I will wait for your secret

Jiang Jingshu didn't expect Xie Zhijin to witness this scene, and she looked away guiltily.

After being punched by Xie Zhijin, the sleazy man glared fiercely at Jiang Jingshu. Xie Zhijin calmly shielded Jiang Jingshu behind him, blocking the man's gaze, and asked coldly, "What, one punch wasn't enough, you want more?"

Xie Zhijin was half a head taller than the sleazy man. Perhaps out of pride or fear of making a scene, the sleazy man turned around and tried to get off the bus.

Jiang Jingshu quickly picked up her phone, ready to dial the police, and threatened the lewd man, "Don't rush off, why don't we go to the police station later?"

The lewd man seemed flustered, muttered a few curses under his breath about being a "lunatic," and left. Just before he left, Xie Zhijin grabbed his wrist.

The sleazy man tried to shake off Xie Zhijin's hand, but Xie Zhijin was surprisingly strong. No matter how hard the sleazy man tried, he couldn't break free. He could only turn his head and glare fiercely at Xie Zhijin, "Brother, it's my fault. I shouldn't have hit on your girl. It's my fault."

"How dare you talk like that? Want another punch?" Xie Zhijin said coldly, a chilling atmosphere filling the air.

"Sorry, buddy, please let me go." The man's momentum immediately softened considerably.

"Why are you apologizing to me?" Xie Zhijin still held the man's hand tightly. "Don't you know who you've offended? Hmm? Do I need to remind you again?"

The man then turned to look at Jiang Jingshu, his attitude completely different from before, "I'm sorry."

Jiang Jingshu didn't even glance at the man, but instead spoke sarcastically, "I wonder whose man he is, making a fool of himself in public."

After saying that, she stared at the lewd man again, shook her head, and laughed disdainfully, "Maybe no one wants him yet. Is he so sexually repressed that he's pathetic?"

After hearing Jiang Jingshu's words, the man turned to leave, but then heard Xie Zhijin speak up, "She's not anyone's girl, she's herself."

These words stirred something within Jiang Jingshu's heart.

Jiang Jingshu got off the bus quickly, not having time to waste with the lewd man. She picked up her suitcase and got off with Xie Zhijin.

Xie Zhijin didn't seem to be in a good mood. Jiang Jingshu stopped at the station and stared at Xie Zhijin.

"Jiang Jingshu." Xie Zhijin snatched the suitcase from Jiang Jingshu's hands. "I'm very angry."

"Why are you angry?" Hearing Xie Zhijin say this for the first time, she thought he felt that she had caused a small problem, so she said to Xie Zhijin, "I'm sorry, I've caused you trouble."

"I got even angrier."

Xie Zhijin's voice came through, and Jiang Jingshu asked, somewhat confused, "What's wrong with you?"

"You changed seats because he harassed you, right?" Xie Zhijin asked Jiang Jingshu.

Jiang Jingshu had no choice but to nod.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Xie Zhijin's voice was somewhat anxious. No one knew how dangerous the scene he had just witnessed had been.

"Why should I tell you? It's not like I can't handle it," Jiang Jingshu retorted. She could indeed handle it herself. She could ask the flight attendant to change her seat, or if the other party's behavior was too outrageous, she could call the police. Since she could handle it, why should she tell Xie Zhijin and make him worry?

“But I was afraid you would get hurt.” Xie Zhijin’s tone softened. “I’m sorry, I was too anxious.”

Xie Zhijin apologized again.

"Thank you, Xie Zhijin," Jiang Jingshu said sullenly.

"Jiang Jingshu, can you tell me next time something like this happens?" Xie Zhijin looked at Jiang Jingshu's face and said to her.

“But we’re so far apart. If we tell you, will you actually show up?” Jiang Jingshu said. City A and City Z are very far apart. If these kinds of things happen again, Xie Zhijin will not be able to show up.

"able."

Jiang Jingshu thought she had misheard. She looked up and met Xie Zhijin's gaze. The boy's hair was blown by the breeze, and his eyes reflected her image. "I can appear."

"And how did you manage to show up?" Jiang Jingshu laughed self-deprecatingly. How could he possibly appear, given the distance between City A and City Z?

What Xie Zhijin didn't know was that Jiang Jingshu would eventually return to her own world. But Yongning Kingdom and this world were no longer just geographically distant; they were two different timelines and two different worlds. How could he possibly appear there?

But when she looked up, she met the boy's determined gaze again. He firmly told Jiang Jingshu, "No matter where you are or what problems you encounter, I will definitely be there for you."

Jiang Jingshu suddenly felt that it wouldn't be so bad to believe that statement for a short time, so she nodded and said, "Thank you."

"Jiang Jingshu, don't thank me." Xie Zhijin carried his suitcase and walked forward. As if afraid that Jiang Jingshu would overthink it, he added, "We are good friends. Good friends don't need to thank each other."

Jiang Jingshu watched Xie Zhijin's retreating figure as he dragged his suitcase, and couldn't help but smile. She felt a surge of joy in her heart, as if to say: Xie Zhijin, I never really considered you a friend.

But now, Jiang Jingshu felt a little more at ease. Xie Zhijin treated her as a friend, which allowed her to numb herself and interact with Xie Zhijin as a friend.

After a long silence, she said, "Okay, friend."

Xie Zhijin took Jiang Jingshu to school, but Jiang Jingshu initially disagreed, saying, "I know the way, I can walk by myself."

"I know." Xie Zhijin just held onto his suitcase, showing no intention of letting go. "I know you can manage on your own, but I wanted to see you off."

Xie Zhijin stared at Jiang Jingshu, his eyes revealing a different look than before, filled with a wronged expression. He said to Jiang Jingshu, "Let me see you off, okay? Don't reject me like before, okay?"

OK.

The three words sounded like a coquettish plea. Jiang Jingshu looked away from Xie Zhijin. She thought of the message Xie Zhijin had sent her that morning. At that time, she hadn't responded to any of Xie Zhijin's messages. She pushed him away again and again, but he still showed up. And now, Xie Zhijin was still waiting for her reply.

"Okay." Seemingly not wanting to see Xie Zhijin's expression of rejection, Jiang Jingshu still agreed.

Xie Zhijin was overjoyed. He picked up his suitcase and started walking forward, but turned back halfway and asked, "Where is your school located?"

Jiang Jingshu chuckled, took out her phone, found the school's exact location, and showed it to Xie Zhijin.

Jiang Jingshu brought two suitcases, which were now securely in Xie Zhijin's hands. She walked over to Xie Zhijin and asked, "Xie Zhijin, where are your suitcases?"

Xie Zhijin hesitated for a moment, "Huh?"

Xie Zhijin had no luggage. His luggage was packed and still at the hotel entrance. He was in such a hurry when he left that he forgot about it.

He only realized it when Jiang Jingshu asked him.

"You came to the competition without packing any luggage?" Jiang Jingshu asked, noticing Xie Zhijin's hesitant expression. "Will you need to buy more personal items?"

Xie Zhijin nodded. "Since everything is already prepared for the competition, I don't have anything to bring. I can just buy the rest at the store."

Hearing Xie Zhijin say this, Jiang Jingshu had no choice but to nod.

"Jiang Jingshu, when will you come back?" Xie Zhijin asked.

Jiang Jingshu didn't know how to answer for a moment. She thought that perhaps she would never come back.

Even if I go home to visit Jiang Yuan during holidays, I will not go to see him again.

Perhaps this year, she will be able to successfully cultivate agave, and she will be able to return to the world that belongs to her.

"I probably won't be going back before the college entrance exam," Jiang Jingshu said.

"Will she come back after the college entrance exam?" Xie Zhijin's intuition told him that Jiang Jingshu might not want to go back.

She didn't know how to tell Xie Zhijin, but she didn't want to use this excuse to brush him off. She didn't want Xie Zhijin to keep waiting in the same place, so she said, "Xie Zhijin, if I'm still here after the college entrance exam, I'll tell you a secret."

Although Xie Zhijin did not understand what Jiang Jingshu meant, he simply nodded and said to her, "Okay."

Xie Zhijin didn't ask Jiang Jingshu what "still here" meant. He seemed to have noticed Jiang Jingshu's strangeness a long time ago, but he didn't ask anything. He just stood obediently next to her and said, "I will wait for your secret."

Jiang Jingshu arrived at her new school dormitory. She tidied up her bed and then carefully placed the agave on the table.

Jiang Yuan made a video call, which Jiang Jingshu answered quickly.

"Xiao Jing, is your dorm all tidied up?" Jiang Yuan's face appeared on the phone, and Jiang Jing Shu nodded.

"Take good care of yourself over there. If you run out of money, just let me know, you hear me?"

Jiang Jingshu nodded again.

"If anyone bullies you, tell Dad, okay?" Jiang Yuan continued to instruct, "It's your first time living in a dormitory, remember to get along well with your roommates."

Jiang Jingshu sat on the stool and listened quietly.

"If you really can't get used to living here, just call me and I'll come pick you up and take you home."

"I can't possibly attend classes in City A during the day and sleep in City Z at night," Jiang Jingshu joked.

“Why not?” Jiang Yuan said seriously. “You can’t compromise yourself for anything, do you hear me?”

“I heard you,” Jiang Jingshu replied.

After talking with Jiang Yuan for a while, I hung up the phone.

Her roommates should arrive around 8 or 9 o'clock. Jiang Jingshu glanced around the dormitory. It was a four-person room with a nice environment, featuring bunk beds and desks underneath.

Jiang Jingshu climbed into bed, and the system's voice came through, "Your Highness, are you alright now?"

Jiang Jingshu nodded. "I'm fine."

"Your Highness, were you just about to confess to Xie Zhijin?" the system's voice came through. "Does Your Highness have feelings for Xie Zhijin?"

"You saw right through me. This isn't allowed, is it?" Jiang Jingshu laughed self-deprecatingly. "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have had other thoughts while completing the mission. I will grow the agave well, and I will definitely control my feelings."

"I didn't mean anything by it." The system remained silent for a long time.

“I know,” Jiang Jingshu said.

"Your Highness, if we're still here after the college entrance exam, should we be honest with Xie Zhijin?"

Jiang Jingshu nodded. "If I can successfully cultivate the agave this year and leave this place, that would be the best outcome. But if I still exist in this world, I don't want to hide it from him."

Jiang Jingshu thought that she would work hard to grow this year and try to turn these growth experiences into nourishment for the agave to return to Yongning Kingdom.

If she fails to cultivate the seed within a year, she will confess to Xie Zhijin, tell him the whole truth, tell him her feelings, and tell him all the things she cannot say at this moment.

As for what happens next, we'll see.

The dormitory door suddenly opened, and a short-haired girl walked in. "Hi."

Jiang Jingshu composed herself and greeted the girl in a friendly manner, "Hello, my name is Jiang Jingshu, I'm a new transfer student."

"I know, I know." The girl in front of her casually tossed her suitcase aside, then walked up to Jiang Jingshu and extended her hand. "My name is Li Xuan, and I happen to be the dormitory head of room 318."

Jiang Jingshu grasped Li Xuan's hand in return.

"Are you going to have another training camp? When?" Li Xuan asked her.

Jiang Jingshu nodded. "It's still early, it's next month."

"Then why did you come so early?"

As Li Xuan talked, she packed her luggage, while Jiang Jingshu chatted with her casually.

Jiang Jingshu's training camp starts in June and lasts for half a month. She could indeed come back in June, but Jiang Jingshu was afraid that her feelings for Xie Zhijin would become too deep, so she could only choose to come here earlier.

Because the training camp was being held at this school, Jiang Jingshu had the idea of ​​transferring schools.