Chapter 7 Walkthrough: Day Seven's Unlucky Decompression Tool
Being able to hear what others are thinking is a very mysterious thing.
Bai Jiangxin first learned about it when he was very, very young, so young that he didn't even have any memory of it at the time. The nanny who took care of him tested the temperature of the formula he was preparing, took a sip from the bottle, and then fed it to him. Then, he heard the nanny's voice in his mind, marveling at how lucky the young master was.
He couldn't understand at all and thought he had lost his mind. He was so scared that he burst into tears, which startled the nanny as well.
Bai Jiangxin couldn't speak, and his parents didn't know why. They thought the nanny was unprofessional, so they replaced her with another one. This nanny didn't feed him directly from the bottle, and that's when things calmed down.
But since he wasn't in an isolation box, he was bound to come into contact with people. His parents were both busy with work and had no time to take care of Bai Jiangxin, so they simply sent him to his grandfather's house.
The first thing Bai Jiangxin did after learning to express himself was to tell his grandfather that his brain was broken.
Grandpa understood immediately and from then on instructed the household servants to strictly control his grandson's diet.
When Bai Jiangxin got a little older, his grandfather told him that it was a genetic disease.
In simple terms, this disease gene is like a trait, but it is not a common autosomal dominant or recessive inheritance, nor is it passed on to offspring via the X or Y chromosome. Instead, it is a very special homozygous dominant genetic disease.
If we use the uppercase letter D to represent the dominant gene and the lowercase letter d to represent the recessive gene, then this genetic disease can only be expressed by the DD trait, which does not contain any heterozygous genes.
One in ten thousand people possess this DD gene. This DD gene is easily diluted by the heterozygous gene of the spouse, making it very difficult to inherit. Moreover, unlike other genetic diseases such as albinism, it does not directly manifest in the patient's physical appearance and cannot be detected by medical instruments unless the patient actively informs them. Therefore, this genetic disease is almost never seen in any written pathological records.
Bai Jiangxin's grandfather's grandmother also had this disease. The reason why the grandfather knew about this disease was because he heard about it from his grandmother when he was a child.
Grandpa said that unless absolutely necessary, we should not tell anyone about this illness, including our own parents.
When Bai Jiangxin asked why, his grandfather only said that the disease sounded magical, like something out of a movie, but in reality, it was not a good thing for him or for others.
My grandfather was born in a turbulent era. In that era, soldiers fought on the battlefield, and he also played politics with the enemy. His illness did indeed enable him to serve his organization quite a bit at the time, but later the war was won, peace was restored, and there were no more enemies. His illness then became a worry for his colleagues.
No one wanted to work with him, and Grandpa knew this well. He took the initiative to request a sinecure, staying away from the center of power, which ensured a peaceful second half of his life for himself and his family.
The human heart is the most complex thing in the world. The greatest secrets are often hidden in the deepest part of the heart. No one is without any secrets, so even with the closest person, you should not tell them anything.
"Does your grandmother know you have this illness?" Bai Jiangxin asked.
Grandpa said, "Of course your grandma doesn't know, otherwise she would have been scared away long ago."
Just then, Grandma came in to bring the grandfather and grandson some cut fruit and told Grandpa that a friend of hers was in the hospital and she was going to visit him, so she wouldn't be having dinner at home that night.
Grandpa agreed. After Grandma left, he chuckled and said, "What hospitalization? Your grandma just wants to go out and play cards, making up all that lame excuse."
Bai Jiangxin was puzzled. Grandpa and Grandma hadn't touched each other, so how could Grandpa know what Grandma was thinking?
Grandpa then told him that you don't necessarily need physical contact to know what the other person is thinking. For example, you can hear each other even if you accidentally share the same pair of chopsticks while eating.
This is easy to understand; it's like eating someone else's saliva.
"But Grandpa, you were using serving chopsticks at lunch too," Bai Jiangxin asked innocently, "so how did you manage to eat Grandma's saliva?"
Grandpa's expression stiffened for a moment, then he said, "You'll understand when you grow up."
Eighteen-year-old Bai Jiangxin sighed deeply in his heart. He now truly understood and deeply felt it.
But why didn't the old man tell him beforehand that this fatal illness had an even more mysterious side effect: if the other person's inner thoughts were too rich, the narration in the audiobook would even turn into vivid images.
Xiang Di's painting skills were so good that it was as if she had studied painting. The composition and coloring of the whole picture were very rich, and the colors and shadows were hazy. However, for some reason, she was not in the picture.
Bai Jiangxin looked at the face in the picture and couldn't believe it was her own.
But it was indeed my own facial features; my cool and aloof eyebrows and eyes hadn't changed at all, just like the reflection in the mirror.
Bai Jiangxin was reluctant to admit it, but although he didn't know what he was doing in the video, it looked really erotic.
In the video, he is frowning, biting his lower lip, his Adam's apple is prominently displayed on a part of his neck, and he seems to be holding back his breath, as if he is enduring something.
When had he ever shown such an expression in his life? Yet it really was him, because he did indeed have a mole on his Adam's apple.
Xiang Di actually noticed such a small mole.
His face was red, as were the tips of his ears and a large area of his collarbone. Upon seeing his collarbone, Bai Jiangxin suddenly realized that he was not wearing any clothes in the scene Xiang Di had imagined.
An incredible gaze shifted downwards, and the camera seemed to follow him down to his bare chest and navel in that instant.
Bai Jiangxin gasped in shock.
He has muscles, but only a thin layer, so he doesn't look too thin. His senior year of high school was very demanding, and he didn't have any extra time to exercise, let alone go to the gym to build himself up into a big, muscular guy and develop such impressive pectoral muscles and eight-pack abs.
This girl, who's barely any meat on her own, has incredibly high standards for men's physiques. She's so petite, easily lifted with one hand, and her lack of fitness knowledge makes her think building muscle is as simple as eating and drinking.
Should he thank her? Now he doesn't need to exercise, take protein powder, or go to the gym to lift weights; he can effortlessly have that kind of body shape, like a giant double-door refrigerator, all through her images.
However, it's understandable, since she's never seen him without clothes, so it's not surprising that she would have her own imagination.
But he still didn't quite understand where Xiang Di was, nor did he understand why it was from this downward angle, and what exactly he was bumping into while holding his breath.
Until he saw his hand grasp a small ankle, then move up the ankle, his fingertips pinching the soft calf, leaving pink marks on the fragile skin, and then he put the calf on his shoulder.
"..."
What's the difference between this and watching a movie, especially one in which you starred?
No wonder it's from this angle; there's a groundhog underneath.
At this point, his frequency was getting higher and higher, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, wetting his hair and causing a few drops of sweat to fall down.
"ah."
Another familiar soft call.
The voice hasn't changed, but there's something indescribable about it.
Like a small hook, it was tickling his eardrum, making Bai Jiangxin feel an urge to scratch his ear.
Bai Jiangxin bit her lip, not knowing what she was calling out again.
The man in the video is perfectly synchronized with his real-life self, also asking, "What's your name?"
Your sweat is dripping onto me...
You can't see her, but you can hear her coquettish voice: "It's so cold."
It didn't sound like she was complaining about him; it was more like she was being affectionate.
He seemed to fall for it, looking down at the screen before chuckling, "Then I'll suck it off for you."
As he spoke, Bai Jiangxin lowered his head, which elicited another soft gasp.
The visuals are just visuals, like watching a movie; they don't evoke any empathy, and since there's nothing shown in the visuals, he can't see what's happening.
But not having eaten pork doesn't mean you haven't seen a pig run. Bai Jiangxin has basic physiological knowledge in this area, so he can roughly guess where he is kissing her.
Bai Jiangxin pursed his lips, not wanting to speak.
"You're not allowed to smoke anymore."
Xiang Di must have been hurt, because she pushed him away abruptly and then retaliated by reaching out her hand. Her soft, boneless little hand contrasted sharply with his hard chest, and she grabbed him.
"..."
In reality, Bai Jiangxin only felt a kind of phantom pain.
He seemed to be provoked in the video, tilting his head back sharply, and the mole on his Adam's apple, which he usually overlooked, appeared to turn red.
After calming down, he lowered his head, looking fierce and cold: "Don't touch me like that."
She grumbled discontentedly, "You started this mess."
Bai Jiangxin let out a laugh: "I didn't say you were cold, I'm just warming you up."
"I don't need you to warm me up anymore. Are you done yet? I'm tired."
"It's not that fast, be honest."
In the video, Bai Jiangxin suddenly lowered his body, and in reality, Bai Jiangxin subconsciously leaned back.
Then he heard himself warn Xiang Di in a hoarse voice: "If you move again, I'll fuck you to death, you believe me?"
"..." This is actually something he would say?
Bai Jiangxin closed his eyes in despair.
Towards! Whistle!
You're just a creepy groundhog whose mind is full of that kind of stuff.
Could he please clean up the yellow hotline and catch this groundhog quickly so it won't cause him any more trouble?
The next second, Bai Jiangxin, unable to bear it any longer, slammed his pen down, the sound of which was amplified infinitely in the dull classroom.
The imagination finally came to an abrupt end at this moment, and the scene vanished instantly.
The biology teacher, who was engrossed in playing on his phone on the podium, was startled. He was about to question who was making the noise when he realized it was Bai Jiangxin.
"What's wrong, Bai Jiangxin?"
At the same time, many other students looked over at him curiously.
Including a certain instigator.
“…It’s nothing.” Bai Jiangxin forced himself to calm down. “Teacher, I need to go to the restroom.”
This was a pop quiz, so there weren't many rules. The biology teacher simply said, "Oh, then you'd better go now."
Ye Minjia had a look on his face that said, "I really am a great prophet."
"I knew you needed to pee."
Bai Jiangxin didn't bother to explain and simply got up.
As he passed by someone's desk, he clearly heard the person with their head down muttering to themselves.
My husband has been going to the bathroom quite frequently lately. He goes as soon as class ends these past few days, and now he can't even hold it during exams.
She even had the nerve to grumble about why he went to the toilet so frequently, and whose responsibility it was.
Does my husband have a prostate problem?
Bai Jiangxin stopped beside her desk.
Feeling a sense of oppression, Xiang Di raised his head blankly.
Why is my husband looking at me like that?
With an "OvO" emoji.
He asked her, "Why is she staring at me with those big, innocent eyes? What right does she have to be innocent?"
Bai Jiangxin suddenly felt like he had punched cotton.
At the same time, in addition to the feeling of weakness in my hands and feet, there was another very strange feeling.
In reality, Xiang Di and Bai Jiangxin were just two classmates who weren't close and barely spoke to each other.
Those tangled scenes were just Xiang Di's one-sided fantasy. Once the fantasy ended, Xiang Di naturally returned to reality.
But Bai Jiangxin couldn't quite manage it.
The summer uniforms issued by the school include both trousers and skirts for girls. Some girls prefer to wear trousers, while others prefer skirts.
He had never paid attention to whether the girls in his class wore trousers or skirts in the summer, let alone what Xiang Di wore.
So he didn't know what Xiang Di's legs looked like until just now.
Even if it was a dream, he did see her bare, slender legs.
I don’t know if I should be thankful that the scene she imagined was from a first-person perspective, so he only saw her calves and didn’t see any more of her private parts.
Looking into those clear and innocent eyes, Bai Jiangxin suddenly found it difficult to breathe.
His hands, hanging by his sides, unconsciously clenched into fists. He felt a little guilty and quickly looked away.
How is it that she can act like nothing happened right after fantasizing about him?
And since she was the one fantasizing about him, why should he feel unable to face it?
The biology teacher's voice rang out again: "Bai Jiangxin, why haven't you gone yet?"
Bai Jiangxin snapped out of his daze and whispered, "I'll go right away."
Before leaving the classroom, he heard Xiang Di's inner thoughts again.
Okay, I really can't think about it anymore. Now I really need to start focusing on the exam!
Go for it!
He looked very energetic.
She's motivated now, while he still hasn't touched a large portion of his biology exam paper.
Bai Jiangxin now fully understands why Xiang Di made such great progress in the last joint exam.
She certainly has extraordinary ways of relieving stress.
And he was her unfortunate stress reliever.
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The bell rang, signaling the end of evening self-study. After handing in the paper, Xiang Di stretched out his arms and yawned.
The exams are finally over.
Liang Qianqian asked, "Do you want to go to the restroom?"
Xiang Di stood up: "Let's go!"
Girls also like to go to the toilet in groups, with two girls sweetly linking arms as they walk towards the toilet.
The corridor lights were on, and many students in the class were standing in the corridor to enjoy the breeze. Xiang Di immediately spotted Bai Jiangxin coming from the direction of the teacher's office.
An alarm bell rang in Xiang Di's mind immediately. She quickly checked herself. Her school uniform was clean, her shoes were white, and she reached out to fix her bangs. Great, her hairstyle was okay too, not ugly at all.
From the first year of high school to the third year, even though they had passed each other many times, and even though Bai Jiangxin had never noticed, Xiang Di still took every chance encounter with him very seriously. She would pay extra attention to her image and whether her expression was natural enough. Even if it was only for a moment, she would try to leave him with the impression that "this girl is kind of cute".
She took this matter very seriously as well.
She was eagerly anticipating passing by Bai Jiangxin, but for some reason, Bai Jiangxin suddenly turned around.
Although she wouldn't be so presumptuous as to think that he was deliberately avoiding her because he saw her, Xiang Di still couldn't help but feel a slight sense of loneliness at not being able to pass by him.
It's okay. Missing out on someone you have a crush on is perfectly normal.
Xiang Di pursed her lips bitterly, trying to comfort herself with optimism.
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