Chapter 473: The Fickle Playboy's Affection

To Li Mu, these words sounded like Jiang Siyu was concerned about him.

Worrying that he wouldn't get into high school was completely unnecessary; their family's restaurant business was so good that, at worst, he could just go home and inherit the family business.

"Don't worry, I don't need to review," Li Mu said, "Even if I did review, I wouldn't necessarily get into high school."

Jiang Siyu:...

That was actually true.

But big brother, what does this have to do with her?

"Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets their mind to it," Jiang Siyu didn't know what to say to him, so she could only say things she often heard teachers say in the past, "Sharpening your spear at the last minute is better than not doing it at all; you should hurry back to school and read your books."

In short, just don't stay here with her.

"Mm, I'll listen to you." Li Mu looked at her with soft eyes, "But I don't think studying is of much use. Take my mom, for example; even though she isn't educated, she earns quite a lot running a restaurant now."

This was hard to respond to, so Jiang Siyu simply lay back into her blankets and yawned, "Anyway, I'm a bit sleepy."

Jiang Yue helped her out, "Li Mu, you should leave first; the doctor said Siyu needs to rest more."

"Okay, okay, then you get some good rest."

After Li Mu left, Jiang Yue said, "Tell your brother, Li Mu is likely setting his sights on you again."

It seems he was beaten too lightly that day.

"He dares?"

Jiang Siyu recalled the gossip she heard classmates talking about at school, "Didn't everyone say he likes Liang Yu?"

"A fickle playboy."

Just before the day of the high school entrance exam, Jiang Siyu was discharged from the hospital.

This appendicitis surgery helped her lose weight successfully, about ten jin.

There were three exam sites for the Huaiyang high school entrance exam; Jiang Sinian and Jiang Yue were assigned to the same site, while Jiang Siyu was unlucky enough to be assigned with Li Mu.

This guy would harass her whenever he had the chance, which made Jiang Siyu extremely annoyed.

If she weren't afraid of violating exam hall discipline, Jiang Siyu would have wanted to beat him up.

After the high school entrance exam ended, the students were all very excited; the class monitor and vice-monitor decided to organize a party at the restaurant opened by Li Mu's family.

"How did you do on the exam?"

"There was one question I didn't know how to do, so I just guessed."

"Look, that's the attitude of a top student!" someone said sarcastically.

"Stop talking, the food will be served soon; I didn't expect Li Mu's family's restaurant to be this big."

"Yeah, I heard his mom and dad only have him as a son; Li Mu is a standard rich second generation, unlike us who can only take the path of rote studying."

Liang Yu raised an eyebrow and sized up the restaurant's environment; she did have some impression of this Li Mu, it seemed he liked her.

If she really couldn't get her hands on Jiang Sinian, this Li Mu seemed like an option too.

In the corner, Shen Yuan sat quietly the whole time; her gaze had been fixed on Jiang Sinian from start to finish.

During this time, she had carefully sorted through the things that happened in her previous life and this one.

She discovered that some things from her past life could be changed, but a person's fate was very hard to alter.

Just like how she had exhausted all her efforts trying to make Li Xuan change the tragic fate of her previous life, leave Shen Lan, and run a small business herself, yet after going around in circles, Li Xuan seemed to be walking down the same path as her previous life again.

And the same was true for her relationship with Jiang Sinian.

From here on out, no matter how much she tried to curry favor with Jiang Sinian, it would be useless.

Because they would both follow this path toward the predetermined ending.

Unless there could be a foolproof way to break the situation.

Shen Yuan discovered there was one major variable between her and Jiang Sinian, and that person was Jiang Yue.

In her previous life, the two of them ended up together, but what if there were no Jiang Yue in this life?

Jiang Yue didn't know yet that she had been targeted; she was currently accompanying Jiang Siyu to the restroom.

When they returned to the private room, they were intercepted by Li Mu.

"Siyu, this is my mom," Li Mu was followed by a stout middle-aged woman, wearing thick gold chains on her neck and wrists; she looked very wealthy at a glance.

"Hello, Auntie." Jiang Siyu politely greeted Li Mu's mother.

"Siyu, is it?" Li Mu's mother's eyes crinkled into slits when she saw Jiang Siyu, "Girls really change a lot as they grow up, getting prettier and prettier. Is your mom still that busy these days?"

"About the same." Jiang Siyu felt some aversion to her scrutinizing gaze, "Auntie, we're going in first."

After she and Jiang Yue went in, Li Mu's mother patted her son's shoulder, "You have a good eye. If you two can really make it, our family can get connected with the Jiang Family and the Si Family, and the business will definitely grow even bigger."

"Mm." Li Mu nodded, "But I might not get into high school; Siyu's grades are better."

"What's the use of going to high school?" Li Mu's mother said disdainfully, "Just have her go to vocational school with you. As long as she learns how to do accounts later, she can manage our restaurant. Some of my classmates went to college, but who among them is living as prosperously as I am now?"

"Then what if Siyu isn't willing?" Li Mu was a bit worried.

"She's not willing?" Li Mu's mother's eyes widened, "Follow the chicken, follow the dog; as long as you're responsible for dating her, Mom will handle the reasoning with her!"

In her view, although Jiang Siyu's conditions were very good, her son's conditions were not bad at all.

It was useless for a girl to study so much; it was more important to get married quickly and give birth to children for their Li family, and she had to give birth to several more sons, otherwise, who would inherit such a large family business?

"Then, I'll confess to Siyu in a bit."

Li Mu's mother helped her son straighten his collar, "My son is so handsome, that little girl is truly lucky!"

Remembering something, she called her son back, "Right, there's a bouquet of roses in that private room that a guest left behind; take it and give it to her."

"Okay."

Li Mu walked into the private room holding a bouquet of roses, and the whole class looked over at him.

"Wow!"

"Li Mu, what are you doing? The food hasn't even been served yet, do you want to starve us to death!" a classmate urged.

"All you do is eat; don't you see Young Master Li holding a bouquet of roses? He's definitely about to confess."

Amidst the jeers of their classmates, Li Mu walked up to Jiang Siyu holding the bouquet of roses.

"Jiang Siyu, I like you. Be my girlfriend!"

He knelt on one knee, holding the roses with both hands.

Jiang Siyu was petrified; she never expected that she would be targeted by a playboy lunatic like Li Mu.

And he even used the face-to-face confession tactic.

Behind them, Jiang Sinian stood up; they hadn't hung out together since they had a fight last time.

"I'm sorry," Jiang Siyu refused, "I don't like you."

She was afraid that if she were too tactful, Li Mu wouldn't understand.

Li Mu couldn't believe he would be rejected by Jiang Siyu; before he could speak, Jiang Siyu stood up and ran out of the private room.

He wanted to chase after her, but was held back by Jiang Sinian.

"Didn't you hear my sister already rejected you? Li Mu, are you going to pester her?"

To Li Mu's ears, this sentence was automatically translated as: Do you want to get beaten up again?

Of course, Li Mu didn't want to get beaten up.

This impromptu confession had to end in a flurry once again.

Jiang Siyu ran out of the private room, her face still burning; of course, it wasn't because of shyness, but because of embarrassment.

So, facing a confession from someone she didn't like was this troublesome; she didn't even want to stay in that private room anymore.

Forget it, since she had already run out, she might as well just go home.

At a corner, she accidentally bumped into someone.

The wound on her lower abdomen hadn't fully healed yet, and Jiang Siyu crouched on the ground in pain.

The young man was a bit flustered, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you okay? Should I take you to the hospital to get checked out? Classmate?"

Jiang Siyu looked up; the boy in front of her had a neat, short haircut and a very fresh, clean vibe. For some reason, she inexplicably felt he was familiar, yet she clearly didn't know him.