Chapter 271: Jiang Sinian's Confession

"There's a shortcut you refuse to take, insisting on walking through the swamp instead; Lu Fei, are you sick in the head?" Sun Chanjuan pointed at her son's head and scolded, "What exactly is so good about that little vixen Yao Xiaotang? From her grades to her family background to her looks, can you name a single thing she has that compares to Jiang Siyu?"

Lu Fei felt a bit annoyed; he had heard these words so many times his ears were calloused.

"You're right, there really is nothing good about Yao Xiaotang," Lu Fei said firmly, "but I just like her! No matter how outstanding Jiang Siyu is, I will never like her. If you force me again, I'll go die!"

"Die? Then go die for me to see right now!" Sun Chanjuan knew exactly what kind of character her son had. "Rather than letting you marry a vixen-like country girl and bringing shame upon the whole family, it would be cleaner if you just went and died now!"

Lu Fei:...

He suddenly felt a sense of sorrow, feeling that no one could understand his pain.

Amidst his pain, Lu Fei decided to go find Yao Xiaotang, thinking that getting some comfort from her would be nice.

But Yao Xiaotang was not in the classroom.

He asked a few classmates, and one classmate told him Yao Xiaotang was on the playground, with a rather strange expression.

"Since ancient times, the passionate have always been hurt by the heartless," Jiang Yue raised an eyebrow and pulled Jiang Siyu to the window, where they could look down at the school playground. "The good show is about to begin. Look, who is that?"

Jiang Siyu was a bit nearsighted; she put on her glasses and saw that the person standing opposite Yao Xiaotang on the playground was actually Fu Yang.

"What is he doing there?"

Soon, they saw Lu Fei, who had run to the playground to find Yao Xiaotang.

Ugh, what a melodramatic plot.

"Who knows? Anyway, lately, Yao Xiaotang has been pestering Fu Yang, using the excuse of asking English questions, but the real purpose is self-evident."

Jiang Siyu frowned. "Doesn't she like Lu Fei?"

"Liking someone isn't something that stays the same forever," Jiang Siyu felt that Jiang Yue spoke like a little adult. "She even liked your brother before!"

"Then are you jealous?" Jiang Siyu teased. "Jealous of my brother."

"Still talking?" After entering puberty, Jiang Yue had become shy and would not allow Jiang Siyu to keep teasing her with Jiang Sinian.

Besides, it seemed Jiang Sinian didn't have those kinds of feelings for her.

Perhaps she had been too careless to notice before, but ever since Bai Mo came to Huaiyang and there was a comparison, she knew what Jiang Sinian would look like if he fell in love with a girl.

"Enough, enough," Jiang Siyu looked down at the playground again and saw that both Lu Fei and Fu Yang had disappeared, leaving only Yao Xiaotang standing there alone.

She had just sat down when she saw Fu Yang storm in from the doorway and sit in the chair opposite her desk. "Yao Xiaotang! What a big liar!"

Jiang Siyu:...

Then why did he come to find her?

"She lied to me, had a classmate tell me you were waiting for me on the playground, so I went."

Fu Yang looked aggrieved, like one of those virtuous women from ancient times who had been taken advantage of in the street.

"She lied to get you there, what did she say to you?" Jiang Yue asked.

Fu Yang's cheeks flushed red. "... Anyway, it was just some messy, nonsensical talk."

Even though he disliked Yao Xiaotang, if he were to repeat the things Yao Xiaotang said when she confessed to him just now, it would surely make it impossible for Yao Xiaotang to face anyone in the future.

After all, everyone in the class knew Yao Xiaotang and Lu Fei were dating.

"From now on, you need to keep an eye on me," Fu Yang suddenly said to Jiang Siyu, "don't let Yao Xiaotang lie to me again."

Jiang Siyu:...

For some reason, she suddenly felt her face heating up. "You're only being lied to because you're stupid; what does that have to do with me?"

How inexplicable!

"Then... I'll just keep an eye on myself!" Fu Yang said, scratching the back of his head for fear she would get angry.

Jiang Yue watched the two of them and smiled without a word.

She sat back in her seat and saw Jiang Sinian and Bai Mo walking into the classroom side by side.

His jacket was dragged casually in his hand; he was someone who never bothered to wear his jacket properly.

Sure enough, this person carelessly hung his jacket on his chair, with the sleeves trailing on the floor.

Jiang Yue reached out, wanting to fold it and put it in the desk compartment like she usually did, but she sighed in her heart and withdrew her hand.

Unrequited love—this word made Jiang Yue feel very humble.

She used to think she was very brave; she was good at boxing and could protect herself, and she could also protect her good friends.

But upon meeting someone she liked, she discovered that no matter how good her skills were, they were useless in matters of the heart.

Liking Jiang Sinian had already become her habit.

And now, after Jiang Sinian had someone he liked, she had to learn to break this habit.

It was very hard, but she felt she could do it.

In love, there is no such thing as who comes first; her liking Jiang Sinian was her own business, and Jiang Sinian possessed the absolute freedom to choose his own feelings.

On the way home from school, the group walked home side by side.

Jiang Sinian and Fu Yang walked in front, while Jiang Siyu, Bai Mo, and Jiang Yue walked together.

As they walked, Jiang Sinian in front suddenly turned around, produced a bouquet of roses from nowhere, and knelt on one knee.

"Bai Mo, will you be my girlfriend?"

At this moment, the sunset hung on the horizon, the magnificent orange hue was beautiful and serene, and the youth's eyes were clear and sincere.

Jiang Yue watched this confession scene, which was like something out of a movie, and for a moment, she couldn't describe what she was feeling.

It was as if everything around her had become unreal.

"What are the benefits of being your girlfriend?" Bai Mo was moved in her heart, but she didn't want to agree to him so easily.

Jiang Sinian's smile widened. "The benefit is that from now on, you can order Jiang Sinian around as you please; if you tell him to go east, he will never go west."

Bai Mo pursed her lips and nodded reservedly.

Fu Yang happily joined in the teasing. "Lovers finally get married, treat us to a meal!"

He subconsciously looked at Jiang Siyu; although she was smiling, Fu Yang felt she didn't seem very happy.

Next, that young couple walked off alone onto another path.

No one noticed a sinister gaze following the two of them as they left.

Fu Yang followed behind Jiang Siyu, "Your brother is really good at confessing!"

He had to learn!

Jiang Siyu:...

"Hurry home, stop following me!" She was a bit worried about Jiang Yue.

Just now, after her brother confessed to Bai Mo, she felt that little sister Yue had been restraining her emotions the whole time.

She felt heartbroken for her.

Sigh! Her brother was truly a troublemaker; if only he could be split into two, she would definitely give one to little sister Yue no matter what.

Finally, Fu Yang rode his bicycle away, leaving only the two of them behind.

Jiang Siyu took Jiang Yue's hand, "Actually, I don't think my brother is that great, really. He's just like those stinky boys in class; he throws his socks around at home and even picks his nose—it's disgusting!"

She thought that if she just tried hard enough to disparage her brother and let Jiang Yue see his other side, perhaps Jiang Yue wouldn't be so sad.

"I'm fine," Jiang Yue forced a smile that looked worse than crying.

Jiang Siyu hugged her, "I believe that in the future, you will definitely, definitely, definitely meet a boy a hundred times better than my brother."

If she were Jiang Sinian, she would definitely choose little sister Yue.

Although she didn't dislike Bai Mo, she just felt that her brother and Bai Mo's personalities were not a good match.

They were both very self-centered people.

Besides, it might not even have a future; she had overheard a conversation between Aunt Ming Zi and her mother—Bai Mo was Shen Chi's biological daughter, and Mom and Dad would never agree to the two of them being together.