"As if!" Jiang Xiu patted her shoulders while crouching beside Qiu Yinru. "Oi. Wake up…"
Is it claustrophobia or something? Or did she faint from a heatstroke?
Her body released a sweet smell specific to girls which made people feel very comfortable during this blistering hot summer. Her eyes were shut tightly. It seemed like she had truly lost conscious.
According to the movies and shows on TV, CPR should be done in this situation, right?
Jiang Xiu felt as if he was committing a crime. He would do anything but not mouth-to-mouth respiration.
But there was no other way out.
He pinched her adorable nose then drew in a deep breath while looking at the girl's tender and lovely lips. His heart actually throbbed a bit nervously due to the excitation as the girl's lips neared him.
The lips would come in contact, right?
Let it be, I'll make the sacrifice.
And if the lips touch, the tongue would also go in, right?
I hope you won't blame me.
Just as Jiang Xiu's mouth was about to touch the girl's lips, she suddenly opened her eyes. It really frightened him.
"Fudge!"
He quickly moved back.
"You really aren't a good person!"
Qiu Yinru glared at him and spoke harshly, "I'll let you know that though you passed the Lu Ban's Lock test, you have failed this morality test."
Jiang Xiu was entirely stupefied at this development.
"Do you think mouth-to-mouth respiration is done like this? It's enough to just blow air in through the mouth. One look at you was enough to tell me that you were planning to kiss me."
Jiang Xiu forced a smile. This girl was a real prodigy. She had actually tried to probe out a person's character in such a way. "Can you stop using your complicated mindset to figure out my simple mentality?"
"You still don't admit it?"
"Naturally I won't admit it. I kiss you?" I haven't kissed you so how can you conclude that I was going to kiss you. If you don't believe me, let's try it again. I was only planning to do mouth-to-mouth respiration and nothing else."
Qiu Yinru was skeptical about it. She was worried Jiang Xiu would really kiss her back then, so she opened her eyes early, "You were really planning to do mouth-to-mouth respiration?"
"Of course, let's try it again…"
Qiu Yinru's probe ended up in a defeat. She naturally couldn't let him try it again as Jiang Xiu already knew about it so he wouldn't show his true colors. There was no meaning in trying it again.
But some matters were destined by the Heavens. What was supposed to happen will happen in the end.
The elevator dropped down once again. Jiang Xiu was crouching and hence didn't have a stable footing, so he fell forwards. His mouth neared Qiu Yinru under her dumbstruck gaze.
Smooch!
At just like that, she got kissed so unreasonably. Her eyes grew wide in a moment. The two of them didn't dare to believe such an excessive thing had happened.
Qiu Yinru's mind was a complete blank right now. She realized the meaning of the words 'falling into your own trap' at this moment. If it weren't for her brilliant idea to rest Jiang Xiu's morality, she wouldn't have got kissed. Oh, dear heavens, this was my first kiss.
She also didn't know why she had even closed her eyes. She was perplexed about why she did that and felt extremely ashamed when recalling it.
According to an unreliable internet writer's explanation, every girl has a longing to get conquered within her, especially those girls who acted aggressively on the outside. They would act flustered and show no resistance on the bed. Let alone, this elevator slam had a lot of destructive power.
It wasn't that Beauty Qiu didn't resist, the killing move was so strong that she couldn't resist.
At this moment, the elevator lighted up.
Eh…
The elevator door got pried open, and the light came in through there. Two repairmen were standing outside.
This was indeed too exciting.
One of the repairmen made fun of them, "Students, this isn't the place to do something like this. It's quite dangerous inside the elevator as the oxygen will run out."
Qiu Yinru pushed Jiang Xiu away then covered up her face by picking up the documents which had fallen to the ground and ran away. She almost slipped while doing so.
Jiang Xiu also felt awkward. Though he hadn't suffered losses as a boy, he was a bit phobic about these like these. He didn't like doing this kind of thing if there were no emotions involved. He too felt quite conflicted.
It was an accident just now, and even Jiang Xiu didn't know the elevator would drop suddenly.
Jiang Xiu quickly caught up to Qiu Yinru. She wore a cold expression on her face right now. You have a really thick face. I got taken advantage of by you, and you don't even feel a little ashamed? You still come to pester me?
"I'll ask you again. Are you going to me take me along to the ancient desert city or not?"
Since this girl wasn't ready to listen to his kind words, Jiang Xiu too revealed his nature.
"Is this the way you ask someone?"
"I'm not begging you. I solved the Lu Ban's Lock using my own ability. Zhou Jin and Zhang Yiwen were also there when you made the promise to me. You aren't thinking or going back on your word now, are you?"
"The team members must have good morality."
"Is going back on your words having a good morality?"
Qiu Yinru bit her lips, "Y-You… You are something too, seizing an opportunity to take advantage of me. Don't you know that you were harassing me there?"
"It's not like I kissed you."
"What about that damn kiss then?" Goddess Qiu's heart crumbled after she said this. She couldn't believe she was saying such words lacking integrity.
Jiang Xiu couldn't help but laugh, "Scold me if you want but why are you ridiculing yourself?"
"What are you laughing for? Shameless pervert. Mark my words, you won't be allowed to come to the ancient desert city. I have never seen such an arrogant fresher who wants to go on an expedition with the team. This is the privilege of the seniors."
"So, you're saying there's no way to compromise?"
"I don't even want to discuss this with you."
Since it was this way, Jiang Xiu naturally didn't say anything and left. Qiu Yinru felt slightly bewildered that he left so easily and felt that perhaps she was too heartless.
But on giving it a second thought, since he had given up so easily, it meant that he really didn't wish to go to the ancient desert city, so she felt relieved.
Jiang Xiu naturally wasn't giving up. Others would find it difficult but he had several other means other than joining the exploration team. He could sponsor a team to scout out for him. Money wasn't a problem for him at all. Also, he could tail behind the university's team. This was a pretty easy thing for him to do and would save him the trouble of associating with the team as well. His only problem was the location of the ancient desert city.
On the way back to the dorm, Jiang Xiu met a tall, thin man. He asked him, "You are Jiang Xiu?"
Jiang Xiu replied skeptically, "Yes!"
"A friend wants to meet you. He's at the coffee shop outside the university. Can you come along with me?"
"What friend?"
"You'll understand when you reach there."
After going there, Jiang Xiu meet a person. That person was meeting Jiang Xiu for the first time, but it wasn't Jiang Xiu's first time meeting him. He was Old Father Jiang's secretary. He sat on the chair with a cold gleam in his eyes.
The secretary sized up Jiang Xiu up and down. He couldn't find any trace of Jiang Yi's shadow in him. Jiang Xiu was full of an apathetic pride. "You are Jiang Xiu? I'm your grandfather's secretary!"
"I have a grandfather?"
The secretary smiled in response, "Of course you have. Everyone has one. Also, your grandfather is quite an amazing person." He looked around then spoke in an ushered voice, "Your grandfather is Old Diplomat, Jiang Yishan."
Jiang Xiu faked out a stunned expression, "Whoa!"
"You should know what kind of family the Jiang family is. Your so-called four prominent families of Jiangnan are nothing but elementary school children in front of the Jiang family."
"Yes, they are indeed amazing." Jiang Xiu commented.
The secretary wasn't exaggerating. The four prominent families of Jiangnan were in the end limited to their regions. Besides the Gu family whose genuine strength could match to second-rate families of the Imperial Capital, the rest weren't even qualified for comparison.
It was the so-called elite family, one you would regret not joining.
"Do you want to return? If you return, you can turn from a countryside youngster into a young master of the Imperial Capital. In the future, no matter whether it is in business or officialdom, you will soar up with the support of the Jiang family."
"There's no free lunch in this world, right?" Jiang Xiu questioned him.
The secretary smiled, "We are talking about returning back to the family, not a business deal."
Jiang Xiu smiled as well, "There will be a price though, am I right?"
The secretary nodded, "Indeed worthy of a Jiang family's descendant. You are a smart person so I won't beat around the bush. Your grandfather doesn't have a good relationship with your father. If you want to return to the family, then your grandfather has a condition. You have to make a clear dividing line between you and your parents."
Even though he was already prepared to hear it, Jiang Xiu felt rage overcome him when he heard it, "You want me to sever my relationship with my father?"
The secretary nodded helplessly, "I know this is a difficult decision for you to make, but you should know whether you'll live a better life as Jiang Yishan's grandson or Jiang Yi's son. Think it over properly."
"Go back and tell him that no one values his identity. That so-called 'Old Diplomat' is nothing but jack-shit in my eyes. When he watched with folded arms and let my father go to prison 12 years ago, we had already separated ourselves from the Jiang family."
He naturally wouldn't shake his tail and beg for pity like he did in the previous life. He had suffered a lot of humiliation from the members of the Jiang family then. He knew that his existence as the grandson of the Jiang family was just a pawn for the Jiang family to settle a marriage.
The secretary looked at Jiang Xiu with a gaze of disbelief, "Are you really going to renounce such a position and wealth? Think about it again. Your grandfather won't give you another chance. Your father wasn't able to return after leaving the family…"
"It wasn't that my father couldn't return, but rather he didn't want to return." Jiang Xiu retorted.
"Also, if I wish to obtain both position and wealth, I don't need the Jiang family. I can easily obtain it."