Chapter 34 Strategy: Day 34 is really over.
The infirmary is located on the first floor of this teaching building. To get from the classroom to the infirmary, you only need to go downstairs.
It was lunchtime, and there weren't many people in the teaching building, but when Bai Jiangxin carried Xiang Di downstairs, they still bumped into several people going upstairs.
Among them were people who had just finished lunch and were returning from the cafeteria. They were chatting and laughing as they went upstairs when they looked up and saw the scene above.
Bai Jiangxin, the school's most famous academic genius and heartthrob, was carrying a girl downstairs.
No. 14 Middle School is a key public middle school with many rules. They strictly enforce early romantic relationships. Anyone who dares to show affection in public at school will be gossiped about a hundred and eighty times by other students, even if the teachers don't see it. For example, they say, "They don't catch people who are dating, but they catch me for secretly eating snacks in class. Is there no law in this world?!"
The top student in the grade defied the law and committed the crime; there truly is no law in this world.
Facing several pairs of shocked eyes, Bai Jiangxin had no thoughts, but the person on his back had many ideas.
[What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and take photos, post them on the White Wall, and submit them. I've already thought of the captions for you.]
Everyone knew that Bai Jiangxin, the school heartthrob, was aloof and reserved, never showing any interest in women. Until one day, someone saw him carrying a girl on his back on campus, his captivating eyes filled with tenderness and doting affection. The entire school erupted in excitement.
Bai Jiangxin: "..."
Are you speaking Chinese?
She knows plenty of descriptive adjectives, but I've never seen her score 140 on a Chinese test.
Xiang Di was so engrossed in creating "explosive literature" in her mind that she couldn't extricate herself. A classmate from Class 97 finished eating and happened to be going upstairs. When he saw Bai Jiangxin carrying a girl downstairs, and that girl was none other than Xiang Di from their own class, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
Xiang Di felt completely refreshed; for a moment, it was as if even her menstrual cramps were gone.
[Yes, yes, that's exactly the look of shock and disbelief in their eyes! Hahahaha, it's so satisfying!]
The classmate hesitated, "Bai Jiangxin, Xiang Di, what's going on with you two...?"
Xiang Di was taken aback, and her heart immediately tightened again.
Why even ask?! Just start spreading rumors!
[Honey, just stay aloof as always. If I can't be your official girlfriend, let me be your rumored girlfriend for now. Let's give my high school years a perfect ending, please!]
The person on his back was pretending to be dead, not saying a word, but Bai Jiangxin could hear everything he was thinking.
It's no use begging him.
All you do is call him "husband" in your heart, and you still want to be his rumored girlfriend?
Does she expect him to come to her and become her boyfriend?
Without confessing your feelings, without pursuing anything, and without putting in any effort, you expect a reward? There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Desire, attainment, beauty.
Bai Jiangxin decisively explained, "Xiang Di is not feeling well and can't walk, so I took her to the infirmary to see a doctor."
The classmate suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. You guys should go now."
When the other students heard what Bai Jiangxin said, they all looked enlightened.
Sigh, I knew it! How could Bai Jiangxin possibly be in a relationship?
The misunderstanding was cleared up, leaving only Xiang Diren dumbfounded.
Why did Bai Jiangxin so easily nip a rumor in the bud? Why were the people at his school so objective, fair, and clear-headed, without any human flaws like distorting facts or spreading rumors?
Damn it, I knew you shouldn't read novels so casually. Those novels are all nonsense. Real students are at school every day, with endless classes and tests to do. They're already so annoyed by the stupid college entrance exam. They're lucky if they get a shocked look from the students. Who has time to care about other people's love lives every day?
Xiang Di was in a very bad mood.
[This is so boring, utterly boring. High school students these days have absolutely no sense of gossip.]
When people didn't spread rumors about her and him as she expected, she turned around and said they were boring and lacked a gossip spirit. How could someone be so self-righteous as to turn the tables and make false accusations?
Seeing that she was full of energy and even had the mood to complain, Bai Jiangxin's lips twitched, and he asked her, "Are you cured of your illness?"
"Huh?" Xiang Di snapped out of her thoughts. "No, my stomach still hurts a little."
"Why does your stomach hurt?" Bai Jiangxin asked. "Did you eat something bad?"
He made a sound to the flute.
How can I tell him that I'm not actually sick, and that I just have menstrual cramps?
But what if he thinks menstrual cramps are no big deal? Will he think I'm a scheming woman?
Ugh, I should have just not pretended.
Hearing her conflicted thoughts, Bai Jiangxin breathed a sigh of relief upon learning the truth.
It turns out it was just her period, she wasn't sick.
"Well, actually I am..." Feeling embarrassed to say this in front of the person she liked, Xiang Di didn't know how to start, "...I got my period, so my stomach hurts."
Bai Jiangxin: "Menstrual period."
Hearing him mention his period directly, Xiang Di blushed, feeling quite embarrassed, and gave a small "hmm".
“I feel much better now,” she said. “So I don’t actually need to go to the infirmary. If you have anything else to do, you can put me down.”
[Honey, I was wrong. Please don't think I'm a scheming woman, sob sob.]
"I have nothing else to say." Bai Jiangxin said calmly. "Although you're not sick, you still need to be careful during your period. If it's really painful, go to the infirmary and have a doctor take a look at you."
Xiang Di said, "Hey, it's okay. I've had menstrual cramps for years, and I'm used to it."
Bai Jiangxin frowned: "Many years?"
"Yes, it started in junior high school. My mom took me to see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. The doctor said it was a congenital constitution problem. Some girls can still run and jump during their period, but I can't."
She placed her hands on his shoulders, leaned against his back, and explained to him about women's menstrual cycles. Bai Jiangxin didn't say he didn't like listening to this; he just listened quietly, as if he were really learning something.
Bai Jiangxin: "Can't it be cured?"
"Probably," Xiang Di said. "But it can help, like drinking more hot water, keeping warm, or taking an ibuprofen tablet..."
She was referring to some well-known methods for relieving menstrual cramps.
However, I just discovered a method that works most effectively for me to relieve menstrual cramps.
She said it to herself.
Bai Jiangxin raised an eyebrow slightly, wondering why she insisted on saying it quietly in her heart.
Until a sweet voice, filled with girlish shyness and joy, rang in his mind.
That means you'll carry me on your back, hehe.
You are my most effective remedy.
Bai Jiangxin's steps suddenly stopped as he went downstairs, and he stood there stunned.
In an instant, his heartbeat felt like it was leaking electricity, as if a strong current had rushed through his heart, making him feel numb all over. The whole world seemed to go blank for a second, and he could only feel the warmth coming from his back.
Xiang Di peeked out from behind and a voice sounded in his ear: "Why did you suddenly stop?"
The girl's breathing was so close, carrying her unique warmth and fragrance, like a hot, humid summer rain. Every word she spoke and every breath she took felt like sticky raindrops burning his eardrums and throat. He swallowed hard, but no sound came out.
Xiang Di called him a few more times before Bai Jiangxin came back to his senses.
She asked with concern, "Are you alright? Am I too heavy?"
If even I feel this is too heavy for you, then I seriously suspect those dumbbells you lift at the gym are made of foam, humph.
Even you can't make me anxious about my figure!
Bai Jiangxin bit her lower lip and shook her head: "It's okay, you're not heavy."
Bai Jiangxin told a half-lie in that statement.
It's true that she's not heavy.
But it's not true that he's alright.
But Xiang Di's torment of him was not over yet.
[Only one more floor to the infirmary, sob, why is this walk so short?]
I don't want to get off my husband's back; I want to stay on him forever.
Then, she slowly pressed her body against his, placing the weight of her entire soft body on his back. The hands she had placed on his shoulders secretly tightened their grip on his school uniform.
[...If I get a little closer, he shouldn't notice, right?]
"Probably not, I have small breasts, he wouldn't notice."
Bai Jiangxin's Adam's apple bobbed, and his eyelids twitched helplessly.
How could he not notice those two soft mounds rubbing against him?
Bai Jiangxin tightened his grip on her knees, slowed his pace, and quietly felt her body pressed against his back, the milky scent of a young girl wafting into his nostrils.
The person on his back was completely unaware of this. Xiang Di was comfortably leaning against the broad back of the boy she liked, admiring his neatly trimmed hair, smelling the refreshing scent of laundry detergent on his school uniform, and also wanting to secretly kiss his slightly red and translucent earlobes and the fair skin on the back of his neck.
Bai Jiangxin's eyelids trembled slightly. Even though she was just looking at him and breathing on his skin without touching him, the skin on the back of his neck had begun to turn red slowly. It was as if she had kissed him there, leaving a mark that belonged only to her.
I am so happy.
She sighed inwardly.
[bjx, I will always remember this day.]
Remember this day, the noon when I missed lunch at the cafeteria because of menstrual cramps, and you carried me to the infirmary.
Many, many years later, even if you've long forgotten me, when I think back, I'll still feel how happy I was back then.
Because of his upbringing, Bai Jiangxin has always felt that happiness is a very rare thing.
But he had lost count of how many times she had exclaimed about happiness.
It didn't rain today, and the teacher didn't assign much homework. Even the smallest thing seemed to make her happy.
Even things he had never paid any attention to before, such as every unintentional glance and brush past her, every simple exchange of "Excuse me" or "Okay," were deeply remembered by her, supporting her through the monotonous and arduous senior year of high school, making her happy day after day.
Even though it was a hopeless unrequited love, even though he never noticed her, she lived her life in the most optimistic way possible in her own private paradise of unrequited love.
Sincerity can change at any time, but at least for this moment, her sincerity was so genuine and intense that Bai Jiangxin had nowhere to hide.
It turns out that being secretly remembered and liked by someone like this is a very happy thing.
To make it convenient for students, the school has arranged the infirmary to be located very close to the classroom, making the walk from the infirmary short.
The doctor on duty hadn't gone to eat yet. Because of menstrual cramps, Bai Jiangxin couldn't stay any longer, so he took Xiang Di to the infirmary and then left.
Going upstairs alone is much easier than carrying someone downstairs, but the journey of those few flights of stairs feels much longer.
When Mingming carried her downstairs, just like her, Bai Jiangxin felt for the first time that the distance from the classroom to the infirmary was indeed too short.
It was so short that he had no idea how to calm the intense heartbeat surging in his chest.
The distance was so short that he couldn't hear her chattering thoughts enough. This time it wasn't over yet, but he was already starting to worry about when their next contact would be and whether he would have the patience to wait until then.
It was so short that he felt like he was really doomed.
-
Xiang Di had a good night's sleep in the infirmary.
When I woke up, the world seemed unreal. The entire medical room was white, the smell of disinfectant was pungent, and the fluorescent lights overhead were blinding, making it impossible to tell what time it was.
The person standing next to her was Liang Qianqian, who was holding the bread she had bought for her from the convenience store at noon.
"Wow, you can sleep so much!" Liang Qianqian said. "Do you even know what time it is?"
Xiang Di blinked at him, looking confused: "What time?"
Liang Qianqian made a gesture: "It's 5:30. In a little while, you can have this bread for dinner."
"5:30?!?!" No wonder the world felt unreal when she woke up. Xiang Di sat bolt upright in bed. "Then I skipped an entire afternoon of classes!"
Liang Qianqian comforted her, "Don't worry, Ye Minjia has already asked for leave for you. Although our teacher usually seems stern and heartless, he is still very considerate of us girls."
Xiang Di finally breathed a sigh of relief.
How did you know I was in the infirmary?
"Bai Jiangxin said that when I went back to the classroom after lunch, I didn't see you. He was the only one there. He said your stomach was hurting so badly that he brought you to the infirmary."
At this point, Liang Qianqian asked tentatively, "...I heard that Bai Jiangxin carried you to the infirmary?"
Xiang Di nodded hesitantly.
“So you two are pretty close, huh?” Liang Qianqian said. “When the other girls in our class have menstrual cramps, I’ve never seen Bai Jiangxin carry any of them to the infirmary…”
Xiang Di pursed her lips. In fact, if she just kept silent at this moment, Qianqian would probably think that there was something between her and Bai Jiangxin.
But when she thought of his scathing clarification at noon, as if he were afraid of being misunderstood as having something going on with her, she felt that she shouldn't create rumors about him unilaterally, as it would cause him trouble.
So she said with certainty, "I was just lucky that he happened to be back from dinner. If it were any other girl, he would definitely have helped her too."
Liang Qianqian gave a faint "oh".
You're really stubborn.
If it were any other girl, Bai Jiangxin would probably call the school doctor directly, or even more dramatically, call 120 (emergency services). He certainly wouldn't carry a girl to the infirmary himself.
She used to think Ye Minjia was talking nonsense, but now she realizes that Ye Minjia might actually have a talent for being a detective.
She wouldn't admit it, so Liang Qianqian had no choice but to change the subject: "Have you not been resting well lately? I've never seen you in so much pain before."
Xiang Di scratched his face guiltily and could only say, "...Maybe I've been studying too hard lately."
Liang Qianqian sighed, "That's true. It's all exams all day long. Luckily you slept all afternoon. Our class had two exams today! Two! I'm speechless. I came to school to study for my senior year, not to be a beast of burden, okay?"
"There's another mock exam next week, might as well just die."
After saying that, Liang Qianqian collapsed onto the edge of the bed.
Xiang Di patted her head tenderly: "It's okay, you'll get through this soon."
Liang Qianqian raised her head again, flicked her bangs, and said fiercely, "No way, I have a holiday this week, I must relax properly."
Xiang Di remembered that they had made plans to go out for a buffet dinner this weekend, with Zhou Linxiao treating.
The thought of delicious food on the weekend gave her the energy to throw off the covers and get out of bed.
Liang Qianqian: Aren't you going to sleep?
"No more sleep, back to the classroom and keep studying!"
-
Back in the classroom, the bell rang just as the last class of the afternoon was ending.
Xiang Di felt a little guilty. It was the first time she had slept through an entire afternoon, skipping all her classes.
Fortunately, everyone was focused on their own things and no one cared that she had missed class for an afternoon. Xiang Di received care and greetings from several girls she was close to. Only after she clearly stated that she was fine did the girls feel relieved and go to eat.
As she entered the classroom, Wang Sichen saw her first and said with a smile, "Oh, you've finally come out of retirement? Are you preparing to conquer the world?"
Xiang Di said with a grin, "That's right, you're the first one I'll take in after we get out."
Zhou Linxiao was still there, and asked with concern, "Are you feeling better now?"
Before Xiang Di could answer, Ye Minjia said, "If you're not better yet, I won't help you ask for leave. You'll have to ask the teacher yourself."
"I'm much better, thank you for your concern." Xiang Di said to Ye Minjia, "Thank you for helping me ask for leave, otherwise my parents would have been called in."
"Hey, don't thank me." Ye Minjia pointed to someone, "You should thank Bai Jiangxin, he's the one who suggested I help you ask for leave."
The next second, Xiang Di looked at Bai Jiangxin.
Regardless, she should thank him.
When she walked over to Wang Sichen's desk, Wang Sichen very considerately made room for her.
"that--"
Saying thank you to others is as simple as eating and drinking, so why does it feel so awkward to say thank you to him?
It's just saying thank you, it's not a confession, why are you so shy, Xiang Di?
"...Thank you."
Usually at this point, Bai Jiangxin would reply with his usual "It's nothing," and then the matter would be over.
But not today. He looked up at her, his dark eyes meeting hers, and asked, "That's it?"
Xiang Di was stunned.
Ye Minjia chuckled nonchalantly from the side: "What else? You expect her to repay you with her body?"
Xiang Di's face flushed.
Offering herself in return?! She's willing!!
Even though she was willing a thousand times over in her heart, she could only pretend to be shy and remain silent on the surface.
Bai Jiangxin glanced at Ye Minjia, signaling him to shut up, then turned his gaze back to Xiang Di's face.
Seeing her somewhat helpless expression, his Adam's apple bobbed.
"Please treat me to a meal."
Ye Minjia, who was standing to the side, was stunned.
This young master has several Rolls-Royces at home, yet he let a girl treat him to dinner. Is he possessed by a ghost? Isn't he supposed to be a germaphobe? Doesn't he never eat at the same table with anyone?
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