Dedicated to studying, yet forced into a chaotic situation.

Chapter 61 She felt so wronged; he actually yelled at her.

Chi Yan never made a voice call to Shi Sui.

At this time of night, it's usually Xu Chaomu who calls, or she calls him, to discuss math problems.

So Shi Sui didn't even look at the WeChat profile picture and name, and naturally assumed that the call was from Xu Chaomu.

The name 'Xu Chaomu' slipped out, and when Shi Sui saw the WeChat profile picture flashing on her phone screen, a chill ran down her spine.

Mistaking someone for someone else isn't scary; what's scary is that Chi Yan and Xu Chaomu don't get along.

Imagine, your underling secretly colluding with your mortal enemy—wouldn't you be furious? Wouldn't you drag him out and execute him? (Just kidding!)

Since things have come to this point, we can only bite the bullet and pretend that nothing happened.

"My deskmate, my deskmate, my deskmate!" Shi Sui's tone changed instantly, and she immediately pretended to be overjoyed. "I didn't expect you to call me. What a surprise! Is there something you need?"

Her voice was light and cheerful, perfectly capturing the shy yet excited feeling of someone who has had a crush on you for a long time suddenly calling you.

but--

"I didn't expect you to call me Xu Zhaomu either." Chi Yan gritted her teeth in anger, her voice turning sarcastic. "I called you, and you're disappointed, aren't you?"

Hearing that she had a conflict with the Jiang family, he was extremely worried and took the initiative to call them.

But to my surprise, I heard another man's name from her.

So, Xu Chaomu apologized because he often talked to her on the phone, right?

Chi Yan felt incredibly green with envy.

"Huh? Desk mate, why would you think that?" Shi Sui feigned ignorance. "I never called Xu Chaomu by his name. You must have misheard. I'm not even familiar with him."

"Not familiar?" Chi Yan sneered. "You were with him at noon."

At first, she refused to go out to eat with him, all because of that other guy!

"What a coincidence, what a coincidence." Shi Sui felt guilty, but she didn't panic. She rambled on, "Classmate, I'm really not familiar with him. I'm only familiar with you. I'm only with you. No one is more important than you..."

Chi Yan: I'm only familiar with you = I only love you.

The girl expressed her love for him sincerely, and he felt a little soft-hearted.

Shi Sui said in a serious tone, "Something just happened at my house, and I'm so upset. The first thing I wanted to do was call you and hear your voice. I wish you were here with me."

"But I was afraid of bothering you, so I didn't call." Shi Sui paused, her voice becoming joyful, "But I didn't expect you to call. When I needed you most, you called me. Is this what they call telepathy? I'm so happy, but I never expected..."

"But I didn't expect you to misunderstand me. I really didn't say the name 'Xu Chaomu.' I'm not familiar with him at all. Please don't be angry, okay?"

The girl's voice was soft and sweet, and Chi Yan felt his heart melt, all his anger vanishing.

She felt so wronged; he had actually been mean to her.

The name 'Xu Chaomu' must be a hallucination on his part.

They were kindred spirits; Shi Sui only had eyes for him. In her saddest moments, she could only think of him, wanting to hear his voice and have him by her side.

He's not cuckolded.

"Okay, don't be angry. You can call me anytime if you want to say anything." Chi Yan's voice softened. "Yan Ze just called me and said he saw people arguing in front of your house. What happened?"

He couldn't wait for Aunt Zhang to perform the skit, so he asked the person involved directly.

Shi Sui initially wanted to say it was nothing, but if she told him, he would definitely think it was boring. Then she thought—

Did Chi Yan call just to ask this?

When did he become as gossipy as Yan Ze? You become like those you associate with.

Shi Sui began her story: "I had just returned from the supermarket to prepare tomorrow's lunchbox, but as soon as I got home, I saw Jiang Tianyao standing at the door making a scene, threatening to run away from home. The Jiang family didn't want her to leave, and they were pulling and tugging at each other."

She used a little trick, mentioning the bento box, which showed that she, as the younger brother, always kept her older brother in mind.

Shi Sui continued, "I didn't want to get involved in their farce. I just wanted to go home. I didn't expect them to stop me and demand an apology, saying that it was because of me, Jiang Tianyao, that I ran away from home."

Chi Yan asked somewhat nervously, "And then? You didn't...you didn't apologize, did you?"

What did his deskmate do wrong? Why should he apologize to someone else?

He can force her to apologize, and he can also force them to admit their mistakes to her!

"Of course there was no apology." Shi Sui thought to herself with a smug smile. "I dropped a bombshell that scared them all. I don't know if they're still arguing downstairs now. Anyway, none of the Jiang family members will be sleeping tonight. (Note: I'm not a member of the Jiang family.)"

"What melon?"

"Jiang Chenjin, who is my blood brother, likes Jiang Tianyao." Family scandals should be aired in public; the more people who know, the better.

"Ok?"

"Jiang Tianyao is still nominally the daughter of the Jiang family, and Jiang Chenjin is her brother. What they are doing is against ethics and is incestuous."

Shi Sui shook her head, overjoyed: "And also, Jiang Tianyao is engaged to the Gu family. If the Gu family finds out about this mess with the Jiang family, the engagement will most likely be voided."

Shi Sui: "The reason why the Jiang family's company has been able to operate for so many years is because it has latched onto the Gu family. Now that the Gu family has been betrayed, they will definitely reduce their cooperation with the Jiang family, and the Jiang family will inevitably suffer a great loss."

Jiang Keshan cares most about his reputation. This time, he cursed loudly at his doorstep. Among the onlookers was the nanny from the neighboring villa. People love to gossip when they have nothing better to do, so the news spread very quickly.

Having lost face, even the powerful Gu family will probably run away.

In short, Shi Suishuang is dead.

She laughed happily, and he laughed along with her, but Chi Yan vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Shi Sui is a member of the Jiang family. She has ruined the Jiang family's reputation. Why is she so happy?

Chi Yan: "You're also a member of the Jiang family. If the Jiang family is destroyed, then you won't—"

Shi Sui interrupted him: "No, I'm not a member of the Jiang family."

She paused for a moment, then said, "Well—in terms of blood relation, you could say yes, but I was abducted when I was a child and have been declared missing. They haven't issued a replacement certificate yet, so I have absolutely no connection with the Jiang family now."

"Look, my name is Shi Sui, and even my name has nothing to do with the Jiang family."

Chi Yan was stunned.

He spoke in such a relaxed and cheerful tone, saying that he had no connection with the Jiang family whatsoever.

He knew she had been abducted and sold into slavery, knew she had been searching for her family, and he assumed she desperately wanted to stay with the Jiang family, but he never expected—

It must have been the Jiang family that drove her to despair, otherwise she wouldn't have given up on so many years of hard work.

I feel so sorry for you, I want to hug you.

“Shi Sui…”

"What's wrong?"

He wanted to say he'd give her his home, but then he felt it was too cheesy. Oh wait, she hadn't even won him over yet, how could he take the initiative!

"nothing."

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now." Shi Sui said, flipping through her notebook. "I'm going to prepare the ingredients for tomorrow's bento. I'm planning to make garlic butter scallops, wasabi butter prawns, salt and pepper asparagus with beef cubes, mushroom soup, and blanched okra. Are there any dietary restrictions?"

My notebook is full of recipes I copied from Redbook this noon.

Prepare the ingredients in advance, and they can be ready within half an hour tomorrow morning.

“I don’t have any dietary restrictions.” Chi Yan felt a pink bubble of joy in her heart. Before hanging up the phone, she said, “Don’t hang up.”

Hmm? Are you suggesting I supervise her as she prepares her lunchbox?