You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

Ye Qingru's figure disappeared into the twilight at the end of the playground.

Su Qinghe stared in that direction for several seconds until she was sure the other person had indeed gone far away before she looked away.

She turned to look at Jiang Che, her delicate face still bearing the aloof expression that said "keep away."

Jiang Che reached out and gently poked her cheek.

"Even after everyone has gone far away, he still has a stern face."

Su Qinghe was taken aback by his provocation, but then she reacted and punched Jiang Che on the shoulder.

The force wasn't great, but Jiang Che still hissed and made a pained expression.

"How dare you say that?" Su Qinghe glared at Jiang Che, her jealousy so intense it could drip juice. "I was only away from you for a moment, and other girls came up to chat with me, added me on WeChat, and even sat down to talk."

"I didn't talk to her at all." Jiang Che raised his hands in surrender. "She did all the talking from beginning to end. I didn't even open my mouth."

"Then why didn't you kick her out?"

Jiang Che pinched Su Qinghe's puffed-out cheeks and couldn't help but chuckle: "I had Xu Wenbin run to you to ask for help, didn't I?"

"So it's my fault for being too slow?"

"It's my fault, it's my fault." Jiang Che pulled Su Qinghe into his arms, lowered his head and kissed her soft little face. "Next time this happens, I'll just stand up and leave, not giving any girl a chance, okay?"

Su Qinghe buried her face in Jiang Che's chest, her voice muffled: "Hmph...that's more like it."

She paused for two seconds, then added, "You remember this: you have a girlfriend now. All you 'Senior Sister Ye' and 'Senior Sister Zhao' types, stay away from me, you hear me?"

Jiang Che listened to Su Qinghe's domineering speech, but instead of being impatient, he was secretly pleased.

He just loved seeing Su Qinghe jealous.

Although it may seem a bit unreasonable, it's not really.

The reason he was jealous was because Su Qinghe truly regarded him as her own private property, and she wouldn't allow anyone else to even glance at him.

It feels so good to be cared for and pampered by my girlfriend.

The turmoil in Sanlian did not last long.

After Ye Qingru left, everyone whispered and discussed among themselves for a while.

Then, seeing that it was getting late, the instructor blew his whistle to announce the end of training for the night.

Each company stood up and assembled, and after shouting the slogan to disband, they scattered like birds and beasts.

On the way out of the school, Jiang Che held Su Qinghe's little hand and walked slowly towards the gate, while recalling what had just happened in his mind.

The fact that Ye Qingru came to chat him up seemed completely abnormal.

A girl who has been ranked the most beautiful girl in the school for three consecutive years has a long line of suitors. Why would she bother to go to the playground and talk to a freshman who already has a girlfriend?

Is it really worth sitting down and pouring out your heart to a guy you've only known for less than five minutes, sharing your views on relationships?

Is it worth sacrificing basic decency just to strike up a conversation?

If there's nothing fishy going on here, Jiang Che would just write his name backwards.

But he has no evidence and doesn't know who Ye Qingru is working for.

However, just looking at the name, a name popped into Jiang Che's mind.

Ye Yunjin.

After all, there weren't many people he had disputes with, and this Ye Qingru just happened to have the surname Ye.

It's really hard for him not to associate this person with Ye Yunjin.

Furthermore, considering the various messes that have occurred recently—the bad debts of Liu Wei, Ye Yunjin, Jinye Holdings, Zhenyuan Group, and the Southwest Branch…

These clues gradually connected in Jiang Che's mind.

If Ye Qingru is Ye Yunjin's person, then today's events make perfect sense; it's a scheme to sow discord.

Jiang Che suppressed these thoughts for the time being.

He would meet force with force and water with earth; Jiang Che hadn't fallen so low as to lose sleep over a woman of unknown origin.

Right now, the most important thing is this jealous person in my arms.

Just as he was lost in thought, Su Qinghe had already noticed something amiss, her almond-shaped eyes fixed on him: "Were you daydreaming just now?"

"……No."

"You are." Su Qinghe reached out and pinched his cheeks, gently pulling them apart. "Are you still thinking about that Ye Qingru? Hmm?"

Jiang Che's mouth agape as she pulled him, and he mumbled, "Why am I thinking about her? I'm worried that if we have to stand at attention during military training tomorrow, my legs might break."

Su Qinghe stared into his eyes for several seconds, seemingly trying to determine the truthfulness of his words.

Jiang Che's gaze was open and honest, allowing her to scrutinize him.

"Alright, I'll trust you this time." Su Qinghe released her grip and gently rubbed his reddened cheeks, her tone carrying a hint of sourness. "If she comes to see you again, you're not allowed to talk to her, not even look at her, understand?"

"Okay, okay, I'll remember that. From now on, I'll treat her like she's invisible whenever we meet."

"Air won't do either. At least you can breathe air, I don't want her to be inhaled by you."

Jiang Che was amused by her logic. "Then what do you suggest? Should I gouge out my own eyes?"

Su Qinghe thought about it seriously for two seconds, then shook her head: "That won't do, if I poke your eyes out you won't be able to see me anymore."

"so?"

"So from now on, just go out of your way to avoid her."

"Yes, ma'am."

The two walked hand in hand toward the school gate, where Liu Anping's car was already waiting.

After getting in the car, Su Qinghe tilted her head and leaned on Jiang Che's shoulder, one hand interlocking with his fingers, while the other hand aimlessly scrolled through her phone.

Not long after, she suddenly burst out laughing.

"What's wrong?"

"Look at this." Su Qinghe held her phone up to him.

This is a hot post on the forum about today's playground incident, with a very dramatic title: "School Beauty vs. School Beauty, The Official Wife vs. The Newcomer, Full Record of Tonight's Playground Incident".

The post has been up to 700 replies, and the comments section is filled with heated arguments from all sides.

"To be honest, Su Qinghe's actions tonight were really cool. She went head-to-head with Ye Qingru and her aura was in no way inferior."

"Ye Qingru is a senior student, after all. It's unreasonable that she couldn't fight back when a freshman publicly confronted her."

"Because Su Qinghe is in the right. A senior student went and flirted with a freshman who already had a girlfriend, and got caught by the girlfriend. What's the point of fighting back?"

"Wait a minute, doesn't anyone think Jiang Che is the biggest winner? Two school beauties almost got into a fight over him, what kind of life story is this?"

"Stop being so sour upstairs. Look in the mirror and see what you look like before you speak."

Su Qinghe came across a comment and couldn't help but read it aloud: "Su Qinghe's protectiveness towards her husband is so cute, especially the part where she throws herself into Jiang Che's arms, it's absolutely adorable."

Jiang Che chuckled softly: "That comment is right, it is indeed quite cute."

"Isn't it cute?" Su Qinghe tilted her head to look at him.

"cute."

Su Qinghe leaned back on his shoulder with satisfaction and continued flipping through the pages.

As she flipped through the pages, her expression suddenly became subtle.

"What's wrong?"

"...Someone posted your photo in a thread."

Which photo?