[Real World] - 01
Jiang Nian was born in an ordinary prefecture-level city. Her parents were self-made businessmen with their own small company. Jiang's parents doted on her. Even when the company was booming and needed constant care, they would always make time to be with young Jiang Nian.
They provided her with the best they could, both materially and emotionally.
With a wealthy family and loving parents, Jiang Nian naturally grew into a kind and good-hearted child.
In kindergarten, she was enrolled in the best local kindergarten, where she met Yuan Junyu.
Yuan Junyu was a very mischievous leader of the children. Because of his family background, the principal could only silently clean up his messes. One day, while carrying a caterpillar around the kindergarten on a stick, he tripped and fell, and the caterpillar landed on Jiang Nian's hand, who was holding a bear-shaped biscuit.
Young Jiang Nian, dressed in a pink uniform and wearing a small yellow hat, had a fair and chubby face with large, round, slightly downturned eyes. Looking at the caterpillar crawling on the back of his hand, his lips trembled, and tears welled in his eyes but didn't fall. He said to Yuan Junyu in a gentle voice, "Brother, I don't like this."
Yuan Junyu's uniform was blue.
Blue indicates the senior class, pink the junior class.
Yuan Junyu was a year older than Jiang Nian.
Yuan Junyu was stunned the moment he saw Jiang Nian. Children are very direct; he only thought Jiang Nian was so cute and adorable, and he liked him very much. He got up, ignoring the bruise on his leg, blushed, picked up the caterpillar, and apologized to Jiang Nian, "Brother didn't mean to. What's your name? Brother will be your pony to make amends, okay?"
So, when the Yuan family driver came in to pick up Yuan Junyu, he saw his little tyrant, like a horse, lying on the ground being ridden by another very cute little boy.
The two became good friends, but Yuan Junyu always considered himself Jiang Nian's future husband and often chased away other children who approached her.
Knowing that Jiang Nian's parents were often away from home, he very maturely volunteered to take care of her. Knowing the Yuan family, Jiang's parents thought about it for a while and agreed.
The two grew increasingly close.
They attended the same elementary and middle school, even being classmates and deskmates.
In high school, they were separated into different classes; Yuan Junyu chose science, while Jiang Nian, with her high musical talent, chose humanities. During this time, Yuan Junyu would visit his future wife whenever he had time, while the naive Jiang Nian fell for the class's top student.
This student, named Ye Wenwen, was handsome and refined, the class monitor of the humanities class. He took good care of Jiang Nian, and later moved to sit next to her, bringing her breakfast and snacks every day without fail, and tutoring her.
"The answer to this question is C, baby." Ye Wenwen moved closer to Jiang Nian, their hair almost intertwined. Ye Wenwen's gaze towards Jiang Nian was overflowing with tenderness. At only a second-year high school student, Ye Wenwen was already 1.8 meters tall, towering over Jiang Nian. His large hand covered Jiang Nian's soft little hand, and he wrote stroke by stroke in his notebook, "Solve it like this. Your steps are slightly wrong, but everything else is excellent." Jiang Nian
wasn't yet as adept at seducing men as he would later become; he hadn't even fully grasped the concept yet. But even his few innocent words were enough to make any boy with a crush on him swoon. "Class monitor, you're so amazing!"
"But your hands are so hot."
"Don't you like it, baby?" Ye Wenwen didn't move away. He used his other hand to tuck a strand of hair behind Jiang Nian's ear, revealing her delicate little ear.
By high school, Jiang Nian had blossomed into an even more exquisite and beautiful woman. Even though she still had a bit of baby fat, it only enhanced her beauty, making her seem like the pure first love in every boy's heart.
In this prestigious high school, students secretly call Jiang Nian "Little Princess" and "School Beauty."
Jiang Nian's desk is always overflowing with love letters, and every few days someone confesses their feelings to him, which he always politely rejects.
Hearing Ye Wenwen say this, Jiang Nian thought for a moment, pursed his lips, and smiled gently at Ye Wenwen, "Hmm, not really."
Ye Wenwen restrained himself and withdrew his hand, his eyes flickering, before finally smiling as well, "That's good."
Jiang Nian's family background is among the worst in this school, but he is undeniably handsome, and when he occasionally wears exquisite casual clothes, he can even make people stare in a daze, unable to move. In addition, Yuan Junyu and Ye Wenwen, who are by his side, are exceptionally powerful.
However, Jiang Nian's high school is very down-to-earth, unlike the exaggerated Frode Academy. Class distinctions are not so obvious, and class scheduling is based on academic performance, treating everyone equally.
Most children from wealthy families plan to study abroad after achieving academic success.
Yuan Junyu was raised by his grandparents because his parents were too busy. His parents later planned to send him abroad after junior high, but he refused.
Ye Wenwen, on the other hand, had a prestigious university in China that interested him.
Regardless, both of them subtly inquired about Jiang Nian's future plans. Jiang Nian didn't want to go abroad; he wanted to stay with his parents for a long time, so he mentioned a music school with a renowned arts education.
"Then I'll apply to the engineering university next to you."
"What a coincidence, the school my baby wants to apply to is in the same place as the university I want to go to."
That's how they answered, and Jiang Nian didn't think much of it.
Later, in the second semester of his junior year, Jiang Nian, subtly guided by Ye Wenwen, was taken by him to a sea of flowers one afternoon. Amidst countless fireworks and balloons, he half-heartedly accepted Ye Wenwen's confession.
Overjoyed by the successful confession, Ye Wenwen couldn't maintain his usual composure, laughing as he picked up Jiang Nian and spun him around. At the last moment of sunset, Ye Wenwen kissed Jiang Nian's pink lips.
Roughness tinged with tenderness.
This was Ye Wenwen's first kiss, but not Jiang Nian's. Jiang Nian had already been kissed by Yuan Junyu, but Jiang Nian hadn't taken it seriously. He and Yuan Junyu were too familiar; he only considered Yuan Junyu his older brother.
Therefore, Yuan Junyu was the first to find out about Ye Wenwen's relationship.
Yuan Junyu immediately went berserk, smashing everything within reach. He was panting heavily, his face flushed with anger, veins bulging on his forehead.
His future wife, whom he had protected for so many years, had been inexplicably stolen away by someone else.
Who wouldn't go crazy?
On the other end of the phone, Jiang Nian said, "Brother, what's that sound over there? It's a bit noisy."
Even knowing Jiang Nian couldn't see him, Yuan Junyu forced a forced smile and said, "Oh, it's just the maid accidentally breaking a vase. It's nothing."
"And, Nian Nian, haven't I always told you? All the men outside are scumbags who will bully you. I told you not to date, why didn't you listen?"
"If I had to date, wouldn't I be my first choice? We know each other inside and out. I've been so good to you. If you marry me, everything I own will be yours."
"Hmm... but dating you feels weird." Jiang Nian's bluntness hurt Yuan Junyu even more. Jiang Nian added, "The class monitor is also very good to me. He's already given me all his things to keep."
"Bastard," Yuan Junyu cursed Ye Wenwen in his heart.
Nian Nian was so innocent; Ye Wenwen must have used despicable means to deceive Jiang Nian's feelings.
He even considered using his power to force Ye Wenwen to transfer schools, but he couldn't carry it out. His parents thought he was going through a rebellious phase and didn't take his words seriously. Besides, the Ye family was very powerful.
Yuan Junyu could only watch helplessly as Jiang Nian and Ye Wenwen started dating.
The fact that the "school beauty" was dating broke the hearts of the students who secretly loved Jiang Nian. Some impulsive people even went up to Jiang Nian and made shocking statements.
"Nian Nian! Let me be your mistress, I don't mind!"
"Get lost." Ye Wenwen smiled gently and pulled Jiang Nian away.
Jiang Nian's hair was a bit long because he hadn't had time to cut it due to his busy studies. It fell smoothly over his neck. He smiled happily, his eyes curving like a crescent moon. He said, "What a strange boy."
"You can't be fooled by them, or I'll be sad." Ye Wenwen lowered his head and kissed Jiang Nian's cheek. Jiang Nian laughed and dodged away.
"Oh, no, don't kiss me suddenly, it tickles."
Ye Wenwen had been beaten up by Yuan Junyu's men in private and was hospitalized that night. The next day, Jiang Nian was coaxed to stay with Ye Wenwen at the hospital for a long time until he was discharged. Ye Wenwen naturally retaliated, but unfortunately, this time, with Yuan Junyu hospitalized, Jiang Nian was only able to visit a few times because Ye Wenwen was clinging to her, leaving Yuan Junyu furious but helpless.
Finally, for some reason, she suddenly remembered what that boy had said before.
Yes, he didn't want to just be Jiang Nian's brother; he'd even be her secret lover.
"Brother, I don't need a title either. Give me a chance, and then two people can both love you, Nian Nian." Yuan Junyu wasn't very emotionally intelligent to begin with, and he was a bit self-centered. He said a lot, but Jiang Nian didn't say much. Finally, she said, "Brother, I'm not interested in that anymore."
She was rejected again.
Heartbroken beyond measure, he fell seriously ill and then secretly got up in the middle of the night to drink—his first time drinking ever. He quickly became drunk, ran to Jiang Nian's house, climbed into her bedroom, and, swaying unsteadily, looked at the sleeping Jiang Nian. He cried pathetically all night, finally falling asleep on the floor.
The next day, Jiang Nian woke up and was startled as soon as she got out of bed.
Hearing the noise, Yuan Junyu groggily opened his eyes, reached out and hugged Jiang Nian's leg, pressing his cheek against hers, and said, "Nian Nian, I truly love you. If I'm lying, I'll die on the spot."
In his hazy state, Yuan Junyu heard Jiang Nian sigh softly. Then, Jiang Nian half-squatted down, stroking Yuan Junyu's rough head, her voice gentle, "Silly brother."
These three words made Yuan Junyu's spirits soar that night when he thought of Jiang Nian and touched her hand.
He felt somewhat lost, but mostly aggrieved.
Why wouldn't Nian Nian let him be a mistress?
If he were a mistress, he could rise to power and squeeze out Ye Wenwen.
Yuan Junyu wasn't stupid; he knew perfectly well that his thoughts were extremely abnormal and outrageous. However, the world of relationships is always crowded, and the one who isn't loved is the "other woman."
Unfortunately, Jiang Nian completely ignored his intentions, her heart set solely on Ye Wenwen. And so,
Yuan Junyu was also the one who wasn't loved.
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