Chapter 3

“Wild Berry” is a restaurant that several people often go to for dinner. There is a fixed private room on the fourth floor. Looking out from the window, there is a quiet bamboo garden outside. The environment is very secluded and elegant.

Mingshuang was fiddling with his mobile phone, while Lu Cuo was sitting at the opposite table. Mingshuang likes to eat seafood. The crabs produced in June were not fat yet. He deliberately made an appointment for the North Pacific King Crab in advance. She is focusing on using tools to pick out the crab meat and put it in a small bowl.

Lu Cuo’s preferential treatment of Ming Shuang has been like so since he was a child and Xu Tianbai and Li Hengyuan have long been accustomed to it.

Lu Cuo pushed the bowl towards Mingshuang, “Who are you talking to? So happy.”

He was wearing a white shirt and slacks, and his face was gentle and handsome. Lu Cuo had matured earlier than his peers since he was a child.

”A new classmate.” Mingshuang took a mouthful of crab meat.

”Fifteen, I heard that you transferred to Tanfu?”

”Yes.” Mingshuang’s attitude towards Lu Cuo was not like that of others. He always had questions and answers.

Lu Cuo had heard some rumors about the incident in the international school. It was said that Mingshuang stood up for a boy named Ji and had a conflict with the second young master of the Jiang family. In the end, they had a huge fight that he was forcibly transferred by Ming Licheng.

”Why did you and Qian Zhang quarrel.” Lu Cuo hesitated to choose his words, “…Because of a student from the next class? How good is your relationship with that boy?”

”Not good.” Mingshuang didn’t lift her head.

”That……”

Mingshuang said generously, “Actually, I just didn’t deal with Jiang Qianzhang.”

Lu Cuo had a headache and didn’t know what to say to mediate.

Mingshuang, however, seemed to have been caught and sneered, “This girl who came to the top of the social ladder is taking advantage of the fact that other people don’t know about her. She thinks that she’s the rightful owner. What’s so great about that?”

She can’t stand Ji Nian being bullied, but she can’t stand Jiang Qianzhang herself.

Li Hengyuan and Xu Tianbai looked at each other in dismay, and a storm surged in their hearts.

The three most famous wealthy families in Tancheng are the Ming family, the Lu family and the Jiang family. The Lu family and the Ming family have always been good friends. Therefore, Lu Zuo and Ming Shuang have known each other since they were young. They are considered childhood sweetheart and grew up together. The two families are now more developed in the business community. The Jiang family is more traditional. There are even some old-style warlords left in the family. The Jiang family’s old house is located at the southern tip of Tancheng. Ming Shuang visited once when he was a child. He vaguely remembered that it was an old-fashioned mansion with white walls and black tiles.

Knowing that Mingshuang was heartbroken, Lu Cuo sighed in his heart and said gently, “I’ll be at home next weekend, I’ll accompany you to see my aunt. I’ve been too busy this year, and I didn’t worship properly during Qingming.”

The three of them knew about Mingshuang’s past, and naturally they understood why Mingshuang was hostile to Jiang Qianzhang.

When her mother, Yu Yin, was alive, she was still young. Her impression of her mother was a thin, gloomy and unhappy figure in front of the window, she has been waiting for a person who does not return home for a year long; Mingshuang has been close to her mother since she was a child, and when she heard some rumors at that time, hatred was already planted in her heart.

Later, when Mingshuang was in the third grade, she went back to her grandmother’s house for the summer vacation. One rainy night, Yu Yin was alone in Ming’s villa, and suddenly wanted to go out in the middle of the night. According to the servant, she said she wanted to bring an umbrella to pick up Ming Licheng, she couldn’t be persuaded no matter how hard she tried. In the end, she never came back and died beside the national road.

Mingshuang believes that her mother was killed alive by this family. She hates Ming Licheng in her heart and hates the stupid and infatuated women. Only for a man, in any case, she can’t for the sake of a man be wounded. After Yu Yin died, Mingshuang went to worship twice a year, and Lu Cuo often accompanied her.

”Yeah.” Mingshuang lowered her voice, “Thank you Brother Lu.”

”About the Jiang family, don’t talk about it.” Lu Cuo said to the two of them, “Fifteen and Jiang Qianzhang and the Jiang family are not familiar with each other, and they don’t want to have too much interaction.”

Xu Tianbai immediately said, “Brother, you still don’t believe us, don’t worry.”

They also have contacts with the Jiang family, and they know how domineering and arrogant the second young master of the Jiang family is usually. They all had to laugh. They had not yet digested this big news in their hearts.

Li Hengyuan was the most energetic, immediately enlivened the atmosphere and changed the subject. The atmosphere in the house gradually returned to normal.

After eating a meal, Mingshuang took a look at her mobile phone, and Jiang Huai never replied to her text messages. Instead, Xu Duanduan sent her a message, “Miss Ming, the sky has turned, and one day you will ask me to ask you for the man’s number.”

Xu Duanduan is an intelligence chief, and she used to be the only one who sold Mingshuang’s contact information to others.

”How is it, have you caught up?”

Mingshuang’s mood improved, “Why don’t you ask what he looks like?”

”I trust your vision.”

”…”

”Okay, actually, I’ve seen the photos before. He is very handsome, and he is still like a clean and pure grass.”

Unexpectedly, Xu Duanduan said, “Anyway, don’t go harm this innocent boy.”

Mingshuang, “?”

She buckled and asked, “Am I not an innocent girl?”

Women’s high school is genuine, let alone pure love. Xu Duanduan returned a Doraemon shocked emoji.

”I just broke my heart into eight pieces and gave them to different men.” Mingshuang said lazily.

”fart.”

Xu Duanduan replied, “Where can you find eight that you like?”

——–

The first hospital in Dancheng, the internal medicine ward, the door is empty.

The little nurse pushed open the door and came in. Yi Jun was squatting by the hospital bed to wipe Ding Yili’s face, and the two were talking in a low voice.

”Your son is really good.” The little nurse changed her medicine and couldn’t help but praise her, “Smart and filial, he should be in college, right? You can pay for the medical expenses for your parents, you still come so frequently.”

Some parents are hospitalized, and it is not that they have never seen their children.

”Not our son.” Ding Yili was a little embarrassed.

Yi Jun said, “He is a relative’s child.” When Ding Yili saw him, he was tongue tied and busy. He changed his mind as quickly as he left his relationship behind, “… the neighbor’s child.”

Jiang Huai pushed open the door and came in, carrying a bag of medicine in his hand.

Ding Yili and Yi Jun were silent, and the room fell into embarrassment.

”The medicine is ready, ring the bell if you have any questions.” Even the nurse noticed something was wrong, and her gaze shifted from the boy’s face to the faces of Ding Yili and his wife. The appearance is indeed different. The couple both look like ordinary people with fine eyebrows and fine eyebrows. The door was closed again.

”This is the medicine and payment slip for this period.” Jiang Huai’s voice was indifferent, “I wrote the doctor’s advice on a note, and my uncle sent a copy on his mobile phone. Be careful not to eat too cold.” He looked as usual, as if he hadn’t heard the previous conversation at all, “There are classes tomorrow, so I’ll go back to school first.”

———–

In the night, Jiang Huai rode a car galloping past, his short sleeves were blown by the wind, his back had begun to take shape, and his fine black hair was a little messy, and fell on his fair forehead. He came back from the hospital with a faint smell of disinfectant on his body, but Jiang Huai didn’t hate this smell and even sometimes made him feel more at ease.

Someone on the side of the road gave him a long whistle. He ignored it, thinking it was a common gangster on the road. Unexpectedly, there was another voice, “Hey, handsome guy.” The voice was a sweet and crisp girl’s voice, which was somewhat familiar. Jiang Huai stopped the car and looked over.

There is a small park next to the road, which is used for the citizens to exercise. There is a girl sitting on the parallel bars, her hair is tied into a high ponytail, tied with a cloth tie, and she is wearing shorts, socks and canvas shoes, two white and slender legs were swaying freely, and she was holding her cheeks, whistling at him.

”Gege (*older brother), why don’t you reply to my text message?” Mingshuang pretended to be simple, “Do you think my food is not delicious?”

”Is it because my Gege has too many good sisters and can’t tell the number?” She babbled nonsense, throwing dirty water on him with her eyes open.

Jiang Huai, “…”

It was the first time in his life that he met such a girl, and he really didn’t know how to deal with it.

”Don’t go.”

Ming Shuang wanted to jump off the parallel bars to chase him. The night was dark, it was dark, and he couldn’t see the road clearly. Jiang Huai only heard a scream from behind, followed by the sound of canvas shoes stumbling on the sand. He stopped the car, his heart sank, and walked quickly in the direction of screaming.

In the darkness, a cloud of shadows passed by with a fragrant breeze, light, warm and sweet, completely wiping out the smell of disinfectant left on his body. Mingshuang didn’t expect him to come, so she took advantage of the opportunity to hook his waist and touch it easily. What a thin waist. He reacted and quickly pushed her away.

Mingshuang stood firm and laughed loudly. The end of her slightly curled ponytail drew a playful arc in the night wind. The girl’s laughter was sweet and crisp, and she couldn’t stop laughing. Jiang Huai was still standing in the same place, his ears were hot, and blood seemed to be rushing to his face.

”Are there many girls who gave you love letters before?” Mingshuang asked loudly, chasing after him.

She just didn’t leave, she trotted after his car. It was late, and the street was quiet and empty. The girl were dressed in cool clothes, and her white long legs seemed to glow in the night.

His speed slowed down, Mingshuang usually neglected to exercise, and happened to be unable to catch up. Now she hurried to catch up, stretched out her hands, and stopped in front of his car.

”You haven’t answered me yet.” She kept asking repeatedly, as if she really cared about this question, “Is there any?”

”No.” Jiang Huai finally said bluntly without looking at her.

”What the hell are you trying to do?” Before his heartbeat could calm down, for the first time in his life, an indescribable ambiguous shame spread.

”I just want to be friends with you, Ge.” Just after trotting for a while, Mingshuang’s white and tender face flushed slightly, she supported her knees, took a breath, her eyes were bright as stars, and she said casually.

…Jiang Huai didn’t know if she could call any boy, ‘Gege’ when they had just known each other for a day. Thinking of the boy in the photo she sent, the wind and waves she had set off in the class for a long time, he was silent.

”You look good.” Mingshuang seemed to be thinking seriously about the reason why she wanted to be friends with him, “easy on the eyes”

The hot and dry wind of early summer brushed her cheeks, and under the thick green camphor trees, the street lamps shone faintly, her eyes blinked, and the girl’s innocence and charm came to her face with the wind of the summer night.

”…”

”The grades are also good.”

”You can lend me your homework to copy in the future.”