This Binary Little Sister, her brain felt like it was a bit pointy.
She didn’t speak clearly either.
So let me ask you this, is Qiao Shan a guy or a girl? If she’s a girl, then why are you giving me money?
Jiang Linyuan quickly replied with a message:
“I shall return like lightning! We’ll talk in person.”
“Ah, sure.”
Lin Yilin replied instantly, clearly clutching her phone and slacking off.
She’d be another little freeloader in the future.
After a moment, she asked again:
“Senior, how’s your progress?”
“Xiao Yilin, play fewer galgames. In real life, there are no affection meters.”
Lin Yilin didn’t reply, instead sending a sticker of an angry little dog.
Jiang Linyuan forwarded a cheerful yellow emoji from Tieba.
Then he pulled up his contact list, found a familiar contact in clinical medicine, and sent it to Yu Songsong.
“Junior, this is a senior from a year above you. She’s in the 5+3 program and has high grades. You can go to her if you need anything.”
The 5+3 program was a tough system for clinical medicine. After the college entrance exam, it was five years of undergrad plus three years of grad school.
Eight years of study to forge the most elite reserve of overworked beasts.
The medical student Jiang Linyuan was recommending to Yu Songsong was someone he knew very well, like, intimately well.
But not that kind of intimately.
After all, she was his own sister. How could he not know her well?
The one he sent to Yu Songsong was Jiang Zhiyao.
Jiang Zhiyao, a struggling medical student at Xingnan University.
“Sis, I found you a potential new sister-in-law candidate. Freshman, clinical medicine. Go check her out.”
Jiang Linyuan sent her a message.
No reply. She was probably busy and hadn’t seen it.
Otherwise, she’d be exploding right now.
Yu Songsong got Jiang Zhiyao’s contact info, nodded, and said gratefully:
“Thank you, Senior! When I get my postgraduate recommendation, I’ll definitely treat you to a meal!”
Jiang Linyuan’s mouth twitched.
No, sis, the risk on that meal is way too high.
Don’t drag me into this. The Phantom Thieves don’t need to expand their ranks.
“Junior, if that day really comes, remember it’s all your own hard work. It has nothing to do with me, Senior, okay?”
Jiang Linyuan tried to distance himself.
Yu Songsong didn’t buy it, just assuming he was being polite.
The two quickly returned to the classroom.
Then Jiang Linyuan was surprised to find Zhao Tongyu in the corner, looking like he had a horse face.
Horse Face, is that you? I’m Ox Head.
Yu Songsong also noticed Zhao Tongyu, let out an impatient “hmph,” and ignored him.
Jiang Linyuan didn’t have time to watch the circus. He went to find Lin Yilin.
When Lin Yilin saw Jiang Linyuan coming over, she tightened her little face, dragged him aside like she was interrogating a criminal, and said:
“Senior, you’ve been exposed!”
This Binary Little Sister, daring to interrogate me? What a backwards world!
“What, our thing got exposed? What does our dad say?”
“What are you talking nonsense about!”
Lin Yilin turned red again, glaring at Jiang Linyuan with a mix of shame and anger.
“You started the nonsense first, Junior. Am I not allowed to say it?”
Jiang Linyuan shot back without holding back:
“Hypocrite!”
Lin Yilin had gotten used to Jiang Linyuan’s attitude by now. Red-faced, she shamelessly retorted:
“So what if I’m a hypocrite? So what…”
Tragic news! The Binary Little Sister has been corrupted.
“Ah, Junior, when I think back on all our past memories, I never thought that in the blink of an eye, you’d have changed this much, huh?”
Jiang Linyuan sighed:
“You really are half a star-crossed couple.”
“What do you mean half a star-crossed couple! It’s a whole couple, for crying out loud!”
Lin Yilin complained.
“Cringe! Who’s a star-crossed couple with you! You’re single, so naturally, you’re half!”
Jiang Linyuan said bluntly.
Lin Yilin couldn’t stand it. She reached out her hand again and secretly pinched Jiang Linyuan a few times.
Maybe Xiao Yilin had an S-side, otherwise, why did she always like pinching my hand?
Jiang Linyuan enjoyed the moment for a bit, then asked:
“Who’s Qiao Shan? Where is she?”
Lin Yilin’s face was still red. She pulled her hand back and pointed to the side:
“She’s that girl from the villa who hogged the bathroom.”
Oh, that one who spent over twenty minutes in the bathroom not doing anything useful, just squatting there.
Then she asked, worried:
“Senior, you didn’t do anything too terrible to her that day, did you?”
“What? You feel sorry for her?”
Jiang Linyuan asked.
“No, it’s not that. I’m just worried about you getting into trouble.”
Lin Yilin replied quickly.
Not bad, this Xiao Yilin isn’t an ungrateful wretch. Even if she doesn’t know how to show gratitude, she’s passable.
Jiang Linyuan didn’t ask any more questions. He walked straight up to Qiao Shan:
“You have something to say?”
Qiao Shan heard the familiar voice, turned around, and was so startled she stumbled back a few steps.
Didn’t they say they’d talk online? Why was he here in person!
She looked at Lin Yilin with a slightly aggrieved expression.
“What are you looking at?”
Jiang Linyuan said rudely.
“If you have something to say to me, don’t drag other people into it.”
He had zero good impressions of Qiao Shan.
They’d already had a falling out that day at the villa. There was no way Jiang Linyuan was going to be polite.
Qiao Shan heard Jiang Linyuan’s words but didn’t get angry. She just gave an awkward laugh:
“Senior, I really didn’t mean it that day. Look at how this turned out. I came here to apologize to you.”
Jiang Linyuan raised an eyebrow and asked:
“Were you one of the people who got beaten up that day?”
Qiao Shan was taken aback, then nodded:
“Back then, I was young and dumb…”
Jiang Linyuan waved his hand impatiently, cutting her off:
“Get lost. Don’t stir up trouble anymore, and don’t let me see you again.”
Damn, he never thought he’d run into someone like her, a campus bully, even in university.
“Young and dumb”?
Did she really think just getting into university would wipe the slate clean? Turning over a new leaf? Bullshit!
Did she ever ask the victims if they agreed?
Fucking idiot.
Qiao Shan let out a dry laugh, didn’t say much else, muttered a “sorry,” and walked away.
Lin Yilin saw that Jiang Linyuan had gotten unusually angry and asked cautiously:
“Senior, are you okay?”
Jiang Linyuan turned his head to look at her.
Ah, an innocent junior is still cute.
“Seeing Xiao Yilin’s face, I’m fine now.”
This time, Lin Yilin didn’t blush. She asked seriously, with concern:
“Are you really okay?”
Jiang Linyuan smiled:
“That person, she went to the same high school as me. She was a campus bully. I beat her up.”
Lin Yilin heard him describe it so lightly, but judging by both their attitudes, it was clearly not that simple.
She pressed her lips together, standing by Jiang Linyuan’s side, not knowing how to comfort him. Finally, she just said:
“It’s in the past now, Senior.”
Seriously, this junior, if she doesn’t know how to comfort someone, she shouldn’t try!
Her words were as helpless as a man’s, not touching at all.
“Xiao Yilin, Senior’s heart is feeling a bit cold right now. Can you warm it up for me?”
Jiang Linyuan dragged out his tone as he asked.
Lin Yilin hesitated for a moment, her eyes darting away, a blush spreading uncontrollably across her face:
“Just for a little while.”
As she spoke, she reached out both hands and placed them on Jiang Linyuan’s chest.
Her little hands were warm.
Wait, I was just shooting the breeze.
You usually say no, don’t you?
Jiang Linyuan was stunned for a moment, but quickly started enjoying himself.
It was her move, after all.
And he had gotten a bit cold from the wind on the way back anyway.
Lin Yilin lowered her head, not daring to look at Jiang Linyuan. Her little face was a vivid red. The warmth flowing from her hands and the pulsing of his heartbeat made her imagination run wild.
For some reason, a thought suddenly struck her.
Juntang was from the same high school as the senior, wasn’t she?
Didn’t she know about the bullying? She never mentioned it.