Chapter 70 Even a pig wouldn't believe it.
The person most excited about going to Jiangda to find Gu Ci wasn't Xia Fan, but another insignificant person.
"Take me with you, I want to go!"
Upon hearing this news, Jiang Deyu immediately became restless, jumping around in the living room.
He had held a grudge for a long time when Gu Ci didn't invite him when school started, and now that he finally had another chance, he was determined to go with her.
Jiang Sui teased him, "What are you going there for? Do you want to marry Gu Ci too?"
“Of course I miss Gu Ci,” Jiang Deyu replied without batting an eye, “and I miss him so much that I can’t sleep at night and can’t eat or drink.”
Jiang Sui couldn't help but roll her eyes. "But we don't need you. Brother Ji is enough for Jiangcheng."
"That won't do!" Jiang Deyu exclaimed anxiously, half seriously and half threateningly. "I'm telling you, there might be perverts on the high-speed train. They specifically harass pretty young girls. Brother Ji alone definitely can't keep an eye on them. I'll go with you so I can better protect you and Xia Fan."
Xia Fan paused for a moment, then looked worried. "We're both minors, is it okay for us to stay in a hotel?"
Jiang Sui suggested that they buy high-speed rail tickets now, find a hotel near Jiangda University to stay overnight, and go directly to Gu Ci the next day.
"Can't stay in a hotel? Ji Ge and I can squeeze into Gu Ci Ge's dorm, but what about Jiang Sui and Xia Fan?"
Ji Jingyu, standing to the side, remained calm. "I've already called to confirm. The hotel reception will contact the parents, and as long as they agree, they can check us in."
Jiang Deyu breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I can rest assured."
“So,” Jiang Sui patted Jiang Deyu’s shoulder, her voice drawn out and languid, “that’s the biggest difference between you and Brother Ji.”
"Huh?" Jiang Deyu was confused.
“You create trouble,” Jiang Sui pointed at Jiang Deyu, then immediately looked at Ji Jingyu, her eyes brimming with laughter, “and Brother Ji is responsible for solving the trouble.”
"..."
"Year after year".
"Um?"
Xia Fan paused for a moment, then said, "I want to tell my parents that I'm staying at your house tonight. Can you help me cover for them?"
Jiang Sui quickly realized, "You don't want your aunt and uncle to know you went to see Gu Ci?"
"Well, I'm afraid they'll let something slip."
Xia Fan felt a strange mix of emotions, like being reluctant to return home, and she hadn't yet decided whether to tell Gu Ci about it.
She didn't know whether Gu Ci would be more surprised or annoyed by her presumption when he saw her.
If it's the latter...
Xia Fan didn't dare to think any further.
“Okay, no problem,” Jiang Sui nodded. “I’ll tell Teacher Su later, so we don’t give ourselves away.”
Jiang Sui hadn't intended to hide their plan to find Gu Ci from Su Yinian, but of course, she couldn't.
"Brother Ji, could you call my dad for me and tell him I'm staying at your place tonight?" Jiang Deyu got an idea from Xia Fan's words and shamelessly moved closer to Ji Jingyu. "Tell him you're going to give me special training all night, he'll definitely agree."
Jiang Deyu was very self-aware. With his pitiful score and bottom ranking, let alone going to Jiangda University, his father probably wouldn't even let him leave the house.
Ji Jingyu nodded slightly, which was considered as agreement.
"There's another problem." His cold, dark eyes flashed. "Jiang University is having its anniversary celebration these days, so security will probably be very tight. If we don't tell Gu Ci, how are we going to get into Jiang University to find him tomorrow?"
"What? You mean we'll only be able to see the gates of Jiang University when we get there?!" Jiang Deyu's grin instantly vanished. "I've already planned out tomorrow's itinerary. Maybe we should tell Brother Gu Ci, otherwise we'll have wasted our trip."
Having finally finished his exams and finally being able to go out and have fun, Jiang Deyu couldn't accept this outcome.
Xia Fan hesitated, "I..."
"Leave this to me." Jiang Sui patted Xia Fan's head reassuringly. "Don't worry, with me and Brother Ji here, everything will go smoothly."
"That solves everything!" Jiang Deyu excitedly spun around the room. "Let's buy the tickets!"
After a while, he seemed to have thought of something and chuckled, "It's better not to tell Brother Gu Ci, so we can do a surprise inspection."
Jiang Sui casually asked, "What kind of checkup?"
"Let's see if Gu Ci is dating anyone behind our backs. Maybe we'll meet his girlfriend tomorrow."
As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent.
Why aren't you all saying anything?
When Jiang Deyu looked up, he saw Jiang Sui looking at him with an expression as if he were an idiot.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I didn't say anything wrong. It's normal to have girlfriends in college, especially since Gu Ci is so handsome. He must have no shortage of girls chasing after him." He boldly speculated, "Maybe Gu Ci isn't coming back because he has a girlfriend..."
Seeing that he was talking more and more outrageous, Jiang Sui quickly interrupted him: "Shut up, you idiot."
Jiang Deyu felt wronged and retorted angrily, "How am I an idiot? Brother Ji, you need to do something about Jiang Sui! She's starting to make personal attacks against me!"
Ji Jingyu glanced at him subtly, clearly agreeing with Jiang Sui's statement.
Grandma Ji, who was serving the noodles, immediately noticed Xia Fan's slightly red eyes. She quickly went to Xia Fan and asked, "What's wrong? Who upset our Fanfan?"
Without hesitation, Jiang Sui pointed to Jiang Deyu, "Him."
Grandma Ji looked at Jiang Deyu with disapproval, "Xiaoyu, you can't bully girls."
"You, I..." Jiang Deyu wanted to defend himself, but his mind couldn't keep up and he was tongue-tied, so he just stood there dumbfounded in his seat.
He's the kind of person who never learns from mistakes, so he looked at Ji Jingyu for help again, "Brother Ji, say something!"
"Yes, it's him."
Jiang Deyu was struck dumb. How could he have forgotten that Ji Jingyu and Jiang Sui were in cahoots?
As long as it involves Jiang Sui, his brother Ji's sense of right and wrong becomes nothing but a distant dream.
At that moment, he truly understood what "plastic brotherhood" meant and what it meant to "have no humanity when there is a woman in the picture."
Grandma Ji patted Xia Fan's hand and gently comforted her, "Fanfan, be good, let's not be sad anymore. What else do you want to eat? Grandma will make it for you."
Xia Fan shook her head, "No need, thank you Grandma Ji."
After saying that, he lowered his head and silently began to eat his noodles.
Apart from the clueless Jiang Deyu, everyone present could see that Xia Fan was in low spirits.
Grandma Ji didn't ask any further questions, but instead glanced at Ji Jingyu.
Ji Jingyu stood up. "Grandma, I have something to tell you."
He briefly explained their travel plans to Grandma Ji.
Grandma Ji's gaze lingered on the children eating noodles for a moment. She did not object to their impromptu adventure, but gently and patiently reminded Ji Jingyu and Jiang Deyu to take good care of their two younger sisters while they were away.
When Su Yinian heard that Jiang Sui was going to Jiangda to find Gu Ci, a fleeting, almost imperceptible stiffness crossed her face, but in the end she simply nodded and reminded Jiang Sui to be careful while out and about.
—
Since the hotel they had booked was near Jiangnan University, the group decided to walk there after having breakfast at the hotel.
"How are we going to get in?" Jiang Deyu finally remembered this most crucial question.
"Isn't it a bit late to ask now?" Jiang Sui smiled. "My solution is to wait at the school gate. If I'm lucky, I might run into Gu Ci right away."
Jiang Deyu asked somewhat uncertainly, "You mean you want to wait for a rabbit to run into a tree stump?"
"Um."
Jiang Deyu almost jumped up, "What if we're unlucky?"
He wanted to ask last night, but seeing that Ji Jingyu and Xia Fan both seemed to unconditionally trust Jiang Sui, he didn't ask any further questions.
"Bad luck?" Jiang Sui shrugged indifferently. "Then just keep waiting."
Jiang Deyu gave up trying to communicate with Jiang Sui and turned to look at Xia Fan with a helpless and pitiful look in his eyes. "You're already on the verge of success. Why don't you call Brother Gu Ci?"
"Sui Sui, stop teasing him." Although it wasn't her first time at Jiangda University, Xia Fan was still so nervous that her palms were sweating. She clenched her fist tightly. "Actually, I'm quite curious too."
Xia Fan knew very well that Jiang Sui wouldn't joke about something like this.
She subconsciously looked at Ji Jingyu.
The other person, with Jiang Sui pulling on his clothes, walked at the front of the group with a normal expression, as if he didn't care about anything, or perhaps because he already knew what Jiang Sui would do, so there was no need for him to do anything extra.
Xia Fan subconsciously leaned towards the latter.
Even though they had only known each other for a short time, she felt that Ji Jingyu knew Jiang Sui far more than they did.
“Jiang Da sent an invitation to my dad.” Faced with Xia Fan’s question, Jiang Sui put away her teasing intentions. “We can just go in with them when the time comes.”
"An invitation?" Jiang Deyu was taken aback. "An invitation to Jiang University's anniversary celebration?"
"Yes."
Jiang Deyu took a long stride and almost leaped to Jiang Sui's side. "Wow, Jiang Sui, who exactly is your dad? He actually has an invitation!"
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Sui answered Jiang Deyu with certainty, "He is an outstanding alumnus of Jiang University."
"That's amazing!"
Jiang Deyu's mouth dropped open. He thought to himself, "No wonder Jiang Sui's grades have improved so quickly. It's because she has the genes of a top student!"
Looking back at Mr. Jiang and Ms. Sun, who started their own business at a young age...
The faint sense of guilt that Jiang Deyu felt vanished on the spot.
It turns out that the gap between him and Jiang Sui was already there from the moment they were born.
This isn't something he can catch up with just by saying so.
Jiang Deyu has no other strengths, but he is particularly good at adjusting his mindset, and he quickly extricates himself from this inexplicable emotion.
Jiang Yunzhao and Su Yinian were both students at Jiang University, so the Jiang family has always had a good relationship with Jiang University.
The reconstruction and maintenance costs of Jiangnan University's landmark buildings, such as the library and auditorium, as well as various old buildings left over from the Republican era, were all sponsored and donated by the Jiang family.
“My mom used to be my dad’s tutor.”
Everyone exclaimed in surprise: "Ah?!"
Jiang Sui was already very familiar with the love story of Jiang Yunzhao and Su Yinian.
For a long time, Jiang Yunzhao told this story to his young son, Jiang Sui, as a bedtime story.
Again and again, without getting tired of it.
Jiang Sui thought that Su Yinian's father might have played a part in the reason why Su Yinian agreed so readily last night.
She must have guessed that Jiang Yunzhao would be invited to attend the school anniversary celebration.
This was the first time Jiang Sui had mentioned her parents, and Xia Fan suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at her.
Not only Xia Fan, but even Jiang Deyu, who had been chattering incessantly, quieted down.
“But my mother said that unless my father can get into Jiangnan University, it’s all out of the question.”
—
Because of his strained relationship with Jiang Zhenkai, Jiang Yunzhao's maternal grandmother took him to live in Jiangcheng.
One day, her cousin found a high-achieving student to tutor Jiang Yunzhao. Originally, she was just doing it on a whim to complete the task given to her by her elders and didn't expect it to be very effective.
But she never expected that Jiang Yunzhao would fall in love with his little teacher at first sight.
Not only was Jiang Yunzhao's cousin surprised, but Su Yinian, one of the parties involved, also initially did not believe in Jiang Yunzhao's feelings for her.
Jiang Yunzhao never hid his feelings for her, but because the tutoring fees he offered were high, and she did need the money, Su Yinian had no choice but to grit her teeth and continue teaching.
After repeatedly refusing his advances to no avail, and with his pursuit only intensifying, Su Yinian suggested that he would consider giving Jiang Yunzhao a chance if he could get into Jiangda University.
Given Jiang Yunzhao's poor grades at the time, getting into Jiangda University was an impossible task for him.
Su Yinian thought he would back down, but she underestimated Jiang Yunzhao's intelligence and his feelings for her.
Later, Su Yinian thought more than once that if she hadn't become Jiang Yunzhao's tutor, or if she had cut her losses in time and decisively quit the job, would things have turned out differently between her and Jiang Yunzhao?
Some people are destined not to meet. She and Jiang Yunzhao didn't know who was the one who brought misfortune upon whom, causing them to deviate from their original destinies.
They only had a brief two years, and every day after that was filled with endless suffering.
She was covered in wounds and forced to separate from her family.
Jiang Yunzhao didn't seem to be doing as well as she had imagined; he was also in a mess in this unequal relationship.
—
"And then?" Xia Fan asked instinctively.
Otherwise, where would she come from?
Jiang Sui looked at Ji Jingyu, and suddenly smiled, as if she had thought of something.
Ji Jingyu was startled, already guessing what she was going to say.
"My dad and I both like our tutors; it's genetic and can't be changed."
Jiang Sui revealed a well-known secret.
Jiang Deyu and Xia Fan exchanged a glance, then looked into the distance without making any jokes or teasing.
Because Ji Jingyu remained silent, the surroundings were deathly quiet.
It seemed that only he failed to understand Jiang Sui's implied meaning.
Fortunately, Jiang Sui didn't care about Ji Jingyu's attitude and walked forward with Xia Fan's arm in hers.
"Are you going to wait for Gu Ci downstairs at his dorm later?"
"Wouldn't this be a bad idea?" Xia Fan was still hesitating.
"What's wrong with that? You get the most authentic feedback when you're caught off guard."
Whether Gu Ci is happy or not will be clear at a glance.
"I'm afraid Brother Gu Ci will be unhappy..."
"He dares!"
Jiang Sui glanced back at Ji Jingyu and Jiang Deyu, her meaning clear: if Gu Ci dared to give Xia Fan a hard time, they would beat him to death.
—
Why is that?
He is not the type of person who keeps secrets.
Ever since he learned that Jiang Sui liked Ji Jingyu, but Ji Jingyu rejected Jiang Sui, he endured it for two nights, but finally couldn't resist and secretly went to find Ji Jingyu.
"Brother Ji, why did you reject Jiang Sui?"
Ji Jingyu was tidying up the bookshelf when she heard this. She stopped what she was doing, her unfathomable black eyes suddenly lifting up as she stared at Jiang Deyu expressionlessly.
Jiang Deyu had always been unable to withstand his cold and domineering gaze. His burning gossip fire was instantly extinguished, and even his tone became weaker, "I just accidentally overheard your conversation with Jiang Sui..."
A complex expression flashed across Ji Jingyu's face, but she quickly regained her composure. After a few seconds of silence, she said, "There's no possibility between Jiang Sui and me. I only see her as a younger sister. Don't mention things like that again."
Jiang Deyu muttered under his breath, "Jiang Sui is beautiful and has a good personality. She's very likable."
Ji Jingyu's eyes turned cold again, even revealing a hint of sinister intent.
Jiang Deyu felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly explained, "Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand. When I say 'like,' I mean the kind between friends, something as pure as it gets."
Watching Ji Jingyu's back as she resumed her busy work, Jiang Deyu couldn't help but purse his lips. What kind of brother has such a strong possessiveness towards his sister?
Do you only see Jiang Sui as a younger sister?
Even a pig wouldn't believe it.
Author's Note: Update~
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