The anchor I was supposed to meet turned out to be my student.

"You know a lot... but I didn't see you get very high scores on the exams..."

Jiang Yan clicked her tongue in displeasure.

I changed my tone and said, "Tell me, what do you know so much about?"

Jiang Yan snorted lightly, somewhat smugly saying, "Although I am several years younger than those older sisters, I know everything they know except for academics. I am not the unconscious little girl you mistakenly believe me to be."

Even in those aspects...

Jiang Yan reached out and placed her hand on my thigh, her five slender fingers gently tracing across it, sending a tingling sensation through me. I quickly dodged her foot, but she immediately stretched out her slender legs and forcefully hooked them around my leg.

"Brother Hua, why are you shy? Didn't you say I'm a little girl? Didn't you say I don't understand? Then why are you avoiding me?"

Jiang Yanyi revealed a charming expression and tone. Although she was still far inferior to Luo Yao, this naivety added a unique charm, making me, a grown man, awkwardly back away. It wasn't that I was shy, but rather that I felt it was really too hard to accept that the person in question was Jiang Yanyi.

"Yan Yi, stop doing this. Be serious. Don't learn these indecent things from your sister Yao Yao..."

"Here we go again! Comparing me to them again! I didn't learn from Sister Yaoyao. I am who I am, and Sister Yaoyao is Sister Yaoyao!"

But Luo Yao seduced me in the same way, only she was more skilled and direct than Jiang Yanyi, and her expressions and movements were more alluring. If Luo Yao was a vixen, then Jiang Yanyi definitely had the potential to be a little vixen.

"That's not what I meant, I just wanted you to stop doing this all of a sudden...it's so strange..."

"What's so strange about it? I'm a girl, so what's so strange about me knowing these techniques for seducing boys? I haven't even learned them, I was born with them. It's not that I'm arrogant, but I can make a lot of innocent boys in school misunderstand with just one look."

"Do you do this often?" I frowned, feeling displeased.

"No, I only do that to Brother Hua~"

Jiang Yanyi's beautiful eyes flashed at me, sending me a flirtatious look, and she said sweetly, "Brother Hua~ Do you like Yanyi? Do you want to sleep with Yanyi in your arms~"

"Stop, stop, Yan Yi, don't do this to me..."

"It's just seduction, isn't it? Brother Hua, don't you do that all the time?"

"Me, me?! Are you sure?" I asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's you. You think guys flirting with girls always involves things like winking and flirting like we girls do? No, your indiscriminate and selfless kindness is a form of seduction. Because you're good-looking and unconditionally kind to girls, that's a form of unconscious seduction..."

"Which relationship guru did you learn this from? So, according to you, helping others and selfless dedication have become what you call seduction?"

Jiang Yan sighed heavily.

"I can't explain it to you... In short, I just want to prove that I'm not a little girl anymore. I can do everything that Tongtong and the others can do, and I can do it just as well, and I might not be any worse than them. Give me a few more years, and I'll definitely be better than them!"

Jiang Yanyi's words seemed to imply some lofty goal, giving the impression of enduring hardship and preparing for a future breakthrough.

"Well, Yan Yi will definitely become a great beauty in a few years. The prerequisite is that she needs to grow taller and eat more. Let's have some fatty beef, it's rich in protein." I steered the conversation back to the important matter of eating, not wanting to discuss these strange things that were inappropriate for her age.

“But does it have to wait a few more years? Can’t it be done now…” Jiang Yan lowered her head.

"Yan Yi, what is this..." For some reason, Jiang Yan Yi's words stirred up ripples in my heart. This was a feeling I had never experienced before, as if something was about to leap out from the depths of my heart.

“Brother Hua, there’s something I really want to know,” Jiang Yan suddenly asked.

"What's up?"

"Would you accept any advances from pretty girls...?"

I shook my head repeatedly and said, "Impossible, do you think I'm that casual?"

Jiang Yan pouted and said, "Then why are all the girls you're close to becoming your romantic interests? Isn't that the best explanation...?"

I wanted to argue, but I was speechless for a moment. After thinking for a while, I managed to squeeze out a few words: "Well, what about you, Yan Yi...?"

"hehe."

What's with that mocking laughter...?

"I originally thought that Sister Lehan wouldn't become your ambiguous partner, but I didn't expect that she still couldn't escape Brother Hua's grasp. Not only that, Brother Hua also accepted her without hesitation. Is it true that as long as someone is good to you, Brother Hua will accept anything?"

"Yan Yi, are you trying to call me a womanizer...?"

However, Jiang Yan shook her head firmly and said, "That's not what I meant. I was just asking you, would you accept any girl who's nice to you?"

"I never said that. It depends on how you feel about each other..."

"Aren't you going to look at anything else?"

"It would be even better if she were more attractive."

Is there anything else?

"Most importantly, it has to be something I like."

"Is there anything else?"

"That's all. Meeting those requirements is already more than enough."

"Okay, I understand. Remember what you said, Brother Hua. There aren't many requirements, including age... Let's eat hot pot, Brother Hua~"

Jiang Yanyi became cheerful again and even picked up a slice of meat for me.

But Jiang Yanyi's statement that she didn't care about age or anything like that has been bothering me for a long time. Was Jiang Yanyi referring to herself? My heart is in turmoil, and it seems like I should re-examine my relationship with Jiang Yanyi.

(Yan Yi, like a frog being slowly boiled in lukewarm water, slowly simmered over a low flame, is just asking for monthly votes~)

Chapter 21, Chapter 533. The Strange Uncle

2021-01-26T16:23:23

That hotpot meal was rather bizarre. Jiang Yan had initially been listless and uninterested, but after a while, it was my turn to be listless and uninterested. She, on the other hand, was happily piling food onto my plate, blowing on it to cool it down, and feeding it to me. When oil got on my lips, she would wipe it off with the back of her hand instead of using a tissue. When I scolded her for using her hands, she jokingly asked if I wanted her to clean it off with her tongue. Then, seeing my awkward expression, she said she was just kidding…

The mix of reality and illusion made me increasingly distracted, to the point that I almost didn't realize I'd let Jiang Yan pay the bill. Luckily, the cashier scanned my phone; otherwise, I would have been too embarrassed to have Jiang Yan treat me. After all, I'm a working person, while she's just a student.

After we finished eating, it was already 5:30. Jiang Yan and I got into a taxi to meet up with Lu Xiaojun and the others.

In the taxi, Jiang Yanyi held my hand and played with it, ostensibly to help me read my palm and see what kind of wife I could marry.

"Brother Hua, you have an excellent palm reading. You're sure to find a wife, but as for what kind of wife you'll marry, let me recall the formula..."

"Yanyi..."

"What's wrong, Brother Hua?" Jiang Yan looked up at me.

I'm still struggling with what Jiang Yanyi said to me at the hotpot restaurant. The more I listen, the more it seems like she's hinting at something. But it's Jiang Yanyi, and I really don't know if I should ask her for confirmation. I even feel like my thoughts are too dirty—she's 10 years younger than me! How can I think in that direction? But the hints she gave me were definitely going in that direction. Is it because I'm always talking about romance with Xu Lehan and the others that I'm over-interpreting Jiang Yanyi's words?

"Brother Hua? What's wrong?"

Seeing that I didn't speak, Jiang Yan waved her hand again in front of me. I also took a good look at her, marveling at how she had grown so graceful and beautiful at such a young age. Wouldn't it be wonderful if such a lovely girl could be around me like a little sister? I was afraid of ruining this happiness, afraid of scaring Jiang Yan, so I didn't dare to ask. I would be seen as a weirdo or a pervert. In fact, I already looked like a weirdo when I started to doubt Jiang Yan's feelings for me...

So I smiled and gently patted her head, asking, "Have your parents talked to you again recently about your desire to become an artist?"

When this matter was brought up, Jiang Yanyi's previously excited expression dimmed a bit. I wondered if there was still no progress, since I had already done some persuasion last time.

"We talked about it, but my dad is such an old-fashioned person, he just wouldn't agree. He said the entertainment industry is a mess, and it would be hard for a pretty girl like me to protect herself..."

"While what your father said makes sense, and this phenomenon does exist, we can't throw the baby out with the bathwater. There are plenty of female celebrities who have been disgraced for their integrity, like your sister Yao Yao... And, my actions don't count... Anyway, Yan Yi, your family background and financial strength are very strong, so there's no need to worry too much. As long as you earn your living through your own abilities, there won't be any problems. Moreover, your sister Ye Zhi is a high-level executive at Huahai Entertainment, the largest entertainment company in China. Her family is the largest shareholder in the company, so she will definitely protect you. After all, you're friends. Don't be fooled by her cold demeanor; Ye Zhi is actually a very nice person."

"So it turns out Ye Zhi's family has such a powerful background. I only knew that Ye Zhi worked there, but I didn't know her family was also a major shareholder... It's a pity that even so, my dad is still very stubborn. He's always talking about studying, studying. Even though my mom has softened her stance a bit, he still won't give me a chance..."

But I heard some good news.

"Does that mean your mother has agreed? That's at least a step forward."

"But my mom agrees on the condition that I get into the best high school in town, which is basically a rejection of me..."

"Don't say that, Yan Yi. Your grades are getting better and better. You even have me, the 'score-boosting king,' tutoring you. As long as you study step by step as I tell you, I guarantee you'll get in. Our little Yan Yi is so clever." I rubbed Jiang Yan Yi's little head and suddenly felt like I was seeing my own daughter. Because Yan Yi's well-behaved appearance really makes it easy for boys to feel a fatherly desire to take care of and protect her.

"Even so, I can't reason with my dad. If only I could beat him, then he wouldn't be able to stop me. Or, Brother Hua, why don't you come..."

"No, violence is wrong. He's your father, you can't do that..."

"But this dad is so unreasonable. If Hua-gege were my dad, I'd definitely be so free!"

Speak of the devil, and he appears; my father really did come...

"Stop messing around..."

"Dad~"

"Stop messing around, Yan Yi..." I pushed away Yan Yi's close body.

"Daddy, Daddy, Yan Yi is hungry, she wants to eat meat!"

Suddenly, the driver in front of me looked over in the rearview mirror, and I was so embarrassed that my face turned red. I felt like I was about to suffer a social death.

Jiang Yan didn't care at all. Seeing my embarrassment, she burst into laughter.

I'm so frustrated! Why do I, a 25-year-old veteran, always get so awkward and uncomfortable with this young girl? After thinking about it, I can only console myself by saying: this girl isn't old enough. I have so many reservations when I'm with her. If it were Tongtong or the others, I wouldn't let them tease me. I could fight back without any guilt. But with Jiang Yanyi, I don't dare to fight back. I'd be doomed.

If I remain patient and patient for another two years, Jiang Yan will no longer dare to be so unrestrained and arrogant in front of me. She will then experience the pain and suffering of adulthood.

I glanced at Jiang Yanyi, who was still covering her mouth and chuckling beside me. I wasn't angry at all; on the contrary, I found her playful and cute. I was determined to help her realize her dream of becoming an artist. We had already made some progress in persuading her parents, but I thought I still had to keep working hard. If necessary, I would have to trouble Luo Yao and Ye Zhi to come and act as intermediaries.

…………

The Shanghai Stadium, also known as the 80,000-seat stadium, is one of the largest stadiums in China after the Capital Stadium. It's a very large-scale concert venue. That's where we met up with Lu Xiaojun and the others. Luo Yao's girl group, Mini-pink, was having a concert there tonight. Holding a concert in a stadium of this size shows how popular this girl group is in China.

As soon as Jiang Yan and I got out of the taxi, we started searching for Lu Xiaojun and Xin Ning in the vast crowd. There were a lot of people at the concert, and since we weren't familiar with the area, it took Jiang Yan and me quite a bit of effort to find the East Gate and meet up with the two adorable girls who had already arrived. So, I ended up with three adorable girls by my side.

(Second update coming soon~ Please vote with monthly tickets~)

Chapter 22, Chapter 533: The Neglected Girl

2021-01-26T19:15:08

"Teacher~"

"Brother~"

After Lu Xiaojun and Xin Ning sweetly called out to me, they greeted Jiang Yanyi as well.

Have you been here long?

"No, Xiaojun and I have only been here for five minutes."