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Chapter 17: Totally unsuitable

Lin ChengYu really couldn't refute Jiang Xiao's words. If you thought about it carefully, that's what he truly did intend.

Jiang Xiao had rejected everything he tried to say. He hadn't known Jiang Xiao was such a stubborn, sharp-tongued person.

Even more importantly, Jiang Xiao was standing close to him. He inhaled sharply all of a sudden and his brain blanked out. He opened his mouth, frozen in place, and couldn't say anything.

He had a bit of a headache.

Jiang Xiao, baby, I don't know what to do with you....

Jiang Xiao never would have treated him like this in his last life. Was it really just a matter of youthful rebellion?

Just then, the class bell rang for the end of morning self-study. Students streamed into the hallway. Jiang Xiao didn't want to be surrounded by people, and he didn't want to talk here with Lin ChengYu. He'd made himself clear. He waved a hand at the other person and walked into the classroom alone.

Jiang Xiao knew that Lin ChengYu had always been arrogant, with little patience for others or himself. It was about time for him to give up.

Lin ChengYu reached out to stop him, but Jiang Xiao reacted immediately, dodging away, and he caught hold of nothing.

"Don't grab me." Jiang Xiao didn't stop walking but continued on. "I really don't have a good temper."

His expression lowered as he spoke, which astonished Lin ChengYu.

"Jiang Xiao," he said with difficulty, as if he'd suddenly thought of something. His throat was tight. "I'm sorry, that is, do you... do you remember what happened before? Is that why you hate me so much? Back then—back then, I really didn't mean to. If I'd known—if I knew that you were sick, I wouldn't..."

He stumbled over his words, but Jiang Xiao just looked at him strangely.

"What are you talking about? Before what?" he asked. His eyes were full of doubts, without a trace of anger. "Are you saying you knew me when I was a kid?"

Lin ChengYu: "..."

He stared intently at Jiang Xiao. The other person's expression didn't look fake. His eyes were as clear as an adolescent's, as if one could see right through them.

Was Jiang Xiao good at acting? He wasn't before, right?

"Never mind." He forced a smile. "I'm sorry, I thought too much. I shouldn't have said that to you.... You can go to class."

It couldn't be. There couldn't be that kind of coincidence.

Besides, if Jiang Xiao really was reborn, he must hate him to the core. He would never be this calm.

Lin ChengYu watched Jiang Xiao disappear around the corner. The bell had rung after class and there were a lot of students in the hallway. Many of them stared at him. Lin ChengYu didn't care. He stood there in a bit of a daze and eventually, after a long time, he left.

The Lin family had parked their car not far downstairs to wait for him.

There was an assistant inside. He'd stood at the fore, working with the Lin family for many years. His name was Yue Cheng. Lin ChengYu called him Uncle Yue. This so-called charity project had actually been quite troublesome to arrange, and Uncle Yue had handled a lot of the details. He followed Lin ChengYu to Houlin at the old man's request. After all, Lin ChengYu was still underage. Although he'd been working dutifully for a long time, now that things had reached this point, the old man naturally had an opinion.

"No matter the result, you've done enough tossing about for so many days." Uncle Yue took in the young man's distracted expression. His tone was polite and his words of persuasion might sound soft, but in fact he was a bit unyielding. "I just received a call from the old man. President Lin's general meaning is that you shouldn't be too willful. There's a lot going on at home. You have school to attend."