However, Shi Nianhuan never imagined that the person she had tried every possible way to avoid could be encountered so easily.
She was focused only on giving Lin Xiangyang a guilty smile when she turned around and crashed straight into a broad, warm embrace.
When she looked up and met Jiang Chenyu’s ice-cold gaze, Shi Nianhuan was nearly scared to death.
“Why are you here?” Shi Nianhuan asked weakly.
This was the way to her room, while Jiang Chenyu’s room was not in this direction.
Jiang Chenyu merely swept her with an ice-cold glance and did not answer her question.
Shi Nianhuan was extremely annoyed, but she could do nothing about him.
Jiang Chenyu walked straight past her and headed directly toward Lin Xiangyang.
Lin Xiangyang did not know about the various grievances between Jiang Chenyu and Shi Nianhuan, but Shi Nianhuan had amused him so much that he burst into hearty laughter.
Shi Nianhuan’s face turned red all the way to the back of her neck from embarrassment, yet she let Lin Xiangyang laugh.
She stamped her foot, turned around, and hid in her room.
Although crashing into Jiang Chenyu had been terrifying, fortunately, everything had ended without incident. Shi Nianhuan locked herself in her room, patted her chest, and, still shaken, found her mind filled with Jiang Chenyu’s expression from earlier.
Shi Nianhuan did not know whether she had seen wrong, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Jiang Chenyu had seemed to disdain her just now.
After thinking this over several times, she began to suspect that Jiang Chenyu’s brain must be broken.
That man was arrogant, conceited, rough, and domineering, without even a little self-awareness. What right did he have to disdain her?
Shi Nianhuan lay on her large bed for quite a while, but unexpectedly fell asleep in an instant.
A series of impatient knocks came from outside. Shi Nianhuan slowly awoke from her dream, then sat up with a thump, feeling as though the world were spinning.
Who was she? Where was she? Shi Nianhuan rubbed her hair and had to admit that she had just had a very short dream.
After waking from the dream, everything returned to reality.
When she opened the door, she did not expect to find Jiang Chenyu standing outside, his face dark and his eyes fixed on her in anger.
Shi Nianhuan slightly frowned, not knowing what she had done to offend this man again.
She instinctively tried to close the door, but Lin Xiangyang moved even faster than she did and directly blocked it with his body.
“What are you doing?” Shi Nianhuan looked at him in alarm.
Jiang Chenyu let out a cold laugh, his tone filled with arrogance and utter disdain. “What can I be doing? It’s time to eat. My mother told me to come up and call you down to eat.”
Shi Nianhuan looked confused. “What time is it? Is it already time to eat?”
Jiang Chenyu said nothing, seemingly disdaining answering her question.
“All right, I’ll wash my face and come down right away.” Shi Nianhuan smiled at Jiang Chenyu.
Jiang Chenyu ignored her. After casting a cursory glance over her, he directly went around her and entered the room.
Shi Nianhuan was speechless. “Get out.”
As though familiar with the place, Jiang Chenyu directly lay down on her bed and closed his eyes.
Shi Nianhuan was furious. If she could, she truly wanted to go over, slap Jiang Chenyu twice, and make him get out.
But she was a coward. She did not dare.
Shi Nianhuan angrily went to the bathroom to wash her face. After washing it clean, she ignored Jiang Chenyu and intended to go downstairs alone, leaving him to do whatever he wanted here.
However, just as she was about to leave, Jiang Chenyu grabbed her wrist tightly from behind.
A burst of pain instantly shot through her hand.
Shi Nianhuan turned around, her features twisted as she glared resentfully at the culprit.
“Does it hurt?” Jiang Chenyu slowly asked, a smug smile hanging on his face.
His grin was extremely obnoxious; anyone could see that he had done it deliberately.
“Let go of me. It’s time to go downstairs and eat.”
“What if I don’t let go?”
“Then I’ll scream.” Shi Nianhuan thought about it and spoke.
Jiang Chenyu chuckled softly and looked at Shi Nianhuan as though it did not matter, saying, “Sure, then scream.”
The surprise on Shi Nianhuan’s face turned into shock, then anger.
Jiang Chenyu was a shameless rogue, a hooligan. He was certain that she did not dare let others know about their relationship, which was why he acted so recklessly.
Shi Nianhuan’s eyes filled with crystalline tears. It was heartbreaking to look at her, as though the slightest movement would make the tears fall.
“What exactly do you want?” Shi Nianhuan lowered her head and glanced at the wrist Jiang Chenyu was gripping tightly. It had already turned red.
“Call me Gege,” Jiang Chenyu said.
Only then did Shi Nianhuan stop trying to investigate Jiang Chenyu’s purpose. She compromised easily. “Gege.”
It was no big deal. In front of others, she usually called him that as well.
“Call me father.”
Shi Nianhuan stared at Jiang Chenyu in shock. This man was definitely a lunatic.
Jiang Chenyu suddenly burst out laughing. “Look at how timid you are. I was only joking with you, and you took it seriously.”
Shi Nianhuan returned to her usual solemnity and looked at Jiang Chenyu expressionlessly.
“However, if you are willing to agree to one request of mine, I will let you go immediately.”
Jiang Chenyu wore a sly smile. Shi Nianhuan did not even need to think to know that he was certainly plotting something bad.
But Shi Nianhuan ground her teeth and still nodded resolutely. “Fine. Tell me.”
“Wait until everyone is asleep tonight. Come to my room.”
Shi Nianhuan’s body instantly stiffened, and she watched Jiang Chenyu warily.
However, this time, no matter how long she looked at Jiang Chenyu, he continued to stare steadily back at her.
Clearly, he was not joking with her this time.
Shi Nianhuan opened and closed her mouth. She really wanted to loudly condemn Jiang Chenyu and let everyone see this man’s true nature.
But she was even more afraid of falling out with Jiang Chenyu—not only because she feared Lin Xiangyang would find out, but also because of something else...
Yet she absolutely would not allow herself to continue swallowing her anger and being bullied by Jiang Chenyu.
“Fine.” Shi Nianhuan ground her teeth and forced the word out.
Jiang Chenyu smiled smugly, then released her.
“Remember, don’t forget what you just said. If I find out you are plotting something bad, I have plenty of ways to deal with you,” Jiang Chenyu said slowly.
He was threatening her.
Shi Nianhuan could not help trembling all over.
This man really was a devil.
However, Jiang Chenyu appeared downstairs holding her hand, in front of everyone.
His expression was gentle, and the two of them standing together looked like remarkably harmonious brother and sister.
“Why did you take so long?” Aunt Lin looked at them and noticed nothing abnormal.
Jiang Chenyu spoke first. “It’s all because she fell asleep upstairs. I had to call her for quite a while before I could wake her.”
He gazed at her with feigned indulgence, playing the role of a qualified Gege.
Shi Nianhuan tugged at the corners of her mouth, barely stopping herself from biting him.