Chapter 306: School Starts

Fu Yang smiled at Jiang Siyu, but Jiang Siyu shifted her gaze elsewhere.

Today she was wearing a beige dress, which she had bought with her mother.

She inherited her mother's slender frame and her father's height; at 1.7 meters tall, Jiang Siyu carried off this dress very well.

It was pure with a touch of delicate charm.

Besides Fu Yang, the two siblings' teachers and quite a few classmates had also come.

Jiang Yue went without saying; she had picked out a custom silver necklace for Jiang Siyu, which she had designed with care herself.

The gift for Jiang Sinian was much more formal and perfunctory: a classic fountain pen. It was faultless, but lacked any originality.

In this day and age, few people use fountain pens anymore. Jiang Sinian smiled faintly to express his thanks, and Jiang Yue nodded politely before turning and leaving with restraint.

Her white skirt hem fluttered like the wind, looking very carefree.

Almost everyone in the class knew about this grand graduation banquet.

Having finished high school, they were about to come of age, and the mature classmates already knew how to start utilizing the resources around them.

And what resource could compare to the Jiang Family?

Even Zhu Yuanyuan, who usually had no interaction with the two siblings, had come.

The Jiang Family didn't accept gift money from these classmates, so even if they were just coming to Zuiyun Lou for a free meal, it was a bargain.

But Bai Mo did not go.

Her self-esteem and pride would not allow it.

If she hadn't suffered the successive deaths of her foster father and biological father, then at this moment, it wouldn't just be those two siblings holding a graduation banquet at Zuiyun Lou, but she, Bai Mo, as well.

But there are no "ifs" in the world.

Since that was the case, she didn't care to go to Zuiyun Lou for that meal either.

Blindly acting servile couldn't attract an unruly youth like Jiang Sinian; take Jiang Yue, for example—in the end, it was nothing more than a laughingstock.

She had to think of other ways.

Jiang Sinian was a boy with a great sense of responsibility; this could be seen from his attitude toward his sister.

There was also the stray cat he had saved on the road near the school, and he had later spared no effort spending a great deal of time helping the cat find an adoptive home.

If she could have physical intimacy with Jiang Sinian, Bai Mo was certain that Jiang Sinian would definitely marry her.

But there was no rush; she still had four years of university to plan slowly.

With the travel money given by her second uncle, Jiang Siyu made a travel plan.

She prepared to go to the seaside with Jiang Yue.

Si Rong was a bit worried; her daughter had never left her to go that far away since she was little.

"Children are like kites; you can't just keep pulling on the string—they always have to fly far away."

Jiang Cheng felt the same reluctance, but that was the relationship between parents and children.

Even with a thousand kinds of reluctance, in the end, one cannot accompany a child for a lifetime.

"Sigh, that child is so heartless, I'm really worried," Si Rong said, her brow furrowed. "Sinian is never home these days either, and I don't know what he's tinkering with. Now that the children are grown, it's not as good as when they were little."

When they were little, they looked for her for everything, from pooping to eating.

Now that they were grown, it seemed they didn't need her anymore.

"Let's go out for a walk," Jiang Cheng said, pouring some warm water into a thermos and adding some goji berries. "Aren't you fretting about Ming Zi? Let's go see how that male nanny is doing."

Mentioning this, Si Rong's attention was temporarily diverted.

The two of them rode an "old man's joy" scooter straight toward Ming Zi's house.

This "old man's joy" was bought by Si Rong; whenever she drove the family car home, she always had to call Jiang Cheng out to park it for her because she wasn't very good at parking in a space.

The "old man's joy" was better—short, punchy, and practical.

It was the best companion for grocery shopping and strolling.

Ming Zi lived in a small three-story villa with the gate half-ajar. Si Rong parked the scooter and pushed the door open with Jiang Cheng to go in.

They saw Ming Zi practicing the Taiji Health Preservation Technique in the courtyard.

And her male nanny was practicing a handstand against the wall to the side.

His clothes were bunched up at his arms, revealing a large expanse of powerful abdominal muscles.

Good heavens! This scene truly left them stunned.

Combining health preservation with hot-blooded vigor—it was a very shocking sight.

No wonder Ming Zi hadn't come to bother her for so long; it turned out she was so busy.

"You're here!" Ming Zi finished her stance and greeted her. "Hurry up and look at the new wheelchair I bought!"

Si Rong:...

She eyed her legs, which were moving as fast as flying, and asked, "Are you becoming crippled?"

"You're the one becoming crippled," Ming Zi retorted unhappily. "I don't even drive when I go out on the street now; I take my electric wheelchair, fifty yards per hour."

Si Rong:...

It was almost catching up to her "old man's joy."

Ming Zi pushed her mobility wheelchair into the courtyard, sat on it excitedly, and showed it off by moving back and forth. "These mobility wheelchairs are really popular now; quite a few young people are using them."

"That really is very fashionable," Si Rong sighed.

"Aren't Juzi and Sinian starting school soon? I'll ride this electric wheelchair to send them off when the time comes!" Ming Zi added.

"Better not," Si Rong hurriedly waved her hand to refuse. "Neither of those two children has a flashy personality; if you go like that, they'll become the talk of the town."

The male nanny had stopped practicing his handstand by now and brought her a glass of fruit and vegetable juice.

"Big sister, drink some of this."

Si Rong took a small sip. "Is it for weight loss?"

"No, sister, you are so thin and have such a good figure, you don't need to lose weight." The male nanny's eyes were sparkling.

Si Rong felt like goosebumps were about to break out all over her body.

As expected, not everyone could handle the kind of blessing that Ming Zi provided.

However, Ming Zi was indeed visibly younger and more energetic.

Very soon, it was time for the start of the school year at Huai University.

Si Rong and Jiang Cheng brought the luggage they had packed for their son and daughter to send them to school.

Standing outside the university, Si Rong felt dazed, as if she had returned to the time when she first started college.

Back then, her mom and dad had sent her to school just like this.

However, Si Rong chose not to let her daughter stay in the dormitory this time.

Si Nian was one thing, but her daughter had a simple and guileless personality.

She was truly worried that her daughter would encounter a roommate like Li Xuan, just as she had back then, and have half her life ruined.

She had previously discussed it with Fang Ting, and she rented a three-bedroom apartment near the school so the three children could live together.

In fact, their family was taking advantage of the Jiang family this way; her own two children had poor practical skills, while Jiang Yue had been taught to do everything by Jiang Dacheng since she was little.

Therefore, she took the initiative to cover the entire rent, or if the children liked the apartment later, they could just buy it outright.

Fang Ting did not refuse directly; after discussing it with her daughter, she agreed.

On the first day of school, Bai Mo stood at the school gate, and Shen Yuan paid her tuition, keeping only two hundred yuan for living expenses in her own hand and leaving all the rest of the money for her niece.

After settling into the dormitory, Bai Mo prepared to go out and scout around to see which room was Jiang Siyu's and if it was possible to switch into the same one.

Starting with Jiang Siyu first, then slowly making contact with Jiang Sinian, she prepared to proceed step by step.

This time, she had enrolled in the same Artificial Intelligence major as Jiang Sinian.

From now on, she would be the one closest to the water to enjoy the moonlight first.

It was just that, after walking around for a while, she still didn't see Jiang Siyu in the dormitory; what was going on?