After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, the fake heiress binds herself to a rough-looking man

"Sister, you won't run off, will you?"

Jiang Yu stood at the door, and after hearing this, she first gave a light scoff.

A hint of impatience flickered in her eyes: "Whether I run around or not is none of your business!"

"If you're really free, go and rehearse your lines for the gala with Huo Ming'an. Don't add your own drama to my show."

Jiang Ruoruo's face paled instantly, her eyes filled with grievance: "I was just concerned about you..."

"You really care about a lot of details."

Jiang Yu leaned against the doorframe, her eyes icy cold. "Who submitted the list? Who's trying to use me against you? Don't you know what's going on?"

Jiang Ruoruo opened her mouth, choked, but couldn't utter a single word.

"If you want to see me make a fool of myself, wait until the party starts. Aren't you tired of blocking the door now?" Jiang Yu added without any politeness.

Hearing students passing by in the corridor, Jiang Ruoruo's eyes instantly reddened, and her voice tightened: "Sister, you've misunderstood me..."

"Okay, it's a misunderstanding." Jiang Yu nodded readily and stepped aside. "Then don't block my way. I don't have time to play the sisterly love card with you."

After she finished speaking, she moved aside to make room for others.

Jiang Ruoruo stood there, her fingertips digging into her palms, and finally could only bite her lip and walk away.

Jiang Yu watched her retreating figure, feeling no emotion whatsoever.

A small ball of light floated out from her shoulder and whispered: [Host, she really wants to bite you to death right now.]

"When doesn't she want to?" Jiang Yu stuffed her phone into her pocket. "Let's go."

Lin Xingran had been watching with great interest from the sidelines, and she chuckled in a low voice.

"What you just did is enough to break her defenses for a whole year."

"It's best if she remembers it." Jiang Yu lifted her foot and walked out, "so she won't bother me anymore."

The two left the classroom and walked along the path outside the teaching building.

The September sun wasn't too strong, and when the wind blew, the leaves rolled halfway around on the ground.

"There's definitely something fishy about the guest list for the gala."

Lin Xingran frowned, clutching the folder of documents. "Why is she insisting on putting you in the etiquette team?"

"What else can we do?"

Jiang Yu said casually, "They probably want to embarrass me in front of the whole school. Either there'll be a problem with the clothes, or they'll create problems with the procedures."

Lin Xingran rolled her eyes: "That crazy woman's brain is full of bad ideas!"

"It doesn't matter." Jiang Yu brushed a stray hair behind her ear. "Anyway, she lost the first round today."

Seeing that Jiang Yu remained completely unmoved and even started looking down at her phone, Lin Xingran immediately leaned closer and asked, "Did you call that mechanic again?"

Jiang Yu paused, then stubbornly replied, "I'll check the weather."

"Can the weather make you smile like that?"

"You have something wrong with your eyes."

Lin Xingran laughed directly: "Okay, whatever you say."

Jiang Yu ignored her, looked down and opened the chat box, her fingertips paused, wanting to send a message to Huo Li.

Before she could type anything, her phone vibrated.

A call from Jiang Yu'an.

Jiang Yu's fingers trembled, and she almost dropped her phone.

Seeing her horrified expression, Lin Xingran immediately understood and asked in a low voice, "Your brother?"

Jiang Yu nodded and answered the phone: "Brother?"

"I've arrived at school," Jiang Yu'an's voice came through the receiver. "Where are you?"

"Over here at the art academy."

"Wait for me where you are."

"Oh, no need—"

"Beep—beep—"

Before I could finish speaking, the phone call was already disconnected.

Jiang Yu stared at the black screen of her phone, her brow twitching wildly.

Damn it, my plan to ditch my brother and run into Huo Li in the back alley is now ruined.

Before she could come up with a solution, Jiang Yu'an had already started walking towards her from the end of her field of vision.

A dark shirt rolled up to the forearm, with a light trench coat over it.

Despite his extremely cold and aloof features, the subtle yet powerful aura of pressure caused several freshmen passing by to subconsciously lower their voices.

When Jiang Yu saw him, she instinctively stood up straight.

Then, feeling that his reaction was a bit embarrassing, he casually hugged the document bag to his chest.

"Brother, why are you here so early?"

The meeting ended early.

Jiang Yu'an walked over, his gaze first falling on her face, then sweeping over Lin Xingran beside her. "Have you finished registering?"

"It's done!"

Jiang Yu's mind raced, and she spoke first, "Xingran and I were just about to go to the mall to buy some things for girls, so we won't bother you at noon!"

Lin Xingran nodded frantically in agreement: "Yes, yes, Brother Jiang, we can go by ourselves!"

Jiang Yu'an looked at them but didn't reply immediately.

He lowered his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

Jiang Yu felt a tightness in her chest.

She was terrified that his next words would be, "I'll go with you."

As it turned out, Jiang Yu'an actually said it.

"I can go shopping with you, and then we can have dinner together."

Jiang Yu: "..."

Lin Xingran: "..."

Jiang Yu was about to lose her temper: "No need, girls are usually very slow when they buy things."

"It's alright," Jiang Yu'an said calmly. "I'm free today."

Jiang Yu almost choked on her words.

It's your business if you have free time, but the problem is I don't want you to have free time.

"You can't waste your free time like this!" Jiang Yu said anxiously.

Jiang Yu'an looked at her quietly: "I've finished dealing with things this morning. It's not a waste to have lunch with you."

Jiang Yu: "..."

She had no choice but to shove her phone into her pocket and feign nonchalance: "Alright then, I'll go."

Jiang Yu'an hummed in agreement and reached out to take the file folder from her arms: "I'll take it."

"I can take it myself."

"Your hand injury hasn't fully healed."

Jiang Yu looked up at him.

He has little emotion on his face, but he never allows anyone to refuse him when he does something.

She felt inexplicably depressed.

A small ball of light floated out and whispered a reminder: "Host, I suggest you don't contact Huo Li right now. Jiang Yu'an is highly vigilant; he might notice if you touch your phone."

Jiang Yu replied to it in her mind: "I know."

The little orb of light paused for a second, then sighed: [The road to survival is long.]

Jiang Yu rolled her eyes silently.

The three people walked out of the school.

Lin Xingran walked on the outermost edge, clearly intentionally leaving space for the brother and sister.

But Jiang Yu didn't want this space at all.

"elder brother."

"Um."

"Xingran and I want to go to the mall to buy some more household items," Jiang Yu said while secretly observing his expression.

Jiang Yu'an paused for half a second: "What do you need? I'll have someone deliver it."

"No need, I want to choose myself."

"Then I'll help you choose."

Jiang Yu: "..."

She wanted to ask why you were so persistent.

Lin Xingran, standing to the side, forced herself to mutter, "Brother Jiang... if you keep following along like this, Yu Yu's classmates will laugh at her."

Jiang Yu'an lifted her eyelids slightly, her gaze sweeping over him with an extremely indifferent expression: "Who's laughing?"

Lin Xingran: "..."

Sorry to bother you, I can't afford to offend you, so she shut up.

Jiang Yu also shut up.

The three of them walked all the way to the school gate.

Jiang Yu'an opened the back door of the car very naturally, gesturing for the two to get in.

Jiang Yu had just sat down when her phone vibrated again.

She glanced down.

Huo Li: [Where are they?]

Just two words, yet they made Jiang Yu's heart clench.

Her fingertip hovered over the screen, and just as she was about to reply quickly, the passenger door was suddenly pulled open.

Jiang Yu'an sat down.

Jiang Yu was so frightened that she immediately turned her phone upside down on her lap and held her breath.

"What were you looking at just now?" Jiang Yu'an turned her head slightly.

"N-nothing." Jiang Yu swallowed.

Jiang Yu'an's gaze shifted downwards, landing on the phone she was holding face down. His tone remained calm: "Who are you messaging?"

Jiang Yu: "..."

Jiang Yu'an, however, seemed to have no intention of giving her a chance to play dumb, and added casually:

"Jiang Yu, I'll go shopping with you and have dinner with you."

"So think it through before deciding who to reply to."