When An Ancient Chinese Romance Novel Heroine Transmigrated Into A Lesbian Novel - Chapter 58

Ji Xu’an ignored Fu Xiaoyin. She walked to Jiang Jiang and asked softly, “Are you planning to go back to the hotel first, or go out for a walk?”

Jiang Jiang thought for a moment, “Let’s go back to the hotel first. Sister has been busy all morning and should be tired too. Let’s go back and rest for a while.”

Ji Xu’an couldn’t say what she was feeling in her heart. Jiang Jiang was clearly concerned about her, but Ji Xu’an still felt that there was already a gap between them.

She tentatively reached out to take Jiang Jiang’s hand, and Jiang Jiang didn’t refuse. Ji Xu’an slowly tightened her fingers, leading Jiang Jiang towards the door.

The partner arranged a special car for transportation. Ji Xu’an let Jiang Jiang get in first, and then she got in the car and sat next to Jiang Jiang.

Fu Xiaoyin stood not far away, watching the two get into the car. She touched her chin, and the more she looked, the more she felt that these two were terribly twisted.

Ji Xu’an almost wrote “being careful” on her face, and even so, Jiang Jiang still felt that Ji Xu’an didn’t like her.

But it wasn’t Jiang Jiang’s fault. Who told Ji Xu’an to be stupid?

When Ji Xu’an simply and neatly rejected her yesterday, she thought that Ji Xu’an really had a clever plan, but after a long time, Ji Xu’an was just simply guarding against her.

She didn’t understand anything about dating.

Sure enough, in the end, she still had to rely on me to assist.

…

When Ji Xu’an and Jiang Jiang returned to the hotel, someone had already cleaned the room. The red rose that was bought for nine yuan and ninety cents was placed on the table to the right of the entrance.

After being left for a night, the petals were already a bit wilted.

On the way back last night, Jiang Jiang clearly carefully protected this flower, but now she casually threw it here, without even looking at it.

Ji Xu’an pursed her lips. She still wanted to explain what happened last night to Jiang Jiang, but Ji Xu’an wasn’t sure if Jiang Jiang wanted to listen now. She didn’t dare to open her mouth rashly, so she could only silently follow behind Jiang Jiang, secretly observing and looking for a suitable opportunity.

With such a big person following behind her, how could Jiang Jiang not notice?

For a moment, she didn’t know what expression to make.

Jiang Jiang could of course feel Ji Xu’an’s hesitation, but she didn’t know if Ji Xu’an’s reaction was simply because she had noticed something wrong with her emotions, so she planned to coax her?

If that was the case, then there was no difference whether she listened or not.

Jiang Jiang didn’t speak, tidying up her things on her own, letting Ji Xu’an follow behind her expectantly, pretending not to notice her entanglement and probing.

Ji Xu’an kept holding back, until Jiang Jiang turned around and prepared to return to the room, she finally opened her mouth to stop her.

“Jiang Jiang.” Ji Xu’an’s tone was still calm, but the hand behind her back was tightly clenched into a fist.

“Can we talk?”

Jiang Jiang walked to the sofa and sat down. She intertwined her fingers and gripped the glass in her hand tightly. Her fingertips were warmed by the water temperature and turned slightly red, but Jiang Jiang didn’t notice. She lowered her eyes to avoid Ji Xu’an’s gaze, and asked in a soft voice, “What does Sister want to talk about with me?”

Ji Xu’an squatted down in front of Jiang Jiang. She looked up at Jiang Jiang, her gaze moving from the other’s closed lips to her slender eyelashes, and finally staring unblinkingly at Jiang Jiang’s eyes.

“Jiang Jiang, I’m sorry, I was wrong last night,” Ji Xu’an apologized honestly.

Jiang Jiang raised her eyes to look into Ji Xu’an’s eyes, her tone still peaceful, and seemed to have a bit of doubt, “Where was Sister wrong?”

She seemed to really not know what Ji Xu’an was talking about.

Ji Xu’an’s heart tightened, “I didn’t mean to say nothing at that time, I just…”

She was simply too timid, afraid it was all a misunderstanding, hesitant and overthought things, thus missing the perfect opportunity.

But before Ji Xu’an could finish speaking, a finger was pressed against her lips, successfully stopping her unfinished words.

Jiang Jiang obviously didn’t want to hear her say more. No matter how unwilling Ji Xu’an was, she could only silently look at Jiang Jiang, waiting for her final verdict.

Jiang Jiang withdrew her hand, “Sister, you don’t have to explain, I’m not angry.”

“Nothing really happened last night. It’s just that you misunderstood my relationship with Sister Fu, and I explained a few things.”

As she spoke, Jiang Jiang pursed her lips and gave a shallow smile, “You didn’t say anything at that time, and I thought you didn’t believe my explanation, so I was a little sad.”

“I was too willful, causing Sister to overthink as well.” Jiang Jiang said here, and even pursed the corners of her lips embarrassedly, “By the way, was my performance today okay? I shouldn’t have caused any trouble for Sister, right?”

Ji Xu’an had been silent ever since Jiang Jiang stopped her from speaking, quietly listening to Jiang Jiang’s explanation.

As Jiang Jiang said more and more, the blood in Ji Xu’an’s body gradually cooled down. She pursed her lips tightly, her dark eyes staring straight at Jiang Jiang, her gaze becoming more and more dim, until she heard the end, and a circle of moist, watery red faintly spread in Ji Xu’an’s eyes.

Jiang Jiang originally wanted to say something more, but stopped her words at this moment. She looked at Ji Xu’an with some surprise, and even the glass in her hand was a little unsteady, and the hot water inside rippled in circles.

Are Ji Xu’an’s eyes… red?

Before Jiang Jiang could see more clearly, Ji Xu’an turned her eyes away, her thin lips parted slightly, and her voice seemed a little lower and hoarser than before, “No, you did very well.”

Jiang Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, “That’s good.”

She sipped the hot water, her lips softening and plumping from the moisture. Her voice, too, grew softer, imbued with a damp, dewy quality.

“If I have someone I like, I will definitely tell Sister.”

Ji Xu’an was silent for a long time. Jiang Jiang didn’t know what she was thinking. From her perspective, she couldn’t completely see the expression on Ji Xu’an’s face, but she thought that Ji Xu’an should be satisfied, right?

She took the initiative to choose to write off what happened last night, so Ji Xu’an didn’t have to bother about how to make her happy, and their relationship would still be as close and harmonious as before.

This should be what Ji Xu’an wanted, right?

Jiang Jiang felt that she was already considerate enough.

But Ji Xu’an seemed still preoccupied by the probing words from the previous night.

“You said that compared to Fu Xiaoyin, you would like me more.” Ji Xu’an took a deep breath, her voice becoming lower, “Does that mean that you might also have feelings for me that go beyond family affection?”

These words, which should have been asked last night, were finally spoken by Ji Xu’an after being delayed for more than ten hours.

If she had heard these words last night, Jiang Jiang might still suspect that Ji Xu’an had some feelings for her?

But at this time, she was not sure. Ji Xu’an’s reaction made her dare not be sure.

Jiang Jiang guessed that perhaps Ji Xu’an asked this not because she wanted to get an affirmative answer?

After all, when they had just met, Ji Xu’an would also use similar methods to confirm Jiang Jiang’s thoughts.

Maybe at this moment, she meant the same thing?

Ji Xu’an wanted to know if she would like her, not because she liked herself. On the contrary, it was precisely because she didn’t want her to like her, didn’t want the relationship between the two to change, that she would speak out to test her.

After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Jiang said softly, “I’m just giving an example. Sister is very good to me, and I won’t make Sister unhappy.”

Ji Xu’an’s heart fell even deeper, her face was paler and grayer than ever before, and all the secret thoughts in her heart were crushed into powder by Jiang Jiang’s words.

Jiang Jiang’s explanation was a not-so-subtle rejection. If Ji Xu’an was smart and rational enough, she should stop here and not continue to pester her.

But she was very unwilling.

“I won’t be angry,” Ji Xu’an explained solemnly. She paused, her tone adding a bit of urgency, “Why would you think that I would be unhappy about this?”

She would only be overjoyed.

Jiang Jiang tilted her head, her almond eyes filled with pure confusion, “Did Sister forget?”

“It was Sister who told me not to have any extra thoughts, because you will never like me.”

“And when we dissolved the engagement, Sister also agreed very much. I thought that compared to lovers, Sister wanted to be sisters with me more.”

“Doesn’t Sister think so?”

Jiang Jiang’s voice wasn’t cold, and there wasn’t a trace of questioning or dissatisfaction in her tone. She just wanted to remind Ji Xu’an not to forget what she had said before.

Ji Xu’an’s lips completely lost their color.

She hadn’t forgotten, these were all words she had said to Jiang Jiang, and Jiang Jiang remembered every sentence clearly.

The indifferent words that she hadn’t cared about in the past were now transformed into sharp blades piercing Ji Xu’an’s heart. Ji Xu’an dejectedly looked up at Jiang Jiang’s clear eyes, she moved her lips, but couldn’t utter even half a sentence of explanation.

What could I say? That those words weren’t what I said?

Remembering Jiang Jiang’s repeated phrase, “I listen to Sister,” Ji Xu’an belatedly understood its deeper meaning, and a suffocating pain surged into her heart, which was already dripping with blood.

She didn’t know how to explain, and in the end, she could only say to Jiang Jiang in a low voice, “I’m sorry, it’s all my fault.”

It was her arrogance and self-righteousness that caused today’s consequences. Everything was her own fault.

When she didn’t like Jiang Jiang at first, she was wary of her in every way, and repeatedly warned Jiang Jiang not to be delusional. Now, how could she have the face to ask Jiang Jiang to forget her previous indifference and open her heart to accept her?

Ji Xu’an was even less qualified to ask Jiang Jiang to forget everything that had happened before.

She didn’t dare let Jiang Jiang see her slip-up. Ji Xu’an worried that if Jiang Jiang knew she liked her, she’d think it was absurd.

Someone who had once been high above and demanded that Jiang Jiang not have any ulterior motives, but in the end, she was the first to fall in love with her.

Ji Xu’an’s throat was particularly dry, and the words she spoke were more like squeezing out one word at a time.

“Jiang Jiang, you didn’t do anything wrong. It’s just that I did too much in the past.” Ji Xu’an’s voice was almost hoarse, “Just take those words I said as me being crazy. I was out of my mind and did a lot of stupid things.”

“I don’t expect you to forget those things, but can you…” Ji Xu’an herself felt that her request was a bit too much, “Can you give me a chance to make up for my mistakes?”

Jiang Jiang looked at her thoughtfully. What does Ji Xu’an mean by this?

She was silent for too long, and Ji Xu’an’s mood became more and more uneasy. She was afraid that she would not only fail to get a chance to atone for her sins, but would also push Jiang Jiang further and further away.

So she opened her lips again and prayed in a low voice, “Jiang Jiang, Sister really knows she was wrong.”

Jiang Jiang captured her self-proclaimed title, Sister.

She understood. In the end, Ji Xu’an was actually worried that she would be too concerned about what happened before, thereby affecting the relationship between the two.

Jiang Jiang, believing that she had seen through Ji Xu’an’s thoughts, emphasized again, “I can understand what Sister was thinking at the beginning, and I’m really not angry with Sister.”

Ji Xu’an of course knew that she wasn’t angry with her. She was just very obedient to her.

But she didn’t want Jiang Jiang’s obedience. She would rather Jiang Jiang get angry with her, at least that could show that Jiang Jiang cared about her.

Not being angry also meant not liking her.

But Ji Xu’an couldn’t say these words at all. Jiang Jiang was already gentle enough to her, and she wasn’t qualified to ask Jiang Jiang to do anything more.

Today’s conversation ended with Ji Xu’an’s silence.

Jiang Jiang even went back to the room to take a nap, but Ji Xu’an sat on the sofa for more than two hours, until her subordinate called her and asked her to go out to inspect the experimental base. Ji Xu’an then forced herself to cheer up, left a note for Jiang Jiang on the table, and then went out.

When Jiang Jiang woke up, Ji Xu’an had already left for a while.

The note said that if Jiang Jiang wanted to go out for a walk, she could call the bodyguard, and a string of phone numbers was written below.

Jiang Jiang did have this idea. She wanted to see the famous attractions in B City.

After discussing with the bodyguard, Jiang Jiang simply packed up. She walked out of the room with her room card, but ran into Fu Xiaoyin, who was closing the door.

“Sister Fu?”

Fu Xiaoyin chuckled, knowingly asking, “Are you planning to go out?”

Jiang Jiang: “Yes.”

Honestly, she thought that Ji Xu’an would take Fu Xiaoyin away too. After all, anyone who wasn’t stupid could see Ji Xu’an’s full of guard against Fu Xiaoyin.

In fact, Ji Xu’an had this plan, but she couldn’t stand Fu Xiaoyin’s thick skin. She rolled around on the bed, shouting that her stomach hurt. Ji Xu’an couldn’t really ignore her life and death and forcibly drag her out, so she had to give up this plan.

Recalling the scene where she fought wits and courage with Ji Xu’an, Fu Xiaoyin was quite proud, “Since President Ji isn’t here, why don’t I take you out for a walk? I’m also very familiar with B City and can be your tour guide.”

Jiang Jiang thought for a moment and agreed.

“Then I’ll trouble Sister Fu.”

So Fu Xiaoyin walked out of the hotel with Jiang Jiang, even though the bodyguard arranged by Ji Xu’an kept looking at her with a scrutinizing gaze, she pretended not to notice.

Although the bodyguard would definitely tell Ji Xu’an about this, as long as Ji Xu’an didn’t personally come back to drive her away, what did it matter?

Fu Xiaoyin was indeed very familiar with several attractions in B City. When heading to the nearest attraction, Fu Xiaoyin took the opportunity to briefly introduce Jiang Jiang to the relevant information about the attraction.

Jiang Jiang listened very carefully, almost taking out a small notebook to write it down.

She was writing a novel recently and really needed relevant material, so it was always good to accumulate more.

Speaking of which, Jiang Jiang’s novel already had more than 500 favorites. Before leaving yesterday afternoon, she sent out the second chapter she had typed, and she hadn’t even looked at the comments yet.

Looking at her remaining manuscript of only 1,000 words, Jiang Jiang also felt a bit of a headache.

Writing was so difficult!

Never mind, let’s play first.

Jiang Jiang, following Fu Xiaoyin’s lead, visiting two or three attractions before her feet began to ache.

Fu Xiaoyin’s physical strength was even worse than hers. When she finally got into the car, she collapsed directly on the back seat, ignoring her image. But despite this, she still struggled to take Jiang Jiang to a place that could be considered relatively special.

“What is this place?”

Jiang Jiang followed Fu Xiaoyin into the door, and a burst of soft music immediately sounded in her ears. The light in the room was relatively dim, but Jiang Jiang could still see that there were many tables.

“Is this a place to eat?” Jiang Jiang guessed.

“Sort of, there’s food.” Fu Xiaoyin chuckled, “Let’s find a booth to sit in first. It’s not too late now, so there aren’t many people. It’ll be very lively when it gets dark.”

Fu Xiaoyin skillfully led Jiang Jiang to a seat in the corner, and then a waiter in a black suit immediately walked towards the two of them.

Jiang Jiang looked at Fu Xiaoyin, her expression particularly well-behaved, making Fu Xiaoyin unwilling to bully her.

“It’s okay, I’ll order you something with a low alcohol content. I definitely won’t let you get drunk.”

Hearing this, Jiang Jiang immediately reacted. So this was a place to drink. Did all the taverns here look like this?

Jiang Jiang curiously looked around at the environment.

Her gaze didn’t fall on Fu Xiaoyin, so she didn’t notice what Fu Xiaoyin whispered in the waiter’s ear.

It wasn’t until someone suddenly sat down next to her that Jiang Jiang looked at the person in surprise. It was a sexy and mature woman, her expression was indifferent, and the temperament between her eyebrows and eyes vaguely resembled Ji Xu’an.

Jiang Jiang was stunned for two seconds, turned her head and found that a young girl was also sitting next to Fu Xiaoyin, diligently pouring wine for Fu Xiaoyin.

“Sister Fu, this is…” Jiang Jiang stopped talking.

Fu Xiaoyin’s expression didn’t change, “This is very normal. When you come to a bar to drink, someone will accompany you. Don’t be nervous.”

Really?

Jiang Jiang was still a little hesitant. She wasn’t sure if Fu Xiaoyin was deceiving her. What if this was really the custom here? If she showed too much resistance, would she seem out of place?

So Jiang Jiang didn’t say anything anymore.

Seeing this, Fu Xiaoyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had really gone all out this time!

Jiang Jiang accepted it on the surface, but secretly took out her phone to search.

Just as she was searching on Baidu, the woman next to her poured a glass of wine and leaned over towards her.

Feeling her breath, Jiang Jiang quickly moved to the side.

“No need, thank you!”

Her gaze didn’t fall on the woman’s face at all, because of the one or two points of similarity between the other party and Ji Xu’an, Jiang Jiang felt a little awkward.

“Is there something I’m not doing well?” The woman looked at Jiang Jiang faintly.

Fortunately, her voice wasn’t like Ji Xu’an’s, otherwise Jiang Jiang simply wouldn’t be able to stay here.

She didn’t look up, but was seriously typing in the input box. After seeing the results show that Fu Xiaoyin hadn’t lied to her, Jiang Jiang closed her eyes with a headache.

The woman was still looking at her, and even Fu Xiaoyin and the other girl looked over here. Jiang Jiang had to explain, “It’s not your problem, I’m not used to being too close to strangers.”

She thought of Ji Xu’an, who was still working, and for some reason, Jiang Jiang suddenly felt a little guilty.

She felt like a dissolute young master who had come out to drink and enjoy himself behind his wife’s back. Clearly, when she went to KTV with Ji Heyuan and the others last time, there was no one accompanying her, so why was it different this time?

“Is your family too strict?” The woman had already noticed Jiang Jiang’s frequent glances at her phone. She thought Jiang Jiang was replying to someone’s message.

Before Jiang Jiang could speak, the woman persuaded, “It’s okay, girls also need to relax occasionally. We’re not doing anything wrong, just drinking.”

As she spoke, she handed the poured wine to Jiang Jiang again. Jiang Jiang had no choice but to take it and touch it to her lips, but the wine didn’t enter her mouth.

Seeing that she was no longer resisting her blindly, the woman changed the subject at the right time. In fact, she was very good at chatting, but Jiang Jiang still listened a little absentmindedly.

She opened WeChat several times, and then closed it again.

Ji Xu’an didn’t send her a message.

Jiang Jiang was very calm. She didn’t reveal a word before Ji Xu’an contacted her. It wasn’t until after sitting for more than twenty minutes that Jiang Jiang’s phone suddenly rang.

It was a call from Ji Xu’an.

Jiang Jiang didn’t avoid the others, put the phone receiver to her ear, and called out in a low voice, “Sister.”

Fu Xiaoyin’s sharp ears heard this call and couldn’t help but shiver.

Ji Xu’an is coming to catch us!

Although all of this was within her expectations, Fu Xiaoyin was still instinctively a little apprehensive.

Ji Xu’an heard the music from Jiang Jiang’s side, and she felt something was wrong, “Jiang Jiang, have you finished visiting the attractions?”

Hearing her words, it was clear that she already knew that Jiang Jiang was with Fu Xiaoyin.

“Yes, we’ve finished visiting. Sister Fu said she would take me to see the world. We’re in a bar.”

“What?” Ji Xu’an’s breathing seemed to be disturbed for a moment.

Across the screen, Jiang Jiang could feel her anxiety and gnashing of teeth.

“Which bar are you in?”

Jiang Jiang blinked innocently, “I don’t know, Sister Fu brought me here.”

Ji Xu’an restrained herself and took a breath, “Give the phone to Fu Xiaoyin, I’ll ask her.”

So Jiang Jiang handed the phone over.

She watched Fu Xiaoyin’s expression change again and again, and finally settled on the determination to die for righteousness.

Jiang Jiang couldn’t help but chuckle.

The woman next to her suddenly asked her, “Is your sister here to take you back?”

“I think so.” Jiang Jiang said, taking her phone from Fu Xiaoyin.

The woman sighed, “It’s a pity, will we have a chance to meet again? Can we add each other as friends?”

Before Jiang Jiang had time to answer, a cold voice suddenly sounded in the phone receiver.

“No.”

Jiang Jiang looked down in surprise. Fu Xiaoyin hadn’t hung up the phone yet!

The woman was also stunned for a moment. She looked at Jiang Jiang’s expression and said jokingly, “Your sister is quite strict. It’s just adding a friend, is that not allowed?”

Jiang Jiang felt like she had fallen into some strange Shura field.

( TL: Shura field a scene of intense conflict, often involving multiple people vying for the same thing, or a chaotic, bloody battle.)

Ji Xu’an was almost amused by this sentence, “Just adding a friend?”

In front of Jiang Jiang, she didn’t say more harsh words.

“Wait for me, I’ll be there in about half an hour.”

Jiang Jiang obediently replied okay, her fingertips were already hovering over the hang-up button, but she heard Ji Xu’an say in a low voice, “I’m very worried about you, Jiang Jiang.”

“Can you not hang up the phone?”

Before Jiang Jiang could refuse, Ji Xu’an continued to fight for it in a soft tone.

“Don’t worry, you can play as you like, I won’t interfere with you.”

“As long as I can hear your voice.”