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Seventh Period (2)
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!
“About that……” Her voice was soft, her fingers nervously clutching the corner of her clothes.
Compared to her, Zhou Yanli was a lot calmer. He fixed his crooked collar and took his coat from her arms.
Then asked Zhou Jinwei, “What are you doing here?”
Appearing at the drug store at this time……
Caught a cold?
The nurse came over with the ointments, a total of two, handing them to him, “This one is for improving blood circulation and reducing bruising. This one is for reducing swelling.”
Zhou Jinwei slightly raised his brow, “Don’t need anymore, thank you.”
He turned to head out.
Jiang Huihui followed over, “About that……..”
She kept wanting to say something, yet didn’t dare to say.
Zhou Jinwei stopped, waiting for her to finish.
She pursed her lips, “You misunderstood. He said that his shoulder hurt, so….so I was a bit worried and wanted to check.”
She finally had this line fully said out loud.
Zhou Jinwei slightly narrowed his eyes, not remembering hitting him anywhere other than his face.
He looked towards Zhou Yanli.
The latter held his shoulder and stretched his neck, “I didn’t say it was because of you. Maybe I’d just slept in a bad position last night.”
The nurse was scanning the items she’d prepared for Jiang Huihui and them just now, asking Zhou Jinwei again, “Do you still want these ointments?”
TN: All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
He has always been hard to read, the emotions in his eyes also faint.
That’s why, no one was able to determine his mood through these subtle changes.
Even if it was his blood-related son.
Perhaps because Jiang Huihui’s explanation had an effect, Zhou Jinwei’s eyes weren’t as cold as before. He walked over and took out his wallet, “Put it all together.”
After scanning everything, he took out a bill from his wallet and handed it to the other party.
The change was twelve. The nurse picked up a box of soft candies to the side, asking if he wanted a box——it just happened to cost twelve yuan.
The candy was strawberry-flavored. It didn’t have any other use, just for relieving low blood sugar.
Zhou Jinwei nodded.
The nurse had that box of candy placed in the bag.
Coming out from the drug store, Jiang Huihui asked him how much, saying that she will give him the money.
Zhou Jinwei calmly asked back, “The medicine is for him, why are you paying?”
Jiang Huihui said, “Because he doesn’t have any money.”
“And you do?”
These simple words had Jiang Huihui stumped.
She indeed…..didn’t have much money.
“My mom gave me this week’s living expenses today.” So the money for the medicine, she could still afford. Just, for the next few days, she will be stuck eating plain steamed buns for every meal.
Zhou Jinwei took out that box of soft candies from the bag, and afterwards, threw the entire bag, along with the medicine in it, at Zhou Yanli.
Including the two ointments he bought.
“No need, just treat it as charity.”
These words of his were cold, sounding a bit condescending.
Zhou Yanli was pissed, “Who the hell are you treating like some beggar?”
Zhou Jinwei just indifferently glanced at him, the arrogance turning into contempt, as if he was a lowly weakling, needless for him to take seriously.
Zhou Yanli finally understood why those people were that scared when mentioning his dad.
Hidden under that refined noble facade was a nasty temperament.
Zhou Jinwei ignored him.
“It’s getting late, I’ll send you back first.” This was said to Jiang Huihui.
Jiang Huihui hesitated to speak, wanting to refuse, but not daring to.
Zhou Jinwei never forced others, but the contradiction was that no one dared to refuse him.
This just formed into a closed cycle, not forcing, but more compelling than forcing.
In any case, he wasn’t a bad guy. Thinking like this, Jiang Huihui nodded.
Zhou Yanli called out to stop him, “Wait.”
The two of them both stopped.
Jiang Huihui worried that he will act out, so she was prepared to step between them at any second.
Zhou Yanli didn’t do anything, just walking before Zhou Jinwei.
A moment ago, he was still pissed at the other party for ‘treating him like a beggar’.
This while, he voluntarily chose to be a ‘beggar’.
He extended his hand towards him, awkwardly saying, “I’m out of money, you…….give me a bit more.”
In the past, his dad would just directly give him his supplementary card, having no limit. Even if he wanted to buy a plane, it was all doable.
He would spend money like running water. His dad never questioned, as long as he doesn’t get into fights and cause trouble for him.
This was even his first time actively asking for money.
Zhou Jinwei was frowning. Until now, no one would ever talked to him like this.
To boldly reach out and ask him for money, if in another place, with a different tone, he would even think that the other party was trying to mug him.
And towards people like this, he has never been merciful. He wasn’t a kind person to begin with, born into a family that also wasn’t considered kind.
Zhou Yanli felt that he really was too useless, already seventeen, yet still needed to ask his dad for money.
This kind of stalemate lasted for a few seconds. Zhou Jinwei, in the end, still gave him the money.
This was unlike him, so even he himself was perplexed.
Why did he once again have all the cash in his wallet given to him? In fact, he even pondered whether or not he should just give him a card with no limit.
Zhou Yanli took the money, able bend and adapt, expressing his gratitude towards his dad, “Thanks dad, I’m forever your beloved son.”
He had the money put into his pocket, deciding to leave the rest of the time to his parents to build their relationship. He won’t stick around to be a lightbulb.
“Then I’ll be going first.”
Under the pale snowy landscape, Zhou Yanli who’d just received an enormous sum of money directly flagged down a cab and rode off.
The weight on her shoulders made Jiang Huihui return to her senses and look up. Zhou Jinwei had taken off his coat and draped it over her shoulders.
“Cold?” He asked her.
She shook her head, “Not….not cold.”
“Why do you stutter whenever you talk to me?” Her hand was pale. Zhou Jinwei calmly grasped it, cupping it in his palm, considerately warming it for her.
Towards this kind of touch from the opposite sex, adolescent boys and girls were all inexperienced and sensitive.
Her heart was madly racing. From the moment he held her hand, the tingling sensation just started from her fingertips and gradually spread throughout her body.
Her entire face to her ears all turned red. She stammered, unable to answer.
Zhou Jinwei relaxed the corners of his lips, seemingly pleased with her reaction in this moment.
Her ears finally turned red for him.
He had to admit, that scene just now indeed made him annoyed inside.
“Let’s go.” Her hands were warmed, but he didn’t let go.
Continuing to hold it as they headed towards the bus stop.
Jiang Huihui blankly followed behind him, closely following his steps, walking along the footprints he left behind in the snow.
She lifted her head.
He was really tall, his shoulders also very broad. His coat was on her. He was currently just wearing a black sweater.
The quality appeared to be very good, the texture probably also very comfortable.
His hands were also very big. With a simple grasp, he was able to have her entire hand enveloped.
She stood behind him. All the wind and snow got blocked by him, just like an airtight wall. She felt safely protected.
Jiang Huihui’s mind was in a mess. In the end, she shook her head, dispelling this sudden thought, letting herself return to her senses.
They didn’t belong to the same world. She was someone struggling in the mud at the very bottom, needing to give her all just to survive.
And he, who was like the radiant and clear moon before her, was the type of person that she was forever unable to reach.
If not for attending the same school, she would never be able to have any connections with him in her entire life.
When did the bus stop, and when did she get on the bus, Jiang Huihui had no idea. She was too lost in thought.
When she finally came to realization, Zhou Jinwei was already sitting in the seat beside her with his head down, helping her put on the coat.
It was his coat. A very expensive-looking jacket.
It was infused with a pleasant and clean-smelling sandalwood scent.
At this time, there weren’t anyone on the bus. This bus was normally rode by students. It’d long passed the afterschool hours.
The inside of the bus was very quiet. There were just the driver and the two of them.
They were also sitting in the very last row.
“Are you still cold?” He helped her pull up the zipper as he lowered his eyes to look at her.
They were too close. She could even feel his breath when he spoke. It was like peppermint, at the same time feeling crisp and refreshing, it also carried a bit of coolness.
Her hands that were placed on her lap nervously clutched her pants.
She had her head buried very low, “Not….not cold.”
“Why won’t you look at me?” His voice was very light, with just a whisper left, “En?”
Jiang Huihui didn’t dare to speak.
A soft chuckle faintly escaped his breath. He held her cheeks, letting her lift her head, “Or could it be that I look very scary?”
Getting forced to meet his eyes, that elegant and handsome face of his unraveled before her eyes.
He and Zhou Yanli indeed looked extremely alike, the difference being that he was sharper and colder.
Like the suspended icicles in winter.
Hard to approach.
Jiang Huihui didn’t have an answer. She wasn’t even able to speak.
Being this close, she kept feeling that if he were to slightly lower his head, their lips would touch.
She continuously retreated, her back pressing against the bus window, truly unable to retreat anymore.
His clothes, for her, were too big, having her entirely enveloped. Her hands were even hidden in the sleeves.
His movements were slow and leisurely, having the sleeves rolled up, all the way until her entire hand was visible.
It was both fair and small, and also very soft.
“He said we are his parents, do you believe his words?” He asked in a low voice as he helped her roll up the sleeves.
This question, Jiang Huihui didn’t know how to answer. Clearly, it was very absurd, but unknown as to why, towards Zhou Yanli, this person who she’d just known for a few days, she had a kind of blind trust and indulgence.
“If what he says is true, then doesn’t that mean…..” Amidst her silence, he was the one that opened his mouth first, his voice husky and bewitching, “We will become husband and wife in the future, and you will give birth to our child.”
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