Chapter 61: When is the cutest
Before going to Shen's house, Si Xu took Jiang Ran to the laboratory and personally drew a tube of blood from the girl's arm.
Jiang Ran pressed the needle hole on her arm, and followed Si Xu with her almond-shaped eyes without blinking.
Ahhh, does he always wear this white coat when he works? Broad shoulders, thin waist, long legs match the uniform, so handsome!
Although she was screaming madly in her heart, Jiang Ran looked calm on the surface and even pretended to cry.
"Si Xu, my arm hurts." She was looking for trouble and sat on the chair swaying her body boredly, "I can't lift my arm~"
After storing the test tube, Si Xu, who was packing up, glanced back at her and said, "My acupuncture technique is very good."
Your tone reminds me of Aunt Rong. Jiang Ran stuck out her tongue and hummed, "But my arm hurts."
Si Xu walked up to her, held up her arm where the needle was inserted, and carefully checked it: "It's nothing wrong. Don't press on it when you sleep at night, and it won't hurt tomorrow."
Jiang Ran tickled his palm: "Kiss me, and it won't hurt anymore."
Si Xu: "..." His cheeks were lightly flushed, he pursed his lips, leaned over and touched her lips.
Jiang Ran licked his lips and said like a gangster: "Si Xu, are you shy?"
A very decisive reply: "No."
"But your face is very red."
"hot."
"Are you really not shy?"
Still decisive: "No."
Jiang Ran teased him relentlessly: "Then why did you kiss me so perfunctorily?"
Si Xu looked at her silently, noticing the girl's little pride.
The little girl seemed delighted...it seemed the answer to this question was very important to her. But why bother with such a question? The little girl's thoughts were truly difficult to fathom.
After careful consideration, he answered the little girl's question very seriously: "If you take it too seriously, it will be very uncomfortable."
Hmm? Hmm? Jiang Ran's face flushed instantly as she came to her senses.
She slid down from the chair and stood on the ground, tugged at the hem of her neatly-made dress, and cleared her throat: "It's getting late, shall we go to the Shen family?"
Si Xu naturally took her hand: "Jiang Ran."
"Um?"
"Are you shy?"
“…No!”
"But your face is very red."
“…”
"Are you really not shy?"
“…”
"Jiang Ran, you..."
"Alright, alright." Jiang Ran admitted, having lost her temper after being tormented by the man. "I'm shy, shy! Girls will get shy around the guy they like!"
Si Xu nodded: "I know."
Gu Yunqing said that girls will blush when they are shy, and if you are not considerate at this time, it will make them angry and embarrassed.
Si Xu thought about Gu Yunqing's words, and his focus was still on his next sentence.
"Jiang Ran, you're so cute when you're shy."
Jiang Ran was about to roar "You know it, why are you asking?" when it was as if someone poured a bucket of cold water on his head. The burning flame "puffed" and only a wisp of smoke remained.
The temperature in my cheeks grew higher.
The smile in his eyes became more obvious.
She squeezed the man's hand and fought back: "Isn't it cute when I'm not shy?"
"Cute." Si Xu said without hesitation, "Jiang Ran, you are cute no matter what."
She was cuter than anyone he had ever seen, so when she was next to him, he couldn't help but want to pinch her face, hold her in his arms, and...
Why did this answer sound so perfunctory? Jiang Ran glared at him and set another trap: "Then tell me, when am I the cutest?"
Si Xu thought for a moment and, like a good student answering a teacher's question, replied seriously, "Last night, this afternoon... that look was the cutest."
Jiang Ran dug a hole and buried himself in it: "..."Brother, you don't have to be so honest, really.
…
Not long after the Shen family party began, invited guests arrived at the Shen family villa one after another.
"Have you seen the young lady from the Shen family? I heard from Awang that she is very beautiful."
"I haven't seen it. But, whether it's pretty or not, don't even think about it."
"What's going on? Is she married? Didn't she say she was studying at a university in Shenmu City?"
"No. Haven't you heard? That girl is Professor Si's woman—if you have the guts, go and snatch that woman from Professor Si."
"No, no! I don't have the guts! I can't get it!"
"Tsk tsk, look at you, such a coward."
"Professor Si's woman...why didn't Professor Si come tonight?"
“…”
A group of invited young men from the families of senior officials of the base gathered together to chat. Their voices were neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for Wei Yage, who was not far away, to hear.
The woman drank champagne with her eyes lowered, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, as if she was thinking about something.
Si Xu didn't come in the evening.
Even though that woman climbed into Si Xu's bed, Si Xu did not attend the Shen family's party - he would not change his opinion of the Shen family because of that woman.
It seems that she overestimated that woman.
That's all.
…
After following Shen Lang to get to know the various cadres and leaders of the base, Jiang Ran felt that his face was about to freeze from smiling.
I finally got some time to rest and just sat down on the sofa when someone came over to chat with me.
“Miss Shen…”
"My last name is Jiang." Jiang Ran corrected the man's name expressionlessly. Without even looking at him, she said directly, "I don't want to dance. I have a boyfriend and we won't break up. Thank you."
He was ruthlessly rejected before he even opened his mouth. The man returned to his companions in dejection and was not surprisingly ridiculed by them.
"I'm talking to you." Shen Yang rested his hands on the sofa cushions and leaned forward to talk to Jiang Ran. "Maybe they just want to ask you to dance. It won't do you any harm to make more friends."
Jiang Ran chuckled and said, "Cousin, you've been through a lot—do you think that man just wanted to be friends with me?"
Shen Yang tapped her head with his finger: "Even if we don't become friends, we can still make the most of it."
He told her to learn how to take advantage of men who wanted to take advantage of her... Is that what he meant?
Jiang Ran looked back at Shen Yang and changed the subject: "There are so many beauties tonight, why are you still here?"
"Those women?" Shen Yang smiled softly and subtly, but his eyes were full of sarcasm. "Prey of little value, not even as interesting as those bar girls."
The man's tone was frivolous, and Jiang Ran thought to herself: With this answer and this expression, he is such a heartless scumbag.
Because of Jiang Ranran's memories of Shen Yang, she originally thought that she knew her cousin quite well, but now it seems that this conclusion needs to be overturned and started over again.
That's right. How could the heir to the Shen family be a playboy who indulged in other women? Just because he had helped Yu Huang plot against Pei Wan'er and escaped unscathed, she couldn't underestimate him.
Hmm? Plotting against Pei Wan'er and getting away with it… Looking at Shen Yang's smiling face, Jiang Ran suddenly had an idea.
If you think about it carefully, the only one who really benefited from that plan was the Shen family.
Pei Wan'er died, the Yu family was wiped out, and Si Xu was branded as a "devil"... Only the Shen family replaced the Yu family in power, and won the support of everyone in the base because they "took on the task in a critical moment."
Is all this really just a coincidence?
Or was someone behind the scenes fanning the flames? From the moment Yu Huang plotted against Pei Wan'er, no, it should be from the moment Yu Huang saw Pei Wan'er, everything was a planned conspiracy.
…
In the garden, Chen Lang stood in the moonlight, with his hands behind his back, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, without saying a word for a long time.
Zheng Li stood behind him, his hands hanging down, and reported the news he had received in a low voice: "...Si Xu had originally accompanied the young lady out of the lab, but later, for some unknown reason, he returned to the lab."
"It seems..." Chen Lang clenched his hands and smiled coldly, "Si Xu doesn't think as much of Ran Ran as I thought - Old Zheng, do you think this is a good thing? Or a bad thing?"
(End of this chapter)
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