Chapter 327: Dating Has Its Own Joys
"Honestly, you and Brother should just sit down and have a frank talk. That's the only way to fix this," Jiang Xueli said to Leng Ruoli.
"But I'm so ugly right now. How could I dare go see him?" Leng Ruoli pressed her face into the pillow and mumbled, "No, absolutely not!"
"It's fine, he won't mind!" Jiang Xueli encouraged her.
"No, I don't dare. It'd ruin how I look in his heart~" As Leng Ruoli thought about it, she shyly grew self-conscious.
Jiang Xueli sighed and said, "True. The way you are now, it's not good for you to go out. How about this, then? I'll go find him for you."
Jiang Xueli's words made Leng Ruoli's eyes light up. "Is that really okay?"
"Of course it's okay. Just leave it all to me!" Jiang Xueli was the sort of person who valued loyalty.
Especially when it came to her brother—she had to help.
Leng Ruoli nodded happily. "That's great. Then, could you deliver a letter for me?"
Although she could have sent it through WeChat, Leng Ruoli wanted to write her words down.
A letter was worth more than a message sent through WeChat.
Jiang Xueli said generously, "Of course."
As a result, Leng Ruoli picked up a pen and began writing on a sheet of paper.
She wrote for a long, long time. Jiang Xueli had already finished styling her hair, and yet Leng Ruoli still hadn't finished. A pile of crumpled paper balls lay beside her.
Jiang Xueli immediately let out a laugh. "Is it a love letter? You're agonizing this much over it."
"It's not a love letter… but since I'm writing it to someone I like, of course I need to think it through carefully," Leng Ruoli said shyly.
Jiang Xueli shrugged. "Suddenly I feel like being single is pretty nice. At least I don't have to waste time on romance."
Recalling the little details from before, Leng Ruoli said sweetly, "But being in a relationship has its own happiness—the kind you can't feel when you're single."
She used to think being single and on her own was pretty nice, but after falling in love, she'd changed her mind.
After deliberating for a long time, Leng Ruoli finally finished writing and handed it to Jiang Xueli.
When Jiang Xueli saw the pink cover of the letter, she teased with a laugh, "Isn't this packaging a bit too cute? It's actually pink, and there's even a little rabbit sticker on it. So full of girlishness—if I were a guy seeing this, I'd be touched to death."
Leng Ruoli's little face flushed deep red. She said shyly to Jiang Xueli, "Just take it and go. Stop talking about it~"
"Alright, alright. This little matchmaker here will go deliver the letter." Jiang Xueli giggled and carried the letter off.
Leng Ruoli sat on the bed, waiting nervously with anticipation.
She had no idea what Jiang Muye's situation was, but she hoped she could salvage her relationship with him.
At that moment, Jiang Muye was just coming out of the cafeteria with a few roommates.
Jiang Muye was in a rather foul mood. Especially this time, without Leng Ruoli there to eat with him, something always felt missing, and he had no appetite at all.
The first day without seeing Leng Ruoli—he missed her.
Jiang Muye had no way of knowing what Leng Ruoli was doing right now.
He wanted to send her a message.
But he was afraid he hadn't given her enough space and time.
Disturbing her at this moment might make her even more anxious.
Jiang Muye could only stuff his phone back into his pocket, planning to wait and see how things went—and if they didn't improve, he'd go find her.
When he reached the dormitory building, he saw a familiar figure standing downstairs.
Her eyes were bright and her teeth white, her fair cheeks delicate and charming, and her princess-cut raven-black hair draped over her shoulders.
With her graceful, lovely figure, she was a dazzling sight to behold, so much so that both guys and girls passing by couldn't help but look.
Little White Dove nudged Jiang Muye and said, "Isn't that Campus Belle Jiang? She's here for you."
"Who else would she be here for? She's a brocon, you know! I'm so jealous of you," Old He said, looking at Jiang Muye.
Jiang Muye nodded. "She must need something from me."
It had been a while since he'd seen Jiang Xueli. She'd had a lot of gigs before, and had been filming out of town the whole time.
"You two chat, then. We'll head up first, lie around, play some games." The brothers instinctively started heading upstairs.
The turf was left directly to Jiang Muye and Jiang Xueli.
When Jiang Xueli saw Jiang Muye, she smiled beautifully, all sweetness. "Brother! You're finally here. I missed you so much~"
She instinctively ran forward and spread her arms to hug Jiang Muye.
Seeing Jiang Xueli's especially enthusiastic look, Jiang Muye hurriedly pressed a hand out to stop her from getting close. "I've got a girlfriend, you know. There must be no intimate contact between men and women."
Jiang Xueli grumbled, "Brother, you're being way too stingy. Boohoo, I just wanted a hug. I'm your little sister."
She put on a pitiful look with her cute little bun face, though her crimson lips still broke into a brilliant smile.
Gazing at the petite, exquisite Jiang Xueli before him, Jiang Muye asked, "Alright, why don't you tell me what you came to see me for?"
Jiang Xueli mumbled, "I originally came as a little letter-delivering tool, but if Brother's going to be this cold, then forget it. I'll confiscate this letter."
She instinctively moved to stuff the pink letter she'd already taken out back into her pocket.
Jiang Muye's sharp eyes caught Jiang Xueli's movement, and he instinctively grew excited. "Give it here."
"No, hmph, stinky Brother!" Jiang Xueli laughed as she dodged Jiang Muye.
"That's mine!"
"I won't give it to you. Can you even get it?" Jiang Xueli giggled, clutching the letter with both hands and refusing to hand it over.
"Oh, so you dare to toy with me now, huh!" Jiang Muye shouted joyfully. Seeing Jiang Xueli about to slip away, he grabbed her in one motion. Jiang Xueli giggled and crouched down, covering the letter and refusing to give it up.
Jiang Muye instinctively moved to snatch the letter. "I advise you to surrender and give me back my letter!"
Seeing Jiang Muye's move, Jiang Xueli harrumphed. "Then what benefit do I get?"
"Treating you to fried chicken should be enough, right?" Jiang Muye raised an eyebrow.
"Oh please, you think a single meal of fried chicken can buy me off," Jiang Xueli said arrogantly.
"Then what else do you want?" Jiang Muye asked her.
Jiang Xueli giggled. "I want you to be my partner. Brother, I really need you~"
She immediately began shaking Jiang Muye's arm. "Don't be Deeply Moved Yet Refusing. You're hurting my fragile little heart. Boohoo, shooting won't take more than a few days of your time. Help me out, please~ Brother, otherwise winter break's coming and there's no way I can make the auditions~"
Jiang Muye gave Jiang Xueli a sidelong glance. "You've really got this all calculated, haven't you!"
Jiang Xueli stuck out her tongue, directly sticking it out at Jiang Muye. "Heh heh, there's nothing I can do about that. I learned it from you."
"No, it has nothing to do with me." Jiang Muye tapped Jiang Xueli with his finger. "Don't go pinning everything on me."
"Brother~ help a person all the way through. Look, I'm even running errands for you right now, and I've done plenty for you before. Even a tool like me deserves a little sweetness. Besides, if you shoot for me, I'll pay you!" Jiang Xueli gazed at Jiang Muye with watery eyes.