Jiang Linyuan read Jiang Zhiyao's reply and had no idea what had gotten into her.
She'd probably watched some melodramatic Korean drama again and gotten way too emotionally invested, right?
What did she mean, "That's my business"? Her little-sister act was falling apart!
Was she a porn site or something? Did her persona fall apart at the drop of a hat?
Haji Yao was practically spelling out that something was bothering her. He had to keep asking!
Jiang Linyuan stopped arguing with Jiang Zhiyao. He asked her roommate where she was, learned she was studying in the classroom, and hurried over.
He'd confront her in person!
Jiang Zhiyao hadn't been in a good place lately. Maybe it was the winter weather, but she'd been prone to overthinking.
She wasn't normally the kind of girl to read too much into things. She just felt like her life was gradually becoming unfamiliar, and she wasn't used to it.
Her relationship with Jiang Linyuan hadn't changed at all, yet she felt like she was drifting farther and farther away from him.
That was what scared her most. Just thinking about the boy she'd grown up with becoming a stranger made unease well up inside her.
His past was all me. I was the only one there...
Jiang Zhiyao clutched the blue scarf around her neck and bent over her desk, trying to suppress her feelings.
"Your roommate said you were studying in the classroom. I see that was a smokescreen. You're slacking off in here, aren't you?"
A familiar voice sounded beside her. She looked up and saw Jiang Linyuan.
He sat down next to her like it was the most natural thing in the world and poked her cheek.
"What's with that gloomy expression? It's not that time of the month for