After Being Scummed – Chapter 72
by Little PandaI Will Be Jealous~
The next morning when she woke up, Yin Bai was still thinking about the girl who was almost assaulted in her hotel last night, so she had Zhang Yu go inquire about the results of the police investigation.
The girl who was almost assaulted was a trainee1 from an entertainment company, only seventeen years old this year.
It turned out that a rich young master2 from the company had taken a liking to her. After his courtship failed, he devised a plan to trick her into the hotel, where she was nearly □□.
When Yin Bai got this news from Zhang Yu, she was about to be angered to death. The key thing was that Zhang Yu also said the company had its lawyer come forward, wanting to reconcile with the girl and send her off with a sum of money.
Early in the morning, Yin Bai was thoroughly angered. While eating breakfast at the dining table, Yin Bai was still cursing into the phone at Zhang Yu on the other end: “Give money? Three hundred thousand? Ha, they’re just going to send the girl off like that?”
“Injecting her with drugs, won’t she have to go through rehab, won’t her training be delayed! If Xiao Nian hadn’t run into this matter last night, that girl’s entire life would have been ruined like this!”
“Oh, so only their family’s great young master is a student and needs a future, but the little girl isn’t?”
Yin Bai, holding a fork, fiercely stabbed it into an egg: “I have money too, I have super a lot of money, this matter can’t be settled like this! Doing drugs and □□ a girl in my hotel, this is courting death!”
“You tell that girl, I’ll back her up3, I’ll protect her4, Starlight Entertainment is a piece of crap!”
“Sue him for me! I want him to go to jail!”
Zhang Yu heard the fury in Yin Bai’s words and hurriedly soothed her, “boss, calm down, calm down.”
“This is just a little piece of trash, not worth you getting angry over. I will handle the matter properly, you can rest assured.”
Zhang Yu thought for a moment and discussed with Yin Bai, “How about this, I’ll first ask for the little girl’s opinion, then stay in Haicheng to help her handle this matter. Don’t you have to go back early to see Teacher Zuo? I’ve already booked today’s plane ticket, you go back to Tibet first to find Teacher Zuo, okay?”
Yin Bai was so angry her temples throbbed, but in the end, she still nodded and said, “Okay.”
To show her attitude, she also said very solemnly to Zhang Yu: “I know that in this world, there are many dirty things that I can’t see. A transaction is a transaction, coercion is coercion. Since that girl was not willing, then since she appeared under my nose, I cannot sit by and do nothing.”
She was not some purely good person, but she also knew that some things were about mutual consent5, with interests clearly defined. Just like her and Xiao Nian back then, each took what they needed6.
Zhang Yu nodded seriously: “Okay, you can rest assured about this matter, I will handle it properly.”
Yin Bai trusted Zhang Yu’s ability and said no more. After giving her a few instructions, she had Jin Xiangyu send another secretary over to pack her luggage, and in the afternoon, she rushed to the airport and flew back to Zuo Jingyou’s side.
After the long journey, Yin Bai, who was suffering from severe altitude sickness, directly collapsed7 on the way to the hotel. She had no choice but to change into her pajamas and roll into the quilt, waiting for Zuo Jingyou to return while inhaling oxygen, planning to suddenly pop out of the quilt to give Zuo Jingyou a huge surprise.
Around eight o’clock in the evening, Zuo Jingyou, who had worked all day, returned to the hotel. The first thing she saw when she turned on the living room light was Yin Bai’s coat on the sofa, and surprise instantly filled her pupils.
Yin Bai came back early?
A huge wave of joy surged into Zuo Jingyou’s heart, and she was eager to confirm the existence of this surprise.
So she carefully bypassed the living room, turned the doorknob, and walked in cautiously.
The room was pitch black, with a faint light filtering in from the window, shining on the bed and vaguely outlining a bulging shape.
Zuo Jingyou walked over carefully. When she reached the bedside and saw Yin Bai wrapped in the quilt like a caterpillar with only her face exposed, her heart suddenly softened into a puddle.
She, wearing a heavy down jacket, sat on the edge of the bed, quietly gazing at Yin Bai’s serene sleeping face in the faint light of the dark night, her eyes twinkling with the light of joy.
She really hadn’t expected that Yin Bai would only stay in Haicheng for two days and come back directly after finishing her business.
Especially after encountering such an incident with Xiao Nian, she didn’t stay in Haicheng to handle the aftermath, but ran straight over to find her. This kind of importance made Zuo Jingyou feel that eating vinegar8 last night was rather unreasonable.
Yin Bai… she really likes me… at least… in her heart, I won’t lose out to Xiao Nian.
But speaking of which, do I need to compete with Xiao Nian now?
When a person is in the dark, their thoughts tend to run wild9. Zuo Jingyou thought for a good while, then looked at Yin Bai’s cute sleeping face and smiled faintly. She took her hand out of her pocket, wanting to stroke Yin Bai’s face.
But just as her fingertips hovered above Yin Bai’s cheek, the icy coldness of her fingertips felt the warmth coming from Yin Bai’s body, and she hesitated…
Her hand was really too cold. If she touched her rashly, she would definitely wake Yin Bai up.
Zuo Jingyou withdrew her hand, sighed helplessly, and thought it was better to take a shower first.
Zuo Jingyou got up from the bed, took off her outer coat in the dark, fumbled for her nightdress, changed, and then carefully turned on the bathroom light to go take a shower.
Before long, the faint sound of running water came from the bathroom.
The light filtering out from the bathroom gave the dim room some brightness. In a half-dreaming, half-awake state, Yin Bai vaguely heard a faint sound coming from the source of the light.
She kept walking and walking in a dark dream… and finally woke up from her slumber, waking up in a daze.
Yin Bai, wrapped in the quilt, took two seconds to react on the bed. Her consciousness gradually returned, and she slowly heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom.
Bathroom? Sound of water?
Ah, Zuo Jingyou is back.
Realizing this, Yin Bai was instantly wide awake. She threw off the quilt, got out of bed in her thin pajamas, fumbled for the cane placed by the bed, slipped on her shoes, and hurriedly walked towards the bathroom. As she walked, Yin Bai called out, “Teacher Zuo… Teacher Zuo…”
Her voice was both obedient and soft, sounding almost like a little cat.
Zuo Jingyou, who had just finished washing her hair, heard Yin Bai’s voice and quickly wrapped her body in a bath towel and walked towards the bathroom door.
She pulled open the bathroom door, just in time to run right into Yin Bai who had arrived at the entrance. Zuo Jingyou looked at her flustered appearance and smiled with curved eyebrows: “What’s wrong? Did I wake you up?”
Yin Bai, leaning on her cane, looked up and saw Zuo Jingyou standing before her wrapped in a bath towel, and her mind instantly stalled10. Yin Bai looked up, carefully sizing up the Zuo Jingyou before her. She saw the other’s long, wet hair spread over her shoulders, mischievous water droplets sliding down the ends of her hair, flowing from her collarbone into the deep, secluded ravine, and her head, muddled from the altitude sickness, started buzzing…
Damn, too beautiful!
Yin Bai was completely stunned.
Zuo Jingyou lowered her eyes, saw the way she was staring intently at her body, blinked, and called out softly, “Yin Bai…”
Yin Bai nodded, her gaze still fixed on Zuo Jingyou’s chest.
Her gaze was truly too focused. Even though they had been intimate several times, Zuo Jingyou still couldn’t handle such a gaze, and her earlobes turned slightly red.
Zuo Jingyou sighed, had to flick Yin Bai’s forehead with a bent finger, and said while biting her lip, “Want to take a bath together? It’s really too cold here, hurry and come in with me.”
Yin Bai nodded vigorously: “Okay!”
Zuo Jingyou reached out, helped Yin Bai into the bathroom, and led her to soak in the bathtub.
After they were candid with each other in the hot water, Yin Bai hugged Zuo Jingyou face-to-face, buried her face in her chest, and let out an aowu, “Why didn’t you call me when you came back? I wanted to suddenly pop out of the quilt to give you a surprise!”
Damn it, she didn’t tell Zuo Jingyou she was coming back early precisely to give her a surprise! In the end, her own body collapsed and fell asleep, and now there was no surprise at all!
Zuo Jingyou held her head, indulging her antics, and raised a hand to rub her small ear, laughing softly, “I was very surprised when I found you on the bed.”
Zuo Jingyou wrapped her arms around Yin Bai, placed a kiss on her cheek, and looked down at her gently, “Why did you come back so quickly? Didn’t you say you were going to stay in Haicheng for a few more days?”
Yin Bai released her mischievous teeth, looked up at Zuo Jingyou, and said with a light in her eyes, “Because I missed Teacher Zuo!”
Zuo Jingyou pinched her neck, bit her lip, and chuckled lightly: “Didn’t we just video call last night? Why do you still miss me so much?”
Yin Bai smiled with curved eyebrows: “I only saw you, I didn’t get to actually hug Teacher Zuo.”
“My longing can only be solved by Teacher Zuo’s embrace!”
Zuo Jingyou rubbed her like she was a little cat and said with a light laugh, “Is that so? I thought you would stay in Haicheng today and have breakfast with Teacher Xiao Nian…”
Yin Bai looked up at Zuo Jingyou and blinked, not understanding.
Seeing her like this, Zuo Jingyou wanted to tease her even more. She raised her hand, caressed Yin Bai’s lips, and said with a grin, “What, you wouldn’t? Last night, didn’t you invite Teacher Xiao Nian to drink calming tea together, saying Teacher Xiao Nian was frightened, and you even wanted to invite her to stay… Then having breakfast together this morning and handling things together wouldn’t be too much, right…”
“Tell me, am I right?”
Ah lie11, why does she look like she’s about to settle accounts?
Yin Bai blinked and stammered, “But… but last night, didn’t you say to…” leave Xiao Nian, saying that friends should accompany each other?
Zuo Jingyou rested her hands on Yin Bai’s shoulders, tilted her head to look at her, and said with some confusion, “Is that so? Did I say that?”
“Ah… I really am such a generous person. It turns out that watching my own girlfriend and her ex-girlfriend together in the same room late at night, I won’t get jealous, won’t be sad, won’t feel bad…”
“I also won’t let my thoughts run wild, nor will I feel insecure…”
“Because my girlfriend said there’s nothing between them, and also gave me a chance to trust her…”
“So I should be magnanimous and not fuss about it…”
Zuo Jingyou sat in Yin Bai’s lap, muttering about the events of last night. She lowered her eyes, looked at Yin Bai’s dumbfounded expression, raised her hand to tap Yin Bai’s lips with her index finger, and said to her with a smile, “But I really love you, how could I possibly not get jealous?”
“Although I can think it through, I still can’t help but be jealous…”
“What should I do, I’m such a petty person… Will you think I’m annoying, not sensible, and don’t trust you because of this?”
“Will you, because of this, not love me anymore?”
Yin Bai shook her head forcefully, pulled Zuo Jingyou into a tight hug, and buried her face in her shoulder, saying in a muffled voice, “I’m sorry Zuo Jingyou, there won’t be a next time.”
Zuo Jingyou laughed softly, her whole body relaxing as she leaned on Yin Bai’s shoulder, and said to her with a smile, “Actually, it’s nothing, I just wanted to try… to see if acting coquettishly12 with you would work.”
As it turns out, it was very useful.
Yin Bai really, really cared, really cared about her… Realizing this once again, Zuo Jingyou felt a heartfelt happiness.
LP: Re-translated on August 10, 2025
Footnotes
- 练习生 | liànxíshēng | Literally “practice student.” This is the standard term for a trainee in the East Asian entertainment industry, particularly in China, Korea, and Japan. These individuals are signed to an entertainment company and undergo rigorous training in singing, dancing, and acting before they are selected to debut as part of a group or as a solo artist.
- 富少爷 | fù shàoyé | Literally “rich young master.” A common trope in Chinese fiction and drama referring to the arrogant and often spoiled son of a wealthy and powerful family. They are typically portrayed as acting with a sense of entitlement and impunity.
- 撑腰 | chēngyāo | Literally “to prop up the lower back.” | A colloquial expression meaning to provide support, backing, or protection for someone, especially when they are in a difficult or confrontational situation. It implies having a powerful person or force standing behind you.
- 保驾护航 | bǎojià hùháng | Literally “to protect the imperial carriage and escort the fleet.” | A chengyu (four-character idiom) that originally referred to providing a safe escort for an emperor or a fleet of ships. | Metaphorically, it means to provide comprehensive protection, guidance, and support for someone or something to ensure they proceed safely and smoothly towards their goal.
- 你情我愿 | nǐ qíng wǒ yuàn | A chengyu (four-character idiom) that literally means “you are willing, I am willing.” | It describes a situation or agreement where both parties are fully consensual and willing to participate. It emphasizes that an action is based on mutual desire and not coercion.
- 各取所需 | gè qǔ suǒ xū | A chengyu (four-character idiom) that literally means “each takes what they need.” | It is used to describe a pragmatic arrangement or relationship based on mutual benefit and the fulfillment of individual needs, often implying a lack of deep emotional connection.
- 歇菜 | xiē cài | A colloquial slang term, originating from Beijing dialect, that literally means “to rest the vegetables.” | It is used to mean that someone or something is finished, done for, broken, or has completely given up, often in a humorous or dramatic way. It’s similar to the English “to collapse,” “to be kaput,” or “to be out of commission.”
- 吃醋 | chī cù | Literally “to eat vinegar.” | This is the standard and universal Chinese idiom for feeling jealous or envious, particularly in a romantic context. | The origin is said to come from a story in the Tang Dynasty where Emperor Taizong joked with his chancellor, Fang Xuanling, by offering the chancellor’s famously strong-willed wife a choice: either allow her husband to take concubines or drink a cup of “poison.” She chose the “poison,” which turned out to be vinegar. Since then, “drinking vinegar” has been a metaphor for romantic jealousy.
- 胡思乱想 | húsīluànxiǎng | A chengyu (four-character idiom) that literally means “to think recklessly and imagine chaotically.” | It describes the state of letting one’s imagination run wild, overthinking, or having random, anxious, or fanciful thoughts, especially when one is alone or idle.
- 卡壳了 | kǎ ké le | Literally “the shell is stuck.” | This is a colloquial term that originates from the jamming of a firearm (a bullet casing getting stuck). | Metaphorically, it means to get stuck, freeze up, or be at a loss for words when speaking or thinking. It’s similar to the English “my mind went blank” or “I choked.”
- 啊咧 | a lie | An interjection borrowed from the Japanese word あれ (are). | It is used to express mild surprise or confusion, similar to the English “Huh?” or “Oh?”. | Its usage has become popular in Chinese online communities and youth slang, largely due to the influence of Japanese anime and manga.
- 撒娇 | sājiāo | A culturally specific term that describes the act of behaving in a charmingly petulant, pouty, or childishly endearing manner towards a loved one. | It is a common dynamic in East Asian romantic relationships and is generally viewed as an expression of affection, intimacy, and trust, rather than a sign of immaturity or manipulation. It’s a way to show vulnerability and seek comfort or attention from a partner.
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