Jiang Yan was stunned for a moment before he cursed, "Fuck."
"You fucking think I'm someone who needs your respect? Do I, as a brother, need your approval?"
"When I was revered in the Capital back in the day, you were still in diapers!"
Yet ten minutes later, he still showed up at the hotel entrance.
"Hey, let me tell you, my agreeing to go home with you isn't because I care about you."
"I care about my own reputation, so, you better quickly delete that video you took!"
Jiang Li didn't respond to him, only glanced at his shirt, which was buttoned crookedly, and his wrinkled suit jacket draped over his shoulder.
Jiang Yan furrowed his brows.
He had been doing things his own way for over a dozen years, not caring about others' glances, especially from his sister who was almost like his archenemy.
But now, for some reason, he actually started to feel uncomfortable just from her gaze.
It was like being stripped naked and poked on the spine with a ruler.
So, he cleared his throat and pretended to casually rebutton his shirt, then neatly put on his jacket.
Only then did Jiang Li look away.
Instantly, Jiang Yan also let out a breath.
But then he realized something wasn't right.
—Why the hell did he care about this brat's opinion?!
Yet he thought of how his arm was almost crippled in the hotel room just earlier, so he could only swallow his anger back down and change the subject with a dark face.
"Hey, weren't we supposed to go home? Where's your car?"
Jiang Li looked straight ahead and said indifferently, "I took the bus here."
Jiang Yan: ???
The young lady who wouldn't leave the house without eight drivers was taking the bus today?
"Wait, you're not thinking of making me take the bus back, are you???"
Jiang Li looked at him, her eyes showing a hint of strangeness, "Otherwise?"
Jiang Yan blew up, "Me, the Eldest Young Master Jiang, take the bus? Do you want me to be laughed to death by others?!"
"Thrift is a traditional virtue."
Jiang Yan laughed angrily, "Jiang Li, what's gotten into you today? You're not trying to win Shaojing's favor again like Yinwan, are you? I'm telling you—"
Before he could finish talking, a green bus stopped in front of them.
Jiang Li, not even giving him a second glance, got straight onto the bus, her twirling skirt whisking a trace of fragrance past him.
Jiang Yan was dumbfounded.
She really took the bus.
The bus driver saw that he didn't move and couldn't help but honk the horn several times, "Hey, are you getting on or not? If you're getting on, hurry up, don't waste everyone's time!"
Helpless, Jiang Yan had to step on board.
However, just as he was about to head toward where Jiang Li was sitting, the driver called out from behind him.
"Hey, pay the fare, you think you can get away without paying?!"
Jiang Yan's gaze landed on the machine in front of him with the words "Pay two yuan," his expression instantly choked.
He was screwed.
His bank cards had been frozen, and when he went to the hotel he had used a friend's membership card; where would he get the money to pay?
So, Jiang Yan had to darkly cast a look at Jiang Li sitting by the window.
But she acted as though she didn't see him, deliberately turning her head away.
Jiang Yan: !
Great!
People around them had already begun to whisper.
"This guy looks pretty handsome, how come he doesn't even have two yuan?"
"Wearing all brand names but can't even afford the bus fare, is it for real?"
"All dolled up and fresh-faced, coming out from a hotel, could it be he's in that kind of profession?"
The driver, running out of patience, issued an ultimatum, "If you don't have money, get off, don't hold up everyone else on the bus!"
Jiang Yan's face turned so dark it was near dripping with anger.
This was the first time in his life being scolded three times in a row by a bus driver, and being unable to talk back.
All because of this Jiang Li!
He took a deep breath, walked over to Jiang Li, and through gritted teeth said, "Just consider it as me begging you! Lend me two yuan!"
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