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Chapter 48 - 47 Wei Yan Likes Her

Chapter 48: Chapter 47 Wei Yan Likes Her

The two of them stayed at Grandma’s house until the afternoon before they left. Jiang An, who had been curious for a long time, finally took the chance to ask Gao Chuan about Ji Wanwan while it was just the two of them.

It was the first time the girl inquired about the Gao Family with such keenness, throwing many questions at him. Gao Chuan, who was driving, gently turned the steering wheel, waves of emotion flickering in his eyes, and he succinctly introduced the situation between Ji Wanwan and Gao Yu to Jiang An.

Only then did Jiang An learn that Ji Wanwan, who had always proclaimed herself single to the public, had actually married Gao Yu three years ago, but they had kept it secret for the sake of her acting career. Moreover, at the time, the marriage was strongly opposed by Shen Mei and Gao Lin. Gao Yu had stubbornly gone against their wishes and married Ji Wanwan in secret. Shen Mei was so angry when she found out that she almost ended up in the hospital. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had been tense ever since, putting Gao Yu in a difficult position between the two.

"So it is. A marriage that’s not blessed by the family must be very hard on the sister-in-law," Jiang An muttered with her eyelids lowered upon learning the whole story, completely unaware of the bitter experience behind Ji Wanwan’s glamorous facade.

Gao Chuan turned his head and saw the girl furrowing her brows with concern, her thin lips pressed into a line as he asked, "Did you meet yesterday?"

Sitting in the passenger seat, Jiang An nodded, flashing back to the excitement she felt upon seeing Ji Wanwan. Her face flushed, Gao Chuan turned his head to see that the girl was lost in her own emotions, with not a single ripple visible on her face. Of course, he knew about the discord between Shen Mei and Ji Wanwan but figured Jiang An might not have many opportunities to interact with this so-called sister-in-law, so he chose not to elaborate.

The man gently turned the steering wheel, the car took a bend, and as Jiang An was engrossed in thought, she heard the man beside her ask, "Do you have plans this afternoon?"

The girl pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered she had arranged to meet her roommate Xia Zi that afternoon to discuss their thesis defense scheduled for December, replying, "I have an appointment to discuss something with a friend."

Gao Chuan, who continued to drive beside her, nodded subtly upon hearing this, not showing any sign of it, but for some reason, the face of Wei Yan suddenly came to mind. The issue of Wei Yan coming to see him was something he hadn’t mentioned to Jiang An, but the rare memory of it still gave him a headache.

That man... could be considered Jiang An’s friend.

After the two returned home, Jiang An quickly changed clothes and rushed out the door to the café where she had agreed to meet Xia Zi, while Gao Chuan, enjoying the last half-day of the holiday, went into his study alone to read a book.

The afternoon sun was bright and captivating, dust floating in the air, with a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses holding a book quietly reading.

As time silently slipped by, the man closed the book and turned his head to see that the weather outside had turned to drizzling rain. The fine rain traced across his clear, bright pupils, and his deep chestnut brows furrowed, thinking that Jiang An hadn’t brought an umbrella when she went out that afternoon, he picked up his phone and typed a line to send her way.

At the café on the other side, Jiang An was in the midst of a heated discussion with her friend over some divergent opinions; her phone, placed in the corner, quietly vibrated once.

About half an hour later, the two finally wrapped up their discussion successfully to find that it had started to pour outside. The raindrops rhythmically beat against the transparent glass beside them, while Xia Zi, sipping on her now-lukewarm coffee, started to grumble about Jing City’s fault of being rainy every autumn. Jiang An picked up her phone and saw the message from Gao Chuan.

Gao Chuan: Need a ride back?

The girl’s lips curved slightly as she looked at the phone screen, with her smiling expression successfully captured by the curious Xia Zi beside her. Xia Zi leaned in and peered at the girl’s phone screen, her head resting on Jiang An’s shoulder, "What are you looking at?"

Jiang An subconsciously took the phone, her hurried and flustered actions indeed seemed to scream ’I’m hiding something!’.

Xia Zi noticed something was off and teased with a slanted eye, gossiping, "Something’s going on, huh!"

Jiang An hurriedly turned off her phone and pretended to calmly take a bite of the chocolate mousse on her plate, feeling Xia Zi inching closer again, "You wouldn’t have gotten a boyfriend, would you? Is it that Wei Yan?"

By now, Jiang An, her face flushed with embarrassment, nearly choked on her cake at the question and quickly shook her head in denial: "No, no", then turned around and suddenly remembered Wei Yan mentioning a roommate when he had come looking for her at the library, cracking the case, Jiang An lifted her face and turned towards Xia Zi who still had a look of gossip on her face: "How do you know about Brother Wei Yan? Did you add him on WeChat?"

Xia Zi, aggressive just a second ago, became guilty upon Jiang An’s interrogation and slowly let go of Jiang An’s shoulder, silently turning her head away as if to refuse to answer the question.

"Spill it, what did you do? Tell me the truth." Jiang An grabbed Xia Zi, who was trying to escape, and pressed her for answers.

Xia Zi, full of regret, simply wished she could crawl into a hole, and under Jiang An’s insistent questioning finally confessed the truth. Only then did Jiang An learn that Wei Yan had been secretly contacting Xia Zi and frequently inquiring about her school life. Knowing all this, Jiang An was somewhat surprised; she knew that Brother Wei Yan cared about her, but this seemed to be a bit too much concern.

"I thought you two were already together!" Xia Zi pondered and asked as she looked at Jiang An.

"You mean Brother Wei Yan... likes me?" Jiang An turned her face and pointed at herself in disbelief.

Xia Zi, who was sipping her coffee nearby, nearly spit it out again, staring at Jiang An with an incredulous expression, "No way, no way, you... you haven’t realized it all this time?"

Dense as Jiang An was, Xia Zi finally understood—the straightforward girl had never realized that Wei Yan was pursuing her. Xia Zi covered her face with a hand, unmercifully flicked Jiang An’s forehead hard, looking at her as if she was an idiot: "You, I tell you, no wonder you’ve been single all along."

"So, do you like him?"

Jiang An felt ripples in her heart upon hearing Xia Zi’s question. The news was like a bomb that had exploded in her heart. Recently, Wei Yan’s presence had indeed filled many voids left by her mother’s death, but she had always viewed Wei Yan as a friend, even as a relative in this city.

Jiang An frowned in thought, slowly pondering. Xia Zi, seeing her distressed look, leaned in and hooked the girl’s shoulder, "Can it be? With Brother Wei Yan being so great and treating you so well, you’re not moved?"

"He’s been silently looking out for you, you know. He barely slept after returning from abroad just to start preparing for your birthday." Xia Zi spoke somewhat indignantly, seeing the troubled look on Jiang An.

Jiang An held a porcelain coffee cup in both hands, a slow ripple of irritation stirring in her heart.