No wonder Jiang Youyao just now mentioned that many people were invited to the coming of age ceremony and perhaps she could meet an acquaintance. This āacquaintanceā must be referring to Zhou Yan Bang! If it was the real Jiang Li who met Zhou Yan Bang during the ceremony, she would either be sad and distressed, unable to speak for herself, or became excited and lost her self-control in front of the people. In short, it was not a happy thing, equal to stabbing a personās heart with a few knives.
Tongāer anxiously supported Jiang Li while Jiang Jing Rui still chattered away. āI think you donāt need to go to the ceremony. You donāt know, Zhou Yan Bang looks much better now compared to when he was younger. Nowadays, how many Yanjing ladies fix their eyes on him. You liked him so much during childhood, if you meet him now, afraid you will be even more unable to give him up. However, now, whatās done has been done, Jiang Youyao and Zhou Yan Bang have already set their marriage. Even if you are not reconciled, it will be useless and will only make you sad. Itās better if you donāt meet.ā
Jiang Li listened to his words and an idea came out in her mind. This Jiang Jing Rui really couldnāt speak well. If it was the real Jiang second miss at this moment listening to his way of advising herself, it would be no different from pouring oil on fire and making things worse. It would be good if she didnāt die from anger.
Seeing that Jiang Li didnāt say a word, Tongāer was afraid that she was recalling those hurtful things and cautiously called out: āYoung lady?ā
Jiang Li smiled and spoke: āIām fine. As it turns out, Zhou Yan Bang will also come.ā
Her tone as she was speaking was too calm, making both Tongāer and Jiang Jing Rui blank out momentarily.
They didnāt know, the current Jiang Li was not Jiang second miss. Jiang second miss would jump into the water so Zhou Yan Bang would reconsider, but the current Jiang Li would not. For her, Zhou Yan Bang was merely just a stranger whom she had never met and nothing more. To feel the four human emotions1 for a stranger, it was really too difficult.
Zhou Yan Bang would not be able to stimulate her. No matter what Jiang Youyao was planning, she was already making a mistake from the beginning. Zhou Yan Bang would be useful in the ceremony, useful under the condition that Jiang Li still cared about him. If Jiang Li didnāt care the slightest, it wasnāt important whether Zhou Yan Bang showed up or not.
Jiang Jing Rui asked: āEven if Zhou Yan Bang came, are you still going to go?ā He observed Jiang Liās face, trying to find any trace of sadness or hurt in her expression.
But he failed to do so.
āIf I donāt go, mother and third sister will be heart-broken. Father will also blame me. How can I not go? Besides, thereās really someone I would like to meet.ā Jiang Li spoke.
Jiang Jing Rui and Tongāer heard Jiang Liās words and sympathized. Indeed, Jiang Li had to go. If she didnāt go, who knew how Ji Shuran would arrange for things behind her back, a person sending a raft in front of people.
After listening to the second half of her sentence, the two people were stunned at the same time. Is Jiang Li still unable to give up Zhou Yan Bang? But this expression, why does it seem like there are no lingering emotions at all?
Due to Jiang Liās words āwant to meet peopleā, the two people concluded that it was Zhou Yan Bang. Yet, it didnāt seem so. It seemed that she genuinely wanted to meet someone else, not him.
Jiang Yuan Bai was the imperial courtās first assistant, a chief scholar. His di daughter coming of age ceremony would inevitably be attended by countless scholars, government officials, along with their wives and children. Shen Yurong, as the new top scorer, was nowadays an upstart in the court. On the outside, he would show a good relationship with Jiang Yuan Bai, so Shen Yurongās younger sister would definitely come to attend.
In addition, Shen Yurongās younger sister, Shen Ruyun, at the time when she was still calling Xue Fangfei as her sister-in-law, she found out that Shen Ruyun had Marquis Ningyuanās heir in her heart. Shen Ruyun was narrow-minded, ambitious and aggressive, she would certainly come to take a look at Zhou Yan Bangās future wifeās appearance.
Jiang Li wanted to meet people, they were Xue Fangfeiās old friends, the people of the Shen family.
She was waiting for those people to come.
Footnotes:
1: Four human emotions: happiness, ager, sorrow, joy.:leftwards_arrow_with_hook: