After returning home, Wen Li locked herself in her bedroom, claiming she had a stomachache and wanted to sleep.
Wen Wan sensed something was off with her sister. She brought over a cup of brown sugar water and knocked on the door. “Lili, open the door. It’s your sister.”
“Why aren’t you asleep yet, Sis?”
Thinking about what had happened with Shen Juan in the bike shed tonight, Wen Li’s face flushed. She felt too embarrassed to face her sister.
Although her sister had never agreed to Shen Juan’s confession, it was common knowledge across the entire school that he liked her.
How could he… how could he kiss her tonight!
“Lili, what’s wrong? Your face is so red. Do you have a fever?” Wen Wan reached out to touch her forehead, then compared it with her own. “Hmm, about the same. No fever.”
Wen Li hurriedly explained, “Sis, I’m fine. My period is about to come, my stomach just hurts a bit.”
“Alright, drink this brown sugar water while it’s warm, then get some rest. You might feel better tomorrow.”
Wen Wan stood up, preparing to leave. Then she paused. “By the way, why did you come back so late today? It was raining outside, and you didn’t answer your phone. I was worried.”
“I… I was fine. I just really like rainy days, so I stayed at school a bit longer.”
A faint, unnatural blush rose on Wen Li’s cheeks as she avoided her sister’s gaze.
“Alright. Next time, come back earlier. The driver couldn’t find you and ended up calling me. How about we ride home together from now on?”
“No, no, Sis. I won’t stay out playing anymore.”
Wen Li was already worrying about how she would bring breakfast to Shen Juan starting tomorrow. If she went home with her sister every day, she wouldn’t have any chance. How would she explain that then?
That bastard, insisting she bring him breakfast for a whole month before letting her off. He was basically a bandit.
And her first kiss… sob…
Just thinking about it made Wen Li want to cry.
Once the month was over and Shen Juan deleted the video, she would deal with him properly!
“Sis, can I ask you something?”
Wen Wan sat down beside her. “Go ahead.”
“Sis, do you really not like Shen Juan at all? Among all your pursuers, he’s the most persistent.”
Wen Wan looked slightly surprised. “Shen Juan? Why are you suddenly bringing him up?”
“I’m just curious, Sis. Tell me.”
Wen Li held onto her arm, acting coquettishly.
“Well… I don’t like him. I didn’t like him when he was still the Shen family’s young master, let alone now that he’s from a rural family. The tuition at our school isn’t cheap. His current family can’t afford it. I guess the school will make him drop out soon.”
Wen Li clenched her teeth. “It would be best if he dropped out tomorrow!”
“Why do you dislike him so much?”
“I just can’t stand how shamelessly he clings to you. You’ve already said you don’t like him, but he still sticks to you like glue.”
Wen Wan smiled. “Mm, I don’t like boys without personality. I prefer someone bold, someone with his own opinions, backbone, and maybe just a little bit bad. Unfortunately, most of the boys in our school have been completely tamed by their families. They’re all so boring.”
Bold… a little bad…?
Wen Li couldn’t help but recall the image of Shen Juan holding her and kissing her, then smiling at her afterward.
That smile…
How should she describe it?
It was exactly what her sister had mentioned—bad! The kind that made her want to punch him when she saw it!
“Sis, I heard that the real young master of the Shen family, Shen Tianyi, is enrolling tomorrow. Are you curious about him at all? I heard that when he returned to the Shen family, Shen Juan refused to leave. Shen Tianyi humiliated him badly and eventually made his parents drive Shen Juan out.”
Wen Wan frowned. “Shen Juan was used to a wealthy life. It’s understandable he didn’t want to leave. But those parents were quite heartless. They raised him for nineteen years and just abandoned him like that.”
“He’s not their biological son. Of course they wouldn’t feel heartache.”
At that moment, Wen Li suddenly felt a trace of sympathy for Shen Juan.
She was startled and quickly shook the thought away.
That guy looked honest on the surface but was actually quite bad. Even if he was kicked out of the Shen family, it didn’t matter. He was practically a bandit. When had bandits ever starved?
“Alright, enough about this. Your stomach hurts, so get some rest. I’ll go back to sleep too.”
…
Shen Juan had a good night’s sleep. In his previous life, he had been a workhorse during the day and a workhorse for rich women at night. That nonstop lifestyle had long drained his body.
Now, with this young body and improved physical fitness, when he opened his eyes, he once again felt the vitality of being eighteen or nineteen years old, instead of feeling like he hadn’t slept at all.
He quickly got up, washed his face, and brushed his teeth.
Although he had slept well, the system had gradually merged the original host’s memories into his mind during his sleep.
What a mess. This guy had been the ultimate simp for the campus belle Wen Wan.
He had persistently confessed ninety-nine times without fail. On the hundredth attempt, he hadn’t even managed to say it before he died.
And then Shen Juan arrived.
As for Wen Wan, she had never taken the original host seriously. She treated him like a disposable tool, calling him when needed and dismissing him just as easily. Once the true protagonist, Shen Tianyi, appeared, he constantly had chance encounters with the Wen sisters, and every time they faced trouble, Shen Tianyi would resolve it effortlessly.
Truly, like a thunderclap from the sky, the show-off Shen Tianyi made his dazzling entrance.
Then the two untouchable school beauties gradually developed feelings for him, becoming founding members of his harem.
Such a cliché plot.
This was way too textbook.
Shen Juan couldn’t help but complain. Since he had already died once, why couldn’t he be transmigrated into worlds like Battle Through the Heavens or Douluo Continent? At least then he could experience cultivation… and maybe even… well…
Shen Juan’s rented apartment was just across the street from the school.
As he reached the school gate, a Maybach pulled up nearby.
The driver opened the rear door, and a beautiful girl with a high ponytail stepped out.
Shen Juan blurted out, “Wen Li?”
After getting out of the car, Wen Wan noticed Shen Juan staring at her. Her expression turned cold, clearly unwilling to deal with this persistent admirer.
Unexpectedly, Shen Juan walked straight toward her, reached out, and took the breakfast from her hand.
“Thanks. Remember, 30 days left. This month has 31 days!”
Wen Wan stood there blankly, watching his retreating figure as he walked away without a second glance, her breakfast gone from her hands.
She usually ate at home before coming to school. Today, she had specifically brought an extra portion, knowing her sister often woke up late and skipped breakfast.
And Shen Juan had just taken it so brazenly and walked off eating it?
Was he crazy?
Her face flushed red, then pale, nearly driven mad by him.
[Ding! Host, you’ve mistaken the person just now. That was the campus belle Wen Wan, Wen Li’s twin sister.]
“Damn it, why didn’t you say so earlier?”