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When the Green Tea's Target is the Female Lead: Ch 20, School When exposed to new things, everyone will have a long-term or short-term addiction period. People are always full of exuberant curiosity about the unknown. If this unknown happens to bring a strong impact on the person involved, then in a short period of time, most of the images in her mind will be contributed to this new thing. Xia Lan Shan is an upright person. Although it doesn't seem convincing to say this now, at least Xia Lan Shan used to be like this. Once she felt that a student's bounden duty is to study, she never aroused interest in things that the other students were interested in. Until now, Xia Lan Shan has never seen those, except for the time when Shi Yin's computer had a virus. But this does not mean she was frigid and unfeminine. It just happened she was enlightened slightly later. This kind of situation was easy to solve for experienced people, either find a girlfriend; or watch a flick. Afterwards, everything will calm down. It's a pity that Xia Lan Shan has no experience, so she can only hypnotize herself in vain. As for finding a flick? This is truly too much to ask for Xia Lan Shan. In fact, she has always been wondering; it’s been this long after the web cleanse, some people were forced to be ascetic, how can the other people find resources? Could it be that the web they were on wasn’t the same? Xia Lan Shan, who is quite innocent in nature, unsurprisingly couldn't solve all this. Therefore, when she went to see Shi Yin the next day, she looked like a student who had stayed up for three days to finish up their homework before the start of school. Shi Yin was very surprised to see the bags under her eyes. Wasn't it just thinking about whether to pursue someone or not? Why does it look like she was squeezed dry? Shi Yin didn't know what Xia Lan Shan was doing last night. She had no desire to peep unless the situation required, otherwise she wouldn’t let the system broadcast what Xia Lan Shan was doing. Moreover, last night, out of confidence in herself and to focus on a certain game promotion competition, Shi Yin didn’t check out Xia Lan Shan's situation. Yet, despite this, Shi Yin is actually sure the result will be as she wishes. Probably because Shi Yin was born with more scheming than others. Since she was young, Shi Yin knew how to take advantage of the weaknesses of human nature. Once she grew up, she utilized the workers’ wants to have them stand on the same line as herself. In short, with so many test subjects in her previous life, Shi Yin's grasp of people's hearts was more accurate than most people. Furthermore, as long as Xia Lan Shan is still a human being, she will inevitably have the greed, hatred, ignorance and delusions that other people have. Thus, she can naturally be used. A person can accept that their unrequited crush is becoming someone else's bride, but cannot accept that an ambiguous partner suddenly leaves them. In the root analysis of the subconscious, the sense of distance between the two is very different. The former is essentially a competition between oneself and oneself, while the latter is a choice between two people. Even if this ambiguous feeling of being drawn closer is due to man-made coincidences, it will still make people subconsciously pay more attention. When the heart wants to make a choice, this will become a significant chip. Otherwise, those men and women, who have no feelings for each at all, will not suddenly have emotions such as shyness towards the other party just because of the forceful CP stanning of the people around them. Xia Lan Shan didn't know that her reaction was basically within Shi Yin’s expectations. In fact, Shi Yin also revealed a lot of flaws, but the emotional filter makes it easy for people to overlook those details, and Xia Lan Shan was no exception. Therefore, she didn't feel there was anything wrong with Shi Yin. On the contrary, she had quite a guilty conscience. After all, she didn't know how to put on makeup. She couldn't even conceal the abnormalities on her face if she had wanted to. In recent days, Xia Lan Shan's most common emotion when facing Shi Yin was guilt. In her eyes, she was Snow White's stepmother or the big bad wolf who conned Little Red Riding Hood, relying on the close relationship between the two to satisfy her own desires and trying to turn her from the big open road to a small shady path. This itself was unethical. Little did she know, she was actually that little sheep. Shi Yin couldn’t be more malevolent. Although she clearly guessed what was going on, she still said with a guilty expression: "Jie Jie, why does your complexion look this poor? I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I've troubled you too much these few days, which has tired out Jie Jie." Look at how thoughtful these words are, she was simply a little cotton jacket. However, after hearing these words, Xia Lan Shan felt even more guilty and subconsciously shifted her gaze before answering, "It's not your fault. There was a quarrel upstairs yesterday and things were noisily smashed, that's why I didn't sleep well." "Ah?" Shi Yin asked in surprise, "Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang have been together for more than 50 years. They usually have a good relationship. Why did they suddenly quarrel? What happened?" "I don't know." Xia Lan Shan froze, "You know the residents upstairs?" Shi Yin nodded: "That's right, Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang are both the lead dancers of the community’s square dance. They even gave me the Crispy Pork they fried for their grandson before! It was delicious!" In Xia Lan Shan's eyes, Shi Yin's temperament is a bit withdrawn. At school, she was fine and could talk to everyone. Later, after graduation, she didn't see her take the initiative to contact any friends. She only stayed at home quietly, playing games or watching dramas. This made Xia Lan Shan regret supporting her decision as a freelancer, which intensified her thought of not socializing. What she didn’t know, during her absence, was that Shi Yin was actually quite open and outgoing. After all, although it was a parallel world with similar technology, the difference in culture and history has caused many things to be slightly dissimilar, so Shi Yin naturally went to as many of the clubs of this world as possible to check how it was different from her previous life. The area surrounding the community was even more impossible to be left unvisited by Shi Yin. Even in this kind of community where there is no custom of visiting their adjacent neighbors, Shi Yin is also an object of focus. Every so often, children and elderly people will give the things in their hands to her when they meet. Therefore, the pitiful situation of Shi Yin eating take outs that Xia Lan Shan imagined when she was not around did not exist. Among those left-behind and lonely elderly people within the community, there has been no household that Shi Yin hadn’t been to. It's a pity that Xia Lan Shan was not at home often. In order to avoid Xia Lan Shan finding out that she is hanging out this flamboyantly, Shi Yin was often considerately telling Xia Lan Shan not to come home. She could just go find her herself. After all, her academics were important. As such, Xia Lan Shan didn't know until now that the neighbors she just casually found an excuse to smear were actually acquaintances. Yet, although she was a little flustered in her heart, Xia Lan Shan still said on the surface: "No matter what, it is their family’s own business. Don't talk nonsense after you go back, otherwise the two old people might feel embarrassed." "I'm not stupid," Shi Yin pursed her lips, as if she was dissatisfied with Xia Lan Shan treating herself as a child. However, when she turned around, she forgot about it and said to Xia Lan Shan: "Jie Jie, I'm missing a Yao for my jungle. How about playing a few games with me?" "How long have you been looking at your phone? Aren’t you afraid of myopia?" After saying this, Xia Lan Shan lowered her head to take out her phone, "What's the name of this game? Can it be downloaded from the app store?" Xia Lan Shan was used to Shi Yin's impulsive behavior. As a person who doesn't play games, Xia Lan Shan often has the recent trending games on her phone because of Shi Yin. Shi Yin’s interests have always come and gone quickly. Moreover, not every game requires her to be a tool person, so even until now, Xia Lan Shan still doesn't know much about the games. Fortunately, Shi Yin didn't need her to do anything that required technical skill. Usually she only has Xia Lan Shan register a few accounts to help her obtain the items that a certain game gives for inviting new players. It was probably too boring staying in the hospital, so this time she thought of dragging her to play games together. Fortunately, the operation was relatively simple. Xia Lan Shan quickly got the hang of it after playing for a while, and just followed Shi Yin wherever she went, as if they were on a vacation. Although it seemed boring to play games like this, it interested Xia Lan Shan enough. Especially when their teammates scold them for being conjoined twins and when the other side scolds them for being a dog couple. It was strange. She obviously knew that what they said weren’t blessings, but Xia Lan Shan strangely felt a burst of secret joy. Out of this kind of thinking, Xia Lan Shan abnormally didn't remind Shi Yin to take a break after playing on the phone for too long today. Except for eating, she silently continued to play with Shi Yin. As such, she might not have understood the game, but she became quite proficient in the character Shi Yin had her play. It wasn't until Shi Yin got tired of playing that Xia Lan Shan turned off her now charging phone. Shi Yin looked out the window and said in surprise, "It's already this late ah." Xia Lan Shan looked at the sky and was also a little surprised, because she didn't feel how much time had passed. Gazing at the full moon in the sky, she vaguely remembered today was the fifteenth day, so the moon was exceptionally beautiful. However, most people were not in the mood to appreciate all this. The bright lights in the room couldn't let Xia Lan Shan see the beauty of the moonlight shining on Shi Yin's face, but she still couldn't help saying: "The moon is beautiful tonight ." Shi Yin blinked as she turned to gaze at the moon, nodded and sighed: "Yes, suitable for stabbing." Xia Lan Shan: "..." In fact, Xia Lan Shan already felt a little regretful after saying this sentence without thinking. After all, it was a phrase that even she knew the hidden meaning, so how could Shi Yin not know? She didn’t know it just slipped out like this, it was simply too presumptuous. Although she had already made up her mind, Xia Lan Shan actually didn't know how to act. Therefore, after saying this, Xia Lan Shan was a little apprehensive, afraid that Shi Yin would notice something unusual. Who knew Shi Yin would reply with such a sentence? Xia Lan Shan didn't know what mood she was in right now, only inexplicable as the three words suitable for stabbing began to circulate in her mind like a brainwashing. Seeing that Xia Lan Shan seemed a little speechless, Shi Yin stuck out her tongue, appearing a little mischievous: "I couldn't help it," she said, coughing, as if nothing had happened and answered solemnly, "Yeah, the breeze is also gentle." Xia Lan Shan smiled helplessly as she tapped between her brows: "Stop being mischievous, it's late, go to sleep." Shi Yin fluttered her eyes: "But I feel a little hungry." Xia Lan Shan immediately forgot what she said just now: "What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it." ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Notes: little cotton jacket (小棉袄): there’s a saying that a daughter is a little cotton jacket, which is meant to describe a girl as considerate Crispy Pork (酥肉): a dish of deep fried fatty pork Yao (瑶): I believe this is a champion within Honor of Kings jungle (打野): this refers to the position of a game, Honor of Kings. More information here if interested (Yes, the page is for League of Legends, but the position information should be the same) dog couple (狗男女): term usually used to negatively refer to a couple as it is often an illicit relationship. However, when used in a more casual environment like between friends or in games, it tends to hold a more annoyed undertone rather than spite suitable for stabbing (适合刺猹): this is a two part wide-known Internet phrase. The first part is, 今晚的月色真美 or the moon is beautiful tonight, which also has a hidden meaning of I love you. This part is said to have originated from Natsume as during a lesson to his students: Because you truly like them, so you want to share everything that is beautiful with them. If it’s not yet love, but simply like, I also wish to share everything I feel is beautiful with them. Such as the moon is beautiful tonight and the breeze is also gentle. Because of this, the moon is beautiful tonight, is often used to confess. The second part, 刺猹 or suitable for stabbing, comes from “My Old Home” by Lu Xun. A character in it stabs a Zha (the actual species is never identified, hence why it is referred to just a Zha, but it might possibly be a badger) under a big and luscious moon. In short, the moon is beautiful tonight equals a subtle confession. The confession receiver can either reply with the breeze is also gentle, meaning I accept/I love you too or suitable for stabbing, meaning your confession was rejected and you should give up
1 Comment
Turky
10/13/2023 02:25:32 pm
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa the confession at the end was adorable, curious how close are we to the next world
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