Su Yan puffed out her cheeks slightly and walked into the dressing room that Jiang Jingxing had arranged in advance, like a little pufferfish.
Jiang Jingxing, who was standing beside her, couldn't help but laugh and say, "Are you still angry?"
Su Yan: "No, am I such a petty person?"
She's just a little strange.
It's strange that I haven't been able to control my emotions in front of Jiang Jingxing lately.
It's just that... it made her act like a primary school kid, without any maturity at all.
Jiang Jingxing nodded and said seriously, "You are indeed not such a petty person."
Su Yan: "..." No, why does this person always sound so sarcastic and unsettling?
No, no, that won't do.
She quickly shook her head and silently recited a calming mantra.
Watching the way the two of them interact, the nurse changing the dressing couldn't help but say enviously, "You two are so sweet even when you bicker, unlike me and my husband, we end up arguing as soon as we have a disagreement."
The atmosphere fell silent after those words were spoken.
A couple?
The two of them exchanged a glance at each other without prior arrangement.
Su Yan looked away and said first, "We're not a couple, just ordinary friends."
Ordinary friends?
Jiang Jingxing pursed his lips, and for some reason, hearing those four words made him feel rather uncomfortable.
"Huh? Just friends?" The nurse was immediately embarrassed and quickly said, "I'm sorry, the way you were talking made me think you were..."
Like a married couple?
Su Yan's expression turned a little strange, but she still said, "It's okay."
The nurses sped up the dressing change, and left the treatment room immediately after bandaging the wound.
This blunder was really embarrassing.
Su Yan recalled that when she invited Zhou Yuanqing to dinner last time, the older woman at the next table also thought they were dating.
As for now...
She quickly figured it out.
In this day and age, when a man and a woman walk together, they are either husband and wife, lovers, or siblings.
Because of her open-mindedness, she felt it was normal for men and women to walk together, but she forgot that this place was still in a semi-feudal era.
Jiang Jingxing said, "Let's go, I'll take you to have a meal and then take you home."
Su Yan looked at him strangely and asked, just as she was thinking, "Jiang Jingxing, why are you so good to me?"
He paused for a moment, then asked, "Is that okay?"
“Okay!” She nodded emphatically and said seriously, “It’s already beyond the scope of ordinary friends.”
She only realized this problem now.
Ordinary friends, like her and Tang Li, are what we call ordinary friends.
As Jiang Jingxing was pondering how to answer, he heard her ask bluntly and boldly, "Jiang Jingxing, do you want to date me?"
Jiang Jingxing, do you want to date me?
This sentence kept echoing in his mind.
After a long pause, he steadied himself and retorted, "No, I don't think what I'm doing now is overstepping any boundaries."
Isn't bringing her here to change her dressing within the bounds of normal friendship?
“You’ve crossed the line,” Su Yan said firmly. “If you don’t give me a reason, I won’t dare accept your kindness in the future.”
She has to ask whatever comes to mind immediately.
Procrastination is not in her nature.
Jiang Jingxing said with a hint of helplessness, "Maybe it's because we get along well with each other's personalities."
Su Yan stared at him with a deep gaze, as if to say, "Do I look like someone who's easy to fool?"
After a standoff lasting nearly a minute, Jiang Jingxing surrendered, raising his hands in a helpless explanation.
"Do you have an older brother named Su Yu?"
Su Yu...
The original owner did indeed have such an older brother.
However, it has been five years since he went to the battlefield and there has been no news of him.
She asked in confusion, "You know my older brother?"
Jiang Jingxing nodded in agreement, “Yes, your older brother and I are very close comrades-in-arms. When I first met you, your name sounded familiar, and you looked somewhat similar to Su Yu. Later, I found out that you are his sister. So I have taken good care of you and your family. Is this reason enough to convince you?”
Su Yan suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
"Why didn't you say so sooner? If you had, I wouldn't have suspected you," she said, puzzled.
Jiang Jingxing said, "I didn't say it because I didn't want to put too much pressure on you, but I was also a little worried that you wouldn't accept my care."
"It's alright, it's all clear now." Su Yan's guard lifted, and she asked, "Do you know anything about my older brother? So many years have passed, even if he died on the battlefield, the army should have sent some news. My mother doesn't mention my older brother, but she worries about him a lot. She wants to see him alive or dead."
When she was still living at her maternal grandfather's house, she woke up one night and saw Li Juan sitting in the yard wiping away tears, calling out for Xiaoyu.
"I'm sorry." Jiang Jingxing said solemnly, "Su Yu went to the battlefield on a top-secret mission. No one else, including me, would know about it except for designated personnel."
Su Yan could understand matters involving national importance.
She sighed, "It's alright. Maybe my older brother is still alive somewhere in the world. No news is good news."
The two tacitly ended the topic.
After leaving the hospital, Jiang Jingxing took her to a state-run restaurant for a meal before finally taking her home.
He didn't go inside, but just said at the door, "You can call the number I gave you anytime if there's anything you can't handle."
Su Yan nodded obediently and said with a smile, "Okay, thank you, Comrade Jiang."
Comrade Jiang?
It seemed to be the first time Jiang Jingxing had heard her address him like that, so he said, "I'm about the same age as your older brother. If you'd like, I hope you'll call me Brother Jingxing from now on."
Calling him Comrade Jiang is too formal; he doesn't like it.
Su Yan hesitated for a moment.
Hmm... Brother Jingxing?
It might seem a bit cheesy, but it's still within acceptable limits.
"Okay, Brother Jingxing, take care. I won't see you off."
The moment Jiang Jingxing heard her call him "Brother Jingxing," he felt instantly at ease, and his gaze softened as he looked at her. "Okay."
Su Yan didn't pay much attention and hopped into the house.
The sounds of cars coming from outside gradually faded away.
The smile on her face faded a little, and her mood became somewhat heavy.
Hearing Su Yu's name from Jiang Jingxing's mouth sent her emotions plummeting like a rollercoaster.
She clutched her chest; this must have been the original owner's emotion.
In her memory, Su Yu, her older brother, was exceptionally kind to her younger sister. Every time she came back from vacation, he wouldn't let her do any work and would ask someone to bring back novelties from Beijing for her, although they all ended up in the hands of the eldest son's family.
She sighed and murmured, "Don't worry, if I have the chance, I will definitely look for news of my brother. Is the reason you haven't left yet because of this?"
Su Yan could sense that the original owner's soul was still inside this body, but for some reason it couldn't get out.
She didn't want to leave because she wanted to know if her older brother was alive or dead.
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