Dedicated to studying, yet forced into a chaotic situation.

Chapter 196 You're not allowed to call me that.

Shi Sui didn't think much of it; it was just a term of address used by an elder to address a younger person.

She greeted him, "Hello, Grandpa Chi."

"No need to be so formal, just call me Grandpa."

Shi Sui: "?"

Contrary to his appearance, Chi Yan's grandfather was actually very kind and approachable.

Just as Shi Sui was about to call him Grandpa, she saw Chi Yan pull Grandpa Chi into the classroom: "The parent-teacher meeting is about to start, let's go in, let's go in."

Shi Sui: That's so rude to your elders.

Grandpa Chi: I beat out those unreliable guys in my family (Chi Yan's older brother and sister) to get the chance to meet Ayan's girlfriend at the parent-teacher conference, and you only let me see her for a second??

Unfilial piety.

A few minutes later, Chi Yan walked out of the classroom.

Shi Sui waved her hand: "Chi Yan!"

Chi Yan walked over, scratched his hair, lowered his head slightly, and whispered, "Sui Sui."

Shi Sui was startled: "What did you call me?"

"Sui Sui."

He raised his voice a little, and unsurprisingly, his ears, hidden under his wispy hair, turned red.

Shi Sui frowned, puzzled: "Why are you calling me that?"

She looked up at him. The boy was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with arrogant eyes and eyebrows. Ignoring his reddened ears, he exuded an unruly and rebellious air.

How can someone with such a face use reduplicated words to act cute?

That's really weird.

Chi Yan met her gaze and suspected he saw disdain in her eyes.

I was a little shy just now, but now I'm not shy at all!

Chi Yan straightened his back: "What's wrong? Can't I call you that? Song Xinying and Shangguan Ying both call you that."

“They’re girls, that’s what girls call each other.” Shi Sui pouted and whispered, “No boy calls each other by a reduplicated word, it’s so girly.”

Chi Yan: "!!" He heard it! Who's being effeminate!

Chi Yan: "My grandfather called you that just now too."

“Your grandfather is an elder, and elders address juniors…” Shi Sui tilted her head, drawing out the last syllable as she thought.

After Chi Yan's reminder, she suddenly realized that this was the first time she had met Old Master Chi, and that his way of addressing her was a bit too intimate.

Jiang Shu had never addressed her that way.

As expected, Old Master Chi was kind and approachable, while Jiang Shu was utterly despicable.

Shi Sui said firmly, "That's how elders address juniors!"

Chi Yan sneered, thinking of a despicable person: "Pei Shuoxun also calls you that."

He's heard it several times!

Shi Sui clenched her fist, which was hidden in her sleeve: "Pei Shuoxun... is also an elder, he is... my brother."

The thought of being forced to call him "brother" during winter break made me feel ashamed. It wasn't a big deal at first, but then I realized he was smiling meaningfully and with ill intent.

Of course, we beat him into submission.

Shi Sui's biggest regret is why she chose to become sworn siblings in the first place.

Pei Shuoxun was only a few months older than her, which was negligible.

How wonderful it would be if we became sworn siblings!

Chi Yan paused for a moment, then changed the subject: "Brother and sister can't be together. Stay away from that guy!"

“Of course,” Shi Sui said seriously. “Couples within three generations of collateral relatives cannot marry.”

“…Sui Sui, even those who are not related by blood are not allowed.”

"Don't call me Sui Sui, it's really weird."

"What's strange about it?"

It's strange, hard to describe. Shi Sui thought for a moment and whispered, "Ayan?"

He was surprised when the other man treated him the same way.

The girl's eyes were clear and pure, and her voice was soft and sweet when she spoke softly.

Especially when you call his name, it's just too adorable.

I really want to hug him and kiss him.

But they agreed that they could only kiss after being together, so they held back.

Chi Yan's Adam's apple bobbed up and down: "Sui Sui."

Shi Sui looked on with a big question mark: Doesn't he find it strange?

So he repeated, "Ayan?"

"Sui Sui." The blush on her ears spread to her cheeks.

"Ayan?" Damn it, he didn't even find it strange, but Shi Sui was being stubborn.

"Sui Sui."

"Ayan?"

"Sui Sui."

"..."

In the end, Shi Sui lost. She turned off the two broken records, tilted her head, and asked, "Don't you think it's weird?"

Chi Yan smiled and said, "It's not strange at all." It couldn't be better.

Shi Sui: "..."

Chi Yan happily decided: "From now on, I'll call you Sui Sui, and you can call me A Yan."

Shi Sui shook her head: "No."

"Why not?" Chi Yan said leisurely, "Why can others call you Sui Sui, but I can't? You're treating your friends differently."

Shi Sui was stunned.

Are you treating your friends differently?

Is Chi Yan different in her heart?

To get special treatment?

“That’s right, I do treat my friends differently.” Shi Sui made an X on her chest. “You’re not allowed to call me that.”

Chi Yan moved his lips slightly, as if he had something to say.

But her lips were covered.

The girl's hands were warm and soft, with a pleasant fragrance, probably the lingering scent of lychee after peeling the candy wrapper.

My lips were kissed by a hand! She did it!

Shi Sui didn't want to talk about this anymore, so she manually muted his microphone.

"Chi Yan, I've been forgetting to thank you. The more than 300,000 yuan I received when I left the Jiang family was from you. Thank you."

Shi Sui thanked him sincerely, completely ignoring the increasingly strange look in the boy's eyes.

Until his breath burned her hand as he spoke.

But then, as if struck by lightning, I felt numb and frozen for a moment.

Shi Sui immediately withdrew her hand and rubbed it behind her back.

Chi Yan asked in confusion, "What, more than 300,000?"

"It's about how I bought you water, cakes, and did your homework for you before..." Shi Sui explained, then concluded, "I'm grateful for the errand fees you gave me when I was your little brother running errands for you."

Chi Yan remembered it; it was the embarrassing time when he first mistakenly thought she had fallen in love with him at first sight.

What can I do? I just want to transfer money to her whenever I see her.

LOL, who actually fell in love at first sight?

"No need to thank me." Chi Yan smiled, then belatedly realized, "Why were you so eager to be my underling back then?"

"Can't you tell?" Shi Sui smiled, her eyes crinkling and sparkling. "It's purely out of greed!"

The air froze for a moment.

Chi Yan suddenly smiled brightly: "That's great, my family is rich."

Hmph, he's the richest one!

Greed for money = greed for others.

Shi Sui felt he was showing off his wealth and didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Chi Yan asked, "Besides today, have any other members of the Jiang family bothered you?"

Shi Sui shook her head: "No, we haven't seen each other for several months since we cut off all ties. I've long forgotten about them, and I don't know why they came to find me today."

I can't understand it. Wasn't Jiang Shu the one who looked down on her the most?

They all openly criticized her for her rustic accent, lack of manners and etiquette, and ugly way of holding chopsticks...

A gentle breeze blew in from outside the corridor, scattering the wisps of hair on the boy's forehead. Beneath his noble brows and eyes, a deep red beauty mark was faintly visible.

Chi Yan looked down at her, his tone casual, as if he were asking about the weather today.

"Do you want me to bankrupt the Jiang family?"

Shi Sui looked at him and her heart skipped a beat, but she still shook her head and looked into the distance: "No, the Jiang family won't need your help, they'll be wiped out."

The Jiang family's main investments are all related to the Gu family. Once the Gu family falls, the Jiang family will soon follow suit.

She suddenly smiled, as if she had thought of something.

Shi Sui looked up at Chi Yan, her eyes crinkling with a smile: "Big brother, are you thirsty? Shall I go buy you some water?"

"Hey bro, I saw on WeChat that X Dessert Shop has some new products, wanna try them?"

"Hey bro, is there anyone you've got your eye on lately? I'll go beat him up for you."

"..."

Chi Yan looked down at her.

The girl's eyes sparkled, and when she smiled, the slightly upturned corners of her eyes carried a natural allure, with shallow dimples on her cheeks.

Chi Yan smiled too, his gaze lingering on the corner of her lips: "Big brother wants to kiss you, may I?"

Shi Sui's heart was pounding, but she felt it was because she was frightened.

She blinked: "You're so slick."

Seeing the boy's expression shatter, Shi Sui laughed happily: "Just kidding, it's not greasy at all."

Then he quickly tiptoed.

*

Shortly after the black-clad bodyguards appeared in the teaching building, a post appeared on the school forum.

Who are these bodyguards in black? How did they get into the school? And what's going on with this woman they're dragging?!

The main building features a photo of bodyguards in black dragging Jiang Shu away; all the bodyguards in black are muscular.

1L: What's going on? This is the first time I've seen so many bodyguards. Did some important people come to the school?

2L: Front row watchers.

3L: I came out of the Grade 11 building. What happened in Grade 11?

……

Amidst a crowd of onlookers, the person in the know finally arrived.

28L: It's Grandpa Chi who's here for the parent-teacher meeting.

29L: Holy crap, is this for real?

30L: Of course it's fake, Chi Yan has come to the school.

31L: I ran into Chi Yan several times at school last semester, and he's definitely not the handsome guy who never comes to school as rumored.

32L: I'm tired of seeing this.

33L: +1.

34L: So Chi Yan will definitely be the heir of the Chi family, since the old man even came to hold a parent-teacher meeting for him.

35L: Tears of envy welled up uncontrollably. Is it too late to go and cling to someone's coattails?

36L: Hugging the thigh +1.

……

76L: So does anyone know who this woman being dragged away by bodyguards is? Who dares to offend the Chi family?

77L: I've seen her. I saw her with Jiang Tianyao. She must be her mother.

78L: I saw them go upstairs, to the floor of the Evergreen Class.

79L: Comrades, I have a bold guess—could it be related to Shi Sui? As we all know, Shi Sui is the real daughter of the Jiang family.

80L: But didn't the Jiang family drive Shi Sui away?

81L: They kicked her out? No way, Sister Sui is so outstanding, is the Jiang family crazy?

……

Each person analyzed one sentence, and the truth was quickly revealed, which was then confirmed by the students in the Evergreen Class.

126L: Holy crap, do the Jiang family have no shame? Sister Sui has already cut ties with them, yet they still shamelessly try to get close to them.

127L: Is it because he found out that Sister Sui and Brother Chi are together, so he wants to use Sister Sui to climb up to the Chi family?

128L: Chi Yan, who immediately becomes a bodyguard, is such a domineering CEO! I'm a country bumpkin, but I love domineering CEOs.

129L: Oh no, I've fallen for Qianfu again.

……