Chapter 161: Like You

Hearing Su Muzhi say something like that, Jiang Zhiyao and Yu Songsong felt utterly stifled inside.

Why not say it earlier, why not say it later, but right after the two of them had finalized their plans?

If that wasn't intentional, what was! Evil woman!

But the two of them couldn't exactly say anything. They couldn't stop her and tell her not to go to Yanjing.

So they could only look at Jiang Linyuan.

"You're going to Yanjing? For what?"

Jiang Linyuan asked.

This Xiao Su was clearly doing it on purpose.

"Hehe, is Jiang-classmate concerned about my travel arrangements?"

"Could you not be so cringe?!"

Jiang Zhiyao couldn't help shouting.

"Hehe, that's called confidence, little sister Zhiyao."

Su Muzhi didn't mind at all, saying with a smile:

"It's only natural for Jiang-classmate to be captivated by my charm."

After speaking, she looked at Jiang Linyuan again:

"I'm going to Yanjing to see some entertainment."

Xiao Su was being pretty honest. Coming to see me get entertained, huh!

Well, I'll see your entertainment too!

"What entertainment? I heard a story recently about a certain Su who was schemed against in high school and couldn't even fight back. Does that count as entertainment?"

Jiang Linyuan started digging up Xiao Su's dark history.

Su Muzhi paused, then slowly looked at Jiang Linyuan, her smile fading:

"Who told you that?"

Holy crap! Teacher Wu, what you said wasn't gossip, it was true!

Someone really did offend Xiao Su, and she couldn't get revenge!?

"Come inside with me."

Su Muzhi glanced at Jiang Zhiyao and Yu Songsong, grabbed Jiang Linyuan, pulled him into the room, and shut the door.

Her face dark, she braced one hand against the wooden door, pinning Jiang Linyuan against it:

"Where did you hear about this?"

Jiang Linyuan thought for a moment and said:

"You tell me—is it true or not?"

Seeing his reaction, Su Muzhi shot him a strange look, slowly pulled back her hand, and let out a cold laugh:

"Looks like she didn't tell you herself. It was some bigmouth."

Huh? Was Xiao Su misunderstanding that someone in particular had told me?

Generally speaking, the kind of person who could make Xiao Su lose her composure like this...

"That girl who confessed to you—was that Department Head's doing?"

Jiang Linyuan asked.

"Hehe, you're not stupid."

Su Muzhi shot him a glance.

"Come on, would Department Head do something like that?"

Jiang Linyuan found it odd.

That really didn't seem like something the Department Head would do.

"Hehe, strictly speaking, it wasn't something she actively did."

Su Muzhi's face was expressionless:

"But she knew everything, yet she didn't care about any of it."

"What do you mean, Xiao Su? Don't be a riddle-monger."

"I mean exactly what I said. That girl who confessed to me—she actually liked me. That alone made me sick. I couldn't even be bothered to say a single word to her."

Su Muzhi's tone was flat:

"Calling her a stranger wouldn't be an exaggeration."

"And yet, of all people, someone like that confessed to me in public?!"

Something like that, whether from a man or a woman, she couldn't tolerate.

"What does this have to do with Department Head?"

Jiang Linyuan asked.

It sounded like it was entirely that girl's fault.

"The reason she never confessed to me was because she was afraid I'd reject her. Like a secret crush, always feeling insecure. And at times like that, people always find someone to confide in."

Su Muzhi spoke, then let out a cold laugh:

"As for what happened after that, you can probably guess, right?"

"Shen Wanyu was that girl's confidante. With her ridiculously sharp abilities, I refuse to believe she didn't know that girl was going to confess to me!"

Jiang Linyuan froze for a second, then hesitated:

"Xiao Su, isn't that reason for blaming her a bit of a stretch?"

"A stretch?"

Su Muzhi pinned Jiang Linyuan against the door again, smiling:

"You think her and I are strangers? If that were the case, I never would have left my cat with her when I was a kid!"

"I treated her as a friend first."

"The cat ran away. I confronted her, and she actually said—it wasn't her cat, so she just watched it run off?"

"After the confession, I confronted her too. She said she only helped that girl sort out her feelings and didn't encourage it!"

"Later, I understood. She just doesn't care. She doesn't care about other people's feelings. That's how cold she is!"

Jiang Linyuan finished listening to Su Muzhi, was silent for a moment, then said:

"Xiao Su, did you really treat Department Head as a friend, and not just as some amusing toy?"

"I—!"

Su Muzhi's voice suddenly caught in her throat.

Shen Wanyu was a very peculiar person. She placed great value on sincerity being met with sincerity.

Even if she had some feelings inside, she would use reason to suppress them. Only when the other party was willing to give equal affection would she be willing to open up a little.

"You can't say it? Or you don't know?"

Jiang Linyuan pressed further.

Su Muzhi was also a very peculiar person. She treated everyone like toys.

Even if she had some feelings inside, she would confuse them with the idea of "fun." Only when someone truly hurt her would she begin to understand a little.

"So what? I'll still hold a grudge against her. I'll never forgive her."

Su Muzhi's face broke into a smile again, completely unconcerned:

"A toy that amuses me is a good toy. One that makes me angry or disgusts me—that one should be smashed and destroyed."

"What about me?"

Jiang Linyuan asked again:

"If one day, I were to abandon you, Xiao Su, and make you sad, make you cry, what would you do to me?"

Su Muzhi paused, her smile still in place:

"What nonsense are you talking about? You haven't even made my heart race..."

Before she could finish, Jiang Linyuan leaned in and kissed her.

"If your heart isn't racing, then why didn't you stop me?"

Su Muzhi touched her lips, and her face slowly began to feel hot.

Hotter than when she had kissed him.

"You country bumpkin! You're molesting me!"

She pushed Jiang Linyuan away and wanted to walk out of the room, but then she didn't want Yu Songsong and Jiang Zhiyao to see her like this, so she stopped in her tracks.

"Jiang Linyuan, confess to me again."

She said.

"Su Muzhi, I like you. Be my girlfriend."

He did as she asked.

After hearing it, Su Muzhi's heart remained still. How strange, how very strange.

Holding hands made her blush, kissing made her shy... Shouldn't that be liking?

But why, when she heard a confession, did it make her sick?

"I reject you, Jiang Linyuan."

"I see."

No card was torn.

Jiang Linyuan casually sat down.

Seeing his reaction, Su Muzhi suddenly understood. So that was it. He was just like Shen Wanyu—he didn't care either.

That was why she felt sick.

"Jiang Linyuan, do you like me?"

She asked again.

"I like you."

Jiang Linyuan said.

Still no feeling.

"Say it again while holding my hand."

Jiang Linyuan took Su Muzhi's hand:

"I like you, Su Muzhi."

Even the shyness from holding hands was gone.

"Kiss me, and say it again."

Jiang Linyuan kissed her.

"I like you, Su Muzhi."

Even more nauseating. Even his kiss felt disgusting.

"I'm going to Yanjing on the second day of the new year to hang out with Department Head, so Xiao Su, can you not come?"

It hurt. It hurt a lot.

What do you mean "can you not come"?!

"Hehe, I don't understand."

Su Muzhi pushed open the door and walked out.

Jiang Linyuan watched her, touching his lips.

Tch, biting again.