Jiang Jiayan hugged her smooth calves and curled up in the soft leather sofa.

Her long, black hair cascaded down to her waist like a waterfall, clearly well-maintained.

She had her latest mobile phone at her feet, and she was waiting for a message from someone.

For this reason, she even got a new mobile phone number.

There are no contacts in this WeChat account.

She has only sent a friend request to Ye Zhou.

She waited for an hour and then turned her phone volume up to the maximum.

"Ding-dong!"

So, the friend request was accepted?!

Ye Zhou was indeed soft-hearted.

He still cares about her, as expected.

What do you mean by not caring? It's all an act, isn't it?

Jiang Jiayan picked up her phone with great excitement.

I opened it and took a look.

"Welcome to WeChat — from the WeChat team."

The corners of his mouth turned down uncontrollably.

She knew that Ye Zhou must have seen the message.

In the past, if she casually sent a "hmm," Ye Zhou would always respond within three seconds.

She could almost picture him jumping up excitedly.

Ye Zhou would never make her wait for news for so long.

He would send a message in advance if he had something urgent to do.

For example, "I have a competition and won't be able to reply to your messages for two hours. Don't worry about me."

"I won't be able to look at my phone for about half an hour while the teacher is grading my homework, so I'll finish quickly."

However, Ye Zhou's worries were completely unnecessary.

Because Jiang Jiayan has never sent him a single message.

"Ye Zhou, why couldn't you just wait for me a little longer?"

For some reason, Jiang Jiayan felt a sharp pain in her heart.

She hugged her knees tightly.

Even though the air conditioning in the huge room was at a comfortable temperature, she still felt cold all over.

It's as if she's lost something.

It's as if a piece of her heart is missing.

How could you just say you don't care?

The cell phone rang.

Jiang Jiayan hurriedly answered the call without even having time to check the display.

"leaf……"

"It's not Grandpa, it's Dad. Does Xiaoyan miss Grandpa?"

The girl's upturned lips fell sharply downwards.

"Xiaoyan, Dad is away on a business trip this month and can't come home. Is today your birthday?"

Jiang Jiayan calmed down, her calmness tinged with helplessness.

"Dad, my birthday was almost a week ago."

The person on the other end of the phone didn't seem embarrassed at all.

"Oh, I see. I'm so sorry!"

Jiang Jiayan: I can't hear a hint of embarrassment in your voice.

"Okay, Dad will transfer 100,000 yuan to you in a bit as a belated birthday present. Buy whatever you want. I'm so sorry, Dad forgot Xiaoyan's birthday again."

Jiang Jiayan: "It's okay, I've never remembered it anyway."

"Okay, that's settled then. Dad has to go now."

Jiang Jiayan didn't know if her father truly didn't understand, or if he simply didn't want to understand.

She grew up in this large family, enjoying a life of plenty.

But no one ever paid attention to her emotions.

It's as if she's just a pretty Barbie doll.

That's all.

...

"Miss, someone is looking for you outside," the butler said as he approached.

"Is it... Ye Zhou?"

Jiang Jiayan seemed to regain her energy in an instant.

"It doesn't seem to be Miss Susan, who often comes to see you."

"Why don't you just say something clearly! Let her in."

Jiang Jiayan said irritably.

When she saw Susan approaching, she naturally put on a victim's expression again.

"Jiayan, are you alright? You seem a bit unstable."

Jiang Jiayan remained hugging her knees, her large eyes conveying utter helplessness.

It seems like she could burst into tears at any moment.

"Tell me, how can someone be like this, just saying they don't love you anymore?"

Susan sat down next to her and patiently comforted her.

"There are plenty of fish in the sea, why are you fixated on Ye Zhou? There are plenty of people in the school who fawn over you, just ask around and you'll find that half the school is your dog."

"But I feel like my heart is hurting. If I really don't care about him, why is my heart hurting?"

Jiang Jiayan covered her chest, and tears naturally streamed down her long eyelashes.

The sight of a beautiful woman shedding tears is incredibly heartbreaking.

"Do you think I might actually like him too, but I just didn't know my own feelings before?"

Otherwise, why would I feel so bad?

Susan patiently advised, "Maybe you're just sad for the next few days. Besides, Ye Zhou isn't worth your sadness. Didn't you plan to be with him after college? He can't even wait this long, which means he's not good enough for you."

He calls himself a "warm guy"! Today, just because you accidentally hit his deskmate on the head, he's acting so mean to you? What kind of bullshit "warm guy" is he? He's worse than a dog.

Being heartbroken for him is a complete waste of your time and your tears.

"But, did I go too far this time? Ye Zhou seems very angry."

"Please, my princess, you are a princess! Have you ever heard of a princess having to apologize to a servant after the servant yelled at her?"

Jiang Jiayan lowered her head and thought for a while, "You're right, Susan, you're my best friend."

Susan paused for a moment, then reached out and patted Jiang Jiayan's back.

*

"Auntie, I'm looking for Xiaotian."

Although Liu Tian only suffered minor external injuries to his head, which was completely wrapped up like a rice dumpling, he was having a great time eating fried chicken and drinking cola in his living room, watching Big Ear TuTu on TV!

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