Chapter 46
The city center is bustling with traffic at night.
Jin Chaoyang stared blankly at his phone screen for a while.
Twenty minutes had passed, but Jin Chuwan still hadn't replied to her message. She had made a huge decision to come to S City, but once there, she felt lost.
It's only 9 p.m., and normally Jin Chuwan shouldn't be asleep yet at this time.
But why hasn't she replied yet?
Is it that you don't want to see her? Or are you still angry about the photos we took before? Or do you think she's a bad person? Will there be a lot of people wary of her when we meet tomorrow...?
Ugh, so annoying...
Jin Chaoyang, who was resting in the hotel restaurant, was holding her head and struggling with her dilemma. Unfortunately, no one around her understood her troubles.
Meanwhile, Kim Cho-wan was still fast asleep on the other side.
When she opened her eyes again, it was already the next day. When the alarm rang, she subconsciously searched around her pillow, and after a while, she realized that her phone was not with her.
Jin Chuwan rubbed her eyes before sitting up in bed. After turning off the alarm, she saw Jin Chaoyang's text message on the screen.
Let's meet tomorrow.
Are you asleep?
"...I'll wait for you at your school gate."
"...Jin Chuwan?"
"Do you hate me now—"
...
After opening more than a dozen text messages, Jin Chuwan pressed her forehead, feeling that she had never heard Jin Chaoyang talk so much when they lived together before.
She went to the bathroom to wash her face to clear her head before turning on her phone and making a call.
At this moment, Jin Chaoyang was standing at the entrance of T University, holding a parasol, like a waiting-for-husband stone.
She actually arrived in S City yesterday afternoon, but hesitated until evening before contacting Jin Chuwan. Then she waited all night with her phone in hand. Now, seeing Jin Chuwan's call, she felt inexplicably aggrieved.
"I'm at your school gate right now, could you come out for a moment?"
The voice on the phone sounded a little muffled. Jin Chuwan glanced out the window and then replied.
"You're at Tsinghua University... then wait for me a moment, I'll be there in about fifteen minutes."
As Jin Chuwan spoke, she changed her clothes. For some reason, she felt that Jin Chaoyang's voice sounded like it was tinged with a sob. So she quickly finished washing up, then slung her bag over her shoulder and headed to school.
The sun was shining brightly outside, but fortunately, Jin Chuwan's place wasn't too far from the school. She jogged all the way and waited at the school gate to see the pitiful Jin Chaoyang, who was also exhausted and out of breath.
She paused for a moment before walking up to Jin Chaoyang. The two glanced at each other but didn't speak. They simply walked to a nearby coffee shop and sat down.
Jin Chaoyang sat with her backpack in her arms. After a moment of silence, she looked at Jin Chuwan as if she had made up her mind.
"I'm here today because I have something important to tell you."
As she spoke, she took out several photos from her bag and placed them on the table.
Jin Chuwan wiped her sweat, asked the waiter to bring two iced coffees, and then picked up the photos on the table to take a look.
Unsurprisingly, these were all photos from the last art exhibition, and she was the main subject in them, observing the paintings.
"I went to my art exhibition on a whim that day, but I didn't expect you to be there, and..."
As Jin Chaoyang was speaking, the waiter brought over the coffee. She paused for a moment, and only after the waiter left did she look at Jin Chuwan with a serious expression.
"That day you were observing almost entirely my paintings, and the places you observed were all quite unusual. To be honest, were you...?"
Having said that, Jin Chuwan understood what Jin Zhaoyang meant. She was very surprised. She had thought that those were all painted by Cheng Xiucheng, but she didn't expect them to be Jin Zhaoyang's work.
If that's the case, then Jin Chaoyang is also a time traveler, just like them.
She glanced at Jin Chaoyang, whose expression seemed somewhat wary for some reason, as if he didn't feel much warmth from meeting a "fellow townsman".
"So, what are you trying to say?"
"I mean, my storyline is a complete mess right now. So it was you who did this, wasn't it?"
The other person slammed their hands on the table, seemingly trying to boost their own morale, but this had no effect on Jin Chuwan. She merely raised her eyelids slightly in surprise.
"Your storyline... so you're the author?"
Although she had no intention of dealing with the other party, she did not expect Jin Chaoyang to expose his true identity so readily.
Moreover, after she finished speaking, Jin Chaoyang seemed even more certain of his guess.
"So you knew all along... So what exactly did you do? The plot is so messed up I don't even recognize it anymore. I initially thought it was because my transmigration to this world caused some kind of butterfly effect, but it turns out the problem is you—"
Jin Chuwan lowered her head and took a sip of coffee.
Jin Chaoyang continued his rambling, "As a transmigrator, I can understand. After all, it's normal to like the male lead in a story. But what you're doing is very dangerous. Haven't you read the novels? Changing the original plot and causing the world to collapse, the female lead turning evil, the male lead awakening, all sorts of dangerous things..."
Jin Chuwan choked slightly, then gestured for Jin Chaoyang to stop, before interrupting him.
"The plot is indeed quite different from your book, but I haven't done anything, nor have I had any romantic feelings for anyone. Besides, what you're talking about probably involves more ancient times or otherworldly cultivation, while we're currently in a parallel world, a civilized world, a society governed by the rule of law..."
After saying that, Jin Chuwan smiled faintly, "So you've been avoiding me these past few days because you suspect I've done something?"
Jin Chaoyang pouted. She originally thought Jin Chuwan was a villainous female supporting character, so she had always deliberately kept her distance from this younger sister. Now that she knew that she was also a transmigrator, she felt even more afraid of her for some reason.
“I noticed last time that Jiang Chen likes you, and so does Yin Zhihua. You said you didn’t do anything, but both of my male leads have feelings for you. Now that you have a lucky male lead protecting you, of course I wouldn’t dare to mess with you. But from now on, I’ll be watching you…”
Jin Chaoyang's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke. Although she was a little scared, she was the female lead's biological mother. If Jin Chuwan took advantage of the male lead's affection to do something bad to the female lead, she would risk her life to stop her.
As the start of the semester approached, there were many students at the entrance of T University. Every time one or two students walked into the coffee shop, they were all amazed by Jin Chaoyang's appearance.
Jin Chuwan, sensing the gazes around her, put down her coffee cup and looked at Jin Chaoyang.
The girl in front of me was petite and beautiful, with a cascading wavy hairstyle that made me want to protect her. Especially now, her round eyes held a look of amusing defiance.
"How did you come into this world, and how long have you been here?"
Jin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, then answered honestly.
"Because of a heart condition, but I'm a transmigrator, and I've only been here for two years..."
Upon hearing that it was a heart attack, Jin Chuwan subconsciously thought of Cheng Xiucheng. She looked up at Jin Chaoyang and heard from her parents that her adoptive parents were relatively well-off and had never let Jin Chaoyang suffer. It was just that their sudden passing was regrettable.
"I've been in this world for eleven years, and I knew my identity from the beginning. To avoid the final outcome, I've always kept my distance from the main characters. If I had to say what I did, I probably didn't do anything."
As she spoke, Jin Chuwan stood up and reached out to rub Jin Chaoyang's head.
Whether you have doubts or not is none of my business, as long as you don't disturb my normal life.
Jin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment. In that instant, it was as if her role and Jin Chuwan's role had been reversed. She even doubted that she was the one who was being unreasonable.
She scratched her head, glanced back at Jin Chuwan who was paying the bill, and then followed her with her bag.
My phone is buzzing with messages from the class group chat. It's about going to Building C in the college to pick up books, since classes officially start the day after tomorrow.
Jin Chuwan glanced at Jin Chaoyang following behind her, then went straight to the teaching building.
Jin Chuwan arrived shortly after the notice was issued. The class monitor, who was distributing books, was surprised to hear the knock on the door. He pushed up his glasses and pointed to a stack of books that he had just sorted out.
"Just take those with you. The class schedule is on there. Remember to attend class on time."
Jin Chuwan nodded and left. The counselor and class monitor were organizing the new books. They looked at her as if they wanted her to stay and help, but Jin Chuwan completely ignored them.
After all, she had a very eye-catching humanoid follower behind her.
The two stood facing each other in the corridor of the teaching building, and finally Jin Chaoyang lowered his head as if admitting defeat.
“I told my parents I would come to accompany you while you study, but anyway... I have nowhere to go right now.”
Jin Chuwan sighed, "My room is very small. If you come, you'll have to sleep on the sofa."
Upon hearing this, Jin Chaoyang's eyes lit up, and she thoughtfully stepped forward to help Jin Chuwan pick up the books.
"It's okay, as long as there's a place to sleep, I'm not picky."
Then Jin Chuwan noticed that Jin Chaoyang seemed to have forgotten how she had doubted her before, and started planning the travel itinerary with an excited expression.
"This is my first time in S City. I've heard there are lots of fun things to do here, and I'm going to explore them all—"
As the two walked out of the academy, senior students would occasionally offer to take the junior on a tour of the school, but Jin Chuwan ruthlessly refused them all.
Jin Chuwan led Jin Chaoyang to her rented room, but on the way back, she considered whether she should get a bicycle like Yin Zhihua.
But she wasn't very good at riding, so she decided against it.
As they went upstairs, Jin Chuwan took out her keys from her bag. Jin Chaoyang was always particularly curious and excited about new places. She ran ahead of Jin Chuwan and then suddenly covered her mouth when she looked down into the corridor.
Jin Chuwan looked over in confusion.
The summer sun was blazing and blinding.
The boy stood quietly against the old-fashioned corridor, dressed in a white shirt and black trousers. It was an extremely simple outfit, yet he was still so handsome that it took people's breath away.
It was getting a bit windy, and Jin Chuwan raised her hand to tidy her disheveled hair. The boy seemed to have noticed them by now.
He turned to look at me, his gray eyes filled with a gentle smile.
"Where did you go so early in the morning? I've been waiting for you for ages..."
Before Jin Chuwan could say anything, Jin Chaoyang, who was beside her, had already opened his mouth wide. She suddenly took a step forward.
"no……"
The girl stretched out her arms to block the two people on either side.
"Absolutely not, not even if you're good-looking. Chu Wan, you're too young. Cohabitation is absolutely out of the question—"
Jin Chuwan was stunned for a moment. She looked at Jin Chaoyang, who was looking serious, and then at Li Xingen, who had a half-smile. She raised her hand and pressed her temples.
For some reason, she always felt that the peaceful life she longed for seemed to be getting further and further away from her.
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