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Naive remarks.
For the first time ever, the omega watched her brush her teeth before leaving.
A short while later, Jiang Mo stumbled out, and washing his face with cold water made him feel much more awake.
Jiang Yujin felt uneasy under the watchful eyes of the man, so she quickly grabbed her clothes, went into the bathroom, and turned on the shower.
There's still a week until the Lunar New Year's Eve in southern China.
Since that night, Jiang Yujin didn't ask any more questions. Even when drunk, a person can still be conscious and can lie.
A month passed, and his relationship with Jiang Mo returned to normal. The only difference was that he was doing his homework at a hotel instead of Jiang Mo's house. During this time, his older brother even called to ask where he was. He tried to cover it up by saying that he had gone on a trip abroad, barely managing to get away with it.
"Isn't it the same whether you do the problems or not? The person I asked you to check last time still hasn't found anything?"
Jiang Yujin lay sprawled on the folding table that Jiang Mo had found for him to study, finished a test paper, and then started to slack off.
Jiang Mo found a printing shop in town and printed 100 test papers for him. He was to do one paper a day, with the difficult and easy questions from each subject all put together on one paper.
Don't do too many; completing one test paper a day is more efficient than others doing ten.
"She has a strong background; it will take time, young master."
Lu Anshi was telling the truth; Liang Dongmo, that woman, was far more cunning than these young high school students who hadn't yet entered society.
"It's been a month, Lu Anshi, you must have found something by now, right?"
Jiang Yujin hung his head dejectedly, unsure of what to say. Gossip always produces the fastest results, but it always fails at crucial moments.
"We only found out about the apartment she usually stayed in, and that she hadn't been in Beijing for a long time and her whereabouts were unknown."
nonsense.
Jiang Yujin certainly knew about that apartment.
It was in that apartment that Jiang Yujin was tricked, and the thought of it still makes her angry.
"He's not in the capital; he's probably on a business trip somewhere..."
"By the way, Brother Jiang, what exactly is your relationship with her? What makes you so persistent in investigating her?"
Lu Anshi had never heard of any wealthy family in the capital with the surname Liang. He initially thought they were some nobody, but after checking, he couldn't find any important information.
So much time has passed, and with Lu Anshi no longer mentioning him, Jiang Yujin has almost forgotten about Liang Dongmo, who is far away in the capital—or rather, whose whereabouts are now unknown.
"She's just my ex-girlfriend. She cheated me out of some money and I haven't gotten it back."
Jiang Yujin stubbornly insisted, but secretly tightened his grip on the pen in his hand.
Once you've broken up, you've broken up. Don't expect to get back together.
After the last time, she didn't send him any messages for a month. Was she hoping to go back to the capital and pester him to rekindle their past relationship?
As Lu Anshi said, Liang Dongmo's whereabouts are unknown because he left the capital due to family matters and had nowhere to stay, which is why he stopped contacting him.
"Brother Jiang, don't worry, I'll go and beg my cousin, and I'll definitely give you an answer as soon as possible!"
Lu Anshi became interested and full of enthusiasm. So it was his ex-girlfriend! Why didn't she say so sooner! He had never seen Jiang Yujin in a relationship before. Would an omega's personality change after falling in love? When they were still classmates, he had noticed something and asked Jiang Yujin, but Jiang Yujin treated him like an outsider and refused to tell him.
"Please." Lu Anshi's image in Jiang Yujin's mind had changed a lot. Apart from deliberately messing with him at times, he was quite loyal at other times.
In the afternoon, Jiang Mo returned, carrying a lot of things in his hands.
"Jiang Mo, you bought so much stuff, there's no room for it all. Are you going to take it back as local specialties after the New Year?"
Jiang Yujin stretched and stared in confusion at the pile of things in the corner of the room, a jumble of all sorts of things.
After the Little New Year, Lunar New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival are just around the corner.
“Even if we’re not going back, we still need to buy New Year’s goods. We can give away what we can’t take with us to friends. The express delivery is pretty fast, so we can send it back.” Jiang Mo returned to Fengtian Town, and his usual shopping desire kicked in. It’s almost New Year’s, and he’s been buying things these past few days. Jiang Yujin didn’t want to carry anything; it was too heavy. He told her to go by herself and buy whatever she wanted. He transferred some money to her so she could buy her share too. Otherwise, she would return to the capital empty-handed. Besides, he usually brings back a lot of things when he travels.
"Do as you please, I'm hungry and I want to eat!"
Jiang Mo tossed him a bag of sunflower seeds, just loose, unflavored ones in a regular plastic bag: "Have something to tide you over. I forgot to buy dinner. Want to go out to eat?"
Eating these melon seeds is a waste of breath, and Jiang Yujin clearly didn't want to eat them. For the past month, he had been eating the town's specialty dishes, changing the flavors over and over again.
“Let’s go to Chef Xu’s family restaurant for dinner, Jiang Mo. It’ll save you from having to go out and make the trip again, and I’ll have to wait.” Jiang Yujin said as he got out of bed and put on his shoes. He put away the test paper he had finished writing.
"Okay, I'll call and see if there are any seats available."
Xu Yaozhi is a very skilled cook. His restaurant is small, but it's always packed with customers and he's often too busy to keep up with demand.
Jiang Yujin had been eating at Xu's specialty restaurant quite often over the past month. After going there so many times and getting to know each other better, he gradually started calling him Chef Xu. He hadn't expected that Xu Yaozhi was an omega. He was tall and strong, but had excellent cooking skills. Indeed, you can't judge a book by its cover.
"I knew it! I've reserved a spot for you every day. Come on over."
Xu Yaozhi's kitchen was bustling with activity.
Jiang Yujin sat in the reserved private room, and as usual ordered a few of his favorite dishes, while complaining incessantly to Jiang Mo about the difficulty of today's test paper.
"Have you checked the correct answers?" Jiang Mo had no dietary restrictions and let him take the menu.
"No, I'll check again after I finish eating. Anyway, it's just very difficult."
Jiang Yujin looked forward to meals every day. Fortunately, he didn't eat much, and the dishes weren't expensive. Sometimes, Xu Yaozhi would even secretly give him a discount when Jiang Mo wasn't around.
The pickled fish arrived, steaming hot as it was served.
Jiang Yujin was enjoying the pickled fish with few bones when Jiang Mo ladled him a bowl of chicken soup and placed it in front of him.
Before even tasting the chicken soup, Jiang Yujin smelled the aroma wafting over and gagged. "What's that smell? Take it away, take it away, ugh—"
Seeing his unpleasant expression, Jiang Mo realized that her good intentions had backfired, so she quickly removed her hand and patted his back.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the chicken soup?"
Jiang Yujin didn't even take a bite of the chicken soup. In the past, Jiang Mo would probably have thought he was deliberately picking a fight, but seeing how uncomfortable he looked, she felt bad for him too.
The chicken soup is fine; Jiang Mo can guarantee that.
"Are you trying to kill me? Jiang Mo, you!" Jiang Yujin drank a glass of warm water to suppress the greasy and nauseating feeling.
"It tastes awful! Put it away from me!"
Even if the request was unreasonable, Jiang Mo granted it without hesitation.
It was fine when I drank it a few days ago, how come the taste changed so quickly?
Jiang Yujin's favorite dishes were placed on his side, and Jiang Mo, as if to make up for it, kept picking the bones out of the fish for him.
Aside from a few initial issues, the meal went relatively smoothly.
Jiang Yujin ate half a fish by himself, and only took a few bites of the other dishes.
After finishing their meal, Jiang Mo went to pay the bill, greeted Xu Yaozhi who was busy in the kitchen, and went back to the hotel with Jiang Yujin.
"Where's the test paper?" Jiang Mo asked, looking at the drowsy Jiang Yujin.
With difficulty, Jiang Yujin opened her sleepy eyelids, found the sheet she had finished that day, handed it to Jiang Mo, and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth before collapsing into bed.
Why do I feel so sleepy?
When Jiang Yujin woke up the next day, he still felt like he hadn't slept enough. When Jiang Mo called him to get up, he covered his head with the blanket and protested silently.
"Eat breakfast before you go to sleep. Skipping breakfast can easily cause stomach problems."
Despite Jiang Mo's repeated persuasion, Jiang Yujin slowly got out of bed and ate the food that was served to him.
The meat buns Jiang Mo bought were still warm, but Jiang Yujin took a bite and then spat them out.
Jiang Mo: "..." Rebellious phase?
"Jiang Mo, what did you buy? Why does it taste so weird? It's awful! It's so oily!"
Omega threw the half-eaten meat bun into the trash can. It wasn't that he didn't appreciate food, but spoiled food really shouldn't be eaten anymore.
"Are we out of money? I still have some money here. Take it and buy some normal food! Jiang Mo, I don't want to eat spoiled food."
Jiang Yujin had suspected the food, and that Jiang Mo was broke, but he refused to admit that there was something wrong with his sense of taste.
Jiang Mo explained helplessly, "Freshly baked buns, money, not spoiled."
"Xiaojin, are you feeling unwell? Shall we go to the city hospital to get it checked out?"
Jiang Mo finally realized something was wrong. Aside from that sauerkraut fish dish, Jiang Yujin had barely eaten anything else these past few days.
Could it be that something they shouldn't have put in the sauerkraut fish is wrong?
"I won't throw up if I don't eat anymore. It's just that there's something wrong with the food you brought; I don't like it—"
"I'm really fine, I'm so sleepy. Jiang Mo, I'm not going to eat breakfast, I have no appetite, please don't force me to eat, okay? Jiang Mo, I really want to sleep, I don't want to go to the hospital, let's talk about it after I wake up."
Jiang Yujin originally wanted to sleep after getting up and having breakfast, but the more she talked, the sleepier she became, until her voice faded into her dreams, quiet and beautiful.
Two hours later, Jiang Mo brought him a bowl of noodles, thinking that he had taken a nap and Jiang Yujin should be awake by now.
This time, waking Jiang Yujin up went smoothly. She didn't complain about the taste anymore and quickly finished the bowl of noodles.
Jiang Mo felt relieved, thinking that Jiang Yujin just didn't want to eat breakfast and didn't want to get up; he was going through a rebellious phase.
I checked the time; it was eleven o'clock.
Alright, Jiang Yujin just finished a bowl of noodles and can't eat anything else for lunch.
Jiang Mo calculated when he would get hungry in the afternoon and then took him out to eat.
During this time, Jiang Yujin was treated well in every way, including his appetite. He could eat whatever he wanted, and he visibly gained weight in the right places, making him less uncomfortable to hold at night.
She's still too thin.
How did the Jiang family raise Jiang Yujin for the first seventeen years? Did they not feed him enough?
Speaking of the Jiang family, Jiang Yujin's phone rang.
Jiang Rongzhou's routine check-in revealed that the alpha, now with a child, was preoccupied with things he shouldn't be worrying about.
Jiang Yujin told Jiang Mo to be quiet, then connected to Xie Rongzhou's video call. There was a noticeable bulge in Xie Rongzhou's lower abdomen, which was openly displayed without any attempt to cover it up.
Faced with Jiang Rongzhou's serious expression, Jiang Yujin swallowed hard: "Brother, I'm sleeping at the hotel. Is there something you need?"
Jiang Rongzhou knew his habits; he usually wouldn't call him at this time. Could it be that something important happened?
"The company is in trouble, Xiaojin. Mom deposited some money for you in a fixed deposit account, do you remember? Could you lend it to the company temporarily to help them through this difficult time?"
Jiang Rongzhou's tone was calm, and it was most appropriate for him to ask Jiang Yujin for it. "I can write you an IOU in my personal capacity."
Jiang Yujin was stunned and immediately tried to calm his older brother down, "What happened at the company? Don't panic, brother, tell me what happened first?"
Jiang Rongzhou rarely showed his emotions on his face, so it must be a last resort for him to come to him if he really couldn't solve the problem.
"About two weeks ago, Jiang Jianxing went crazy and insisted on investing in a very risky project. We couldn't stop him. The project failed, and the company suffered a huge financial loss. The company couldn't make up for the shortfall, and soon the company may declare bankruptcy."
Jiang Rongzhou had no reason to clean up Jiang Jianxing's mess, but the company also belonged to all the Jiang family members and was the result of his mother's hard work. He couldn't bear to watch the company go bankrupt. He had already taken out some money to temporarily support it, but it wouldn't last long.
"It's that serious, brother. I'll be right back. Wait for me tomorrow. I don't have that money with me right now, but I'll transfer it to you as soon as I get back."
Jiang Yujin hung up the phone and hurriedly grabbed her suitcase to pack her things.
Seeing Jiang Mo still standing there in a daze, he said, "Jiang Mo, are you coming back with me? If so, hurry up and pack your things. The company is in trouble. If it goes bankrupt, you'll lose your lazy job!"
After hearing Jiang Rongzhou's words at the hospital, Jiang Yujin concluded that Jiang Mo was just going to work every day to slack off and put on a show for Jiang Jianxing.
Jiang Mo crossed his arms, watching coldly, as if it were none of his business: "Xiao Jin, you said it yourself, I'm just a lazy bum, I wouldn't be of any help even if I went. I'm not going back, I'm going to stay until after the New Year before going back."
"Okay, let me check the latest flight tickets. I'll probably be back in a few days, or two or three if all goes well. I won't go back on my word that I'll spend the New Year with you."
It's Jiang Mo's business if she wants to stay, but Jiang Yujin really wants to go back. That money should be in Liang Dongmo's hands now, and he needs to go back to get it back and save the company from bankruptcy.
"Whatever you want, just come back soon."
Jiang Mo didn't go back. Seeing him packing his luggage and buying plane tickets all by himself, she wanted to call him stupid, but she kept quiet.
"My suitcase is too heavy. Could you send me a box of osmanthus cakes when you have time? I can only take one box back with me."
Jiang Yujin finished packing and sat on the bed looking at plane tickets and bus tickets.
"good."
"Call me a car later, this place is so remote, I can't get a car."
"good."
Jiang Mo hadn't clashed with him for a long time, and Jiang Yujin had gotten used to it.
"One last question: will you come with me?"
"Jiang Mo, the capital is your home."
Jiang Yujin suddenly became frightened and wanted to persuade her to go back together, but Jiang Mo was too close.
"Raise your head."
Jiang Mo held the neck ring in her hand, intending to put it on him.
"oh."
It's nothing, Jiang Mo was just helping him put something on.
"Please be careful on the road, okay?"
Jiang Mo still cared about him, but Jiang Yujin didn't understand why he wouldn't go back with him.
After Jiang Mo helped him put it on, she made room for him and said, "No matter what happens, come back soon."
"Yes, of course."
Jiang Yujin readily agreed, but he had a vague feeling that Jiang Mo didn't want him to leave.
Just as he was about to get up and leave, Jiang Mo pulled him back.
The omega didn't pay attention to her footing, lost her balance, and fell hard into the alpha's arms.
"...Jiang Mo?"
The only response he received was an awkward, peach-scented kiss.
Jiang Mo actually did this to him, and they were nominally siblings...
Regardless of whether she couldn't control herself or what, Jiang Yujin decisively slapped her across the face. Jiang Mo didn't dodge, and her face swelled up from the solid blow.
"Peach-flavored candy is delicious. Xiaojin, would you like to take some with you on the way?" Jiang Mo's lips curled into a triumphant smile. Her tongue had been bitten by Jiang Yujin, so there was blood in her mouth.
Why is that?
"I have no idea."
Jiang Mo spat all the candy and blood from his mouth into the trash can, giving him a negative answer.
"I called a car for you, Ozu, it's downstairs. You really like that person's pheromones, that's why you kissed me for so long..."
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