Chapter 500
She Is From The Countryside
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500 An unsurprised guest
like shi yan, jiang che thought that it was a neighbor outside the courtyard, because there had been no sound of any vehicles approaching before that.
the door to the courtyard opened, but the people standing outside were not his neighbors.
the person had an absolutely exquisite face. he was at least 1.85 meters tall and had no expression on his face, which made him look a little cold and serious.
He stood at the bottom of the steps and had to raise his head slightly to meet Jiang Cheâs eyes. But even so, his aura did not weaken in front of the fifth Lord Jiang.
Jiang che had never interacted with this person before, but he had seen him.
The capital was only so big, and there were only so many people in the circle. They could always meet on some occasions.
it was the young master of the shi family, shi poran.
shi poran obviously did not come alone. a few steps behind him stood a girl in her twenties.
He was also a familiar face.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âfifth lord jiang,â Shi poran spoke first.
âyoung master shi,â jiang che nodded slightly. â young master shi, please come in. â she stepped back to make way for him.
âThank you.â Shi poran glanced at him and nodded.
He did not stand on ceremony and entered the house.
The girl behind him hurriedly nodded at Jiang che in greeting and followed him.
ever since shi yan and jiang che came to this small courtyard, there had been guests, such as jiang rui and her group, who had just left a few days ago.
logically speaking, if someone came over, even if they didnât bring any gifts, they would at least bring some luggage. shi poran and the other two had come empty-handed.
This made Jiang che a little concerned.
She didnât bring any luggage, which meant that she wouldnât be staying here. It didnât matter if they could stay here or not, as long as they didnât think about taking the people who were originally living here with them.
It was not that he was petty and did not want to be disturbed when he had previously agreed to spend the new year alone with miss Shi. It was just that he was very sure that if they were to spend the new year in another place, miss Shi would not be happy. At least, she would not be happier than when she was alone with him.
Shi poran walked into the courtyard, and Jiang che naturally followed.
Shi Yan was standing in the courtyard. When Jiang che opened the courtyard door, she saw the person who had come. The smile on her face froze for a moment, and she fixed her eyes on the person standing outside the courtyard.
shi poranâs appearance at this time was a little out of shi yanâs expectations, but to be honest, shi yan wasnât too surprised.
Yanyan, itâs cold outside. Bring the guest to the living room. Iâll make a pot of tea.
When fifth Lord Jiang personally went to make tea, even Shi poran couldnât help but stop and look at him. jiang che didnât show any signs of awkwardness. he nodded at him and went straight to the kitchen.
âiâll go help!â
song yu quickly waved at shi yan.âshi yan!â
she then ran to the kitchen to help.
Only Shi Yan and Shi poran were left in the courtyard.
Shi poran just looked at Shi Yan without saying a word. In the end, Shi Yan opened her mouth and called out softly, â âBig brother,â
shi poran didnât reply.
He was still staring at her.
He was expressionless, and his gaze was not scary. He just stared at her without any emotion.
It was precisely this that Shi Yan couldnât bear it.
it must be known that to this day, the only person who could make shi yan admit defeat in a face-to-face confrontation was jiang che.
she knew that she was feeling guilty.
She had never felt this way when she saw her parents and third brother again after nine years. she thought that she could be as calm as she was in front of her big brother, but now that she had seen him, she knew that she wasnât.
She had been gone for nine years, and Shi Boran had been tense for nine years.
For a person who had never taken power and status seriously, how much effort would he have to put in to amass the power of such a large family in nine years? Shi Yan knew it without even asking.
shi poran originally didnât need to bear all this.
everything started because of her selfish departure.
after staring at her for a while, a gust of cold wind blew. shi yan subconsciously adjusted the scarf around her neck. shi poran opened his mouth.
âletâs go in first.â
Unlike the others, Shi poran did not look around as soon as he entered the courtyard. He did not even need Shi Yan to lead the way. He easily found the living room.
he seemed to be very familiar with everything here.
However, Shi Yan knew very well that no one from the Shi family had stepped into this courtyard for the past nine years. To be more precise, no one from the Shi family had set foot in the crescent moon Bay Village for the past nine years.
âDou Zhao has told me what happened here.â
After sitting down, Shi poran didnât dawdle and went straight to the main topic.
he was referring to gu yuâs trouble.
âdou chao and song yu are both my men. you should have guessed it long ago,â he looked at shi yan.
Shi Yan nodded.
she had definitely guessed it, but she wasnât 100% sure. it was only when she saw song yu that she was completely sure.
âsong yu was sent here when she just entered the first year of junior high. at that time, big brother qianqian should be in need of people, so she shouldnât have been sent here.â
âdou chao is a subordinate, but song yu isnât.â shi poran said.
âsheâs the orphan of an elder iâm familiar with. her parents met with an accident when they were out on a mission, and there were no other elders at home, so i brought her here to take care of her. It was her own idea to come here to study. Sheâs a stubborn child and insisted on coming here, so I could only go along with her wishes.â
â you didnât notice it for six whole years, which surprised me a little. â
In Shi poranâs eyes, Shi Yan was an extremely shrewd person. Even if she hadnât noticed it in the first two years, it wasnât to the extent that she wouldnât notice it after six years.
but that was the truth.
It was precisely because this was the truth that Shi poranâs expression became even more tense as he looked at Shi Yan.
to what extent did he not care about his life? only such a smart person would not pay attention to everything around him?
this wasnât just a lack of desire, it was an attitude of life that could only be obtained when one was completely indifferent to life and death.
at such a young age, he was already indifferent to life and death. as his brother, shi poran had mixed feelings.
Now that they met again and saw her so lively, these mixed emotions were even more intense.
Shi Yan might have seen what Shi poranâs eyes meant, but she chose to pretend that she didnât.
âItâs because Song Yu hid it well,â she said with a smile.
Shi poran didnât continue on this topic. Instead, he said,âItâll be the new year in two days.â
shi yan subconsciously clenched her hands that were resting on her legs.
At this moment, Jiang che came in with the tea.
song yu obviously couldnât help.
she didnât dare to get close to big boss when he was making tea, especially after he obviously didnât need her help. They could only wait outside the kitchen for the boss to finish making the tea and follow him from a distance when he came over.
jiang che brought the tea over and wanted to pour it himself. shi yan had originally planned to let her do it, but jiang che did not allow her to.
He poured a cup of tea and handed it to Shi poran,âYoung master Shi, please have some tea.â
His appearance interrupted their conversation.
Jiang che had clearly heard Shi poran say that â the new year is in two days â. as for whether he had interrupted them on purpose, no one knew.
Jiang che poured a cup for Song Yu, who was sitting beside Shi Boran. Song Yu took it in fear.
âI hope Iâm not interrupting your conversation?â Jiang che asked Shi poran very politely.