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Eleventh Period (1)
T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Zhou Yanli took her back his place.
The hotel was by the roadside, the interior very simple. Aside from a bed, two chairs, and a TV, there was nothing else.
Young Master Zhou coming here can also be considered getting a taste of rural X-change.
He swiped the room key and opened the door. The slippers prepared by the hotel, he didn’t wear, because of finding them dirty, so separately bought a pair for himself.
He put down the slippers and placed them by Jiang Huihui’s feet, “Wear mine.”
Meanwhile, he put on the hotel slippers than he’d previously found dirty.
He furrowed his brows, with a disgusted look on his face, “Are these slippers really for people to wear?”
When Jiang Huihui heard, she let out a soft laugh.
Zhou Yanli looked down at her.
Jiang Huihui immediately stopped smiling, timidly apologizing to him, “So-sorry, just now, I…….”
However, Zhou Yanli wasn’t the least bit angry, instead relaxing a breath, “It’s good that you’re smiling.”
Just now, seeing her with a gloomy look the whole way, unwilling to speak, he was also scared that she might do something rash in the moment.
Zhou Yanli turned on the room lights and walked in, randomly throwing the room key on the table. He then went into the bathroom and turned on the hot water.
Watching his busy figure, that bit of wariness in Jiang Huihui’s heart also began to slowly dispel.
Unknown as to why, she had an unusual sense of trust towards him.
Zhou Yanli originally planned on leaving this room to her, while he separately open a room next door.
But, he glanced at that simple window. With a light push, the entire thing was practically about to fall apart, not even having a security mesh.
TN: All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Pingjiang in this era was still very backwater, the public security naturally also poor, especially for this kind of hotel.
Zhou Yanli thought for a moment and used the two chairs to piece together a simple bed, “You sleep on the bed, I’ll sleep on the chair, alright?”
He even specially had the chairs placed in a corner farthest from the bed.
Jiang Huihui looked at the chairs that weren’t even as tall as him combined. Moreover, that chair was made of wood and didn’t even have a cushion.
He and Zhou Jinwei were two extremes. One had all his thoughts written on his face, while the other was reserved and composed, never showing his emotions.
Zhou Yanli saw the guilt on her face. He pushed her into the bathroom, forcibly interrupting her before her emotions could boil over, “Alright, it’s getting late. There’s still class tomorrow. Go take a bath first, and then go to sleep.”
He took the cigarette and lighter and went out to smoke.
This place truly was desolate, not a soul in sight. He’d just been here for half a month and already couldn’t stand it anymore.
But, his mom lived in this kind of place for nearly twenty years.
Thinking to here, Zhou Yanli strangely felt irritated, inhaling two heavy puffs of smoke, thinking that he should still find time to go home and have that ten year-old maternal uncle of his beaten up.
Sound came from the inside. Most likely, she’d finished showering. Zhou Yanli extinguished the cigarette and waited for the smell on him to dissipate before going in.
Inside the room, Jiang Huihui who’d finished showering was sitting by the table and doing her homework.
He frowned. He didn’t expect that she liked studying to this degree, “Look at what time it is already, doing it tomorrow is also the same.”
She held the pen, writing down the answer one by one in order, “The first class tomorrow is math class. The teacher will do spot check. If not finished, will get points deducted.”
Zhou Yanli teased her, “A honor student is even scared of getting points deducted?”
Jiang Huihui lifted her head and looked him, “It’s your homework.”
“……”
She originally wanted to help him check his homework, yet found that the worksheet was even cleaner than her pocket, without a single word written on there.
Including his name.
“Who cares, even if it all gets deducted, it also doesn’t matter.” Zhou Yanli took the homework from her, randomly tossing it aside, urging her, “Quickly go sleep, look at how swollen your eyes are.”
Jiang Huihui momentarily hesitated. Thinking it over, she still reminded him, “You only got 8 points on the quiz last time.”
He indifferently replied, “8 points, how auspicious.”
Jiang Huihui: “…….”
Zhou Yanli took out clothes and a towel from the closet, “You go to sleep first, I’ll be back soon.”
Jiang Huihui asked him, “Where are you going?”
“The hotel has a public bath downstairs. I’m going to go wash up. I’ve locked the door from the inside, and only I have the key. Don’t be scared, aside from me, no one else can come in.”
After saying this, he just opened the door and left.
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That public bathhouse downstairs truly was worthy of the word ‘public’ in its name.
Aside from the men’s and women’s bath being separate, everyone for the most part were all ‘open and honest with each other’.
It was Young Master Zhou’s first time coming to this kind of place. It was practically more unbearable than killing him.
An older man came in with a scrubbing towel, asking if he wanted a back scrub, just five yuan.
Zhou Yanli hadn’t even put on his clothes when this person suddenly barged in.
His face was full of anger, cussing in annoyance, “Scrub my ass scrub!”
The man held up the scrubbing towel, “Five yuan for scrubbing the whole body, ass included.”
Zhou Yanli endured and endured in order for his fist to not land on the other party’s nose bridge.
What the f#$%.
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Coming to a completely unfamiliar environment, Jiang Huihui was unable to fall asleep, her entire mind filled with her mom’s scolding earlier.
This was even her first time running away from home.
She turned over under the blanket, not knowing what to do. She can’t just stay outside forever and continuously rely on Zhou Yanli.
Although………she had feeling, as long as she asks, no matter what, Zhou Yanli would all agree.
Did she really look a lot like his mom? Or could it be that he had some mental problems? Perhaps he’d suffered from some severe trauma?
While she was lost in thought, the sound of the door opening came from outside.
Jiang Huihui tightly covered herself with the blanket in fright.
All the way until the door opened and she saw Zhou Yanli come in with an unsightly look on his face.
His hair wasn’t completely dry yet, still carrying a bit of moisture.
He was wearing a black hoodie and dark grey trousers, with a towel over his shoulder, even holding two drinks in hand. He had a dark expression on his face, with a pissed look.
Seeing him, Jiang Huihui relaxed a breath, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” He used the towel to randomly wipe his hair. Walking to the bedside, he had that warmed bottle of milk handed to her, “Put it over your eyes for a while, then drink it when you’re done.”
She accepted that warmed bottle of milk. Thinking for a moment, she still decided to explain to him, “If the eyes are swollen, need to apply a cold compress. Heat will only worsen it.”
Zhou Yanli opened that soda can in his hand with one hand.
He’d just taken a sip, when he heard her words. He froze, suffering from his lack of knowledge.
Glancing at the iced soda can in his hand, he hesitantly handed it over, ” This is quite cold, how about you……”
Jiang Huihui shook her head and thanked him, “Don’t worry, it probably won’t be this swollen tomorrow.”
She slowly lay back down, seemingly in low spirits. At least, compare to usual, she appeared very listless.
He knew that she was still sad over that matter earlier.
“I haven’t told you about myself, right?” To keep her from constantly thinking about that matter, Zhou Yanli began to divert her attention.
Jiang Huihui nodded. He indeed never mentioned before, apart from always saying some strange things.
Zhou Yanli randomly pulled over a chair, having that simple ‘bed’ of his taken apart.
After sitting down, he began telling her about himself, “When I was very little, my mom passed away. I suppose I can be considered having been raised by my dad. But, he also has his own business to take care of. He really is very very busy, even I, his own son, barely get to see him. But, as long as I get into serious trouble, he will always appear.”
He smilingly looked at her, “Just like summoning a divine dragon, isn’t it pretty amazing?”
Jiang Huihui glanced at him, suddenly saying, “Actually, you also very much miss your dad, right?”
Zhou Yanli didn’t refute this time. He leaned against the chair, his posture lazy and careless, “Sometimes, I will also think of him, but the great majority of the times, I don’t really think of him. He doesn’t love me, so I don’t care either.”
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