Chapter 17: No More University!

Hearing this, Jiang Chen frowned. Looking at the sister he had watched grow up, he said coldly, "Xiao Yezi, what nonsense are you talking about?"

When they first learned that the Huo family intended to fulfill the arranged marriage contract, no matter what they did, they couldn't persuade Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye had even said she would rather run away from home than marry a man she had never met, let alone marry into the impoverished Northwest.

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

Now that both of them had left the capital, Jiang Ye was actually willing to marry Huo Jingyuan. Jiang Chen suppressed the fury in his heart: "They have already gone to the Northwest."

"What?" Jiang Ye was struck with horror.

Does that not mean Wen Ci and Huo Jingyuan have already received their marriage certificates?

Jiang Ye was filled with frustration. Heaven had clearly given her a chance at rebirth, but why did they have to leave the capital at this exact moment?

Jiang Chen first took his drunken father upstairs to rest.

When he came back downstairs, he saw his sister still dazed in the living room. With tears welling in her eyes, she muttered through gritted teeth, "Huo Jingyuan is mine."

Hearing Jiang Chen coming downstairs, she looked at him with tearful eyes, her lips pouting aggrievedly as she mumbled, "Brother, I'm not going to university anymore."

"Are you talking nonsense again?"

Jiang Ye's grades weren't high enough for Tsinghua or Peking University, but they were sufficient to get into some good universities. She was already in her third year of high school and the college entrance exams were approaching.

But now, she actually didn't want to go to university?

"What on earth happened? Why do you seem like a different person the moment you returned?" Jiang Ye's brow furrowed, her voice tinged with irritation.

Could she have found out about what was said in the cafeteria?

"Xiao Yezi, don't misunderstand. I admitted Wen Ci's identity in the cafeteria because the matter of the substitute marriage couldn't be known by others."

"Hmm?" Jiang Ye caught the key point.

Jiang Chen had publicly admitted in the military compound's cafeteria that Wen Ci was the Jiang family's daughter who never showed her face. Had such a thing happened in her past life?

Jiang Ye couldn't remember.

The priority was to break them up while Wen Ci and Huo Jingyuan's marriage was still fresh. She said urgently, "Brother, I want to go to the Northwest military zone too."

There was a hint of coquetry in Jiang Ye's urgent voice.

"Jiang Ye!" Jiang Chen was fuming. He stared directly at his acting spoiled sister and asked through gritted teeth, "What exactly are you thinking? The college entrance exams are right around the corner, and you want to go to the Northwest military zone? How do you plan to survive there?"

"I have a high school education. I can go be a primary school teacher in the Northwest military zone."

"Life in the Northwest is hard. You're used to the good life; can you endure it?"

Jiang Ye fell silent for a moment.

Life in the Northwest would only be hard for a few years. In a couple of years, Huo Jingyuan would be promoted and return to the capital. Jiang Ye said with a determined gaze, "I can endure it."

As she spoke, Jiang Ye tugged at Jiang Chen's sleeve, looking at him with tearful eyes and acting spoiled, "Brother, I beg you, please help me~"

In the Jiang family, Jiang Ye was the most pampered existence.

"Go tell Mom and Dad yourself."

***

The next morning.

By the time Wen Ci woke up, Huo Jingyuan had already left the guesthouse with the luggage. They had agreed last night that Wen Ci would go to the mall to buy the items needed by his comrades.

Last night, Huo Jingyuan had learned that a friend would be driving into the city, so he could rest easy letting Wen Ci go to the mall to buy what she 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; it only took her seven or eight minutes to walk there. She glanced at the list in her hand; most of the requested items were snacks.

(End of Chapter)