Green Tea? She's Clearly a Hidden Gem!

"Do you know where Department Head went, Guoguo?"

Jiang Linyuan looked at Shen Guoguo beside him and asked.

Shen Guoguo made a face.

"I know, but I won't tell you!"

This kid is really asking for a beating. I really want to sell her off.

Let's provoke her a bit, see if I can get some useful intel.

"Department Head didn't take you with her, she must be afraid you'd embarrass her. After all, a noisy kid like you probably isn't liked by anyone."

Jiang Linyuan said coldly, looking at her sideways.

Hearing this, Shen Guoguo reacted extremely intensely, flailing at him repeatedly.

"You're the one no one likes! You're the one no one likes! I'm not noisy! Sister Wanyu likes me the most!"

Damn! Did I step on a landmine?

Seeing Shen Guoguo's reaction, Jiang Linyuan realized he had probably hit a sore spot. He quickly changed the subject, putting on a pitiful expression.

"Yeah, I really am unliked. Sigh, I've been pursuing Department Head for almost a year with zero progress. Instead, I've messed up all my interpersonal relationships. The classmates around me all laugh at me, calling me a clown. I don't have any good friends either..."

Seeing his expression seemed genuinely sad, Shen Guoguo felt her blunt words had hurt someone, but she didn't know how to comfort people. She could only stammer.

"If you become my Lick Dog, I could like you."

I can't hold it in anymore. Is she really Department Head's sister? She's too fun! Hahaha!

Jiang Linyuan controlled his expression, pressed the advantage, choked up, each vomited word mixed with a broken heart.

"But I want Department Head to like me. Even knowing a little more about her would be good. Guoguo, can't you tell me where Department Head went?"

"Just knowing this would make me happy all day!"

Shen Guoguo, a junior high school girl, had never seen such sincere acting from Jiang Linyuan.

A series of little love stories rapidly played out in her mind. For a moment, she felt a bit sorry for him, but then she remembered Shen Wanyu's instructions before leaving. She pursed her lips.

"Do you really like Sister Wanyu that much?"

"I do! She's the entire meaning of my life! You're too young to understand what love is, but you must understand the feeling of wanting to be liked, right? This feeling is ten, even a hundred times stronger than that!"

Jiang Linyuan cried out mournfully.

Hearing this, Shen Guoguo thought of her own situation. Actually, this man was a bit like her, a bit pitiful.

Let's help him.

Thinking this, she tugged on Jiang Linyuan's sleeve.

"Sister Wanyu went to see Dad."

So the acquaintance Xiao Su mentioned is my future father-in-law!

"Oh, then why didn't she take Guoguo?"

Jiang Linyuan shifted his concern back to Shen Guoguo.

First, stimulate empathy, touch the depths of the heart at the most emotional moment, then you can swipe the card...

Fuck! My professional habits are acting up!

I don't fucking want to eat lead!

Jiang Linyuan quickly patted his face, snapping back to reality.

Shen Guoguo didn't notice his strangeness, only heard the question. Her expression dimmed.

"Dad doesn't like me."

Ah...

Seems my future sister-in-law is a bit pitiful.

Jiang Linyuan patted Shen Guoguo's head.

"Then do you want to secretly go see your dad and Department Head, listen to what they're talking about?"

Shen Guoguo was clearly tempted, but still spoke against her heart.

"They wouldn't be happy if we did that."

"It's fine, just say I did it!"

Jiang Linyuan said very boldly.

Shen Guoguo felt happy inside but didn't want to show it. She snorted.

"You Lick Dog, you're strangely likable."

For a moment, I couldn't tell if she was insulting or complimenting me.

But it seems my future sister-in-law also has scars.

Thinking of this, Jiang Linyuan couldn't help but sigh.

He's always counseling others. When will someone come counsel him?

Actually, he also has a scar, hidden deep. It has nothing to do with obscure pasts or the sorrow of his Family Of Origin. It's a wound caused by loneliness, the scar of solitude on his inner thigh.

It's just a pity, no one wants to see it. Those who do want to see it only want to cruelly hurt his scar again.

Like the Thief Saint.

"Hurry up, hurry up! I know where Sister Wanyu and Dad are meeting."

Seeing Jiang Linyuan fall silent, Shen Guoguo thought he was backing out and quickly pushed and urged him.

"Alright, Guoguo, you lead the way."

With that, the two left.

...

Café.

Sitting across from Shen Wanyu was a man who somewhat resembled her, wearing a poker face.

"Where's Guoguo? You didn't bring her?"

The man asked very calmly.

"You still care about her?"

Shen Wanyu said lightly.

The man seemed to remember something, rubbing his temples.

"If she gets lost, her mother will make a scene."

"Is that all you're worried about? She's still your daughter, after all."

Shen Wanyu didn't want to look at this man, speaking with her face turned aside.

Hearing this, the man let out a long sigh.

"Her mother and I just used each other, that's all. There was almost no emotional connection to speak of, let alone with that child."

Hearing this, Shen Wanyu's cold face remained unchanged, speaking neither warmly nor coldly.

"But even so, you are still her husband, Guoguo's father."

The man frowned.

"Wanyu, you need to understand me. I was also pressured by your grandfather. It was just a marriage of alliance. What I loved was your mother..."

"Truly disgusting."

Shen Wanyu said without the slightest hesitation.

"I am not my mother. I won't listen to everything you say like she did."

"You don't need to drape another fig leaf over your hypocrisy. Don't use your workplace rhetoric on me."

The man fell silent for a moment, then sighed with emotion.

"Wanyu, if only you were a boy."

Shen Wanyu glanced at him, stating bluntly.

"I don't need your help with the sports meet sponsorship. I don't want to communicate with you. Go back to wherever you came from."

Hearing this, the man suddenly said.

"I heard there's a boy pursuing you? For over a year now. Do you like him?"

For the first time, Shen Wanyu fixed her eyes on the man before her, enunciating each word clearly.

"Stay out of my business."

Seeing her attitude, the man wasn't angered. Instead, he offered a reminder.

"He's gotten quite close to the Su family. I remember this generation of the Su family is also a girl. Their family will definitely be looking for a Live-in Son-in-Law. If you have any ideas, I could..." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Splash!"

Shen Wanyu stood up and directly threw coffee in the man's face.

"I said, stay out of my business. And his."

The man silently wiped the coffee from his face, looked at Shen Wanyu, and felt another wave of regret.

"Wanyu, if only you were a boy. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had to separate from your mother."

After saying this, ignoring the astonished looks from people around, he walked out of the café with great composure.

If I were a boy, I'd probably just be raised to be like you.

Cold-blooded and hypocritical.

Shen Wanyu watched his retreating back, withdrew her gaze, and glanced at her phone.

It's about time to go back.

I wonder how badly Guoguo is being bullied by Jiang Linyuan.