What’s wrong with being yourself?
At the infirmary, Qiu Ziqing was feeling much better, and the teacher and classmates who had sent her here had gone back. Wang Tingting went to the kiosk to buy food for her, leaving only the school nurse with her in the room.
Huo Cheng walked Shen Wanying to the nurse’s office, but remained outside to wait for her. Shen Wanying knocked on the door. The school nurse looked up and inquired, “What’s wrong, are you not feeling well either?”
“No, I came to see Qiu Ziqing, how is she?”
“Oh, she’s awake. She’s right over there.” The school nurse twirled the pen in her hand and stood up, “I’m going to the toilet, you stay here with her.”
“Okay.” She watched the nurse leave before she walked over to the other girl. “How are you doing, are you okay?”
Qiu Ziqing had been pale when she fainted earlier, scaring her classmates and teachers, but she was looking a lot better now. Even so, she didn’t look too energetic. She looked at Shen Wanying at the foot of the bed and asked spitefully, “What are you doing here? Did you come all this way to laugh at me?”
Shen Wanying looked at her with a smile. “You know, in this kind of long-distance running race…it’s not uncommon for people to die suddenly.”
“……” Qiu Ziqing almost didn’t want to sit up from the bed. “So, are you here to see if I’m dead yet?”
“I just wanted to tell you, don’t throw everything away just because you want to be better than me.”
She pursed her lips, staring at Shen Wanying resentfully. Shen Wanying did not seem to care, a smile still plastered on her face. “Long-distance running isn’t your strong suit; you didn’t have to do this.”
“It’s none of your business,” Qiu Ziqing replied unpleasantly.
Shen Wanying took two steps forward and looked at her closely. “You blew your bangs the way I did today, too. But my hair is naturally curly; it must be time-consuming to curl your hair every day.”
Qiu Ziqing stared at her wordlessly as Shen Wanying pulled away from her. “What’s wrong with being yourself?”
Though, she was probably the most unqualified person to say such a thing.
“What do you know?” Qiu Ziqing finally lost control of her emotions and shouted at her. Does she think I like imitating her? It was only because in her mother’s eyes, Shen Wanying was the ideal daughter, better than herself in every way. Since junior high school, she had always been compared to Shen Wanying, and the most annoying thing was that she couldn’t surpass her in anything.
Gradually, it became Qiu Ziqing’s obsession. She wanted victory over Shen Wanying just once; it didn’t matter what it was.
Shen Wanying turned around and left the nurse’s office without another word.
Huo Cheng was still standing outside, waiting for her to come out. He turned to look at her. “Is everything alright?”
“It’s fine.” She gave him a smile and walked back to the field with him.
After the 3,000-metre race was over, there was only the relay race left in the afternoon. When all the races were over, the school tallied up the results of each class. Class 1 had always been ranked in the top three in the year, and this time, because of Huo Cheng’s presence, they were able to reach number one overall.
The students were very happy, but first place wasn’t going to save them from having to sit for an exam over the weekend.
Only the relay races and the closing ceremony took place in the afternoon, so school ended at four o’clock. It was Friday and many of them had plans for a night out. Shen Wanying was going to the villa with Huo Cheng the next day and chose to return home early, so Zhao Yimeng had to go out with other students.
The good thing was, Ji Yao was going to be there.
When Fang Yichang ran to Class 1 to look for Shen Wanying, she was already in her family’s car.
Huo Cheng was still in the classroom, as it was their group’s turn to clean up today. Fang Yichang hung around at the door and finally called out to him, “Huo Cheng, where’s Lady Shen?”
Huo Cheng was mopping the floor. He looked back at Fang Yichang, and then went back to mopping.
Fang Yichang: “……”
Does he love working so much?!
Luckily, there were other kind students who heard Fang Yichang’s words and told him, “She already left.”
“F*ck.” Fang Yichang exploded, “Did your class leave school so fast?!”
He ran to the balcony and looked in the direction of the school gate, but he didn’t see Shen Wanying’s figure, so he sighed and said to Huo Cheng, “Let’s go have fun tonight. Hong Hong booked a KTV room. We’ll have dinner and go sing, how about that?”
Without raising his head, Huo Cheng, “No thanks.”
The corner of Fang Yichang’s mouth twitched, “Do you not know how to sing?”
“I have a KTV at home.”
Fang Yichang: “…………”
Are you some kind of young master?!
Fang Yichang thought he was from a very good family, but his parents didn’t get him a KTV setup at home. But Huo Cheng had one??
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier? We could have gone to your house to sing!”
Huo Cheng finished with the floor and was about to take the mop out to clean it. When he passed by Fang Yichang, he spoke nonchalantly, “No thanks.”
Fang Yichang: “……” 🙂
Ugh! If it wasn’t for the fact that Huo Cheng had helped him clear his name last time with the leaked questions, he wouldn’t even have bothered asking him out!
He left in a huff.
When Huo Cheng finished cleaning up and picked up his bag to leave school, he heard his mobile phone ring twice.
He took out his phone and looked at it, it was a message from Shen Wanying.
【Ah Wan: My Aunty just contacted me, she said her friend found out which police officer was in charge of Auntie Fang’s case back then.】
【Ah Wan: She gave me the contact information, I’ll send it to you.】
T/N: Thank you once again to Bright Eyes for helping me with this chapter!!
And oh my god, that conversation between Ziqing & Wanying. I hope they get more honest interactions in the future! AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW Huo Cheng has SWY’s number in his phone saved as “Ah Wan”?!?!?!?!? That is so cute ;;; alrighty, that’s all for my post-chapter outburst, I will see you in the next chapter~
NO NOT A CLIFF NOOO IT’S GETTING GOOD 😭😭😭
IT’S NOT JUST YOU THE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ZYM AND FYC IS LIKE A CHEMICAL REACTION
ay? wait? i got something?
HE NICKNAMED HER AH WAN AAAAA
Alright I’m somehow more convinced that he believed himself to be the “killer” because he blamed himself for Fang Ke’s death without being actually the cause of it? What if it’s like a suicidal pact situation? where fang ke is the one who’s a bit loco in the head and initiated the accident, planning to die with both the guy and he just has a survivor’s guilt after?
THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED HIS SECOND LIFE AS NG+ PLUS I’M CRYINGG
ughh now i feel like it’s really a huge red herring instead. It’s too clear and obvious
made an account for commenting here, but my current leading theory, considering the premise of the painted veil that was hinted before, his mom had cheated, his dad knew about and gave her a choice. Something to do with her disease and forced her to live in the mountain villa or to divorce, and for the sake of Huo Cheng she just rather go to the villa. They fixed their relationship and either his mom ended up cheating again or her lover is a yandere.
Also another thought is that daisies represent “innocence” which may suggest that his mom is innocent and she was wrongly blamed, either for the cheating or for something else that we don’t have enough information on. Or if still in line with the ‘cheating’ and the painted veil plot, it may suggest that His mom is someone who’s shallow/gullible like the main character of that novel is.
Watch as I’m embarrassingly wrong/this is a red herring thrown in by the author to kick us off guard. This is honestly such an interesting subplot to the fluffy and light-hearted high school romance
um what o.0
p.s. tho its a bottom line, im glad he dont have impure intention toward her
hey! thanks for all the comments c:
i know, he’s so full of nonsense. but i’m glad too!! the ML we all deserve,,
thanks for reading!
when he keep looking at her as if she gonna disappear 😉
you both said whats on my mind. there many possibility for mysteries and im invested
this too cute, i got diabetes 😭
backstory! that explains a lot
AHAHAHAHAH why she is so fixated to maintain image, isnt it tiring
ah ah so sweet
i like how natural he taking care of her .. as if theyre married
Definitely shipping the silly puppy boy and the spunky cat girl!
Being able to deduce the ship-status by what brand of water he buys! She should be detective!
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From this chapter onwards on NU the chapters are incorrectly numbered (10 chapters ahead).
Thank you for the chapter! (*^^*)
this site won’t let me see which chapter it is, but i’ll defs get that checked out, thanks for bringing it to my attention!
thank you for reading! ♡
I think I know why he got stabbed now
Thank you for the chapter!
Gah! I caught up again! Σ( ̄□ ̄lll)
How does one aquire these *shifty eyes* “advance chapters”? Groveling? I can grovel! ┬┴┬┴┤(✧w✧├┬┴┬┴
Also, can we talk about what a smooth criminal Hup Cheng is?! That quiet hug made me blush! (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
HELLO!! i am SO SORRY, i am apparently dinosaur/boomer/dumb dumb and never checked the comments until now, so i am just seeing this! thank you for all your kind comments, they really made my day 🥺 about the advance chapters, if you’re still interested, the best way would be to enquire via the discord server! there is a channel specifically for this book, the link is right up in the header (: if you have any issues, yell @ me! i’ll defs be checking back ;; <3
and oh my god YEAH tell me about it, the amount of squealing that has happened on my end of the computer. embarrassing to say the least. 🙈🙈🙈 there will finally be an update on tuesday, sorry for the wait! i hope you enjoy <3
I’m crying, why he is so sweet? I also want a boyfriend like that…
oh my good lord i am so sorry, like the comment after yours, i also, only just saw this T_T thank you for reading and interacting! i agree, where to find a man like this?!?
there will be an update on tuesday, so sorry for the wait as well!
Waiting for new chapter,😘😘
I finally figured out how to make an account in order to post comments! 😂
I was so confused!
This story is so good! Im totally hooked! 💕
I love your translations! They’re very smooth and comfortable to read even if you don’t read many Chinese novels.
Would this advance release you mentioned be more premium chapters that we’d have to pay for or would it be an early release on Novel Updates?
Most obvious thing is that his mother had an affair, and he ended up dead from something related to it.
Hello, I am new reader. I am loving the novel. Thank you so much for your hard work! And thanks for the new chapter.
About your note, since this novel is short and as far as I can see, is more on the fluffy than anything else, I don’t think the Huo family has anything to do with the ML mother’s death. Maybe one of then did something that stimulated her and thus lead to the cause of her death? But I think must of the reason is because she probably really betrayed ML father… The flowers ML saw are probably from the other man, and maybe he also did something that end up causing the ML mother’s death? Everything about that is very strange. Let’s observe more…
Not related but I just want to say: I really don’t believe the FL was the one who killed Huo Cheng. There must be something fish about his death as well. I trust FL.
Sorry my bad english.
Hey!! Not to be rude or anything but I don’t see any link to a discord server… Can someone please send it to me? Thank you so much!!
Don’t worry you weren’t rude at all. We’re still working on setting up the discord server link though. Thanks for being patient.
Here’s a temporary invite to the server:
https://discord.gg/j77SgVky