How could country folk like us resist that kind of temptation?

Tang Jianing looked strange. "None of your damn business! We're not even married yet, and you're already asking so many questions!"

"..." Seeing that Tang Jianing's expression was off, Jiang Chi chickened out completely and readily changed his tune. "Okay, okay... I won't ask. I won't ask."

Resigned to his fate, Jiang Chi continued doing Tang Jianing's homework for her.

Then he suddenly heard Tang Jianing ask another baffling question. "Do you know what your sister's been up to lately?"

Jiang Chi was about to graduate and had plenty to do. Where would he find the time to pay attention to that?

He scratched his hair irritably. "Which sister?"

Tang Jianing said, "What other sister do you have?"

If Tang Jianing put it that way...

Then he really did only have one sister: Shen Yunzhi.

After all, Jiang Yunli had already been reclaimed by her birth family, though she was still in S City and his parents were still paying her living expenses.

But in reality, she no longer had much to do with him.

Jiang Chi couldn't really bring himself to like either Shen Yunzhi or Jiang Yunli.

Jiang Yunli had been putting on an act since childhood. Who knew how many times she'd pinned the blame on him to win their elders' affection?

After Shen Yunzhi returned, her reputation had been absolutely terrible too, leaving his friends constantly making fun of him.

Jiang Chi said, "Why are you asking about Shen Yunzhi? There's something wrong with her head. When you marry into our family, you don't need to bother with her."

Hearing him talk about her idol that way, Tang Jianing flared with anger.

She kicked Jiang Chi in the leg again.

"Who said you could talk about my godd-my, my future sister-in-law like that!"

Jiang Chi: "..."

He even swore inwardly. What the hell?

He felt so wronged.

Tang Jianing had known him since they were in split-crotch pants. Later, when Shen Yunzhi returned, she also knew he'd never liked Shen Yunzhi.

Why was she suddenly reacting so strongly this time?

Tang Jianing said, "Your sister's actually suffered a lot. Stop being so prejudiced against her all the time. She's your own sister. Spend more time with her when you're free."

Shen Yunzhi had devoted herself entirely to Ji Nanxian.

She knew perfectly well that Ji Nanxian only had eyes for Jiang Yunli, yet she still clung to him.

If she hadn't been so confused herself, he wouldn't have ended up disliking Shen Yunzhi.

But aloud, he still agreed with Tang Jianing. "Okay, okay, okay."

The day's filming ended.

The sky gradually darkened, and the temperature plummeted.

Shen Yunzhi made her bed.

She saw An Zhizhi angrily tugging at the quilt cover and cotton filling beside her, not knowing how to put them together, so she offered:

"Want me to help?"

An Zhizhi really didn't know how, and she'd wanted to ask Shen Yunzhi for ages.

When Shen Yunzhi offered, An Zhizhi still put on a show of reluctance. "Since you offered, I'll reluctantly let you help."

Shen Yunzhi said, "Sure. Just remember to include me next time there's something good in it for you. But if you insist on giving me money, I won't refuse that either."

An Zhizhi: "?"

She'd actually been a little touched.

She'd thought Shen Yunzhi was pretty nice.

But every time Shen Yunzhi opened her mouth, it was about money.

It immediately reminded An Zhizhi of those "friends" around her who flattered her because of her family's influence.

She'd thought Shen Yunzhi would be different.

An Zhizhi snapped, "Could you stop being so materialistic!"

Shen Yunzhi had no idea why An Zhizhi had suddenly exploded and was utterly baffled.

"So instead of benefits, we should talk about our feelings?"

An Zhizhi said, "Who wants to talk about feelings with you!"

Shen Yunzhi said, "Then I won't ask for anything. I'll help you for free, okay?"

An Zhizhi said, "What's with that attitude? If you don't want to help, then don't!"

The young lady gave another cold snort and stormed off.

Shen Yunzhi pondered it for quite a while but still couldn't figure out what she'd said wrong.

She scratched her head. "Why did she suddenly get mad?"

[...This woman is so clueless.]

[She wants to be friends with you, hahahahaha!]

[Teacher Shen, if you'd just said, "I'm helping because I consider you a friend," our young lady would've been so touched she'd have made you her bestie on the spot.]

The three hardest things in the world to handle.

Pufferfish.

Corpses.

Interpersonal relationships.

Even someone as formidable as Shen Yunzhi couldn't handle interpersonal relationships.

An Zhizhi sulked outside by herself for ages.

But it was simply too cold outside.

Shivering from the cold, An Zhizhi reluctantly went back inside.

As soon as she entered, she noticed something different about the kang bed.

Dust had been falling off the mud wall onto An Zhizhi's bedding.

But Shen Yunzhi had covered it with old newspapers, pasting them snugly over the wall.

It wasn't particularly pretty, but at least it was clean.

The cotton padding beneath An Zhizhi's quilt was clearly thicker than the padding on Shen Yunzhi's side. Shen Yunzhi had just asked the staff for an extra cotton pad.

After pondering it for ages, Shen Yunzhi had guessed that An Zhizhi was unhappy with the sleeping conditions.

Seeing An Zhizhi return, she yawned and crawled under her quilt. "Go to sleep, princess. This is all we've got, so stop being picky."

For a moment, An Zhizhi didn't know how to describe what she felt.

Thinking about Shen Yunzhi's experiences, she suddenly felt that there didn't seem to be anything wrong with Shen Yunzhi caring so much about money.

After all, she'd been poor enough to fear it.

With Jiang Yunli around, there was no telling whether she'd even be treated well in the Jiang Family.

An Zhizhi awkwardly started a conversation with Shen Yunzhi. "Aren't you taking a bath?"

Shen Yunzhi said, "Brushing my teeth and washing my face is enough. It's freezing today. If I go heat water for a bath, I might catch a nasty chill. We've still got so many days of filming left."

After saying that, she remembered that although they had separate bedding, they were on the same kang. Worried that the young lady might find her dirty, she added, "I washed my feet."

An Zhizhi: "..."

Shen Yunzhi said, "It's fine if you don't wash yours. I won't mind."

An Zhizhi: "..."

Who said she wasn't going to wash them!

This woman was so annoying!

Flustered and angry, An Zhizhi went to brush her teeth and wash her face and feet.

She crawled angrily under her quilt.

She'd never slept in such harsh conditions in her entire life.

An Zhizhi tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

She glanced at Shen Yunzhi, whose eyes were closed, and couldn't resist talking to her.

"Are you asleep?"

Without opening her eyes, Shen Yunzhi gave a nasal murmur. "Hmm? Not yet."

An Zhizhi started gossiping with her. "Someone like Ji Nanxian... why did you cling to him so desperately?"

Shen Yunzhi said, "Back in the village, I'd never had anything good. I always thought even the shit from pedigree dogs in the city smelled better than what the village mutts produced."

An Zhizhi: "..."

To cover up the original owner's bizarre infatuation with Ji Nanxian, Shen Yunzhi didn't want to act out of character.

She could only blame the original owner's outrageous behavior on her own lust.

"I used to think I had a thing for faces, then hands, then abs. Only recently did I realize I just had no self-control." Shen Yunzhi said, "You don't understand. How could country folk like us resist that kind of temptation?"

An Zhizhi: "..."

She really wanted to say it.

Girl, get some better taste.

An Zhizhi said, "Then why did you suddenly stop liking him?"

Shen Yunzhi was actually a little sleepy and gave An Zhizhi an offhand answer. "Because I saw someone better-looking."

An Zhizhi: "?"

Her little brain immediately started working.

Ever since Shen Yunzhi had started showing signs that she no longer liked Ji Nanxian...

Had she met any handsome men?

Though An Zhizhi wasn't particularly willing to admit it...

Two names immediately surfaced in her mind.

Chi Zong and Xiao Yao.

An Zhizhi: ???

Holy shit!

Those two idiots!

Shen Yunzhi was interested in those two???

An Zhizhi was so startled that she coughed for ages.

Shen Yunzhi thought the young lady had caught a chill.

She pulled her quilt tighter around herself, but despite her reluctance, she still got up and poured the young lady a cup of warm water from the thermos.

Shen Yunzhi said, "Drink slowly."

"Look, you..." Eager to get Shen Yunzhi to reveal who exactly had caught her eye, An Zhizhi gulped down a couple of mouthfuls of water. "Who are you interested in?"