49: Chapter 49 Did she tell you not to get too close to me?

Until he got off work, Jiang Che hadn't received any messages from Stinky Girl, but he also hadn't received any calls from his mom or dad.

It seemed that Stinky Girl was furious, but she hadn't told their family.

Su Su came to the company again today, but as for matters regarding the cooperation, naturally, the high-level executives of the company stepped in, and it had nothing to do with Jiang Che.

However, during the lunch break, Jiang Che received a friend request.

The profile picture was Su Su, and the name was just the single character 'Su'.

Clearly, this was Su Su's private account.

Jiang Che couldn't quite figure out why a hot, popular female star like Su Su would want to add him.

Therefore, after accepting the friend request, Jiang Che directly sent a question mark over.

The other party replied very quickly, but it was also just a question mark.

After that... neither of them said anything else.

In his heart, Jiang Che labeled Su Su as "eccentric," not realizing that after seeing his question mark, Su Su also muttered to herself: "This guy is even weirder than me."

After work, Jiang Che first went home, grabbed the envelope, and without another word, rushed toward the school.

To prevent Stinky Girl from still being angry and ignoring him, Jiang Che decided to call her only after arriving downstairs at the dormitory building.

However, man proposes, God disposes. Jiang Che had thought that since it was almost seven o'clock, Stinky Girl would surely have finished eating and be in the dormitory, so he just needed to call her down. Who would have thought that just as he arrived downstairs at the women's dormitory, he would hear footsteps coming from the stairs, along with familiar talking and laughing.

Within a few seconds, Jiang Che saw a few people walking down the stairs.

"Jiang Ning, your brother is here!"

Song Yike saw Jiang Che first and called out in surprise.

Then, the group immediately looked at him in unison.

"Hello, Senior!"

"Senior, didn't you go on a business trip?"

"..."

Chen Shuyan and Tang Xinwei both politely greeted Jiang Che, while only Jiang Ning looked at him with a blushing face, feeling both shy and flustered.

"Business trip?" Jiang Che was a bit confused. "What business trip?"

Seeing that she was about to be exposed, Jiang Ning couldn't care about being shy and hurriedly cut in: "Didn't you say you were going on a business trip for several days? How did you come back so soon!"

Jiang Che looked at Stinky Girl and saw her faintly signaling to him. Although he didn't quite understand the situation, he still cooperated: "Oh, there were other arrangements, so I came back early."

After speaking, he handed over the envelope in his hand. "You left this behind. Since they are all here, you can distribute them yourself."

Hearing Jiang Che's words, Tang Xinwei and the others immediately realized what this was, and their eyes were instantly drawn to the envelope.

Seeing that her brother had reacted and cooperated with her seamlessly, Jiang Ning immediately took the envelope with flushed ears.

"I don't know which ones you like. To be fair, why don't you choose randomly? If you want to swap after choosing, you can exchange them later?"

"It's fine, I'm easy," Tang Xinwei said with a smile.

"We are already very happy that you could give us such precious things."

"Exactly, exactly!"

After saying that, Tang Xinwei gave Jiang Che a deep look. "Thank you, Senior!"

"The items are delivered. If there's nothing else, I'll head back," Jiang Che said softly.

"Senior, have you eaten yet?" Tang Xinwei asked.

"I'll eat when I get back."

"Perfect! We are also going to eat. Senior, how about we treat you? Although it's not as valuable as the signed photos you gave us, it's still a token of our appreciation!"

After Song Yike finished speaking, Tang Xinwei and Chen Shuyan nodded repeatedly, but only Jiang Ning looked at her three roommates with an expression as if she were about to cry.

She was already awkward enough, and now this—not only did they run into each other, but they also had to eat together?

Jiang Che looked at Stinky Girl, and seeing she didn't say anything, he hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Alright, since you are all so enthusiastic, and I happen to be hungry, I won't stand on ceremony."

Seeing him agree, the girls became happy. In the end, they chose a restaurant upstairs from the school's third group, which was also the most expensive restaurant.

"Jiang Ning, did you and your brother have a fight?"

Taking advantage of the gap while Jiang Che went to the restroom, Tang Xinwei, who noticed that Jiang Ning was acting a bit strange today, asked in a low voice.

Hearing her ask this, the curiosity of the other two girls was piqued, and they all looked at her.

"No way... we're doing just fine."

"From the moment your brother appeared until now, you haven't said a single word to him," Song Yike said softly.

"He and I... we are siblings, there's not that much to talk about..." Jiang Ning explained hesitantly, feeling a bit guilty.

The three girls exchanged glances and immediately concluded that these two siblings must be having a disagreement.

Soon, Jiang Che returned to his seat. Tang Xinwei and the others ordered a few dishes, specifically choosing the expensive ones, which made Jiang Che feel a bit helpless, so he just let them be.

At the dinner table, the three couldn't help their curiosity and asked quite a few questions, starting with the signed photos.

Questions like 'Senior, does your company often see celebrities?' or 'Senior, are you very close with Su Su?'

Jiang Che was quite modest, only saying that he got the signatures through the company leadership and that he wasn't close with Su Su.

However, while he was saying this, Stinky Girl, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but glance at him a few times.

That look clearly said: "Not close? If you aren't close, how did she come to your door and even hide in your room?"

Regarding what happened last night, Jiang Ning certainly didn't believe that Su Su liked Jiang Che or that they were dating or having a secret rendezvous. Because her brother was just an ordinary person, and the gap between him and Su Su was too large, so Su Su definitely wouldn't fall for him.

However, to say that Jiang Che and Su Su weren't close... Jiang Ning didn't believe that either. After all, she felt that until now, she had never heard any gossip or scandals about Su Su, or anything about her having ambiguous relationships with men.

For such a self-respecting female star to appear in her home, there must be something fishy going on.

The dinner ended in a very lively and happy atmosphere. Except for Stinky Girl, who had flushed ears from beginning to end and just ate without talking, everything else was very good.

Jiang Che also experienced the feeling of being surrounded by flowers for the first time in a while.

After dinner, the group left the restaurant and went downstairs. Tang Xinwei immediately asked: "Jiang Ning, are you going home tonight?"

Jiang Ning, who was lost in thought and didn't know what she was thinking about, was visibly stunned when she suddenly heard her name. Only then did she realize what Tang Xinwei had just asked. After looking at Jiang Che unconsciously, her face turned even redder, and she shook her head.

"If you're not going back, then Shuyan, Yike, you two accompany Ningning upstairs."

"You're not going back to the dormitory?" Song Yike looked at her strangely.

"Yeah, I need to go out, and it just happens to be on the same way as Senior."

Chen Shuyan and Song Yike nodded upon hearing this, while Jiang Ning gave the two of them a strange look.

Seeing Jiang Ning's expression, Jiang Che felt a headache coming on. This Stinky Girl, she wouldn't think that just because I'm going out with her roommates, I would bully her, right?

Sure enough, less than a minute after the two groups parted ways, Jiang Che received a message from Jiang Ning.

After glancing at the content, he was instantly left speechless and amused.

"Don't mess with my roommates!"

Tang Xinwei, who was walking beside him, saw the expression on Jiang Che's face and immediately said with a smile:

"Senior, was that a message from Jiang Ning?"

Jiang Che was slightly stunned. "How did you know?"

"Not only do I know, but... did she say not to let you get too close to me?"