28. Confrontation
“What did you say?”
Jiang Zhi raised her eyes and saw the man’s look of astonishment.
She buried the disgust deep in her heart, pressed her lips together, and then smiled sweetly with her eyes curving: “Oh~ I didn’t say anything~”
“…”
“You must have misheard. I have no grudges against you, so why would I tell you to roll?”
The man had a complex expression, opening his mouth but at a loss for words for a moment.
No…
Didn’t I also not say for you to roll?
“Ha!”
Jiang Zhi, unfazed, pointed at the menu on the table and said with a smile: “May I ask what you would like to order?”
“…A cup of lavender coffee.”
“Okay, please wait a moment~”
Then, silence ensued.
The man, after placing his order, did not rush to leave, and at this moment, he was only one table away from Jiang Zhi. His CPU was spinning at high speed, nearly jumping from the extinction of the dinosaurs to Doraemon using a time machine.
Did I offend her?
But how did I offend her?
Are we even familiar with each other?
But if I didn’t offend her, then her current state seems quite off, right?
Could it be…
What Chang Yue said was true?!
“May I ask if you need anything else?”
Seeing the man still frozen in place, Jiang Zhi tilted her head, revealing a puzzled expression.
“No, nothing…”
At her words, the man shook his body and sat down, glancing back multiple times as he went.
What he didn’t know was that, just at the moment he turned around, Jiang Zhi’s smile instantly vanished.
She stared at the man’s back, suddenly snorted coldly, and picked up the cloth on the table, clenching it in her fist as if she were about to crush it.
Su Yan?
Su Yan…
Su Yan!
You little guy named Su Yan, right?!
You’re the one who’s supposed to be my future husband, right?
You’re the one who wants me to give you a daughter, right?
You’re the one who’s going to play BDSM with me in the future, right?
Just a few days ago, I saw you all composed, I even supported you during your competition, and now I’m seeing you differently!
Jiang Zhi was very angry.
While being angry, her mood was very complicated.
Heaven knows how shocked she was when Qian Qian said on TV that Dad was on; it was like looking at an adult film but halfway through realizing that the blindfolded actor is your neighbor!
And she had just greeted her neighbor that morning!
Unknowingly, she ended up with a photo with her future husband. Jiang Zhi couldn’t help but feel pessimistic, were certain things destined to happen?
She desperately wanted to clear her relationship with Su Yan, yet by coincidence, she was tangled with him.
So, if things continue this way, what is supposed to happen will still happen, Su Yan will still become her husband, and she will still fall into the female role, and then they would first **, then **, and finally **!
…Slap, slap!
Qian Qian is born!
Ah, ah, ah, no, it can’t be!
Not that kind of thing!
At that moment, Jiang Zhi felt she was about to collapse, forcing herself to calm down; things hadn’t reached an irreversible step yet.
She and Su Yan weren’t even acquainted.
Currently, the other party didn’t seem to have any thoughts about her, so as long as she maintained distance from Su Yan, being husband and wife was nothing but nonsense.
The future is ultimately just the future.
If Qian Qian could come to her side, then the originally predetermined future had changed without her knowing.
Jiang Zhi couldn’t understand the complexities, especially the headache-inducing theories of time paradoxes.
She only knew one thing.
That is to keep a distance from Su Yan, keep a distance from Su Yan, keep a distance from Su Yan!
She absolutely cannot fall into the female role!
Jiang Zhi had become somewhat obsessed, her fear of falling into the female role made her mutter uncontrollably:
“I’m a guy, I’m a guy, I’m a guy…”
Unbeknownst to her, standing opposite her, Su Yan: 😟
Heaven pity, he just saw Jiang Zhi standing still and not making coffee, so he came to see what was going on, only to witness this scene.
What’s happening?
Sexual, gender confusion?
This was the second time Su Yan was shocked by Jiang Zhi; he paused for a moment and asked, “Are you alright?”
“Ah?!”
Jiang Zhi was startled, abruptly lifting her head to look at Su Yan, her tone flustered: “Why, what are you doing?”
“My coffee…”
“Why are you rushing? It’s not like I’m not making it for you!”
Jiang Zhi glared at him with her blossom-like eyes, annoyed that her mood instantly soured because of this irritating guy. She turned her head away, huffed impatiently, threw the cloth forcefully on the table, and washed her hands.
Then she reluctantly started to make the coffee.
Jiang Zhi ground the coffee beans fiercely, as if envisioning the coffee as something else; while grinding, she occasionally pouted her lips.
Her inner thoughts were evident.
Watching everything, Su Yan couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
What the heck.
Just a moment ago, this woman at least knew to put on an act in front of him, yet now she was too lazy to even pretend.
“Um… Can I ask you a question?”
“…”
“You splashed coffee on me last time, right?”
“…”
“I didn’t trouble you, did I?”
“…”
“We even took a photo together yesterday, right?”
“…”
“So, did I offend you?”
Jiang Zhi paused in her grinding of the coffee, knowing he was asking knowingly: “No, what are you asking that for?”
“Then what do you mean by this?”
Su Yan was genuinely curious; he wasn’t angry, but upon hearing this, Jiang Zhi thought he should be angry.
Jiang Zhi pressed her lips together, the strands of hair hanging down created a shadow over her eyes, like a bright diamond in a dark cave.
What do I mean?
What could it mean?
I just find you unpleasant.
In fact, Jiang Zhi knew she was being a bit unreasonable; after all, Su Yan knew nothing, and she was venting her anger on him.
But there’s no helping it…
She just found him very unpleasant.
Especially when thinking about how they would become a seemingly loving couple, she found Su Yan even more unpleasant because that meant a lot—
It meant she cast aside her dignity as a man.
It meant casting aside her feelings for Lin Shuwan.
It meant casting aside her former self.
Jiang Zhi hated such a future, she really hated it, and it extended to disliking Su Yan too.
Very unreasonable, right?
But now she’s a girl, and girls throwing tantrums are inherently unreasonable, so she felt it was fine to occasionally throw a tantrum.
“Sorry.”
After a long while, Jiang Zhi lifted her head, calmly looking into the man’s eyes: “I’m on my period.”
Su Yan chuckled: “Good excuse.”
“Believe it or not.” Jiang Zhi didn’t bother with him, focusing back on the coffee she was grinding.
She was now only thinking about quickly finishing the coffee and shooing Su Yan away, if he came again in the future, she would definitely have Sister Jiang attend to him.
Sister Jiang idolized Su Yan so much, she surely wouldn’t refuse, right?
However, what she didn’t expect was that when she handed the prepared coffee to Su Yan, she was met with a scene that took her by surprise.
She saw Su Yan take the coffee and directly stick a straw in it, drinking it right in front of Jiang Zhi, intentionally making loud slurping sounds.
Jiang Zhi rubbed her eyes, stunned for several seconds before realizing she wasn’t hallucinating: “What are you doing?”
“I figured you don’t like me.”
“So…?”
Su Yan paused to rest after slurping; he raised his eyebrows at Jiang Zhi, calmly as if discussing a trivial matter: “So I’m disgusting you.”
What a coincidence, he was indeed petty.
Since you don’t like me, don’t blame me for being disgusting.
“You!”
At his words, Jiang Zhi’s veins bulged; an impulse surged to push this guy down and rub him against the ground, which was uncontrollably rising within her.
How can this person be so irritating?!
Are you telling me this is the dad my Qian Qian has been thinking about day and night?
How did I end up liking this guy?
Although… although she was at fault first…
“Thank you for the hospitality.”
After finishing the coffee in one go, Su Yan slammed the empty cup down heavily in front of Jiang Zhi, just noticing the work badge hanging from the woman’s chest.
Jiang Zhi?
“Next time remember to add more sugar; I have a strong palate.” Su Yan grinned at Jiang Zhi, whose face had turned pale.
