17 – Is the Junior Sister Deliberately Coming to Be Neighbors with Her Brother?
Yan Qing blinked in confusion.
She tilted her head up, looking at the unexpected guest before her. After only two seconds of hesitation, she made a decision—smack!
Jiang Wangyan was mercilessly shut outside the door.
Yan Qing nervously turned to look at the camera. She hadn’t expected this troublemaker to show up and had no idea how much the camera had captured. She immediately rushed over to check the live stream comments.
Her stunning face once again filled the screen.
“Damn, this woman’s looks are absolutely unreal! Even at this distance, there’s not a single flaw—completely flawless from every angle…”
“Woman, I command you to start capitalizing on your looks! Can you please give up on your lackluster acting and singing? Seriously.”
“No, now it’s just lackluster acting and singing. Yan Qing’s Dunhuang dance was absolutely breathtaking! Even the head of the Dance Association praised it. You all should go watch it.”
“Ugh, stop derailing the topic! I want to see the man! Who was that? Was it really Jiang Yandi?”
From the comments, it seemed the live stream audience hadn’t caught a glimpse of the troublemaker’s face…
Yan Qing calmly lied, “Jiang Yandi? How could he possibly grace my humble home? It was just someone here to collect the property management fee.”
A certain part-time property manager and award-winning actor: “…”
Though Yan Qing had shut him out, his phone remained on her live stream interface.
His expression remained calm and unruffled as he raised his hand once more to press the villa’s doorbell—ding-dong!
The relentless sound set off alarm bells in Yan Qing’s mind.
“He’s back, he’s back! The property fee collector is here again!”
“Hurry up and open the door, invite him in! Let us admire the property manager’s looks. Just from his legs and hands, he looks so handsome!”
Yan Qing, of course, had no intention of revealing his true identity.
She continued her bold lie, “The property manager is shy. I was just about to invite him in to say hello to everyone, but as soon as he heard I was live streaming, he got scared and ran off.”
“Without a moment’s hesitation!”
“Smack! He even slammed the door shut so loudly!”
The comments: “…”
Yeah, right! It was clearly you who kicked him out!
But Yan Qing was as stubborn as a rock in a frying pan—no matter how much the comments urged her, she resolutely ended the live stream.
Then she hurried over to open the door again.
She stood obediently in the entryway, hands clasped in front of her, tilting her head with a sweet voice, “Hello, senior.”
Jiang Wangyan lifted his eyelids to glance at her.
Then, without drawing attention, he scanned the shoe rack. Finding no men’s slippers, he calmly stepped into the villa’s entryway, his demeanor and presence exuding the aura of the man of the house.
“Senior, you can wear these.”
Yan Qing quickly pulled out a new pair of slippers for him.
Jiang Wangyan lowered his gaze to see a pair of fluffy, pink slippers placed beside his leather shoes—a limited-edition Belle-themed pair, unbearably cute.
He hesitated for a moment…
Yan Qing’s face scrunched up slightly. “They’re brand new. I bought them but haven’t had the heart to wear them yet. They’re my most precious baby girl!”
Jiang Wangyan pursed his lips and, in the end, slipped into the pink slippers. As he walked into the living room, he spotted Xiao Bei.
Xiao Bei: “…”
She immediately straightened up. “Um… Sis Yan, I just remembered there’s something urgent at the company. I have to go.”
With that, Xiao Bei vanished in an instant.
Jiang Wangyan leisurely shifted his gaze back, turning to look at the girl who was now timidly clinging to his side.
He lowered his eyes and chuckled softly. “Now you’re scared?”
Weren’t you pretty bold when you shut me out just now?Yan Qing tugged at the corner of his shirt. “Ah, I was just livestreaming earlier. I was worried you might mind being on camera, so I…”
“Don’t mind,” he replied calmly and firmly.
Yan Qing was momentarily stunned—damn it, who cares if you mind or not? Even if you don’t mind, I do!
Her red lips curled slightly. “So why are you here? Wait, no! How do you know where I live again?”
Back at her old apartment, he had climbed in through the window.
Now that she had moved to a new villa, how did this shameless guy find her again? His sense of smell was practically as sharp as a dog’s.
“Hmm?” Jiang Wangyan’s tone lifted slightly at the end.
He chuckled softly. “I thought it was my junior who wanted to be my neighbor, so she deliberately moved here.”
Yan Qing leaned back in confusion: ???
With a complicated expression, she turned to look out the window and pointed at the villa next door. “You live right there?”
Jiang Wangyan raised an eyebrow slightly.
He let out a careless laugh, then sprawled lazily on the sofa, crossing his long legs casually. “So it was just me being presumptuous.”
Yan Qing pushed the fruit toward him.
She accidentally caught sight of his phone, the screen still showing the closed livestream. “Were you watching my livestream?”
Jiang Wangyan’s long eyelashes fluttered slightly.
Remembering that he had logged into an unknown alternate Weibo account, he pretended to leisurely turn off the screen. “My junior’s trending ranking is just too high. I accidentally clicked on it.”
Yan Qing didn’t doubt the truth of his words.
She also didn’t think Jiang Wangyan would pay special attention to her, so she kept eating grapes without pause.
“This one’s sweet, try it,” Yan Qing casually grabbed a bunch and shoved it into the man’s arms.
Jiang Wangyan idly held the vine between his fingers but made no move to eat, his actions slow and deliberate.
Yan Qing shot him a disdainful glance, then simply snatched the bunch of grapes back. She plucked one, peeled it, and stuffed the fruit into the man’s mouth. “So picky.”
Jiang Wangyan’s lips curved slightly.
With a smile in his eyes, he bit into the soft grape, his lips accidentally brushing against her fingertip.
Yan Qing felt a sudden tingle in her fingertip.
She quickly withdrew her hand, lowered her head, and continued peeling grapes in silence, but this time she placed the fruit into a glass bowl.
“Do you have a plan for Bai Mei?”
Jiang Wangyan simply held the glass bowl in his lap, quietly waiting for the girl to peel the grapes.
Yan Qing was too lazy to spit out the skins when eating grapes, so she only peeled one for him after eating five herself. “I plan to find a lawyer. After all, I have high moral standards and prefer to solve problems through the law.”
Besides, she had returned with memories from her past life.
She was well aware of Orange Blossom Media’s underground dealings—colluding with human traffickers to buy and sell beautiful children, coaxing them into signing indentured contracts while they were still too young to think for themselves.
But Orange Blossom Media was no orphanage.
They were greedy, filthy, and utterly heartless!
Under the guise of training trainees, they treated them as money-making puppets, forcing them to work while pocketing their appearance fees, and even coercing beautiful girls to serve wealthy sponsors in exchange for company resources…
She was determined to expose all of this!
Jiang Wangyan hummed softly in agreement. “If you need a lawyer, I can help you.”
He, too, knew all about Orange Blossom Media’s dirty and despicable dealings, thanks to his memories from his past life.
Yan Qing quickly waved her hands. “Not for now.”
She still wanted to test whether Yan Shimo was her “good son” or not—she couldn’t let Jiang Wangyan ruin that!”Don’t ruin this for me, I can contact them myself. If I can’t reach them, then I’ll come to you,” she quickly stopped him.
Jiang Wangyan nodded lightly. “Alright.”
At least it was better than refusing to ask him for anything. For now, he could at least consider himself a backup option.