A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 23 Who are you calling a pervert?

At this moment, Li Xianda frantically winked at her.

However, even without Li Xianda's warning, Zhou Hanzhang wouldn't have been so blind at this point.

Of course she knew that this person was Jiang Yichen, one of the four oddballs, and Jiang Mingyun's half-brother.

Upon hearing that her brother was going to invite Zhou Hanzhang to dinner, Jiang Mingyun immediately grabbed his hand and said, "Brother, I want to go too."

Jiang Yichen's smile faded slightly. "It's a men's gathering. What are you doing here, a girl?"

"How about I host a banquet for my brothers?" Jiang Mingyun asked, unwilling to give up after being rejected.

Jiang Yichen neither said yes nor no. He looked at Jiang Mingyun's fair hands resting on his and frowned slightly.

Jiang Mingyun noticed it immediately and quickly let go of his hand.

"I'm sorry, brother, I forgot for a moment."

"Be more careful next time." Jiang Yichen didn't say it was okay, he just said that.

Then she took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the area where Jiang Mingyun had just caught her.

Two words immediately popped into Zhou Hanzhang's mind: germaphobia.

Zhou Hanzhang didn't want to talk to them anymore, so she pulled Li Xianda aside and said to her, "I have something to attend to here, so I'll take my leave now."

Without waiting for their reaction, he grabbed Li Xianda and hurriedly left.

Jiang Yichen watched Zhou Hanzhang leave, lost in thought, and followed her without paying any attention to Jiang Mingyun beside him.

Jiang Mingyun watched Zhou Hanzhang leave, and felt somewhat unhappy about her brother's attitude towards her, but she didn't show it.

The students in the surrounding area had already become restless. Although Tianan Academy had female students, very few of them were able to enter the academy.

However, it would make sense if the other party was Jiang Mingyun.

With her good looks, Jiang Mingyun would be extremely popular not only in the male-dominated academy, but also outside the academy, compared to other women of similar age.

Besides, she has such a genius brother.

That makes people even more envious.

The students were already mentally assessing their own knowledge and even their family wealth to see if they were worthy of such a goddess.

A few bolder individuals, seeing that Jiang Yichen had abandoned her, put on what they thought was a dashing and debonair air, and stepped forward to introduce themselves.

"Miss Jiang, you're not familiar with our academy yet, are you? I see that Mr. Jiang seems to have other matters to attend to. Shall I show you around and help you get acquainted?"

Another student walked over, looked at the student who had spoken, and mocked, "Aren't you new here too? Miss Jiang and her brother showed you around, so you're probably more familiar with this academy than you are now, aren't you?"

The student who spoke first blushed, but did not back down. "Then could Miss Jiang trouble you to show me around?"

Everyone: ...

Your shamelessness is unmatched.

Jiang Mingyun seemed to have long been used to this kind of scene.

She smiled at the students and said, "No need to trouble you senior students."

With that, he left with his maid.

The students were all elated when they heard the goddess call them "senior brother".

It wasn't until the dormitory supervisor shouted, "Are you all going to get your college uniforms or not?"

The students then realized that Jiang Mingyun had left sometime earlier.

Seeing that the dormitory supervisor looked unwell, they quickly lined up.

Jiang Mingyun, who was leaving with her maid, felt extremely aggrieved. It was one thing for Zhou Hanzhang to ignore her, but even her own brother had abandoned her.

“Miss, how could this young master Zhou be so rude? Our eldest young master is the same, just abandoning you like this.”

Jiang Mingyun didn't speak, but she looked somewhat listless.

Zhou Hanzhang pulled Li Xianda away and headed towards his own dormitory.

After walking for a while, he realized that Jiang Yichen was still following behind him.

She pulled Li Xianda to a stop, thinking of letting Jiang Yichen go first.

Jiang Yichen did not continue forward, but stopped when he reached their side.

Zhou Hanzhang and Li Xianda both looked at him with puzzled expressions, wondering what he meant.

He looked at Zhou Hanzhang in front of him and said, "Young Prince, you haven't answered me yet. How about I treat you to a meal at Zuixianlou during the next academy break?"

Zhou Hanzhang did not ignore Li Xianda, who was tugging at her clothes and swaying behind her.

She took two steps back and said politely, "Young Master Jiang, you are too kind. However, there is not much rest time at the academy, and I would like to go back to the manor to accompany my mother. It is really inconvenient for me to attend the banquet."

"That's a pity."

Jiang Yichen didn't press the matter further. He simply said this and then bid them farewell, returning to his dormitory first.

Only after watching Jiang Yichen's departing figure did Li Xianda put down Zhou Hanzhang's clothes.

"Luckily you didn't agree to his proposal, otherwise, given how wicked and scheming they are, who knows what kind of conspiracy they might have been plotting against you."

Li Xianda continued, "However, since you will be living with them every day from now on, it is best to be careful. None of them are kind people. Most importantly, their knowledge is too extraordinary. Even if they do something bad, the dean and the other teachers will turn a blind eye. In the end, we will be the ones who suffer."

Zhou Hanzhang nodded to himself, "I know."

"Why don't you ask the dean for permission to move to a regular dormitory? The regular dorms also have four people per room. Although the environment isn't as good as theirs, at least you won't be stuck with a bunch of perverts..."

"Who are you calling a pervert?" A voice came from behind Li Xianda as soon as he finished speaking.

He was so frightened by the sound that he almost jumped out of his skin.

Turning her head, she saw Chen Moran standing behind them, and she wondered how much of what they had just said had been overheard by him.

Li Xianda immediately adopted a fawning attitude, "Senior Brother Chen, are you going back to the dormitory?"

Chen Moran nodded indifferently. He had just arrived here and overheard them talking about something perverted, so he asked out of curiosity.

He often consults the academy's divination, but he hasn't discovered anything abnormal about the academy.

Even if it exists, it shouldn't be anything important, at least not important enough to affect the academy.

He then heard Li Xianda ask him, extending his hand towards him, "Jade pendant."

Li Xianda quickly took out the jade pendant that had been given to him during the day from his pocket and handed it over.

Chen Moran paused before taking over, "Have you arranged for all the books you mentioned to be delivered?"

"They've been sent, they've all been moved to the library. If Senior Brother Chen wants to see them, he can go to the library anytime."

Chen Moran still didn't take the jade pendant, "Then..."

"The chef has been arranged. Tonight's dinner will be prepared by the chef I arranged. Does Senior Brother Chen find it to his liking?" Li Xianda asked hurriedly.

Chen Moran then took the jade pendant. "I haven't eaten yet today. In that case, I'll go and have a meal."

He stuffed the jade pendant into his robes and turned to walk towards the dining hall.

Seeing that his gait seemed different from usual, Li Xianda asked in confusion, "Why does Senior Brother Chen seem to be walking faster than usual?"

Zhou Hanzhang nodded. "Indeed, it seems he is quite satisfied with the chef you brought."