Chapter 86 The Beautiful, Gold-Digging School Belle—Together

After saying goodbye to her roommate, Xu Shuangshuang left the school, took a taxi to the Xinghe Hotel, and asked a staff member for directions before going to Jiang Chen's room.

She took a deep breath to calm herself down, then raised her hand to knock on the door. After a while, the door opened from the inside, and Xu Shuangshuang saw that Jiang Chen's face was unusually flushed and his eyes were somewhat unfocused.

"You're here." Jiang Chen said to Xu Shuangshuang, drunk, after seeing her clearly.

The strong smell of alcohol hit her face, and Xu Shuangshuang held her breath and said, "Mmm."

Jiang Chen turned to the side, wanting her to come in, but he accidentally slipped and fell. Xu Shuangshuang quickly caught him and used all her strength to straighten him.

“Heh, so what if he falls? It would be even better if he died from the fall…” Jiang Chen murmured intermittently. He even wanted to push Xu Shuangshuang away, but when he saw that familiar face, he gave up.

Xu Shuangshuang closed the door with her foot, without saying a word, clenching her teeth tightly, and step by step, finally moved Jiang Chen onto the big bed. At this moment, she was drenched in sweat.

"Jiang Chen! You have to pull yourself together! You could get back on your feet before! You can do it again! Think about your aunt! What will your aunt do if you give up on yourself!"

Xu Shuangshuang stood straight by the bed, her eyes fixed on the face she had been longing for day and night, her voice trembling with tears.

“Mom…she shouldn’t have given birth to me…” A large tear rolled down Jiang Chen’s cheek as he stared blankly at the ceiling and murmured.

This was the first time Xu Shuangshuang had seen Jiang Chen so dejected and listless. Even in his senior year of high school, when he learned about his background, he was heartbroken, but that kind of heartbreak was healable.

Now, Jiang Chen's pain seems to have seeped into his very bones. He has shut himself off in a confined space, oblivious to everything around him; he is escaping.

The spirited young man she once admired, the calm and collected young man who always stood by her side, the young man who was like a protective umbrella to her—now he's afraid of her and has learned to run away. How unbelievable.

Tears blurred Xu Shuangshuang's vision. She began to doubt whether repeating a year of high school was the right choice. If she hadn't gotten into this university, would Jiang Chen have ended up like this?

Everyone looked at him with strange eyes, everyone talked about him behind his back, and videos of people confronting him to his face were also circulating wildly on Tieba. In an instant, everyone hated him.

Will he stay with Yu Yao for the rest of his life?

Thinking of this, her heart ached.

"Jiang Chen, please, please don't say that. You know how much your aunt loves you. She has given you all her love. Even your uncle has his own difficulties. Don't just think about the bad side of things. Are you really going to give up on yourself? Are you willing to accept this? Are you just going to give up on the entrepreneurial goal you set in high school?"

"Do you still remember what you told your aunt? You had to stand up for your aunt and uncle!" Xu Shuangshuang roared, expressing her true feelings. She never imagined that Jiang Chen would end up like this.

Xu Shuangshuang's words stirred Jiang Chen's emotions, as if the two of them had returned to the rooftop of the teaching building during their senior year of high school.

That day was the same; it was Xu Shuangshuang's words that inspired him and helped him temporarily emerge from his gloomy mood.

"Shuangshuang, let's be together." Jiang Chen looked up and gazed earnestly at Xu Shuangshuang.

Xu Shuangshuang was stunned for a moment. She looked at him in disbelief, her lips trembling: "Jiang Chen, you... what did you say?"

“I said, let’s be together.” Jiang Chen smiled, opened his arms, and repeated himself.

The excitement of high school still lingers when we meet again in college. Since life cannot be turned back, let's make the regrets of high school come true in college.

Jiang Chen knew very well that he had lied when he accused Yu Yao before, and that the reason he chose to break up with Yu Yao was because of Xu Shuangshuang.

He still vividly remembers the speed of his heartbeat when he first met Xu Shuangshuang at the start of the new semester in September. He knew he had never forgotten her, and even though his current girlfriend was the undisputed school beauty, he felt no attraction whatsoever.

Xu Shuangshuang covered her mouth in excitement, and tears welled up in her eyes again.

Jiang Chen shook his arm again and said with a smile, "From beginning to end, I've only ever loved you. I thought that being with someone else would make me forget you, but the truth is that no one can replace you, and I can't forget you either."

This time, Xu Shuangshuang didn't hesitate and threw herself at him.

The two embraced tightly. Xu Shuangshuang nestled against his neck, taking a deep breath of his scent. There was no strong smell of alcohol, only his unique, clean fragrance.

The two remained silent for a long time, quietly enjoying the tranquility of the moment.

After a long while, as Jiang Chen was dozing off, Xu Shuangshuang cautiously asked, "Jiang Chen, should we go public with this at school?"

Jiang Chen opened his droopy eyelids and said firmly, "Go public."

"But...but what you said to Senior Yu before wasn't because of me that you broke up. If we get together, what will others think..." Xu Shuangshuang still remembered what happened that day. It was from that day that Jiang Chen started to have bad luck.

“Let them say what they want. They’ll talk whether we’re together or not. Besides, I’m not two-timing, I’m not cheating, and I’m not doing anything immoral.”

After this drunken night, Jiang Chen seemed to have seen things more clearly. He kissed Xu Shuangshuang's head, remembering how she was always there for him whenever he faced setbacks in life.

"Shuangshuang, are you scared?" Jiang Chen asked in a low voice.

Xu Shuangshuang shook her head: "With you here, I'm not afraid."

Jiang Chen: "Okay."

The air fell silent again. After a while, Xu Shuangshuang suddenly remembered something and said excitedly, "Jiang Chen, let's change our profile pictures to matching ones, the hand-drawn kind."

After she finished speaking, no one answered. Xu Shuangshuang looked up in confusion and saw that Jiang Chen was already asleep, breathing steadily, but his brows were still slightly furrowed.

Xu Shuangshuang raised her hand and smoothed his brow. Then she carefully got up from his embrace, went to the bathroom, wet a towel, and gently wiped his face.

It took half an hour to finally get Jiang Chen cleaned up. Xu Shuangshuang blushed and covered him with a blanket. She then took out her own pajamas from her bag and went to the bathroom to get ready.

Feeling refreshed, Xu Shuangshuang carefully lifted a corner of the blanket, gently hugged Jiang Chen's waist, rested her head on his arm, closed her eyes, relaxed her body, and enjoyed this long-awaited moment!

The night passed quickly, and with the arrival of morning, the beautiful dreams of the night vanished.

Jiang Chen opened his heavy eyelids and looked around at everything unfamiliar. His mind went blank for a moment. He tried to get up, only to find that there was someone next to him. He was terrified.

It's Xu Shuangshuang!

At this moment, memories flooded back, and everything that had happened last night went through his mind. After confirming that the two of them had not had sex, Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.