Jiang Zhi didn't answer directly. He lowered his long eyelashes and asked softly, "Don't you like to eat it?"
Jiang Yue hummed in agreement, and after a while, she said, "But I'm already full, I don't need any more."
Just like now, she doesn't need Jiang Zhi's overtures.
She could almost still feel the bittersweet sensation that the original owner of this body had experienced with him, like a fine, lingering pain.
She hoped that her younger brother would understand her and be a little kinder to her.
Even if it's just a little bit.
She didn't want to be seen as a disgrace by him, so she treated him kindly and cautiously, as if she was waiting for him to stand behind her like he used to.
Despite being siblings who depended on each other for survival, they couldn't escape their fate of drifting further and further apart.
In the face of repeated indifference and questioning, tears and emotions were exhausted.
The things the original owner did in the past may have been despicable.
But the original owner never wronged him.
Jiang Yue was afraid he wouldn't understand. Her eyes were so innocent and clear, she said to Jiang Zhi earnestly, "I don't need you anymore, do you understand?"
Isn't he very smart?
You should understand it immediately.
The boy's body slowly stiffened, the temperature of his limbs seemed to gradually drop, the hot blood in his body gradually turned cold and the flow slowed down, and he suffocated as if he was about to die.
Her cool and beautiful face slowly turned pale.
Even with the warm sunlight falling on her face, she couldn't get a single drop of color in her skin.
He clenched his fist, then his fingers limply loosened.
He had never encountered a problem he couldn't solve in his life, but this time he was completely helpless. It was as if he had been given an answer sheet, but he couldn't even write the solution.
"Teacher Jiang! Student Jiang! Our car is leaving now, do you want a ride?"
The producer asked a symbolic, casual question.
Jiang Yue replied first, "No need, the driver is waiting for me outside, I'll go first."
Jiang Zhi watched her retreating figure, his voice soft yet audible: "Sister, the cake."
Jiang Yue paused, then turned her back to him and said, "I don't want it anymore."
Jiang Zhi eventually took the small cake back to his dorm. It was the first time his roommates had ever seen him eat sweets. In their eyes, this amazing guy was like a celestial being who didn't eat anything in this world!
Eating some boiled vegetables to fill my stomach and maintain the most basic bodily functions is enough.
I've never seen him eat such sweet and greasy food before.
This must taste amazing!
"Brother Zhi, can you share a bite with us?"
Then they were coldly and ruthlessly rejected: "No."
Upon closer inspection, they noticed that Jiang Zhi's eyes seemed red. Had he cried while eating cake? It made them all incredibly envious.
*
A few days have passed in the blink of an eye.
The weather changed abruptly; just after late autumn, winter arrived.
Winters in Beijing are similar to those in the capital city; it always snows early.
Jiang Yue was very afraid of the cold, so she stayed obediently in the house, still barefoot as usual, with the soft blanket under her feet. She looked at the heavy snow outside the glass window, falling and covering the branches.
A thick layer of snowflakes had also piled up on the high part of the courtyard wall.
When Jiang Yue woke up from her afternoon nap, she found a beautiful velvet box next to her. When she opened it, she found a pair of earrings inlaid with emeralds.
Jiang Yue also vaguely sensed that Zhou Ji was increasingly fond of buying things for her.
However, this man has good taste.
The diamond tiara that mysteriously appeared on her bedside table last time was very beautiful; she wore it once and then put it away.
Jiang Yue slowly sat up and looked up to see the man sitting on the sofa looking at reports.
Her gaze was so blatant that it was hard to ignore.
The man looked up from the report, his high-bridged nose framed by gold-rimmed glasses, which made him appear even more refined and gentle. He asked, "Is there something on my face?"
Jiang Yue shook her head.
Zhou Ji hummed in agreement, and seemed to chuckle softly: "Then you can continue reading."
Jiang Yue slept with a rosy face, her complexion especially rosy, with a delicate charm after being nourished. She hugged the blanket to her chest and stared blankly for a while.
Suddenly a shadow fell in front of me.
The man had already walked up to her. "Did you sleep so much you're dizzy?"
Jiang Yue yawned: "No."
Zhou Ji couldn't help but reach out and gently touch her face. He suddenly spoke up: "Come with me to the company's annual meeting in a while."
Based on Jiang Yue's usual temperament, she was not really keen on going.
She wasn't keen on playing the role of a loving couple with Zhou Ji in front of others, but since she already knew in advance that this was a point of emotional progression in the story, it would be wrong for her not to do it.
Jiang Yue asked him, "When is the company's annual party?"
Zhou Ji touched her face with a hint of affection, and replied, "At the end of this month."
Jiang Yue didn't expect things to go by so quickly; the annual meeting was over, and the Chinese New Year was almost here.
Once the year-end is over, she and Zhou Ji should go their separate ways.
Sometimes Jiang Yue felt that Zhou Ji seemed to have fallen in love with her. During the days when she was sick and had a high fever, she would wake up in the middle of the night in a daze. Even though she was not very clear-headed, she felt the person next to her on the pillow holding her tightly. It seemed that he had stayed up all night and was wiping her body with alcohol, trying to help her cool down.
Although he didn't say it at the time, he always had a bad attitude when he saw the doctor the next day. His eyebrows and eyes were like ice, and his face was expressionless, as if he had a lot of complaints about the doctor's skills.
Jiang Yue wondered if this meant she liked him.
There might be a little bit.
She worried about her father and mother's health, whether her younger brother, the crown prince, would get injured while training in the military camp, and whether her cousins who had married into the vassal states were doing well.
It's all because she loves them.
Is Zhou Ji also one?
Jiang Yue couldn't tell the difference, nor did she want to, because it wasn't important to her; she didn't care at all.
"Okay, I can go with you."
"Thank you for the honor, Your Highness."
Jiang Yue now dislikes hearing the words "Your Highness" from his mouth. She always feels that he calls her that on purpose, with ill intentions and a wicked streak.
She was a little embarrassed and angry: "You're not allowed to call me that."
Zhou Ji paused, held her fingers, and slowly asked, "Don't you like it when people call you that?"
Jiang Yue, displaying a very double standard, replied, "You can't."
Zhou Ji smiled and deliberately misinterpreted her meaning: "I understand, that's why I'm different from others in your heart."
Jiang Yue fell silent. After a while, she asked him very sincerely, "Zhou Ji, you are really shameless."
The woman had a serious expression on her delicate face, her eyes filled with earnestness, making her look particularly naive and easily deceived.
She condemned him earnestly, thinking her words were extremely malicious, unaware that they actually had no effect whatsoever.
Jiang Yue became even more furious when she saw the curve of his lips.
What are you laughing at? Is it that funny?
She told him unhappily, "Zhou Ji, you can't bully me."
Zhou Ji didn't agree to her request, but instead gently pinched her cheek.
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