Translated by: Queen Dei Mos
Update Schedule: Sporadic
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
Ai Xiaoxiao – MC’s close friend
Xu Huan – MC’s close friend
Yin Xiaxia – MC’s close friend
Madam Cheng – ML’s birth mother
Chen Zheyang – Childhood friend of MC and Ji Feifei?
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Ever since that incident, Ji Bai deliberately distanced herself from Xie Sui.
Recalling her previous life, she often flipped through the news articles that Xie Sui had kept about the accident. Whenever she saw the mangled wreck of the racing car being pulled up from the cliff in those articles, she felt a…heart-pounding fear.
She couldn’t determine whether the incident was intentional or accidental. Even after experiencing the incident involving Yao Wu, she didn’t know whether Xie Sui had truly escaped a disaster.
In the previous life, Ji Bai had almost no interaction with Xie Sui during high school. Much of the information she knew came from his fragmented accounts later on.
But now, her interactions with Xie Sui were increasing, and she couldn’t predict where the future would lead. She feared this uncertainty because the only thing she could currently control was her own life.
The day Ji Bai encountered Chen Zheyang was one of the rare sunny days in winter.
As she was unlocking her bike chain, she heard a clear and lively voice from behind her, saying, “Ji Bai?”
Ji Bai turned around to see Chen Zheyang, who was standing in front of her with a school bag slung over one shoulder and pushing his bike. He still had the appearance of a young man, with distinct black and white eyes, handsome features, and a pair of slightly upturned peach blossom eyes. He wore a smile as warm as spring, “I didn’t expect to meet you on the first day of my transfer to Dexin High School, ah.”
Chen Zheyang was Ji Bai’s childhood sweetheart, and he was the only boy she had ever liked during her youth. Of course, it was the kind of like that she kept hidden in her heart.
Chen Zheyang was exceptionally outstanding. In his sophomore year, he transferred to Dexin High School, and for the next two years, he consistently held the top position in his grade. It wasn’t until the college entrance examination that he became the city’s top scorer in the science category.
Coming from a wealthy family, he was the typical wealthy young master. He was elegant and refined, cautious in his words and actions, and possessed good manners. When he interacted with girls, he exuded gentlemanly charm, making people feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.
No girl could resist the charm of such a boy, including Ji Bai, who was in her youth when she was just getting to know about love. On the night after the college entrance examination, Chen Zheyang confessed his feelings to Ji Bai, and the two, having been admitted to the same university, naturally became a couple.
Ji Bai even felt that Chen Zheyang was the only bright color in her otherwise gloomy life.
Until later……
Chen Zheyang repeatedly urged Ji Bai to go to the hospital to donate blood for Ji Feifei. He comforted her, telling her that these were things she should do. He told her that the Ji Bai he liked was a kind and gentle girl who would never ignore her older sister’s life or death.
It was only when Ji Bai was at death’s door that Chen Zheyang finally revealed the truth to her——
Chen Zheyang had feelings for Ji Feifei, because Ji Feifei was delicate and could fulfill all his fantasies of a princess and her hero.1Original Translation had princes and heroes, which doesn’t make sense so I went with this one
The reason he chose to be with Ji Bai was to silently stay by Ji Feifei’s side in this way. He felt he was being incredibly noble, even willing to sacrifice his own happiness for the sake of love.
Later on, he repeatedly persuaded Ji Bai into donating blood. Initially he coaxed and deceived her then resorted to blackmail, and eventually forcefully dragged her to the hospital.
For the sake of fulfilling his self-proclaimed noble mission for love, he sacrificed Ji Bai.
Like his parents and Ji Feifei, he was essentially a blood-sucking devil using emotional manipulation to obtain what he wanted.
……
“Hey, Xiao Bai, don’t you recognize me? I’m Brother Zheyang ah.” Chen Zheyang rubbed the back of his head. “We haven’t seen each other in so many years. Why, don’t you recognize me?”
Ji Bai’s eyes slightly chilled, and indifferently said, “How could I not recognize Brother Zheyang?”
That hypocritical and detestable face of his, she would recognize it even if it turned to ashes.
“I didn’t expect that after so many years, you’ve grown so tall. I almost didn’t recognize you.”
Chen Zheyang walked over, wanting to reach out and pat Ji Bai’s head, but Ji Ba agilely moved away.
Sensing Ji Bai’s indifference towards him, Chen Zheyang was a bit puzzled. “What’s the matter? After so many years, has Brother Zheyang become a stranger to you?”
“People change.” Ji Bai turned away. “I’m not the same person I used to be either.”
In the previous life, Ji Bai liked Chen Zheyang, openly and clearly. Chen Zheyang knew it too, so he kept her hanging until he made a firm decision to “sacrifice for love”. Only then did he choose to “confess” to Ji Bai. At that time, Ji Bai thought her love had arrived,
She was immersed in the delight of love, not knowing it was a scam.
Ji Bai pushed her bike to leave, Chen Zheyang stayed by her side, and walked out of the school campus together.
“By the way, did you know that tomorrow our Ji and Chen families are having dinner together? Did you know about this?”
“I didn’t know.”
“Well, consider this as me telling you in advance. You must come, and your older sister too.”
Speaking of Ji Feifei, Chen Zheyang’s expression softened a lot. “By the way, is her condition getting better? It’s really pitiful, having such an illness. Bai Bai, as her younger sister, you should take care of her.”
In Ji Bai’s heart, she was thinking, why was she so foolish in the previous life? How did she not see Chen Zheyang’s sincere feelings for Ji Feifei?
“I have something to do, so I’ll be leaving.” Ji Bai didn’t want to waste more words with Chen Zheyang. She hopped on her bike, ready to leave.
“Wait a minute.” Chen Zheyang stood in front of Ji Bai, looking puzzled. “Bai Bai, did I do something wrong? Why does it feel like you’re…different from before?”
“It’s nothing. I need to go home and do my homework.” Ji Bai’s attitude remained indifferent. “Please step aside, okay?”
Chen Zheyang truly sensed that something was wrong. Being seen as an almost flawlessly perfect boy in others’ eyes, he naturally had to get to the bottom of things and understand what was going on.
“Did I do something to upset you? Is that why you’re treating me like this?” He stood in front of Ji Bai, not intending to let her leave easily. “Explain yourself, or else I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”
“Whether you can sleep or not, what does it have to do with me?”
Just then, Xie Sui, along with Cong Yuzhou and a few others, rode mountain bikes out of the school.
Xie Sui saw a male and a female quarreling endlessly not far from the roadside. The boy stood in front of Ji Bai, seemingly bothering her.
Xie Sui’s eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of anger accumulating in his eyes.
Cong Yuzhou said, “It seems like quite a few people have their eyes on Xiao Bai from Class 1. Brother Sui, don’t you care?”
Xie Sui, with an expressionless face, said, “Laozi isn’t that pathetic.”
Since Ji Bai was unwilling to acknowledge him and kept her distance, he unexpectedly didn’t want to keep pestering her and make an embarrassing situation.
Xie Sui hopped on his bike, rode directly past the two of them, and even whistled a long tune as he went by.
Ji Bai saw Xie Sui’s figure swiftly passing by, and her heart was momentarily startled. However, she quickly regained her composure. It seemed like he wasn’t going to meddle in other people’s business too much, and that was for the best.
Xie Sui slowed down the speed of his bike, and a voice in his heart kept saying——
“If you make a sound, laozi will come back to help you.”
“Even yelling my name would be fine.”
“I’ll help you, just call out for me.”
The girl nervously bit her lip, stubbornly remaining silent.
“Damn it.”
In the end, he couldn’t rest easy.
Xie Sui turned his bike around, aggressively charging towards Chen Zheyang. As he passed by Chen Zheyang’s bike parked on the roadside, he casually picked it up and forcefully hurled it at a sycamore tree in front of him.
A loud “clang” echoed as Chen Zheyang’s bike collided with the tree, severely distorting the entire wheel.
Chen Zheyang was startled by this sudden and unexpected turn of events. He looked at Xie Sui with confusion and asked, “What are you doing?!”
Xie Sui stepped on the brakes and his feet touched the ground. His eyes carried a hint of fierceness as he coldly stared at Chen Zheyang, “Do you have a problem with that?”
Ji Bai took advantage of this opportunity and quickly got on her bike, preparing to leave immediately. However, Chen Zheyang’s hand fell onto Ji Bai’s shoulder, “Xiao Bai, wait a moment…”
“Get your dirty hands off me.”
Xie Sui suddenly became angry, threw down his bike, and walked over, ready to teach Chen Zheyang a lesson.
Ji Bai feared a repeat of the incident with Yao Wu. Chen Zheyang, however, wasn’t someone like Yao Wu. He came from a wealthy and influential family, and offending him wouldn’t be a good idea.
She stood in front of Xie Sui. “This is my business, you don’t need to get involved.”
The anger in Xie Sui’s eyes gradually subsided, replaced by an indescribable chill.
“Say it again, I don’t need to get involved?”
“You don’t need to concern yourself with my affairs, Xie Sui.”
Ji Bai didn’t dare to look into his eyes and hurriedly pushed her bike to leave.
At this moment, Cong Yuzhou and Jiang Zhongning also ran over, “Alright, it’s not a big deal. You’re a new student who just transferred here, right? We don’t want trouble with you. We’ll compensate you for the bike, okay?”
Chen Zheyang, being new, didn’t want to argue with this group of people either. Seeing Ji Bai leave, he didn’t want to waste more time. He pushed his bike and left, his eyes filled with disdain.
He disdained getting into an argument with them. After all, they were all scums from the bottom of society, pulling down his status.
Xie Sui was very familiar with the disdain in Chen Zheyang’s eyes. He had seen this kind of look many times before from those self-proclaimed upper-class individuals who loved to look at him with such eyes.
Xie Sui’s hand clenched into a fist, with veins standing out on the back of his hand.
The girl he admired and longed for, that beautiful, pure and clean girl like the first fall of snow, would she really look down on him for coming from the lower class?
Xie Sui rode his bike and left without saying a word.
Behind him, Cong Yuzhou and Jiang Zhongning exchanged puzzled looks, not understanding what was going on with him again.
**
Ji Bai returned home, and Ji Feifei was standing in front of a full-length mirror trying on a dress. The dress was a light pink fringed design, and she twirled the hem of the dress, admiring her reflection in the mirror.
“Mom, will Brother Zheyang leave again this time after returning from the United States?”
“I heard that he won’t.” Tao Jiazhi said. “In the future, he will completely stay in the country.”
“That’s great. This way, we can see Brother Zheyang more often in the future.”
“Yeah, according to Uncle Chen, he specifically requested to transfer to Dexin High School because both of his younger sisters were there.”
“Really, Mom, I’m so happy.”
Ji Bai knew that Ji Feifei’s interest in Chen Zheyang couldn’t compare to her interest in Xie Sui. One was a cheerful and sunny older brother next door while the other was a cold and rogue-like young man. Girls like Ji Feifei, who had never lacked love from childhood to adulthood, were more willing to devote their love to melt the latter.
However, Ji Feifei also knew that her younger sister, Ji Bai, had secretly admired Chen Zheyang since childhood, and the person Chen Zheyang liked was her. This made her feel incredibly satisfied.
Ji Feifei would often tease Ji Bai with this fact, breaking her heart. This made Ji Feifei feel that she was very charming and had a sense of accomplishment.
Seeing Ji Bai pass by with an expressionless face, Ji Feifei deliberately wanted to provoke her and said, “Bai Bai, Brother Zheyang is back. Just a moment ago, he came to see me and even brought me a box of foreign chocolates. Bai Bai, don’t be shy, take some to eat.”
The chocolates were placed on the coffee table, exquisitely packaged and tied with a pretty velvet ribbon, giving the impression that they were quite expensive.
In the previous life, Ji Bai had been heartbroken over the chocolates that her crush had given to her sister. She had even hidden in her blanket and cried many nights because of it, brooding over it for a long time.
However, now Ji Bai’s heart remained completely unaffected. She was prepared for this moment and took out an identical box of chocolates she had just bought from an imported goods store, saying to Ji Feifei, “Thanks, older sister. I ran into Brother Zheyang earlier, and he also gave me a box. But I’m not a fan of chocolates. If you like them, feel free to have them. If you can’t finish them, just throw them away. No need to return them to me.”
After saying that, she placed the chocolates down and went upstairs to her room.
Ji Feifei, holding the hem of her dress, suddenly tightened her grip. Just now, Chen Zheyang had come to see her and explicitly said he was giving it only to her, but unexpectedly, he turned around and gave another box to Ji Bai!
Ji Bai knew very well that her dignified pride couldn’t bear it if a boy who admired her treated another girl the same way he treated her.
In truth, Ji Bai found all of this quite boring. If Ji Feifei hadn’t flaunted the chocolates in front of her, Ji Bai wouldn’t have even taken out the box of chocolates she bought.
But Ji Feifei clearly said it with malicious intent, aiming to break her heart. In that case, Ji Bai wasn’t going to just sit back and do nothing
Those who live by the sword, die by the sword.2Those who commit violent acts must expect to suffer violence themselves – Oxford This has been the truth since ancient times.
T/N:
Hi! I am almost done with my other project. As such I will be able to focus on this novel. The next chapter is kind of long so it might take a while.
My random comments: The new character is such a scum, I really am so sorry for Ji Bai. (o*｡_｡)oﾍﾟ
On another note, did ya’ll see the what our Ji Bai did? So proud of her. Will we be seeing more of Ji Bai’s revenge soon? I’m so excited for some face-slapping! (੭ु ›ω‹ )੭ु⁾⁾♡
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