Chapter 6: Chapter 6: She returned to the country just to take away everything that belongs to you Chapter 6: Chapter 6: She returned to the country just to take away everything that belongs to you Hearing Jiang Nanshu’s promise, Chen Qian sighed in relief.
Because she knew that once Jiang Nanshu agreed to something, she would see it through; although she might be foolish, she was genuinely kind-hearted toward her friends.
And because Chen Qian herself came from poverty and was often bullied by her classmates in high school, it was meeting Jiang Nanshu—who stood up for her and empathized with her—that her life gradually improved. Even her father, who often abused her, became more pleasant towards her as she frequently brought money home.
In a sense, Jiang Nanshu had saved her life.
But everyone looks out for themselves; Chen Qian wasn’t trying to deceive Jiang Nanshu on purpose. She lowered her head, and as she looked at the radiant Jiang Nanshu, a flicker of barely noticeable jealousy crossed her eyes.
Jiang Nanshu’s fate was already so good, accepted into a wealthy family at sixteen, destined for a life of luxury without effort—she had everything she could want, so losing a bit wouldn’t be a big deal.
Chen Qian found a reason for the lingering guilt she felt; as long as Jiang Nanshu succeeded in breaking off her engagement, the person behind the scenes had promised her a large sum of money. Once she herself was rich, she would certainly not forget the great kindness Jiang Nanshu had shown her.
Jiang Nanshu looked on with amusement at the changes in Chen Qian’s expression. Hmm, how to put it—it was quite novel. So there are so many expressions one goes through before wanting to harm someone.
Then she started to reflect on herself, if she were looking to court disaster, she wouldn’t reveal so many flaws. It was simply masochistic.
The only Disgust Values she could currently tackle were Lu Qingyan’s and Jiang Yunchuan’s.
As for attacking Mr. and Mrs. Jiang, it didn’t seem as fast-paced as with the others.
And the remaining four brothers of hers were elusive, rarely appearing at the family villa, and Jiang Leyi practically lived with the crew after graduating from high school, only ever leaving for her communications studies.
At this moment, she was filming a youth campus web series at a neighboring high school with Su Ran.
Only Su Ran played the leading lady, while she played the villainous third female lead.
Jiang Nanshu had simple thoughts regarding Jiang Yunchuan and Lin Yueyue—she was hellbent on bringing them together.
After all, the original host had been very disgusted by the sight of him with Lin Yueyue because she discovered that Lin Yueyue was nothing but a two-faced, scheming bitch. Worried that her Fifth Brother would be deceived, she interfered in their relationship, not only failing to break them up but accelerating their togetherness.
Even inciting Jiang Yunchuan’s increasing disdain for her, thinking that she could not bear to see her family happy, wishing them out of sight and out of mind. Even when she was bullied in school, he just looked on coldly and remained detached.
As long as no one died, he wouldn’t care about Jiang Nanshu’s life or death.
Only the original host still clung to the idea of familial affection, but her actions only pushed her family further away.
Jiang Nanshu had no ambitions for repairing such distant family ties; she only wanted to claim the one billion and return to her own world. The system had promised her that, upon completing her mission, she would be sent back to the few minutes before her car accident.
“Nanshu, how could you act on your own!”
Just as Jiang Nanshu was feeling sorrowful, she suddenly heard Chen Qian’s questioning voice, followed by the photo of her, dirty and ragged, hugging Lu Qingyan.
If one ignored the torrent of insults beneath that photo, Jiang Nanshu had to admit, she looked beautiful. Her gaze showed appreciation, then she retorted, “What’s wrong? Wasn’t it you who taught me to cling persistently? I’ve thoroughly learned everything you taught, you see—he didn’t push me away. He must like me.”
Chen Qian was left speechless by Jiang Nanshu’s shameless confidence.
She had never met such a blindly confident person. No matter how Lu Qingyan treated her, she seemed blind to it.
She held her breath, thinking of the plan that was to come, and smiled, “You are his fiancée, the future mistress of the Lu Family, and he can only be yours, but this Su Ran is truly detestable, shamelessly flaunting herself in front of you. Her return to the country is to snatch everything that belongs to you, Nanshu, you must not let this cheap woman off.”
Jiang Nanshu looked at the hidden recording on her phone, and with a smile, continued along with her words in a sinister tone, “Of course, what is Su Ran but a trifle? Daring to compete with Jiang Nanshu for a man, I will make sure she neither lives in peace nor dies in peace!”
Hmm, the next second this recording would unintentionally find its way to Lu Qingyan’s phone.
Jiang Nanshu found herself looking more favorably at Chen Qian, truly a worthy frenemy. How did she know, she thought to herself, that she was too slow in courting her own demise and had specially come to lend her a hand?
Chen Qian nodded in satisfaction, “Don’t worry, I will surely find a way to help you eliminate the hazard that is Su Ran, especially since she’s posing as someone who’s all about postgraduate entrance exams, having enrolled at our school just in name. She’ll have her comeuppance.”
It was quite a coincidence that of all the schools in Beijing, Su Ran had to pick the university that Lu Qingyan attended.
This might as well be the inevitable cursed fate between the male and female leads.
Since Chen Qian had taken the afternoon off from school, and Jiang Nanshu was used to skipping classes—whether she attended or not didn’t really matter, considering that with her bottom-of-the-barrel academic performance, whether she could graduate smoothly was itself a question.
But these concerns were not currently within her considerations, as the time she could leave to this world was not much.
The two of them sat in the taxi, with Chen Qian naming the destination. Owing to the vastness of Beijing and the circuitous routes, the trip would cost one hundred, but she didn’t pay, waiting for Jiang Nanshu to foot the bill.
Jiang Nanshu pretended not to see, what a joke, money equaled her life, if they wanted her life, they could dream on.
In the end, Chen Qian paid with a dark expression.
As the car passed by Times Square, there was a chewing gum advertisement featuring a man’s singing and dancing on the screen.
The man in the advertisement was very handsome, his face radiating unrestrained abandonment, and the eyebrow and eye spaces full of rebelliousness, causing the passing young girls to gaze starry-eyed.
Jiang Nanshu glanced at it once and withdrew her interest, yawning out of boredom.
Chen Qian’s face flushed, she tugged at Jiang Nanshu’s sleeve timidly, “Nanshu, can you help me out again with your Fourth Brother? I will really appreciate it.”
Jiang Nanshu glanced at the advertising screen again.
The man in it held a piece of chewing gum, his beautiful phoenix eyes delivered a wink, concluding the advertisement.
This was Jiang Nanshu’s Fourth Brother, Jiang Zhouye.
The most popular new singing and dancing artist among the younger generation, he had amassed countless fans even before his debut, thanks to his handsome face.
The record resources were overwhelmingly good, at one point a candidate for the annual music awards.
Jiang Nanshu’s eyebrows raised slightly, “You still dare to go?”
Chen Qian shyly nodded, after all, who wouldn’t love a man who is explosively handsome, whose career in the entertainment industry is booming, and with the massive Jiang Family as his background?
Jiang Nanshu thought for a moment, and the recollection of Jiang Zhouye giving her cold, disdainful glances slowly emerged.
She touched her chin, within the entire Jiang Family, when it came to hatred values among family members, Jiang Zhouye could take first place, the kind that wished he could personally stab her with a knife, all because a year ago, on Jiang Nanshu’s eighteenth birthday, the Jiang Family held a birthday party for her. Additionally, since Chen Qian liked him, to please her best friend, she brazenly drugged Jiang Zhouye.