Xu Suyu truly hadn’t expected Jiang Sun to actually kiss her. For a moment, she forgot to react.
What she hadn’t expected even more was how bold he would become afterward. Her lips were so soft, so sweet—pure instinct drove him to explore further. His tongue lightly brushed across her lips, attempting to slip past her teeth and go deeper.
Snapping out of her daze, Xu Suyu tilted her head back to avoid him and stepped away.
This little rookie… he was asking for a beating.
Unsatisfied, Jiang Sun wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her back into his embrace.
Didn’t she speak boldly? Then he could be even bolder. No matter what, he refused to lose.
Because of the kiss, his voice had grown instinctively rougher and lower.
“Sister, I want to sleep with you. Is that okay?”
Xu Suyu looked at the tips of his ears, red enough to drip blood, while his mouth spoke such shameless words. She couldn’t help but laugh.
“What are you laughing at?” Jiang Sun asked.
“As expected, boys are better when they’re innocent.”
“What do you mean? You don’t think I’m dirty, do you? That was my first time kissing a woman!”
Xu Suyu tilted her head, studying him. “Your first time, and you already know how to use your tongue?”
Jiang Sun huffed arrogantly. “So what? It’s my tongue—I’ll use it however I want. And my standards aren’t low. I’ve never seen a woman worth a second glance before. Why would I randomly kiss someone?”
“I see.” Xu Suyu smiled calmly. At least for now, he hadn’t harbored improper intentions toward anyone else.
Then why, within this year, would he end up forcing someone and ruining himself like that?
That incident couldn’t have been fabricated. Commander Jiang held considerable status—if it hadn’t been certain, he would never have allowed his own grandson to be taken away. So what exactly had happened? With which girl?
Or… had someone framed him? It wasn’t impossible.
“Hey, why are you so suspicious? That really was my first kiss.”
“I believe you,” she said lightly. “I was complimenting you. You kiss quite well.”
She patted his shoulder. “As expected of you—whatever you decide to do, you’ll always do better than others.”
Jiang Sun’s face burned hot. Being praised for kissing?
His mood couldn’t have been better as he hurried after her. “That was my first time, so I wasn’t skilled yet. Next time, I’ll definitely do better.”
Xu Suyu suddenly stopped. “Next time?”
Jiang Sun raised an eyebrow, feigning composure. “What, not allowed?”
Xu Suyu tilted her head with a faint smile. “I have conditions.”
“You’re about to be my wife. Since when does a man need conditions to kiss his own wife? Are all capitalist young ladies this troublesome?”
“Yes, since I’m a capitalist young lady, it’s only natural to have more quirks. Whether you agree is up to you.”
Jiang Sun clicked his tongue. “Fine. Let’s hear it.”
“It’s simple. I’m a bit of a clean freak. If you kiss me, then for the rest of your life, you can’t kiss anyone else. If you can’t control your mouth, then you’d better control your sleep. You know I enjoy striking from behind. If you dare fall asleep, I dare make sure that in your dreams you…”
Her gaze drifted downward briefly before she smiled sweetly and said four words:
“End your family line.”
“Of course,” she added lightly, “you can choose not to promise. As long as you give no promise and never touch me in the future, then however you indulge yourself outside, I won’t interfere.”
Jiang Sun laughed. Either she wouldn’t care about him at all—or she’d cut off his lifeline, huh?
Clearly, this woman still didn’t understand Young Master Jiang’s power.
He pulled her slender waist closer against his lower abdomen. “Sister, you’re wild. I like it.”
Hearing footsteps and voices approaching from not far away, Xu Suyu calmly slipped out of his arms. “Let’s go.”
After returning home, Xu Suyu presented the fountain pen she had bought for the old commander.
He was overjoyed, turning it over and examining it carefully. “You child, when you go shopping, just buy things for yourself. Why did you get something for me too?”
Xu Suyu smiled warmly. “Grandpa brought me home—that saved my life. A pen is nothing.”
Jiang Sun lounged lazily on the sofa. “Sister, Grandpa only moved his mouth. I’m the one actually marrying you and helping you escape hardship. I don’t see you treating me this nicely.”
After a moment’s thought, Xu Suyu took out a jade pendant wrapped in a white handkerchief. “I prepared a gift for you too.”
Jiang Sun froze. He had one too?
Aside from his grandfather, this was the first time he’d ever received a gift from someone else.
Xu Suyu removed the jade pendant from around her own neck. “These two ‘Peace Without Incident’ plaques are a pair. My grandfather carved them from the same piece of jade by hand.”
In her previous life, after Han Shumo agreed to marry her, she had given him the pendant. He had simply locked it away in a drawer and never worn it.
When she once asked why he didn’t wear such a fine pendant, he said it didn’t suit men, and it was better kept safe.
She had believed him then. Now she knew the truth—he simply didn’t like her, and therefore didn’t like her gift.
Xu Suyu handed the pendant to Jiang Sun. “If you don’t like it, you don’t have to—”
Before she could finish, Jiang Sun had already lowered his head in front of her. “Sister, put it on me.”
“You’re going to wear it?” she asked, surprised.
“Of course. Even if it’s a bit effeminate for a big man like me, since it’s a token of affection from Sister, I’ll reluctantly wear it.”
The old commander shot him a glare. “Suyu gives you a gift and you still act so arrogant. What kind of rotten attitude is that?”
Xu Suyu smiled faintly, also feeling that Jiang Sun’s mouth really was unnecessary.
She hung the pendant around his neck.
Jiang Sun straightened up, casually touching the jade and glancing at the matching one at her neck. It was a pair.
Watching him try so hard to hide his happiness, Xu Suyu couldn’t help recalling how, in her previous life, Han Shumo had merely said “thank you” and put the pendant away without a second glance.
She suddenly realized just how obvious the difference was between being valued and not being valued.
Unfortunately, in her previous life, she had had no point of comparison—so she had foolishly lived in a self-spun dream.
She composed herself and handed the peach pastries, candies, and malted milk she had bought to Auntie Li at home.
Watching how considerate and thoughtful Xu Suyu was in every detail, the old master found himself liking this granddaughter-in-law more and more.
Xu Suyu glanced at Jiang Xun, just about to carry out the “punishment” of making him read to her, when Auntie Li—who had just gone out to buy groceries—hurried back.
“Old Master, the wife of Commander Han is here. She says she’d like to invite Comrade Xu out for a chat.”
The old master frowned. “Chat about what outside? Invite her in.”
Xu Suyu stood up. “Grandpa, since Auntie Cao specifically asked me to go out, she probably has something she wants to discuss with me alone. I’ll go see.”
That mother-in-law from her previous life—the one who would cry, make scenes, and threaten suicide at the slightest issue… it had really been a long time.
She wanted to see for herself.
In this life, she wasn’t even marrying her son anymore—so what could she possibly want with her now?