Moonlight falls into my arms

Jiang Yuci glanced sideways and said, "Mm."

There's still only one "hmm".

Ruan Li pulled her hand back: "You won't tell me."

Jiang Yuci's hand was pulled away, and the warmth in her palm was gone, replaced by the damp chill in the air.

He tried to pull Ruan Li away, but Ruan Li crossed her arms over her chest and said, "You said you like it too."

"Ahem." Manager Tang moved to the side.

He stopped interfering in their relationship.

Jiang Yuci lowered his neck slightly, his thin lips almost brushing against Ruan Li's earlobe, and his deep voice finally responded to Ruan Li's words: "...I like it."

Ruan Li pursed her lips, suppressing a smile.

"Then, is it okay now?" Jiang Yu asked.

Ruan Li pouted, and Jiang Yuci, seeing her intention, raised his hand and intertwined his fingers with hers again.

"Old man, what are you thinking?"

Manager Tang walked ahead and opened the door; that's what Ruan Li heard.

The voice sounded somewhat familiar, and sure enough, when I looked up, I saw Jiang Yanhui inside. The person next to him, whom he had rudely called "old man," wasn't angry. "What could I possibly be thinking? You young people don't know perfectly well."

"Sir." Manager Tang led the two over and stopped beside them.

Jiang Yuci pulled Ruan Li over, and Jiang Yan looked back, his eyes fixed on their hands.

"You don't actually intend to marry her, do you?" Jiang Yan scoffed coldly.

"You can keep quiet about anything I say." Jiang Yuci and he had nothing to talk about to begin with.

Jiang Yanhui didn't really care about what he said, but he was afraid that Ruan Li would be wronged. So he looked at the old man next to him and said, "Next time, let him come. You don't need to call me again."

The relationship between the three of them seems strained.

Jiang Yuci stood in front of Ruan Li, holding Ruan Li's hand tightly the whole time.

Ruan Li stood quietly at the back, but rolled her eyes slightly at Jiang Yanhui, who was looking at her.

He wasn't afraid of being called rude, since what he just said was quite rude anyway.

"I thought you came to thank me, but you're already so angry." Old Mr. Jiang smiled, sitting firmly in his seat, completely unaffected by the brothers' argument.

"Sit down."

"No need, just arrange a private room for me." Jiang Yuci said this while looking at Manager Tang.

Originally, Jiang Yuci had planned to have a proper talk with the old gentleman today. Without his help, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly for the teacher and the Lu family.

But when he saw Jiang Yanhui in the private room, he gave up on the idea.

"Has sitting down to eat become a luxury?"

Mr. Jiang watched as Jiang Yuci led Ruan Li out.

Manager Tang hesitated on the side, having already said that if they really wanted to talk to the eldest young master, they couldn't call the young master over again.

The two of them simply cannot be in the same room.

After Jiang Yu resigned, Manager Tang followed her.

"You don't need to make any arrangements here," Jiang Yuci said.

Manager Tang sighed, "You know the old gentleman's temperament. It wouldn't be a big deal for him to sit down and have a meal. Never mind... I'll make another arrangement for you."

Jiang Yuci and Ruan Li went to a private room on the second floor alone.

Compared to the retro Chinese-style decor on the first floor, the second floor is decorated in a modern style with a gray and white color scheme.

"You're ordering?" Jiang Yuci's expression returned to its usual calm, as if nothing had happened.

Ruan Li ordered a few dishes she liked, then hesitated, "Do you really want steak? Or should I just order one for you?"

Jiang Yuci: "Two portions, eat with me."

Ruan Li had already eaten steak, but she agreed to have another one.

At the dinner table, she took the opportunity to talk to Jiang Yuci while the dishes were not yet served: "I asked about you today... but she was unwilling to talk about it."

Jiang Yuci knew that she had gone to see someone, and couldn't help but frown: "Why did you want to see her?"

"I have my own things to do too..." Ruan Li lowered her head. "Did you really push the person down?"

Jiang Yuci nodded: "It's me."

Ruan Li raised her hand on the table and pulled his hand, "Why? I find it hard to imagine why you're so emotional."

Even when faced with something as serious as a medical dispute, he could handle it calmly. Ruan Li couldn't understand why he would push someone down the stairs.

"To be precise, I didn't push him; he tried to hit me, I dodged, and he fell down."

The waiter brought out several plates of complimentary pre-dinner desserts.

After Ruan Li and the others left, they asked, "Why did he make a move?"

“He… is Jiang Yanhui.” Jiang Yuci lowered her eyes, her eyelids drooping slightly, as if she was lost in her past thoughts.

Ruan Li didn't even feel like eating dessert. She had thought it might be because Jiang Yuci, who was going through puberty, had some conflicts with his classmates, but she never imagined it would be his younger brother.

They've been at odds since they were so young.

“He was still in his first year of high school at the time.” Jiang Yuci lowered his eyes. “He came to find me at noon and called me to the stairwell. Everyone was doing exercises in the classroom, and there was no one in the stairwell. He was going to push me down, but I dodged to the side, and he rolled down by himself.”

"Is he seriously injured?" Ruan Li noticed her deskmate's nervous reaction, especially when he heard the word "death."

But Jiang Yan is alive and well now.

"He still has the energy to stand up and yell at me. I wonder how serious it is."

Ruan Li didn't need to ask Jiang Yuci why their relationship was so strained despite being brothers. She could tell from the last time she saw their parents that even though they were both their own sons, they wouldn't treat each other equally.

"I was terrified. I thought someone was dead. But what's the point of hiding this? Why bribe the only person who saw it to keep quiet and suppress the follow-up of this matter?"

Jiang Yuci's expression slowly froze. "Bribery?"

"Yes, when I asked her about it, she broke out in a sweat. I thought it was something serious, like a criminal case."

“Bribery is just to prevent this matter from getting out.” Jiang Yuci also vaguely felt that something was wrong. “They couldn’t have bribed them for me. Besides, after this incident, my classmates and teachers have all distanced themselves from me. It’s not beneficial to me. They couldn’t have bribed them for me.”

"Then, is it for Jiang Yanhui?" Ruan Li frowned. "If it's for him, shouldn't he be the victim on the surface?"

Jiang Yuci's eyes were as dark as ink as he looked at the exquisitely decorated desserts on the table, as if he had suddenly thought of something.

"Back then, another thing came up," Jiang Yuci said, raising her eyes. "They said someone died at school, that I pushed someone down the stairs, but this was just a rumor."