Around Wan Xiaoxiao, the looks the students gave her gradually turned strange.
Those gazes seemed to say, Wasn't this car here to pick you up? Why aren't you reacting at all?
Wan Xiaoxiao smiled awkwardly and walked toward the luxury car.
Inside, Jiang Junyi watched Wan Xiaoxiao approach through the window with a wicked grin. "Little girl, you look pretty smug. I've got to teach you a lesson."
Knock, knock, knock.
A knock sounded against the car window. Jiang Junyi slowly lowered it and looked at Wan Xiaoxiao with a mischievous grin.
The moment Wan Xiaoxiao saw Jiang Junyi's expression, she knew this guy was up to no good again!
"Ahem, what's with you?" Wan Xiaoxiao said loudly, clearly putting on a show for her classmates behind her.
After saying that, Wan Xiaoxiao swiftly put on a pitiful, pleading expression and lowered her voice. "Big brother! Can you help me out?"
Jiang Junyi smiled ambiguously. "What did you call me?"
Wan Xiaoxiao's expression changed several times. In the end, she gritted her teeth and said, "Brother... brother-in-law..."
"You'll have to call me that from now on. Agree, and I'll let you show off," Jiang Junyi said with a chuckle.
Wan Xiaoxiao glanced back. Her classmates' eyes were already filled with suspicion.
She gave them an awkward yet polite smile, then quickly turned to Jiang Junyi. "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, dear brother-in-law! I agree, I agree."
Jiang Junyi made a gesture as if he had her in the palm of his hand. See? I can handle you just fine.
"Uncle Wu, give her some pomp and circumstance." Jiang Junyi snapped his fingers.
"Yes!"
Uncle Wu straightened his clothes, put on white gloves, and opened the car door.
Jiang Junyi got out as well and personally opened the door for Wan Xiaoxiao. Uncle Wu then came over and respectfully bent down, shielding the top of her head.
That display set off an uproar among the students behind them.
The envious voices around her swelled Wan Xiaoxiao's vanity to the fullest.
The luxury car slowly drove away, leaving behind her classmates' envious stares.
Yet among the crowd, one figure stared blankly at the departing car.
It was Su Shuangshuang. She had only arrived at school that afternoon.
Compared to Wan Xiaoxiao's dazzling radiance, she was like filthy mud hidden in the shadows...
Su Shuangshuang lowered her head and left with the crowd.
Inside the car.
"Hehehe." Wan Xiaoxiao giggled foolishly. For a child, having her vanity satisfied was an incredibly wonderful feeling.
"Happy now?" Jiang Junyi asked lazily.
"Mhm, mhm, mhm." Wan Xiaoxiao nodded like a pecking chick.
"Call me brother-in-law a couple of times."
The smile on Wan Xiaoxiao's face instantly froze. After struggling and squirming for a while, she reluctantly said, "Brother-in-law..."
"Louder! Didn't you eat?"
"Brother-in-law!" Wan Xiaoxiao shouted, then sat in the back with her arms folded, fuming.
Wan Xiaoxiao was a woman of her word. If she said she would call him that, then she would.
"Not bad. Very spirited." Jiang Junyi smiled.
"Hmph."
Wan Xiaoxiao huffed and stopped paying attention to Jiang Junyi.
What Wan Xiaoxiao truly cared about was not being picked up in a luxury car, but having someone pick her up and take her to school.
That was what mattered.
She had always gone to and from school alone before. Whenever her classmates asked where her parents were, she would only mumble evasively and refuse to answer.
But things were different now. Jiang Junyi had started picking her up and taking her to school, making her feel that she had family who cared about her.
Wan Qingyun did care deeply for her younger sister, of course, but she simply could not do this at times like these.
It was something she could not provide.
The moment she got home, Wan Xiaoxiao dashed over to Wan Qingyun, soaked up a wave of big-sister energy, then went to watch TV.
Jiang Junyi went into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
At the dining table, both Wan Xiaoxiao and Wan Qingyun ate Jiang Junyi's cooking with blissful expressions.
Naturally, there was no shortage of feeding each other.
While eating, Wan Xiaoxiao casually said, "There's a parent-teacher meeting this Friday. Brother-in-law, can you go for me?"
Wan Qingyun looked at Wan Xiaoxiao in surprise. She had only taken two days to bring it up?
She had thought Wan Xiaoxiao would need much longer to accept Jiang Junyi's presence.
"A parent-teacher meeting? How are you doing at school?" Jiang Junyi raised a brow.
"Uh... average." Wan Xiaoxiao hesitated.
"Really?" Jiang Junyi did not believe her.
With the way she had acted earlier, she could still be average?
"Really!" Wan Xiaoxiao declared with complete certainty.
"Alright. Just tell me the exact time when you know it." Jiang Junyi fed Wan Qingyun a bite of food as he agreed.
"Then... can I have my phone that day?" Wan Xiaoxiao asked tentatively.
"No."
"Hmph! Stupid brother-in-law!" Wan Xiaoxiao huffed, put down her chopsticks and bowl, then ran back to her room to do her homework.
"Xiao Xiao likes to play around too much. Sigh... I don't even know how she's really doing at school." Wan Qingyun sighed, her tone somewhat dejected.
Jiang Junyi took the opportunity to hold Wan Qingyun's little hand and comfort her. "It's fine. She's just a child. Xiao Xiao isn't bad by nature, and she's, uh... quick-witted. I'll help you keep an eye on her from now on."
Wan Qingyun nodded, her heart warmed.
After dinner, Jiang Junyi spent some more time being affectionate with Wan Qingyun before leaving first.
Wan Qingyun felt reluctant to see him go, but she was too embarrassed to ask him to stay.
In the car.
Jiang Junyi made a phone call. "Auntie, I need you to tell Wang Hao this information... then make arrangements..."
After hanging up, he looked out at the silent night, his gaze cold and profound.
Sorry, Su Shuangshuang.
A plan targeting Lin Xiu quietly began to unfold...
Meanwhile, in Wan Qingyun's study, Mo Jie appeared much later than usual.
Wan Qingyun tapped the desk, her voice calm yet firm. "What happened?"
In her eyes, failing to appear at the appointed time meant that something must have gone wrong.
"My lord, you may wish to review this information." Mo Jie placed a document on Wan Qingyun's desk.
After reading it, Wan Qingyun's delicate brows furrowed. "Su Shuangshuang? An illegitimate daughter? In debt?"
"Yes."
Wan Qingyun tapped the desk, the sound of knock, knock, knock echoing through the study.
After a long while, her cold voice sounded. "Bring her into the Black Palace. Make her utterly loyal. She'll be useful."
A sharp gleam flashed through Mo Jie's eyes beneath his mask. "Yes!"
Wan Qingyun was beginning to look like a Fate Lord.
And her way of thinking had coincidentally become just like Jiang Junyi's. As expected, people who belonged together ended up alike.
After Mo Jie vanished, Wan Qingyun let out a soft breath and sat quietly in her chair.
The black starlight within the pendant on her chest flowed, waves of energy rippling out around her.
Wan Qingyun had discovered that whenever Jiang Junyi was by her side, the True Qi in her body circulated much faster.
Especially when she kissed Jiang Junyi today. In that instant, she felt as though the True Qi in her body was about to explode.
Right now, Wan Qingyun was refining and sorting through that enormous amount of True Qi.
After a long time, boom!
A roar erupted from within her body. Her mind became crystal clear as waves of power surged into her limbs.
Wan Qingyun lightly clenched her fist, sensing the immense power within her. "So this is Xiantian?"
At the same time.
"Pfft!"
Jiang Junyi sat on his toilet and strained with all his might to let out a massive dump.
He felt an unprecedented sense of relief.
Knock, knock, knock.
Someone knocked on the bathroom door.
Seriously?
"Uncle Wu, are you in that much of a hurry?"
"No, Young Master. I felt that you seem to have broken through."
Jiang Junyi froze for a moment and sensed the True Qi in his body.
What the hell? I can break through just by taking a dump?
Actually, Jiang Junyi had noticed over the past few days that as he gained Pure Love Points, True Qi was also flowing into his body.
Jiang Junyi rubbed his chin. Could his True Qi be called Pure Love True Qi?
"Also, Young Master, you didn't turn on the exhaust fan."
"Get lost!"
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