The girl enthusiastically pulled Jiang Wu onto the sofa and shared her snacks with him. Jiang Wu enjoyed snacks as well, and since most of what she shared were his favorites, the two established a friendship in no time.
Jiang Wu learned that the girl’s name was Lu Xin, she was eighteen, and her mother was Western. She had always lived abroad, but she returned home every holiday to play for a while. Since her entire family, including her grandparents, lived overseas, she always stayed with Shen Yifeng whenever she returned to the country.
“Can I call you Jiang Jiang? I feel like you are younger than me, and calling you sister-in-law is a bit difficult to say,” Lu Xin said as she opened a bag of potato chips. Jiang Wu, who had no desire to be called sister-in-law, nodded immediately. “That is fine.”
The thought of being addressed that way by the girl in front of him gave Jiang Wu goosebumps.
“Jiang Jiang, do you like chocolate?” Lu Xin asked again.
Jiang Wu answered, “I do.”
When Lu Xin heard that he liked it, she jumped up, looking very happy. “Me too! I brought a lot of chocolate from abroad this time, and it is especially delicious. Wait for me, I will get some for you.”
After she finished speaking, she skipped toward her room like a rabbit.
After an afternoon of spending time together, the two had firmly established their friendship. The foundation of this friendship included mutual interests and a shared habit of teasing Shen Yifeng. Jiang Wu also discovered that Lu Xin was a little princess pampered by her family. She had a straightforward, lively, and free-spirited personality, and she was very enthusiastic. He was a relatively introverted person, so he quite liked Lu Xin’s personality.
After eating snacks in the living room for a while, they went to the game room to play games together. However, they had not been playing for long when Uncle Liu called them out for dinner.
Jiang Wu had eaten many snacks in the afternoon, so he was not hungry at all. However, he felt embarrassed to tell Uncle Liu, as only children would skip a meal for snacks. He thought to himself that he would just eat a little bit later.
When they arrived at the dining room, they discovered that Shen Yifeng was already at the table. Shen Yifeng also saw them.
As soon as Lu Xin saw Shen Yifeng, she ran over happily and sat opposite him. “Brother, I thought I would not see you until the evening. I did not expect you to return so early today!”
Jiang Wu followed her footsteps and sat beside Lu Xin.
Shen Yifeng lifted his eyelids to look at her, his face still devoid of much emotion. “When did you arrive? Why did you not call me?”
Lu Xin smiled. “I am not someone who does not know the way, and I did not want to disturb a busy person like you. Besides, even if I called you, you would not have come to pick me up.”
Shen Yifeng did not respond to her words and shifted his gaze to Jiang Wu. “Does your hand still hurt?”
Shen Yifeng’s question caused the awkward scene from noon to resurface in Jiang Wu’s mind.
He shook his head rapidly. “It does not hurt. It has already healed.”
Lu Xin interjected, “What hand? Jiang Jiang, did your hand get hurt? Let me see.”
After she finished speaking, she reached out to hold Jiang Wu’s hand.
When Shen Yifeng heard Lu Xin’s address for Jiang Wu, his hand holding the chopsticks paused.
Jiang Jiang?
Calling him so intimately?
If he remembered correctly, this should be their first time meeting.
Jiang Wu felt somewhat embarrassed. If he let Lu Xin know what kind of injury he had sustained, his dignity would be gone.
He dodged Lu Xin’s reaching hand and waved his own repeatedly. “It is nothing, just a minor injury.”
Lu Xin was not reassured. “Do not dodge, let me see.”
Watching Lu Xin’s expression that suggested she would not stop until she saw it, Jiang Wu felt helpless and could only look at Shen Yifeng for help.
“Lu Xin, eat your meal properly,” Shen Yifeng said.
When Lu Xin heard Shen Yifeng’s implied warning tone, she immediately became like a wilted flower. “Fine, I will look at it after I finish eating.”
Seeing that Lu Xin was no longer insistent on seeing his hand, Jiang Wu breathed a sigh of relief, but when he heard Lu Xin’s follow-up sentence, his heart began to hang in the balance again.
For a time, the table was extremely quiet.
Jiang Wu thought while eating, wondering what excuse he should find later to refuse to let Lu Xin see his hand.
In the end, he discovered that he could not think of any reason, because through an afternoon of getting along, he understood Lu Xin’s personality quite well.
She was the type of person who would not stop until she reached her goal.
Jiang Wu wept in his heart, thinking that if he lost his face, so be it.
What Jiang Wu did not know was that all his little emotions were written on his face.
It just so happened that they were seen clearly by Shen Yifeng, who was sitting opposite him.
After the meal, Lu Xin truly made a scene, insisting on seeing Jiang Wu’s injured hand.
Just as Jiang Wu was prepared to let Lu Xin see it, feeling like he was facing his own death, Shen Yifeng appeared. He said to Jiang Wu calmly:
“Follow me to the study. I have something to tell you.”
When Jiang Wu heard this, his eyes lit up immediately. His dignity had been saved!
He felt that Shen Yifeng was truly a very kind person.
He pretended to look at Lu Xin with difficulty and said:
“Your brother has something to discuss with me.”
When Lu Xin saw this, she could only give up, saying in a tone of regret: “Alright, then I will return to my room. I will see you tomorrow morning.”
Today, she had been on a flight all morning, and she played games with Jiang Wu all afternoon, so she was a bit tired.
Mainly, she was still somewhat afraid of this cousin, Shen Yifeng.
Jiang Wu replied to her with a smile: “Rest well, see you tomorrow morning.”
Immediately after, he followed Shen Yifeng to the study in a pleasant mood.
This was his first time going to Shen Yifeng’s study. After entering, he discovered that the layout inside was similar to his older brother’s study in his previous life.
After entering the study, Shen Yifeng went to get busy and did not speak to him anymore.
Seeing this, Jiang Wu felt somewhat confused. Did he not have something to tell him?
Why did it seem as if he did not exist now?
After thinking for a while, Jiang Wu stepped forward. “Did you not have something to discuss with me?”
Shen Yifeng, who was processing documents, heard this and looked toward him, saying in a calm tone:
“Did you not want Lu Xin to know about your injury?”
Jiang Wu was stunned, and at the same time, he understood that Shen Yifeng did not actually have something to discuss with him.
Instead, he saw his predicament and helped him out.
After Shen Yifeng finished speaking, he lowered his head to process the documents. Jiang Wu looked at Shen Yifeng, feeling inexplicably happy.
However, after a second thought, what about tomorrow?
He could not just follow Shen Yifeng around forever.
At this moment, as if Shen Yifeng had guessed what he was thinking, he said again:
“That girl Lu Xin is very forgetful. By tomorrow, she will have forgotten about this matter.”
Jiang Wu became happy immediately, as his dignity had been completely saved!
Seeing that Jiang Wu had regained his energy, a faint smile flashed in Shen Yifeng’s eyes without his realizing it.
“You can go to the sofa to read a book or use the tablet,” Shen Yifeng said again.
Jiang Wu looked at the books on the shelf behind Shen Yifeng, every one of which was incomparably thick, so he immediately dismissed the idea of reading.
“Okay, thank you, Shen Yifeng.” He thanked Shen Yifeng sincerely.
After finishing, he did not wait for Shen Yifeng’s response and walked toward the sofa.
He successfully missed the rare smile on Shen Yifeng’s face.
Shen Yifeng’s study had a very pleasant scent, very clear and cold, just like the scent on Shen Yifeng’s body, which Jiang Wu found very pleasant.
The two were doing their own things without disturbing each other, which appeared exceptionally harmonious.
The room was very quiet, with only the sound of flipping pages and the occasional keyboard clicking.
However, just at this moment, Shen Yifeng began speaking.
Jiang Wu looked up and saw Shen Yifeng facing his laptop, speaking in English. Several voices also emerged from the computer, appearing as if he was in a video conference.
Jiang Wu’s English was not very good, and combined with the fact that Shen Yifeng and the others were speaking very quickly, he only heard words like profit, product, and contract.
Looking at Shen Yifeng, who was attending the meeting with a serious expression, Jiang Wu’s thinking gradually drifted away.
The images of getting to know Shen Yifeng and getting along with him emerged in his mind one by one.
He discovered that Shen Yifeng was truly an excellent person.
He was handsome and came from a good family, and although his personality appeared cold, he was actually gentle on the inside.
He wondered what kind of person he would like in the future.
Jiang Wu looked at Shen Yifeng and thought to himself while dazed.