Chapter 38: Ah Yu

She didn’t know when Jiang Chiyu left. When she went downstairs for lunch, he was already gone.

Afraid that Jiang Chiyu might suddenly appear from some corner, she lowered her voice and asked her dad, who was sitting next to her watching an iPad, “Dad, there are no more guests at home, right?”

Mr. Su, wearing a pair of silver-framed glasses that gave him a scholarly air, replied, “You mean Ah Yu? He already left.”

Mrs. Su was also there. She had gone out for a beauty treatment early in the morning and hadn’t been back for long. “Ah Yu was here?”

Mr. Su then told her about what happened in the morning.

After he finished, Mr. Su brought up the morning’s topic again, “Tian Tian, how about you pick up the habit of morning exercise again?”

Before Su Tian could answer, Mrs. Su objected, “No way. Look at how sleepy she is all the time. We can’t take away from her sleep time. If you’re worried about her figure, I can sign Tian Tian up for private yoga lessons.”

Mr. Su was speechless. “The child is only how old and you want to sign her up for yoga classes? Morning exercise is a good habit. Running a few laps makes you more energetic. Look at Ah Yu, he exercises every morning, even earlier than me.”

Getting up early is indeed a good habit. Mrs. Su also paid great attention to wellness, so she compromised, “Weekends and holidays are fine, but not on school days.”

Mr. Su thought about it and nodded, “That works too. I’ll let Ah Yu know later.”

Su Tian, whose schedule had been completely arranged: …

Did you forget to ask me…?

Su Tian wanted to say something, but the maid had already brought out the food and they started eating. Su Tian had no choice but to swallow her words for now.

After the meal, someone suddenly rang the doorbell. The maid was busy in the kitchen, so Su Tian, who had just finished eating, went to open the door.

It was a worker driving a van. He took out a bouquet of flowers from the back and said, “Hello, flowers for Miss Su Tian.”

Su Tian was stunned for a moment, not expecting someone to send her flowers. It was a large bouquet of sunflowers. At this moment, Mr. Su also came out. The worker then took out an even larger, more exquisitely packaged bouquet from the van: “Hello, flowers for Ms. Bai Jing.”

This bouquet was full of dazzling white roses. Su Tian understood—she had just been shown a blatant display of affection right in front of her face.

Mr. Su happily signed for the flowers and carried the large bouquet back to the living room. He didn’t forget to tell her, “Tian Tian, carry your own flowers upstairs. You go out to play or do problems in your room this afternoon, don’t come out.”

Su Tian: …

With her sunflowers in hand, Su Tian went up the stairs, ignored by her parents.

Oh well, at least Dad still remembered he had a daughter and sent flowers for her too.

So the thought of not wanting to exercise with Jiang Chiyu in the morning was forgotten.

In the afternoon, after working on some practice problems, Su Tian went to the balcony to rest. She found a vase for the sunflowers her dad sent and put them on the balcony.

Under the natural filter of the sunlight, each sunflower was so brilliantly vibrant. Su Tian took out her phone, found an angle, and took a photo.

It was rare for her to have something she wanted to share. She posted it on her Moments without any text. Then she casually refreshed the page and saw that under her own photo, her mom had also shared a picture—a very beautiful large bouquet of white roses, also without any text.

She liked it. Scrolling down, she saw that her dad had also posted on his Moments: For my forever beautiful, elegant, and graceful wife and daughter.

Su Tian: …

She didn’t even get an adjective!!!

The attached picture was one taken when selecting flowers at the flower shop. A huge bouquet of white roses, and next to it, an almost negligible bouquet of sunflowers.

The picture was even more infuriating than the text.

Su Tian didn’t like it. She took a screenshot, posted it directly on her Moments, and attached a smiling emoji.

After posting, she went back to her schoolwork.

In one afternoon, she finished three sets of practice papers and corrected them all. Su Tian rubbed her sore neck, spent some time on the balcony enjoying the evening breeze, then washed up and went to bed.

Before going to sleep, she finally opened WeChat again. The message and Moments notifications had both reached 99+.

She first clicked into the class group chat and scrolled up a few pages. Not seeing any important messages, she was about to exit when she suddenly remembered that Jiang Chiyu hadn’t joined their class group chat yet. Conscientiously fulfilling her duties as a group admin, she sent a group chat invitation to the perverted transfer student.

Then she clicked into Moments. Under the first sunflower photo she posted, Zhou Ying’s comment was glaringly obvious: From the guy next door?

Only mutual friends can see each other’s published comments on Moments. She and Zhou Ying had quite a few mutual friends. To avoid spreading rumors, Su Tian immediately deleted her comment.

Yes, all to avoid spreading rumors, nothing more.

But the second Moments post she made later should prove that it was her dad who sent them to her. Su Tian felt a bit annoyed, wondering if deleting Zhou Ying’s comment was a bit of an overreaction.

Jiang Chiyu probably hadn’t added Zhou Ying as a friend yet, so he likely couldn’t see Zhou Ying’s comment anyway.

It would be way too embarrassing if Jiang Chiyu saw that!

Damn Zhou Ying, what was she joking about for no reason!

As she was lost in thought, Su Tian saw the perverted transfer student’s name appear in the likes list of the second Moments post she made.

But why didn’t he like the first one!

Was the photo she took not pretty?

Or did he think the second one was so funny that he liked it?

Su Tian furiously went to the message list.

Then she saw that someone had @-ed her in the class group.

Perverted Transfer Student: @Li Bai Bless me, Demons and Monsters, what kind of organization did you pull me into?

Their class group was named Demons and Monsters.

This group was their class chat group. There were no teachers in it, so the naming and such were all very casual.

The class president was still very serious: @Perverted Transfer Student, who are you?

The perverted transfer student didn’t reply.

Su Tian quickly explained: This is Jiang Chiyu. Jiang Chiyu, this is our class group.

The class president was still very serious: Oh.

The class president was still very serious: Oh???!

I Love Math: The passcode to wealth…

Perverted Transfer Student: Mm.

As soon as he spoke, the group suddenly went silent.

Su Tian looked at the five characters “perverted transfer student.” Although she knew only her WeChat could see this nickname, she still felt inexplicably guilty. So she clicked into Jiang Chiyu’s profile, wanting to change his nickname.

After some thought, she didn’t know what to change it to. She simply deleted the nickname she added and let Jiang Chiyu’s own username show.

Ah Yu.

Mm.

Returning to the group chat, the messages were still stuck on Jiang Chiyu’s “Mm.” She thought her internet was slow and refreshed several times, but there were still no new messages. Only then did she realize that no one was really talking.

Their class was very chatty, easily hitting 99+ in minutes.

But after Jiang Chiyu spoke, the group just… went cold…

So awkward.

Su Tian felt this wasn’t good, so she sent: Jiang Chiyu, change your nickname.

After a while, Ah Yu changed to Jiang Chiyu.

Jiang Chiyu: Done.

And still, no one spoke.

An awkward silence.