When She Stops Being Dramatic

Chapter 364: Chapter 134: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Novel (21)

”Go get some snacks for the road. It’s a two-day trip to the Capital City, and you don’t want to sleep the whole way there, do you?”

Chi Yun’er nodded eagerly and hurried back to her dorm, hopping cheerfully like a little bunny. In her good mood, she’d occasionally twirl around and flash him a brilliant smile.

The corners of Jiang Yihua’s lips turned up slightly. He couldn’t bear to take his eyes off her for even a moment.

Chi Yun’er had quite a lot to pack, mainly clothes for all four seasons and her bedding.

Jiang Yihua would mail those things to her later, so she only needed to pack two outfits for the trip, along with her money, ration coupons, identification, and all the food she had stockpiled.

She also set aside the things that were difficult to carry, pointing them out to Jiang Yihua.

Once she was fully settled in the Capital City and confirmed she wasn’t returning, he could either use her things or give them away to others.

They were leaving early the day after tomorrow, and they planned to go into town the next day to buy some local specialties to bring home.

But unexpectedly, that afternoon, Jiang Zishi showed up again.

With a cold expression, Jiang Yihua refused to let him onto the farm, instead leading him to talk under the large locust tree far from the entrance.

”Jiang Zishi, I’ve tolerated you time and again out of respect for our bond as brothers. But don’t push it too far. Do you really think I wouldn’t dare to haul you down to the station?”

”You should know that I’ve never cared about a hollow reputation, or I wouldn’t have volunteered to come to the countryside in the first place. So I absolutely will not indulge you just to protect my good name.”

Jiang Zishi gritted his teeth. ”Jiang Yihua, don’t think you can tell me what to do just because you’re my older brother.”

”You go your way, and I’ll go mine!”

”I only came here with good intentions this time—to invite you and Chi Yun’er to my engagement party with Bian Yumin tonight. We even moved it up a few days for your sake.”

”Mom and Dad can’t make it, so as my older brother, you have to attend, right? Otherwise, what will the Bian family think of me?”

Jiang Yihua shot him a cold glance. ”Hah. Jiang Zishi, have you really sunk so low as to sell yourself for a spot as a Worker-Peasant-Soldier university student?”

”You can go fawn over the Bian family all you want, but don’t drag me and Chi into it.”

Jiang Zishi glared at him. ”That’s right, I’m despicable! I’m shameless! But who’s to blame? I’m not the one with such outstanding talent that a university professor would pick me out at a single glance.”

”I’m not stealing or robbing, just using my marriage as a transaction. That’s none of your business, is it?”

”What right do you have to judge me?”

”If our family had just put a little more effort into finding me a job, I wouldn’t have been pushed to this point!”

Jiang Yihua smiled faintly. ”Jiang Zishi, it’s not a crime to lack talent or intelligence. The problem is that you’re too ambitious for your own good. Did our family not find you a job?”

”You thought being a ticket conductor was beneath you, so that didn’t count as a job?”

”And who were you trying to threaten by coming to the countryside?”

”Besides, search your heart and tell me: are you really inviting us with good intentions, or are you just looking for an opportunity to cause trouble?”

Jiang Zishi was furious. He growled, ”Jiang Yihua, I... So I was used as a stepping stone by Chi Yun’er! So I foolishly doted on her, followed her around like a servant, and got a few scraps for my trouble!”

”And yes, I traded my marriage for a spot at the university. What else have I done that’s so offensive you have to assume the absolute worst of me?”

Jiang Yihua laughed, angered by his brother’s shamelessness and selective amnesia. ”Oh, there’s a long list. Do you need me to count them off for you one by one?”

”We don’t even have to go back that far. Just last year, when you heard there was a position at the high school for a recent graduate, you dragged the classmate most likely to get it to the library.”

”On the way, you deliberately let yourself get hit by a car, causing him to injure his leg saving you and lose any chance of competing for the spot. Then you hypocritically ’gave’ him the job of a bus conductor and had the nerve to accept his family’s tearful gratitude!”

Jiang Zishi argued stubbornly, ”I was just lost in thought and didn’t see the car! Besides, did I ask him to save me?”

”For all you know, if he hadn’t jumped in, I would have gotten out of the way on my own!”

Jiang Yihua gave him a cool, detached look. ”Being your brother is the biggest mistake of my life.”

With that, Jiang Yihua turned and walked away.

”Brother, don’t forget to bring my sister-in-law to the engagement party tonight!” Jiang Zishi shouted, trotting up to the farm’s entrance after Jiang Yihua had already gone inside.

Chi Yun’er, who had been waiting nearby, heard him too. She tugged on Jiang Yihua’s sleeve as they walked back toward the dorm. ”Brother Hua, did Jiang Zishi come to invite us to his engagement party?”

”And he changed the date just for us?”

Jiang Yihua nodded, his face dark. ”Who knows what he’s plotting. We should just ignore it.”

Chi Yun’er pursed her lips. After a moment’s thought, she said, ”Brother Hua, I think not going is just a passive way of dealing with it.”