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 – Ex-girlfriend of Jiang Zhongning
Assistant Qin – Assistant of Old Lady Ji
Ji Jing – Cousin from Eldest Uncle (Brother of Ji Mingzhi)
Li Chen – Young master of the Li Group
The ones in bold were written as is in the original text.
At the end of March, the Ji Group would have a dinner party for charity, and the Old Madam Ji sent invitations to the sisters Ji Bai and Ji Feifei, inviting them to attend.
Over the phone, Old Madam Ji told Ji Bai that she could bring a friend along.
At first, Ji Bai didn’t quite understand what the old lady meant. She thought she could bring along a girl friend. The old lady let out a good natured laugh and said, it wasn’t about bringing a girl. If she had a boyfriend, she could bring him along because everyone attending would be in pairs, and gentlemen would be unlikely to let ladies be alone.
It finally dawned on Ji Bai that her grandmother meant for her to bring a date.
“Last time at the annual meeting, I saw you getting along well with that young man from the Li family. I heard your older sister Ji Jing say that she’s interested in inviting him. If you get along with him, you should make a move.”
Ji Bai suddenly realized that the old Madam Ji was giving her a heads-up. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “It doesn’t matter. Since older sister Ji Jing wants to invite Brother Li Chen, I won’t compete with her.”
Old Lady Ji laughed, “Grandma knows you’re a sweet child, but some things, like boyfriends, or your future, you have to fight for yourself. If you don’t do anything, good things won’t come to you on their own, understand?”
Ji Bai understood the underlying meaning of the old lady’s words. As for her future, she would naturally strive for it but as for boyfriends…grandmother must have misunderstood and thought there was something between her and Li Chen.
“Grandma…”
“Alright, I won’t say much. It’s up to you, just make sure you’re not going alone. If you don’t want to ask Li Chen, you can invite a classmate or good friend from school. If he doesn’t have a suit, give grandma a call, grandma will arrange it for him.”
“Yes, thank you, grandma.”
Barely after Ji Bai hung up the phone, she received a text from Chen Zheyang, inviting her——
“Bai Bai, did you invite someone for the charity dinner party? If not, I’d like to go with you.”
If Ji Bai wanted to make Ji Feifei suffer, she could certainly agree to Chen Zheyang’s invitation. But now, Ji Bai didn’t want to endure the nausea of being around Chen Zheyang just to spite Ji Feifei. She wasn’t worth it.
Ji Bai straightforwardly declined: “Sorry, I already invited someone.”
Chen Zheyang seemed quite disappointed and replied, “Oh, okay. I guess I was too late.”
Ji Bai put her phone down and continued to do her exercises, not giving the matter much thought. Later that night, to her surprise, Li Chen sent her a message, inquiring if she had invited someone yet, and suggesting they could go to the dinner party together.
Judging from the current situation, it seemed like Li Chen was the most sought-after person. Even Ji Jing, the older cousin who was always arrogant and looked down on her peers, wanted to invite Li Chen.
Yet, Li Chen invited Ji Bai.
Putting down her pen, Ji Bai looked outside the window. Night had fallen, and the city’s lights flickered to life. A light rain had left the streets glistening wet.
Without hesitation, she replied to Li Chen, “Sorry, Brother Li Chen, but I’ve already invited a friend.”
“That’s too bad.” Li Chen half-jokingly replied. “Well, if there’s another chance, we can go together.”
“Okay.”
After rejecting Li Chen, Ji Bai felt a heavy weight lift off her chest, as if she had finally relieved herself of a burden.
Later, Ji Bai learned from Ji Feifei’s intentional or unintentional boasting that she would likely attend the dinner party with Chen Zheyang. She was immeasurably self-satisfied as she believed herself to be Chen Zheyang’s first choice, and even boasted about it to Ji Bai.
Ji Bai didn’t directly expose Ji Feifei face to face, sparing her from the embarrassment. Now, Ji Feifei was like a stranded shark, struggling desperately, completely unqualified to be her opponent.
In the afternoon, Ji Bai went to the Yifu Building to submit her report. Passing by the second-floor terrace, she saw the young man sitting alone on the steps, holding an English book and struggling to read.
His head hung low, a few strands of thin hair covered his broad forehead. Bathed in sunlight, his light brown eyes were as clear and beautiful as glass marbles, but his expression showed a bit of confusion——
“L…oyal, loyal.”
Ji Bai slightly pursed her lips and strolled over to Xie Sui, asking, “Why are you studying here ah?”
Hearing the girl’s voice, Xie Sui’s lips involuntarily curved into a smile. He explained, “I don’t want others to see me.”
Ji Bai sat down beside him and joked, “So you’re kind of…the legendary scheming boy who secretly studies to get ahead.”
Xie Sui casually ruffled her hair. “Laozi just doesn’t want to be laughed at by them.”
To think that Xie Sui, who always ranked last in their grade, would unexpectedly one day be dead set on English textbooks. If word got out, it would really make a bunch of the delinquent boys laugh their heads off.
“Besides, I’m not good at studying.” Xie Sui complained, flipping through the English textbook. “Studying is so fucking hard, it’s more enjoyable to box.”
Ji Bai looked over at his study materials and saw that he had circled countless words he didn’t know how to say with a red pen.
Despite his attitude, he was still serious about it, and as a result Ji Bai decided to lend a hand.
“What word don’t you know?”
“This one.”
“This is pronounced impress.'”
“And this one?”
“Intelligent。” “Intelligent.”
“How about this one?”
……
A sweet fragrance filled Xie Sui’s senses. Looking down at the girl beside him, he saw her soft profile and the delicate strands of hair falling over her temples. Under the sunlight, her long and fine eyelashes seemed to glow.
“This one is pronounced gorgeous, it means beautiful.”
Xie Sui gazed at her soft and rosy lips, his Adam’s apple slightly bobbed. It felt like a gentle feather tickling his heart, making it itch, but he couldn’t scratch it.
He thought, just this once, after this one time, even if Ji Bai killed him for it, he would willingly accept it.
So, without another word, he leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss.
Ji Bai’s words suddenly got stuck in her throat. Her eyes went wide as she stared at the young man’s suddenly enlarged handsome features. His soft and warm lips lingered on hers, and with every subtle movement, Ji Bai’s body and heart couldn’t help but faintly tremble.
Xie Sui was wholeheartedly kissing her, as if the end of the world would happen the next second, almost swallowing her whole.
Ji Bai tightly clenched her teeth, no matter how the young man teased and pried, she didn’t let him in. Xie Sui held the back of her head then gently sucked on her lower lip, like licking a never-melting rainbow candy, he obsessively licked her up.
Ji Bai’s mind went blank for a while before she came to her senses. She forcefully pushed him away, angrily stood up, and glared at him with puffed-up cheeks like an angry dove.
“Xie Sui! Pervert! Bastard! Have you forgotten what you promised me…”
Having kissed enough, Xie Sui started to feel a little terrified. He got up and held her hand. “I’m sorry ah.”
“Every time you…”
Every time he forcibly kissed her, he would say sorry, but it was clear he didn’t mean it at all. Ji Bai was both furious and frustrated, and left.
Xie Sui chased after her, looking down at her pink lips, now swollen and red from the kiss, wet with the traces of his ravaging.
Xie Sui’s heart itched unbearably, but he forcefully suppressed the desire to do it again.
“Xiao Bai…” He acted miserable, tugging on her slender wrist, “Don’t be angry, okay?”
Ji Bai was breathing hard, her chest rising and falling rapidly with anger as she landed a hard punch on him.
Her small fist hit his firm chest, causing almost no harm, only managing to hurt her own hand.
Ji Bai grimaced, pulled her hand back, and shook her fist.
Xie Sui promptly grabbed her hand and gently massaged it with concern, unable to help but laugh. “Hey, why don’t you try kicking me with your leg, aim for the lower part, I would definitely be in pain.”
Ji Bai, truly furious, was about to stretch her leg and kick him right in the middle, aiming to knock him over.
However, thinking of how pitiful he was in the previous life, Ji Bai couldn’t have the heart to do it and pulled her hand back, turning to leave.
“Xie Sui, I will never pay attention to you again.”
“Those words, you’ve said them many times before.”
“I…I mean it this time!”
Ji Bai angrily turned back and glared at him. “If you see me at school in the future, you…you better make a detour!”
Throughout Dexin High School, there were quite a few people who would avoid Xie Sui when they saw him, but no one has ever had the guts to tell Xie Sui to stay away from them.
Xie Sui licked his lower lips and said while smiling. “Okay, as long as you calm down, I’ll avoid you if I see you.”
Ji Bai walked out of the Yifu Building and into the garden. She leaned against a wall covered in moss and covered her mouth with her hand.
The young man’s kiss, like his fervent and extreme personality, was incredibly intense, capable of stirring up desire in a matter of minutes.
Recalling the suffocating few minutes just now, Ji Bai felt as if she were floating on cloud nine.
Her lips still felt a bit numb.
She found it hard to imagine what it would feel like if she opened her mouth and let him in. It would be like turning the world upside down.
In short, Xie Sui was just a scoundrel!
She pulled out two invitation letters from her school bag, both sent by Assistant Qin. One addressed to her name, Ji Bai, while the other had no name.
She had almost taken it out earlier. Now, she had no intention of inviting that scoundrel to the dinner party!
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