Chapter 446: Just Don't Want to Go

That child's appearance was the spitting image of Shen Yuan from the previous life!

"Wait a moment!" Si Rong said immediately, "It's still a bit hot right now. You take your classmates and sit in the room for a while. Your dad brought back a honeydew melon yesterday; Mom will cut it up, and you can go out to play after you finish eating."

"Okay."

"Come on, you try the honeydew melon too." Si Rong pulled Ming Zi along. In the guest room, several little girls were sitting on the sofa, talking about interesting things that happened at school.

Si Rong went to the kitchen to wash the honeydew melon, then cut it up and placed it into two plates separately.

She put the larger plate on the coffee table in the guest room and the smaller plate in front of herself and Ming Zi.

"Where are you all going to play later?" Si Rong asked her daughter, while speaking and unobtrusively sizing up this classmate of hers named Liang Yu.

"We're going to the small shop at the school gate later to see if there are any new storybooks."

Jiang Siyu gave each of her classmates a piece of honeydew melon.

Si Rong nodded, "Juzi, how come Mom hasn't seen this classmate of yours before?"

"Oh, this is a classmate who just transferred to our class a while ago, Liang Yu."

"Hello, Auntie!" Liang Yu greeted Si Rong politely, while also using her peripheral vision to size up the Jiang Family.

The Jiang Family's conditions were even better than she had imagined, and Jiang Sinian's mother was so beautiful; she didn't look like a middle-aged woman nearing forty at all.

And they even had a servant in their home.

That is to say, a daughter-in-law who marries in later won't have to do housework; there will be people to serve her in everything.

It could be said that marrying Jiang Sinian had more of a future than getting into college or finding a job.

The key was that her own studies were truly not very good.

It was a pity that she didn't see Jiang Sinian when she came today.

"Hello," Si Rong held her hand and sized her up, "Where did you transfer from?"

"Yunchuan."

Si Rong lowered her eyes. She remembered that over a dozen years ago, when Li Xuan was frantically looking for her child, she seemed to have gone to Yunchuan, and later brought back a girl.

It seems she really looked in the wrong place.

Now that she wants to acknowledge her son, does she know that her biological daughter has also come to Huaiyang?

The drama of this family is truly becoming more and more lively.

"Yunchuan is a good place," Si Rong asked again, "Then did your parents come to Huaiyang with you?"

Liang Yu shook her head, her eyes carrying innocence, but also a bit of worldliness, "No, my parents have both passed away. I still have an aunt in Huaiyang."

"Come! Have another piece of honeydew melon!"

Si Rong stiffly changed the subject; she did not want to hear the real Shen Yuan playing the victim.

Came to Huaiyang with an aunt?

Si Rong felt some suspicion in her heart. Could it be that she, like Bai Mo, was a Rebirth?

She couldn't be sure for the moment, but she still talked to her daughter in private about a few topics regarding friendship.

A good friendship requires consistent values, similar economic levels, and so on.

Perhaps she was a bit selfish to teach her daughter this way, but Si Rong did not want her daughter to be hurt because of these people.

Fortunately, Juzi didn't have much of a rebellious phase, and she could take her words to heart.

"Mom, don't worry!"

"I have already categorized my good friends in my heart."

Si Rong asked with a smile, "What categories?"

"For example, Level One only has Jiang Yue; I trust her one hundred percent because I am certain she will never hurt me. Level Two is Lily and the others; we can exchange storybooks, gossip, and share our moods together on normal days. Level Three is just greeting each other when we meet."

Hearing this made Si Rong feel very relieved, but she was still a bit curious, "Then if a Level Two friend deepens their friendship with you, will they become a Level One friend?"

"There isn't anyone like that for now," Jiang Siyu tilted her head, "But I don't know if there will be in the future."

"Mom now believes that you can definitely handle these relationships well."

As for her son, he hadn't styled his hair when going out recently and had started wearing shoes at random.

Si Rong estimated that he and Shen Yuan probably didn't have any progress for the time being.

There was indeed no progress. Shen Yuan felt a bit strange; Jiang Sinian's attitude toward her had clearly cooled down these past few days.

But she clearly hadn't done anything wrong, right?

Having learned the lessons of her previous life, she no longer acted out blindly and was obedient and gentle toward Jiang Sinian.

Where exactly did the problem arise?

In her previous life, she and Jiang Sinian were already in a romantic relationship by this time.

Unable to figure out Jiang Sinian's thoughts, Shen Yuan became increasingly impatient.

Soon, it was the day of her birthday.

Shen Yuan put on a white princess dress, and Li Xuan had even ordered a birthday cake for her.

Her close classmates had all come to her home to celebrate her birthday.

"Happy birthday!" everyone congratulated her one after another.

A girl named Yuanyuan asked in a low voice, "Shen Yuan, when are we going to eat? We still have class in the afternoon."

"Wait a little longer, there is still someone who hasn't come." She had clearly left a message for Jiang Sinian. According to the relationship between them, even if they hadn't confirmed their relationship yet, Jiang Sinian would definitely come.

"Who is it?" a classmate teased, "Could it be the school heartthrob Jiang?"

"He's late for his girlfriend's birthday; Shen Yuan, you must not let him off lightly later!"

The corners of Shen Yuan's lips curled up, "He might have been delayed by something."

"Oh! Already protecting him? I have to say, Jiang Sinian is truly lucky!"

The group waited for another half hour, but Jiang Sinian still did not come.

Worried that everyone would be late for school, Shen Yuan had no choice but to ask her mother to serve the meal.

She thought that Jiang Sinian must have been delayed by some major event.

Was his Nainai sick? Or perhaps his great-grandmother had passed away?

Or maybe he had fallen ill himself?

Shen Yuan had already made up her mind; no matter the reason Jiang Sinian had missed her birthday, she would not be angry.

She would not be like in her past life, throwing away her own happiness.

She still remembered when she met Jiang Yue in her past life; even though they were of similar age, it was as if they were over a decade apart.

In her past life, Jiang Yue had picked up the scraps, but in this life, she would absolutely never hand Jiang Sinian over to anyone else.

Thinking this, Shen Yuan's temperament became increasingly peaceful.

Jiang Sinian had received the message from Shen Yuan inviting him to her home for her birthday, but he did not go.

Nothing had happened to him, and he hadn't forgotten; he simply didn't go on purpose.

He wanted to see what kind of reaction Shen Yuan would have.

If Shen Yuan were angry, there might still be a possibility between them.

At the very least, it would prove that Shen Yuan's feelings for him were pure and free of other external factors.

Under normal circumstances, if a girl's crush received a birthday invitation and didn't show up, she would definitely be angry.

Unless she had ulterior motives.

Or perhaps, she really thought of herself as his mother.

As soon as Shen Yuan entered the classroom, she saw Jiang Sinian at his seat.

He didn't look like anything was wrong, so Shen Yuan slowly revealed a smile, walked up to Jiang Sinian, and said very gently, "What are you doing?"

"Reading."

"Did something come up today? Is that why you didn't come to my birthday?" Shen Yuan asked, feigning a relaxed tone.

"Nothing happened," Jiang Sinian replied immediately, "I just didn't want to go."

Get angry! Hurry up and get angry!

Jiang Sinian felt as if every cell in his body was clamoring for it.