Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Losing Yourself Amid the Endearments

“It’s just helping to find someone, how much trouble could it be!” He sat in the school’s pavilion, across from Ji Tian.

Next to them was the lake that Ji Lingyun had ordered to be drained, now emptily ready to be transformed into a reading pavilion.

Ji Tian coolly retorted him, “If you are capable, why don’t you hire someone yourself? Why use your family’s resources?”

Ji Weinan’s lips twitched, and finally, he turned his head away, “I’m only seventeen, I won’t rely on my family when I capable in the future.”

“Okay, brother, cheer up, otherwise how will you provide for your darling in the future.”

“…”

So annoying!

He stood up and walked away. As Ji Tian’s gaze retracted from his retreating figure, she probably started thinking of ways to find someone.

She bowed her head, scrolling on her smartphone, when a shadow fell behind her, causing her to quickly slam her phone down on the table.

“Super Egg Yolk?”

Qin Jiangsheng’s cool, puzzled voice rang out.

Only then did Ji Tian relax, turning her head and blinking her bright, deer-like eyes, pretending to be dumb, “Yeah, I am watching ‘Salty Egg Superman.'”

Qin Jiangsheng glanced at her, and it was clear she had slipped up.

She slipped so unexpectedly.

She coughed lightly, innocently said, “Do you use this study app? I’m making big money here, but stinky milk is blocking my way.”

Qin Jiangsheng’s expression turned strange for a moment, then resumed his usual expressionless face, “I don’t play.”

Ji Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief, she knew it, Qin Jiangsheng probably didn’t even do social media, not looking like someone who would post on social circles or enjoy himself in KTVs and bars. She pulled Qin Jiangsheng to sit opposite her and then flipped open the leaderboard, “This top player, I just can’t surpass them. The event ends in ten days; sigh, it feels like the one hundred thousand yuan is hopeless.”

After pursuing for about ten days, Ji Tian had surpassed Shen Zhiyi just yesterday because Zhiyi had taken a day break from contributing, allowing Ji Tian to easily capture second place, while the hated milk went from five thousand points initially to seven thousand eight.

Leaving a bunch of people trailing behind.

Looking at her own five thousand points made Ji Tian shudder.

The questions behind were simply devilish, and the time she took to ponder had also grown somewhat longer.

She opened a post on the platform, posting only one difficult question per day along with thinking process, and in just over ten days, her post was followed by more than ten thousand people, waiting daily for her updates, like a longing wife.

Seeing him silent, Ji Tian turned off her phone’s screen, “Don’t tell anyone this is my account, I don’t want too many people to know.”

“Why?”

“It’s too troublesome… I just want to win that one hundred thousand, not to make an appearance.” Ji Tian pouted.

“Okay.”

Hearing his agreement, Ji Tian then smiled as she looked at him; the more she looked, the more she felt Qin Jiangsheng was like a clay figure meticulously sculpted by God, only the figure could use a bit more smiles.

When he smiled, it softened his inherent aloofness, bringing a gentleness.

Thinking so, she even spoke out, “Qin Jiangsheng, can you smile a bit more? You have dimples when you smile.”

Ji Tian moved closer, pressing on his cheek, “Right here.”

His skin was smooth, his tea-colored eyes quite light under the light, and because they were close, Qin Jiangsheng smelled the rose scent on her, and Ji Tian, realizing much later, noticed how natural and bold her actions were…

She sheepishly retracted her hand, but in the next moment, Qin Jiangsheng grabbed it, his brows and eyes slowly relaxing, his smile light but enough to dazzle Ji Tian’s eyes, like a bucket-load of rainfall hammering on the window, vibrant and grand noise causing a panicked stir, eventually seeping into the soil, slowly nourishing the flowers.

“Like this?”

Ji Tian was utterly charmed, “Mm, just like that, it’s beautiful.”

Qin Jiangsheng lowered his gaze, considering for a while. He did not love to smile, because he felt there was nothing in this world worth being happy about.

But Ji Tian liked it, and what was liking? He was only loyal to his own thoughts.

She liked good people, so he would leave the organization, keeping his hands clean.

She liked his smile, so in the future, he would smile only for her.

Qin Jiangsheng leaned in a bit closer, “I’ve done what you like, can I do what I like now?”

“Ah?!” Ji Tian regained some consciousness, “What?”

“I want to kiss you.”

“!!!”

What kind of talk was that!

Why could he say such flirtatious words so calmly and coolly?

Ji Tian blushed furiously, lost her ability to speak, and stared at him dumbfounded, “No, no way!”

“Why not?” Qin Jiangsheng was puzzled, “Don’t you like me?”

Ji Tian: “…”

What could she possibly say in response?

Under his increasingly dangerous gaze, Ji Tian said with tearful eyes, “I like you, I like you so much.”

“So why can’t we kiss?”

Why indeed…

Ji Tian had a flash of inspiration, her tone regretful, “Who made us underage, baby?”

That “baby” actually made Qin Jiangsheng blush deeply, visibly softening his demeanor, and his voice grew softer, “Then, once we’re adults, can we?”

Ji Tian was surprised by Qin Jiangsheng’s change, good heavens, she seemed to have discovered an incredible switch, so she tested further, “Of course, baby, high school is not for early romances.”

He was visibly unhappy, yet lost in Ji Tian’s repetitive “baby”, “Then wait for me for three months, I’ll be an adult in three months.”

Ji Tian: “…”

You’ll be an adult, but what about me? What does that count for!

Her birthday was next May.

Her mouth moved, and in the end, she didn’t say the words that would crush him, but awkwardly chuckled, “Okay, darling.”

She didn’t know why it turned out like this, but in the end, it did…

So, just… appease him?

The big villain’s high school days were rather innocent; teasing him was quite fun.

Suddenly feeling playful, Ji Tian rubbed her shoulder, “Darling, my shoulders are sore.”

He pursed his lips, but his body was honest, standing behind Ji Tian and massaging her shoulders.

Ji Tian felt she reached a peak in her life, she could actually boss Qin Jiangsheng around. After being treated coldly by him for months, she finally turned the tables.

She pointed to the other side, “Baby, here, a bit harder, hmm~”

“Is this pressure okay?”

“Ah, perfect, keep it at this strength.”

When Gong Yu arrived there, he heard from behind the shrubs the sounds of a woman gasping and asking to lighten up.

He paused, walked further, and Ji Tian’s “baby” sounded smoother and sweeter, more and more tender, almost drowning someone in the word “baby.”

He approached with a cold face, only to realize he had mistaken their actions–just a shoulder massage. She really could boss Qin Jiangsheng around and even called him baby?

Gong Yu felt a bit repelled by seeing them together, subconsciously very resistant. He instinctively felt that something would eventually happen if Ji Tian stayed with Qin Jiangsheng, as he was too dangerous.

So, he spoke out directly: “Ji Tian.”

Ji Tian was so startled she almost choked on her involuntary “baby.”

She forced a twist, humming a tune, “Baby, the stars guide your way…”

She hummed a few pretentious lines before turning to greet, “Gong Yu? When did you get here? Come sit down, I’m practicing singing…”

Gong Yu: “…”

Qin Jiangsheng: “…”

Hm?