Hearing this, Jiang Beiyuan was a little interested. His thin lips curved into a slight arc as he asked, “A senior from where?”

Yan Nian did not notice the tenderness emanating from the man’s thin, arched lips. She replied unconcernedly, “It was during my first year in high school. But we weren’t close.”

Not close?

Wow… Not close.

The gentle smile on Dr. Jiang’s face abruptly blackened at her words. His eyes were dark and cold. If any pedestrian were to look at him directly, they would have all trembled in fear under his icy stare.

Yan Nian did not notice it at all. Instead, she wondered why their surroundings became cooler, which she found great.

She did not realize that the man carrying her was tempted with the urge to release his grip and let her fall.

“Ah, that’s right. Have you ever piggybacked anyone else before?”

“Yes.”

“Who? Your ex-girlfriend?”

“Yes.”

He wasn’t willing to say a single word more than that.

Why did he suddenly turn so cold when everything had been fine?

“What happened to your girlfriend? Did you carry her because she also fell like I did?”

The walk was too long and Yan Nian was bored. Therefore, she tried to start a conversation with Jiang Beiyuan.

She was actually afraid that he would ask about this “body offering” issue; thus, she purposely tried to deviate from the topic.

Jiang Beiyuan snorted as he bounced her on his back slightly. “She had a fever once and fell twice. She is lazy, dumb, and stupid.”

Based on his tone of voice, he was gnashing his teeth as if he had a grudge against his ex-girlfriend.

But as Yan Nian heard it, she could still decipher the loving tone from his words.

She wanted to meet Jiang Beiyuan’s ex-girlfriend so badly.

Exactly what kind of a person was she? How was she able to get this cold man willing to marry and live with her substitute for his entire life?

Holding on to those memories and staring at the face of someone who’s gone. Does it not hurt him?

“Is your ex-girlfriend… still alive?”

Jiang Beiyuan was stunned.

His lips tugged into a smile.

He had no idea how her mind had drifted over to that.

“Yes. She is alive and well.”

He was amused by her question, the anger in his heart dissipating.

“Then why aren’t you looking for her to reconcile your relationship?”

“I lost her. Thus, she will never return.”

“Fine… Oh right, you said last time that her studies were bad. Was she your classmate?”

“Junior. In high school.”

“Oh oh oh.”

Yan Nian was calculating several times in her heart.

So she was his girlfriend during their time in high school…

She thought about how she had dated a guy who sat beside her in the same class when she was in high school.

The other party had average looks, but he always gave her online currency and bought spicy bars for her. She was moved by him in the end, and thus, she agreed to be with him reluctantly.

However, they were caught by their headmaster after dating for less than a week. Their parents were called in, and the two of them were forced to break up.

She heard that someone had reported them.

‘Til now, Yan Nian still didn’t know who the culprit was.

“Dr. Jiang, what a coincidence. Are you also here for a night run?”

Her thoughts were pulled back by a cute and sweet female voice.

Standing in front of them was Yu Lili, who was out for a night run, dressed in a pink fitness suit.

Yan Nian glanced at her before sweeping her eyes away, burying her face behind Jiang Beiyuan’s back.

She still had her pride. She did not want her love rival to see her in such a messy state.

Jiang Beiyuan stopped in his tracks as he glanced sideways but was only able to see the crown of Yan Nian’s head.

“Mrs. Jiang ate too much, so she’s being carried for a stroll.”

With that, he continued walking. He kept his back tall and straight, and his clothes were light in the wind. He seemed like a cold deity.

When they had walked far enough, Yan Nian raised her head and pointed a middle finger at the back of his head.

D*mn, how could he say that his energy was being misused?

Did he think that she was dumb enough to not catch the implicit meaning behind his words?!

“What are you gesturing?”

Yan Nian was stunned.

Did this man have eyes on the back of his head?

She frantically retracted her hand and smiled. “I wasn’t… gesturing anything.”

But she thought about it again. What was she terrified about?

He was obviously the one who was in the wrong first.

“Why did you say that to Dr. Yu?”

“Do you care about what she thinks?”

“Of course I don’t care. But I can tell that she likes you.”

“And so?”