Jiang Yunnan knew perfectly well he had bumped into someone, but he was in no mood to apologize at that moment—all he wanted was to find a place to hide.
Coincidentally, there stood an old locust tree right beside Su Youen. After breaking free from her grasp, he immediately ducked behind it.
After catching his breath for a moment, he finally remembered the person he had just collided with—Su Youen.
Just as he was about to offer an apology, he noticed Su Youen quietly attempting to slip away.
He quickly called out to stop her: “Young master, wait! It was my fault for bumping into you earlier and breaking your eggs. Please take this money as compensation.”
As he spoke, he untied a money pouch from his waist.
Su Youen instinctively replied, “No need, it’s just a bag of eggs. If they’re broken, they’re broken—it’s no big deal.”
After all, a bag of eggs was far less important than her own life.
But the moment the words left her mouth, she regretted it.
Her current circumstances were nothing like before—the Su family was utterly impoverished, and even eggs were considered a luxury.
She had finally managed to get her hands on some eggs to improve their meals on Su Yan’s birthday.
Who would have thought the eggs she was about to enjoy would be shattered by this fellow?
Now that he was offering silver as compensation, how could she spout such grandiose refusal?
Forget it—she could afford to be at odds with anyone, but not with money. She decided to throw caution to the wind.
Su Youen promptly turned around and, just as Jiang Yunnan was about to put the money pouch away, snatched it from him.
“I’ll accept this money. You should hide yourself well.”
“Bye-bye.”
Hopefully, they would never meet again.
“Bye-bye?” Jiang Yunnan repeated her words.
He quickly caught on, suddenly reaching out to pull Su Youen back.
Just as she was about to lose her temper, she heard him whisper close to her ear, “Are you a transmigrator too?”
At these words, all her anger transformed into astonishment, followed by a fleeting sense of joy.
“You too?!”
Heaven had eyes—she finally wasn’t fighting alone in this world!
Jiang Yunnan then launched into a stream of complaints: “I was living just fine at home when Ergou suddenly sent me a document, claiming it was a masterpiece he had poured his heart and soul into, and told me to study it carefully.”
“As his best bro, of course I had to give him face. I thought I’d just skim through it symbolically, but who knew I’d open my eyes and end up here?”
“If I had known this would happen, I would have died rather than clicked on that book of his.”
The most reckless thing Jiang Yunnan had ever done in his life was giving his buddy Ergou that face.
Su Youen also shared her thought process when she clicked on Ergou’s book, recounting it in detail.
Immediately after, the two of them simultaneously let out a long sigh.
If given another chance, both swore they would never click on that cliché-ridden novel again.
Jiang Yunnan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked, “By the way, since you read that book too, you must know our future plot developments, right?”
Knowing the script for this lifetime in advance—wasn’t that as awesome as foreseeing the future?
If his fellow transmigrator knew what was going to happen later, wouldn’t that mean he could just sit back and win?
Thinking about it that way, transmigrating wasn’t so bad after all.
But to his surprise, Su Youen heaved another long sigh: “To be honest, I only read two chapters.”
The only thing she knew was that Jiang Yunnan was supposed to marry the daughter of the Prefect.
Dissatisfied with this arranged marriage, he would choose to flee on the wedding day.Then there was her pitiful and tragic ending in the book.
After all, she was detestable from the very beginning.
By the end of the second chapter, the mouthy Ergou had already spoiled her miserable death in the author’s notes.
“Well, that’s it then.” Jiang Yunnan’s face instantly fell.
Su Youen patted his shoulder and asked with utmost seriousness, “Brother, why did you run away from the marriage?”
Jiang Yunnan said, “I heard the Prefect’s daughter is extremely ugly. Not only is she fat, but she’s also incredibly slovenly. No one within several miles dares to marry her.
I don’t want to ruin the rest of my life like this.”
Su Youen couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re really being perfunctory with Ergou, aren’t you?” He was eagerly waiting for your review of this book, but you only read the very first sentence of the entire book.”
“How did you know I only read one sentence?”
“Because the next paragraph states that the previous sentence was pure rumor. The Prefect’s daughter is as beautiful as a fairy, but she was slandered by ill-intentioned people.”
“How despicable! Who would do something so awful? A perfectly fine young lady was unjustly maligned like this for no reason!”
Jiang Yunnan looked extremely indignant, though it was unclear whether he was angry about the Prefect’s daughter being unfairly slandered or regretting his decision to run away from the marriage just moments before.
“Me.” Su Youen pointed at herself.
Jiang Yunnan was momentarily speechless.
After thinking for a moment, he said, “Your character wouldn’t happen to be the legendary vicious villain in the book, would it?”
Su Youen nodded without changing her expression.
Jiang Yunnan continued, “Wow, that’s intense. Do you have some grudge against my fiancée? Why would you treat her like that?”
“Tsk tsk, just a moment ago she was the Prefect’s daughter, and now she’s your fiancée. You change your tune fast. If I said I had a grudge against her, wouldn’t you want to settle things with me on behalf of your fiancée?”
“No, no, brotherhood comes first. Since we’re both transmigrators, we’re brothers. In front of brotherhood, what does a woman matter?”
Although he said this, Su Youen didn’t believe him one bit.
Just a man’s nonsense.
However, she really couldn’t afford to let Jiang Yunnan become hostile toward her.
After all, he was the male lead.
The kind with protagonist halo.
“Don’t worry, I have no grudge against her. To be precise, I don’t know anything about it. Ergou inexplicably pinned that despicable deed on me. According to his logic, anyone who opposes the female lead in the future will definitely be me.
But even he himself probably couldn’t explain why.”
“Got it. He just simply wanted to write this character as evil.” After saying this, Jiang Yunnan asked, “From what you’re saying, my fiancée is the female lead?”
“Yep, and she’s a rich, beautiful white-rich-beauty.”
Actually, she’s a naive, kind-hearted simpleton.
Jiang Yunnan showed a look of regret. “I’m really not a man. This marriage was already settled, and yet I did something as despicable as running away. If she finds out, how heartbroken she’ll be.
Do you think I still have a chance to go back and marry her?”
Su Youen very seriously came up with a solution for him: “The marriage isn’t over yet. Go back now and say you just had an urgent need to find a restroom, that you never intended to run away from the marriage.”
The excuse was pretty far-fetched, but Jiang Yunnan actually bought it.
“Good idea, I’ll go right now.”
As he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and quickly asked, “By the way, how can I contact you in the future?”
“I live in Xingchuan Village in the southern part of the city. When you get there, just ask where Su Yang’s house is, and someone will naturally point you in the right direction.”
Elder brother Su Yang was a Teacher at an Academy in the city, and being charitable by nature, none of the neighbors for miles around failed to recognize him.
By mentioning Su Yang’s name, he could effortlessly locate where she lived.
Youen added another remark: “However, I think you’d better not come looking for me unless necessary. What if my family notices something amiss?”
But it seemed Jiang Yunnan didn’t hear this last part.