The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 60

Chapter 60: Chapter 60

Possibly due to the boost from alcohol, both Jiang Moxi and Fu Youhan seemed tirelessly engaged.

Not until the sky faintly brightened did Fu Youhan finally let go of Jiang Moxi, rising and leaving.

Jiang Moxi, seemingly accustomed to the warmth of the man just now, couldn’t suddenly adapt to his absence.

She groggily opened her eyes to search for Fu Youhan, only to see the man walking away without looking back.

At that moment, she thought, it must be because he doesn’t love her, that’s why he didn’t want to stay and spend the night with her.

But actually, this worked out just fine.

Because she just happened to be afraid of love...

Later on, Jiang Moxi could no longer hold on and fell into a deep, hazy sleep.

By the time she awoke again, it was close to noon, and Fu Youhan had long since left.

However, on the dining table, there was a freshly delivered Chinese-style lunch.

A bowl of rice, two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, as well as a bowl of chicken soup.

As for such a lunch that required chopsticks, Jiang Moxi was inwardly resistant.

But this was also Fu Youhan’s kind gesture, and there was even a spoon placed on the table.

Plus, after the vigorous night she’d had with Fu Youhan, she had drained all her energy and desperately needed to refuel.

So, she eventually sat down, finished the lunch, and then headed to school.

But shortly after she entered the classroom, Mu Wanting came up to her.

"Moxi, why did you suddenly decide to act in the New Year’s Gala play?"

"I have to work, I don’t have the time to participate in such events."

Jiang Moxi had a good sleep and a full meal today; she probably wouldn’t be able to sleep during class.

But she also brought two books to pass the time.

However, as she was about to flip through the books, Mu Wanting kept talking to her.

"But you signed up! And because you registered for the main role of ’Cinderella,’ it caused a significant divergence among the student council members of both schools, hence the joint voting event!"

"What voting? I didn’t sign up at all!" Jiang Moxi’s mind now was occupied with only one thing — making money!

Without revealing her identity, to earn money to fill the gaping hole of Feng Ming’s surgery cost.

So how could she have time to take part in school activities?

"It’s this vote! Look..." Worried she might not believe her, Mu Wanting showed her a screen on the phone.

On the temporary voting website, there was a big headline — "Who is your Cinderella at the New Year’s Joint Gala of the two schools!"

Then, below were several options accompanied by individual student photographs.

The one with the highest number of votes was First Academy’s Belle, Jiang Weiwei.

Ranked second was First Academy’s Department Beauty, Xuan Yi.

In third place was Technical College’s School Belle, Lai Xueer.

Behind them were four or five other beauties from First Academy and Technical College!

Although their vote counts were not as high as the top three, they all had pure and pleasant profile photos.

Only Jiang Moxi, currently in the last place of the vote, had a student photo that was rather dire to look at.

Her entire face was more dramatic than a makeup mixing palette, with black eyeliner smudged out of the lines.

Moreover, her eyes were dull and lifeless, the likeness of a true human tragedy.

At the end of the voting, there was also a temporary forum involving both schools.

And within this forum, Jiang Moxi was the hottest topic.

"The last candidate Jiang Moxi, does she have no self-awareness?"

"Pray tell, can I have a pair of eyes that have not seen the last option, Jiang Moxi!"

"Does our Technical College really have no pretty girls left? To actually send up someone as ugly as Jiang Moxi!"

"Those few who voted for Jiang Moxi, are they enemies of humanity? To actually damage everyone’s eyes like this!"

Fearing that Moxi would be hurt by these comments on the forum if she continued reading, Mu Wanting quickly took the phone back.

"Moxi, if you hadn’t signed up, we could have asked Lai Xueer for help; she’s a student council officer, she would definitely be able to get that option taken down."

But Jiang Moxi glanced at Lai Xueer, who was chatting with her deskmate but occasionally looking over at Moxi, and said, "No need, she won’t help."

Jiang Moxi not only felt that Lai Xueer wouldn’t help, but even suspected that all of this was orchestrated by Lai Xueer herself.

Even though Jiang Weiwei also loved stirring up trouble, since she had moved out of the Jiang Family temporarily, there were no conflicts of interest between them; it probably wasn’t Weiwei.

And aside from Lai Xueer, Jiang Moxi had no contact with student council officers from either school.

So Jiang Moxi believed that Lai Xueer was responsible for this; if not the leader, then at least an accomplice!

Following Jiang Moxi’s gaze, Mu Wanting also understood what she meant when she saw Lai Xueer’s glances.

So Mu Wanting could only ask with frustration, "Then what do we do? We can’t just let those people curse at you."

"It’s alright, getting cursed a few times won’t make me lose a hundred bucks; no need to be afraid. Besides, with such low votes, I won’t get elected anyway!" Jiang Moxi didn’t care.

If she was afraid of being scolded, she wouldn’t have continued masquerading as ugly after coming to Yan City.

"Alright, just don’t overthink things," said Mu Wanting. Then she noticed the book Jiang Moxi was flipping through was actually an original French book.

"Oh my god, when did you start reading this kind of book? Don’t tell me you can even understand all this mumbo jumbo! It’s over, now I feel pressured even just sitting next to you!"

Mu Wanting was nearly in tears.

She thought she and Jiang Moxi were both destined to be academic failures, but when she wasn’t paying attention, Jiang Moxi turned into an epic genius, and that pressure was too much for her!

Seeing the almost teary face of Mu Wanting, Jiang Moxi quickly closed the book.

"You’re overthinking it. I just use it as a sleep aid; I brought it in case I felt sleepy during class today."

"Really? Then how come you explained the calculus class so well even I could understand? Do you know, I had a nightmare last night, dreaming you became a super-whiz and forced me to become one too. It made me cry in my dream."

The content of those incomprehensible books was her biggest fear.

No matter how she looked at them, she couldn’t understand them.

Waking up, her head felt exhausted from overthinking.

"All I did was look up calculus teaching videos on my phone and happened to find that part of the lecture. You really got fooled by me?"

"Oh, so that’s how it was..."

There still seemed to be something off, something Mu Wanting couldn’t quite express.

But confirming Jiang Moxi was still an academic underachiever, Mu Wanting finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Ling Ye, as usual, brought his friends over to deliver milk tea to Lai Xueer.

After they chatted briefly and Lai Xueer accepted the milk tea, Ling Ye hurried over to Jiang Moxi.

"Moxi, are you interested in the role of Cinderella?"

Ling Ye put the cookies on Jiang Moxi’s table and started asking about the hot topic that everybody in school was talking about today.

"You’re overthinking it. I’m busy with part-time jobs every day, I have no time to waste on such things."

But Jiang Moxi’s languid tone made Ling Ye feel she was being insincere, hiding the disappointment of wanting to take the lead role but being unable to.

So Ling Ye earnestly said, "Why be modest with me? If you want that role, leave it to me. I’ll get my buddies to vote for you right now..."

Jiang Moxi’s lips twitched twice, and she forced a smile, contrary to her thoughts, "Thanks a lot then."

Yet Ling Ye took it seriously, "Between us, no need for thanks. I’m going to gather my buddies to vote for you now!"

And then, Ling Ye came quickly and left just as fast...