Translated by: Queen Dei Mos
Novel Update Schedule: Monday
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
Director Qin – Director of Academic Affairs
Lu Weiwei – Girlfriend of Jiang Zhongning
“This thing, you…can you keep it a secret for me?”
Lu Weiwei’s face turned pale, her lips trembling uncontrollably, extremely nervous.
“Ding!” The elevator door opened, and Ji Bai silently walked in.
Lu Weiwei hurriedly followed her inside and grabbed Ji Bai’s sleeve, pleading, “Please, Ji Bai, please help me. By all means, please don’t tell anyone, or my reputation will be ruined!”
Ji Bai walked out on the first floor and entered the less crowded tea room, before speaking to her, “I can keep it a secret, but there’s a condition.”
A glimmer of hope flashed through Lu Weiwei’s eyes. “What condition? Just name it, I’ll agree to anything!”
Ji Bai was expressionless as she said, “Break up with Jiang Zhongning.”
Lu Weiwei slowly released her grip on her sleeve.
She widened her eyes, looked at Ji Bai, and incredulously said, “Y-you want me to break up with Zhongning? Why?!”
“Since your affection for him is overshadowed by your pursuit of material wealth, and he can’t provide you with the lifestyle you desire, why not break up?”
“I-I already know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong. I don’t want to break up.”
“Not breaking up, keeping him as a spare tire,1(Original Text): 备胎 – bèi tāi. (English): (literal) spare tire, (metaphorically) possible replacement for one’s current partner; back-up; fall-back; plan B partner – Wordsense are you going to keep riding on a donkey while looking for a horse?”2(Original Text): 骑驴找马 – qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ. (English): (figurative, colloquial) to settle for what one has for the moment (e.g. job, girlfriend, etc.) while actively looking for something better – Wordsense
“Ji Bai, your words are too harsh.”
“My words might be harsh, but your actions are even uglier.”
Ji Bai looked at her beautiful face and indifferently said, “I’m giving you only one option, either break up, or…”
She took out her phone from her bag, which already recorded the lewd jokes and banter from a moment ago between Duan Xingyu and his friends.
“I’ll make this public, don’t blame me for not giving you face.”
Lu Weiwei didn’t expect her to go so far as to record it. This was planned in advance ah!
She trembled all over, her voice couldn’t help but tremble as well, “Ji Bai, I originally thought you were a gentle and innocent girl. I didn’t expect you to be so scheming. Why do you have to destroy my relationship with Jiang Zhongning? You don’t even like him!”
“But I don’t want you to hurt him. Betrayal, once it happens the first time, it will happen a second time, a third time, and countless times…”
“But what does it have to do with you? Why are you doing this?”
Ji Bai turned her face to the side, gazing at the snow-capped mountains through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The sunlight poured in, and the snowy peaks shimmered with a sparkling radiance.
Why was she doing this?
Ji Bai thought for a moment, perhaps because…after her death, Jiang Zhongning was one of the few people who came to visit her, and even placed a bouquet of her favorite pure white gardenias at her lonely grave.
Those unintentional acts of kindness and goodness had once lit up her withered soul.
Lu Weiwei couldn’t possibly know about this. Now she looked at Ji Bai as if she were staring at a cunning and deeply scheming demon——
“Ji Bai, I suggest you show some kindness! Don’t push people towards the edge.”
Ji Bai’s gaze swept across her face like a sharp blade, making her heart skip a beat and instinctively causing her to step back.
But she heard Ji Bai slowly spelled out each word, “You haven’t experienced what I’ve been through, so what right do you have to suggest for me to show kindness?”
**
Throughout the afternoon, Duan Xingyu was absent-minded, occasionally scanning the area near the floor-to-ceiling window, searching for the girl’s figure.
However, Lu Weiwei never showed up.
He also knew that although his buddies didn’t say anything on the surface, every one of them was silently mocking him in their hearts.
Unable to contain his anger, Duan Xingyu sent a message to Lu Weiwei, asking why she hadn’t come to soak in the hot springs. But to his surprise, the response he received was…she had family matters to attend to and left West Heron Mountain Ridge ahead of schedule.
Duan Xingyu was about to feign concern for her, but unexpectedly when he sent out a caring message he received a blocked exclamation mark in response.
She actually unfriended him.
Duan Xingyu couldn’t hold back his anger, putting down his phone and muttering to himself, “Damn it, she was playing me ah.”
Ji Bai looked at Duan Xingyu’s gloomy face all night and found it quite satisfying.
She was quite satisfied with the current progress of the situation.
Lu Weiwei didn’t have the chance to cheat on Jiang Zhongning. Instead, they peacefully broke up. Although Jiang Zhongning might feel sad for a while, he wouldn’t vent his anger on others, let alone beat up that scumbag Duan Xingyu.
This way, he wouldn’t drop out of school, wouldn’t be sued, and certainly wouldn’t end up in jail……
Ji Bai felt that, since her rebirth, this was the most neat and tidy thing she had accomplished.
In the evening, feeling somewhat uneasy about Jiang Zhongning, she sent a message to Xie Sui, asking where he was at the moment..
Xie Sui’s reply was quite prompt: “Bar.”
“Drinking again?”
“Zhongning and her girlfriend broke up. I’m just having a few drinks with him to keep him company, not to get drunk.”
In the bar, Xie Sui looked at the screen of his phone, and a smile unconsciously crept onto his lips. That “drinking again” was clearly a sign of concern.
Jiang Zhongning glanced at Xie Sui with red eyes. Xie Sui’s smile immediately faded, and he pretended to be sad as he downed a glass, then patted his shoulder. “Just a woman, not important.”
Sitting on the other side, Cong Yuzhou really wanted to say, ‘Not important. Yet you grin like a dog as soon as you see Xiao Bai’s message ah.’
But he figured he’d get beaten up for saying that, so he swallowed his words.
Xie Sui casually sent Ji Bai his location, but he didn’t expect her to actually show up twenty minutes later.
The bar in this area was good, with a quiet and tasteful atmosphere. The singer on stage was peacefully and serenely singing a ballad, and the customers were quietly chatting in their respective places.
Xie Sui inadvertently turned his head and saw the girl walk in from the door.
She was wearing a white down jacket, bringing in a flurry of snow as she entered and exhaling white mist, with a few snowflakes adorning her hair.
Ji Bai took a seat in the empty chair next to Jiang Zhongning, gently patting his shoulder.
She hadn’t figured out what to say either. The last thing an upset person needed was comfort because others find it hard to understand the feelings of the person involved. Anything said would be meaningless.
Jiang Zhongning was drunk quite a bit, and his eyes were a little red. Seeing Ji Bai come over made him feel even more pain. There were many emotions he couldn’t vent in front of his gang of buddies, but facing a girl, the strong facade Jiang Zhongning had been holding up collapsed. He pulled Ji Bai closer and poured out his innermost feelings——
“I know she wants to stay in a five-star hotel. I told her I could afford it, that I earned the money myself, I could let her stay there. But she didn’t want to, she said she didn’t just want to stay in a nice hotel for the experience…”
Ji Bai understood Lu Weiwei’s inner struggle. She wanted to quickly elevate her status, but at this moment, Jiang Zhongning couldn’t fulfill her wish.
“I can give her everything. I earn money to give it all to her to use but she still resents me.”
“If you can pull yourself together, she’ll realize what she’s missed out on.”
Jiang Zhongning filled his glass with alcohol again, and at the same time, he picked up another glass and poured until it was half full for Ji Bai as well. “Xiao Bai, just for what you said, I’ll drink to you.”
Xie Sui extended his hand and leisurely pushed the glass away. “Underage people shouldn’t drink. I’ll drink for her.”
Cong Yuzhou laughed, “Are you her dad or her boyfriend? Why bother so much?”
“Yeah, you drink yours, and let Xiao Bai drink hers, unless Xiao Bai recognizes you as her dad.”
“She already has a dad. Why would she recognize Brother Sui? But Xiao Bai, you don’t have a boyfriend, right? Our Brother Sui is handsome and healthy, won’t you consider it?”
When Ji Bai came over, a few boys started some harmless jokes, dispelling the heavy atmosphere, and Jiang Zhongning’s mood also improved a lot.
Xie Sui held up Ji Bai’s glass with his fingertips, a smile playing at the corners of his eyes. “Do you want a dad or a boyfriend? Choose one.”
Ji Bai gave him a glare and scoffed, “Why would I make such a weird choice?”
Xie Sui’s eyes were tinged with a hint of drunkenness as he playfully teased, “If you don’t choose, I can’t help drink for you anymore.”
Ji Bai took the glass from Xie Sui’s hand. “Who asked you to help me drink anyway?”
A bunch of arrogant brats, treating her like she’s a minor. In fact, her ages from two lifetimes combined could probably make her their dad.
Xie Sui’s words were initially a joke, but he didn’t expect Ji Bai to actually tilt her head back and down the entire drink in one go.
“Hey!”
He quickly snatched the glass away, but it was too late. Not a drop of beer was left in the little girl’s glass.
Xie Sui snapped and patted her on the back of her head, “Who the hell said you could drink?”
Ji Bai rubbed the back of her head and shot him an annoyed glance. “I said I could.”
Xie Sui slammed the beer glass upside down on the table and pulled Ji Bai over to him, his gloomy as he asked, “Smoking and drinking…Who taught you these things?”
“Why are you asking?”
“I’ll kill him.”
“……”
Here it comes again, Ji Bai really wanted to say, ‘Then please go ahead and kill yourself.’
“Not allowed to drink until you’re an adult. Even then, if I’m not around, it’s still not allowed.”
Xie Sui kept a stern face, trying to scare her. “If I catch you again, I’ll break your legs.”
He was already born with a fierce appearance. His short temper combined with a broken eyebrow, made him look even more menacing.
However, Ji Bai was already not afraid of him. To her, he was just like a dog barking, all bark and no bite.
In the bar, his friends accompanied Jiang Zhongning all night, eventually soothing his broken heart. Jiang Zhongning pulled himself together, saying he would listen to Ji Bai and work hard to make Lu Weiwei realize what she had missed out on.
Ji Bai actually liked these friends of Xie Sui. Unlike the group of dandies around Chen Zheyang, these boys, despite their unruly and wild appearances, were hardworking, confident, upright, and kind.
Xie Sui had no idea that Ji Bai couldn’t hold her alcohol at all.
Even Ji Bai herself didn’t realize this.
She thought one beer wouldn’t do any harm but as the alcohol slowly took effect, she began to feel a bit dizzy. Wanting to go to the restroom, she hopped off the bar stool, only for her whole person to fall head first.
If it weren’t for Xie Sui’s quick reflexes catching her, she might have had a hard fall.
Ji Bai, whose center of gravity became unstable, instinctively grabbed onto Xie Sui’s neck, trying to steady herself.
“Huh…?”
She seemed puzzled herself, letting out a heavy sigh, “Why’s everything spinning?”
Dizzy, she leaned against Xie Sui, burying her face in his chest and weakly calling out, “Xie Sui?”
He responded with a grunt, “Here.”
“Where are you?”
“……”
I’m freaking being held by you!
Xie Sui frowned. This girl…unexpectedly got drunk?
Ji Bai was indeed really drunk, and not just a little. Her cheeks were flushed and she was so dizzy that she couldn’t tell which way was north anymore.
The sweet fragrance coming from her body reached into his nose, causing him to rub it and feel something stirring up in his body.
Cong Yuzhou was dumbfounded and stared at the Ji Bai’s glass that was upside down. He grabbed the glass, examined it and incredulously said, “Brother Sui, did you drug her drink?”
“…Roll.”
He couldn’t even bear to let her drink alcohol, how could he drug her?
Hearing the words “drug” Ji Bai lost it and gave him a hard kick with her foot.
Xie Sui winced in pain, his mouth twitching. “Fuck!”
“Xie Sui, where are you?! Help…help me ah!” Ji Bai staggered as she tried to run out. “They drugged me!”
Xie Sui grabbed her collar, keeping her from moving, as she flailed about incessantly.
“Don’t panic, I’m right here.” He pulled the girl back into his arms and gently soothed her, “No one drugged you, just get some sleep and you’ll be fine.”
Ji Bai saw that the young man in front of her was indeed Xie Sui. She reached out and hugged his neck dependently, flustered and at a loss. “Xie Sui, you absolutely…absolutely don’t send me back, I’ll die…”
Xie Sui frowned. “What nonsense are you talking about?”
The girl nestled into the crook of his neck, finding a comfortable position and peacefully closed her eyes. She even nuzzled her cheek against him.
Xie Sui’s scalp became limp and numb.
He looked at his buddies for help, “This…what should I do?”
The guys exchanged looks, their faces revealing envy and jealousy.
This problem was way beyond the realm of understanding for single dogs and virgins.
Xie Sui lowered his gaze, looking at the girl in his arms.
Her skin was fair with a rosy tint, her lips moist like cherries, and her delicate eyelashes quivered gently……
His eyes darkened as it filled with turbulent undercurrents.
Xie Sui was definitely not a man of honor, nor was he ever a gentleman.
Without hesitation, he bundled her up and carried her on his shoulders, leaving the bar and heading towards his hotel.
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