Chapter 360 - 134: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Drama (21)
Chapter 360: Chapter 134: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Drama (21)
It was a long while before the two separated. The affection in their eyes seemed to ride the wind, transforming into crimson bubbles that filled the entire room with sweetness.
Jiang Yihua had only been gone for half a day when Jiang Zishi came looking for her.
The midday sun was fierce, and after lunch, everyone had lazily returned to their rooms to lie down. Although they still had to go to work each day, the most strenuous tasks were more or less finished.
The farm leadership, considerate of everyone’s recent hard work, had extended their break times.
There was hardly a soul to be seen on the farm. After Jiang Zishi registered, someone led him to Chi Yun’er.
"Comrade Chi, this is Jiang. He’s come looking for our Mr. Jiang. But Mr. Jiang went up the mountain to hunt, so he wants to talk to you about something instead," the comrade guarding the farm gate said with a smile, pointing at Jiang Zishi.
"You two can talk inside with the door open. I’ll just stand out here for a bit," he said, pointing outside with a helpless gesture. "The farm has strict rules. We have to prevent outsiders from causing trouble, so we security personnel are required to supervise the entire time."
"Comrade Chi, you and Jiang will have to excuse the inconvenience."
Chi Yun’er smiled and said it was only right.
’She knew Jiang Yihua must have given them special instructions before heading up the mountain.’
"Comrade, you don’t have to bake in the sun. Please, stand here under the eaves, have some tea, and cool off," Chi Yun’er said, pouring a cup of her homemade iced tea and handing it over.
The comrade accepted with a polite thank you and, true to his word, stood under the eaves, his eyes glued to Jiang Zishi like a temple guardian.
Under such scrutiny, most of the schemes Jiang Zishi had concocted on his way here were now useless. He ground his teeth in frustration. ’Are they treating me like some kind of enemy agent?’
He couldn’t stop himself from staring at Chi Yun’er’s increasingly vibrant and radiant face. He sneered, "Comrade Chi, you’re certainly putting on more and more airs!"
Chi Yun’er smiled and nodded, taking his words as a compliment. "But of course. Brother Hua takes excellent care of me—no worse than Brother Zishu did. The conditions on the farm are good, and the comrades here are all outstanding, open, and generous."
"I used to think there was something wrong with me, since I didn’t make a single friend to talk to for over a year. But now it seems that relationships are a two-way street. Why is it that I can get along so well with everyone here, but I couldn’t back in Bian Family Village?"
"Besides, Brother Hua is the eldest, and he’s so much better than Brother Zishu. In so many ways, but especially in teaching me how to conduct myself. His way of guiding me is just so effective."
Hearing the girl who once supposedly adored him go on and on about how wonderful his brother was—and specifically, how much better he was than him...
A vein throbbed relentlessly on Jiang Zishi’s forehead.
’His kindness toward her had always been calculated. The more isolated she was, the more she’d have to rely on him in this strange, barren village.’
’Not like his brother, who was so perfect he might as well cast no shadow. Aside from his supposed fear of women, you couldn’t find a single flaw in the man.’
"So, you’ve transferred your affections, Yun’er? When you realized you couldn’t have me, you just went after my brother instead?"
He didn’t lower his voice when he said this; instead, he raised it, his tone laced with anger and disbelief.
The young man outside blinked awkwardly. He had just stumbled upon some major gossip. He looked at the sky, then at the ground, his heart aching for his boss.
’The boss is up on the mountain risking his life for everyone’s safety, and meanwhile, his own backyard is on fire...’
Chi Yun’er couldn’t help but burst out laughing. "Jiang Zishi, who do you take for a fool?"
"Haven’t I told you before? I don’t care how big your ego is, just don’t shove it in my face. Do you really think the whole world revolves around you?"
"Anyone with eyes can see that your brother is a thousand times more outstanding than you. And it’s not as if I’d never met Brother Hua before. If I hadn’t been planning on becoming your sister-in-law, do you really think I would have been childhood friends with *you* out of everyone in the medical compound?"
Jiang Zishi froze. "Chi Yun’er, I don’t believe it!"
"You followed me here to the countryside! If you didn’t have feelings for me..."
Chi Yun’er quickly cut him off before he could make her throw up last night’s dinner.
She let out a soft laugh. "Jiang Zishi, self-awareness is a virtue. What exactly do you have to be so proud of? Your looks? Your grades? Your family background? Your personality? Your manipulative nature?"
"If I was actually interested in you, I would’ve begged my parents to get you a post in the city, not stood by and watched you make the idiotic choice to come ’support construction’ in this remote backwater."
"If I liked you, did I ever confess? Did I ever let you hold my hand? Or hug me?"
"A girl being ’coy’? That’s just a polite way of rejecting someone she’s not interested in. TSK, TSK. Don’t you fancy yourself a smart man? How could you not even understand something so simple?"