The only thing Jiang Tang didn’t like about this restaurant was how expensive it was, and how small each portion was.
She felt like she was eating gold.
When Jiang Tang said she was eating gold, Shen Xiunian’s eyebrows lifted slightly. Tangtang likes gold?
Without a word, he took out his phone and sent a message.
After finishing her meal, Jiang Tang felt a little full. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Shen Xiunian. “Shen Xiunian, let’s go for a walk outside?”
“Outside?” Shen Xiunian thought for a moment. “It’s raining outside.”
“Don’t you think walking in the rain is romantic?” Jiang Tang couldn’t help but look at him with starry eyes. “So romantic!”
“It is indeed romantic,” Shen Xiunian agreed.
System: …
Shen Xiunian really has no principles left.
The System sighed. If Shen Xiunian could agree to this, its dream of slacking off and meeting only once a month was completely dashed.
Its slacking-off dream, wuwuwu.
Jiang Tang wanted to laugh. Shen Xiunian was actually willing to indulge her craziness.
She reached out to poke Shen Xiunian’s face, but her hand lifted and then dropped, changing to poking his hand instead.
Poking his face would be too intimate.
Seeing her movement, Shen Xiunian tilted his face slightly toward her hand, but her hand moved away. Without a word, he turned his face back and instead grasped Jiang Tang’s hand.
Jiang Tang asked him, “Shen Xiunian, no matter how crazy I am, will you always agree?”
“This isn’t crazy. You’re right, it really is romantic,” Shen Xiunian said seriously.
Jiang Tang laughed. “There’s going to be a heavy storm tonight.”
“We’ll be back before the storm hits,” Shen Xiunian looked up at her, his tone tinged with faint grievance. “Do you think I’d take you running through a heavy storm?”
Jiang Tang couldn’t help but imagine the scene, her eyes sparkling again. “Oh my god, I think that’s so romantic too! It’s like the whole world is just us!”
Shen Xiunian agreed. “It is indeed romantic.”
System: … You two really are crazy together.
Shen Xiunian added, “But for safety’s sake, let’s not try it tonight.”
Jiang Tang nodded with a smile.
She went to the restroom. Rinsing her mouth and brushing her teeth after meals was her habit.
She freshened up and reapplied her lipstick.
Shen Xiunian also went to the restroom, rinsed his mouth, brushed his teeth, and after tidying up, he walked out and stood by the door waiting for Jiang Tang.
“Young Master Shen, what a coincidence.” A group of men and women passed by and happened to see Shen Xiunian. The leader was a girl wearing a green casual suit. She had her hands in her pockets as she greeted Shen Xiunian.
“I heard from Sister Xiuyu that you’re in a relationship?
I thought you were going to devote your whole life to physics.”
“Did you bring your girlfriend here for dinner today? Can I meet her?”
Before Shen Xiunian could speak, Jiang Tang heard the commotion from the restroom. Thinking of all the wealthy family dramas she’d read about in novels, she was very worried that Shen Xiunian might be bullied. She immediately dashed out and stood in front of Shen Xiunian, extending her hand expressionlessly. “Hello, I’m Shen Xiunian’s girlfriend. My name is Jiang Tang.”
The girl in the green suit instantly brightened up. She shook Jiang Tang’s hand. “Hello, Jiang Tang. I’m Pei Yunkai. You can call me Sister Yunkai.”
“Hello, Sister Yunkai,” Jiang Tang said, feeling a little shy. It seemed she had misunderstood—Pei Yunkai seemed very friendly.
Pei Yunkai was excited. “Jiang Tang, you’re so adorable! You look like you walked right out of a comic!”
She lifted her other hand, wanting to pinch Jiang Tang’s cheek.
Shen Xiunian was overjoyed to see Jiang Tang stepping in front of him.
But when he saw Pei Yunkai reaching out to pinch Jiang Tang’s cheek, his expression instantly turned cold. He wrapped an arm around Jiang Tang’s waist, pulling her into his embrace with a possessive air, and said coolly, “Sister Yunkai, Tangtang is shy around strangers. Please don’t tease her.”
Jiang Tang: …She wasn’t really that shy around strangers.
Shen Xiunian was deeply displeased. He hadn’t even pinched Jiang Tang’s cheek yet.
Pei Yunkai wanted to pinch it? Not a chance!
Pei Yunkai clicked her tongue twice. “Young Master Shen, I really want to record this and send it to Xiuyu to see what our physics genius has become after falling in love.”
The men and women behind Pei Yunkai also chimed in with drawn-out exclamations.
They belonged to the same social circle as Shen Xiunian, and he had been their psychological shadow.
Because Shen Xiunian had always been the “other people’s child” their parents talked about since they were young.
Shen Xiunian was indeed so outstanding that they could hardly hope to catch up to him.
Even in their next lives, they wouldn’t be able to match Shen Xiunian.
Their parents felt even more justified in using Shen Xiunian as an example to lecture them.
As peers slightly older than Shen Xiunian, they had grown up hearing his name. No joke, it had genuinely left a psychological shadow on them.
That’s why they paid extra attention to Shen Xiunian, trying to find his weaknesses and regain some dignity.
But Shen Xiunian had no weaknesses. He was always aloof and distant, intelligent and rational—almost inhuman.
They had never seen Shen Xiunian so jealous and possessive before!
Thank heavens he finally seemed human.
These men and women, who had grown up under Shen Xiunian’s influence, were almost moved to tears of joy.
Jiang Tang looked up at Shen Xiunian and whispered softly, “He’s become better.”
Shen Xiunian was wonderful.
She didn’t want his sister to misunderstand him.
Shen Xiunian lowered his head to meet her gaze, and the two shared a smile.
A silent sweetness.
“Ahhh!” The group of men and women began to squeal. “I feel like I’ve been hit by a sweetness overload.”
“I can’t take it anymore. Can you two not be so sweet as if no one else is around?”
“So even Young Master Shen shows off his affection when he’s in love.”
“Hahaha!” Pei Yunkai laughed heartily. “Yes, he’s become better. That’s exactly what I wanted to say—he’s become better.”
“Tangtang, you have no idea. He used to have no human warmth at all. Now he finally seems a bit more human.”
Tsk! The way Shen Xiunian had just acted with such overwhelming possessiveness—it was more than just “a bit more human”!
Shen Xiunian raised an eyebrow. Pei Yunkai really was overly familiar, even calling Jiang Tang “Tangtang” directly.
Pei Yunkai, acting even more familiar, took out her phone. “Tangtang, let’s add each other on WeChat. We can hang out together in the future.”
Then she added something Jiang Tang couldn’t refuse: “I can tell you stories about Shen Xiunian from the past.”
Jiang Tang immediately took out her phone and added Pei Yunkai.
After adding her, she said, “Thank you, Sister Yunkai.”
Pei Yunkai kept smiling. No wonder Shen Xiunian liked Jiang Tang—she really was adorable!
The two men and three women behind Pei Yunkai also wanted to add Jiang Tang. They were too curious about how Shen Xiunian and Jiang Tang had gotten together!
They wished they could watch Jiang Tang’s social media updates every day.
Shen Xiunian took Jiang Tang’s phone away, his voice slightly cold. “It’s enough that Tangtang added Sister Yunkai.”