Chapter 640: Chapter 659: The Cutest Young Lady, Right in Front of Me
The ball was in Jiang Jiang’s court.
They had been at the school for almost two months now.
Mei Lin was taking classes in the finance department for nobles. And while Jiang Jiang was ostensibly there to look after her, he hadn’t been enrolled under the title of a servant.
Jiang Jiang was a student in the finance department for nobles as well.
The school issued uniforms to students in this department. Furthermore, Jiang Jiang also managed some of Mei Lin’s assets, and as her manager, he received a commission.
So, Jiang Jiang was currently quite well-off.
Before, he hadn’t thought about other things.
But now—
Dressed in the predominantly white school uniform, which was interwoven with subtle silver patterns, Jiang Jiang cut a tall, slender, and upright figure. Paired with a set of glasses, no one would ever guess he was a butler unless they were told.
Forget other people—even his real "Miss," Mei Lin, would sometimes be caught off guard when she saw Jiang Jiang bringing her a meal. The first thought to pop into her head wouldn’t be, ’Oh, the butler’s here.’
Instead, it was: ’He’s actually better-looking than most of the young masters in our circle.’
And, ’He seems a lot gentler than most of those rich heirs, too.’
"Hm? Why aren’t you talking? Are you spacing out? Spacing out right in front of me?" she said, poking Jiang Jiang.
Jiang Jiang shook his head.
"?"
"No."
"I just don’t think she’s as cute as the noble lady I know."
Miss Des scoffed and rolled her eyes. "You can’t be serious. Has your taste completely gone down the drain? Which noble lady have you met that I don’t know? Go on, tell me, who’s so cute?"
She had only taken Jiang Jiang to a few debutante balls, and everyone at those events was insufferable. Surely Jiang Jiang didn’t actually find one of them cute?
If that was really the case... Mei Lin felt she couldn’t stand it. ’Hmph.’
’A butler like that will have to be fired sooner or later!’
"What, scared to say her name now?" She lifted her chin and narrowed her eyes, the very picture of a spoiled heiress.
Jiang Jiang lowered his gaze.
He said, "The noble lady I know is right in front of me."
...?
It took Mei Lin a few seconds to process what Jiang Jiang was saying.
The one right in front of him... that was—her?
Her?
Cute?
A strange feeling washed over her.
Mei Lin felt the joy of being complimented.
But this joy seemed different from the compliments she usually received from others.
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The very thing Duke Des feared most was slowly starting to happen.
Of course, he couldn’t see it yet.
Mei Lin couldn’t see it either.
Even Jiang Jiang couldn’t see it.
This strange chemical reaction was beginning, quietly and without a sound.
Mei Lin, however, could feel her emotions fluctuating lately. Occasionally, she felt a subtle urge to observe.
She would find herself wanting to watch Jiang Jiang.
But these secret, fluttering emotions didn’t last long. Another matter soon took precedence.
Jiang Qiuqiu was livestreaming on the New Star app.
She was finally live!
Mei Lin was hungry. Mei Lin wanted to eat. Mei Lin even made Jiang Jiang register an account so they could try to snag food together!
Mei Lin, who had expected to snag a mountain of food on the first day, was met with a black screen amidst wafting aromas of delicious food.
...
And it wasn’t a permanent black screen, either.
The screen would go black, then it would freeze. Just when it finally unfroze and she could move and try to grab something, the stream of Jiang Qiuqiu on her screen would freeze again.
The smile on her face slowly vanished.
She finally managed to snag a plate of fragrant twice-cooked pork midway through the stream, but when she tried to transfer it from the app to her terminal, the data was somehow corrupted.
And what did "data corrupted" mean? It meant—
What was supposed to be a huge platter became just a tiny portion after she retrieved it.
...
Mei Lin: ???!
Mei Lin: What happened to my huge plate of twice-cooked pork?
It disappeared before I could even take a bite?
