Mr. Jiang's Hidden Affection

(Marriage first, then love; mutual secret crush comes true; four-year age difference; a daily-life sweet romance with no angst)

Gentle and radiant history graduate student vs. Cool, charming, and de...

Chapter 37 If it’s not true love, then what is it?

As soon as he got off the plane, a gust of dry and cold air hit him in the face. Song Shengsheng called Song Ming back while sitting on the shuttle bus.

"Hey, brother, I'm getting off the plane, come pick me up!"

Song Ming chuckled awkwardly, "Song Shengsheng, you're truly heartless. What's the matter? Jiang Yiyu isn't around, so you think of me? I'm your brother, not a beast of burden. Can I be summoned and dismissed at your will?"

Song Shengsheng tutted his words. "What are you doing? Before I got on the plane, didn't you say I'd call you as soon as I landed and then come pick me up? Now you're saying I'm heartless. It's up to you to come or not. If not, I'll take a taxi home by myself."

"Okay, okay, little ancestor, I can't argue with you. Please wait for me at the airport for a while. I'll drive over now."

"Then hurry up!"

"Don't rush me. I can't fly over even if you urge me."

After hanging up the phone with Song Ming, Song Shengsheng sighed helplessly. She then sent a message to Jiang Yiyu to let him know that she was safe.

But he might be busy, and he didn't reply until Song Shengsheng got into Song Ming's car.

"Where are you going back to?" Song Ming asked.

Song Shengsheng fastened his seat belt and said, "Let's go eat first, and then go back to Guanyuan Road. I'm so tired. Now I'm not only hungry but also sleepy."

Song Ming leaned over and took out a full brown paper bag from the back seat, and handed it to Song Shengsheng: "Eat it, these are the leftovers I just packed for you."

Song Shengsheng sighed. "It's still hot! You're calling it leftovers? You're being too vain." She opened the paper bag and pulled out a tightly wrapped hamburger. "No onions, right?"

Song Ming glanced at her and said, "No, everyone in our family knows that our little ancestor is picky about food and has a lot of trouble."

Song Shengsheng smiled, she slowly unwrapped the hamburger and took a bite.

Song Ming pulled out a tissue and stuffed it into her hand: "How can you be so unpresentable eating in front of Jiang Yiyu?"

Song Shengsheng took the paper and said, "I've been gone for three days and haven't eaten with him at the same time."

Song Ming turned on the radio and tuned to the evening financial news channel he listened to every day: "He doesn't even give you food?"

"No, he wants to control his weight and doesn't eat much."

Song Ming turned the steering wheel and drove out of the parking lot. "He still needs to control his weight? If he loses any more weight, what will be left of him?"

"What do you know? He was just doing that for the role, and he's got well-proportioned muscles, not as skinny as you think. But you should remember to exercise more often, brother, or you'll end up with a beer belly before you find a wife."

"Don't worry, I have a better figure than Jiang Yiyu."

Song Shengsheng snorted disdainfully and ignored him.

The female host on the radio had a gentle voice. While stuck in traffic, Song Ming tapped the steering wheel and asked casually, "Your best friend's name is Su Bei. Does her boyfriend work at a TV station?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"So, does he know this radio host?"

Song Shengsheng stuffed the last bite of the burger into her mouth and mumbled, "I don't know." She crumpled the wrapper into a ball and stuffed it back into the bag. She took a sip of water and smoothed the burger in her mouth. "Are you up to something bad again? I'm telling you, if you're a love liar for too long, your luck in love will be ruined."

"I'm serious this time."

"You always said you were serious, but in the end, no one lasted more than a year. Now you're calling out all the girls you've asked me to call sister-in-law. Forget about the basketball team, I feel like we can even form a football team."

"What do you know? I truly love every one of my partners."

Song Shengsheng sneered a few times: "It's hard for me to comment on what you said. I can only wish you happiness."

Song Ming pondered for a while and asked, "Do you have any way to help me get to know her?"

"No, I won't help you do something that will damage your virtue."

"I even introduced you to Jiang Yiyu!"

"Well, thank you."

Song Ming sighed: "You said we were born from the same parents, so why is there such a big gap between us? You are too loyal, and I just can't settle down."

"Another new quote from a scumbag."

"Don't scold me, Song Shengsheng, don't forget that Jiang Yiyu and I are brothers. I'm not a good person, and he's not a good person either."

"I know whether he is a good person or not. Even if he has been a jerk, he has never played with other people's feelings like you."

"Don't your feelings count?"

"Me?" Song Shengsheng was stunned. "What feelings did he play with me? My secret crush is my own business. I like him, but he has the right not to like me. It doesn't make sense to say that if I give unilaterally, he must give me something in return. Dating is not moral kidnapping. It's about mutual affection. But it's okay now. We've talked it out these days. He liked me before."

Song Ming smiled and said, "Grandfather, you just believed what he said? How could you be so gullible?"

Song Shengsheng thought for a moment and said, "We've already got the marriage certificate, so I have to trust him. Besides, I'm not stupid. Compared to what he says, how he treats me and what he does is what I value more."

"Is he nice to you?"

"Yeah, it's really good, even better than I thought. So don't worry, brother. Don't try to trick me. Jiang Yiyu and I are doing fine."

"Okay, I'm just worrying too much. A girl can't be kept when she grows up. If you keep her, she'll just become an enemy."

Song Ming was quiet for a moment, then tapped the steering wheel lightly. "You and Jiang Yiyu...did he do anything to you?"

"Huh?" Song Shengsheng looked at him: "What?"

"That's it. I can't be too blunt with you. If you think about it carefully, you'll understand what I mean."

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