Chapter 44
When Jiang Wan said this nonsensical thing, Lu Jiyu looked down out of boy's instinct.
He couldn't help but curse himself in his heart when he glanced at her halfway. He didn't need to rely on observation to know such things. How could he not feel it himself? In the end, he had fallen into the trap of Jiang Wan, a person with no sense of reason.
"Where are you looking? I mean the bones in your shoulders are very hard." Jiang Wan glanced up and down at Lu Jiyu, who looked at her with an expression of enduring humiliation.
"Why do you care where I look? My mother doesn't care about me." Lu Jiyu knew that when talking to her, he had to learn to strike first and walk the other person's path so that the other person had no way to go.
"Zhou Zifang said your parents are dead."
This bastard will eventually take away all his wealth. Lu Jiyu cursed Zhou Zifang in his heart, and then realized that he was just too inexperienced. After all, Jiang Wan always found another way.
Lu Jiyu thought to herself, Miss, what you said is really too presumptuous. If it were me, you would probably get beaten if you said this to anyone else.
Jiang Wan seemed to understand what was in his heart: "I know that saying this sounds like asking for a beating, but you probably don't know that when I was a child, I really wished I were an orphan."
It was such a blasphemous statement, but coming out of Jiang Wan's mouth was as easy as drinking boiled water.
Although Lu Jiyu knew a little about Jiang Wan's family affairs, he didn't think much about whether she had suffered a lot of grievances in her childhood because she appeared to be too perfect and impeccable.
Lu Jiyu suddenly understood what she said, and a rare glint of compassion appeared in his eyes. He replied to the message on his phone while pretending to ask casually, "Why? Are your parents abusing you?"
Jiang Wan's eyes were now fixed on the half bottle of beer left in Lu Jiyu's hand. The drunkenness had already worn off a bit, and she felt that she needed to drink some more wine as she had something to say later.
"That was their plan at first, but I was too strong a fighter, so it turned into us abusing each other."
"There was an orphanage near where I went to primary school. Every now and then I would sneak in to see the director and beg him to take me in, but he refused."
Later, Jiang Wan had no choice but to find a boy who looked about her age in the yard and asked him if he knew about the game of swapping lives. The boy looked at her warily and scolded her, "You are so young and don't learn your lesson, but you become a human trafficker." But Jiang Wan felt so wronged. It was obvious that Jiang Huainan and Li Wan both wanted a boy, so she thought it would be better to help them.
Of course, this plan did not succeed. The director of the welfare home really couldn't stand Jiang Wan, so he called Li Wan and Jiang Huainan to report her. After taking her home, the two discussed for a long time and started taking turns to pick her up and drop her off at school.
It was a blessing in disguise. From then on, Jiang Wan no longer had to walk to school by herself, and she never heard people around her say to her, "Your parents would be so happy if you were a boy."
At that time, Jiang Wan unilaterally announced in her heart that she had achieved a phased victory in this three-person war.
Lu Jiyu really didn't expect that this person's life experience was different from others since he was a child: "What was the final result? The welfare home moved away overnight?" After he said that, he turned around and glanced at the path behind him. The aunt who was walking the dog was still staring at them hungrily, and by the way, she was holding her mobile phone and chatting with her little sister.
Lu Jiyu felt that he couldn't stay in this place any longer, so he gave Jiang Wan a look. The other party understood, and the two walked out together. Jiang Wan asked him in surprise: "How did you know that the welfare home moved away later?"
"There was a girl in that orphanage who was later adopted by a wealthy overseas businessman. He donated a new orphanage to express his gratitude." Lu Jiyu remembered that this incident caused quite a stir and made the front page of the news at the time.
Jiang Wan suddenly had a sense that they were really living in the same city.
"Where to now?"
Lu Jiyu raised his eyebrows: "Send you home."
"Lu Jiyu, you know what?" The two of them walked out of the neighborhood and, after a few steps, returned to the store where they had just bought beer. It was just after eight o'clock, but the store was unusually quiet. The owner, noticing they looked familiar, peeked through the door and suddenly said, "I told you it wasn't okay to drink beer."
Jiang Wan pointed at the shop owner and complained to Lu Jiyu in a low voice: "He said you can't do it."
Shop owner:...What kind of people are these? I can’t afford to offend them.
Lu Jiyu: It’s not over yet, right?
In fact, his mind was not here at all at the moment. His intuition told him very clearly that Jiang Wan had something to tell him, but it was probably not a good thing.
Otherwise she wouldn't be so hesitant.
The moonlight today is very beautiful, and Jiang Wan feels that it should not be wasted.
She continued, "My mom runs a tutoring company and is quite wealthy." Then, as if to embody her wealth, she pointed to the nearby store and said without blinking, "You could buy a thousand stores like this."
The shop owner, who was eavesdropping at the door, said: Damn, did I provoke you? I should have drugged your wine!
Lu Jiyu raised his eyelids and asked calmly, "Showing off your wealth?"
Yes and no.
Jiang Wan had been around a lot of guys before, some of them handsome, some with good grades, and some with both. When they approached her, she didn't refuse. Perhaps it was because she was attracted to them, or perhaps it was just a pure rebellion against her parents and the people around her.
However, Jiang Wan's patience with this kind of emotion was very short-lived, and it ended when they wanted to develop further with her.
Chen Wulin was a smart man, and since he had known Jiang Wan for so many years, he naturally saw her more clearly than anyone else. So when he exposed her in the small theater, Jiang Wan had a rare moment of self-reflection.
She likes Lu Jiyu.
Does she really like Lu Jiyu?
Is there any difference between her love for Lu Jiyu and her previous love for others?
Would she get bored soon too?
Jiang Wan was rarely confused.
She knew that the best way to verify this kind of relationship was through practice, as practice makes perfect. But Jiang Wan hesitated again. He felt that Lu Jiyu was a great person even as a friend, not a lover. Moreover, they had quite a few mutual friends. If one day they broke up after being together, the whole world would avoid them. They would no longer be able to eat and chat together in front of their friends, but would have to carefully avoid each other every time.
That would be a pity.
Jiang Wan didn't like this feeling.
Because Lu Jiyu is different.
"In the eyes of outsiders, we should be quite suitable from the perspective of family conditions to personal conditions."
"Lu Jiyu, can we give it a try?"
"I mean, let's try it without making this relationship public."
There is no other reason, it's just because she has no confidence in herself.
While Jiang Wan was delivering her "bad girl" declaration, Lu Jiyu frowned and thought to himself, was he really too good to her? This is why he made her think that he could do whatever he wanted.
He felt very strange, as if a stream of magma had poured into his heart, burning and painful there, but would soon turn into deathly silence.
Lu Jiyu still maintained his impeccable emotional control, but he just returned to his cold and indifferent demeanor. "I understand. You want to have an underground relationship with me? Do you like the excitement? Or is it so that you can find the next one? Why can't I satisfy you?"
This was almost the most unpleasant thing Jiang Wan had ever heard from him, but fortunately it was not the most unpleasant thing she had ever heard in her life.
She quickly calmed down, looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, I was forcing you."
"In that case, let's just be ordinary friends."
The shop owner next to it: Damn, it’s so quiet, are these two AIs in love?
Lu Jiyu was so angry that he lost all emotion. He took out his mobile phone, opened the app, and ignored Jiang Wan.
The shop owner pretended to come over to sweep the floor, and when he passed by Jiang Wan, he whispered in her ear: "Don't run away, someone is waving someone to beat you up."
Jiang Wan finally understood why the store's business was so bad. The boss was really too much of a troublemaker: "If he calls someone to beat me up, then I'll call someone to beat you up."
Shopkeeper:…….
Less than three minutes later, a black Volkswagen Passat stopped in front of them. Lu Jiyu glanced at the license plate, opened the back door, and looked at Jiang Wan: "Get in."
Jiang Wan:?
"Sending an ordinary friend home." Seeing that she didn't move, Lu Jiyu was in no mood to coax her. He took a step forward and got into the car first.
The two of them didn't communicate much along the way. Lu Jiyu kept holding on to the right door of the car, with the back of his head facing Jiang Wan, concentrating on enjoying the night view which was not very interesting.
The online car-hailing service drove all the way to the entrance of Luoying Lane. When Lu Jiyu lowered his head to pay, Jiang Wan turned his head to look at the price displayed on his mobile phone screen. Lu Jiyu had just gotten off the car when he received a transfer from him, Jiang Wan, for 28.54, even accurate to two decimal places.
"What do you mean?" He looked at the message on his phone, and with his other hand he supported the door to see who was still in the car.
"I'm used to paying with ordinary friends." Jiang Wan got out of the car and then seemed to think of something: "Just now I saw that you seemed to have used a coupon. Do you want me to pay you the money for the coupon as well?"
She knew how to make people angry.
Lu Jiyu stood in the night, silent for a few seconds as if enduring something, then turned around and walked into the alley without saying anything.
Jiang Wan followed behind him, and although they were clearly out of step, they kept a distance of five steps. She had been a little absent-minded since she got in the car, so she didn't realize until she reached the studio door that the lights were on.
What was even more shocking was that the next second, the glass door of the studio opened and Jiang Huainan walked out from behind the door.
He saw Lu Jiyu first, but because there was no street light, Jiang Huainan could not see the other person's face clearly. He only felt that the other person was a tall, thin and handsome boy. The key point was that there was a girl following behind this boy.
Before Jiang Huainan had time to take a closer look, Jiang Wan rushed to Lu Jiyu's side and, taking advantage of the height difference between them, hid herself completely in his shadow.
An indifferent gaze swept down from above.
Jiang Wan didn't have time to explain much to him, so he could only pull him upstairs and whispered, "My dad is here, I'm going to hide at your house first."
Halfway up the stairs, Lu Jiyu got stuck. He glanced down at the man standing in the shadows at the studio door, then turned his head away expressionlessly.
Whether to say it or not, Lu Jiyu was currently furious. Seeing that he wouldn't leave, Jiang Wan pulled his hand again. Jiang Huainan was such a gossipy person, he was still watching them from downstairs. Jiang Wan didn't want him to catch them red-handed, staying up late at night and being questioned by three judges: "Lu Jiyu."
Jiang Wan lowered his voice and urged him: "Let's go."
Lu Jiyu's evil thoughts emerged without any guilt at this moment: "Jiang Wan." He called her name softly, deliberately.
Jiang Wan: ...
"I don't think I brought my keys, what should I do?"
"Now is not the time to tell jokes." Jiang Wan stared at his face which was blurry in the night.
Lu Jiyu turned his head and closed his eyes, as if thinking about what Jiang Wan meant.
"Well, yes." His voice was a little sticky, like sand wet by the waves, wet and soft, with a vague and distant feeling.
Jiang Wan finally realized that something was wrong with his condition: "Are you drunk?" she asked tentatively.
"Why do ordinary friends care so much?" Lu Jiyu opened his eyes at this moment, his eyes were clear, he walked up the stairs while speaking, his voice a little cold.
He seems to be quite sober.
Lu Jiyu went upstairs to get the key, opened the door and went in, without paying any attention to Jiang Wan who was following behind him.
The room was exactly the same as when Jiang Wan came last time, clean and tidy: "Do you ask the aunt to clean it every day?"
She stood at the entrance and reached out to pull the door shut. Lu Jiyu brought two bottles of mineral water from the kitchen, placed one on the coffee table, opened the other, sat on the sofa and took two sips. After a long pause, he spoke, "You were born in the Year of the Dog. Who asked you to guard the door?"
Jiang Wan understood what he meant, but said: "It's not that I'm embarrassed to sit, it's just that it's easier to observe the downstairs from this angle."
Lu Jiyu didn't have the energy to say anything more to her. Soon the whole room fell into silence, with only the ticking of the wall clock.
When Jiang Wan noticed something strange, he turned his head to look at Lu Jiyu who was leaning back on the sofa with his eyes closed, breathing evenly, but his brows were slightly wrinkled.
It feels like I'm asleep, but not sleeping comfortably.
It looks a bit pitiful.
And it's harmless.
"Are you always this close to ordinary friends?" Lu Jiyu's voice was hoarse and low, as if covered with a layer of sandpaper. He closed his eyes, with a pink patch at the corners of his eyes, and his breathing was much heavier than usual.
It turns out that he is not a good drinker, but he has a strong aftereffect.
On this deep summer night, Jiang Wan's face was ten centimeters away from the other person. She sat on the coffee table, her body slightly bent forward, pressing against the other person's body. At first glance, it looked like a posture for asking for a kiss.
Both of their breaths had a faint smell of alcohol, and it was hard to tell whose was whose.
Lu Jiyu's face is very attractive, and the closer you look at it, the better it looks.
Jiang Wan always believed that she would regret not having such a beautiful face. She felt that she was a little drunk. She put one hand on the sofa next to Lu Jiyu's legs, and the distance between them was shortened.
As long as they get one step closer, they can kiss no matter who takes the initiative first.
The gauze curtains flutter and the summer cicadas chirp at night.
It really couldn't be a better season.
"Lu Jiyu, I promise you won't lose anything."
"It really can't."
"Can I compensate you for your mental damages then?"
She spoke in a negotiating manner.
It's a pity that people don't appreciate it at all.
Lu Jiyu turned her head, panting and opening her eyes a little, staring aimlessly at the TV behind her: "If I shout here, do you believe your dad will come up in three seconds?"
Jiang Wan: ...There's no need to fight to the death.
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