Chapter 22
Shen Jianye opened the curtain with coffee in hand and raised his eyebrows: “Jiang Rong, your classmates came to play with you?”
He had an impression of the little girl's face, after all, he had just seen her last night.
Li Tong’s expression twisted for a moment, but when she turned her head to look at Shen Jianye, she returned to a friendly smile: “I also didn’t expect to take supplementary classes with Jiang Rong in the same cram school.”
Shen Jianye raised his eyebrows, but Xiao Min asked kindly, “Then do you want to sit together?”
"I'll get the stuff."
Li Tong smiled slightly: "My side by the window has a better view. Jiang Rong, would you like to sit next to me so we can chat?"
Jiang Rong subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when she noticed Li Tong looking at her with a threatening look in her eyes without a smile, she nodded and said, "Okay."
Shen Jianye handed the coffee directly to Xiao Min, and stood aside and reminded him indifferently: "We have to go out to eat after closing at noon."
Li Tong smiled and made an "OK" gesture, pushing Jiang Rong, who had stood up, towards her seat. Xiao Min, standing next to Shen Jianye, raised an eyebrow and said, "Boss, I didn't expect you to be a sister-con."
Shen Jianye retorted unhappily: “No, it’s just…”
It was also the first time he saw Jiang Rong walking with others so obediently, but Jiang Rong was able to have friends. Shen Jianye suppressed his dissatisfaction in his heart and said nothing more in the end. He just glanced at Xiao Min who was bringing Jiang Rong's things over, and turned back to the kitchen.
Jiang Rong pursed her lips in silence. If they walked up to her, they would have noticed that her face was pale. She held onto the handle of a stool, took a deep breath, pulled it out, and sat down. She opened her mouth, but only managed to utter one sentence: "What do you want to do?"
Xiao Min lowered his head and placed coffee and milk on the table. He felt that normal friends would not chat like this.
Li Tong, who was sitting there, had a look of joy on her face. As soon as Xiao Min left, she smiled slightly, took a picture of her coffee with her phone, and stirred it gently with a stirrer, but her words were very unpleasant: "I don't want to do anything. I thought you weren't afraid of others knowing about your affairs."
Jiang Rong placed her hands under the table, her nails digging into her palms. The stinging sensation helped her calm down somewhat. She took another deep breath, mustered up the courage to ask, "What do you want to do?"
If she just wanted to make herself lose her mind, then she succeeded.
But if that were the case, she wouldn't show up at the coffee shop.
Li Tong looked at Jiang Rong and smiled again, a smile like a cat seeing a mouse: "Jiang Rong, you are so shameless. I don't know if Lin Yue and Manager Shen know about your situation. How dare you stand with them?"
"Do you know what Lin Yue's family does?"
Jiang Rong pursed her lips, not knowing whether she was telling herself or Li Tong: "We are just deskmates."
Li Tong raised her eyebrows slightly: "I was wondering why you guys didn't walk together at noon these few days."
"It turns out that Lin Yue's efforts were met with disapproval."
Jiang Rong frowned, looking confused: "Weren't you good friends before? Why are you saying this about her?"
Li Tong didn't answer directly, but just smiled. "Guess why the dean has been going to the grove to arrest people these days?"
After saying that, she looked at Jiang Rong's ugly face, took a sip of coffee, and continued calmly: "If I were you, I would stay away from them and not let them suffer bad luck."
"I don't know how you got to know Manager Shen. Could it be just your face?"
Jiang Rong kept a straight face and didn't listen to her nagging. She just asked again, "So what do you want me to do?"
This time, Li Tong didn't continue to be evasive. Instead, she looked at Xiao Min, who was walking towards her with a cake in her hand, and said bluntly, "Stay away from them. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that everyone in the school will know about your little misdeeds when they go to school on Monday."
Xiao Min walked over to the table for two people, put the half-cooked cheese on the table, and curved her eyes: "The manager said that you are tired from studying in class just now, so you should have some dessert to replenish your energy."
Li Tong looked well-behaved: "Thank you, sister."
Jiang Rong's fingers slid gently on the glass, and no one knew what she was thinking in her little head. Xiao Min put the cake away, took out two mints from her apron pocket, put them in front of Jiang Rong, winked at her, and left quickly.
Jiang Rong clutched the candy in her hand and remained silent. Li Tong, on the other hand, quickly finished the cake and coffee. She opened her phone and checked the time. "Then I'll be leaving first. Take care of yourself."
"You only have that kind of face. Manager Shen is so good to you, but you pass your bad luck to him. Tsk."
She stood up. They were the only two people left in the coffee shop, along with four elderly ladies playing cards in the air conditioning. Then, a man wearing sunglasses and a floral shirt walked in, looking rather scoundrel-like. The first thing he said was, "Cousin, why did you open such a crappy place like this?"
He raised his sunglasses, revealing a pair of eyes that looked 80% like Shen Jianye's. One could tell his relationship with Shen Jianye at a glance.
But his words were so rude that Xiao Min quickly ran to the kitchen to call the manager. Xiao Dai tried to put on a smile and walked over: "Sir, who are you looking for?"
The man was also not polite and rolled his eyes: "You ask even though you already know the answer."
"Tell your boss to come out quickly."
Li Tong saw that the situation was not right, so he silently took a step back and subconsciously began to think about a way out.
Jiang Rong stood up, Li Tong's words still swirling in her mind. Looking at the man who came with bad intentions, she grabbed the mint candy and silently blocked in front of Xiao Dai, looking up and retorting: "It's not a garbage shop."
Xiao Dai silently lowered her eyes, the corners of her mouth slightly raised. Li Tong was a little surprised. For some reason, she blushed and pushed open the glass door and ran out. The man smiled maliciously, "Oh, beautiful lady."
Xiao Min brought Shen Jianye out quickly. Shen Jianye saw Jiang Rong who was arguing with his cousin at a glance. He was not in a hurry. He pulled Jiang Rong to his side first and asked helplessly: "Why are you rushing forward like that?"
Jiang Rong curled her lips and explained in a low voice, "He's talking about you."
In addition, Li Tong mentioned that he had the attribute of a jinx, so he wanted to rush over and curse this guy who spoke ill of Shen Jianye.
But what I think in my heart must never be said out loud.
Shen Jianye curved his eyes, but when facing the man, he became stern: “Jiang Chengan, didn’t you say we would meet at the hotel?”
Jiang Chengan shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's been a while since we last met. You haven't been back to visit me for the family banquet in the past few years, so I'm the only one who can come and see you."
"I didn't expect you to have such a beautiful woman in your arms..."
Shen Jianye coughed twice and explained: “This is my sister.”
Jiang Chengan said jokingly, "Oh, sister."
Shen Jianye frowned: “I’m not an adult yet.”
Fearing that he would say something shocking again, Shen Jianye turned around and said, “Okay, then the three of us will leave first. You guys pack up and go home. I guess I will be a little late in the afternoon.”
Xiao Min's eyes widened: "Can I work in the afternoon?"
Shen Jianye nodded unhappily: “Yes, when I come back, I’ll call you in advance in the work group.”
Xiao Min hummed a little tune and went to pack up, while Xiao Dai went to find the four old ladies. Shen Jianye and Jiang Rong walked out shoulder to shoulder. Jiang Chengan wanted to say something more, but seeing that the two people ignored him completely, he could only run out with them. Standing in the sun, Jiang Chengan put down his sunglasses and looked around: "Where is your car?"
Shen Jianye didn't hesitate at all, and calmly pointed at the electric scooter parked at the door: "Here."
Jiang Chengan's eyes widened: "No, you don't love sports cars the most, you..."
Shen Jianye actually laughed softly: “This is more about life.”
"Where's your car?"
Jiang Chengan took advantage of the fact that there were no outsiders around and replied unhappily, "On the side of the road, you can't drive in here."
"It's just a new car my dad bought me. Do you want to come and experience it?"
He became interested again, but Shen Jianye shook his head and refused: “Meet at the hotel, do you mind if I bring a little girl with me?”
Jiang Rong blinked, not knowing why the topic had turned to her again. Jiang Chengan rolled his eyes and said, "You've brought someone with you, so what's wrong with that? Okay, let's meet at the hotel."
Jiang Rong put on her helmet, got on the back seat of Shen Jianye, and asked curiously, “What is a sports car?”
Shen Jianye almost forgot that Jiang Rong was very curious about everything, and laughed a little: “You’ll see it later.”
They both put on their helmets, and Shen Jianye deliberately took her under the eaves, in a shaded area, and soon caught up with Jiang Chengan who was walking in front. Shen Jianye followed him slowly and leisurely and asked, "Do you want me to take you for a ride?"
Jiang Chengan quickened his pace: "Fortunately, you opened the store not far from the door."
As soon as she walked out of the community gate, she saw the royal blue sports car. Jiang Rong could tell at a glance that the car was different from the other cars, but it seemed to be a little lower and better looking, and there was nothing else she felt.
And for some reason, many people took pictures next to the car. Shen Jianye couldn't help but laugh: "Go and save it, it has become a tourist attraction."
Jiang Chengan gritted his teeth, but still looked at Jiang Rong and asked, "Sister, do you want to take a ride in my car and experience it?"
Jiang Rong shook her head and refused without thinking, and Shen Jianye also waved his hand: “We’ll leave first, come over quickly.”
"Don't wait until we're full before you come over."
As he spoke, he stepped on the accelerator and left Jiang Chengan and his sports car far behind.
Jiang Rong, sitting in the back, couldn't help but ask, "So, who is the older brother and who is the younger brother?"
Shen Jianye raised his eyebrows: “What do you think?”
Jiang Rong frowned: "Although he called me cousin when he came in, but the way he looked just now..."
Shen Jianye was a little helpless: “But unfortunately, I was indeed born a few days later than him.”
She didn't know if she was mistaken, but Jiang Rong always felt that there was something else behind his words, and his tone was inexplicably melancholy, as if it was because of the birth time, but also seemed to be more than just...
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