Chapter 25: and translation of chapter title

Jiang Liangjin's gaze lingered on her eyes for a few seconds, "... You know, the Jiang family is in chaos, and several people related to the Jiang family want to seize my inheritance."

Speaking, his thoughts drifted, his tone taking on a hint of coldness: "Ten days before the middle school entrance exam, Jiang Yun, my nominal cousin, joined forces with the illegitimate daughter of the An family, An Qingqing, and sent a bunch of people to surround and beat me ten days before my exam."

Mu Youyu heard the explanation, and her heartbeat suddenly quickened.

She suddenly widened her eyes, looking anxiously at Jiang Liangjin, "You, you okay?"

As soon as she said it, she wanted to take it back.

What talk, what could happen to someone standing here.

Jiang Liangjin shook his head, his voice softening: "Later, my father's people found me; they didn't dare do anything to me. I only suffered a head injury, was hospitalized for over ten days, and missed the middle school entrance exam. After being discharged, I couldn't get in touch with you until this morning when I happened to come to Class A and saw you."

During that time he asked everyone he could, but no one was willing to tell him.

"That on the afternoon of June 9th, the day you took leave, we agreed you'd wait for me after school, but I saw you... uh, kiss An Qingqing and then walk away." Mu Youyu's eyes flickered with emotion as she asked softly.

Jiang Liangjin didn't expect her to have seen the scene, his heart tightened: "That day An Qingqing brought over forty people to surround me, getting close and threatening me not to act rashly, possibly making a move like that. I followed her, then when we fought I suffered a head injury... that's what I told you about."

Even if he could fight, he couldn't beat over forty people; a few people stacking up could overwhelm and pin him down.

... Unless several people go up together, but that's impossible.

Mu Youyu's doubts also dissipated.

Thinking back to her earlier childish tantrum, she had changed all her contact methods, telling her family she was feeling bad and wanted to change cities to live...

In her senior year she transferred back to West City.

Her eye sockets felt a little moist.

Immediately, she lunged into Jiang Liangjin's embrace, putting her whole weight onto him.

Jiang Liangjin steadily caught her and returned the hug.

Mu Youyu's voice trembled noticeably: "Sorry... A Jin, I wasn't by your side when you needed me most."

Why didn't she wait for him to come back and ask?

Jiang Liangjin patted her back with his palm, soothing her emotions.

He lowered his voice to comfort: "Now that you're back, nothing matters anymore; it's also my fault for not having time to explain to Youbao. Won't you stop being upset?"

Only then did Jiang Liangjin realize why Youbao was acting up.

If he had paid attention to his surroundings back then and given Youbao a glance, it wouldn't have turned out like this.

Mu Youyu simply held onto Jiang Liangjin, not letting go for a long time.

After a while, she slowly lifted her head, calming her emotions.

"A Jin, go call A Ci and A Nan out. No more hanging out, let's go back to class."

Without deliberate embellishment, her features naturally carried a relaxed beauty; now tinged with a gentle demeanor, she was like jade soaked in warm water—clear and captivating.

Jiang Liangjin couldn't suppress the itch in his heart, lightly rubbing her head, "Okay."

Having said that, he lifted his foot and walked into the library to call Gu Xingnan and Yu Ci inside.

Seeing the smile on Jiang Liangjin's face, Yu Ci clicked his tongue and whispered, "Did you appease her?"

Jiang Liangjin's lips curved into a smile as he said cheerfully, "Of course, let's go back to class."

After saying that, the three of them walked out of the library together, seeing Mu Youyu's face bearing a faint smile, as if nothing had happened.

Yu Ci and Gu Xingnan exchanged a smile, stepped forward, and the four walked side by side back to Class A.

"Yo! Back? You three have been in class all day today, nice." Xia Chaoyi saw them and shouted.

Yu Ci sat down in his seat and casually replied, "That's right."

By this time the lunch break had passed, and almost everyone in Class A had arrived.

Jiang Liangjin looked at Mu Youyu with his dark eyes, filled with a tenderness that could make someone sick.

Mu Youyu was holding her phone, replying to a message, feeling Jiang Liangjin's blatant gaze, she helplessly put her phone away.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Between them floated invisible pink bubbles.

The classmates of Class A watched wide-eyed as Young Master Jiang behaved in front of the transfer student, completely unable to reconcile him with the bully that Lan Lin students spoke of, and they whispered in astonishment.

"Hiss, is this transfer student Jiang's girlfriend?"

"Looks like they haven't confirmed the relationship, but he's getting full of himself."

"Even that cold-hearted bully has such a gentle side."

"Wow, his persona collapsed."

"She and Young Master Yu and Young Master Gu are still childhood friends; in C City they could walk there with their eyes closed."

"This transfer student's background is impressive—she knows the two great noble families, knows Young Master Jiang, and is still a childhood friend!"

As afternoon classes approached, Mu Youyu unexpectedly received a call from Liu Wanwan.

Since she left A City, from the day Liu Wanwan took leave to go home, she hadn't received any information from that person.

The messages she sent to Liu Wanwan also got no reply, and she didn't know what had happened at that person's home.

Mu Youyu told Jiang Liangjin, then got up and walked out of the classroom door, picked up the phone, "Wanwan."

From the other end came Liu Wanwan's feigned calm voice: "Don't overthink it, I just happened to remember, it feels like it's been a long time since I heard your voice."

Mu Youyu detected the feigned pride in her friend's words, the corner of her mouth lifting in a smile: "Really? Wanwan, I also just happened to think of you."

"You're lying, if you missed me you would have called me." Liu Wanwan's tone turned fierce, though not heavily.

Mu Youyu didn't mention that she had sent messages, which went unanswered, and instead quickly comforted her with a few sentences, making the other laugh so hard she couldn't close her mouth.

After Liu Wanwan's mood settled, she then said to her: "Youyou, the last time I took leave to go home, I was locked in a room by that bastard An Chen for several days, and only today did I escape and get my phone. I heard from Xiao Yu that that fool Fu Qin hurt you?"

Liu Wanwan is the eldest daughter of the Liu family in A City; her mother passed away when she was six.

As her father's sole precious jewel, she is daily doted upon and will later take over the Liu conglomerate.

Her father, five years after her mother's death, when she was eleven, found her a stepmother, namely An Cheng.

That stepmother looks respectable, just loving to put on an act in front of her father.

Even though An Cheng doesn't like her, she still has to be nice to her in front of her father.

One face in public, another behind closed doors.

Liu Wanwan really dislikes such a stepmother.

Recently, An Cheng has been pregnant for over a month, and her father's attitude toward her is no longer as indifferent as before; he now has some expectations for the unborn baby in her womb.

Since becoming pregnant, An Cheng has also consulted a fortune-telling master.

Later, during the pregnancy, she kept telling Liu Wanwan that this child would definitely be a boy.

Then she became smug about it.

Whenever her father wasn't home, An Cheng would tell Liu Wanwan that everything of the Liu family would belong to her son in the future, that Liu Wanwan, as a girl, amounted to nothing, and Liu Wanwan grew tired of hearing it.

However, Liu Wanwan was not afraid of her at all; whenever An Cheng said something, Liu Wanwan would retaliate witheringly without showing any weakness.

A few days ago her father went abroad; on the day he left, An Cheng asked for leave for Liu Wanwan to let her go home, and also had a bunch of people lock her in a room.

She only just escaped today; as soon as she got her phone, she saw that WeChat was blowing up, with everyone saying that Mu Youyu had been injured and transferred schools.

Besides that, A City carried out a major overhaul: the Fu family was dropped and removed from the list, the Sheng family took its place, and the Liu family rose from third to second.

Liu Wanwan complained over the phone: "Really, it was quite sudden."