Lu Ying immediately pressed, "What happened?"
Gu Jiang was in a bad mood, and Lu Ying was so patient that he subconsciously told her about Jiang Yuekai and Lin Jingchu. When Lu Ying heard that Jiang Yuekai had a childhood sweetheart, her eyes suddenly flickered. Gu Jiang was talking to himself and didn't notice Lu Ying's abnormality.
"Lin Jingchu has ulterior motives for her. I don't believe she can't see it. My requirements are already very low," Gu Jiang said. "She won't even go to Kyoto to study with me."
Lu Ying advised him, "Maybe you misunderstood. They've known each other since they were young, and their parents have a good relationship. How can they just stop seeing each other after so many years of feelings..."
This persuasion made Gu Jiang think of Jiang Yuekai's words again, and his expression became even more gloomy. Why did everyone think Jiang Yuekai shouldn't stay away from Lin Jingchu?
Gu Jiang suddenly put down his cup, and the drink spilled out, getting on him. Lu Ying was anxious when she saw it and quickly went to wipe his clothes. The two were very close.
At this moment, Shen Yujin happened to enter the restaurant with a few classmates. She immediately noticed Gu Jiang. She had seen Gu Jiang's photo at Jiang Yuekai's place before.
Seeing Gu Jiang so intimate with a woman, Shen Yujin immediately got angry. She took out her phone, took a video, and sent it to Jiang Yuekai, saying indignantly, "You seem to have encountered that scumbag!"
Jiang Yuekai was having a great time in the park. Latte had been running for several hours. When they got back in the car, Latte fell asleep. Jiang Yuekai also saw the video sent by Shen Yujin.
In the video, Gu Jiang was with a very beautiful girl, and the girl was bending down to wipe him. Their faces were probably only two or three centimeters apart.
Jiang Yuekai's expression became serious. If this video was sent by someone else, she might have questioned its authenticity, but Shen Yujin wouldn't lie to her.
Gu Jiang had always kept a proper distance from other opposite-sex people during the more than a year they were together. Now, he was suddenly so close to someone else...
Jiang Yuekai suddenly understood something when she remembered Gu Jiang's attitude during their video call today.
Lin Jingchu stopped to wait for the red light, and his peripheral vision caught the video on his phone. "What did you see?"
Jiang Yuekai didn't hide it from him. "Xiangxiang sent it."
She showed him the video on her phone.
After seeing the content of the video, Lin Jingchu's handsome brows furrowed, and his eyes showed a bit of concern. "Are you okay?"
"It's nothing." Jiang Yuekai's psychological quality was not that bad. "He might be trying to provoke me."
Lin Jingchu: "Oh?"
Jiang Yuekai said, "He doesn't like me playing with you. We also had a disagreement about college applications a few days ago. It's normal for him to be upset."
Lin Jingchu said seriously, "No matter how upset he is, he can't do it this way."
After thinking for a moment, he tentatively said to Jiang Yuekai, "Since he minds so much, I'd better not look for you anymore, so as not to keep affecting your arguments."
"No!" Jiang Yuekai refused almost without thinking. "It has nothing to do with you."
Hearing this answer, a hint of joy flashed in Lin Jingchu's heart, but his face remained calm. "Doesn't he mind me very much? How can it have nothing to do with me?"
"In the final analysis, it's because he doesn't trust me," Jiang Yuekai said. "He's much more immature than I thought."
Lin Jingchu said, "People are usually immature when they are in love. Don't you get jealous when you see him with other girls?"
"Are you talking about the video just now?" Jiang Yuekai told the truth. "I don't feel like he betrayed our feelings, I just feel like he's sulking, because I trust him."
But Gu Jiang had never trusted her. As long as he knew she was close to Lin Jingchu, he would make trouble.
Jiang Yuekai felt like she was dating a child and felt tired for the first time, wanting to stop.
After a long silence, Jiang Yuekai suddenly said, "Maybe you're right."
Lin Jingchu was suddenly stunned. What was right?
Before he could ask, he heard Jiang Yuekai say, "People become immature when they are in love. The things I used to like about him seem to have disappeared."
Gu Jiang attracted her because he was mature beyond his peers. They had common views on many things and were very compatible, which was why she felt she could date him.
Hearing this, Lin Jingchu suddenly gripped the steering wheel. "You don't like him anymore?"
"It's not that I don't like him, it's just that I feel like this is meaningless," Jiang Yuekai said. "It's not because he doesn't let me play with you."
Lin Jingchu quickly guessed, "Because of college applications?"
"Yes," Jiang Yuekai nodded. "I don't like to tie future choices to another person. I won't go to Kyoto for him, nor do I want him to stay in Nanjiang for me. Although we are dating, he and I are both independent people. I thought he would know this."
Lin Jingchu fell silent. He increasingly felt that not confessing certain things to Jiang Yuekai was an extremely wise choice.
Fortunately, he understood her well enough.
He could have chosen to study abroad at that time, but he stayed in Nanjiang to wait for her. If he had told Jiang Yuekai directly, it would have put a lot of pressure on her.
Lin Jingchu never thought of using his "contributions" to morally blackmail her. It was his choice to like her, and he would bear the consequences himself.
Jiang Yuekai and Lin Jingchu took Latte home and then went out for barbecue that evening. While eating, Lin Jingchu asked about Jiang Yuekai's college applications.
Jiang Yuekai told him her plans. "I'm going to apply to Nan University. My first major choice should be Finance. I'll go abroad in my junior year or during graduate school. I'll definitely come back to Nanjiang to develop in the future."
Lan Lan and Liang Yufeng had only one daughter, Jiang Yuekai. She had shouldered the mission of inheriting the family business since childhood. Fortunately, she was also happy to accept this challenge.
Lin Jingchu's background was similar to Jiang Yuekai's. He had already guessed Jiang Yuekai's choice. "Then we'll be in the same major."
"Yes, you'll have another identity in the future, my senior," Jiang Yuekai said jokingly, picking up her drink. "Please take care of me, senior."
Liang Yufeng cooperated and clinked glasses with her. "Definitely."
After dinner, Lin Jingchu drove Jiang Yuekai back.
In the following days, Gu Jiang suddenly seemed to have disappeared. Not only did he not contact Jiang Yuekai proactively, but even when Jiang Yuekai messaged him, she didn't get a reply.
The next time they met was when the results came out, for the college application meeting at school.
Gu Jiang scored over 690, and Jiang Yuekai scored over 680. Their rankings in the class were close, but they were more than ten places apart in the city. However, these were all very good results.
When the homeroom teacher asked, Gu Jiang said he was going to apply to Kyoto University, while Jiang Yuekai said she was going to Nan University.
As their answers came out one after another, the classmates showed surprised expressions.