When Yan Jin and Yu Shu arrived at his dormitory, they saw someone who looked a bit familiar.
At first, Yan Jin couldn’t remember where she had seen him before. It was only when she saw his long and curled eyelashes and misty eyes that Yan Jin remembered who he was—Bai Zhi, the young man she had specifically requested to sing when she went to the brothel with Zhou Nongyun.
Yan Jin: …
Suddenly feeling a bit awkward.
And this awkwardness reached its peak when she saw Yu Shu enthusiastically greet Bai Zhi.
Bai Zhi subconsciously looked at Yan Jin. Obviously, he recognized Yan Jin as well.
“You two…” Yu Shu discovered that the atmosphere was a bit off and asked suspiciously, “You know each other?”
Bai Zhi looked at Yan Jin again, making Yan Jin want to cover his eyes.
Taro had already sensed something was wrong, and now with Bai Zhi acting so obvious, it would be hard for her to explain later.
Yan Jin felt that if she waited for Bai Zhi to explain, there would likely be unpleasant consequences. So she said, “He and I had a brief encounter, but we’re not very familiar with each other.”
Yu Shu turned to look at Yan Jin, his tone calm. “I’m always with you. How come I have no impression at all of this new friend of yours?”
[Wow, I didn’t expect to witness a scene of jealousy in An Guo. How exciting. Fight, fight!] [This is even more terrifying than the devil’s question of whether to save your wife-master or mother first if they both fell into the water. Tsk tsk.]“Young Master Yu, don’t misunderstand.” Bai Zhi said softly, “Miss Yan and I only met by chance once. Because I’m not someone presentable, that’s why Miss Yan didn’t mention me to you.”
Although Bai Zhi wasn’t as good-looking as Yu Shu, he still had quite a bit of charm. Otherwise, Yan Jin wouldn’t have specifically requested him to sing back then.
And when Bai Zhi lightly bit his lip, those misty eyes glancing over, those without strong willpower could be tempted to the point of itching.
Yu Shu couldn’t help but frown. He turned to glance at Yan Jin.
Seeing that her expression hadn’t changed and was still as indifferent as before, Yu Shu breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Xiao Xiao wasn’t like those people who only cared about appearance and wasn’t misled by the green tea.
Yu Shu was unhappy, but it wasn’t good to complain to Yan Jin.
If that foolish Xiao Xiao thought that talking badly about someone behind their back was wrong and her impression of him worsened while she developed sympathy for Bai Zhi, then he would have nowhere to cry.
So Yu Shu chose to vent crazily to the system in his heart: He’s trying to green tea me? And seduce Xiao Xiao right in front of me?
[I always thought guys couldn’t tell green tea, but after seeing Yu Shu like this, I’m not so sure anymore.] [Guys are blind, not stupid. They can’t tell green tea because they’re the targets of green tea and enjoying it.] [There’s something I don’t know if I should say. I feel that if I match Yan Jin’s expression with three words: “Eating melon seeds,” there would be no sense of incongruity at all.]Although Yan Jin was the one feeling awkward initially, the conflict had now clearly shifted to Yu Shu and Bai Zhi. Feeling uninvolved, Yan Jin quietly started eating melon seeds.
Originally, Yan Jin wanted to stay out of it, but seeing the atmosphere getting more and more off, and realizing she was the best candidate to diffuse the situation, she bit the bullet and tried to smooth things over. “Don’t you two have classes tomorrow? You should tidy up and rest early.”
“Miss Yan is right.” Bai Zhi lowered his head and chuckled softly. “Since Miss Yan has already said so, if we keep standing here in silence, we’ll look quite foolish.”
Yu Shu, who had been venting to the system, immediately looked at Yan Jin, trying to convey his thoughts with his eyes.
Hurry! Hurry and tell him that he’s the foolish one, I’m not foolish at all.
“Don’t worry.” Hearing these words from Yan Jin, Yu Shu thought she had understood his meaning. But unexpectedly, her next sentence was, “Even if you’re a bit silly, Taro, you’re still the cutest in the world.”
Yu Shu rolled his eyes.
Indeed, he shouldn’t have had any expectations of Xiao Xiao.
But from the corner of his eye, Yu Shu saw Bai Zhi’s face looking choked up, completely lacking the green tea aura from earlier, and he felt Yan Jin’s response was absolutely brilliant.
“Why cutest?” Yu Shu pretended to be unconvinced. “I’m so adorable, I should be the most adorable in the world.”
Although Yan Jin really wanted to reply with ‘Just call yourself whatever you like’, in this situation, if she really said that, she felt she might have to coax Taro again, so she swallowed those words back.
And Yan Jin’s silence, in Bai Zhi’s eyes, was tacit agreement with Yu Shu’s words.
Thinking back to when he first met Yan Jin, she had requested him but didn’t do anything to him. She even refused to take him home. Bai Zhi felt a bit resentful.
If Yan Jin had taken him home back then, he wouldn’t have encountered that person the second time.
After that person redeemed him, his original identity became unusable. So that person sent him here, wanting to craft a clean identity for him, in order to properly present him.
Bai Zhi originally thought he would never see Yan Jin again in this life, but unexpectedly ran into her here. Although she didn’t seem like someone who would gossip, just in case, he still needed to make things clear to avoid exposing the matter and bringing trouble upon himself.
Thinking of this, Bai Zhi frowned slightly and said to Yan Jin softly, “Miss Yan, may I have a word with you?”
Yu Shu mumbled in his heart, ‘Xiao Xiao only met you once, what do you two have to talk about’, but he didn’t stop Yan Jin from talking to Bai Zhi.
The books all said that men should be magnanimous. Being petty and jealous would only push women further and further away.
Yan Jin probably also guessed what he wanted to say to her. And she also happened to have something she wanted to say to Bai Zhi, so she nodded in agreement.
It was quiet all around, with no one else outside the dormitory courtyard, so Yan Jin could clearly hear Bai Zhi’s gentle voice.
“Previously, my family suffered misfortune and I had nowhere to go, so I sold myself to that kind of place. Fortunately, I met a kind person. She disregarded her family’s opposition and redeemed me.”
“But my identity is not presentable, so she used her connections to get me into the academy, wanting me to wash away the worldly taint on me and craft a clean identity, so she can openly welcome me into her family.”
“Miss Yan and I had a chance encounter, we only met once. I hope Miss Yan can keep this matter to herself, for the sake of how my singing pleased you back then.”
Yan Jin nodded. “Alright, if you agree to one thing for me.”
Bai Zhi looked at Yan Jin with deep affection. “As long as it’s Miss Yan, no matter what it is, I’m willing.”
After saying that, Bai Zhi seemed to unintentionally tug at his collar, revealing his fair, slender neck.
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