Chapter 57
When Lu Jiyu was halfway there, the phone in his hand vibrated.
Lu Lin called. The two bright words dragged his already bad mood even further down.
He knew that Lu Lin was an indomitable man and that it was useless to just run away.
Lu Jiyu pressed the answer button and walked out through the surging crowd at lunchtime. Zhou Zifang seemed to call him from behind, but it was quickly drowned out by Lu Lin's voice on the phone.
"Lu Jiyu, are you finally willing to reply to my message?"
The rain outside continued to fall. Lu Jiyu found a corner to stand. Next to him was a vending machine where two elderly people were fiddling with their purchases without success. He said to the person on the other end of the line, "Please wait a moment," and then he answered the phone again.
"Going to help others again?"
"Not really. I'm just trying to prepare myself mentally." Lu Jiyu answered honestly.
"You also know that you feel guilty." Lu Lin seemed to sigh and went straight to the point: "Who is Jiang Wan? Your girlfriend?"
Although Lu Jiyu was mentally prepared, when he heard these two words from Lu Lin's mouth, his intuition told him that something was wrong: "Yes, they are together, but they haven't made it public yet."
He didn't intend to hide it from Lu Lin, and there was no need to.
Lu Lin didn't seem surprised: "Lu Jiyu, have you ever thought about why she doesn't want to make you public? I have something here that might interest you."
Lu Lin was a very efficient person, sometimes quite determined to stick to one thing. When Lu Jiyu had no specific conflicts with her, he could play the role of a relatively obedient nephew.
Perhaps it was because he was too well-behaved before that Lu Lin reacted so strongly to Lu Jiyu's loss of control.
"You came to Xinjiang." Lu Jiyu asked, "Where are you?"
When Lu Jiyu returned home after answering the phone, Jiang Wan and the others were already halfway through their meal. A strange boy was sitting next to her, and Lu Jiyu paused. Zhou Zifang, on the other side, saw him come in and waved quickly.
"Isn't it a coincidence that in such a big country like Xinjiang, I can meet Jiang Wan's junior high school classmate." Before Lu Jiyu had time to sit down opposite Jiang Wan, Li Mu had already introduced himself on his behalf.
"Hello, my name is Li Yiran." The boy has a gentle and elegant appearance, and his low-key outfit is very interesting. He must be rich or noble, and his smile is proper and moderate. In addition to making people feel warm, there is one thing about it - fake.
Lu Jiyu, you are a little jealous.
He lowered his head and ate his sliced noodles without saying a word, looking like he was playing some kind of global isolation game. The phone on the table vibrated, and he picked it up to take a look.
The dumplings are a little sweet: Would you like some Coke?
Lu Jiyu quickly replied: No, I don’t want to drink.
The dumplings are a little sweet: He insisted on coming over and sharing the table with us, and I couldn't let him go.
gazer: I'm really fine.
After sending this message, he hung up his phone and buried his head in his food. He didn't notice that Zhou Zifang's eyes were almost growing onto his phone screen.
Jiang Wan knew that he must have heard the three words Chen Meiyu said just now.
Ex-boyfriend.
But strictly speaking, Li Yiran can't be considered her ex-boyfriend.
At the time, rumors about Jiang Wan were flying everywhere, and Jiang Huainan and Li Wan were summoned to school several times. The two of them argued several times over this incident, and Jiang Wan's image in their hearts was completely shattered. It was their relationship that was not good. If their relationship was still okay, they would have had a second child.
Jiang Wan, unknowingly, was suffocated by a stubborn streak at the time. There were things she could have just bowed her head and given in, but she was determined to take down the whole world. She had no friends at the time, except for Chen Meiyu, who was a popular figure at school, though unfortunately not a very good one.
I met Li Yiran because we were chosen to host the New Year's Eve party together on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Li Yiran was a very kind person, and was well-liked by almost everyone at school. As he slowly grew closer to Jiang Wan, everyone else advised him to stay away from trouble.
But Li Yiran didn't listen. He would come to the classroom to look for Jiang Wan whenever he had something to do, sometimes to pass on a message from the teacher, sometimes to get her a homework book, or simply to find her.
Jiang Wan asked him if any teachers or parents had ever looked for him behind his back.
He seemed quite surprised.
"What do you want from me?"
He was the top student in his grade, came from a wealthy family, and was polite and patient with everyone. Therefore, few people could judge him because they had no right to do so.
Unlike Jiang Wan, because the boy Yao Manjia liked confessed to her, in order to retaliate, she found a boy to deliberately approach Jiang Wan, took a lot of seemingly true photos, and spread rumors about her everywhere.
Everyone believed it.
Because girls who are good-looking and don’t like to study are definitely very wild, have a lot of fun, and love to fall in love.
Unlike Li Yiran, who looked like a modest gentleman, even if he approached Jiang Wan, it was only out of a sense of righteousness, to save the girl from the mud.
Who knew that he was dating two girlfriends outside of school at the same time, and he even came to confess to Jiang Wan: "I like you very much, but I'm going to Australia soon. If you are willing to be with me, I can stay in China."
To be honest, Jiang Wan wasn't angry at the time. She just thought it was a little funny and a little jealous. She had to try to live such a wonderful life, to be able to say such shameless words without changing her expression or heartbeat.
This story ends when Li Yiran goes to Australia for the start of his third year of junior high school.
But Chen Meiyun sometimes likes to use the title of "ex-boyfriend" to make fun of him when she mentions him. After all, she really believed that Jiang Wan could be with him, but who knew that he was such a playboy.
Li Yiran's looks had always been quite to Chen Meiyun's liking, which was why she had been so optimistic about him in the beginning. But after learning the truth, she felt as if someone had stuffed a mouthful of dog shit. She cleared her throat and deliberately asked, "Is polygamy a practice in Australia?"
Everyone else present was wondering why Chen Meiyu asked such a strange question. Only Jiang Wan understood clearly. She gave Chen Meiyu a look: Forget it, there are so many people here, there is no need to embarrass others.
Li Yiran naturally knew she was making a veiled attack, but she wasn't angry at all and continued to smile amiably, "As far as I know, Australia is supposed to be monogamous."
"Oh, that's a shame, isn't it?"
Li Yiran stopped talking at this point.
After a three-second silence, Li Qingxi suggested that they go get some milk tea. Then everyone stood up and went to buy some.
Zhou Zifang fell behind. Lu Jiyu reached out and patted his shoulder, asking him to stop: "What's wrong?"
Lu Jiyu bent his arm to hold his coat, and touched his hair which had just been wet when he was talking on the phone outside. "I have something to do so I won't go into the village for now. Please help me take care of them."
"Who?" Zhou Zifang asked knowingly, "Jiang Wan?" He remembered that Lu Jiyu was chatting with that sweet girl just now. Did he have to stay to see that girl?
"It's enough for you to know." Lu Jiyu checked the time on his mobile phone and seemed a little anxious.
"Who are you going to see? Tell me." Although Zhou Zifang said that Lu Jiyu was born to be a scumbag, but now that he really saw his good brother was going to be a scumbag, he still missed the innocent Lu Jiyu in the past.
But Lu Jiyu didn't want to tell Zhou Zifang about Lu Lin's visit to Xinjiang. Firstly, he was not careful with his mouth and it would be easy for him to spread the news. Secondly, there was no point in telling him.
"One of my father's comrades."
"Is it true? Male or female?" Zhou Zifang obviously didn't believe it.
"Since you're so curious, do you want to come with me to take a look?" Lu Jiyu stared at him impatiently.
Tsk tsk tsk, this is the heart of the matter, the dog is desperate. Sure enough, this is the first time to be a scumbag and I have no experience.
As soon as Lu Jiyu left, Zhou Zifang met Chen Meiyu who had turned back halfway.
"Why are you still here?"
"Why are you back again?"
"I forgot to take my umbrella." Chen Meiyun found her umbrella and inadvertently glanced at Lu Jiyu, who was walking in the opposite direction from them. "Where is he going? Isn't he going into the village?"
"Why do you care so much about other people's affairs?"
"Zhou Zifang, if you don't speak properly for a day, your mouth will rot, right?"
Zhou Zifang felt that he had gone too far after hearing what he said: "How should I know what's going on with him? He's so secretive and doesn't want to tell me."
"Mysterious? Could it be a girl? That's not right. Isn't he interested in Jiang Wan?"
"Who said he likes Jiang Wan? Did Jiang Wan tell you?" Zhou Zifang retorted unconvincedly, "He's been chatting up a nice girl lately. His WeChat name is also very nice, something like Sweet Dumplings."
Chen Meiyun frowned. "What's the connection? It turns out that every man is a good thing. But don't worry, our Jiang Wan has never lacked suitors. The guy just now chased our Jiang Wan for three years in junior high school and still couldn't catch up. He even chased her all the way from Australia to Xinjiang."
That is, when it comes to things like popularity with the opposite sex, we all have pretty faces, so who’s afraid of who?
"And did you ask the question I asked you?"
Zhou Zifang: "You can go to Australia and ask. I don't know."
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It was only after Jiang Wan got in the car that she realized Lu Jiyu didn't come with them. Li Yiran kept pestering her with questions.
"I didn't expect that after a few years away, domestic electronic payment has developed to this level."
Jiang Wan was sending a WeChat message to Lu Jiyu and couldn't help but frown when she heard this. What's wrong with this guy? He hasn't seen her for a few years and he's pretending to be a foreign guest. "Have you not been back to China in the past few years? How dare you travel to Xinjiang alone?"
"Why wouldn't I dare? I checked online before coming here. Xinjiang is very safe and has beautiful scenery."
Lu Jiyu quickly replied to her message.
gazer: to meet an elder.
Jiang Ziya: Fine, as long as you're not throwing a tantrum. I have nothing to do with him. I can talk to you if you want to hear anything.
gazer: Okay, wait for me to come back.
"Who are you chatting with so happily? It's too much to leave your old classmate aside like this." Li Yiran raised the camera and took pictures while turning back to give her a smile.
Chen Meiyu, who was sitting in the front row, couldn't help but turned around and rolled her eyes at him.
Because their B&B wasn't on the same lot, Li Yiran got off the bus one stop earlier than Jiang Wan and the others. Chen Meiyun immediately approached Jiang Wan and asked, "What's Li Yiran up to? Why is he clinging to you like a dog-skin plaster?"
Jiang Wan was playing Candy Crush on his phone, not even looking up. "When we set out this time, did you post all our itinerary plans on your Moments?"
Chen Meiyun immediately realized what she was saying. "Oh my god, you mean he came after me on purpose? This guy is so perverted. After all these years, he still can't forget you?"
Jiang Wan wasn't as excited as Chen Meiyu. After passing the level with a blank expression, he put down his phone and said, "Let's see. Who knows what he's going to do."
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