Huh?
Jiang Xiaobai looked at the man who had rushed inside, momentarily taken aback.
The man looked to be in his early twenties, his face full of agitation.
More importantly, this man... had barged straight into Li Zhiwei's room?
Something about this wasn't quite right!
The man looked equally startled.
Clearly, he hadn't expected to find a strange man sitting in the room instead of Li Zhiwei.
A moment later, the man recovered first. His gaze immediately turned wary as he stared at Jiang Xiaobai. "You... who are you?"
"And who are you?"
Jiang Xiaobai looked at the man and asked the same question.
At that, the man's face darkened. "I'm Zhiwei's older cousin, Li Zhixing, and the current manager of the Chancellor's Residence's Clear Pavilion!"
Her older cousin?
Li Zhixing?
Only then did understanding dawn on Jiang Xiaobai.
But...
The Clear Pavilion?
What was that supposed to mean?
His future father-in-law actually owned that sort of business?
While Jiang Xiaobai's mind wandered completely off track, the man frowned and asked, "And who might you be?"
"Oh."
Jiang Xiaobai came back to his senses and smiled faintly. "Jiang Xiaobai... of the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate!"
"Jiang Xiaobai?"
The man's eyes widened at the name.
Then his expression changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
First bewilderment, then shock, and finally outright fury. "You... you're this year's new Top Graduate?"
"Indeed. That would be this heir!"
Jiang Xiaobai nodded, still smiling.
"Well, well!"
The man immediately ground his teeth. "Well, well, well! You little bastard, you actually dared come to our Chancellor's Residence?"
"You're asking for a beating!"
With that, the man rolled up his sleeves and charged at Jiang Xiaobai menacingly.
"Hold on!"
Jiang Xiaobai's expression changed, and he hurriedly raised a hand. "We don't even know each