Chapter 85 If the next day: When Xiang Di gained mind-reading abilities (2)
Thanks to Bai Jiangxin's consistency between his words and actions, Xiang Di finally realized what that voice was—it was Bai Jiangxin's inner voice. Upon closer listening, the voice was indeed the same.
All those novels weren't read for nothing. After a brief moment of confusion, Xiang Di calmed down and deduced the situation she was facing.
She seems to have skipped the four years of undergraduate studies and the two years of graduate school, and traveled directly to six years in the future.
If this really isn't a dream, then general relativity is real, and Einstein was indeed great.
Xiang Di reached out and pinched her cheek; it did hurt a little. But as a flower of the motherland who had received nine years of compulsory education and three years of high school education, who was not feudal, not superstitious, had no religious beliefs, and had admired science since childhood and grown up healthily under the red flag to the age of eighteen, she still didn't believe it.
That's absolutely a dream!
Thankfully, at least she dreamt of traveling into her future self, not into a book or comic book, nor in ancient times or some cyberpunk sci-fi era hundreds of years in the future. She was accepting it for the time being.
I just don't understand why I can suddenly hear Bai Jiangxin's inner thoughts.
Perhaps she prayed to God again before going to sleep, wanting to experience what it's like to have mind-reading abilities, so God granted her wish in her dream?
Upon hearing Bai Jiangxin say that he would take her to the hospital, Xiang Di naturally refused to go and quickly said that she was fine and that her brain had just temporarily short-circuited because of her period.
Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women and will not affect the brain, but there's nothing that can be done. Without a good reason, Xiang Di can only let it take the blame for now.
Bai Jiangxin looked at her with some doubt. Xiang Di remembered what was in her hand just now, and suddenly had an idea. She immediately said, "I know, it must be that you begged me to help you... masturbate first thing this morning, and then I had my period, which caused my estrogen levels to be out of whack, and then my brain went blank. It's all your fault."
She pointed at him and accused him, then shifted all the blame onto him.
Bai Jiangxin twitched his lips, slapped her forehead again, and said coldly, "Try turning the tables on me again, I'm begging you?"
Who on earth got their period and had increased sexual desire, sitting on my face so early in the morning before I was even fully awake?
[When I said no, he pressed his breasts into my mouth, begging me to eat them. Then, after he'd had his fill, he felt guilty and offered to help me out of remorse?]
Hearing Bai Jiangxin's words, which were tinged with anger and accusation, Xiang Di was speechless.
Six years have passed, and I'm already such a queen? I used to be too embarrassed to let him kiss me, but now I dare to sit right on his face.
Thankfully, she could hear his thoughts, otherwise she would have been exposed again. Xiang Di quickly said that she had been confused again, it was her fault, but she was really fine.
Bai Jiangxin found a thermometer and took her temperature. She was indeed fine. In addition, after being together for so many years, Xiang Di's temper was always unpredictable during her period, but this time it was particularly unpredictable.
After all that commotion early in the morning, she would be late for the company if she didn't go soon, so Bai Jiangxin didn't press her further and told her to rest well at home.
"You can't just eat snacks and not eat meals. Don't eat ice cream for the next few days, and don't drink ice water either. I bought you a cake. If you really crave something sweet, then eat something sweet."
"Uh-huh."
"Your TV membership has been renewed. If you want to watch horror movies, you can keep it for now. I have to go back to school this afternoon, and I'll watch them with you when I get back tonight. Otherwise, you'll be scared if you watch them alone."
"Uh-huh."
"I may not have time to check messages today. If you have any questions, just call me directly. I won't put my phone on silent."
"Uh-huh."
Bai Jiangxin suddenly raised an eyebrow: "All you can do is 'hmm'?"
"Mmm." Mainly because I was afraid of revealing the truth if I said too much.
"..."
Bai Jiangxin chuckled, patted her head, and went out to work.
Xiang Di scratched her head, wondering why Bai Jiangxin, who was in his twenties, seemed to have become more irritable and more talkative, giving her a whole bunch of instructions. She was in her twenties, after all; did he think she could blow up the house while he was away?
Xiang Di was the only one left at home. She sat on the bed for a while, then looked down and noticed the four-piece bedding set on the bed.
She and Bai Jiangxin must have lived together in the past few years in her dreams; this brightly colored four-piece bedding set is clearly her work.
Xiang Di couldn't help but chuckle. She recalled Bai Jiangxin, who was just twenty-four years old, dressed in a sharp shirt and trousers, looking every bit the elite, yet sleeping in a strawberry milk four-piece bedding set every night.
She got up and curiously looked around the bedroom. The entire arrangement seemed to be her doing, since Bai Jiangxin would definitely not have so many plush toys in the room.
There was also a dressing table in the bedroom. She walked over and curiously looked at herself six years later.
She felt exactly the same way she did when she saw Bai Jiangxin; his face was the same, but the feeling was different.
She still has long, slightly wavy hair, but without bangs. She looks much more mature now, which is good. She hasn't lost any hair or her hairline has receded.
She even looked quite pretty. After admiring herself in front of the mirror, Xiang Di felt happy, as if she had really grown into the adult version of herself that she had imagined as a child.
As she spoke, she pulled open the collar of her nightgown and secretly glanced at her chest, wanting to see if it had grown bigger in the six years that had passed, and whether her girlish body had matured.
However, upon looking at her, she immediately covered herself with her pajamas again.
There were so many strawberries, and the tips of the strawberries were still swollen. Xiang Di blushed, remembering what Bai Jiangxin had just complained to her, and it seemed that it was all true.
So he wasn't exaggerating; she really did feed him, begging him to eat. Xiang Di's face flushed; she couldn't quite imagine the mature and refined Bai Jiangxin doing something like this.
It's all my fault for getting into trouble. I lightly slapped myself and walked out of the bedroom. I roughly looked around the house. It was a small high-rise apartment, not big, just over 90 square meters, more than enough for two people. I went to the window and found that the school in our area was not far away.
It turns out they really did rent an apartment near the school and live together, but it didn't feel like a rental because the apartment's interior and exterior were very beautiful, exactly as Xiang Di had imagined.
When she was in school, she loved to fantasize about how she would decorate her own home when she grew up, became independent, and became a sophisticated urban woman. This home is exactly what she imagined.
However, in the gap, there was another trace of a person: a men's razor on the sink, and black, white and gray clothes that only took up a quarter of the space in the wardrobe.
Compared to her possessions, Bai Jiangxin's things were few and far between, but they filled every corner of the house, constantly reminding Xiang Di that this was their home.
Like a treasure hunt, Xiang Di found many things in the house. When she found the photo wall in the living room, although she had not experienced the past six years, she could tell from the photos that they had traveled to many places and taken many pictures.
From Disneyland, where she graduated from high school, to many other places she had never been, she and Bai Jiangxin were both rather reserved when taking photos. They didn't look very intimate in the pictures, but Xiang Di could feel how happy she looked in them.
Her eyes were filled with satisfaction. Those six years in her dream were truly wonderful; she and Bai Jiangxin had always been together.
The phone suddenly received a message. Fortunately, six years have passed, and the phone model hasn't been updated too quickly, so she still knows how to use it. As for the phone password... it should still be Bai Jiangxin's name in a nine-square grid, right?
However, before she could even enter the password, her phone unlocked automatically. The message was from someone whose contact name was "My Supervisor," asking how her thesis revisions were going.
This must be her graduate advisor. Xiang Di was about to ask her advisor for leave, but then she thought, why not take this opportunity to go out and see the world after having such a vivid dream? Maybe it's even a dream that can predict the future.
Xiang Di rolled her eyes and immediately asked where her tutor was, asking him to send her an address so she could contact him.
The tutor said he was in his office, and Xiang Di immediately said, "Mingde Building, right? I'll be there soon."
My advisor sent a question mark and said: "What Mingde Building? I'm in Yifu Building."
Xiang Di was a little confused: [Isn't this the Mingde Law School Building?]
Supervisor: [When did Yenching University build the Mingde Law Building? How come I didn't know? [Sweating emoji]]
Yenching University?
It turns out she didn't pursue her master's degree at her alma mater, but instead went to Yenching University.
What kind of drug did Bai Jiangxin give her? Living with him wasn't enough; she even wanted to attend the same school as him.
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Regardless, let's go and see how things go first. Maybe after this dream ends, she can really consider going to Yenching University for graduate studies in three years.
Xiang Di knows herself well enough that even six years later, many of her habits haven't changed. For example, she knows where to put important items, quickly finds her campus card, picks out a dress from her closet, puts on a new sanitary napkin, and gets ready to go out.
After arriving at Yenching University, Xiang Di went to see her advisor first and said that she hadn't been feeling well for the past two days and might have to postpone submitting her thesis for a few days. She was now the eighteen-year-old Xiang Di in her mind, so how could she possibly be writing a master's thesis?
Fortunately, she usually performs well, and her tutor was understanding and said to postpone it for a couple of days.
She breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave when her supervisor instructed her, "Wait a moment, run an errand for me and take this document to Professor Jin for his signature."
Xiang Di was stunned again: "Professor Jin?"
"...What's wrong with you today? First, you built Mingde Building out of thin air for our school, and now you don't even know who Professor Jin is?" The professor sighed and said, "Professor Jin from the Finance Department is your boyfriend's graduate advisor. You go to see your boyfriend every day, don't you know?"
"...Oh? Oh! I know!"
The tutor looked at her speechlessly, gave a dry laugh, said goodbye to the teacher, and turned to run away.
However, she was walking too fast and bumped into someone. Because she was menstruating, Xiang Di was already weak, and the collision almost made her fall.
Fortunately, the person quickly helped her up, asking with concern, "Senior, are you alright?"
"...It's alright, it's alright, I'm sorry."
[This senior's head is so hard! My chest hurts so much, did she get a bruise?]
[It's good that it's bruised. I'll have Xiangxiang apply some safflower oil to it when I get home tonight, and seduce her a little. I don't believe she can resist.]
Seeing that Xiang Di had stood still, the person released her hand.
The sound disappeared, and Xiang Di stared blankly at the handsome but unfamiliar boy in front of her. Had she just heard the boy's inner thoughts?
The tutor noticed the boy and waved, saying, "Ji Cen is here? Come on, I have something for you."
The boy replied, "Coming."
At this moment, Xiang Di suddenly turned back and, without saying a word, grasped his mentor's hand.
The tutor looked at her, completely bewildered.
What's wrong with this kid? Has he gone mad revising his graduation thesis? In this state, will he even pass his defense?
If she doesn't graduate, then all my efforts will have been for nothing, and I'll go home and my wife will complain that I can't even supervise a graduate student properly...
"Um, Xiang Di..."
"Teacher, you don't need to say anything. Don't worry, teacher, as soon as I wake up, I will definitely revise my thesis and graduate smoothly!"
Xiang Di released her mentor's hand, then turned back and gave her junior a knowing smile.
The junior felt a chill run down his spine from the laughter, his clear, palm-colored eyes darting away slightly as he forced a smile: "Senior, you..."
"Junior, is your girlfriend's name Xiangxiang?"
"...Yeah, senior, don't you remember?" the junior asked, puzzled. "You even treated her to cheese puffs before."
"I remember, I remember." Xiang Di smiled brightly. "I wish you happiness!"
Xiang Di left, leaving behind his confused junior and mentor.
She strode out of the law building, took a breath of fresh air, and felt that this mind-reading world was as fresh as the air itself, waiting for her to explore.
There happened to be quite a few fat cats at Yanda University, and Xiang Di randomly picked a calico cat on the street. The calico cat was very friendly and allowed people to pet it.
Xiang Di patted the cat's head. The cat didn't say anything, but it said it in its heart.
[Meow—Meow—Meow meow meow—]
"..."
I can't understand it; apparently, there's no automatic translation function for my inner thoughts.
We still need to find someone to try it out. It's not good to randomly approach strangers. Xiang Di took out his phone, found Liang Qianqian, and asked her what she was doing.
Liang Qianqian replied that she was working like a slave, and Xiang Di invited her out, along with Ye Minjia and Wang Sichen, saying he wanted to treat them to dinner.
At noon, Xiang Di arrived at the restaurant early. Not long after, Ye Minjia and Wang Sichen arrived one after the other.
When Xiang Di saw the two of them, she silently exclaimed in her heart, "Men are indeed like wine, the older they get, the better they become." But when Liang Qianqian arrived, Xiang Di's mouth dropped open.
So beautiful! No girl can resist a mature and sophisticated woman with a high level of intelligence. Xiang Di's eyes were practically glued to her, but then she heard Ye Minjia ask, oblivious to her feelings, "Aren't you afraid of twisting your ankle wearing such high heels?"
Liang Qianqian said calmly, "I know you're upset. You're just afraid I'll look taller than you in heels, aren't you?"
"What a joke, you're taller than me?" Ye Minjia laughed directly. "I'm 185cm tall without any problems, no doubt about it."
The two started arguing again. Xiang Di bit her chopsticks, thinking to herself, "How come these two are still enemies after six years? They argue as soon as they meet."
However, that wasn't her main point today. Xiang Di interrupted the two of them, coughed lightly, and said that she had invited them out for two reasons: first, to have a small get-together and catch up on how her brothers and sisters were doing lately; and second, because she had recently learned to read palms.
“I’ll read your palms, you can chat as you please,” Xiang Di said.
The three of them looked very respectable, like high-achieving elites. Ye Minjia and Liang Qianqian, in particular, started bragging about how prestigious their internship companies were and how many offers they had received from top companies before even graduating. Only Xiang Di heard their resentful inner thoughts.
[My supervisor is insane! He's holding up my thesis defense right before it's over. My manager is insane! Aren't interns human? Do they think they can be bossed around like that? I get the lowest pay for the most menial tasks. Damn it, tomorrow I'm changing my Weibo account to "My supervisor and manager are in heaven."]
I don't want to graduate, I don't want to take the civil service exam, I don't want to work, I don't want to be a slave; I just want to coast along and wait to die.
I admit, I'm a gold digger. I'm materialistic, and my personality is vain. I just want a rich woman to support me; I don't want to work hard anymore.
Xiang Di's mindset is still stuck at eighteen, so she doesn't quite understand why her friends have turned from vibrant college students into resentful women and men just because they are facing graduation internships.
Xiang Di was reading Ye Minjia's palm, while Ye Minjia was bragging to Liang Qianqian about how awesome he was. Not only did he have an offer from a top company, but he had also received several graduation confessions because he was about to graduate.
Liang Qianqian said congratulations in a sarcastic tone, and asked when she planned to hold the banquet, reminding her to send her an invitation.
Ye Minjia smiled and said, "Don't worry, it will be soon. I will definitely send you an invitation, and you won't be shortchanged by a single penny in gift money."
[Congratulations, my ass! I've had a crush on you for seven years, and you're as dense as a block of wood, completely oblivious. My inability to get married in this lifetime is all thanks to you.]
Xiang Di withdrew her hand, opened her eyes wide, and looked at Ye Minjia in surprise.
"Finished reading?" Ye Minjia raised an eyebrow. "So, how about it? Aren't my luck in wealth, career, and love off to be off the charts?"
Xiang Di replied perfunctorily, "Mhm, explosion, explosion."
Ye Minjia immediately became smug and raised an eyebrow at the other two: "Did you hear that? It's not too late for you two to curry favor with me now."
Wang Sichen immediately said a few nice words, but Liang Qianqian sneered and asked Xiang Di to read her palm again to see whose fate was better, hers or Ye Minjia's.
[No way, is he really getting married? What about all seven years of unrequited love? Was I just cannon fodder?]
Though she was heartbroken, she stubbornly insisted, "How's my luck? Is it better than Ye Minjia's?"
Xiang Di: "..."
Two idiots.
No wonder Bai Jiangxin told her not to get involved in their affairs. After six or seven years, they're still in a one-sided love affair. It's purely because they both have such bad tempers.
"To be honest, you two..."
Xiang Di hesitated, wondering how to subtly hint at something to the two of them, when her phone rang at an inopportune moment.
I took out my phone and saw it was a call from my supervisor.
When her supervisor called, she dared not ignore it. As soon as Xiang Di answered, her supervisor asked her why she hadn't delivered the things to Professor Jin even though it was already afternoon.
Oh no, I was so busy reading minds and gossiping that I completely forgot about this.
Even in her dreams, she dared not offend her mentor. Xiang Di told her she had something to do, grabbed her bag, paid for her meal, and left. As for the class monitor and Qianqian, she would try to bring them together when she woke up from her dream and returned to reality.
Fortunately, the restaurant wasn't far from the school, so I rushed to the School of Management. Unfortunately, the other teachers said that Professor Jin had just left after receiving a phone call.
"What is it? Is it in a hurry?"
Xiang Di didn't know if she was in a hurry or not, she just said that her teacher had asked her to bring it, saying that Professor Jin needed to sign it.
"Professor Jin might not be back for a while. If you're worried, you can leave him with his student for now. His student just went to teach for him."
After thanking the teacher, Xiang Di asked which classroom it was in, and then hurried over to find Professor Jin's student.
She was in a hurry and forgot to ask which student it was. When she got to the classroom door, she saw that it was Bai Jiangxin, who was looking down at his book and didn't notice her.
Because he was dressed quite formally, he really did have the air of a people's teacher.
How serious! Xiang Di thought to herself, she had never seen Bai Jiangxin give a lecture before.
Since it's just a dream anyway, why not listen in?
Without hesitation, Xiang Di bent down, quietly walked to the back door of the classroom, slipped inside, and randomly found a seat in the back row.
It was nearing the end of the semester, and all the classes had already finished. He was supposed to be filling in for the professor, but actually he was just there to highlight the key points for the students.
There aren't many teachers at Yenching University who highlight key points for students. Professor Jin is a very nice person. In the corporate finance course he teaches, he usually highlights the main points and also has teaching assistants send review outlines to students in the group chat.
A young man wearing thin-rimmed glasses stood on the podium, his shirt impeccably tailored. Following Professor Jin's instructions, he was calmly highlighting key points for the students. His voice was low, clear, and deep, devoid of emotion, yet every word was clear and resonant.
Xiang Di sat in the last row, cupping her face in her hands, gazing at Bai Jiangxin on the podium with a fascination.
Bai Jiangxin is so handsome at 24! If men were wine, then Bai Jiangxin would be the finest wine, always possessing his own unique flavor regardless of the vintage.
Eighteen-year-old Bai Jiangxin is like a piece of naturally beautiful, cold jade, with a silent sharpness. Her temperament is like moss on the steps melting into the first snow, with both youthful naiveté and aloofness coexisting.
The current Bai Jiangxin is no different from what she once imagined. Her sharpness has diminished, her gaze is restrained and calm, and her temperament remains unchanged. The aloofness that once made people want to stay away has now turned into a convincing composure and dignity.
Take a few more glances, because you won't be able to see them when you return to reality.
Still not enough?
Xiang Di was taken aback and blinked.
Suddenly, a student in the audience asked him if the chapter on real options would be on the test.
As the questions increased, he answered them one by one calmly, making Xiang Di unsure whether the thought she had just heard was just her imagination.
He barely raised his eyes from beginning to end. Could he be the reincarnation of Erlang Shen, with eyes on his head?
Little did anyone know that during the senior year assembly, eighteen-year-old Bai Jiangxin would stand on the stage and, with just a glance, casually look down at the crowd of over a thousand people standing on the playground, quickly lock onto those almond-shaped eyes that were gazing at him with infatuation.
Not to mention her almond-shaped eyes today, which are much more passionate and blatant than the ones she had back then.
Three years of high school, four years of university, and two years of graduate school—that's a total of nine years of watching! Aren't you done yet?
A barely perceptible glint flashed in Bai Jiangxin's dark eyes hidden behind his glasses. He slightly curved his lips, and with the fingertips of his right hand holding the book, he gently scraped the pages.
His tone remained calm as he continued to highlight the key points: "From Chapters 8 to 11, approximately 70% of the content will be tested, with Chapter 10 focusing on leveraged buyouts and mergers, including the classic case of the Taiji Group's acquisition..."
The students below the stage only heard the various professional terms coming from his mouth, but only Xiang Di heard the slightly frivolous and malicious thoughts hidden beneath that cold exterior.
[Unpaid.]
[I'll kill you after your period ends.]
Xiang Di shuddered violently, her body instinctively leaning back. She no longer dared to look at him, lowered her head, covered her mouth as if she wanted to scream, and her face flushed slightly.
Good heavens, 24-year-old Bai Jiangxin is so fierce and terrifying.
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Eighteen-year-old Bai Jiangxin: Twenty-four-year-old Xiang Di is terrifying, she just sits right on people's faces ==
The junior is the male lead from next door who confessed again. A fellow alumnus makes a cameo appearance; he's a little wolf who's secretly loved his wife for years and knows how to be very affectionate. 837, look at yourself again, I can't be bothered to say anything. (837: Oo)
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