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Thirtieth 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!
That meal left two people completely drunk. Zhou Jinwei took them both back to the hotel.
Zhou Yanli was still alright. He was usually rowdy, but once drunk, he was rather well-behaved.
Jiang Huihui was just the complete opposite, attempting to charge into the sea the whole time. Zhou Jinwei put in quite the effort to settle her down, even getting bitten by her a few times.
He was thorough in everything he did. After finally putting them to bed, he stepped out midway to ‘clean up’ after Jiang Huihui.
He randomly found someone to pose as Jiang Huihui’s mother and had them call the chaperoning teacher, saying that Jiang Huihui had already gone home early.
A modeled student like Jiang Huihui, who was beloved by every teacher of every subject, won’t arouse any suspicion. So this matter was very quickly forgotten.
Sleeping until noon the next day, Jiang Huihui woke up feeling light-headed and weak all over.
Zhou Jinwei had already booked the plane tickets back to Pingjiang. Once they’re awake, they can head out.
Zhou Yanli woke up before her and even secretly snuck into her previous dorm room to retrieve her suitcase.
“Almost got treated as a thief and chased around by the dog inside.”
Their plane landed in the afternoon. They then traveled by car for another hour and a half before finally returning home.
Zhou Jinwei personally dropped them of at their place.
After getting out of the car, Jiang Huihui stood at the foot of the building and waved at Zhou Jinwei. Meanwhile Zhou Yanli lazily waved at him with one hand, while his other hand was still in his pocket.
Zhou Jinwei was the most annoyed with this lax and sloppy attitude of his.
Not wanting to look anymore, he rolled up the car window and told the driver, “Let’s go.”
As soon as Jiang Huihui got home, her mom just asked her about the results.
Jiang Huihui said that the results hadn’t come out yet, so her mom asked her how she felt after the exam.
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She never dared to be too absolute, so vaguely said, “Should be okay.”
Her mom frowned, “What is ‘should be okay’? Either it’s good or it’s not. You really don’t even know to inherit the good traits, just like that good-for-nothing father of yours.”
After that, Jiang Huihui fell silent. Every time, her mom would always say that she was like her dad, so no wonder always useless.
Jiang Man was more like her, so won’t get bulled when he grows up.
Jiang Man heard and stuck his head out from his room, making a face at her and copying their mom’s tone, “Good-for-nothing.”
Jiang Huihui chose to ignore, returning to her room.
She took out the things in her suitcase and hung her clothes back in her wardrobe. She then cleaned her room again.
After their mom left, Jiang Man knocked on her door outside, saying he was hungry, letting her go cook.
Jiang Huihui still had homework to do, so rejected him, “There should still be leftover rice in the kitchen. Just add two eggs and fry it.”
Jiang Man began kicking her door, ordering her in a domineering manner, “I’m too lazy to do it, so get the hell out here and do it for me!”
Normally, Jiang Huihui would’ve already given in and gone out.
But now, she would always think of what Zhou Yanli would say to her: ‘If you keep giving in, you will just keep getting bullied.’
Zhou Yanli’s words, she would always remember particularly clearly.
The banging noise grew louder and louder. Even covering her ears was useless. She took a deep breath and went over to open the door.
Jiang Man was full of arrogance outside the door, “I told you to go make me food, you damn mushroom head, stupid mute, stammering idiot!”
Jiang Huihui smacked him on the forehead, “Be more respectful to your older sister!”
Jiang Man was left dumbfounded by her move, standing frozen in place, all the cussing stuck in his throat.
Jiang Huihui was also dumbstruck.
She swiftly shut the door and squatted down against it, her heart and hands shaking nonstop.
She looked down at her hands that were like as if she had Parkinson’s, still in disbelief. What came over her just now?
As if having gotten influenced by Zhou Yanli, in that a moment, her tone was even somewhat like his.
A belated wave of fear washed over her. She lowered her head, burying her entire face in her arm.
What to do, what to do? Jiang Man will certainly tell mom. Will he continue kicking the door? He won’t just barge in, will he?
This door isn’t sturdy either, probably only able to take a few more kicks from him.
She turned around, worryingly glancing at the door behind her.
Just now, how could she be….so impulsive?
But the sounds she expected to hear from outside the door never came. When she hesitatingly opened a crack in the door and secretly peeked out, she discovered that Jiang Man was actually in the kitchen cooking.
Her eyes widened in shock.
Someone knocked on the door outside. After knocking a few times, they stopped. Jiang Huihui went over to open the door.
Standing outside the door was Zhou Yanli. She was surprised, “Why are you here?”
He had both hands in his pockets as he shrugged, “Heard the noise, so came over.”
He most likely had taken a shower and changed his clothes. His jacket was wide open, revealing a sweatshirt inside with a string of English.
That unruly, cocky air on him really was very hard to suppress. Even if wearing the simplest of clothes, he would still make others instinctively avoid him.
Included among them was naturally Jiang Man.
He’d just gotten hit by his older sister, and now, running to Zhou Yanli, his legs trembled in fear, “Are you…are you going to hit me too?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t beat you today.” He was like returning to his own home, casually sitting down and letting him bring him a drink.
Even if hearing him say that he won’t hit him, Jiang Man was still on guard, feeling that he was tricking him.
He stammered, “Drink…drink what?”
“What do you have?”
“Wahaha, Youlemei, Yakult[1]…..”
Why the f$%# was it all drinks for kids?
Zhou Yanli let Jiang Man bring him a drink for adults.
Jiang Man was confused, “What’s a drink for adults?”
A minute later, a bottle of coke was placed by Zhou Yanli’s hand.
Not only Jiang Man, even Jiang Huihui’s eyes all carried doubt.
Zhou Yanli began spouting nonsense again, “Anything with fizz is for adults.”
Jiang Huihui knew his mouth was stubborn.
He clearly couldn’t drink alcohol, so could only drink this.
On the way to school the next day, Jiang Huihui told Zhou Yanli about what happened yesterday.
Two backpacks hung from Zhou Yanli’s shoulder. One was his, while the other was Jiang Huihui’s.
He held the straps with one hand and let Jiang Huihui hang on to his arm.
During the rush hour, there were a lot of people. The bus was practically packed like a can of sardines. It was inevitable that someone would take advantage of the situation.
Anyone who came near Jiang Huihui would all get scared off by Zhou Yanli’s hostile glare.
F$%#ing bastard, even dare to sexually harass.
If they dared to touch, he’d beat them until they become incontinence in the next lifetime.
These actions of his, Jiang Huihui didn’t notice at all, just feeling that the people crowding around her have lessened lately.
“Didn’t I tell you, it only takes a slap to get him to behave. He’s only tough at home. In the future, just be like how you were yesterday. If he doesn’t listen, then just beat him. If you can’t win against him, tell me, I’ll go beat him. After a few times, he’ll learn to behave.”
Jiang Huihui actually seriously nodded her head.
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During the first class in the afternoon, the homeroom teacher came to the classroom. He smilingly greeted the physics teacher and said he’s going to take up a few minutes of her time to announce something.
Everyone in class was quite curious, even thinking that it was related to their break.
He then pulled out a list and cleared his throat, “The results of the competition this time have come out.”
Zhou Yanli who had been sleeping sat up from his seat. He glanced at Jiang Huihui beside him, seeing her nervous to the point of gripping the textbook in her hand, practically about to rip it apart.
The homeroom teacher pushed up his glasses, pretending to be mysterious, only opening his mouth after a long pause, “This year, we’re very honored—–first place not only is from our school, but also from our class.”
In the class, only Jiang Huihui had participated in the competition, so the answer was obvious.
The homeroom teacher smiled warmly, “Congratulations, Jiang Huihui.”
When these words came out, the class fell dead silent, with only a few hushed whispers. No one seemed particularly affected by her taking first place in the competition.
In any case, it had nothing to do with them.
A clap broke the awkward silence. It was Zhou Yanli.
He clapped his hands while cheering in exaggeration, “Wow! Jiang Huihui, incredible!”
All eyes were on him, including Jiang Huihui’s. Her entire face was bright red, reaching out to pull his sleeve, silently telling him to stop talking.
He didn’t do as she wished. Instead, he very generously said, “To celebrate our class producing a first place winner, after school today, I’ll treat everyone!”
This time, the entire class clapped from the bottom of their heart. A few even stood up to clap, practically about to break their hands from clapping.
“Boss, so badass!”
The homeroom teacher reminded them with a smile, “You can celebrate, but don’t be out too late. Make sure to get home early, understand?”
“We know, we know.”
“Guaranteed to be back before nine.”
“Certainly won’t let it get in the way of studying, don’t worry.”
“No need to stress over it.”
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