The Female Lead Wants Me to Take My Medicine [Quick Transmigration] 32

Chapter 32: The Young Miss in the Wheelchair 32

“Ah!! Mommy, I fell!”

Xi Hanran, infected by the spring atmosphere, was drowsily resting her chin on her hand.

She was startled awake by a child’s loud cry and suddenly realized she was holding something in her hand—a kite reel.

Even after returning to the villa, she still couldn’t figure out when that kite reel had ended up in her hand.

It was as if it had grown there, naturally finding its way into her hand. By the time she realized it, the kite had already fallen to the ground, and the two people next to her were gone.

Xi Hanran couldn’t find them and was too lazy to move. She continued to daze on the folding chair and dozed off again.

It was Shangguan Yin, who had had enough fun, who picked up the fallen kite and temporarily took over the role of the nanny, waking up the dozing Xi Hanran.

Shangguan Yin, holding two kites and walking back, was happy, her face flushed. “That folding chair is so hard to sit on. How did you manage to fall asleep?”

Xi Hanran raised an eyebrow. “Is it hard to sit on? Have you fallen?”

Although a bit embarrassed, Shangguan Yin admitted, “Yes, I have. I fell flat on my back, and my waist hurt for days.”

Her butt had been sore for a long time, and she couldn’t sit still.

Xi Hanran laughed mercilessly. “Hahahaha! You can’t fall if you get the angle right. How could you fall, hahahaha!”

Shangguan Yin: “…” There’s an idiot here.

She walked away quickly with the kites.

The group stayed at the villa for three days. On the third day, they had to go back because the third year of high school was about to start.

Having been away from school for a long time, the students were unusually unaccustomed to the campus environment. They always wanted to yawn in class, and their minds were lazy.

What was even more detestable was that the third-year teachers at No. 1 High had unanimously agreed after a meeting to hold an exam to test the students’ learning status during the vacation and to help them get back into the pre-vacation state.

The teachers spoke with great righteousness on the podium, while the students below were heartbroken.

What awaited the students was another grand opening exam.

After this news was announced, what greeted the teachers was a chorus of wails and cries, exclaiming that this was no life for a human.

No matter how much they resisted, the exam still came as scheduled.

The bell rang, and the suppressed students erupted, all starting to pack their things, preparing to leave school.

Cheng Zhishu didn’t have to go to another classroom for the exam. She took the exam in the first row of her own class. After the bell rang, she got up and returned to her seat.

A few minutes later, a ghost-like Shangguan Yin returned from the next classroom, her expression like a dried fruit that had been squeezed dry.

Shangguan Yin grabbed Cheng Zhishu’s hand and cried, “Three days. Do you know how I’ve spent these three days?”

Cheng Zhishu held her arm high to reply to a message, so as not to affect her typing. “How did you spend them?”

Shangguan Yin held it in for a long time and said with a sob, “Between life and death.”

“Ding-dong.”

Cheng Zhishu opened the message.

[Snowflake]: There’s a traffic jam today. I’m expected to arrive at the school five minutes late.

After reading and replying, she rested her shoulder on the desk. “It’s okay. You’ve already worked very hard to be able to walk out of the exam room. The questions this time were indeed quite difficult. The final question was beyond the syllabus.”

Shangguan Yin was greatly moved. “Wuwuwuwu, Orange.”

If time could be turned back, Shangguan Yin, standing in front of the honor roll, would never have believed Cheng Zhishu’s nonsense.

She was still first, and she had returned to the state of her first exam, with a ten-point gap between her and the second place, hanging at the top of the list with a cliff-like score gap.

Someone behind her was holding their head and wailing, “I don’t believe it. She must have secretly taken extra classes during the winter vacation. Which teacher was it?! How did she solve that devilish question? It was definitely beyond the syllabus!”

“Hey, Wen Yan, wait. You didn’t take your water bottle!”

Hurried footsteps passed by, followed by more steady footsteps. A wrist with a mechanical watch pulled on Shangguan Yin’s schoolbag strap.

Cheng Zhishu said, “My sister is here to pick me up. I’m leaving first.”

Shangguan Yin looked back at her from the crowd and suddenly remembered last year. Compared to now, she felt that Cheng Zhishu had grown a lot taller and her personality had also changed a lot.

Sometimes she felt that a replica of Xi Congshuang was sitting next to her, and it was hard to connect her with the Cheng Zhishu who had a hunched back, a black schoolbag, and long bangs on the first day of school.

This was also normal. She had also learned to handle things from her mother, and many people said she was very much like her mother.

As expected, Cheng Zhishu looked better without bangs, like a pearl that had been wiped clean of dust.

She called out to the person who was about to leave, “By the way, in a while, it’ll be the hundred-day oath-taking ceremony. No. 1 High will have parents come to participate and hold the last parent-teacher conference. Have you told Miss Xi?”

Cheng Zhishu raised her hand to look at her watch. “I have. She said she’s coming.”

Shangguan Yin: “Alright, alright. I know your sister is coming. Stop smiling so brightly. Be careful of the heart-shaped candles.”

“It’s time. I’m leaving first.” Cheng Zhishu immediately stopped smiling, looked around, and slipped away like a thief.

Shangguan Yin chased after her, laughing so hard she had to hold her stomach. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. It’s really funny, hahahahaha.”

Cheng Zhishu pushed her. “Stay away from me. I don’t know you.”

“Don’t be like that. Can you tell me the story of the heart-shaped candles again?” Shangguan Yin leaned over mischievously again.

Cheng Zhishu: “…”

Not long after the semester started, a student with a very interesting IQ was destined to give up the college entrance exam. He also let himself go and wanted to have a grand confession before graduation.

The object of this confession was naturally Cheng Zhishu in the building opposite.

Unfortunately, he was only halfway through his endeavor. He had only arranged half of the heart-shaped candles and hadn’t had time to light them when he was passed by Cheng Zhishu, who had just finished dinner and was preparing for evening self-study. With her excellent eyesight, she casually glanced over and found that her name was written on the roses placed on the side.

This scared half of her three souls and seven spirits out of her, and she frantically called her homeroom teacher for support.

The homeroom teacher in the teachers’ cafeteria threw down her tray without a second thought and descended from the sky with the school security guards, also calling the student’s homeroom teacher.

The keywords of the confession the person recited before being taken away included: beautiful and smart, charming smile, very cool, please hit me.

At that time, Shangguan Yin was on the scene and witnessed the whole process. She laughed so hard her intestines were in knots, and she still couldn’t forget it.

Fortunately, everyone was eating at that time, and not many people saw it. The homeroom teacher, considering that Cheng Zhishu was the victim, did not notify her guardian.

However, the student with the very interesting IQ was given a major demerit, which might affect his study abroad application.

But Cheng Zhishu didn’t dare to tell Xi Congshuang about it, because it was very embarrassing. She would rather die than tell her.

Soon, the two of them bumped shoulders and arrived at the car. Cheng Zhishu opened the car door and prepared to get in. “I’m getting in. You should go!”

“Alright.” Shangguan Yin’s expression was twisted from holding back her laughter. She unintentionally saw behind the car door, and her expression froze.

Cheng Zhishu didn’t see her sudden change of color. She bent down to get into the car and suddenly heard someone say in her ear, “What did Zhishu encounter at school today? You were laughing so happily. The picture was so harmonious.”

Then, her schoolbag was tightened from behind and pulled.

“…”

Cheng Zhishu’s movement froze. She slowly turned her head and, as expected, saw Xi Congshuang in the car, smiling at her.

“Why is Sister sitting on this side? Didn’t you sit on the other side before?” Cheng Zhishu changed the subject.

Xi Congshuang: “Little Li’s parking method has changed today. I just chose a suitable place to get in. This is my answer.”

With that, she looked at Cheng Zhishu quietly.

The meaning was very obvious. I’ve given my answer. What about yours?

“This, I’ll explain to you in the car.”

The culprit, Shangguan Yin, had run off without a trace at some point. Cheng Zhishu braced herself and got into the car from the other side, explaining what had happened in a voice as soft as a mosquito’s.

This matter was not big, but not small either. If it was about embarrassment, it was hell-level. She didn’t want to be accidentally met by an alumnus years after graduation and be known as: the top student who was confessed to with heart-shaped candles by an idiot.

That would be too much of a life!

Even Mulan was more serious than this.

A lifetime of prestige, almost ruined in one fell swoop.

Cheng Zhishu: “That’s basically what happened.”

It was impossible not to be nervous. She really felt so embarrassed.

Xi Congshuang: “This is harassment. What happened after that?”

Eh? Not angry?

Cheng Zhishu quickly glanced at Xi Congshuang and said truthfully, “Teacher Wu just told me that that person was given a demerit and suspended from school. He won’t appear in front of me again.”

A hand landed on her head and pressed down lightly. Xi Congshuang asked, “What about you? Do you feel that justice has been served?”

Cheng Zhishu just felt embarrassed. There was no substantial harm, so she nodded. “Yes.”

Xi Congshuang: “That’s good.”

Cheng Zhishu’s courage grew a little. She looked at Xi Congshuang openly. For some reason, she was a little happy.

***

On the day of the hundred-day oath-taking ceremony, Xi Congshuang arrived as promised. Her appearance was eye-catching in every sense.

Many of the gazes directed at her went from initial amazement to quiet regret, without any sense of whether it was too blatant.

The weather had been getting warmer recently, so there was no need for bulky clothes, which was much more comfortable.

Xi Congshuang had come from the company in a hurry and hadn’t had time to change out of her suit jacket. She thought for a moment before getting out of the car and only had time to tie a black and white silk scarf.

The scarf made her look less serious and more casual.

The oath-taking ceremony was held in the school auditorium, not outdoors, so there was no need to worry about catching a cold from sitting for a long time.

It wasn’t time for Cheng Zhishu to go on stage yet. She was talking to Xi Congshuang. “Sister, why don’t you go to the self-media classroom next door and sit for a while? I’ll go find you as soon as I’m done.”

And there were too many people here. She didn’t want Xi Congshuang to be stared at all the time because of her.

Xi Congshuang said, “But I want to stay and watch you give your speech. I haven’t seen it before.”

Hearing this, Cheng Zhishu almost forgot all the lines she had memorized. She slowly squatted down and rested her forehead on her knee.

Xi Congshuang had wanted to pat her head, but then she thought that she was going on stage to give a speech as a student representative later, so her hairstyle couldn’t be messed up. She changed to poking her hair whorl with her fingertip. “Nervous?”

The head buried in her lap nodded.

This was different from the usual school days. There were also many unfamiliar parents participating. It would be a lie to say that Cheng Zhishu wasn’t nervous.

If she were nearsighted, it would be fine. She could just take off her glasses and not be able to see anyone clearly. Everyone would just be a blurry double image in her eyes.

But she wasn’t. Standing on the stage, she could almost see the last row clearly. Her eyesight was so good that it shocked Shangguan Yin.

In the end, she attributed it to Cheng Zhishu’s genes, half with sourness and half with envy. She was just born with good eyesight.

Today, Xi Congshuang was wearing perfume. It was a woody scent, with a soft and elegant top note and a rich and lingering base note. Although it covered her own scent, she still liked it very much.

After a long while, Cheng Zhishu looked up. “Sister, if it were you, would you be nervous?”

Having experienced this kind of thing too many times, Xi Congshuang couldn’t get nervous. She shook her head.

Cheng Zhishu didn’t give up. “What if you were also eighteen?”

Xi Congshuang recalled that when she was eighteen, she was already studying for her master’s degree abroad as her parents had requested. The memory of giving a speech on stage as a student representative in high school was already a very distant thing for her.

After graduation, she had been to too many countries and had met too many people. She still shook her head.

The words “stage fright” were not in her dictionary.

“…”

Cheng Zhishu buried her face back in her lap. “Let me die.”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Xi Congshuang gave her an idea. “Then try to think of the people below as inflatable tube men used to attract customers. They, like the inflatable tube men, will all move.”

Cheng Zhishu, like Nao Nao, slowly melted on her lap.

Xi Congshuang looked down at her expression, but she couldn’t see it. “Are you sure you want me to back off now? Then I’ll go?”

A fair, slender hand grasped the joystick, trying to back away.

“Wait!” Cheng Zhishu quickly grabbed Xi Congshuang. “Don’t go. I’s nervous.”

Cheng Zhishu’s face was red, and she said in a low voice, “Can you watch me from below the stage later? I’m really nervous.”

Xi Congshuang nodded. “Okay.”

***

When the time came, the oath-taking ceremony began with rousing music. The principal spoke first.

Xi Congshuang was arranged in the first row, with an unobstructed view of the stage. Behind her were the students and parents of Class One.

Shangguan Yin and her mother were sitting together, right behind Xi Congshuang. She had promised Orange that she would watch over her sister for her while she was away and would not leave her side for a moment.

Some people recognized Xi Congshuang’s face in the suddenly bright lights and hesitated several times, but did not take the initiative to strike up a conversation.

But the majority of people who didn’t know her but were curious, after learning that this beautiful woman with a strong will despite her disability was the sister of the top student in the school, were, for some reason, greatly moved. And so began the “look at her, and then look at you” argument.

In the changing lights, the teacher hosting the ceremony on the stage said, “Now, let’s have the student representative give a speech.”

Shangguan Yin said angrily, “Here it comes.”

As soon as her voice fell, Xi Congshuang, who had been distracted the whole time, looked up and took in the scene on the stage.

The girl in the dark blue school uniform walked up the steps, tall and graceful, and walked to the podium with composure, preparing to give her speech.

Only Xi Congshuang knew that she was nervous, because just now, Cheng Zhishu had almost raised her hand to touch the necklace under her school uniform at her collarbone. She would touch her necklace when she was nervous to calm herself.

If she wasn’t wearing the necklace, she would put her hand in her pocket, where the necklace was usually kept.

This was the answer Xi Congshuang had gotten from her observation. She would never talk to her about such small details. Perhaps even Cheng Zhishu herself didn’t know she had this habit.

A few seconds later, Cheng Zhishu, under the stage spotlight, looked up and looked at Xi Congshuang below the stage.

Across the distance of the stage and the flowers, their eyes met.

Cheng Zhishu’s heart relaxed.

The restless, pounding heart suddenly returned to its original position. Her world became quiet, with only Xi Congshuang sitting in the center of her vision.

It’s okay. Just think of these people as inflatable tube men moving with the wind.

She took a deep breath and began her speech as the student representative.

“Respected teachers…”

The speech was much faster than Cheng Zhishu had expected. She had almost finished speaking while staring at Xi Congshuang’s eyes. The moment it ended, she was relieved.

“I haven’t had enough meetings. I actually feel that this boring time is passing too quickly.” Realizing that the speech was about to end, this was Xi Congshuang’s first reaction.

The quiet auditorium erupted in fierce applause as Cheng Zhishu’s speech ended. Xi Congshuang also applauded from below the stage. Cheng Zhishu couldn’t help but smile, then turned and walked towards the steps.

Xi Congshuang’s movement paused, and her smile suddenly disappeared.

“Congratulations, congratulations! Collapse value -4!!!”

The red apple really wanted to grab the confetti from next door and set it off. “Current collapse value: 11. Please continue your efforts, host!!!”

“You’re only a little bit away from completing the mission. Victory is in sight! I really didn’t misjudge you!”

The system was really excited. The stiff electronic voice was so excited that it was about to break.

“…”

In the midst of the lively hall, a cold chill spread from Xi Congshuang’s back to her whole body. She looked almost in a daze as someone ran up to her, happily saying something.

She didn’t hear what the other person said at all. An invisible glass cover had covered her senses, making them dull.

But her face subconsciously smiled at her, and no one noticed that something was wrong with Xi Congshuang.

In fact, there was nothing wrong. From the very beginning, eliminating the collapse value was her goal.

Now that the mission was about to be completed, she should be happy. There was nothing to be heartbroken about.

After the oath-taking ceremony, the parents could not leave the school immediately. They all dispersed and returned to the classrooms to continue the meeting.

The teachers spoke on the podium, and the parents listened below.

“Thank you so much for your Zhishu these days. If it weren’t for her tutoring our Yin Yin, she wouldn’t have made such great progress.” Shangguan Yin’s mother, who was sitting next to her, said.

Xi Congshuang resisted the urge to turn her head and look outside and replied politely, “They have a good relationship.”

Speaking of which, Shangguan Yin’s mother had a lot to say. She whispered to Xi Congshuang behind the teacher’s back. You could always see a shadow of Shangguan Yin in her every frown and smile.

They were mother and daughter, with similar looks and temperaments, both with a friendly personality.

Xi Congshuang seemed to be listening, but her attention was actually outside.

Cheng Zhishu’s seat was by the wall, next to the window, where she could see the students standing in a row and chatting.

A familiar figure was naturally among them. She was sitting backwards on a chair, her arms wrapped around the back of the chair, talking to Shangguan Yin beside her.

The two of them were not far from the window, and their voices came in, not too loud and not too soft.

From the scattered words, Xi Congshuang analyzed that they were talking about their college applications and future.

Shangguan Yin was actually quite confused about her future. She couldn’t help but ask Cheng Zhishu what she wanted to do in the future and if she had any particularly unexpected plans.

She was also too nervous and was in a hurry to get the chaotic thoughts out of her head.

Cheng Zhishu answered, “In the past, I wanted to study abroad. As for the location, the farther the better, to see the outside world and temporarily not think about the long-standing problems that can’t be solved.”

Shangguan Yin was confused by this. “What problem can’t you solve? If you can’t solve it…”

The parent in the front row suddenly hissed, muttered that it was cold, and raised a hand to close the window, blocking out all the sound.

The moment the window was closed, all Xi Congshuang could hear was Shangguan Yin’s mother’s voice. She was very bored sitting here, either secretly playing on her phone or trying to chat with Xi Congshuang to relieve her boredom.

In the hallway, Shangguan Yin’s words continued, “If you can’t solve it, just ask your sister. She’ll definitely be willing to help you solve it. At that time, your sister will kill gods and buddhas, swish, swish, swish—”

Shangguan Yin, who had grown up in a healthy family, was always a bit naive and knew how to ask her family for help, without any thought of solving problems on her own.

As a result, she couldn’t immediately connect this speech with the former Cheng Zhishu.

Cheng Zhishu rested her chin on the back of the chair. “I said it was in the past. That problem has already been solved.”

She was no longer stuck in the mud, thinking day after day why her parents didn’t love her and if she had done something wrong.

Now someone loved her, and that was enough.

Shangguan Yin said, “Oh,” and repeated the question she had just asked. “Then what is your craziest plan for the future?”

Cheng Zhishu: “Excluding the previous plan, it’s to stay by Xi Congshuang’s side forever.”

“No matter what my identity is, I don’t want to leave. I just want to be with her.”

Shangguan Yin didn’t understand this kind of feeling. She had learned the most common action Xi Hanran did when facing them without being taught, rubbing the goosebumps on her arms.

Her mood was half strange and half confused. She complained, “I really can’t stand you.”

Cheng Zhishu sighed. “I can’t stand this feeling either. I wish I could grow up faster.”

Author’s Note:

[Little Grass Yin Yin] picked up a wild kite, encountered a small boss and was attacked, HP -1