Jiang Yu definitely looks like he likes Sang Tian.
Before, he might have held back because he wasn’t an adult yet and had to take the college entrance exam, so he couldn’t confess his feelings.
But now it’s different!
“Lao Jiang, looks like you’re about to get a sister-in-law!”
Xie Zhuran said to Jiang Xiao.
“Isn’t that a good thing?”
Jiang Xiao had no objections. Compared to some unknown woman becoming his sister-in-law, having Sang Tian take that role was simply perfect.
After all, he had a pretty good understanding of Sang Tian’s character.
But more importantly, Sang Tian was still Xi’er’s best friend. If Sang Tian became his sister-in-law, wouldn’t that mean they could chat together more often?
Jiang Xiao couldn’t find a single downside to Sang Tian becoming his sister-in-law.
“Xi’er, what do you think?”
“Mm, I think it’s good too, but we still have to see how Sang Tian feels about it.”
Song Qiuyu simply said.
Hearing this, the four of them looked at her in surprise. They had all thought she would firmly believe this was a good thing.
But on second thought, they couldn’t refute her opinion. After all, matters of the heart couldn’t be forced.
It still had to be mutual.
They turned their gazes back toward Jiang Yu.
They saw him pinch the watch on his wrist, his brows slowly furrowing before he took a deep breath.
“Sister Sang Tian, there’s something I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time.”
With that, Jiang Yu looked at Sang Tian with a determined gaze.
But Sang Tian avoided his eyes and turned around. “Mm, I know, but I still have some things to take care of. I might have to leave first…”
“Actually, no, I should say I’ve already bothered you for too long. I need to go home.”
With that, Sang Tian was about to walk straight toward the direction of the secret eavesdroppers.
That scared the eavesdroppers quite a bit.
They quickly tried to change their positions.
Just then, Jiang Yu hardened his resolve. He stopped pretending and grabbed Sang Tian’s wrist. “Sister Sang Tian, please, no matter what, let me finish first!”
“No need. I already told you, I know what you want to say.”
Sang Tian tried to shake off his hand.
“Sister Sang Tian…”
Jiang Yu’s brows furrowed, and his gaze turned a bit sharper.
“Please let me finish.”
“Xiao Yu, seeing my attitude now, you should also be able to guess my answer.”
Sang Tian stopped struggling. Instead, she calmly turned her head to look at the person behind her, a gentle smile appearing on her face, just like before.
“Since you already know the answer, why insist on saying it?”
Jiang Yu was silent for a moment, then spoke with extremely serious eyes. “Because I know that for some things, even if you know the result might be failure, you still have to try first to see if it works.”
Hearing this, Sang Tian’s brows furrowed, and two people involuntarily came to mind.
“I learned this principle from my brother and my sister-in-law!”
Jiang Yu said in a deep voice.
At being called out by his own younger brother, Jiang Xiao’s expression became complicated. He seemed to want to say something but held back.
“What do you mean ‘learned from me and Xi’er’?”
Jiang Xiao felt like walking over and giving his younger brother a beating.
“But what he said isn’t wrong.”
Song Qiuyu agreed very much.
“Uh…”
Jiang Xiao blinked at his wife.
“Isn’t it?”
Song Qiuyu shrugged.
Recalling that embarrassing past of chasing and being chased, she almost wanted to cover her face.
She never expected that this past experience had actually made Jiang Yu realize some kind of big truth…
Tsk, Jiang Yu probably thought that pestering would definitely lead to results?
To use a phrase that once went viral online:
Bitter fruit is still fruit?
Jiang Xiao couldn’t refute that.
Seeing Jiang Xiao’s silence, Xie Zhuran and Lin An also fell quiet, silently turning their gaze back to Jiang Yu.
They really wanted to see how this scholar would apply what he learned—using the same method Lao Jiang used to chase Lao Song to catch Lao Sang!
Watching the fun online jpg!
Xia Qi looked at these two funseekers with disdain.
Then, in seconds, she understood the funseekers, became a funseeker herself, and also leaned against the wall to look back.
To be fair, applying the same intensity Jiang Xiao used to chase a transformed woman, and an internet scammer transformed woman at that, to a normal girl—how could that not be problematic?
Would it be too forceful, and confession would just be the end?
Song Qiuyu and Xia Qi thought the same thing.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yu wasn’t Jiang Xiao. This kid might not be as easy to deal with as Jiang Xiao.
The air in the corridor was silent for a second.
“Alright.”
Sang Tian seemed to give in. The small hand held by Jiang Yu hung naturally, pressed against her side.
Then she bit her lip, swallowed, and raised her eyes to look at Jiang Yu. With a gentle smile, she nodded and continued, “Since you’ve put it that way, it wouldn’t be good for me not to listen. Go ahead.”
“Thank you, Sister Sang Tian.”
Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. At least Sister Sang Tian was still willing to give him a chance. If she had really shaken off his hand and left directly…
He might have been unable to stop himself from doing something terrible.
“You’re welcome.”
Sang Tian clearly had no idea how dangerous the other person was. She just shook her head.
Looking at this child who was six years younger than her, she recalled the four years of their relationship and unconsciously compared their heights now.
Was this how fast kids grew these days?
Four years ago, when they first met, Jiang Yu hadn’t even reached her waist.
Now he was a full two heads taller than her, or even more.
His shoulders were also broader than hers, and his back looked very thick and sturdy.
In just four years, this child had grown up, taking on the appearance of a young adult.
Mature and handsome.
And smart.
‘Sang Tian sighed inwardly.
But where had it gone wrong? Why… did this child like her?
She was a full six years older than him.
“Sister Sang Tian, I like you!”
“…”
Sang Tian didn’t reply immediately. She looked at the maple leaf watch on his wrist and a smile curled at the corner of her mouth.
She had always felt something was missing on his wrist.
Sure enough, that feeling disappeared once he wore this watch.
Thinking of his kind lie, “I happened to want to buy a watch,” the smile at the corner of her mouth deepened a little.
Four years of being together…
Maybe she had never truly seen this child’s real self.
‘She always felt he was a child, but maybe he was actually a wolf standing across from her with sharp teeth bared?’
“Mm, I heard you.”
Sang Tian nodded.
After speaking, she took a deep breath, looked up at Jiang Yu in front of her, and saw him clenching his hands together, obviously nervous. She couldn’t help but curl her lips.
“You should know my answer already. Even so, you still want to hear it?”
Facing this child’s confession, she showed no panic at all. Instead, she looked at him calmly, like an elder indulging a child’s joke.
“Mm.”
Jiang Yu tightened his hands and suppressed his nervousness, trying to face what was about to happen with the same composure.
“Please tell me.”
As he spoke, he touched the watch on his wrist that she had just given him, his heartbeat quickening.
“What is your answer, Sister Sang Tian?”
He stared stubbornly, even obsessively, into the eyes of the older sister in front of him.
Sang Tian laughed. This child was more composed and persistent than she had imagined.
She suddenly thought that if she agreed to him like this, it might not be so bad.
Thinking this, she closed her eyes, and the memory of being kidnapped as a child surfaced in her mind. She was a little moved.
She felt she should have let go of the past, but in the end, it was just a feeling. To directly agree to a child’s confession like this would be irresponsible.
“I’m sorry. I’ve always only seen you as my friend’s younger brother.”
Sang Tian let out a breath.
As she said this, she vaguely seemed to hear Jiang Yu let out a low laugh. It almost sounded like a sneer.
She looked up in confusion.
Then she saw the child in front of her lower his head.
Seeing this, she was stunned and a little at a loss. Her heart sank, and she resolutely turned around, her back to him.
“Xiao Yu, I don’t know what I did to make you develop this kind of feeling for me, but I hope you can think it over.”
“Compared to me, you have many more choices. So don’t overthink it.”
Sang Tian finally sensed a hint of danger. She moved her long legs, wanting to leave the Jiang Family Mansion as quickly as possible.
But Jiang Yu blocked her way.