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Twenty-First 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!
Jiang Huihui was still holding Zhou Jinwei’s jacket in her arms. She didn’t know whether or not she should return it to him. After all, this jacket had just been in close contact with…..that place.
Although when she was changing in the restroom, she’d specially checked, making sure that there weren’t any stains, but it ultimately wasn’t good.
Moreover, Zhou Jinwei clearly looked like someone who was obsessed with cleanliness.
She hesitated for a moment before saying, “Your jacket…..I’ll wash it before giving it back to you?”
He didn’t refuse, just saying, “You seem to be very scared of me.”
People who are taciturn usually don’t like wasting their breath. Eight words, simple and concise, getting straight to the point.
Jiang Huihui got caught off guard by his question. She looked up, discovering that he was looking straight at her. In that pair of eyes, there was hardly any emotion, as if this question was just asked in passing, and towards her answer, he didn’t really care.
“No, I just……” She wanted to deny, but the words were stuck in her throat, making her hesitate a few seconds.
Every time she saw him, she would always repeatedly deliberate over her words in her mind, worrying that she might say something wrong.
Was it afraid of offending him, or afraid that…..she’ll leave a bad impression on him?
In short, under the influence of various factors, whenever she faced him, Jiang Huihui’s words would forever falter, unable to come out properly.
This denial of hers, however, was more like indirectly admitting that she was indeed scared of him.
The corner of Zhou Jinwei’s lips curved faintly. He then turned and left.
Jiang Huihui was unable to tell from his subtle expression whether he was happy or angry.
When she returned to the classroom, Zhou Yanli asked her what all did they talk about, for her to have talked for that long.
She didn’t speak, just pursing her lips.
As soon as he saw this expression of hers, he just knew that it definitely didn’t turn out well.
TN: All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Zhou Yanli told her not to take it to heart, ”
Regardless whether it’s now, or twenty years down the line.
He glanced at the jacket in her arms, asking her, “Does it still hurt?”
When she realized what he was asking about, Jiang Huihui’s cheeks slightly reddened. She carefully folded up the jacket, wanting to put it in her backpack. When she saw the books and practice tests inside, she took them out one by one, so that the jacket can remain inside on its own, undisturbed.
She answered Zhou Yanli’s question, “It’s alright, not too uncomfortable.”
That cup of brown sugar ginger tea sat on her desk. Because it was sealed very well, it was still warm.
Zhou Yanli had witnessed her actions just now. After a moment of silence, he lifted his brow, feeling somewhat surprised, “From him?”
Jiang Huihui stared at the ginger tea in the glass bottle, unsure which he was asking about. She nodded, “En.”
He sat with his body turned to the side, spinning the pen in hand, “At least he still has some sense”
Actually, according to his parents’ timeline, the two of them hadn’t even met at this point in time.
As for how they met, Zhou Yanli had only heard about it from his aunt, so he wasn’t sure how accurate it was either. After all, at the time, his aunt was still just a child herself.
He heard that it was a certain competition. Jiang Huihui had gone representing the school, taking first place.
The last problem, she was the only one who solved it correctly, a problem acknowledged by all the teachers as challenging.
Therefore, at the school’s award ceremony, the principal had her go on stage to write out the solution process.
His aunt laughed and said, “Your mom, at the time, was both socially anxious and withdrawn. Letting her explain a problem in front of the whole school was practically asking for her life. But, she was also obedient, so could only do as told. She was trembling as she explained the problem. The people below the stage even thought that she’d cried.”
Through this matter, Zhou Jinwei learned that there was such a person in the school. Although the two of them didn’t immediately take things further back then, everything seemed to have silently fallen into place behind the scenes.
Zhou Yanli knew his dad’s personality. He was someone who was arrogant to the bones, yet had the nature of a beast. The prey he has set his eyes on, he won’t immediately hunt.
Instead, he will slowly wait, wait for his prey to notice him first.
Given their personalities, it was obvious without even asking exactly who was dominating whom.
That’s why Zhou Yanli was always doubting his dad’s feelings.
Was there really love between them? Or was he simply just enjoying the pleasure of hunting?
After returning to the classroom, Zhou Jinwei, who was feeling agitated, found himself a bit of something to do.
He had last week’s translation assignment sorted and compiled.
Their classes were different from those in the opposite building. It was own separate system. Because he had the experience of living overseas for eight years, foreign languages were no different from Chinese for Zhou Jinwei.
He spun the pen, appearing calm on the surface, yet thousands of thoughts ran through his mind.
The people in front of him were teasing Xu Lianyu, asking if she has taken a liking to the new transfer student recently, saying how come it feels like she was paying very close attention to him.
How many times has it been already, blocking the person at every opportunity in the name of the disciplinary committee.
Zhou Jinwei collected his thoughts, but he still maintained an emotionless expression, asking, “Who?”
Sun Ju chuckled, “Who else can the new transfer student be? You know, that prickly kid from the opposite building. Do you know why Xu Lianyu deducted that guy’s points yesterday? She said that he looked too frivolous, affecting the school’s image. But that guy just had to flippantly reply to her with ‘psycho’, nearly angering her to death.”
Without even needing to recall, Zhou Yanli’s frivolous appearance just vividly appeared in his mind.
Although the reason for deducting the points was a bit far-fetched, the issue was very on point.
Zhou Jinwei casually flipped through the practice exams, recalling that the final exams were next month.
He’d heard of some of the rules from the opposite building before. If they don’t perform well in the exams this time, it will have a certain effect on their academic advancement later on.
Those people were still messing around, helping her come up with ideas, “Prickly guys like him are the easiest to go after. They may look hot-tempered, but they’re actually super pure, unable to resist flirting the most. Just slightly show a softer side in front of him, and you’ll easily be able to hook away his soul.”
Xu Lianyu pushed her glasses, retorting with a disdainful look, “When did I ever say I liked him?”
“It’s best if you don’t.”
These five words sounded, low and somewhat abrupt. Everyone all looked towards the source of the sound, each revealing a look of disbelief.
Zhou Jinwei leaned back against the chair, his cold gaze sweeping over them, “The school forbids dating, don’t you know?”
His words successfully made everyone shut their mouths.
In this school, this building, his words clearly carried a lot of weight.
They were all a bunch of privileged rich kids, having gotten spoiled rotten by their families, believing themselves to be above all. Never mind getting disciplined by the teachers in school, afraid even their parents were unable to restrain them.
Yet a simple line from Zhou Jinwei was able to immediately make them fall silent.
No one dared to go against him.
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