmate in college. It still feels quite magical.”

“You used to be very lively, no wonder you can make friends so quickly.”

Liang Junsheng spoke, his eyes fixed on Jiang Jiang’s face, not missing any of her reactions.

Jiang Jiang didn’t seem to be guarding against him at all, and specifically corrected him, “We knew each other before.”

Liang Junsheng didn’t dwell on this issue, and looked at Jiang Jiang with a smile. “I had guessed before whether you might also be a student at S University.”

Jiang Jiang finally agreed to focus her gaze on him. “Why?”

Liang Junsheng’s voice softened a little. “Actually, after your grandmother passed away, I wanted to go find you, but at that time my dad was sick…”

“Later, when I finally had time, I heard people in town say that you had come to S City.”

Xie Xiao attended elementary school, junior high school, and high school in the town, and Liang Junsheng was actually a fellow villager with her, so it wasn’t strange that he could find out about Xie Xiao’s situation.

“What do you want to do by finding me?” Jiang Jiang asked.

Liang Junsheng smiled embarrassedly. “I also don’t understand why, maybe it’s because I want to know how you’re doing.”

“Xie Xiao, are you okay?”

Jiang Jiang revealed a shallow smile. “What’s not okay? I’m now living in my grandmother’s friend’s house. Her family is very rich, and they treat me very well.”

The smile on Liang Junsheng’s face became more and more obvious. “So that’s how it is…”

“Xie Xiao, as long as you’re doing well, I can rest assured.”

Jiang Jiang pretended not to hear his hidden meaning. “Yes, thank you for your concern.”

She pretended to ask casually, “By the way, how is Uncle’s illness?”

Liang Junsheng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again. “It’s much better.”

Jiang Jiang’s almond eyes curved. “That’s good. You’re really filial to Uncle, but that’s right, he raised you for so long, it’s right for you to be good to him.”

Liang Junsheng was a very face-conscious person. No matter how painful or hateful he was, he would carefully disguise himself to avoid being noticed by others.

So only a very few people knew about his father’s domestic violence. Xie Xiao was unaware.

Liang Junsheng didn’t know that Jiang Jiang was deliberately trying to anger him. Hearing these words, his face twisted for a moment.

“Yes,” Liang Junsheng slowly breathed a sigh of relief. “I’ve always been very good to people who have been kind to me.”

“Xie Xiao, I still remember when we were in school, you once lent me your umbrella…”

So Xie Xiao, I will be as good to you as I was to that man.

That man had been dead for many years.

Then I will personally send you to see him.

Okay?

Jiang Jiang also smiled. “I don’t remember things that happened so long ago.”

“But I’ve always been happy to help people.”

“Liang Junsheng, if you need help, you must tell me.”

Liang Junsheng met her smiling eyes, and his honest face was also full of smiles. “Okay.”

“Let’s add each other as friends, Xie Xiao?”

Jiang Jiang glanced at Ji Heyuan again. “No, my family is very strict.”

Her words were ambiguous, and she was obviously unwilling to talk more.

Liang Junsheng oh-ed. “Is it your grandmother’s friend? Older people are indeed more strict.”

Jiang Jiang didn’t explain, which in Liang Junsheng’s eyes was a tacit agreement.

It seemed that Xie Xiao wasn’t doing well in the rich family. She should be very depressed and miserable, right?

She needed someone to “save” her.

Jiang Jiang refused his suggestion to add each other as friends. Liang Junsheng didn’t seem angry, but just smiled good-temperedly.

“Okay, then can I come find you later?”

Jiang Jiang didn’t refuse. “If I’m not busy.”

Ji Heyuan was about to come over, and Liang Junsheng didn’t plan to continue pestering her. “Then I’ll go first, Xie Xiao, see you next time.”

Jiang Jiang watched him walk away. Even when Ji Heyuan had walked in front of her, Jiang Jiang was still quietly looking in that direction.

“What are you looking at?” Ji Heyuan reached out and waved in front of her eyes. “So focused, did you see money?”

“No,” Jiang Jiang retracted her gaze. “I saw a dog trying to disguise itself as a wolf.”

“Where is it?” Ji Heyuan looked around curiously. “Does our school have dogs?”

Jiang Jiang pursed her lips and smiled lightly. “I don’t know. I’ll tell you when I see it next time.”

Ji Heyuan made a sound of disapproval. “You wouldn’t be lying to me, would you?”

Jiang Jiang: “I didn’t lie to you.”

Her eyes were sincere, and the smile on her face was gentle and harmless. “When I peel off its layer of disguise next time, you’ll be able to see it.”

Ji Heyuan shuddered. “You’re saying something scary.”

“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go back to the dormitory.”

Jiang Jiang didn’t have a dormitory to return to, so she simply followed Ji Heyuan to their dormitory.

S University had standard four-person dorms, with beds on top and desks below. The dorms had just been renovated, and the walls were painted snow-white.

Ji Heyuan let Jiang Jiang sit in her seat. “How is it, are you envious? Do you regret moving out to live with my sister?”

Probably because she had already let it slip in front of Fu Xihe and the others just now, Ji Heyuan didn’t care at all now.

Although the other three didn’t say anything, they all subconsciously glanced at them, obviously listening to gossip.

“Everything is pretty good.”

In comparison, Jiang Jiang still preferred to live outside.

Probably feeling that there were no outsiders here, Ji Heyuan suddenly became gossipy.

“Xie Jiang Jiang, tell me honestly, what stage have you and my sister reached?”

Jiang Jiang’s face immediately turned red. “Xiao Yuan, what are you talking about?”

“Tsk.” Ji Heyuan crossed her arms and looked down at her. “What are you pretending for in front of me? We’re not kids anymore.”

“Adults in love can’t just have pure love, right?”

Jiang Jiang shyly avoided her gaze, twisting her fingers together. “We…”

Ji Heyuan smiled particularly evilly. “Don’t be shy, hurry up and share with me.”

“Has my sister kissed you yet?”