After Jiang Leyi confirmed her ideal type in her heart, she started gradually thinking about whether any of her female friends matched that ideal type.
Shen Ruxue… Even though her looks somewhat matched Jiang Leyi’s aesthetics, and even before she’d settled on her ideal type, she had always been drawn to her best friend’s beauty. But just because she admired her looks didn’t mean Shen Ruxue was her ideal type.
The real reason Jiang Leyi completely ruled out her best friend was because of those little sneaky things she did at Jiang Leyi’s house. She was such a pretty, vibrant University Student, so why would she be interested in her dad?
After her dad returned home, there was one time he tidied up her entire room, stuffing all of her old men’s clothes into a Box, and hanging all her new women’s clothes in the closet.
But during this whole tidying-up process, her dad quietly asked her if there had been a break-in, because several of her clothes were missing.
How was Jiang Leyi supposed to answer that? She couldn’t exactly tell her dad it was her best friend who accidentally took a few pieces of her clothing!
And the clothes that were taken were all intimate items. Stuck in the middle, Jiang Leyi really didn’t know what to say—one side was her beloved dad, the other was her best friend, the most important person to her besides family.
Now, all Jiang Leyi could do was try to keep both sides happy. It was just a few pieces of clothing—if her best friend Shen Ruxue liked them, she’d even risk taking more from home, even if it meant feeling like she was betraying her aunt.
Because Shen Ruxue was just too good to her. Even after knowing her best friend for so long, Jiang Leyi still couldn’t figure out why Shen Ruxue was so nice to her. It was a kind of doting she’d never felt from anyone else before, a flood of emotion that seemed to surround her completely.
If someone is overly attentive for no reason, most of the time they have an ulterior motive. But when someone gives you all their care and love for no reason at all, with no agenda, pouring their whole heart into you…
You could say that even though a minute is always just sixty seconds, Shen Ruxue truly managed to fill every one of those sixty seconds with love, concern, and pampering for her.
It was something almost frightening, almost unbelievable. At first, Jiang Leyi thought her best friend was interested in her body, so she was wary in the early days after they met. But after Winter Break Cohabitation, she realized what Shen Ruxue was really after wasn’t her daughter, but her dad.
If it had been in the past, even though her dad didn’t look like a typical middle-aged man at all, Jiang Leyi always felt the two of them were unsuitable, because she simply couldn’t imagine the two of them together.
But ever since her dad experienced the Prophecy of Change and turned into a young and beautiful woman, everything seemed different. At least from the outside, the two didn’t seem so mismatched anymore.
If her dad ended up without someone to accompany him, and she could be sure her best friend really liked her dad, Jiang Leyi figured she’d found the perfect match to set up.
Jiang Leyi didn’t have many friends. Even after thinking for so long about whether there was any woman around her who matched her ideal type, she still hadn’t found anyone.
As for body type, maybe only the woman by her side, Si Yina, had a bit of a connection. But when it came to this big sister, Jiang Leyi always felt there was some inexplicable attentiveness, or perhaps over-interest, from her.
Now it was the second time the two of them had met, but the amount of attention Si Yina gave her was obviously not the usual level for just-acquainted friends.
During their chats, Jiang Leyi wondered if it was just her imagination, but she always felt that Si Yina, intentionally or not, kept probing for private details about her—even giving off a feeling like she was flirting with her.
Jiang Leyi had never felt such an impression before, but today, after the three of them ate together, she could more or less sense Si Yina trying to lean on her, even rubbing against her.
Was she taking advantage of her? But didn’t she have a better figure than herself?
The degree of intimacy between girls is hard to grasp; even in the past, when Jiang Lai was a man, he’d known that.
Two girls, even if both are straight, as long as their relationship is good, they can go to the restroom together, walk down the street hand-in-hand, hugging and clinging is just a daily occurrence. If they’re close enough, even kissing on the cheek is normal.
But if this kind of behavior happened between a man and a woman, only a couple could do that. In different situations, the standards for judgment are all over the place.
On the way here, Jiang Lai had been worried, deep down, that his simple and adorable daughter might not even realize she was being taken advantage of. Just thinking about two bright and beautiful University Students being preyed upon by Si Yina made Jiang Lai determined not to let her off the hook.
Jiang Lai knew she was not some noble person. If she really were so righteous, unable to tolerate even a speck of dust in her eyes, then when she’d discovered Si Yina’s almost disgusting behavior at the company, she would’ve fought to the end, instead of avoiding her.
Now, if Si Yina hadn’t brought her trouble right to Jiang Lai’s doorstep, she probably wouldn’t even have gotten close to her.
Jiang Lai knew she was selfish, but this was what she had to become. If she wasn’t selfish, she couldn’t give the people around her the life they wanted.
Family was Jiang Lai’s greatest weakness. If it involved her family, right or wrong no longer mattered. As long as her family was hurt, she couldn’t care less about right or wrong. If she couldn’t even protect her own family, what face would she have to face her departed wife?
Jiang Lai arrived at the restaurant her daughter had sent her. But she didn’t hurry inside. Instead, she found a spot outside where she could see the entrance.
Jiang Lai waited at the door for a full half hour, and finally saw Si Yina walk out alone. Although she didn’t see her daughter, this seemed even better for what she had in mind.
At least she didn’t have to deal with this scoundrel in front of her daughter. Seizing this rare opportunity, Jiang Lai grabbed Si Yina by the wrist right at the restaurant entrance, dragged her into a hidden Alley, and pinned her against the wall.