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Little Sweetness 9
“Be reasonable, who is the little princess?”
Su Xin would not admit it. Although she did like being that way before, that was when she was very young. Her parents liked to dress her up to look sweet and well-behaved, but after a period of joining the training, she no longer liked that style.
Shirts and pants were cooler; skirts and such were better forgotten.
“You are, you always are.”
Whether as a child or as an adult.
Su Xin hummed lightly, yet she cooperatively nestled in Qiu Qingqing’s arms, acting like a delicate little bird leaning on a person1.
Who wouldn’t want to be a little princess, always held in the palm of a hand and doted on.
Su Xin liked being doted on, and she also liked the happy expression on Qiu Qingqing’s face when she did something for her.
Who made her dote on her wife so much? Even if her wife wanted to carry her like a princess, she had to cooperate obediently.
Qiu Qingqing’s physical strength was very good, and so was Su Xin’s. After all, they were both people who had trained with weights. Qiu Qingqing didn’t find it difficult to hold Su Xin, her boyfriend power2 was off the charts.
The following days passed the same way.
Every Sunday, they would have half a day off, allowing the students to take a breather and balance work with rest.
Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing chose this time to go for a big shopping trip at the supermarket, buying some daily necessities that the house was lacking, as well as some food.
Qiu Qingqing pushed the shopping cart while Su Xin was looking around.
“Let’s go buy auntie towels3 first, I think we’re out.”
This was definitely a daily necessity for girls, absolutely needed.
It was really so troublesome to be a girl. Their natural physiological structure determined their weaknesses. Fortunately, neither Su Xin nor Qiu Qingqing suffered from period pain.
During training, who cared if you were a girl or if you were in your weak period phase? The moment they saw someone else’s weakness, it was like a carnivorous animal seeing meat; they would pounce immediately without any mercy.
And at that time, the best way to defend oneself was to see who was better at pretending.
By the time that time of the month came, they no longer needed everyone to live in the same room.
By then, everyone had already gone through one round of selection and had rooms for three people to live in.
Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing were assigned to the same room. What they could do at that time was to cover for each other.
When one of them got her period, the other would be responsible for raising her guard to prevent anyone from trying to exploit any loopholes and take advantage of the situation to deal with the two of them.
Their tacit understanding was established at that time, and their pact was also made at that time.
Their selection process was to ultimately pick a group of outstanding people, not to raise venomous creatures in a jar4, leaving only one in the end.
So they made a pact not to betray each other in any form, to always be honest with each other, and that each was the most important existence to the other, second only to themselves. There could be no misunderstandings.
Many misunderstandings in this world are just brain-supplemented5. As long as things could be explained clearly and there was absolute trust, no misunderstandings would exist.
Su Xin’s and Qiu Qingqing’s periods were consecutive. Just as Su Xin’s ended, Qiu Qingqing’s would come.
They both bought the extra-long kind because they didn’t need to sleep so tensely now and could sleep more casually. And they did not want to wake up the next day to wash bedsheets and pants; that feeling was very shitty.
After buying the daily necessities, the two of them went to browse the snack aisle.
“Want to buy some of this?”
Su Xin pointed to the canned eight-treasure congee6. This could fill one’s stomach, and it tasted pretty good.
“Let’s get a few cans. What about this, do you eat it?”
Qiu Qingqing nodded, so Su Xin put them into the shopping cart and looked at what Qiu Qingqing was holding, which were potato chips.
“Let’s buy a few small bags.”
Su Xin wasn’t particularly biased towards any snacks. After casually grabbing a few items, she went to buy a few packs of spicy strips7.
Qiu Qingqing went to the fruit section and picked out some fruits. She didn’t buy a lot; after all, it was better to eat fruits like these when they were fresh. Buying too much to hoard at home wasn’t good either.
Apples, bananas, grapes, mangoes—Qiu Qingqing took some of each.
Pushing the cart to check out, Qiu Qingqing looked at Su Xin in front of her, who was taking things out one by one, and felt that this was very good.
This kind of life was the best, not having to worry about when you might lose your life, living peacefully and plainly. Going out together, grocery shopping together, eating together, and coming home together every day.
Qiu Qingqing didn’t care for any earth-shattering lingering8; what she liked was just stability. Although Su Xin was a bit mischievous and seemed like an unsettled person, what she thought in her heart was not the same as what she showed on the outside.
Because the past was too dangerous, she cherished ordinariness even more.
She liked a thin stream flowing for a long time9, and she liked longevity.
Su Xin worked hard to be a good student. Apart from playing games after finishing her homework every day, she was still quite well-behaved.
After all, she did not want to face that damn bitter melon10 again. Although bitter melon was a good thing, it was truly something Su Xin could not accept.
In the past, before she knew Qiu Qingqing was going to deal with her, she would still feel quite happy smelling the aroma of stir-fried dishes from the kitchen. But ever since she extended her chopsticks towards a slice of bitter melon and put it in her mouth, everything changed.
How could there be such a deranged11 food in the world! Why could something like this even be eaten! How on earth was it accepted by humans!
Su Xin only ate a small slice and was so bitter she spat it out. She had to eat several mouthfuls of rice and stuff other dishes in her mouth before she felt a little better.
Afterward, Qiu Qingqing told her that if she didn’t chew the bitter melon for so long and just took a few bites and swallowed it at once, it wouldn’t be so bitter.
Su Xin proved with facts what was called “even if you swallow it, that feeling still lingers for a long, long time.” From then on, Su Xin began to resist this food.
But eating bitter melon was indeed quite good for the body, and some people even found it quite delicious.
Qiu Qingqing didn’t think bitter melon was delicious, but she didn’t think it was disgusting either. To her taste, it didn’t have much flavor.
Qiu Qingqing told Su Xin that she could make stir-fried eggs with bitter melon, which could make the bitter melon less bitter.
Su Xin was half-believing and half-doubting. After Qiu Qingqing brought out the dish, she didn’t dare to taste the bitter melon first, so she ate a bite of the egg first. After swallowing the egg, a bitter taste filled her mouth.
After that, no matter what Qiu Qingqing said, Su Xin resolutely refused to try another bite.
Saying that stir-fried eggs with bitter melon wouldn’t be bitter, but if the eggs were bitter, how could the bitter melon not be bitter!
Anyway, it was just no eating, no eating, no eating!
Of course, Qiu Qingqing wouldn’t go against Su Xin’s wishes and almost never cooked bitter melon. Unless Su Xin made her unhappy, or when some of Su Xin’s behavior dissatisfied her, she would stir-fry a plate of bitter melon. This way, Su Xin would very consciously reflect on what she did that day to make her wifey unhappy, and then the matter could be discussed properly.
In short, even if Qiu Qingqing stir-fried bitter melon, Su Xin still wouldn’t eat a single bite; it would all end up in Qiu Qingqing’s stomach.
Qiu Qingqing stabilized her position as the first in the grade, becoming a big boss-level figure. She joined the Study Tyrant Alliance. Although she felt it was meaningless, she was still willing to try to get along with these people. Of course, it was only at the level of superficial friends; she would not get any closer.
With Chen Baixiao’s words, no one sent gifts or love letters to Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing anymore, which gave the two of them a lot of peace and quiet.
Anyway, they wouldn’t accept any gifts, and they wouldn’t read any love letters, so why let those people who were destined to not get a response from them waste money and effort.
Chen Baixiao knew that many people were not too happy with him because of this matter, feeling that Chen Baixiao had cut off their path to pursuing the two girls. However, those people only dared to think about it in their hearts and talk about it in private; they didn’t dare to touch Chen Baixiao at all.
And the people in the school tyrant group knew exactly how fierce Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing were. Seeing them, they wouldn’t even have time to hide far away, so how could they possibly go up and pursue them? Wasn’t that just waiting to get beaten up?
In the second semester of their first year of high school, it was time for the liberal arts and sciences stream division12.
At this time, Qiu Qingqing’s grades were first in the class and also first in the grade. Su Xin was pulled up by her to sixth in the class and in the top fifty of the grade.
The head teacher suggested that Qiu Qingqing study science because her logical thinking ability was very strong, while Su Xin was more balanced in her development.
“Do you want to go into the liberal arts stream or the science stream?”
“Science stream. I know you want to go too.”
“You don’t have to accommodate me.”
“Daddy13 would never accommodate you. I just think studying science is more convenient, okay? Memorizing politics and history every day is simply so annoying. Politics has such huge chunks of text, and you have to write so, so many words. Physics and chemistry have fewer words. Besides, if the old boss knew I was memorizing politics, he would probably laugh himself to death.”
“Then let’s go to the science stream together.”
“Okay, wherever my girlfriend is, of course I have to be there too.”
After the stream division, the classes were re-divided, and Su Xin also entered the Study Tyrant Alliance.
The first-year Study Tyrant Alliance of course had to make changes, splitting into two groups. Some subjects could be discussed together, while some could not.
Meng Zikun did not go to study science, but studied liberal arts instead.
Su Xin felt that made sense. Although Meng Zikun’s math was relatively poor, his liberal arts comprehensive14 was surprisingly good.
Chen Baixiao no longer appeared much in their school group because it was already the second semester of his third year of high school; he had to go and study hard.
Was the college entrance exam important? Of course, it was important. It was not an exaggeration to say it was a watershed moment. But it was also not that important; it still depended on the person and the situation.
But for Chen Baixiao, it was relatively important, so no matter how wild his heart was, he had to rein it in and study hard.
Chen Baixiao was in a semi-abdicated state; it was time to find a new person to succeed him.
Zhang Tianyi was not an option because Zhang Tianyi was also in his third year.
Meng Zikun did a good and competent job as the dog-head strategist15, and the things he did were very well-executed, making everyone quite satisfied. But he could not be the new standard-bearer16 because of his combat value.
Meng Zikun was a pure scholar; he was completely useless at fighting. Although he had a sharp tongue, if the other side wanted to hit you, who the fuck would care what you were blabbering about.
When a scholar meets a soldier, reason cannot be explained clearly17.
When a fight breaks out, who cares who you are? The school tyrant group also doesn’t care if your grades are good or not; having a hard fist is the true principle.
For a time, there was no suitable candidate, so Chen Baixiao could only turn his gaze towards Su Xin.
“Xin-jie, just agree to it. Who in all of First High doesn’t know you’re the most badass? If you take the stage, that bunch of grandsons18 from Third High will definitely chicken out.”
Zhang Tianyi chuckled.
Su Xin crossed her Erlang legs19 and rubbed her chin.
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