56. Senior Sister
“Big star?”
Qian Qian tugged at her little braids, her eyes shining as she looked at Lele: “Lele, is your uncle liked by many people too?”
“Mm.” Lele nodded.
“Are there many people who clap for your uncle?”
“Mm.” Lele nodded again.
“Then… then…”
The little girl’s competitive spirit was ignited, and after thinking for a while, she said, “Then your uncle has been on TV too, right?”
Hmph! Her dad has been on TV!
Every time her dad wins a championship, so many reporters come to interview them. The neighborhood kids are all envious that she has such a handsome and kind big star dad!
This time, Lele pondered for a moment.
“Mm… yes.”
“Mom!”
Qian Qian was completely anxious now; she bit her lip and looked urgently at Jiang Zhi, almost on the verge of tears.
Oh no, she lost.
“Mom, what should we do?!”
Jiang Zhi’s mouth twitched: …
What the hell do you want me to do? What good is there to compare in the first place?
She was too lazy to pay attention to her childish daughter.
But… a big star?
What does Xu You actually do for a living?
She wasn’t foolish enough to take Lele’s words completely seriously; children often exaggerate. And which big star would confess to someone like her? That’s just something you dream about.
However, Lele’s remarks still made Jiang Zhi inevitably curious about Xu You’s job.
But it was only a hint of curiosity.
Shaking her head to dispel those random thoughts, Jiang Zhi rubbed her sore, tired eyes and browsed short videos to wake herself up.
“Killing~ little loli~”
So catchy, next one.
“They~ threw~ poop~ at me~”
Skipped, next one.
“Maybe I’m just nasty~”
Ew, next one.
“Master, drive fast, there are gays outside!”
Next one… huh?
Jiang Zhi’s eyes widened, and her fingers quickly swiped back to the previous video. What did she just see?
“Hello, miss, do you have time right now?”
“We’re from ‘Challenge the Impossible’…”
“I told you I’m busy, you should look for someone else!”
“Are you gay? But I’m a woman, are you not even leaving women alone now?”
“Master, drive fast, there are gays outside!”
This seemed to be a segment from a variety show.
Jiang Zhi clicked pause, and the video froze on the silhouette of a long-haired woman who leaped into a car and fled.
She swallowed.
Does this woman look a bit familiar?
No, no, it’s not just familiar…
Even though the woman’s face was obscured with a mosaic and her voice altered, Jiang Zhi immediately recognized her—this is clearly her! If she didn’t recognize herself, then these twenty-two years of her life would have been for nothing!
She suddenly recalled that afternoon when she had just left the hospital.
At that time… it seemed… there was a man who said he was from some show, looking for her for who knows what reason, and she thought he was gay.
Mainly because she met Lin Shuwan at the hospital and was already in a bad mood. Plus, she had just transformed into a girl and hadn’t yet completely shed her male identity. Seeing that the man had a pale face, she misjudged him…
It should be a misunderstanding, right?
He’s not gay?
Wait!
Jiang Zhi seemed to recall something, the memories of that day gradually becoming clear in her mind, and a cold sweat slid down her forehead.
She trembled slightly and clicked play.
As the picture changed, the man’s extraordinarily beautiful face appeared on the screen.
His expression showed visible daze and shock, clearly affected by Jiang Zhi’s behavior.
Jiang Zhi was disheartened.
Damn, isn’t that Xu You?
No wonder she always felt she had seen Xu You somewhere. Turns out they really have met!
She recalled the conversation between Qian Qian and Lele just now.
Considering this video that seemed like a segment from some variety show, could it be that Xu You really is a star as Lele said?
Thinking of this, she immediately searched for him.
“Xu You…”
She softly read the information that the browser returned.
“Xu You, male, 21 years old, debuted from a popular boy band, transitioned to the entertainment industry two years ago, with millions of fans online…”
Boy band.
Debuted from a boy band.
Jiang Zhi wanted to cry; she had mistaken a member of a boy band with millions of fans for gay. Although she didn’t know much about the entertainment industry, she had heard of various celebrity stories about idol fans.
If she had offended some crazy fan…
Wouldn’t her whole family be in trouble?!
Oh no, Qian Qian’s mom is sorry for making you go through so much at such a young age…
Ultimately, Jiang Zhi’s thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door opening.
Xu You walked in from outside, his tone slightly apologetic: “Sorry, there was something at work.”
He sat back down, and the atmosphere in the private room was as heavy as it had been when he left, even though the two little ones were chattering away without any sign of lifting the mood.
He still had to face Jiang Zhi.
Xu You lowered his brows, intending to continue the conversation they had before leaving: “Jiang Zhi, you… huh? Jiang Zhi?”
What does he mean by not daring to look at him?
Realizing a certain possibility, Xu You felt a pang in his heart. Has Jiang Zhi already grown to detest him this much?
Sure enough, confessing now was still too rushed…
“Uh, um, Xu You.”
After a long period of mental struggle, Jiang Zhi looked up, a look of embarrassment on her face as she said to Xu You: “I think I remembered.”
Thinking closely…
When they first met at the amusement park, Xu You’s line of “I’m gay” was actually hinting at her, right?
She didn’t think of it at all!
On the other side, hearing Jiang Zhi’s statement, Xu You’s eyes instantly lit up: “Really? Senior…”
“I’m sorry!”
Jiang Zhi pressed her hands together, genuinely sincere: “I really didn’t know you were a star! No, I mean, I didn’t know you weren’t…”
“Not…”
Her voice became smaller and smaller: “Not gay…”
Once these words came out, the room fell into an awkward silence.
Qian Qian and Lele looked up in confusion, watching the two adults, red-faced and not knowing what they were doing.
“It’s okay.” Xu You softly uttered two words.
He continued: “I should be the one apologizing. I suddenly confessed, you must be quite taken aback, right?”
“No, no!”
Jiang Zhi waved her hands like a windmill, but she quickly realized that she shouldn’t say “no” at all!
There is, indeed!
“Xu You, you also saw.”
She awkwardly rejected: “I have children and… a husband, so I really can’t accept your feelings, so, I still want to say I’m sorry.”
Sorry is sorry, but the rejection still has to be firm.
Yet the refusal spun around her tongue several times, and in the end, it didn’t come out as decisively as she had imagined.
In her original plan, she was supposed to reject him very seriously, without giving Xu You any chance at all.
But the way she acted made it seem like she wasn’t serious.
Without waiting for Xu You to respond, Jiang Zhi symbolically glanced at the time displayed on her phone: “It’s getting late, I have a shift this afternoon, so I’ll be leaving now, thank you for the hospitality!”
“Lele, goodbye too~”
After quickly delivering that lengthy statement at high speed, Jiang Zhi patted Qian Qian’s head: “Say goodbye to uncle.”
She really wanted to bail!
Staying here any longer, she was afraid she’d die of embarrassment.
“Ah~”
Qian Qian pouted, reluctantly saying: “But Qian Qian hasn’t finished playing with Lele yet…”
Jiang Zhi: 🙂.
“Goodbye uncle, goodbye Lele!” The little girl calmed down.
The mother and daughter walked away.
Xu Leyang looked at their departing figures and raised his face, saying to his uncle: “Uncle, Sister Jiang is gone.”
“What are you trying to express?”
Xu You helplessly shot a glare at his nephew and ruffled his little buzz cut: “Have you eaten enough? We should be going too.”
He had an advertisement shoot to attend in the afternoon.
His gaze still hadn’t moved from the direction Jiang Zhi left, Xu You thought that since Jiang Zhi had just said goodbye, if it’s goodbye…
Then there’s a possibility of meeting again.
Right?
At that moment, the sound of a message notification came through on his phone.
Zhi: WeChat transfer 500 yuan.
Zhi: For the shared meal, you have to accept it!
“…”
Xu You smiled bitterly and accepted the payment. What the heck… didn’t you just say you didn’t remember anything?
Senior Sister.
