Chapter 34 See You the Day After Tomorrow~

Chapter 34: See You Then~

Jiang Jiang stared at the blatant □□□ on the system panel, feeling his curiosity itch as if tickled by a feather.

"404!" he called out internally. "Is there really no clue at all?"

404's voice sounded listless. "None."

It seemed it hadn't fully recovered from Jiang Jiang's earlier "head-shaking assault."

Jiang Jiang pouted. "You're practically a bug with a system attached."

404: "......"

What could it do? It couldn't refute that.

A few names popped into Jiang Jiang's head.

Could it be his eldest brother Jiang Huaijin? Or his second brother Jiang Huaiyu? It couldn't possibly be his cousin Gu Shuaishuai?

But no matter how he speculated, he was fated to remain unanswered.

"Forget it!" Jiang Jiang squirmed around on the bed. "Just believe things will work out when the time comes."

He thought optimistically, maybe during the next task, this mysterious assistant would bring him a nice surprise?

......

Liang Liang: Are you free the day after tomorrow? My treat.

Jiang Jiang: Oh, if it isn't Mr. 'I-only-go-if-it's-free'? Did you win the lottery or something?

Liang Liang: ......

Liang Liang: So, are you in or not?

How could Jiang Jiang pass up an opportunity to raid his wallet? Of course he was going.

Jiang Jiang: I'm in! Of course I'm going!

Liang Liang: OK.

The next second, his phone buzzed and chimed again. It was a message from Lu Nanzhou.

He opened the chat window.

Lu Nanzhou: I have an extra ticket to an exclusive dessert showcase. Want to go together?

Lu Nanzhou: Apparently there are many hard-to-find desserts there.

Lu Nanzhou: [Ticket picture].jpg

The messages came in rapid succession.

Jiang Jiang opened the picture.

Wait, isn't that the same day?

He remembered he'd just agreed to Liang Liang's offer a minute ago.

Jiang Jiang thought for a moment.

He returned to the chat with Liang Liang.

Before the two-minute unsend limit expired, he retracted his agreement message.

Liang Liang: The place is xxx...

Liang Liang: ???

Liang Liang: What does unsending mean?

Jiang Jiang: Dear, it means I'm declining.

Liang Liang: Seriously? What on earth happened in that one short minute?

Jiang Jiang: Sorry, dear, I already have plans.

Liang Liang: TD (Unsubscribe)

Jiang Jiang looked at the "TD" and cracked up.

Lu Nanzhou waited a while, but there was still no reply from the other side.

At this time, Jiang Jiang wasn't in class. Why wasn't he replying?

Just as he was debating sending a few more photos of the pastries from the brochure, a message finally appeared.

Jiang Jiang: Yeah, definitely! Is it just the two of us going?

Lu Nanzhou: Yep.

Jiang Jiang: Then see you the day after tomorrow~

Lu Nanzhou: See you the day after tomorrow~

Wait, what?

Jiang Jiang stared at that tilde (~), suddenly doubting if he had switched to the wrong chat. He checked to make sure.

Yep, it was indeed Lu Nanzhou.

Was he hacked?

Would the next step be saying the ticket required a deposit, but his account was locked for some reason, to scam him out of money?

Thinking of this, Jiang Jiang immediately video-called him.

It took about ten seconds to connect.

On the screen, Lu Nanzhou was impeccably dressed in a suit, sitting upright, but the smile on his face looked strange.

Jiang Jiang narrowed his eyes.

Could it be AI?

"What's wrong?" Lu Nanzhou's voice sounded slightly distorted through the phone.

"Do you remember what I gave you for your birthday?"

Although puzzled, Lu Nanzhou answered, "The Xiao Lv pet-sitting card. Why?"

"What medicine did I bring you last time?"

"The Banlangen granules you made yourself."

Only then did Jiang Jiang feel reassured—it was the real person.

He then asked, "Why did you suddenly send a tilde? I thought your account had been hacked."

Lu Nanzhou: ...

He hadn’t expected the reason for all that questioning to be this.

He had just remembered Shen Muzhi saying he was too cold and stiff, so he tried imitating Jiang Jiang’s tone when sending the message. As a result, he was mistaken for a hacked account.

He took a deep breath and exhaled. "Nothing, really. I just thought yours looked cute, so I sent one too."

Hearing Lu Nanzhou say what he did was cute, Jiang Jiang’s lips unconsciously curled upward. "Oh, I see. You have good taste—you definitely have a bright future ahead."

Lu Nanzhou’s smile now looked much more natural than the deliberately crafted one from earlier.

......

Sunday, 10:20 AM.

Lu Nanzhou’s car arrived at the Jiang family villa ten minutes early. Today, he didn’t bring a driver—he was driving himself.

He also wasn’t wearing his usual meticulous suit but had changed into beige casual wear. It softened his sharpness, added a touch of approachability, and made him look a few years younger.

Leaning against the car door, he glanced down at his wristwatch.

"Brother!" Jiang Jiang bounded out of the villa like an excited puppy. "Have you been waiting long?"

He happened to be wearing a beige hoodie today, and standing next to Lu Nanzhou, they almost looked like they were in matching couple outfits at first glance.

Lu Nanzhou looked up, his gaze settling on Jiang Jiang’s faint dimples, his eyes softening slightly. "No, I just arrived."

He naturally reached out and opened the passenger door for Jiang Jiang. "Get in."

"Thank you, brother~" Jiang Jiang’s eyes curved into crescents as he nimbly slipped inside.

Lu Nanzhou made sure he was seated properly before closing the door and walking around to the driver’s seat.

He started the car and drove smoothly away from the Jiang family villa.

"Are we going straight there?" Jiang Jiang pressed against the window, watching the scenery fly by, his mood buoyant.

As a dessert connoisseur, he had been looking forward to this private dessert exhibition since last night.

"Yes, it’s about a forty-minute drive." Lu Nanzhou kept his eyes on the road, his voice steady. "If you’re hungry, there are some snacks and water in the back seat."

"Okay, brother, you’re so thoughtful." Jiang Jiang didn’t hold back his praise. He turned his head, looking at Lu Nanzhou’s sharply defined profile, and suddenly remembered the tilde that seemed so out of place on him. He couldn’t help but chuckle again.

Lu Nanzhou didn’t know what he was laughing about. His fingers tightened slightly on the steering wheel, but his expression remained unchanged. "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing," Jiang Jiang waved his hand, his lips still curved upward.

"Ding, a new task has been released. Please check it in the system space promptly."

Jiang Jiang hadn’t expected a task to be released right at this moment. He glanced discreetly at Lu Nanzhou and, seeing no reaction, made a show of casually waving his hand a couple of times before opening the task interface.

"Task Context: Although you didn’t get a definite answer, you guessed something from Jiang Heyao’s reaction. Unwilling to let it go, you asked Lu Xingye’s friend and finally confirmed that the two were indeed dating. You also learned that they recently planned to attend a dessert exhibition together. You managed to get an entry ticket and happened to run into them arguing."

"Please say to Lu Xingye: [Name], don’t argue anymore. Brother Jiang didn’t mean it."

"Task countdown: 1 hour, 59 minutes, 59 seconds."

How could this task be such a coincidence?

Jiang Jiang couldn’t help but wonder—was this the protagonist’s luck?

At the same time, the sound of a task also echoed in Lu Nanzhou’s mind.

"Please say to [Name]: Brother, don’t argue anymore. Brother Jiang didn’t mean it."

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Author’s note: That’s all I’ve got, squeezed dry. [glasses]