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Chapter 78 77. Girl's Love Affair
"Ask or not. Don't ask."

"Crunch."

"I am back."

The door of the villa was pushed open, and Jiang Xiong, a man wearing glasses and with an elegant temperament, with a suit jacket on his hands, changed into slippers at the entrance.

Before he even glanced in the direction of Bai Yi's room on the first floor, he was shocked by the scene in the living room.

But in the living room, he saw his stepdaughter Bai Yi wearing a headband to pin up her bangs and a pure white moisturizing mask on her face.

She was holding a bunch of fake flowers with red eyes, tearing off the petals.

There were already several artificial flowers and petals scattered all over the table.

Apparently, the one in her hand was not the first victim.

After tearing off a petal, she said tremblingly,
"ask"

She tore off another petal, and with trembling lips, she said again,
“No question.”

This is already the last piece, which means that the so-called "don't ask" is the result.

"Ahhh, but how can I sleep if I don't ask?"

Bai Yi threw the bare fake branch on the table uncomfortably, and picked up another one angrily.

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Jiang Xiong glanced curiously at the mess on the table and asked,

"Yiyi, what are you doing?"

"Ah? Uncle Jiang, you're back."

Bai Yi froze. Jiang Xiong couldn't quite read her expression as she was wearing the facial mask. He could only tell her surprise from her slightly open mouth.

".Where's Mom?"

"She's still doing her skin care. It'll probably take another hour or two. I couldn't wait, so I came back first."

".Oh, okay."

Jiang Xiong hung up his suit jacket and asked as he sorted it out.
"You're so excited even with a face mask on late at night. What happened? I just received a publishing invitation today, and my agent Xiao Ji said it's a good fit. So, did something happen at school?"

Bai Yi held the fake flower, as if he couldn't bear to hurt it anymore.

She pouted a little, thought for a moment, and told Jiang Xiong that she had invited Yan Huan today, but the other party had not responded yet.

When he heard that it was about "Fan A", Jiang Xiong, who was ironing clothes, became interested.

He turned around and said with a smile,

"Oh, so it's about love."

"This isn't about love!"

The little face under the mask became a little hotter, but Bai Yi still explained,

"It should be considered as normal social interaction, friendship or something like that."

"Love always starts with friendship. But because of your mother, you and Yan Huan are also very destined to be together."

"I've already said it, this isn't about love anymore."

Jiang Xiong did not argue with Bai Yi. He just touched his chin and said,
"Well, indeed, your meaning is very clear. Just invite him to play the leading role in the MV."

Before Jiang Xiong finished speaking, Bai Yi said excitedly,

"Right!? Uncle Jiang, you think so too, right? It's already been made so obvious that we specially invited him to participate in the MV, and this new song was originally created because of him."

Bai Yi became more and more excited as he spoke, completely unaware of the profound meaning in Jiang Xiong's previous sentence.

"And yesterday, too, I gave him the same Bluetooth headset as mine, and I even pointed my ear towards him, but he didn't react at all."

Jiang Xiong pushed his glasses up with sweat on his face and said,
"This is a bit too embarrassing. Who would stare at your headphones for no reason?"

"Normally, it should be possible, right?"

"Not really."

Bai Yi pouted, pinched the sofa cushion, and finally muttered,

"Even if we take a step back, he should at least reply after sending the message, right?"

"Wow, you care so much."

Bai Yi glared at Jiang Xiong with a red face, didn't reply, just snorted.

Jiang Xiong finished ironing the clothes and started boiling water as if he couldn't sit still.

After pressing the water-boiling button, he sat on the sofa at the other end and asked with a smile,

"Would you like me to give you some advice on love?"

"I already said we're not in love anymore"

Bai Yi glared at Jiang Xiong, but after a moment of silence, he said,
".Tell me what suggestions you have."

Jiang Xiong looked unsurprised and continued,

"From what I know, Yan Huan is more popular in your school than you, right? After all, not everyone can be the student council president of one of the best schools in Linmen."

Bai Yi blushed and nodded:
“Yes, that’s true.”

Bai Yi is in Class B of the first year. The otaku in the class named Yahashiki is Yan Huan's good friend.

So today, Bai Yi asked his bestie to give him some information about Yan Huan indirectly, which helped him catch up on the interpersonal knowledge he hadn't learned in school for a long time.
Faster than her academic record, which was full of holes, could be repaired.

Bai Yi took out his phone, opened a plane page, and handed it to Jiang Xiong.
"Look at this, this is a screenshot my best friend sent me."

Jiang Xiong took a quick look and saw that the screenshot seemed to be a small group, filled with students from Totsuki, who were chatting animatedly.
"Is this true? Your school will hold the training camp after the club competition and midterm exams, right? Now these girls are starting to ask where Class A, where Yan Huan is, is going?"

Bai Yi lowered his head and said with great resentment,
"yes."

But the next second, her expression became sunny and bright, and even her nose was raised high.

"But, but, these girls don't know that Yan Huan is my fan! She really likes my songs!!"

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Bai Yi really likes compliments from others, and Yan Huan's compliments are particularly effective.

Jiang Xiong smiled helplessly, handed the phone back, and said to Bai Yi,

"This is what I want to remind you, Yiyi. For a boy as outstanding as him, there will definitely be many girls around him who are eyeing him covetously. Moreover, your school is overwhelmingly more female than male, right?

"In fact, you will face countless potential rivals in love; he will face countless temptations. In particular, there are many wealthy and powerful young ladies in your school."

Bai Yi's girlish heart was poured with a bucket of cold water by Jiang Xiong. She pursed her lips and listened to Jiang Xiong's admonition.
"It's not that I doubt Yan Huan's character, but in the face of such temptation, from experience, it's hard for a young boy to resist. And you told me at the time that his boss at work seemed to care about him.
"So, Yiyi, you must carefully examine his character to prevent him from deceiving you physically and emotionally; you must also ensure that you have the means and ability to make him turn his attention away from other girls and fall in love with you.
"It's the love between a man and a woman, not the kind of love that fans have for their idols."

Indeed, Bai Yi thought about it carefully, and the look that the beautiful boss Tong Yingying gave him and Yan Huan at that time was indeed a little worrying.
The woman looked elegant and could recognize the brand and price of her own sunglasses at a glance, so she must not be short of money.

But she is so much older than Yan Huan?

Could it be true, as Uncle Jiang said, that the boss was "hiring" Yan Huan in the name of "hiring a worker" but was actually trying to "support" Yan Huan?
Bai Yi shuddered, and a bad picture suddenly emerged in his mind.

In the picture, Yan Huan showed an embarrassment, looking at Tong Yingying who was sitting with her legs crossed and showing a playful smile.
"Um, Sister Tong, something happened at home and I need money urgently. Can I get an advance on my salary?"

"Wow, an advance on salary? Sure."

Just when Yan Huan's eyes lit up and a look of hope appeared on his face, a steel wool was suddenly thrown in front of him, instantly occupying all his sight.

"Then don't go back tonight."

Bai Yi opened his mouth wide, and even the mask on his face couldn't help but slide off a little.

Fortunately, the very beautiful Vice President Sakuramiya of the Student Union doesn’t seem to be interested in Yan Huan.

She is very friendly and it is comfortable to get along with her.
But no matter what, what Uncle Jiang said does make sense.

She still needs to know more about Yan Huan.

"That's true, Uncle Jiang. I will seriously consider it."

"Ding~"

At this moment, the cell phone in Bai Yi's arms suddenly rang, followed by a series of alert sounds.

She quickly picked up her phone, and as soon as she turned on the screen, she couldn't hold it anymore.

“It’s Yan Huan!”

Jiang Xiong stood up and the action of pouring hot water paused for a moment. He turned around and asked with a smile,

"Did he reply to the message?"

"Yes, yes"

Bai Yi hurriedly unlocked his phone and opened Plane's chat history.

A series of messages came in. Looking at the messages, Bai Yi, who had just turned pale because of what Jiang Xiong said, instantly got angry again.

Her face turned red, and her eyes became blurry like mosquito incense.

"Yes, yes. He has been very busy recently. He has to study, work part-time, and be responsible for the daily work of the student union.

"During this period, I have been responsible for organizing a super large club war event and also responsible for the study group. No wonder I didn't reply to your message."

Yes, Bai said.

Seeing Bai Yi like this, Jiang Xiong pushed his glasses and sighed.

"I've explained so much to you, so what's your response to the invitation to shoot a music video?"

Bai Yi stared at the screen and was about to type a reply, but he pursed his lips, not knowing what to reply.

I had no choice but to reach out and save the "sorry" cat emoticon he sent.
"He agreed not to show his face in the music video, and he doesn't want any compensation."

"so good?"

"Well, it's not that he doesn't want to be paid, he just doesn't want the money. He said that in return for helping me shoot the music video, he wants me to sing and perform at the opening and closing ceremonies of the club war."

Jiang Xiong raised his eyebrows in surprise, blew away the hot air coming out of the cup, and said with a smile,

"That's not bad, you're worthy of being the president of the Totsuki Student Council."

"Is that so? Hehe."

Okay, before, she would get anxious whenever someone praised Yan Huan in front of Bai Yi.

Now he was directly praising Yan Huan, and she laughed foolishly too.

It seems that when her fans praise her, she, as an idol, will feel proud too.

Bai Yi pouted, picked up his phone and walked around the living room.

".What should I reply?"

As she thought about it, she puffed up her cheeks again, slowly tore off the mask on her face, and walked towards the bathroom.
"Although he didn't reply to me because he was busy, which is understandable, I'm still a little angry. Let me wash my face first, um. Then apply the skin care products and then reply to him. Let him have a taste of waiting!"

That would be a few minutes.
Jiang Xiong didn't even want to complain anymore.

I don’t know whether it is Yan Huan or you who is tasting the feeling of waiting.

But that's just puberty.

Jiang Xiong opened his mouth, but didn't say anything to stop her. He just seemed to suddenly remember something and reminded her,

"By the way, Yiyi, shouldn't you and your mother also find some time to have a good talk?"

Bai Yi's movement towards the bathroom holding the phone paused for a moment, without any response.

Jiang Xiong glanced at her back helplessly, and then said,

"You two haven't said a word to each other since you came back from the game show. It's not a good idea to keep on having the cold war."

"Uncle Jiang, you told her about my singing, right?"

"Of course."

"Didn't she agree?"

“I didn’t refuse.”

Bai Yi gritted his teeth and held the phone tighter in his hand.

She frowned and turned her head, not looking at Jiang Xiong but at the floor.
"Yeah, she didn't agree nor did she refuse. In fact, she didn't agree in her heart. She kept silent only because my singing was good and I had received many orders from record companies and endorsement agents. She just had no reason to say anything.

"But, believe it or not, if I encounter any setbacks in the future, she will be the first to jump out and ridicule me. She will say something like 'It was right not to let you sing in the first place, and you still don't believe it'"

Jiang Xiong fell silent, no longer having any grounds or reasons to refute Bai Yi.

Because he also knew that Zuo Jiangqin was the kind of person who would treat children in the same way.

".Okay, let's leave it at that for now and let nature take its course."

He smiled helplessly and said to Bai Yi,

"It's just that I never expected that I, the stepfather, would become a firewall between you and your daughter."

Hearing this, Bai Yi pursed her lips and looked at Jiang Xiong with complicated eyes.

Bai Yi's biological father died very early. After his father's death, Zuo Jiangqin, who had never done housework, was forced to support Bai Yi as he grew up.

Perhaps because of this, Zuo Jiangqin became more and more autocratic since some time ago.

This made Bai Yi's memory of his father even deeper, and he missed the time when his father was with him when he was a child even more.

Therefore, even though Jiang Xiong and Zuo Jiangqin have reunited as a family for so many years, she still hasn't changed her mind.

Of course, Jiang Xiong doesn't care about this.

"You can call me whatever you want, Yiyi. Just remember in your heart that we will be a family from now on."

But at this moment, Bai Yi opened his mouth, thinking about his mother Zuo Jiangqin, and in his arms, an illusory pocket watch silently took shape.

Since the game expo on Sunday, Bai Yi seemed to have forgotten that he had this superpower.

Because she was really happy these two days.

Whether it was the joy of singing successfully or the budding of love for the first time
But at this moment, when he thought of the cold war between his mother and himself, the shape of the pocket watch suddenly appeared again.

Bai Yi held his pocket watch in one hand and his phone in the other. He finally forced a smile and walked towards the bathroom, saying as if he didn't care much.
"Okay, Uncle Jiang, I'm going to go wash my face. I'll think about what message to reply to Yan Huan later."

"it is good."

Jiang Xiong smiled slightly and lowered his head to drink water.

But he didn't hear anything. In the whole room, there was a faint sound of a clock ticking, like the sound of water drops.
"Didi.dip"

(End of this chapter)