Ever since exposing Jiang Yu that time, Lu Yige had been letting herself go more and more, seizing every opportunity to snap back at him.
Jiang Yu helped her take notes.
Lu Yige smiled sweetly. "Sorry, my grades are better than yours."
Jiang Yu pretended to be jealous again.
Lu Yige acted as if she didn't understand. "Why are you being so passive-aggressive?"
Jiang Yu gave her a shell bracelet identical to the one he had given Jiang Nian.
Lu Yige: ...
She threw it straight into the trash on the spot, without the slightest hint of guilt.
As the saying goes, when Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on someone, it first tests their resolve...
Since his intentions were impure and he schemed all day long, he had it coming.
Each time, Jiang Yu would fall silent, looking at her with dark, downcast eyes.
Seeing his frustrated expression, Lu Yige felt a tiny twinge of sympathy—but when she thought about everything he would do in the future, she felt she still wasn't being harsh enough.
He would end up swindling away the entire family fortune. Making him suffer a bit now was nothing.
"Yige, my dad brought back tons of snacks from abroad. Want some?" As soon as Luo Qing reached her seat, she unzipped her backpack, adding a playful wink.
"Yes!"
Luo Qing pulled out a bag of chips. "I'm telling you, these are amazing. I ate three bags in one go yesterday."
"Aren't you afraid of gaining weight?" Lu Yige laughed.
"Not at all. I'm naturally skinny." Luo Qing pulled out a box of chocolates and some candy, stuffing them into Lu Yige's hands.
Looking at the pile of snacks, Lu Yige said, "I can't finish all this."
"If you can't, eat them tomorrow."
"Alright." Lu Yige put the chocolates and candy back, shook the bag of chips in her hand, and said, "This is enough for me."
"Really don't want the rest? Then I'll give them to someone else."
"Go ahead."
Lu Yige opened the chips and started eating while reading an English passage. Just as she was absorbed in it, the chips were taken from her hand.
It had to be Xu Lu!
She turned around angrily—only to see Jiang Yu.
"Your health isn't good. Don't eat things like this."
"My mom doesn't even control me," Lu Yige snatched them back. "Why should you?"
"I just hope you'll take better care of yourself."
There it was again. Lu Yige got annoyed just looking at him and crunched the chips loudly.
Jiang Yu paused, then continued, "Yige, you've been acting strange lately. Are you still angry at me?"
"I'm not angry." Lu Yige casually ticked an answer on her test paper.
"If it's because of the bracelet, I'll ask Jiang Nian for it back right now."
"Are you stupid?" Lu Yige glanced at him. "Once you give something away, how can you take it back? No wonder you couldn't get the girl even after chasing her for over ten years."
"You..." Jiang Yu was momentarily speechless. "You think I'm chasing her?"
What else would it be? Lu Yige put down her pen and shot him a cold look.
"No, no, I mean—someone like you, if you chased a girl, you still wouldn't succeed even after ten years."
Jiang Yu said, "I know it. You're just angry. I'll go get the bracelet back right now."
"You—" Lu Yige felt like grabbing his ear and asking what on earth was going through his head.
Usually he was so calculating, such a good actor. How could he be so dense about something this simple?
Sure, doing this might dispel her suspicions—but with Jiang Nian, he would probably lose points instantly.
Misunderstandings between the male and female leads could be resolved. Misunderstandings involving the second male lead often meant missing the chance entirely.
How did he not understand that? Typical second-male-lead thinking. No wonder he would lose.
Lu Yige sighed. "I've said this many times. I don't mind you interacting with Jiang Nian. You can give her breakfast, give her bracelets—I don't care. I just dislike your attitude."
"You're clearly in contact with her every day, yet you lie to me and say you're keeping your distance. Do you take me for an idiot?"
Jiang Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't understand what you mean. You're saying you don't mind me interacting with her, but you dislike me?"
"Not you. Your attitude."
"You dislike me."
"Because you don't like me at all, you never get jealous." Jiang Yu stared at her deeply. "Isn't that right?"
Lu Yige felt a flicker of panic. How had it suddenly turned into this? She really had been getting carried away lately.
"You don't like me at all, do you?" Jiang Yu stared at her, repeating the question.
Lu Yige suddenly felt irritated and blurted out without thinking, "That's right!"
The moment she said it, everything went black. She couldn't see or hear anything. Her consciousness seemed to leave her body, and she was overwhelmed by terror and despair—just like the moment when the car had been about to hit her.
"Yige, Yige..."
After a while, she heard someone calling her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Jiang Yu's panicked face. He was holding her, pressing on her philtrum.
"You're awake." Jiang Yu finally relaxed.
"I'm awake."
"That's good. That's good."
Only then did Lu Yige realize that many classmates had gathered around them. When she woke up, they dispersed.
She struggled out of Jiang Yu's arms and asked, "How long was I out?"
"About a minute," Jiang Yu frowned. "What happened to you? Let's go to the infirmary."
Lu Yige didn't look well. "Probably low blood sugar. And I got a bit too worked up."
"It's good that you're okay." Jiang Yu lowered his head. "That was my fault just now. I shouldn't have provoked you like that."
"It's fine," Lu Yige said flatly.
After Lu Yige fainted that time, Jiang Yu never brought the matter up again. But doubts began to form in his heart—did Lu Yige actually like him or not?
He prided himself on seeing through others, yet he found her increasingly hard to understand.
Lu Yige also stopped needling him as much, and the two of them managed a period of uneasy peace.
One weekend morning, Jiang Yu got up at his usual time.
When he went downstairs, he found that Lu Yige had already finished breakfast and was sitting on the sofa watching TV.
"You're up early today," he said, sitting down beside her.
"Mm." Lu Yige nodded, eyes fixed on the screen.
"Why are you still so distant?" Jiang Yu reached for her hand.
Lu Yige quickly grabbed the remote and changed channels, talking as she did so. "I woke up after five today and couldn't fall back asleep, so I just got up."
Jiang Yu seemed to notice something. Lately, he wasn't just talking anymore—he had started taking action.
She hurriedly changed the subject. "I watched a really good show yesterday, a wuxia drama. I can't find it now. Do you know which one it is?"
"I don't really watch TV," Jiang Yu said.
"Then there's no point asking you. I'll just find it myself." Lu Yige flipped through channels, hoping he would leave soon.
But Jiang Yu stayed right beside her.
She had no choice but to keep talking. "It's that drama where the female lead is a demoness—super powerful. Everyone's terrified of her, haha."
"Mm." Jiang Yu nodded, watching her.
Lu Yige: ...
Why isn't he leaving? Can't he sense the awkwardness in the air?
She looked at him pitifully. "Do you still have something to do?"
"No. I'm watching TV with you."
"Oh."
If you won't go, I will! Lu Yige was just about to put down the remote and go upstairs—
When Jiang Yu suddenly said, "Is it this one? The wuxia drama you were talking about."
Lu Yige had no choice but to resign herself to it.
The show really was good. As she watched, she forgot there was someone beside her. She started fangirling over the male actor on screen. "The female lead's brother is so handsome."
"You like him?" Jiang Yu narrowed his eyes at her.
language.
"Uh, the actor. Do you know who he is?"
Jiang Yu smiled. "He's your Uncle Jiang's son."
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