"What?" Lu Yige exclaimed in shock. "So he's the 'unfilial son' Uncle Jiang was talking about?"
Jiang Yu kept his faint smile unchanged.
That day, after Jiang Cheng finished discussing the partnership with Lu Yige's father, he chatted casually for a while longer. When the conversation turned to his son, he sighed repeatedly, saying that the boy had been studying at a university overseas and then suddenly ran back home halfway through, refusing to do anything serious.
Lu Yige muttered to herself, "How is being an actor unfilial? If he gets famous, he could even help boost the stock price. The way Uncle Jiang looked so disappointed, I thought the guy had gone to pole a bamboo raft by the river."
Jiang Cheng's son was named Jiang Du. The moment Lu Yige heard the name, she couldn't help picturing a rich second-generation heir running off to the riverside to pole a boat as a 'life experience.'
A simple, sweet girl passes by. The rich heir's heart stirs, and he calls out to invite her onto the boat.
The girl rolls her eyes at him—there's a perfectly good bridge right there, why would she take a boat?
So the rich heir ends up alone, poling the bamboo raft back and forth, from this bank to the other, then back again.
Lu Yige laughed at her own imagination. When she came back to her senses, she found Jiang Yu looking at her with an inscrutable gaze.
"What, am I wrong?" she asked.
Jiang Yu's expression returned to normal. "You are. From his point of view, he worked so hard to raise his child, only for him not to take over the company and instead go act. Of course that counts as unfilial."
Lu Yige kept smiling. "Haven't you heard that saying? 'If you don't get famous, you'll have to go back and inherit a hundred-billion-dollar fortune.'"
Jiang Yu said, "No."
"You don't even know that? How out of touch are you..." Lu Yige suddenly sensed something was off. "Wait—how do you know he's Uncle Jiang's son?"
She searched Jiang Du's name online. Sure enough, several photos popped up—it was the same actor from the TV show.
She showed the results to Jiang Yu. "He's just a rookie who debuted not long ago. He's not famous at all, barely any information. How did you recognize him at a glance as Uncle Jiang's son?"
Jiang Yu paused, then said, "Because... when I was younger, I met them. Jiang... Uncle came to our orphanage to make a donation and brought his son along."
"Is that so?" Lu Yige looked at him skeptically, then felt that there was no real reason for Jiang Yu to lie about this, so she decided to believe him for now.
"Oh. Then why didn't you mention it last time?"
"No need," Jiang Yu said coldly. "He wouldn't remember me anyway."
Lu Yige ignored him. She searched for Jiang Du's Weibo, followed him, and started scrolling through his posts one by one.
"He only has tens of thousands of followers," Lu Yige sighed. "If Uncle Jiang were willing to invest a bit and push him, give him a leading role, he'd definitely blow up."
"You like him that much?" Jiang Yu stared at her.
Lu Yige was speechless. "Why does everything sound weird coming out of your mouth? I've never even met him. This is called being a fan, okay?"
"Want me to show you how many people I follow on Weibo?" She shoved her phone toward him.
"No need." Jiang Yu didn't take her phone. Instead, he grabbed her hand.
Lu Yige: "..."
"You've been too distant lately, my girlfriend," Jiang Yu leaned closer.
Lu Yige: "..."
He's really going all out!
She tried to pull her hand back, but Jiang Yu held on tightly.
This is too much!
Lu Yige took a breath to calm herself. "Jiang Yu, can I discuss something with you?"
"Go ahead."
"Well... do you think we're dating right now?"
Jiang Yu raised his eyes slightly. "What else would we be?"
"Exactly." Lu Yige slapped her thigh. "We're high school students. The most important thing is the college entrance exam. How can we be in a relationship this early?"
Jiang Yu: "..."
"Every time you get close to me and say those things, my face turns red, my heart races, I start hyperventilating and my thoughts get all scrambled. It seriously affects my studies, you know?" Lu Yige continued lying through her teeth.
"Is that so?"
"So let's wait until after the college entrance exam to be together. For now, we'll just be harmonious, caring desk mates who help each other."
Worried she might pass out again, Lu Yige added, "I really, really like you, but I can't let those feelings affect my studies."
Thank goodness she didn't faint this time. Lu Yige patted her burning cheeks.
Her first confession in life, and it had to be to a scumbag like him.
"So that's what you were thinking," Jiang Yu said with a soft laugh, lowering his head.
"Yes. Do you agree or not?"
"I'll agree to anything you say."
"And also, don't lie to me anymore about Jiang Nian."
"Okay."
"I know your relationship with her is like that of real siblings. I truly don't mind. Don't think of me as so petty."
"Brother and sister," Jiang Yu corrected her suddenly. "You said it yourself."
"Don't get hung up on the details. Do you agree?"
"Yes."
She was quite satisfied with how compliant Jiang Yu was. This way, he wouldn't have to keep pretending to be deeply in love every day, and everyone could relax a bit.
"Then it's settled." Lu Yige said excitedly.
Over the next few days, Jiang Yu more or less kept his word, and Lu Yige immediately felt life become much easier.
Then, a piece of news shattered the calm.
Jiang Nian and Chi Yexuan were together.
Although everyone had long assumed it was only a matter of time, when the two of them walked into the classroom hand in hand, it still caused quite a stir.
Lu Yige looked at Chi Yexuan's domineering expression and Jiang Nian's shy demeanor and recalled the plot—this timing seemed about right.
She silently felt a bit of sympathy for Jiang Yu sitting beside her. He spent all day scheming against her, and now his childhood sweetheart had been snatched away.
Jiang Yu's expression was indifferent. "Why are you looking at me?"
Lu Yige smiled. "Do you feel like your family's cabbage was stolen by a pig?"
"You're saying Chi Yexuan is a pig?" Jiang Yu asked.
"You—"
Forget it. She wouldn't argue with someone who'd just had his heart broken.
"I already knew."
"You knew?" Lu Yige didn't believe it. How could Jiang Yu accept Jiang Nian falling for someone else?
"I could tell," Jiang Yu said, as if it had nothing to do with him.
He could tell and still watch the person he liked walk step by step toward someone else—had all his scheming only been used on deceiving Lu Yige?
"What was that Chinese reading passage you were looking at last time?" Jiang Yu suddenly asked.
"What Chinese reading..." Lu Yige realized what he was getting at and laughed in exasperation.
What kind of person is this? Heartbroken and still using a reading passage as an excuse to cry it out.
She pulled out the test paper and handed it to him, adding casually, "You're such a closet case."
What? Jiang Yu looked at her in confusion.
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