“Ask questions?”
Jiang Ran was on guard.
It was the first time she had heard such a strange request.
“Ask what?”
“It’s just that I’m quite curious about your side of things, so just ask some questions. It’s not that difficult.”
“I see.”
Jiang Ran nodded.
She didn’t care, as long as it could stabilize the other party, Jiang Ran was willing to do anything.
“Alright.”
Tao Kuxue smiled, stepped forward, and pinched Jiang Ran’s…
“Student Jiang is so obedient.”
Tao Kuxue leaned close to Jiang Ran and asked.
“I’m quite curious, why did you come to this school in the first place?”
“Ah, why ask that question? When I got in, it was just because I liked it…”
Jiang Ran’s words were a bit hesitant.
She really didn’t know what the other person was trying to do.
Tao Xixue nodded.
‘Then, aren’t you curious about why I came to this school?’
Jiang Ran looked at Tao Kuxue in confusion.
This was the first time the other party had brought this up.
Even Jiang Ran had never heard of such a thing before.
“There’s something like that?”
“Yes. Actually, I almost dropped out before. Later, I got into an argument with a teacher out of stubbornness. He thought my life would just pass by like that. I thought it shouldn’t. Later, I tested into this school.”
Tao Kuxue’s voice wasn’t loud.
It fell to the ground like needles.
Jiang Ran hadn’t expected such a story.
Today was the first time she had seen this side of Tao Kuxue.
“What’s wrong? Your expression looks very surprised. What kind of person am I in your eyes? I’m curious too.”
Tao Kuxue murmured, looking into Jiang Ran’s eyes, which were bright and shiny, like dazzling jewels.
When she first saw Jiang Ran, Tao Kuxue’s thoughts were simple: she hoped to take good care of Jiang Ran.
Now, it seemed that day was coming even sooner.
“I just think Senior Tao is truly outstanding, so I don’t really have any other thoughts.”
Jiang Ran was honest.
She genuinely felt that someone as excellent as Tao Kuxue shouldn’t lower herself to follow her around.
And there was one more thing Jiang Ran didn’t understand: why had Tao Xixue been sticking to her so persistently?
They weren’t even that familiar.
“For me, I think you’re a good person, different from the people I’ve met before. Someone as young as you probably wouldn’t get tattoos, right?”
Jiang Ran’s eyes widened.
Did Tao Kuxue have a tattoo?
“Yeah. My mom wanted me to get one before. I didn’t want to, but I couldn’t refuse. So I used bubblegum to make some marks on my body. In my own view, I’m not at all as outstanding as you see me. On the contrary, I was a very mischievous brat.”
Tao Kuxue’s words shocked Jiang Ran.
She had never expected such a story.
It seemed the waters in this line were deep.
“Why would your parents want you to get a tattoo? If I did that, I feel like my parents would beat me to death.”
Even though the parents in this world weren’t responsible, back in her previous life, they absolutely would have beaten her to death.
Just thinking about it, Jiang Ran felt that scene was terrifying.
In China, if a child did that, if they weren’t beaten with a stick, it would be considered a good outcome.
Parents like that are hard to find.
Most parents who find out their child did that would only want to strangle you from the start.
“Yeah, I was very puzzled at the time too. Later, I found out my parents liked running bars, liked visiting tattoo parlors. But later, I discovered I didn’t like that kind of life myself. I like taking photos, I like recording beautiful moments, I like tasting the flavor of cake.”
Tao Kuxue murmured, taking out photo after photo.
“Look, these are from when I went to Paris. Oh right, with your family’s conditions, you’ve probably only seen these scenes on TV.”
Tao Kuxue’s voice wasn’t loud, but it was powerful.
Jiang Ran, who originally didn’t want to say anything, couldn’t help but ask.
“Yeah, I’ve never been. It feels like Senior Tao looked really approachable back then?”
“You mean I’m very fierce now? Fine, I’m not deliberately keeping you in suspense. The old me, sometimes even I didn’t like myself, thinking I would become some kind of monster. The reason I’m telling you this is actually because I’m curious about how you would react if you really saw this side of me.”
“It’s like a photo; there’s always a colorless backside. Now that you’ve seen this backside… it’s completely different, isn’t it?”
“Different? But I think people are complex. And I’m not as innocent as I look either. Actually, I can be quite bad. I like to… hog the blankets. If you get too close to me, be careful, I might disgust you.”
Jiang Ran began frantically listing her own flaws.
In her view, Tao Kuxue was thinking too highly of her right now.
So the urgent task now was to quickly lower the other’s favorability towards her.
She absolutely could not let the other party think she was that good of a person.
She needed to tear off any filters right now, the cleaner the better.
Getting too close to the other party now was definitely not a good thing.
If she missed this opportunity, there would definitely be no similar chances in the future.
Therefore, Jiang Ran was particularly proactive in this matter.
Seeing Jiang Ran like this, Tao Kuxue chuckled softly.
“You’re still so afraid of me. Actually, I won’t do anything to you. I just want to take some photos of you.”
“I don’t believe it. This morning you were talking about ‘taking care’ of me, making me do this and that. Now when I look at you, I feel like you’re deliberately saying this to tease me.”
Jiang Ran spoke her mind.
In her view, Tao Kuxue’s change today was too drastic.
She couldn’t imagine this was the same Tao Kuxue from before.
If she didn’t know better, she’d think someone else had taken over her body.
“I did have a lot of flaws before. I know that myself. I’ve also been thinking about how to start. Starting with you, isn’t that okay?”
The dangerous aura around Tao Xixue was gradually fading.
Looking at the other’s attitude, Jiang Ran spoke somewhat doubtfully.
“I don’t believe it. I can’t trust you easily right now. And I myself don’t have any ill will towards you. Alright, if there’s anything else, we can talk about it later.”
The two of them walked a bit further.
Later, Jiang Ran’s expression gradually darkened.
She noticed Tao Kuxue was watching her back.
“What? You asked to meet me today just to answer some questions, right? The questions are answered now. Can’t I leave?”
Tao Kuxue looked at Jiang Ran’s back and nodded.
“Of course you can. I hope you won’t tell anyone what I said. I just couldn’t help but say some strange things.”
“I won’t. I’m not that tasteless. And one more thing, I really want to ask you: are you telling me all this because you’re afraid I’ll be scared of your past?”
Tao Kuxue’s eyes flickered, bright then dim.
“Student Jiang, you’re smarter than I imagined. It seems I need to re-evaluate my relationship with you.”
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