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
Chen Zhenheng – Principal of Dexin High School, Father of Chen Zheyang
Hi! So remember how there were descriptions like “pitch black eyes” and anything black to some characters eyes – well I made a mistake. They were actually describing the pupils and not the iris (the part that is colored). Will be fixing it when I have time. Sorry about this!
Cong Yuzhou walked in from the back door of the classroom carrying a basketball. He set the basketball down and leaned over Xie Sui, who was fast asleep on his desk, and reached out to pull at his bangs.
Jiang Zhongning made a neck-slitting motion at him, mouthing, “You’re done for.”
Xie Sui’s temper flares up when he wakes up from his sleep which most people can’t handle.
Cong Yuzhou had a crafty smile as he leaned in close to Xie Sui’s ear, softly whispering, “Xiao Bai wants to invite you to watch the movie in the auditorium this afternoon.”
Two seconds later, Xie Sui’s body suddenly moved mechanically. He lifted his head, his groggy and hazy light brown eyes carried a hint of sexiness
“What?”
Cong Yuzhou laughed, “Nothing, I was just kidding. You can go back to sleep.”
Xie Sui got up and lazily strolled to the balcony sink. He turned on the faucet and splashed water onto his face vigorously then kneaded his hair with his wet hands.
Cong Yuzhou leaned against the window, watching Xie Sui fix his hair, and nervously said, “If I tell him right now that the ‘Xiao Bai’ who invited him to the movie might not be the ‘Xiao Bai’ he’s thinking of, will he break my leg?”
Jiang Zhongning swallowed hard and patted Cong Yuzhou’s shoulder, “Bro, run for your life.”
So after Xie Sui “carefully dressed up”, he punctually waited at the school building which was the meeting place.
Not long after, Fang Yuebai appeared within his line of sight.
She was wearing an adorable little winter dress, her hair tied up in a ponytail, with a few strands of slightly curled hair framing her face, looking exceptionally charming.
She waved at Xie Sui, and his expression changed.
He looked up, and on the fifth floor balcony, Cong Yuzhou and Jiang Zhongning quickly withdrew their heads, fleeing from his sight.
Fang Yuebai held two tickets in her hand, nervously but excitedly saying to Xie Sui, “I thought you wouldn’t come.”
Her voice was soft and sticky, with a slight tremble.
Xie Sui was about to speak when, at that moment, Ji Bai with a bowl of mashed potatoes in her hand, walked over with her friends from the side path of the school building.
Under the sunlight, her dark brown eyes appeared exceptionally clear and beautiful. Even in a crowd, he could always spot her at a glance.
Ji Bai was chatting and laughing with her friends when she glanced over and saw Xie Sui with another unfamiliar girl, her words clearly slowed down for a moment.
After a slight pause, she continued talking with her friends about something, with a smile on her face.
Xie Sui’s gaze fell on her and couldn’t be drawn away.
Ji Bai passed by him, giving him a glance, but didn’t disturb him.
Xie Sui suddenly felt somewhat angry. He lifted his leg and walked towards the auditorium. Fang Yuebai followed behind him, calling out in confusion, “Hey, Xie Sui.”
Interestingly, Fang Yuebai not only looks like Ji Bai, but even her name and voice were quite similar.
This “Xie Sui” sent a shiver down his spine.
He slightly turned his head and said in a low voice, “Not watching a movie?”
Fang Yuebai was overjoyed and hurriedly chased after him, saying, “Wait for me!”
Before entering the classroom, Ji Bai couldn’t help but glance at the sports field. The young man’s figure was straight and tall, with Fang Yuebai following behind him like a small and obedient wife.
Ji Bai let out a soft sigh and turned back to the classroom.
Ji Bai recognized Fang Yuebai, her photo was even on the honor roll board. She was always in the top ten of the grade, very outstanding. She appeared refined and gentle, speaking in a soft and delicate manner.
Perhaps Xie Sui might like her.
Yin Xiaxia babbled beside Ji Bai, “Oh dear, oh dear, just a moment ago someone was saying who wasn’t worthy of being compared to someone else. Yet, not even half an hour later, someone’s already fooling around with another girl. Tsk, changing hearts so quickly just like a tornado.”
Ji Bai absentmindedly pushed her face away and casually said, “Go watch your movie; it’s about to start.”
“You’re really not going ah?”
“Not going. I have to do homework.”
If she went over now just to join in the fun, all her previous planning and effort would go to waste.
Yin Xiaxia and her friends went to the auditorium together. Not long after, Ji Bai received a text message, “Xie Sui sat with Fang Yuebai for less than two minutes and then left. Fang Yuebai is now sitting alone and wiping her tears!”
Ji Bai knew that Xie Sui was always like this; his temper was truly terrible.
But even so, Ji Bai couldn’t quite dislike him. When everyone else treated her well, it was only Xie Sui who treated her poorly, bullying her.
However, when the whole world abandoned her, it was only Xie Sui who opened his arms and held her tightly, protecting her.
……
Just as Ji Bai had expected, Ji Feifei received the movie ticket filled with girlish excitement and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.
Even though she wasn’t very interested in the movie or Chen Zheyang, her pride got the better of her, and she agreed.
From the “live stream” sent by Yin Xiaxia, the course of events unfolded just as Ji Bai had anticipated.
Ji Feifei arrived at the auditorium and sat down on her seat according to the ticket. When Chen Zheyang saw that it was her who had come, he was quite surprised. He even turned his head a few times, searching for Ji Bai’s figure.
“Fei Fei, it’s you ah?”
“Yeah, what’s the matter?”
“This ticket…did Ji Bai give it to you?”
Ji Feifei was instantly furious. She stood up and confronted him, “What do you mean by that?”
Chen Zheyang, thinking about Ji Feifei’s arrogant and willful attitude at dinner, believed she had taken Ji Bai’s movie ticket, as a result his expression turned cold——
“This ticket was what I gave to Ji Bai, how did it end up with you?”
Seeing the students whispering around them, Ji Feifei felt like she had lost all her face. Trembling with anger, she yelled at him, “Chen Zheyang, this is obviously the ticket you gave me. Are you still a man?! You can’t even admit that you like me!”
“I…….”
Chen Zheyang was also a boy who cared a lot about his face. Being exposed in public made his face turn red with shame. He lowered his voice and angrily questioned her, “Ji Feifei, what nonsense are you spouting?!”
“I’m talking nonsense? Everyone knows you like me, even Ji Bai knows! What are you pretending for ah?”
“Ji Feifei, have you gone mad?!” Chen Zheyang stubbornly refused to admit it, his shame turning into anger. “I’ve never said I liked you. In the future, I will not like you either. This ticket was meant for Ji Bai. I will never like a girl as overbearing as you!”
After saying this, Chen Zheyang stormed out of the auditorium.
The students in the auditorium looked at Ji Feifei in disbelief. It was difficult to imagine that the usually sunny and inspirational goddess Ji Feifei could lose her composure like this. However, upon closer look, ever since the day when she attacked Ji Bai on Weibo and ended up trending due to the collapse of her public image, Ji Feifei really did seem to have changed into a completely different person.
Or perhaps, everything in the past was all her pretending and now she was revealing a glimpse of her true nature.
When Ji Feifei noticed someone taking out their phone to take photos of her, she yelled at them, “What are you taking photos of?!”
However, her stern questioning only led to more people pulling out their phones, capturing her shameful performance, and starting to post on Weibo.
Ji Feifei could only cover her face in frustration and anger as she left the auditorium.
Through the blurry and chaotic video, Ji Bai watched everything with indifferent eyes.
All the sufferings she had endured in her previous life, she would make Ji Feifei experience them一一one at a time.
**
Xie Sui casually strolled to the basketball court, and Cong Yuzhou threw down the basketball, smiling at Xie Sui. “Brother Sui, weren’t you supposed to watch a movie with ‘Xiao Bai’? What happened? Did ‘Xiao Bai’ ditch you ah?”
Just mentioning it made Xie Sui have a belly full of angry. He lifted his leg and aimed a kick at Cong Yuzhou’s butt. Fortunately, this guy was quick to dodge, or else he might have taken a solid blow from his “life-threatening kick.”
“Brother Sui, don’t blame me for this ah. Who made her name sound so similar to the Xiao Bai from Class 1?” Cong Yu Zhou said, smiling mischievously.
“Don’t mention those two words in front of me from now on.” Xie Sui sat down by the backboard, a trace of irritability flickering in his eyes.
“What’s wrong again?”
“Saw the obvious.”
Just now, from Ji Bai’s indifferent expression, Xie Sui saw the obvious that she genuinely didn’t like him. No matter who he went to the movies with, she didn’t care.
Because she didn’t like him, she didn’t care. Whatever he did, wouldn’t make her feel anything.
“Fuck.”
Xie Sui laid down on the sports field, his hands spread open, allowing the glaring sunlight to shine on his face, appearing somewhat dejected.
Was he not charming enough? No, that couldn’t be it ah. He rated himself at a solid 98, with the remaining 2 points for modesty.
Was it because he was poor? That might be possible, but he definitely wouldn’t be poor forever. Xie Sui had enough confidence in himself. He even made up his mind that as long as Xiao Bai was willing to accept him, he would spend 90 out of 100 yuan that he earned on her, leaving the remaining 10 yuan to buy himself cigarettes.
Jiang Zhongning walked over with a bag of apples and said to Xie Sui, “These were given to my girlfriend by an admirer. She told me to share them with you guys.”
Cong Yuzhou grinned and looked through the several beautifully packaged red apples in the bag. “You’re even eating the apples from your love rival? Do you have any dignity left?”
Jiang Zhongning felt no pressure at all. He grabbed an apple and without bothering to wash it, took a bite and said without any hesitation, “Now do you understand that your Brother Zhongning’s charm knows no bounds?”
“Your girlfriend’s already taken and yet there are still people giving her gifts. Don’t tell me she’s seeing other people behind your back?”
“That can’t be. There are plenty of guys trying to steal her away. Has your sister-in-law ever paid attention to anyone?”
“You’re quite confident. Don’t come crying to us, older brothers, when things go south.”
“Bah, you jinx.”
Xie Sui was feeling unhappy and didn’t feel like listening to the two arguing, so he got up and left.
However, after taking a few steps, a certain someone sneakily turned back and silently swiped a big and round red apple from Jiang Zhongning’s bag.
Class 1 was the most prestigious class in Dexin High School. Even when the rest of the school’s students were on holiday, there were still many students left in Class 1’s classroom, immersed in their studies and diligently working on exercises.
Ji Bai was also one of them.
She sat by the window facing the hallway, appearing to be single-mindedly devoted to solving mathematical formulas on a paper. Her eyelashes were long, thick and curled, her braid rested on her shoulders, and her small ears were slightly red.
Xie Sui tapped on the window, and the girl, taken aback, lifted her head to see him. A trace of astonishment appeared in her eyes.
He seemed to have something to say, so Ji Bai stood up and pushed the window open from the inside.
“Xie Sui.”
Her voice carried a hint of grogginess, as if she hadn’t fully woken up from the complexities of the math problems yet, and her deer-like eyes were at a loss——
“Do you need something?”
Xie Sui waved the beautifully packaged red apple in his hand, “Want to eat?”
Ji Bai blinked her eyes and noticed a piece of paper stuffed inside the transparent bag. It read——
“Dear Wei Wei, Merry Christmas. I will love you forever.”
Ji Bai: ……
She had no idea where he got the apple from.
“No, thank you.” Ji Bai sat down, ready to continue working on her exercises.
Xie Sui knew she would say that and he didn’t feel like talking nonsense either. He took out a folding knife from his bag and started peeling the apple by the window.
The blade was sharp, producing a crisp sound as it sliced through the apple’s skin, peeling it layer by layer.
Ji Bai couldn’t help but glance at him and discovered that his hands were really beautiful. The back of his hand was fair, making the faint blue veins under his skin distinctly stand out. As his fingers moved, his knuckles slightly moved up and down.
It was hard to imagine that these beautiful hands had defeated countless opponents in the boxing ring, covered in blood.
“Eat.” Xie Sui handed the peeled apple through the window.
Ji Bai didn’t take it.
Seeing Ji Bai staring at his hands intently, he paused and patiently added, “I washed my hands, they aren’t dirty.”
Washed his hands, they aren’t dirty.
In the previous life, every time he came back from work and peeled fruit for her, he would always say such words. It seemed like he always felt that he was dirty. Before going to bed to sleep, he would take an hour-long shower just to hold her and sleep.
This sense of inferiority seemed to be deeply rooted in his bones, even though Ji Bai had reassured him countless times that it was okay, that she didn’t find him dirty and she didn’t mind.
But in Xie Sui’s eyes, she was too beautiful, as if merely touching her would taint her.
Ji Bai shook her head, banishing those thoughts from her mind. She shouldn’t dwell on the past too much because, in the present world, those things never happened.
Watching Xie Sui’s sincere gaze, Ji Bai took the white, pure and clear apple in his hand. She took a gentle bite, and the sweet juice quickly spread across her taste buds.
“Is it sweet?” Xie Sui asked expectantly.
Biting into the apple, Ji Bai nodded gently, lifting her moist eyes to look at him, “Xie Sui, the apple you peeled is especially sweet.”
A faint dimple appeared at the corner of her mouth, as if brimming with aged sweet alcohol.1Meaning: Her smile was sweet, alluring and intoxicating like aged sweet alcohol.
Xie Sui felt like his heart had been overwhelmed with sweetness.
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