Fate Trading System – Chapter 329
by Little PandaSpecial Edition
Little Sweetness 2
The atmosphere suddenly became very subtle.
Zhang Tianyi1 found it a bit hard to believe. Weren’t the guts of these two girls a bit too big? So many of them were sitting here, yet this girl actually dared to speak like that.
Although… she was quite good-looking.
Pretty people always have privileges, after all. Zhang Tianyi quietly watched to see what his Xiao-ge would say.
“Of course it’s related, because I want to know your name now.”
Chen Boxiao’s2 gaze lingered on Su Xin’s face. She was good-looking, and no matter how he looked at it, that expression of hers was so exciting.
Su Xin’s long hair was tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, making her look very spirited.
Although she was wearing a school uniform, the zipper was unzipped. No matter how you looked at her, she seemed mischievous3; in short, not a well-behaved good student.
Sitting opposite her, Qiu Qingqing was the opposite, looking very proper. Her zipper was pulled all the way to the top; one look and you could tell she was a goody-goody4.
“What if I don’t want to tell you?”
“You’re so good-looking, you must be very famous. I’ll find out eventually.”
Su Xin nodded noncommittally. She never denied her own capital5.
The owner brought Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing’s food over. Su Xin had ordered diced chicken with chili peppers6, while Qiu Qingqing had stir-fried pork with wood ear mushrooms7.
It looked so-so, but Su Xin wasn’t picky.
The two of them ate, minding their own business, while Chen Boxiao watched Su Xin with great interest.
Su Xin didn’t feel anything about being stared at. While eating, she even reached her chopsticks over to take some of Qiu Qingqing’s food.
“I think yours is more delicious.”
The diced chicken with chili peppers had too many chili peppers, and it wasn’t even that spicy.
Qiu Qingqing swapped their two plates and calmly continued to eat.
Su Xin bit her chopsticks. Qiu Qingqing always indulged her like this, but this should be a way of expressing intimacy, right?
Su Xin recalled how in the past, Qiu Qingqing would always take a bite of whatever she was eating, and she would also pick up whatever Su Xin was drinking and finish it without a second thought.
Chen Boxiao’s gaze stopped on Qiu Qingqing for a moment, then moved away uninterestedly.
He wasn’t interested in this gentle and reserved type. The other chick, who looked so exciting at a glance, was more comfortable.
The owner very quickly served the other people’s food one after another, then collected their money one by one, smiling very happily.
Only after she was almost finished eating did Su Xin speak.
“Are you guys going to have a group fight later?”
Su Xin looked at Chen Boxiao. Chen Boxiao took a sip of soup and put down his spoon.
“You’re very interested?”
What attracted him was not only this girl’s pretty face before him, but also that pair of eyes filled with wildness.
It made him almost instantly certain that this was absolutely not an ordinary person.
“A little bit.”
“Then you tell me your name, and I’ll take you to see it for yourself.”
Qiu Qingqing pulled out a napkin, wiped her mouth, and glanced coldly at Chen Boxiao.
“My name is Su Xin, and you?”
“Chen Boxiao, Third Year, Class Four.”
“First Year, Class Five.”
“Go with me after we finish eating?”
“Okay.”
I wonder what the scene is like when little kids fight, Su Xin thought with great interest.
They definitely can’t use heavy hands, right? Su Xin’s gaze swept over Chen Boxiao’s neck. She could easily snap it, needing only a few seconds.
“Are you going or not?”
Su Xin raised her chin towards Qiu Qingqing.
“She looks like a goody-goody, you know. Are you sure she won’t be scared out of her wits?”
Zhang Tianyi let out a snort of laughter. Chen Boxiao pinched his chin and nodded.
“Tsk.”
Su Xin put her arm around Qiu Qingqing’s shoulder. This girl’s appearance was her best weapon for deception. Who knows how many people thought she was a soft persimmon8 and picked her to mess with, only to be secretly schemed against9 to the point of being unable to overturn the car10.
This girl was full of bad water11, yet she looked like a good person.
“Want to play together in a bit?”
“You like it?”
Qiu Qingqing squeezed Su Xin’s fingers. The underlying meaning was, You like playing with this group of little kids?
“It might be interesting,” Su Xin said with a smiling squint, then moved close to Qiu Qingqing’s ear, breathing out lightly, “I just love to see those people look down on you, and then see the way they look when you scare them badly.”
Su Xin was flamboyant, with sharp claws both inside and out, making people not dare to approach her easily. But Qiu Qingqing was reserved, causing people to lower their guard, and then she would deliver a fatal blow.
A blush crept over Qiu Qingqing’s ears. Su Xin’s lips had touched her earlobe, so intimate it was as if she was about to take it in her mouth the next moment, but that was impossible.
Zhang Tianyi watched the two girls who had suddenly started whispering as they talked, and felt that bringing two pretty girls along to bolster the scene12 wasn’t a bad idea.
Let that group from Third High know that their First High had more good-looking girls than Third High.
“Xiao-ge, Meng Zikun13 said he’s coming right away. See you directly at the basketball court.”
Zhang Tianyi looked at his phone and put it away.
“Fine.”
Meng Zikun?
Su Xin felt that this name seemed a bit familiar, but she didn’t have much of an impression of it.
The arranged meeting place was a large outdoor basketball court. Two groups of people were gathered here, one side wearing the school uniforms of Qiliang First High, the other side wearing the school uniforms of Qiliang Third High.
Chen Boxiao stood at the head of the group, with Zhang Tianyi and Meng Zikun standing beside him.
Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing stood off to the side, not in the formation, purely to watch the show14.
Su Xin remembered who Meng Zikun was. The class grass15 of the class next door, right? She had heard others mention his name during the break between classes.
Meng Zikun was wearing a white shirt and had a very refined appearance.
“First time meeting. You must be Chen Boxiao.”
The new handle-carrier16 of Third High, Wang Mou17.
“Uh-huh, I am.”
“Care for a couple of moves18?”
The atmosphere should have been very hot-blooded19 and serious, but Su Xin felt a little like laughing.
Fists and feet were exchanged. No matter who it was, everyone was seriously watching Wang Mou and Chen Boxiao, because this represented their school’s honor.
Chen Boxiao’s movements were crisp and cool. He swept Wang Mou with a kick, knocking him to the ground. Not to be outdone, Wang Mou quickly jumped up from the ground and gave Chen Boxiao a punch.
From the looks of it so far, Chen Boxiao still had the upper hand.
Truly a wonderful chuuni20 age.
For Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing, this really was simple beyond compare.
At the very beginning on the training grounds, it was mutual slaughter. No matter what method was used, as long as you killed the other person, it was enough.
Then, after going through systematic selection and training, their strengths were extracted and then developed.
Both Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing’s shooting skills were perfect. Su Xin focused more on explosive power, striving to subdue the opponent in the first instant a battle began, giving them no opportunity to make a move. Qiu Qingqing, on the other hand, focused on continuous attrition, like a cat playing with a mouse, controlling the rhythm in her own hands and forcing the opponent into a passive state.
This kind of fighting, to them, was a bit like child’s play.
No serious injuries, no seeing blood.
Of course these people couldn’t do that; after all, they were still the flowers of the motherland21.
Chen Boxiao took a punch to the face. His expression darkened, and he pulled Wang Mou up and threw him, the force of which was stunning.
“Ooh ooh ooh oh oh! First High! First High!”
“A bunch of trash. And this is their new handle-carrier? Still just a little tender boy22.”
Zhang Tianyi had never been afraid of matters getting big23, and he crazily heckled24.
The voices shouting boos25 from the First High group angered the Third High people to a severe degree.
“Pah.”
Wang Mou stood up from the ground, licked the inside of his mouth, and tasted a trace of blood.
“Chen Boxiao is just this and nothing more.”
Following this sentence, the great brawl began.
Everyone was giving it their all. They weren’t fighting for the sake of fighting, nor cursing for the sake of cursing.
“Everyone from First High is trash!”
“A pack of dogs from Third High!”
Slapping faces, pulling hair, swinging fists—a scene of chaos.
“Fucking who touched my ass! I’ll fuck your mother!”
The scene became even more chaotic.
“Even if this father’s26 school is a dog, even if it’s annoying, only we can curse it. Who the fuck do you think you are27? With a handle-carrier like yours, you’d better go home early, wash up, and go to sleep. Don’t come out and pretend to be adults fighting.”
Meng Zikun didn’t participate in the group fight. He was holding a notebook and writing something down.
The great brawl ended. Both groups were injured28, their clothes and hair were a mess, and they were black and blue29. Quite a few were even bleeding from scrapes.
It was stipulated that they couldn’t use weapons, and especially not knives. If someone died, they wouldn’t be able to afford the compensation.
But kicking, hitting, and stomping was enough to make people suffer.
“You weren’t scared, were you?”
Chen Boxiao lifted his shirt to wipe the sweat from his forehead, revealing his good-looking abs, emitting a green30 charm.
“Pfft, bringing a girl31 to a fight. But she is indeed very pretty. Your new girlfriend?”
Meng Zikun chuckled lightly and put away his little notebook. His gaze circled over Su Xin’s body, then slid to Qiu Qingqing’s before he retracted his gaze.
“In the process of working on it.”
Chen Boxiao walked in front of Su Xin, his smile full of wicked charm.
“Hey, Classmate Su, are you willing to have a boyfriend who is both handsome and dotes on you?”
Chen Boxiao was quite handsome and had a good build. Although he had a roguish feeling, he really made one’s face blush and heart beat fast.
Holy shit!
The guys from Third High were crazily roasting32 him. No wonder Chen Boxiao was going so hard today, it turns out he was trying to pick up a chick.
But she was really good-looking! If only a girl like that was at Third High!
Qiu Qingqing’s expression instantly turned cold. She looked at Chen Boxiao with an extremely cold, indifferent, and disdainful gaze, her face showing a displeasure that everyone could feel.
“Hey, the boss isn’t confessing to you, what are you making that sour face for?”
Zhang Tianyi scoffed.
“Just agree to him.”
“If you agree, you’ll be our big sister-in-law.”
A chorus of jeering voices.
“Hey, hey, hey, what comes next is our internal business. You all can leave now. The monthly joint exams are coming up soon, right? Let the study gods33 from your Third High wait to be crushed by our First High.”
“Tch, last time it was our Third High that got more slots, okay?”
Wang Mou gave the middle finger and led his people away briskly.
When Third High and First High fought, they won less and lost more, because Chen Boxiao was there.
Anyway, Chen Boxiao was in his third year. In just one year he would be gone34. At that time, it was uncertain what the new guys would be like.
Only the people from First High were left on the basketball court.
Su Xin still hadn’t spoken; she hadn’t agreed, nor had she refused.
The atmosphere grew cold little by little, becoming very awkward.
“If you feel this is too sudden, we can also start as friends.”
Chen Boxiao waited a moment, then suddenly spoke.
“Do you want to have a fight with me?”
Su Xin moved her fingers, the corners of her mouth holding a smile.
“I don’t hit girls.”
“Then there’s nothing to talk about.”
“You want to fight me? If you lose, you’ll be my girlfriend?”
“That’s right.”
Everyone burst into roaring laughter.
“Aiyoyo, quite the tsundere act.”
Why not just agree directly? Why be so roundabout?
“You can fight?”
Everyone was waiting to see Chen Boxiao tease Su Xin, but three seconds later, they were all stunned.
Before Chen Boxiao even had time to make a move, he was kicked in the abdomen and his neck was grabbed.
“I don’t know how to fight,” Su Xin’s voice was light and cheerful. “I only know how to kill.”
Footnotes
- 张天意 | Zhāng Tiānyì | A Chinese name. 张 (Zhāng) is a common surname. 天意 (Tiānyì) means “will of heaven” or “providence.”
- 陈柏肖 | Chén Bóxiāo | A Chinese name. 陈 (Chén) is a common surname. 柏 (Bó) means “cypress tree,” often symbolizing integrity. 肖 (Xiāo) means “to resemble” or “portrait.”
- 皮 | pí | Literally “skin” or “leather.” As a colloquial adjective, it means “naughty,” “mischievous,” or “cheeky,” often in a playful but disobedient way. It’s the kind of behavior that tests boundaries.
- 乖乖仔 | guāi guāi zǎi | A term for a well-behaved, obedient boy or person. 乖 (guāi) means “well-behaved” or “good,” and 仔 (zǎi) is a Cantonese suffix for a young male, but the term is widely understood. The female equivalent is 乖乖女 (guāi guāi nǚ).
- 资本 | zī běn | Literally “capital,” as in financial capital. In this context, it’s used metaphorically to refer to one’s personal assets or advantages, such as good looks, talent, or intelligence.
- 辣子鸡丁 | là zǐ jī dīng | A classic Sichuan dish made of stir-fried diced chicken, dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and other seasonings. It is known for its fragrant, spicy, and numbing (麻辣 | málà) flavor.
- 木耳炒肉 | mù ěr chǎo ròu | A common and mild homestyle Chinese dish made of stir-fried sliced pork with rehydrated wood ear mushrooms (a type of edible fungus known for its crunchy texture) and other vegetables. It is typically savory and not spicy.
- 软柿子 | ruǎn shì zi | Literally “soft persimmon.” A common metaphor for a weak person, a pushover, or an easy target that can be easily bullied or taken advantage of because they seem unresisting.
- 阴 | yīn | Literally “yin,” “dark,” or “shadowy.” As a verb, it means to plot against someone, to harm them through covert or insidious means.
- 翻车 | fān chē | Literally “to overturn a vehicle.” A popular internet slang term meaning to fail spectacularly, to have something go wrong unexpectedly, or for a situation to be completely reversed, often resulting in embarrassment or defeat. It’s akin to “crashing and burning.”
- 一肚子坏水 | yī dù zi huài shuǐ | Literally “a belly full of bad water.” An idiom describing someone who is full of malicious thoughts, schemes, and bad intentions, despite potentially having a harmless or innocent appearance.
- 充场面 | chōng chǎng miàn | To bolster a scene, add to the spectacle, or keep up appearances. It often implies bringing someone or something along to make an event seem more impressive, grand, or lively, regardless of substance.
- 孟梓坤 | Mèng Zǐkūn | A Chinese name. 孟 (Mèng) is a surname. 梓 (Zǐ) refers to the catalpa tree, often used in names to wish for a person to become a useful talent. 坤 (Kūn) is one of the eight trigrams in Taoism, representing earth, and symbolizes femininity and receptiveness.
- 看戏 | kàn xì | Literally “to watch a play.” A common expression meaning to be a bystander or spectator to a conflict or dramatic event, often with a sense of detachment or amusement, without getting involved.
- 班草 | bān cǎo | Literally “class grass.” A popular slang term for the most handsome or popular boy in a class, the male equivalent of the “class flower” (班花 | bān huā).
- 扛把子 | káng bǎ zi | Literally “to carry the handle (of a banner).” A slang term for the leader of a gang, the top dog, or the most influential person in a group. The “handle” refers to the central pole of a banner, so the one carrying it is the leader of the procession or group.
- 王谋 | Wáng Móu | A Chinese name. 王 (Wáng) is a very common surname meaning “king.” 谋 (Móu) means “to scheme” or “strategy.”
- 来两招 | lái liǎng zhāo | Literally “come with two moves.” A classic, informal challenge, often used in martial arts contexts, inviting a friendly spar or a fight to test each other’s skills.
- 热血 | rè xuè | Literally “hot-blooded.” A term used to describe a passionate, righteous, and often idealistic spirit, commonly associated with youth, heroism, and fighting for one’s beliefs. It’s a prevalent theme in shonen manga/anime and similar genres.
- 中二 | zhōng èr | From the Japanese “chūnibyō” (中二病), literally “middle school second-year syndrome.” It’s a colloquial term used to describe teenagers who have grandiose delusions, pretend to have secret knowledge or special powers, and act overly dramatic, stereotypically associated with the cringey but often nostalgic phase of early adolescence.
- 祖国的花朵 | zǔ guó de huā duǒ | Literally “flowers of the motherland.” A common, somewhat propagandistic, and affectionate term for the children and youth of China, implying they are precious and need to be nurtured to grow and serve the country.
- 小嫩仔 | xiǎo nèn zǎi | Literally “little tender boy.” A slang term, often derogatory, for a young, inexperienced person; a greenhorn or a newbie. 嫩 (nèn) means “tender” or “immature,” implying they are soft and not yet tough enough.
- 不怕事大 | bú pà shì dà | Literally “not afraid of the matter being big.” A phrase describing someone who is a troublemaker, an instigator, or someone who enjoys drama and isn’t afraid of escalating a situation to make it more chaotic or serious.
- 起哄 | qǐ hòng | To create a clamor, jeer, or heckle, often in a group setting. It describes the act of collectively making noise to either mock someone or egg them on.
- 喝倒彩 | hè dào cǎi | Literally “to shout reverse-praise.” The opposite of cheering (喝彩 | hècǎi), it means to boo, jeer, or express disapproval at a performance or action.
- 老子 | lǎo zi | Literally “old master,” the name of the founder of Taoism. In modern colloquial Chinese, it is used as an arrogant and aggressive first-person pronoun, similar to “your dad” or “this father,” used to assert dominance or express anger.
- 算个鸡 | suàn gè jī | Literally “count as a chicken.” A vulgar slang expression meaning “you’re nothing” or “who the hell do you think you are?” The character 鸡 (jī, chicken) is often a euphemism for the male genitalia (屌 | diǎo).
- 挂彩 | guà cǎi | Literally “to hang colors.” A colloquial term meaning to be wounded or injured in a fight or battle, often referring to visible injuries like cuts and bruises.
- 鼻青脸肿 | bí qīng liǎn zhǒng | Literally “nose blue, face swollen.” An idiom describing a face that is black and blue, badly bruised and swollen from being beaten.
- 青涩 | qīng sè | Literally “green and astringent,” like an unripe fruit. It describes a quality of being young, inexperienced, awkward, and not yet mature, often in a charming or endearing way. “Youthful” or “unripe” are close equivalents.
- 带妹 | dài mèi | Literally “to bring a little sister.” A slang term, popular in gaming and youth culture, for a guy bringing a girl along to an activity, often to show off or because he’s interested in her.
- 吐槽 | tǔ cáo | Borrowed from the Japanese “tsukkomi,” it means to roast, mock, complain about, or make sarcastic retorts. It’s a widely used slang term in online communities for pointing out absurdities.
- 学霸 | xué bà | Literally “study hegemon” or “academic tyrant.” A popular slang term for a top student who excels academically with seemingly little effort; a “study god” or academic ace.
- 滚蛋 | gǔn dàn | Literally “roll away, egg.” A rude and aggressive slang term meaning “get lost,” “scram,” or “piss off.”
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