Translated by: Queen Dei Mos
Novel Update Schedule: Every Sunday
Characters:
Ji Bai – MC
Ji Feifei – MC’s older sister
Ji Mingzhi – MC’s father
Tao Jiazhi – MC’s mother
Old lady Ji – paternal grandmother – Ji Mingzhi’s mother
Xie Sui – ML
Cong Yuzhou – ML friend
Jiang Zhongning – ML friend
You – Formal speech
Ji Bai’s movements were very gentle, like a dragonfly touching the water’s surface, as she placed the band-aid on the wound on his eyebrow.
Xie Sui could even feel the little girl’s soft breath, like a cool summer breeze brushing against his face.
In the middle of moving her hand away, Xie Sui suddenly grabbed a hold of her wrist.
Ji Bai’s heart jumped in surprise; she felt the warmth transmitting from the boy’s palm, and instinctively tried to break free.
But Xie Sui pulled her hand, gradually pressing her fingertips onto the surface of the band-aid.
“Press a little harder.”
He seemed to realize that he had frightened her, so he offered her an explanation with this sentence.
Through the band-aid, she could even feel the protrusion of the bone of his eyebrow. It was warm to the touch, with a firm surface.
Ji Bai pulled her hand back and even went so far as to slightly move her body backward.
Xie Sui straightened his posture and let out a light-hearted chuckle, saying, “Thanks.”
“It’s nothing,” Ji Bai pursed her lips and urged him repeatedly, “You shouldn’t get into fights with people anymore.”
“Not fighting,” Xie Sui explained, “It’s boxing.”
“That’s still fighting.”
Xie Sui didn’t know how to explain the difference between boxing and fighting to her, so he grumbled in a somewhat fierce manner, “Mind your own business.”
Cong Yuzhou quickly nudged Xie Sui with his elbow, it was the first time the girl from this family had taken the initiative to care about him, and he could see that this guy was about to ruin it again.
“Brother Sui didn’t mean it, classmate Ji Bai, don’t take it to heart.”
“Exactly what you understood.” Xie Sui casually said, “If you want to be in charge of me, wait until you become my woman to say that again.”
“……”
This guy, he’s just a little brat himself, yet he’s already talking about women.
Ji Bai bid them goodbye and returned to her friends’ side.
Yin Xiaxia kept muttering along the way, “After the way Xie Sui treated you, you still bought him a band-aid. If it were me, I would stay as far away from him as possible…”
“Yeah, Bai Bai, it’s better for us to have less contact with those kinds of bad-tempered delinquents, who knows when he might do something to hurt you again.”
Ji Bai shook her head, “He won’t hurt me.”
Having experienced betrayal and death, in this world, if there was anyone that Ji Bai could trust, it was only Xie Sui.
Xie Sui had a wound on his face, and when the band-aid was applied on his eyebrow, it unexpectedly added a hint of warmth to his cold demeanor.
Mainly because the band-aids that Ji Bai bought weren’t the usual flesh-colored ones, rather…they were cartoon band-aids.
Every time a girl passed by Xie Sui, they would sneak a glance at the band-aid on his eyebrow and couldn’t help but cover their mouths and giggle.
Xie Sui’s temperament had always been noble and aloof, but now, there was a sudden change in his image, making him actually appear somewhat cute.
Yet, in spite of everything, he seemed reluctant to rip off the band-aid and wore it for a whole week without changing it.
During a basketball game, Cong Yuzhou pointed at his own eyebrow, “Brother Sui, your band-aid came off.”
Beads of sweat slipped down Xie Sui’s forehead which caused the band-aid to hang on his eyelid. He casually ripped it off and stuck it back into place.
Cong Yuzhou:….
Disgusting!
It wasn’t until break time when Cong Yuzhou woke up from a nap, staring dumbstruck as Xie Sui applied double-sided tape to the band-aid that was no longer sticky, and then stuck it back onto his already healed eyebrow.
This damn…situation is getting out of hand, ah.
Cong Yuzhou finally ran to Class One, to look for Ji Bai and have her deal with it, “Your Brother Sui has already gone crazy now. The one who caused the problem should be the one to solve it. 1(解铃还需系铃人) – jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén – “He who tied the bell should untie it,” or “The one who caused the problem should be the one to solve it. Xiao Bai, we need your help to tear off his band-aid, because it’s really too disgusting for us to look at anymore!
Ji Bai, having no alternative, stopped Xie Sui at the stairs during the inter-class exercises.2(课间操) – setting-up exercises during the break (between classes). Meaning: Exercise between classes
“Xie Sui, how long are you going to keep wearing that band-aid?”
Xie Sui was wearing a black jacket, unbuttoned and casually open, with a light-colored sweater underneath.
He casually tucked his left hand into his pocket, his beautiful peach blossom eyes slightly curved, and he recited a sentence with a rather artistic flair, “Until the end of the world.”
“……”
Several boys struggled to contain the urge to beat him up.
The announcement for the inter-class exercises on the sports field had already been repeated three times. Ji Bai descended the stairs in a few steps, and reached out her hand towards Xie Sui’s eyebrow, gently asked, “Can I tear it off?”
Unexpectedly, Xie Sui didn’t react with the same hostility when the other boys approached to remove his band-aid. He obediently closed his eyes and murmured, “En.”
Hence, Ji Bai tore off the rainbow cartoon band-aid.
“Huh?”
He opened his eyes to find the girl standing two steps above him on the stairs. By a lucky coincidence she was perfectly aligned with his height and her jet-black deer-like eyes were examining Xie Sui’s forehead. She looked and looked, until she was unable to resist reaching out and gently touching it.
Xie Sui felt the girl’s ice-cold fingers sliding over his eyebrow moving up and down. A tingling and numb sensation surged through his heart, like a wave of electric current.
“Your eyebrow is slit.”
Xie Sui’s left eyebrow was cut off abruptly at two-thirds of its length by the wound, creating an eyebrow slit that made his fierce temperament even more pronounced.
Jiang Zhongning and the others gathered around, looked at Xie Sui’s face and loudly exclaimed——
“Fuck, it’s really slit!”
“It’s over, it’s over. Brother Sui’s face is ruined.”
“Oh heavens, the era of my Brother Sui’s handsome appearance has been destroyed in an instant.”
……
Ji Bai Ji Bai took out a small mirror from her pocket and handed it to Xie Sui, “You look a bit fierce now.”
Xie Sui examined his left eyebrow. With his naturally thick and arching eyebrow abruptly cut off, he indeed looked much more fierce.
Xie Sui seemed to be quite concerned about his eyebrow as his expression changed.
“Fierce…am I fierce?”
Ji Bai, “Fierce.”
The other boys: “Fierce.”
Xie Sui muttered under his breath, “Damn it.”
The loudspeaker once again came through with an urgent voice. Ji Bai hurriedly prepared to leave when Xie Sui all of a sudden grabbed her wrist, eagerly telling her, “My eyebrow will grow back.”
Ji Bai didn’t understand, but he continued, “Don’t be afraid of me, okay?”
**
The inter-class exercises are a mandatory daily activity at De Xin High School. In the morning, there is a 30 minute inter-class exercise, during which all the students gather on the sports field. They line up according to their classes and then perform the radio exercises.
Initially, it was Ji Feifei who had always led the exercises. On one occasion, during an inspection, the dean noticed Ji Bai in the front row. Not only were her movements precise, but she also exuded a remarkable enthusiasm that energized everyone around her.
He lifted his head to look towards Ji Feifei, who was leading the exercises, her every movement wasn’t accurate, appearing lazy and sluggish. She didn’t seem to be taking it seriously, and to make matters worse, she wasn’t even wearing the school uniform, instead, she had on a cotton winter skirt which looked awkward.
The school was about to shoot promotional videos for enrollment soon, and even the daily radio exercises would be filmed by drones. The best video footage would be selected and edited into the promotional video. With the leader of the exercise being so dispirited and downcast, how can this work?”
“Ji Feifei, come down and let Ji Bai take over.”
Ji Feifei turned around in surprise, “What?!”
“Come down and let Ji Bai take over leading the exercise.”
Ji Feifei was dumbstruck. She glanced at the row of students behind her, and her face turned bright red from embarrassment. Extremely angry, she came down from the stage and stood in the spot where Ji Bai was standing.
The dean seemed to think that her standing in the front row also wouldn’t do, so he said, “Go to the back. The students behind you should move forward by one position.”
“Teacher! Why?!” she angrily questioned, “Why should I go to the back?”
Yin Xiaxia and several other girls burst into laughter, “Why else? It’s because your movements look awkward and your posture is ugly!”
Ji Feifei was overwhelmed with shame and resentfulness, “Teacher, I am the school’s ambassador. How could I possibly stand at the back? I should be the one leading the exercises in the promotional video!”
The dean reprimanded her, saying, “Do you want me to record your previous movements and show them to you?”
Ji Feifei didn’t dare to confront the teacher directly. She furiously walked to the back row and heard the boys in the back mocking her.
She raised her head and gazed at Ji Bai on the stage, gnashing her teeth.
As soon as Ji Feifei returned home, she threw herself into mother Tao Jiazhi’s arms and cried, complaining that Ji Bai had robbed her position as the exercise leader and was deliberately opposing her.
And their parents, following their consistent principle, protected Ji Feifei and lashed out at Ji Bai with a few harsh words, “Bai Bai, how could you compete with your older sister? Your older sister isn’t in good health, you should give in to her.”
“Be obedient, go talk to the teacher and tell them you don’t want to be the exercise leader and return the position to your older sister.”
Right at that moment, Ji Bai was immersed in doing homework, but upon hearing this, she lifted her head up and said, “Mom, before, during the 30-minute break, I could secretly slip away to the cafeteria and eat mashed potatoes. Now that I’m the exercise leader I have to do the exercises every day. If older sister can find a way for me to stop being the exercise leader, I would truly thank older sister.”
She delivered this statement quite skillfully, making it clear that she didn’t deliberately compete with her older sister while shifting the responsibility back to Ji Feifei. By doing this, she cleared herself of any blame, leaving their parents with nothing to find fault with her.
Ji Feifei pointed at Ji Bai and said, “It’s obvious that you were showing off on purpose, your movements were more precise than mine, that’s why the dean chose you to be the exercise leader!”
Ji Bai said, “Dad taught us from a young age to have fun when it’s time to play, however, when it’s time to study, we should do it seriously. Even if you unexpectedly don’t want to do the task, since you’ve chosen to do it, then you should do it wholeheartedly. Older sister, what’s the problem with that?”
Ji Feifei was left speechless and staring blankly for a long time. Afterwards, she shoved her mother, “Mom, you have to help me get justice!”
“Ji Bai!” Tao Jiazhi said, “Tomorrow, go tell the dean that you want to give up the exercise leader position to your sister! Your older sister isn’t in good health, you should let her have it!”
Just at that moment, an elderly voice came from outside the door, “No need to let her have it. I can see that she’s perfectly healthy and still have the energy to twist words and force logic.”3(强词夺理) – qiǎng cí duó lǐ – Shoving false arguments down people’s throats, also refers to unreasonable arguments, which is unreasonable and reasonable.
Everyone was slightly alarmed and Ji Mingzhi quickly opened the door. Old lady Ji walked in, leaning on a cane.
“Mom! Why are you here?”
“Grandmother.”
“Hello, grandmother.”
Old lady Ji entered the room and looked at the two sisters in the living room, saying, “The sound of your quarrel could be heard from outside the garden. Aren’t you ashamed?!”
Ji Feifei’s eyes immediately turned red and she cried out while sobbing, “Grandmother, Ji Bai, she…she bullied me! You must give me justice!”
Ji Bai clenched the pen in her hand. In her previous life, Ji Feifei had won the favor of the old lady with her sweet talk, while she had maintained a distant relationship with her due to fear. Old lady Ji’s affection towards her was also quite weak.
“Grandmother,” she cleverly called out to her.
Old lady Ji pulled her hand away from Ji Feifei’s grip. Those indifferent yet sharp dark brown eyes glanced at her, making her feel flustered. “Grandmother, why are you looking at me like this?”
Old lady Ji said loudly, “I was originally planning to have you participate in the company’s annual meeting this year. You’re the eldest sister in the family, and I wanted to introduce you to the people in the company. However, just a moment ago, I changed my mind. You can’t even maintain your own position. Once you lose it, you complain everywhere and in all directions. You rely on your own weaknesses to force others to accommodate you out of false modesty. This kind of person, I don’t want to invite someone like you.”
Old lady Ji looked towards Ji Bai and said, “Xiao Bai, you get ready to attend the company’s annual meeting at the end of the year.”
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