Chapter 94 A Play That's Hard to Distinguish Between Reality and Fiction

  Hearing Su Yisu's cheerful voice, Jiang Fengchen was taken aback and didn't know how to respond. That night, he didn't go to the bar and made up a random excuse to stay home. The closer the college entrance exam got, the more anxious he became. He knew what the end of the exam meant for him and Su Yisu. But cruel reality forced him to make an early decision.

  It's better to suffer a brief pain than a prolonged one. It can't be delayed any longer.

  But can she accept this fact? Jiang Fengchen's heart ached secretly, starting to hate himself for being muddled, but everything was already irretrievable.

  "Chen? What's wrong?" Seeing Jiang Fengchen remain silent for a long time, Su Yisuo couldn't help but feel some doubt. Was this strange behavior of his not uncommon?

  Hearing Su Yisu's puzzled question, Jiang Fengchen finally came back to his senses, dazedly facing the receiver, and only after a long time did he say: "It's just... I wanted to give you a call..."

  Such an answer was beyond Su Yis expectation, and she couldn't help but pause for a moment, stopping in her tracks. The streetlights in the backyard had gone out again, and the small path was dimly lit by the light from the dormitory building and the faint moonlight. From time to time, female students would hurry past her on their way back to the dorms.

  Su Yisu stood on the winding path, her eyes gazing into the distance, and after a long while, she replied: "Chen, I miss you."

  Jiang Fengchen paused for a moment, forced a smile and said in a relaxed tone: "Then, remember to dream of me tonight."

  Su Yisu laughed with a "heh", "I didn't dream of you, or else you'd be very pleased with yourself."

  "Well... I'll dream of you too, so it's fair then?"

  Su Yi Su suppressed her smile and nodded seriously, saying: "This is more like it."

  Jiang Fengchen let out a subtle sigh, "Alright, Xi Suo, the dorm is about to turn off the lights soon, you should hurry up and sleep. Goodnight, sweet dreams."

  "Good night." Su Yisu hung up the phone with a worried look.

  But what she didn't know was that on the other end of the phone, Jiang Fengchen was even more melancholic.

  He held his mobile phone, standing in front of the window for a long time. The night wind blew gently, bringing a bit of coolness to this sweltering early summer. However, such a gentle breeze was unable to dispel the distress in his heart.

  The world has a way to keep both sides whole, not betraying the Buddha and not betraying you.

  He never said goodbye, and taking this step was something he was most unwilling to face and accept.

  Let's take it one step at a time... Forgive me for being a bit slow-witted.

  In the end, he could only comfort himself and not disturb Su Yisuo's review of the college entrance examination at this time.

  Everything. Let's talk about it after the college entrance examination is over.

  The scorching heat of May swept across the land. Behind each classroom of the third year, various motivational slogans for the college entrance examination were posted in a sprawling manner. Su Yisou's language teacher was a master of calligraphy, and the class president had specifically bought red paper, cut out a long banner, and asked the teacher to write "No review, no tea" on it. The four characters were posted in the most conspicuous place above the blackboard, urging students who wanted to slack off - among them Su Yisou. Every time she thought about spacing out, she would inadvertently glance at those four characters, and suddenly feel a chill run through her body. She would shudder all over and immediately focus on reviewing - no choice, the language teacher's power was just too great. It was always intimidating.

  Jiang Fengchen reduced the frequency of contacting Su Yisuo, because he really didn't know how to face such a pure her, and listening to her happy voice would only increase his guilt. So he chose the most helpless but most effective way - escape.

  The nights of Yincheng are always so bustling and noisy, but Jiang Fengchen can increasingly read the loneliness behind this noise. "Loneliness is a person's carnival, and carnival is a group of people's loneliness." Probably, that's what it means.

  An Yiran and Jiang Fengchen's relationship became increasingly close, to be precise, An Yiran was even better towards Jiang Fengchen. She had long recognized Jiang Fengchen as the person in her heart, and now that they had reached this point, she no longer needed to consider anything else. With such a beautiful woman being so devoted, Jiang Fengchen wasn't a fool, and his feelings for An Yiran gradually deepened. Sometimes he couldn't help but feel confused - could one person's heart really hold two people? If not, then which of the emotions was real?

  But he didn't know that Jiang Zhan had already made up his mind a long, long time ago: "All the men in this world are the same, with one heart divided into several parts, each part containing a person. When facing someone, they take out the emotions belonging to that person. Men are all flirtatious animals. Those so-called faithful ones are just because they haven't met another person who can make them fall in love again."

  It's another weekend, and Tan Ziyao is once again enthusiastically running to the bar.

  Jiang Fengchen couldn't help but feel a little conflicted when he saw Tan Ziyao with a pleased expression, and said: "Tan Ziyao, don't you need to review for the college entrance exam? Why do you look so relaxed?"

  Tan Zi Yao's face was nonchalant as she said, "The college entrance exam? That's nothing, a piece of cake. How could it possibly be difficult for me?"

  "Uh..." Jiang Fengchen was speechless. He had never heard anyone say that the college entrance exam was easy before. Was this girl really that amazing?

  Tan Ziyao seemed to see through Jiang Fengchen's mind and said discontentedly: "What? You don't believe me?"

  "Believe me, of course I believe you." Jiang Fengchen hastily smiled and apologized.

  "What are you talking about again?" A gentle voice suddenly sounded from behind, Tan Ziyao subconsciously turned his head back and saw An Yiran smiling slightly as she walked towards him. He was taken aback for a moment, and his eyes inadvertently glanced over her neck, but he was astonished to find that the jade pendant she was wearing looked incredibly familiar. He couldn't help but walk forward, staring at the jade pendant on her neck, and asked tremulously: "An Yiran, where did this jade pendant come from?"

  "You said that? I've been wearing it since I was a kid." An Yiran took off the jade pendant from her neck and asked in confusion.

  Tan Zi Yao suddenly snatched the jade pendant from her hand and placed it in his palm to examine it carefully. When he saw the familiar pattern on the pendant, he burst into tears and choked with sobs: "Eldest sister!"

  "What... what are you talking about?" An Yiran was startled by her sudden abnormal reaction, suspiciously putting away the jade pendant and staring at her in surprise, as if wanting to explore the answer from it.

  Jiang Fengchen was completely bewildered by this scene, stunned on the side and unable to speak. What... what kind of plot is being played out here?

  Tan Ziyao wiped away the tears on her face, overjoyed with laughter, and took out a pendant from around her neck that was identical to the one she had just seen. "Look, our jade pendants are exactly alike," she said. "Yours has the character 'Ran' engraved on it, while mine has 'Yao'. Our parents had them specially made for us back then, one each, but somehow Uncle took yours and your siblings away quietly, never to return again..." Tan Ziyao's voice trailed off as she was overcome with grief once more, unable to continue speaking.

  An Yiran was stunned by the news, staring blankly at her, excited? Sad? Perplexed? Sighing? She didn't know how to react anymore.

  Jiang Fengchen was the first to react, pushing An Yiran who was stunned and said excitedly: "Yiran, you have another relative now, you should be happy!"

  An Yiran gazed dully at Jiang Fengchen, then stared tightly at Tan Ziyao who was overjoyed to the point of tears, and two lines of clear tears flowed silently down her face.

  "Sister!" Tan Zi Yao cried out, throwing herself into An Yi Ran's arms. "I've finally found you! You were right in front of me all along, and I missed you for so long!"

  An Yiran calmly pushed away Tan Ziyao and said calmly, "You've mistaken me for someone else. Our surnames aren't even the same. Moreover, I've never heard my dad mention that he has a younger brother, nor have I ever heard him tell this story about the jade pendant."

  "But how can these two jade pendants be explained?" Tan Ziyao asked reluctantly, staring at the pendants.

  An Yiran's face turned pale as he shook his head, "I don't know, just a coincidence."

  "Sister!" Tan Zi Yao looked at her with a pained expression, "You clearly know in your heart that you are my sister and I am your younger sister, why won't you acknowledge me?"

  Jiang Fengchen saw that things were getting out of hand, so he hastily pulled the two apart and said: "Alright, alright, you both calm down first. This matter can't be settled in an instant, why don't we all go back for now? Take some time to think about what happened before, and when we've calmed down, we'll talk about this again."

  Tan Zi Yao's eyes drooped, listening to the conversation and nodding her head from time to time. "Sister, I'll come find you again tomorrow," she said before turning around and walking out of the bar without looking back.

  As Dai Tan Zi Yao's figure disappeared at the entrance of the bar, An Yi Ran's body suddenly went limp, and Feng Che quickly supported her, anxiously asking: "Yi Ran, are you okay?"

  "It's...it's nothing..." An Yiran's face was extremely pale, but he only lightly shook his head and said, "I think I'll go back first."

  "I'll send you." The windmill was really uneasy about leaving An Ran like this.

  "It's okay, I can handle it, don't worry." An Yiran forced a faint smile, calmly smiled and gently broke free from Jiang Fengchen's hands, swaying as he walked out of the bar.

  Jiang Fengchen's face was filled with worry, and he finally let out a deep sigh as he returned to the counter.

  At this time, there were no customers in front of the counter. Min Nan lightly bumped him and curiously asked: "What were you just talking about with that girl? So excited, and both people cried out. Ah, are you jealous?"

  Jiang Fengchen glared at him helplessly and said seriously, "Can this kind of joke be made casually?"

  Min Nan shrugged nonchalantly, "Just kidding, why so serious? But I'm really curious, tell me."

  "Min Nan Ge, I didn't know you were so gossipy!"

  "Hmm..." Min Nan rubbed his nose nonchalantly and busied himself with a knowing air.

  Outside the bar, An Yiran walked calmly on the street with a calm face. The pedestrians passing by were in a hurry, forming a sharp contrast with her leisurely pace.

  "Big sister." Tan Zi Yao appeared out of nowhere and blocked her path, calling out softly.

  An Yiran gazed at her calmly and said indifferently: "I've played along with your act, now can you tell me why you did this?"