Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen furrowed his brows and looked at his younger sister, whom he had watched grow up, with a cold expression. “Xiao Ye, what nonsense are you talking about?”

Back when they learned that the Huo family intended to fulfill the arranged marriage agreement.

No matter how much they tried, they couldn’t persuade Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye even said she would rather run away from home than marry a man she had never met, especially since she would have to move to the impoverished northwest.

In the end, they went through great lengths to find their biological daughter to take her place in the marriage.

Now that both of them had left the capital, Jiang Ye was willing to marry Huo Jingyuan. Jiang Chen suppressed the anger in his heart and said, “They’ve already gone to the northwest.”

“What?” Jiang Ye was shocked.

Did that mean Wen Ci and Huo Jingyuan had already gotten their marriage certificate?

Jiang Ye was filled with regret. Heaven had given her a chance to be reborn, but why did it have to be at this point when they had already left the capital?

Jiang Chen first helped his drunk father upstairs to rest.

When he came downstairs, he saw his sister still standing in the living room, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

She gritted her teeth and muttered to herself, “Huo Jingyuan is mine.”

Hearing Jiang Chen coming downstairs, she looked at him with tearful eyes, pouting pitifully and mumbling, “Brother, I’m not going to college anymore.”

“Are you still talking nonsense?”

Jiang Ye’s grades weren’t good enough to get into Tsinghua or Peking University, but they were sufficient to get her into some good universities. It was already her senior year of high school, and the college entrance exam was just around the corner.

But now, she didn’t want to go to college anymore?

“What exactly happened? Why do you seem like a completely different person?” Jiang Chen frowned, his voice tinged with anger.

Could it be that Jiang Ye found out about what was said in the cafeteria?

“Xiao Ye, don’t misunderstand. I acknowledged Wen Ci as my sister in the cafeteria because the matter of the substitute marriage can’t be known by others.”

“Huh?” Jiang Ye caught the key point.

Jiang Chen had publicly acknowledged Wen Ci as the Jiang family’s daughter who had never shown her face before in the military compound’s cafeteria. Had something like this happened in her past life? Jiang Ye couldn’t remember.

The most urgent matter now was to take advantage of the fact that Wen Ci and Huo Jingyuan had just gotten married to break them apart. She said anxiously, “Brother, I want to go to the northwest military region too.”

Jiang Ye’s urgent voice carried a hint of coquettishness.

“Jiang Ye.” Jiang Chen was furious, his gaze fixed on his coquettish sister as he asked through gritted teeth, “What exactly are you thinking? The college entrance exam is coming up, and you want to go to the northwest military region? What are you going to do there?”

“I have a high school education. I can be a primary school teacher in the northwest military region.”

“The northwest is tough. Can you handle it after living a comfortable life?”

Jiang Ye fell silent for a moment.

Life in the northwest would be hard, but it would only last a few years. In a couple of years, Huo Jingyuan would be promoted and return to the capital. Jiang Ye said with determination, “I can handle it.”

As she spoke, Jiang Ye tugged at Jiang Chen’s sleeve and shook it, her tearful eyes looking at him as she cooed, “Brother, please, help me~”

In the Jiang family, Jiang Ye was the most cherished.

“You’ll have to talk to Mom and Dad yourself.”

The next morning.

When Wen Ci woke up, Huo Jingyuan had already taken the luggage and left the guesthouse. The night before, the two had agreed that Wen Ci would go to the mall to buy the things their comrades needed.

The night before, Huo Jingyuan had learned that a friend would be driving into the city, so he felt reassured letting Wen Ci go to the mall to buy the things they wanted.

Wen Ci stretched and went to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth.

The mall wasn’t far from the guesthouse. Wen Ci walked for about seven or eight minutes before arriving. She glanced at the list in her hand. Most of the items requested were snacks.