Chapter 330

Upon hearing this, the female student instantly looked at him as if he were an idiot, "Jiang Yan, are you interested in Mu Youyu?"

The Mu, Song, Jiang, and Shen families have long had an unspoken understanding, waiting only for Mu Youyu to come of age before formally getting engaged.

Saying such words now is tantamount to walking on the blade of a knife.

The courtyard had already set off the grand fireworks; the fireworks were still rising one after another, the intertwined gold and red light romanticizing the eaves, casting the silhouettes of the two people beneath the corridor into alternating brightness and darkness.

"Who wouldn't be interested?" Jiang Yan said with a hint of inexperienced recklessness, "She gets whatever she wants, cradled in the palms of the entire Mu and Song families—she is truly a heaven‑chosen prodigy."

"Jiang Liangjin is merely the son of the richest man and the heir of the Jiang‑Shen family; pairing him with Mu Youyu is clearly marrying up, purely marrying up—what gives me the right not to?"

"Maybe you have nothing at all." The female student felt her heart tighten, quickly grabbed his sleeve and pulled him a bit further into the shade, "Keep your voice down! Do you really want to get yourself killed?"

She lifted her gaze and swept across the courtyard center; Mu Youyu and Jiang Liangjin were still standing together, and several more brothers had gathered around them.

Jiang Ye Ye and Grandfather Mu were also over there exchanging pleasantries.

On a nearby lounge chair, Mu Xin glanced over here lightly; just a look sent an inexplicable chill up the female student's back.

Female student: "You're not my brother, don't mess around—I advise you to drop this idea right away; acting like this will really get you beaten up, or rather, beaten up by a crowd."

She took a deep breath, patiently explaining: "Furthermore, Jiang Liangjin isn't really marrying up—the Jiang family's economy is already number one domestically, and in recent years it has steadily held first or second place internationally, sometimes first is the Mu family……"

"Partnering with the Mu family is already a powerhouse alliance; where does the notion of marrying up come from?"

The Jiang family has long‑term deep cooperation with multiple royal families and conglomerates, giving it a deep foundation.

Currently, over half of the shares are in Jiang Su's hands; when Jiang Liangjin turns sixteen, he will receive at least half of Jiang Su's shares.

Moreover, the Shen family has been growing larger under Jiang Liangjin's maternal uncle in recent years; the uncle has no children, so Jiang Liangjin is already the designated heir.

Wait a little longer until he comes of age, and he can fully take control of both the Jiang and Shen families.

Unlike Mu Nian's succession upon coming of age, which is partial, this would be a complete takeover—assuming the chairmanship.

She sighed helplessly, "Is it that online rumors are too exaggerated, leading you astray?"

What is there that's not suitable?

Jiang Yan still wanted to retort, but upon meeting Mu Xin's icy gaze from not far away, he fell silent instantly, an inexplicable chill running down his back.

After Mu Xin withdrew his gaze, it took a while before he dared to quietly let out a breath, patting his chest with lingering fear: "That kid is young, yet his Atmosphere is so intimidating……"

"He's naturally intimidating; don't think about provoking him."

The female student lowered her voice: "In the entire Mu and Song families, his status is only one rank below Mu Youyu; everyone looks up to him and dotes on him, let alone his own identity and means—you don't even have the qualification to approach him."

Fine.

Jiang Yan pursed his lips, still unwilling to give up: "I'm not provoking him; I just want to get close to Mu Youyu."

The female student continued to lower her voice in warning: "The people around her have never been those who can just casually join."

Jiang Yan furrowed his brows tighter, the lingering dissatisfaction in his heart not yet faded: "They haven't even officially engaged or announced they're together; they're just childhood sweethearts—what gives me the right not even to think about it?"

"I'm also a Jiang family member; by reckoning, I and she are childhood sweethearts too, and in terms of seniority I'm on par with him……"

"What's there to say about being the same?"

"Do you know how many people over the past decade or so have harbored improper thoughts? Not to mention the distant past, just the last two years……"

Back then, Mu Youyu's identity had not yet been made public.

There was an ignorant young master from a prestigious family who merely glanced a little longer and said one inappropriate remark at the banquet.

The next day he vanished completely from C Shi, and his family's business collapsed overnight.

He didn't even have a chance to turn things around.

She paused, her gaze sweeping over the boys standing or sitting in the courtyard, and lowered her voice further: "Look over there—her several brothers, uncles, and so on… they don't even know you, you might not even be able to recall all their names, how can you compare yourself to them?"

She paused, her gaze sweeping over the boys standing or sitting in the courtyard, and lowered her voice even more: "Look over there—her several brothers, uncles, and such… they don't even know you, you might not even be able to call their names fully, how can you compare yourself to them?"

Jiang Yan is the grandson of Jiang Liangjin's grandfather's younger brother, making him a distant relative from a cadet branch.

Back when the Jiang family split its shares, the vast majority of actual control fell to the line of Grandfather Jiang, and he holds not even a shred of core decision‑making power.

Now, Jiang Su holds the largest share of the stakes.

In every respect, Jiang Yan falls short of Jiang Liangjin.

"I know, I know, I'll handle it myself—don't rush me." Jiang Yan said perfunctorily.

Mu Youyu was completely unaware, her mind filled only with the fireworks before her and the people around her.

She gently placed the spent sparkler aside and softly asked, "A Jin, why does C Shi never snow?"

Since childhood she has seen C Shi snow only twice, and both times were just light flurries, not enough to play in.

Every time she wants to see snow, she can only go elsewhere.

Jiang Liangjin ruffled the little hat on her head and said, "Want to see snow? I can arrange artificial snow."

She shook her head gently, her small face full of disappointment: "Artificial snow isn't fun."

"Then next year I'll take you somewhere else." Jiang Liangjin followed her wish, saying, "Wherever you want to go, I'll accompany you."

Mu Youyu's eyes lit up instantly as she looked up at him: "Let's go to M Guo, and on the way we can visit Y Guo to see my maternal grandfather!"

Having spoken, she suddenly thought of something and anxiously asked, "You… won't not come along this time, will you?"

Jiang Liangjin let out a low chuckle, his fingertip lightly hooking her pinky, "No, this time I'll only follow you."

Back then, Mu Youyu would occasionally go to Y Guo, and he had only accompanied her once—not because he didn't want to, but because Mu Xi and the others blocked him.

The other brothers cooperated well, using excuses like asking for his help to keep him back… the most frequent was Song Huaiyu asking him to "help".

But times have changed; they certainly won't stop him now.

"Then that's good," Mu Youyu finally relaxed, adding, "I also don't know why Second Brother previously said you couldn't fly… or maybe he just had something come up."

Who said he couldn't fly? Earlier she saw A Jin come to Y Guo to find her, and he sat there all day with nothing happening.

"There's no such thing as not being able to fly; he's just making excuses." Jiang Liangjin thought of the several pretexts Mu Xi had used, never imagining he would claim he couldn't fly.

Mu Youyu's face broke into a smile again: "Older Brother Xin has a house over there too, and Older Brother Qing An does as well."

Mu Youyu's small face again broke into a smile, "Die die older brother also has a house over there, Qing An older brother is also over there."

Qing An had already returned to the country before New Year's Eve.

He can shamelessly stay at the Mu Family, given that the Mu Family's current Family Head is Mu Nian, and this person is Mu Xin's older brother.

Besides, he is a childhood friend of Mu Xin, having grown up seeing many older brothers, so it's only natural that he feels at ease.

Upon hearing Mu Xin say they would go to the Jiang Family for the New Year, he of course felt embarrassed to tag along.

He thus went back, intending to stay for a while before returning.

Jiang Liangjin listened silently, waiting for her to finish before saying, "All right, when the time comes I'll have someone buy a house; you pick where you want to live, and we'll live there."