Chapter 21: Her Name Had Been Given to Jiang Wan
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Jiang Wan did not speak with arrogance or in spite. She wasn’t being bossy or anything of the sort.
She was being very matter-of-fact, telling everyone to be honest with each other.
Jiang Cheng Lang felt that the information that he had received about Jiang Yu was inaccurate. How could a quiet and shy girl speak so boldly?
“Alright then.”
As Jiang Cheng Lang made a move to take back the necklace, Jiang Yu stopped him.
She carefully returned the necklace to its box and said, “Here, I am returning the gift to you.”
Jiang Cheng Lang took the gift box as Jiang Yu continued, “A gift should be reciprocated. You’ve given me a gift and I should return one in kind. I have not decided on what to give you yet so please give me a few days.”
Jiang Cheng Lang couldn’t help but laugh. “You want to give me a gift?”
Jiang Yu nodded. “Is there something wrong with that?”
Jiang Wan interrupted them. She said her next words with care. “Big Sister, it’s nice that you want to get Big Brother a gift but Big Brother doesn’t lack anything.”
“If you give Big Brother something that Big Brother can’t use, it would go to waste… Wouldn’t that be the same as you receiving this gift from Big Brother? Hmm…”
Jiang Wan didn’t want to embarass Jiang Yu so she didn’t comment further.
What she meant was that Jiang Yu would end up giving Jiang Cheng Lang something inferior which will probably not match his status or class. Jiang Cheng Lang would end up not using it so it was better not to give him anything.
“How do you know what I’ll get for him?”
Jiang Yu retorted. “You’ve made an assumption even before you saw the gift. Are you a fortune teller or is there a worm in your ear?”
“Big Sister…” Jiang Wan’s face fell as she tugged at the corner of Jiang Yu’s shirt. “That’s not what I meant. Don’t misunderstand me… I really do think of you as part of this family and hope that you can get along with Big Brother…”
Jiang Yu looked at Jiang Wan in disdain.
Luckily, Jiang Wan was only pretending to cry and did not wipe her tears or snot on her shirt.
“Thank you for your concern but I really don’t have anything that I would need.”
Jiang Cheng Lang did not take Jiang Yu’s words seriously. His thoughts were the same as Jiang Wan’s. Jiang Yu’s adoptive parents had been ordinary people and did not earn much. Any saving Jiang Yu had might not even be enough to pay for a single diamond on his watch.
He did feel that her giving nature was commendable.
Jiang Cheng Lang asked, “How should I address you?”
Just as Jiang Yu was about to say that he should just call her by her name, Jiang Cheng Lang continued, “Calling you by your name is a little strange. What name did your adoptive parents call you by?”
Jiang Yu swallowed her words and searched through her memories. “They called me Xiao Yu.”
“Then I shall call you ‘Xiao Yu’ as well.”
The reason why Jiang Cheng Lang asked this was because… Mother had given his blood sister’s name to Jiang Wan.
Mrs. Jiang fell ill after giving birth to his little sister. When his little sister went missing, she became stricken with grief and passed away within a year.
The second year of Mrs. Jiang’s death, Mr. Jiang remarried. His stepmother brought her daughter with her into the Jiang family.
Mr. Jiang then pushed his own agenda on the new girl. His little sister had been lost for many years. Mr. Jiang then insisted that his stepdaughter change her name.
Back then, the third son had objected to this the most but he could not dissuade his father. As time passed, everyone learned to just accept it.
Although his little sister had been found, Jiang Wan had already been living with the Jiang family for many years. Everyone was already used to it and thus it was not practical for her to change her name. They decided to let Jiang Yu change her family name instead.
Jiang Cheng Lang knew that his mother’s biggest wish was to find his little sister and reunite the family. She probably couldn’t care less about a name.