Chapter 1737: Poolside Temptation, Stirred Her Heart (3)

Blushing more tenderly than a ripe lychee.

His Adam’s apple bobbed slightly twice, and he just smiled.

He found her exceptionally adorable.

But Jiang Ruan was already flustered by him, her mind blank. That smile completely threw her off balance.

Yan Chi wasn’t someone who laughed often. When he did, it was usually with a touch of formal politeness. But today’s smile...

Dazzled her eyes, tangled her heart.

Truly deadly.

Jiang Ruan didn’t know if her face just now was red, but now... it was definitely on fire.

...

The way the two acted, in the eyes of others at the swimming pool, appeared entirely different.

From their angle, when Yan Chi suddenly leaned over, blocking Jiang Ruan’s face, it looked like the two of them were...

Kissing!

"Wow, that girl just said she and senior were only friends. What are they doing?"

"Senior truly is something else, surprising us all in one go."

"At least be considerate of us singles in a public place."

**

Jiang Ruan, unaware of what the crowd was thinking, had already left the swimming pool following Yan Chi. Although she was treating today, the location was chosen by Yan Chi; after all, he knew better than her which restaurants in Nanjiang were good.

On the way, Jiang Ruan kept her head down, sipping on soda, feeling that only this can of soda could revive her half-dead life.

Yan Chi had also figured out what she had been busy with recently.

"When is the freshman welcome party?"

"This weekend." Jiang Ruan bit on the straw, which was flattened beyond recognition. "Why are you asking? You want to come to the show?"

Jiang Ruan asked casually, but Yan Chi replied, "I actually do want to take a look."

Jiang Ruan almost choked on her soda.

"What? Not welcoming me?" Yan Chi smiled at her.

"That’s not what I meant. If you come, the girls at school will definitely go crazy; you are the male deity in every girl’s heart."

"Every girl..." Yan Chi tilted his head to glance at her, "including you?"

"..."

Jiang Ruan just gave a dry laugh without answering his question.

Luckily, Yan Chi received a call, seemingly from home asking if he would come back for dinner, which changed the subject and saved Jiang Ruan.

Dinner was at a small restaurant, not expensive, but the taste was great.

"How do you know so many good places to eat?" Jiang Ruan felt that someone like Yan Chi wouldn’t frequent small eateries.

"Before I started working, my living expenses were limited. With little money and a desire to eat well, I definitely had to find these small places."

"Your living expenses were low?"

"My father is quite strict."

Jiang Ruan nodded, she seemed to have heard from her father that Yan Chi’s father was a formidable figure, having a child late in life and surely having high expectations, "So you didn’t learn swimming back then because your family didn’t allow it?"

Yan Chi shook his head, "I chose not to learn it myself."

"You were so talented, why not learn it?"

Yan Chi just smiled without speaking. At the time, Jiang Ruan thought there might be some difficult-to-discuss family reasons, so she didn’t press further. Only later did she find out the details and felt even more for the person in front of her.

**

Back at her dorm, when washing her face, Jiang Ruan touched her cheek and remembered the sensation of his fingers brushing against her face, causing her face to heat and heart to race.

Even while splashing water on her face, she would think of the scene of someone emerging from the pool, truly eye-catching and handsome.

It was truly maddening.

Jiang Ruan wasn’t short of good-looking, exquisite people around her. Even her two cousins, Jiang Wenyan and Jiang Mutang, were extraordinarily attractive. After seeing so many handsome guys, she thought she’d be immune, but she ended up swooning over Yan Chi.

Lying in bed, group notifications kept popping up from a small group chat created by the younger Jiang Family members, named:

[The Tycoon and His Entourage]

The tycoon: the eldest cousin — Jiang Wenyan.

The entourage was them, a group of people, and the uncreative name was given by their youngest uncle, the second cousin.

He was practically Jiang Wenyan’s shadow.

The name was so sycophantic and unanimously disliked by everyone.

But...

The eldest cousin was indeed wealthy and quite fond of them.

It’s said Jiang Wenyan accumulated a considerable fortune at a very young age. Where the money came from, no one actually knew, just that any dating expenses came from his own pocket.

As for the details of his romantic relationships, that was not something Jiang Ruan was privy to.

At this moment, the group was discussing plans for the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays.

Eldest cousin: [Why haven’t I seen Ruan Ruan?]

Xiaojiu: [My sister hasn’t been hanging out here much lately, don’t know why.]

Tenth cousin: [Something’s up.]

Second cousin: [She definitely has something going on.]

Everyone: [...]

Jiang Ruan was speechless, it must still be about that previous gift, as if they truly believed something was up with her. She immediately private messaged Jiang Mutang:

[Brother, I really don’t have anything going on, don’t talk nonsense.]

Jiang Mutang, with his prying nature, directly said in the group chat: [No situation, yet you’re lurking and messaging me privately.]

He seemed to realize he messaged the wrong place and retracted it.

Then he said: [Sorry, sent it to the wrong place.]

Anyone could tell who it was meant for!

Everyone knew Jiang Ruan was lurking, which infuriated her to no end, this cousin was truly something else. Fine, since that’s how it is, don’t blame me.

[@Jiang Mutang, brother, watch what you say, you also have dirt in my hands.]

Jiang Mutang chuckled at that, knowing it was about him asking for a number:

[Then let’s see who holds more leverage?]

Jiang Ruan thought she would explode!

Frustrated, she exited the group chat, only to find someone trying to add her on WeChat. Clicking to see...

It was Yan Chi!

Her heart skipped a beat, looking at the friend request information, her heart was pounding, a strange new emotion filled her.

Seems it was added based on a phone number, and his avatar was a bottle of soda, quite unique.

Her two brothers had unconventional avatars, her grandfather a middle-aged man’s style, and her dad’s avatar...

Changed every three days, always featuring racing cars or motorcycles, and his moments were more active than a middle-aged man’s should be!

She bit her lip, after accepting, sent a hello sticker, and opened his moments, which was empty, but the background was a beach with two soda bottles snuggled together.

Did he just really like soda?

Later Jiang Ruan would find out...

It wasn’t soda he liked, it was that he had already liked her back then.

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