Little Sister Guards Her Food, Baring Her Fangs

"Classmate Jiang, you keep refreshing my perception of you every single time."

Su Muzhi sized up Jiang Zhiyao, who was huddled in Jiang Linyuan's arms, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly.

"That just means you don't know him well enough."

Before Jiang Linyuan could say anything, Jiang Zhiyao turned her head to look at Su Muzhi, baring her teeth.

Food-guarding mode, activated!

"Your friend?"

She leaned against Jiang Linyuan and asked in a low voice.

"I suppose so."

Jiang Linyuan nodded reluctantly, then looked at Su Muzhi:

"I asked you to buy some water, and it's been nothing but wind and rain; why are you so slow?"

"Hmm?"

Su Muzhi raised an eyebrow, a smile still hanging on her face:

"That's just how I do things."

Do things my foot.

If you weren't intentionally dragging your feet, I'd inhale twenty cupcakes in one go.

Jiang Linyuan figured this trashy woman had probably bought the water ages ago and was just hiding somewhere, secretly observing him.

Jiang Zhiyao looked at her useless brother's expression of disdain, then at the smiling girl opposite them, and leaned in thoughtfully to ask:

"What's your relationship like?"

Her warm breath hit Jiang Linyuan's ear, making it itch.

"Just normal friends."

Jiang Linyuan replied.

Hmm, so she's just a passerby then.

Hearing Jiang Linyuan answer so candidly, Jiang Zhiyao's initial hostility toward Su Muzhi—"What kind of monster dares to set their sights on my brother"—shifted into the boredom of "what kind of stray dog is this."

Witnessing the change in Jiang Zhiyao's expression, Su Muzhi's smile faded slightly.

This trashy man must be bad-mouthing me again, but what is up with this girl? She trusts this guy way too much.

Time to test the waters.

"Oh, I didn't realize Classmate Jiang already had a girlfriend. I'm so envious."

Su Muzhi's eyes darted around, her tone sugary-sweet, making goosebumps rise all over Jiang Linyuan.

"Whether he has a girlfriend or not, what does that have to do with you?"

Jiang Zhiyao hated this kind of pretentious, green-tea tone; she didn't answer but instead launched a direct attack:

"Are you interested in him?"

She didn't proactively defend her territory, which means she isn't his girlfriend.

But she still holds hostility toward me, so she must be a very close friend of Jiang Linyuan.

A childhood sweetheart? Or a sister?

Su Muzhi lowered her eyes and smiled:

"Someone as interesting as Classmate Jiang, of course I'm very interested."

Jiang Zhiyao's gaze turned sharp, and she was just about to blurt out:

"A green tea like you thinks you're worthy of chasing my brother?"

But fearing she might ruin her brother's social life, she turned to look at Jiang Linyuan and asked:

"What do you think?"

"Someone of her caliber thinks she's worthy of chasing me?"

Jiang Linyuan said dismissively.

Hmm, that's my brother alright.

Jiang Zhiyao nodded with satisfaction and tilted her little head to look at Su Muzhi:

"Did you hear that?"

Su Muzhi looked at Jiang Zhiyao, feeling that the more she looked, the more she resembled Jiang Linyuan; the two of them shared the exact same trashy vibe.

"Is this classmate Jiang Linyuan's sister?"

She asked again.

"Whether I'm his sister or not, what does that have to do with you?"

Jiang Zhiyao replied immediately.

This is the second time.

Su Muzhi narrowed her eyes and revealed a smile:

"No, I just think you two have a great relationship."

Jiang Zhiyao looked puzzled:

"Seeing how close we are, you still came over to intentionally disturb us? Is your emotional intelligence really that low?"

Confirmed, these two are either siblings or brother and sister.

The corner of Su Muzhi's mouth twitched involuntarily.

Hahaha, that's my sister for you!

Jiang Linyuan looked at Su Muzhi's face, where the smile had vanished, feeling delighted. He made a shooing gesture at her:

"Go! Go! Go!"

Su Muzhi was silent for a moment, then revealed a miserable smile:

"Forget it, I brought this upon myself."

She looked at the two bottles of water in her hand, shook her head, and turned to leave. Her pitiful appearance made Jiang Zhiyao feel a bit of pity.

"She was here to bring you water, wasn't she? I might have been a bit too harsh just now."

"Not harsh at all, sis. You don't understand women, and you understand Su Muzhi even less."

Jiang Linyuan shook his head.

"That was just crocodile tears."

Hearing Jiang Linyuan's words, Jiang Zhiyao gave him a light kick and said with dissatisfaction:

"Stop with the glib talk and go comfort her."

"If she thinks I was too harsh just now, tell her to let me know, and I'll apologize to her next time."

Jiang Linyuan wanted to retort, but then he realized that if he stayed here, his sister would definitely keep pestering him about his WeChat.

"Fine, I'll do whatever my sister says."

Watching Jiang Linyuan's retreating back, Jiang Zhiyao sighed.

With this brother of mine, are there any girls who interact with him normally?

"Your family truly has excellent family values."

Seeing Jiang Linyuan walk toward her, Su Muzhi offered a cold, sarcastic remark.

"That depends on the person."

Jiang Linyuan said cheerfully.

"Then I suppose it's my fault."

Su Muzhi said with a sarcastic tone.

"Come on, my sister just has a blunt personality and is a bit aggressive. If you feel uncomfortable about anything, I'll apologize to you. You can make any request you want."

Jiang Linyuan said.

"She did something wrong, and you're the one apologizing?"

Su Muzhi looked at Jiang Linyuan in surprise.

"Otherwise?"

Jiang Linyuan countered.

Su Muzhi was silent for a while, then said:

"You two siblings have a really good relationship."

"We're definitely united against the outside world, but when it's just the two of us, heh, that's hard to say."

Jiang Linyuan shook his head, unwilling to discuss it further, and looked at Su Muzhi:

"Regardless, you put in a lot of effort regarding the Liu Tingting matter. Set a time, and I'll treat you to a meal."

Su Muzhi was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and laughed:

"What? Are you marking me as your next target?"

"I had that thought at first, but now, forget it."

Jiang Linyuan said indifferently.

Although Su Muzhi is an A-Rank Card, the difficulty of romancing this girl is too high.

If Shen Wanyu is an iceberg that can be chipped away bit by bit, then Su Muzhi is the deep sea; you can only see the surface, while everything else is hidden deep beneath the ocean floor.

The deeper you go, the greater the pressure, and the harder it is to escape.

Being friends is fine, but as for romantic feelings, forget it.

Hearing Jiang Linyuan speak so candidly, Su Muzhi asked with a grin:

"What about Shen Wanyu? Haven't you been chasing her all this time? Have you never thought about giving up?"

"Her, huh..."

Jiang Linyuan lowered his head and chuckled:

"Let fate decide."

There was a story between these two.

Almost instantly, countless guesses flashed through Su Muzhi's mind, but she didn't ask about them. Instead, she brought up an unrelated question:

"When you confessed to Liu Tingting, did you ever consider the possibility that she might agree?"

"If she had agreed, what would you have done? Would you really have dated her?"

Jiang Linyuan said:

"What else?"

Su Muzhi said meaningfully:

"But you don't like her, do you?"

"Haha, does that matter? If she agreed, it would mean she also had to give something up. That's fair."

Jiang Linyuan said.

Looking at his calm face, Su Muzhi realized that this man, Jiang Linyuan, was incredibly twisted in some ways.

Just like herself.

"By the way, where is the water you bought?"

Jiang Linyuan asked again.

"Here you go."

Su Muzhi handed it over.

"I want the one in your hand."

"Oh, I've already drank from this one."

"It's precisely because you've drank from it that I'm at ease."

"Ew, you're such a pervert."

Su Muzhi handed over the other bottle of water in her hand with a look of disgust.

Jiang Linyuan took the water and drank it.

A thick, sweet and sour flavor rushed straight to his brain!

He had fallen into a trap! What on earth did this person put in here!

"Is it good?"

Su Muzhi asked with a smile.

Jiang Linyuan's expression didn't change, and he forced a smile:

"It's very good."

Damn it, did she predict my prediction?

Su Muzhi smiled even more happily:

"It was worth setting the trap myself. Seeing classmate Jiang so happy makes me satisfied."

"How very polite of you, thank you."

Jiang Linyuan said through gritted teeth.

What an infuriating woman!