After Transmigrating Into A Cannon Fodder Character, I Only Want To Survive - Chapter 46

The next day’s breakfast was still eaten in Fang Bai’s suite, but compared to yesterday, He Ziyan was added to the group.

After finishing her meal, Fang Bai didn’t rush to leave the dining table but looked at the person sitting opposite her. “Student He.”

He Ziyan looked up, pursed her lips, and said, “Aunt Fang, just call me Ziyan…”

At the end, He Ziyan added, “Or anything else.”

Fang Bai nodded. “Ziyan.”

What she was called wasn’t important to Fang Bai, it was just a form of address.

He Ziyan paused, then her eyes and eyebrows curved into a smile. “Mmm.”

Fang Bai said, “We’re going back to Hu City tomorrow. I wanted to ask what your plans are? Are you coming with us or staying in Qing City?”

“With you.” He Ziyan said.

With you, not with you all.

Ji Yuning, sitting diagonally opposite, glanced at He Ziyan without any change in expression.

He Ziyan noticed Ji Yuning looking at her. She originally wanted to pretend she didn’t see, but then, she slightly raised her chin towards Ji Yuning.

Fang Bai didn’t notice the little thought in He Ziyan’s words, nor did she see the interaction between the two. She got up and went to the sofa.

Mu Xuerou, however, took everything in. After looking at the two of them, confused, she lowered her head and continued eating.

On the fourth day of the National Day holiday, the group set off to return to Hu City.

However, there was a slight accident: Ji Yuning caught a cold.

She had been perfectly fine yesterday, but when they woke up in the morning, Fang Bai noticed that Ji Yuning’s nasal voice had become heavier.

Fortunately, Wu Mei had packed medicine in their luggage. Fang Bai found it and had Ji Yuning take it.

Under the effect of the medicine, Ji Yuning slept the entire journey. Fang Bai checked on her condition from time to time.

Looking at Ji Yuning’s profile, Fang Bai couldn’t help but feel a sense of emotion. Was this the most harmonious time she and Ji Yuning had spent together?

No cold words, no mutual acting.

The prerequisite for all this was actually Ji Yuning being asleep.

Fang Bai chuckled to herself.

She didn’t know what she was laughing at, just felt that the atmosphere between her and Ji Yuning was very strange, but she couldn’t pinpoint what was strange.

Fang Bai slightly raised her hand and tucked a strand of hair that had slipped from behind Ji Yuning’s ear onto her cheek to the side. Her deliberately light movements were very careful, afraid of waking the sleeping person.

She tucked the blanket covering Ji Yuning in a bit more, then turned to the side and closed her eyes to rest.

Ji Yuning’s eyelashes fluttered. Enduring the dryness in her throat, she slowly opened her eyelids.

What came into view was Fang Bai wearing an eye mask. Fang Bai’s face was very small. Whether it was sunglasses or an eye mask, it could cover most of her face, leaving only the area below her nose exposed to the air.

The cold had caused some nasal congestion, and Ji Yuning hadn’t even smelled what the breakfast tasted like. Only after putting it in her mouth did she faintly taste something. But when Fang Bai’s hand reached in front of her, the familiar subtle fragrance entered her nose, waking Ji Yuning up.

It was like the last time she had a high fever, waking her from the darkness.

She should have realized it long ago. The sense of security the woman gave her wasn’t just the time she rescued her from the water; it was actually earlier than that.

However,

Thankfully, it wasn’t too late.

Ji Yuning’s gaze moved away from Fang Bai’s face and met He Ziyan’s, who was looking at them from the other side of the aisle.

With just one glance, Ji Yuning withdrew her gaze and closed her eyes to rest.

The casualness stimulated He Ziyan. He Ziyan felt a breath stuck in her throat, neither up nor down, uncomfortable.

Just as He Ziyan let out a long breath, about to successfully heal herself, Mu Xuerou’s soft snort came from beside her. “Yuning is already uncomfortable, why are you still bullying her?”

He Ziyan turned her head in surprise. “I’m bullying her?”

Which eye saw that?

Mu Xuerou attributed He Ziyan’s expression to surprise after being discovered. She glanced at Fang Bai and whispered to He Ziyan, “If Aunt Fang finds out you’re bullying Yuning, she won’t agree to you being with us.”

“.” Mu Xuerou was right, and He Ziyan had nothing to say.

Of course, she knew.

She had even known for a long time that only by being around Ji Yuning would Fang Bai pay attention to her.

After getting off the plane, He Ziyan was picked up by her family’s driver.

After dropping Mu Xuerou off downstairs at her house, Fang Bai looked at the person beside her. “How are you? Feeling better?”

Ji Yuning: “Mmm.”

“I asked Liao Li, and she said it might be due to the temperature difference,” Fang Bai said. “How about I take you to the hospital to see?”

“No need,” Ji Yuning’s voice was a bit hoarse. “Just taking medicine is fine.”

Liao Li had also said to take medicine first, and if it didn’t work after two days, then go see her.

Fang Bai didn’t insist. “Okay.”

Two days passed, and Ji Yuning’s cold was almost better, but not completely. She still needed to continue taking medicine.

Medicine was to be taken half an hour after meals, so after dinner, Ji Yuning went upstairs first, sat at her desk, and lowered her head to do her homework.

During the two days when her cold was severe, Fang Bai didn’t let Ji Yuning write but had her rest in bed.

Fortunately, some of the homework had been done at the hotel, leaving only a few questions in the workbook unfinished.

Ji Yuning opened her workbook. Just as she finished the first multiple-choice question, her phone on the desk rang.

Ji Yuning glanced at it. It was Mu Xuerou calling.

With the phone pressed to her ear, Ji Yuning’s eyes scanned the questions, and her hand writing homework didn’t stop. “Xuerou.”

Mu Xuerou’s soft, gentle voice came through the receiver. “Yuning, how are you? Are you feeling better?”

Ji Yuning: “Mmm.”

“That’s good,” Mu Xuerou said. “I was worried you wouldn’t be able to go to school.”

Ji Yuning did another multiple-choice question. “Won’t happen.”

“Mmm…” Mu Xuerou said, then there was a silence of several seconds.

Ji Yuning could tell that Mu Xuerou had something to say but hadn’t said it. She waited for two seconds, and seeing that Mu Xuerou didn’t seem to want to speak, she tapped the draft paper with her pen. “What do you want to say?”

Mu Xuerou made a sound of hesitation.

Just as Ji Yuning’s attention returned to the question, Mu Xuerou whispered, “Yuning, can I ask you a question?”

Ji Yuning: “Which page?”

“…” Mu Xuerou was silent for a moment, then said softly, “It’s not about homework.”

“.” Ji Yuning paused. “Ask away.”

Mu Xuerou hummed in agreement. “It’s just that last time in the elevator, didn’t you ask me what was wrong? I didn’t say it then, but now I want to ask you.”

Ji Yuning remembered Mu Xuerou’s flustered appearance in the elevator. “Mmm.”

“It’s just…” Mu Xuerou’s face flushed, and her voice couldn’t hide her shyness. She asked, “Can girls and girls… be in a relationship?”

In Ji Yuning’s perception, Mu Xuerou was the good child in all parents’ eyes, an obedient girl, the type deeply liked by elders.

So hearing Mu Xuerou’s question about relationships, especially relationships between girls, Ji Yuning couldn’t help but be taken aback. “What’s wrong?”

Afraid of Ji Yuning misunderstanding, Mu Xuerou hurriedly explained, “It’s nothing, it’s just that last time at the hotel, I saw two girls holding hands, and… and they even kissed.”

Mu Xuerou spoke intermittently. “I, I was quite surprised.”

After speaking, Mu Xuerou didn’t say anything else. Before calling, Mu Xuerou had considered whether or not to ask Ji Yuning. She had originally decided not to ask, but the image from that day kept popping into her mind these past few days, already affecting her life.

After struggling, Mu Xuerou still decided to confide in a friend, and the only one she was close to who wouldn’t laugh at her even if she asked strange questions was Ji Yuning.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and finally, Ji Yuning’s calm voice came through: “Love has nothing to do with gender.”

Mu Xuerou hummed in agreement. That’s what Baidu said too.

Actually, besides this, what she wanted to ask was about the scene she had witnessed.

It was also what Mu Xuerou wanted to ask the most.

“Then Yuning, you say…” Mu Xuerou hesitated and was apprehensive, but finally couldn’t suppress her curiosity and asked, “What does kissing feel like?”

Ji Yuning’s expression was calm. “I don’t—”

Her words stopped abruptly.

The pen tip stopped on the paper.

Author’s Note:

What does kissing feel like?

Xiao Ji: You mentioning it reminded me T^T

p: Didn’t consider writing a side CP, everyone can ship freely~