Take her as my wife

The perverted man replied to the message quickly.

Hearing the noise, Liu Jiaren moved closer to Jiang Ni, and the two sisters put their heads together to look at Jiang Ni's phone.

Unexpectedly, the person did not agree immediately, but instead kept a watchful eye.

【***】: Yes, sister. What do you need my help with?

Jiang Ni had never found typing so difficult before. She slowly typed out a line: "I want some photos of you standing and sitting. You don't have to show your face, and you don't need to be completely naked."

After she sent it, she read it and realized that she had forgotten to add the words "my friend".

So Tan Wen was indeed somewhat surprised when he received her message. After seeing Jiang Ni's later explanation, Tan Wen tilted his head back, pondering how to reply to her.

If it was the photo Jiang Ni wanted, he would have given it to her without hesitation.

But now it's Jiang Ni's friend who wants the photos, and Tan Wen feels it's a waste to sacrifice his "appearance" for nothing.

He needs to get some benefits from Jiang Ni.

【＊＊＊】：Okay, but I also want to see my older sister.

【＊＊＊】：Sister doesn't need to make an equal exchange with me—I can just look at her face.

"You're so sweet-talking," Liu Jiaren thought the request was child's play, so she spoke up for this sexy pervert, "You only want to see a regular selfie when you're negotiating with you, so obedient."

What's with the "good boy/girl" attitude?

Jiang Ni thought to herself, "Just two days ago they were saying things like C. made her cry and locked her up."

She thought she could just find a couple of photos to make do, but the other party insisted that they had to be taken on the spot.

Liu Jiaren snapped her fingers: "I'll take two pictures of you after you take a shower."

Jiang Ni was forced into the situation. After changing her clothes and returning to the bedroom, she let Liu Jiaren direct her and took a few photos of herself sitting on the bed. (In real life, you should never send photos to strangers! This is just a novelist's perspective, meant to be funny and advance the plot!)

Jiang Ni wore a silk camisole and silk shorts as pajamas in the summer. She held a teddy bear to her chest to ease her discomfort while taking photos.

She put her long, slender, fair legs together, stretched out her two slender arms to hug the teddy bear, rested her delicate chin on the teddy bear's fluffy head, and her beautiful fox-like eyes obediently looked at the camera as instructed.

Under the warm lighting, she resembled a piece of fine jade.

Its whole body radiated a lustrous glow.

Liu Jiaren thought she was a great photographer. After checking that there was nothing exposed, she casually took Jiang Ni's phone and sent the photos to the anonymous number.

Tan Wen never expected to receive so many beautiful photos of Jiang Ni.

She's so fair-skinned.

Tan glanced subconsciously at his bare arms exposed outside his jersey.

The difference in skin color between the two of them is quite obvious.

Tan Wen couldn't help but swallow, feeling a burning sensation all over his body.

But before the fire could fully ignite, heartache took over.

【＊＊＊】：My sister is injured. How did she get hurt?

Liu Jiaren returned the phone to Jiang Ni, and said in surprise, "I thought he was going to use your photo to do *that*, but I didn't expect him to notice your wound."

The scar on Jiang Ni's forehead is actually not very noticeable anymore; it's just that the bruise is fading slowly, but under the light, it's not very visible unless you look closely.

Tan Wen knew that this was definitely not a mark left by Jiang Ni accidentally bumping into something; only an external force could leave such a mark.

Jiang Ni was unwilling to discuss her private matters with a strange man. She ignored his question and replied: When can you take the photos for me?

Tan knew she wouldn't talk about these things with a "pervert," so he didn't press her further.

【***】:tomorrow.

Tan Wen locked his phone and walked towards his dormitory.

After the dormitory lights were turned off, Tan Wen lay on his bed and zoomed in on each of Jiang Ni's photos from tonight, savoring even a single stray hair. He started with her head, then her eyebrows, eyes, upturned nose, and lips… lingering on her lips for quite a while.

He gently traced the shape of her lips with his thumb through the screen, his heart itching with desire, while at the same time, he inappropriately thought of something that made him so jealous he almost lost his teeth.

That was the first time Jiang Ni spent the Chinese New Year at his house, and Tan Yan also returned from out of town.

Fireworks were to be set off at midnight. Tan Wen turned his head and saw the two of them holding hands and heading towards a corner. He followed them as if possessed, deliberately making sure to walk quietly.

Fireworks exploded, and Tan Wen saw Tan Yan pinning Jiang Ni between the wall and his chest in the corner, then leaning down to kiss her.

Later, Tan Yan asked him to call Jiang Ni "sister-in-law," which he did, and he deliberately avoided contact with Jiang Ni.

At that time, he wasn't sure what he felt for Jiang Ni, but after seeing them kiss, he knew he had to shut up.

It cannot be.

That scene had been etched in Tan Wen's mind for two years, and he still hadn't forgotten it at all.

His teeth were aching from the sourness, so he stopped torturing himself and scrolled down the image.

With that slip, all thoughts of sourness or not were immediately forgotten.

Because the teddy bear is positioned slightly lower in this photo, and the silk camisole clings to the skin, its rounded curves have a somewhat alluring, half-concealed feel.

The dormitory air conditioner was clearly running, but he felt unbearably hot. His eyes were practically straining to see what was going on, wishing he could possess that silly-looking teddy bear—did it even understand being held? It was a soulless, lifeless thing. If only Jiang Ni were holding him!

too hot.

"Turn the air conditioning down a bit," he suddenly said.

Zhou Kaiyuan picked up the air conditioner remote and pressed a few buttons.

Tan turned off his phone, lay flat for a while, but still felt unwell.

Zhao Qian said quietly, "It's so hot today. I'm only wearing shorts and I'm still not cool."

Tan Wenxin said, "What a load of hot stuff! He's burning up like a raging fire."

*

The next morning, Tan Wen left the school before dawn and went to his own apartment.

Following Jiang Ni's instructions, he wore only black boxer shorts from the neck down, casually posed for a few photos, and then began skillfully editing them.

— A small red mole on his lower left chest was photoshopped out.

Jiang Ni and Liu Jiaren chatted late into the night, but since Jiang Ni wasn't working today, the two slept until they naturally woke up.

After Aunt Zhou prepared breakfast for them, she went downstairs for a walk.

"He sent the photos." Jiang Ni waved her phone.

Liu Jiaren took a sip of soy milk, swallowed it quickly, and exclaimed excitedly, "Send it to me! Send it to me!"

Jiang Ni saved the photo and sent it to Liu Jiaren's private message.

She glanced at the photos only once; they were an exaggerated mess.

Jiang Ni quickly deleted the photos.

Liu Jiaren repeatedly examined the items, then smiled and said, "I suddenly thought of an interesting 'what if'."

Jiang Ni asked, puzzled, "What do you mean, 'what if'?"

"If you actually end up with this man in the future, wouldn't it be a little awkward for me to see him? I feel like I could easily draw his treasures."

Jiang Ni: "...That's impossible."

Liu Jiaren placed a shrimp cake into her bowl: "Even if that's possible, it's okay. At worst, I'll send you pictures of my husband's later. We're practically family!"

"Thank you for your generosity," Jiang Ni replied with a steamed dumpling, "but there's really no need for that."

After dinner, the two sisters snuggled up on the sofa to watch a movie.

Jiang Ni's phone rang just as she started watching the movie.

Liu Jiaren glanced at her phone screen, which displayed the words "Tan Wen".

"Who is it? What's their relationship with Tan Yan?" She sat up straight and leaned closer to listen.

Before pressing the answer button, Jiang Ni replied, "His younger brother."

She immediately pressed speakerphone to satisfy Liu Jiaren's curiosity.

Liu Jiaren looked down on Tan Yan's family. She knew all too well how much Jiang Ni had suffered in silence because of He Xiaoling and her group.

She privately gave the Tan family a nickname: "The Family of Three No's," meaning "no culture," "no background," and "no kindness."

Therefore, she naturally didn't like Tan Yan's younger brother.

She strained her ears to listen intently to what the person on the other end was saying.

Tan Wen's voice, both cold and obedient, came through the receiver: "Good morning, sister."

"Damn..." Liu Jiaren raised an eyebrow and gave Jiang Ni a meaningful look.

Jiang Ni replied, "Good morning. What's up?"

"My roommate's mom sent him a lot of lychees she grew herself. They're very sweet and fresh. I brought some over for you—are you home?"

Jiang Ni quite likes eating fruit, but she felt it wasn't necessary for Tan Wen to make the trip for it. She was about to politely decline when Liu Jiaren pinched her arm. Liu Jiaren gave her a frantic look, so Jiang Ni changed her mind: "At home, drive carefully."

"it is good."

The lychees were indeed sent from Feng Yin's home. They arrived this morning. Tan Wen packed a small basket of them and transferred 500 yuan to Feng Yin before leaving.

Feng was about to return it to him, but Tan replied, "It's not for you. Please pass it on to my aunt; consider it something I bought for everyone to share. The shipping wasn't cheap."

In the dormitory, Feng Yin and Tan Wen were both from the county town who came to Yicheng for college entrance exams, while Zhao Qian and Zhou Kaiyuan were locals from well-off families. However, Tan Wen was different from Feng Yin in that he knew how to earn money on his own.

They didn't know where his money came from, but he was definitely very wealthy.

However, he doesn't buy luxury goods, nor does he try to rip people off. If someone tries to persuade him to pay, he'll directly state his reasons and ask them to split the bill, even if there are girls present. Unless it's like the last social event, where the purpose was essentially to create opportunities for the guys to find girlfriends, then treating the girls to dinner is perfectly acceptable.

Zhao Qian asked him, puzzled, "Why are you so stingy even though you earn so much money?" Tan Wen casually replied that all his money was spent on his wife.

Jiang Ni hadn't appeared yet at that time, so Zhao Qian and the others couldn't understand how a seemingly cold and handsome guy who was indifferent to love could so naturally say the word "wife".

Before Tan Wenren even arrived, Liu Jiaren had already questioned Jiang Ni about him extensively, making her even more curious about him.

"This younger brother is so pure and untainted, and from what you've said, I think he's practically an anomaly in his family—what does he look like? Does he resemble Tan Yan?"

Jiang Ni shook her head: "It doesn't seem like it. You'll know when you see the person."

Liu Jiaren then asked, "You two seem to have a good relationship, but you've never mentioned him to me, and you've actually lost contact for over two years?"

"Back then, you were deeply in love with Shi Qiyan. Your phone was almost always busy, and you often didn't reply to my messages." As for the second question, Jiang Ni thought for a moment and said, "My phone was lost suddenly, and as you know, Tan Yan's family had a lot of messy things going on at the time. I was also busy with work, so we lost contact."

The main problem is that Jiang Ni has always been rather passive in maintaining interpersonal relationships.

Tan Wen never contacted her.

Jiang Ni subconsciously judged that the boy would start a new life after the college entrance examination, and that contact with her would no longer be necessary.

To be honest, I must have felt regret and pity at the time.

After all, Jiang Ni had a very deep impression of that year, and Tan Wen had taken her through many things she had never experienced before—exciting, adventurous, and interesting.

She even learned how to fight from him.

It was a very interesting time.

"Ding-dong—"

Doorbell rang.