Chapter 721 - 740: Why We’re Together (Originating from the Domineering Miss’s Declaration)
Chapter 721: Chapter 740: Why We’re Together (Originating from the Domineering Miss’s Declaration)
"You’re not proactive at all." Once they were back, it was time for homework.
Jiang Jiang was a little better at finance than Mei Lin, so he would help her check her homework.
Just as he was looking up to check various documents and compare information, he suddenly heard the young lady’s voice close behind him.
Unlike usual, her voice held a hint of melancholy.
This kind of emotion was rare for Mei Lin. ’Is she feeling this way because of me?’
Jiang Jiang couldn’t help but read more into it.
When he didn’t turn around, Mei Lin found it dull once more. "You’re always like this. I’m starting to get bored." And yet, when they had first made their relationship official, she had been so delighted she had tossed and turned all night.
Her words were harsh. Jiang Jiang turned his head slightly and said in a low voice, "I’m just afraid of overstepping my bounds, Miss."
"Why would you feel that way?"
"I am just a butler. My status is no match for yours, Miss." Besides, the way their relationship had developed was quite dramatic.
Even now, when Jiang Jiang thought back on it, it all felt... like too much of a coincidence.
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「It happened around the end of May.」
At that time, Jiang Jiang and Mei Lin had already made a habit of auditing classes in the finance department. After spending some time there, Mei Lin felt the teaching was more in-depth, interesting, and diverse.
Gradually, Mei Lin rarely went to her class for the nobles anymore.
She was the Duke’s only daughter, a highly sought-after prize. Who wouldn’t want to marry her and double their family’s fortune? Consequently, some of the "young masters" from the class for nobles sent Mei Lin banquet invitations.
At the time, Mei Lin was absorbed in her classes, and in her free time, she just wanted to watch livestreams. She couldn’t be bothered to attend a banquet hosted by a bunch of useless freeloaders, so she had Jiang Jiang reject the young masters for her.
One of them, particularly arrogant, believed it was impossible for Mei Lin to reject his invitation and assumed Jiang Jiang was sabotaging him.
Naturally, Jiang Jiang wasn’t going to admit to something he hadn’t done.
Besides, he didn’t want Mei Lin to attend the banquet in the slightest.
His rejection was crisp and direct.
Among those rejected was a seasoned player, accustomed to toying with women. He sensed something was amiss and immediately spat out some nasty words. "Well now, was it Miss Meilin who turned me down, or was it you?"
"You’re just a damn butler. You were told to deliver a message, so what are you acting so smug for?"
"You like Mei Lin?" The man scoffed. "Is that why you’re watching her so closely? Why you convinced her to take classes next door? What, a toad in the gutter dreaming of a swan?"
Jiang Jiang had never expected his secret to be discovered. He froze for a moment, then immediately denied it.
But that moment of hesitation was all it took.
Their suspicions were confirmed.
The young masters scoffed and burst into laughter, mouthing, "Absolutely delusional."
"If you want to sleep your way to the top, you’d better see if you’re even qualified."
"You disgusting creature. How dare you stay by your master’s side to run errands? A rejection? Who the hell do you think you are to reject us for Mei Lin?"
Jiang Jiang’s knuckles turned white. Just then, the CLICK-CLACK of a woman’s leather heels echoed on the ground.
Mei Lin had arrived.
The men all started talking at once, telling her how Jiang Jiang coveted her—a toad lusting after swan’s flesh.
One of them added, "What kind of creature is he to be worthy of staying by your side?"
Jiang Jiang tried to explain, but Mei Lin glanced at him, held him back with a hand on his shoulder, and turned to face the four young masters.
"What kind of creature? What kind of creatures are you?"
"Is it any of your business who I keep by my side?"
"He’s not worthy to reject you on my behalf? Then are you? So what if he likes me? I gave him permission."
"A banquet hosted by third-rate rejects from second-rate noble families like yours... and you think you have the right to invite me?"