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Twenty-Second 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 was still unaware of the scenery inside the wall. Seeing her not moving, he thought that she was still scared of falling on the ground, so he took off his coat and spread it out in front, “This way you won’t fall. Jump down, I’ll catch you.”
Jiang Huihui look to the left, then looked to the right.
Zhou Jinwei similarly extended his hand, waiting for her to jump down, but he didn’t continuously rush her like Zhou Yanli, instead quietly waiting.
Jiang Huihui clenched her teeth, and in the end, still made her decision. She turned her body towards Zhou Yanli’s direction.
Her butt had just lifted from the wall, her palms in front, just about to close her eyes and jump, when Zhou Jinwei’s cool and indifferent voice stopped her, “Do you know what the punishment will be if you get caught skipping class?”
Getting caught skipping class……
She will certainly get publicly reprimanded across the entire school——at best, just writing a self-reflection, and at worse, leaving a mark on her record.
Jiang Huihui was nervous inside. She nervously looked at Zhou Jinwei, “Will you go tell?”
“Depends on how you choose.” His gaze was calm, “You at most just count as attempting to skip class. As for that one outside, it’s hard to say.”
Jiang Huihui vaguely sensed the threat in his words. She carefully glanced at Zhou Yanli again. He still had his coat stretched out, waiting for her to jump down.
Jiang Huihui recalled that he still had a mark on his record for fighting. If he were to get punished again for this matter, he most likely won’t be able to continue attending this school.
Thinking it over, she still gave in to the ‘evil forces’.
She slowly jumped down, her heart tense like a stretched string the whole time.
She originally thought that she would fall on the ground, but when she tightly shut her eyes, bracing herself for the pain, what awaited her was instead a warm and comforting embrace.
This was her first time this directly and closely experiencing the physical differences between the male and female bodies.
He firmly held her with just one arm. Her chin was even resting on his shoulder. That calm and vast feeling left her in a daze.
So boys’ shoulders were this broad, huh?
TN: All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
His waist also…..lean and firm.
This thought that suddenly appeared in her mind startled her. She just noticed that her arm was also wrapped around the other party’s waist. It was a bit like the instinctive reaction of a drowning person towards someone by their side.
She hurriedly let go, her face turning red.
Zhou Jinwei perhaps didn’t notice this gesture, remaining indifferent. After she safely landed on the ground, he finally opened his mouth to ask her, “Did you get hurt anywhere?”
Jiang Huihui looked up, wanting to answer him.
But the moment their eyes met, she finally realized how close they were.
She was still in his arms, her chest pressed against his abdomen. His eyes were lowered, waiting for her response. The sound of the wind by the ears seemingly all became intertwined breathing sounds.
Messy and disorderly.
She got startled into retreating, all the way until her back pressed against the wall. With nowhere left to retreat, she finally shook her head, stammering, “N-no, I’m quite good, quite good.”
Zhou Jinwei soundlessly hooked his lips, not saying anything.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yanli, who was on the other side of the wall, thought that Jiang Huihui had fallen, so hurriedly climbed back over the wall.
What came over first was his backpack, followed by him right after.
Just as he’d said, he’d flipped over it at least twenty times, so he was able to do it very effortlessly.
When he climbed back over and saw Zhou Jinwei standing there, his expression faltered for a moment.
He looked towards Jiang Huihui, demanding an answer, “Why is he here?”
The blush on Jiang Huihui’s face still hadn’t faded, still in a half-startled, half-embarrassed state.
Zhou Yanli frowned, “F#%$, did you bully her?”
Zhou Jinwei’s gaze towards him was like looking at a lifeless object. It wasn’t exactly ice-cold, but it was indifferent in every way.
This kind of disregard easily ignited Zhou Yanli, this bundle of highly flammable dry wood, “What is that f#$%ing look suppose to mean?”
Jiang Huihui quickly reached out to pull him, “You still have a disciplinary mark on you. Shouting this loudly like this, what if you have the teachers drawn over?”
“So what if they get drawn over?” Seeing her siding with Zhou Jinwei, his eyes instantly turned cold.
His tone was indifferent, his face full of annoyance. He broke free from her grasp, and without saying a word, sullenly walked away.
Jiang Huihui was momentarily stunned, unable to think about Zhou Jinwei for the time being as she hurriedly followed after Zhou Yanli.
Zhou Jinwei watched the two of them leave one after another. In the end, he just had the backpack that Zhou Yanli left behind on the ground picked up.
Looking at that backpack that had gotten casually thrown on the ground and now covered in dust, he slightly furrowed his brows in disgust.
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Zhou Yanli ignored Jiang Huihui all morning. Regardless of what she said to him, he all pretended to not hear. The entire time, he just slept on his desk.
After finally seeing him wake up, Jiang Huihui opened her mouth, “Zhou Yanli.”
However, he turned his body, asking Qin Yu across the aisle, “Later go play games together after school?”
Qin Yu naturally was utterly shocked from the sudden honor, nodding his head like crazy.
“Yeah, of course! If you hadn’t been there in the team battles last time, there’s no way our team could’ve won.”
Qin Yu had never expected that Zhou Yanli not only was badass in fights but also this impressive with games. Last week, he’d ran into him at the net cafe. Their team just happened to be short one person for the match, so he begged and pleaded, even calling him ‘dad’ and ‘grandpa’, finally getting Zhou Yanli to agree to fill in the spot.
However, when his teammates saw his level, they were all displeased, “What the hell, is this newbie here to drag us down?”
“We’re playing the team match here, not some shelter for the old, weak, and disabled.”
Qin Yu wasn’t that confident either. After all, being good at fighting in real life didn’t mean that he’ll also be good in game.
But, as Zhou Yanli’s most loyal follower, he naturally vowed to stand by his boss no matter what. He immediately pounded his chest on the spot and assured them that Zhou Yanli definitely won’t drag them down.
However, after a few rounds, the initial doubts all turned into shouts of disbelief and astonishment.
“Holy shit, this is crazy!”
“Damn, even fighting one against four on a sliver of health, he can still make a comeback! Qin Yu, where did you find this pro?”
“This is a max-level player annihilating the newbie village.”
Qin Yu was somewhat floating on air, as if the one getting praised wasn’t Zhou Yanli, but him.
He said, “He’s even more impressive in actual fights. Do ya know what it’s like to fight one against ten? With that arm strength of his, one punch can shatter the skull.”
This boasting was too over the top. The skull was the hardest bone in the human body after all.
But those guys in the game clearly believed Qin Yu’s words, shouting ‘dang’ and ‘holy shit’ left and right. Through the screen, they just began worshipping this pro player that they’ve never met before.
Qin Yu took out his phone and told his bros in the group chat that the team battles this afternoon are in the bag, because his boss is going to be joining them.
The group chat very quickly just drowned in a wave of 666[1].
However the boss himself wasn’t the least bit excited, sitting in his own seat and flipping through a book out of boredom.
The textbook was brand new, normally not even bothering to glance at it, yet it was actually spread open today, truly abnormal.
Qin Yu fully utilized his paparazzo instincts, paying attention to this side at all times.
Thinking for a moment, Jiang Huihui still passed him a note.
—–Still angry?
Zhou Yanli didn’t look, casually sliding the note under his textbook.
Jiang Huihui: “…..”
She wrote a second one.
—–Sorry, I wasn’t doubting you earlier.
This time, he just swept a glance over it, still indifferent.
Jiang Huihui could only continue writing a third one.
——I don’t trust Zhou Jinwei. What if he goes and tells on us?
She inwardly apologized to Zhou Jinwei. At times like this, she could only wrong him for now.
Sure enough, Zhou Yanli finally had a bit of reaction. He slightly lifted his brow and sat up.
“Really?” He was finally willing to talk to her.
Jiang Huihui nodded, “Really!”
He was rather easy to coax. The gloominess just now instantly cleared away, returning to his usual nonchalant attitude.
Clearly the smile on his lips was unable to be suppressed, yet he still deliberately pretended to coldly sneer, “Good that you’re sensible.”
No one had noticed that the two of them had attempted to skip class. It was obvious that Zhou Jinwei didn’t have this matter told to a second person.
Just, afterwards, when Zhou Yanli once again tried to climb out from there to skip class, he found that the wall had been raised to nearly four meters high.
Even if wanting to prevent someone from climbing over the wall, it shouldn’t be handled this way!
Prison walls weren’t even this high!
Without even needing to ask, he just knew that it was Zhou Jinwei’s handiwork.
F$%#, really ruthless!
[1] In Chinese internet slang, 666 means like cool, amazing, etc.
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