Anyway, she’d already planned to keep her distance from Ethan Yin.
Having Ruby Jiang around makes no difference to her—one more or one less doesn’t matter.
If Ruby Jiang really has the ability to draw Ethan Yin’s attention away from her, maybe that’s a good thing.
That way, Ethan Yin wouldn’t keep staring at her for no reason.
Besides, this whole thing was Ruby Jiang’s doing. If Ethan Yin ever wants to blame someone, it won’t be her.
Cherry Miller lowered her gaze, quietly lost in her own thoughts.
She looked sweet and soft, but in reality, she was anything but.
If she were really some pitiful pushover, she’d have been eaten alive ages ago.
Back when she was studying abroad, those classmates fooled by her looks learned their lesson the hard way.
You can underestimate anyone, but never underestimate Cherry Miller.
After digging up the last wild vegetable, Cherry decisively picked up her basket and headed back.
When no one was around, Cherry pretended to wash the wild vegetables, walked over to Ruby Jiang, and said calmly, "They say love is free—you can like whoever you want, and nobody can interfere. Ethan Yin is so outstanding, it’s no surprise so many people like him. Miss Jiang, you’d better work hard."
With that, Cherry swung her basket and turned to leave.
Ruby Jiang was left standing there, stunned.
What on earth was this woman getting at?
She’d just warned her not to stir up trouble, and now she was encouraging her to go after Ethan Yin?
Does she actually have feelings for Ethan Yin or not?
Or is she using Ruby to get rid of her other rivals?
The moment she thought of that possibility, Ruby’s mental radar shot up, full alert.
Ruby snorted, "I’m not an idiot. No way I’m falling for your tricks."
But when Ruby Jiang turned her gaze to Ethan Yin, her restless heart instantly swallowed up what little logic she had left.
Hmph, Cherry Miller wasn’t wrong either.
Ethan Yin is single right now—anyone has a shot!
Who knows who’ll end up the winner in the end?
Since Cherry Miller isn’t interested in Ethan Yin, she can’t blame Ruby for going after him!
After all, Cherry herself said she’s not interested in being Mrs. Ethan Yin!
When it came to lunch, nobody really cared about seating arrangements—everyone just pulled out a chair and sat wherever.
Cherry Miller made sure to keep a respectable distance from Ethan Yin—not too close, not too far. It didn’t look like she was avoiding him, but it wasn’t intimate enough to attract attention either.
Ruby Jiang didn’t bother with such worries and immediately snagged the seat right across from Ethan Yin.
Now she could look at her crush whenever she wanted—what could be better?
James Jiang saw his sister being so obvious and awkwardly cleared his throat. "Ruby, move over a bit, that spot’s for someone else."
Ruby didn’t want to budge, pouting, "Everyone’s sitting wherever they want. I just like this seat!"
Sharon Yun smirked and said, "It’s fine, it doesn’t matter where you sit."
Ethan Yin just glanced at Ruby Jiang, then immediately turned to chat with Jason Jiang next to him.
Throughout lunch, Ruby Jiang tried several times to talk to Ethan Yin, but he never picked up the conversation.
Eventually, he started discussing company matters with Miles Gu, leaving Ruby completely out of the loop.
Cherry Miller noticed Yina Yin enjoying the wild vegetables she’d picked, so she set down her chopsticks, wrapped some in a pancake with sweet sauce, and handed it to Yina.
Yina Yin took a bite, her eyes crinkling with delight. "You always know what goes well together."
Just then, Yina Yin’s fingers slipped and a piece of wild vegetable fell onto her clothes.
Cherry Miller quickly grabbed a wet wipe and cleaned Yina up. "Let’s just do a quick fix for now. You can change when we get home."