Chapter 19 – Extra 1: High School Parallel Lines

19. Extras 1


“Mingling…” Ji Xun’s in her ear. She was over Tang Mingling from behind, her lower body still , making the bed with their movements.

Her with their owner’s movement, then were and . Ji Xun had mastered all of Tang Mingling’s , and the inside her body grew , as if it would her . She couldn’t help .

“Mingling, Mingling… , quieter, the children are next door—”

“Mingling, Mingling, are you going ?” A classmate called out twice from the desk next to her with no response, so she reached out to shake Tang Mingling.

Startled by the shaking, Tang Mingling suddenly came to her senses, gasped twice, and looked at the person who called her. “You go first…” Tang Mingling shook her head, refusing the invitation. Her eyes occasionally glanced at the back of the person diagonally in front of her.

The she had last night made her feel… ! Tang Mingling gripped her textbook tightly.

How could she of with Ji Xun, in one night, and ending up in a terrible state? The kind of terrible that left the bed a mess.

And how could Ji Xun have a … She hadn’t been watching any lately. It was bad enough to have a , but it was about the person she the most, and she had arbitrarily given her a .

It made her unable to pay attention in class all day. Now, seeing Ji Xun, she felt nothing but . She didn’t even have the heart to her anymore.

Tang Mingling silently on her , only realizing half an hour later that the classroom was empty. She slowly packed her bag and went home.

Going downstairs, Tang Mingling heard a familiar voice coming from the hallway, making her unconsciously stop and turn towards the classroom.

“This is not the first time you’ve been for a classmate.” Ji Xun stood in front of two students with her backpack on. The girl was crying, and the boy looked .

“What’s it to you? Don’t think I’m afraid of you just because you’re in the student council.” The boy showed a .

“Give me your . I need to you to the school.” Ji Xun calmly took out her to it down.

“You better . I’m not afraid of you. Ji Xun, .” But the boy seemed by her and pushed her hard.

Ji Xun had worked in the student council for a long time and often handled such campus violations, but she hadn’t expected the other party to . She lost her balance and was pushed down, the . When she looked up, she happened to see Tang Mingling standing around the corner. Her eyes, slightly from the , were defenselessly by the other person.

Tang Mingling’s up instantly. Her head heated up, and she rushed over to help Ji Xun up without caring about anything else, glaring at the boy. “You’re not afraid of Ji Xun, so how about with ?”

The boy hadn’t expected Tang Mingling to show up. He really wasn’t afraid of Ji Xun because Ji Xun was , but Tang Mingling wasn’t. With the Ji family and the Tang family combined, his instantly .

Ji Xun also hadn’t expected Tang Mingling to come to her . As Tang Mingling helped her, her mind was focused on the between Tang Mingling and herself. She lowered her eyes and her .

Tang Mingling saw her and became even more . She turned her head and angrily asked the girl, “What and ? You tell me.”

“First , ,” the girl softly.

“First , , is it? You won’t see him tomorrow. .” Tang Mingling stared coldly at the boy. Noticing that the boy seemed and wanted to her, she said, “You should know how the business between my family and hers is, right? If you want your to have problems, you can try.”

When his parents and family business were mentioned, the boy instantly class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true">deflated. He bowed his head, accepting the impending punishment by .

After solving the problem, Tang Mingling realized she had been holding Ji Xun’s arm the whole time. Then she remembered the terrible , where there were parts where she was grabbing the other woman’s hand. She immediately let go and took a large step back.

Seeing her her like the , Ji Xun’s . She forced herself to speak to thank her. “Thank you for earlier.”

“You’re welcome.” Tang Mingling, feeling for about with her, spoke . She turned and left.

Ji Xun opened her mouth, but finally remained , pulling her backpack and down the same path. After walking a few steps, she noticed the person who had walked away had turned back and was staring at her.

“Did you hurt your ?” Tang Mingling had unintentionally looked back and saw Ji Xun walking slowly, lagging far behind her.

As usual, Ji Xun would have coldly said she was fine. But perhaps Tang Mingling’s attitude was very different today, making Ji Xun act strange as well. She said softly, “I think I it when I was .” After two seconds, she added, “It a little.”

“… .” Tang Mingling’s slightly.

Ji Xun heard her and only thought she felt by her. The pain she had just admitted she felt, she now wanted to back, unwilling to show weakness. Just as she was about to tell her not to worry, Tang Mingling stepped forward and helped her.

“I should have just him out of school earlier. Why wait until tomorrow?” Tang Mingling was very . Although she usually Ji Xun, it was only a personal , and she could not campus at all.

The in Ji Xun’s eyes and brows suddenly . She spoke again, “It’s okay. You go back first. I can manage by myself.”

Tang Mingling didn’t pay attention to her. “I’ll you to your .” She knew Ji Xun had someone to up and off. She originally wanted to take her to the , but then remembered the Ji family probably had a .

She the person all the way to the . After finding Ji Xun’s , she opened the door and helped her into the back seat. Tang Mingling breathed a after completing her task. Just as she was about to leave, Ji Xun called out to her.

“Ming… Tang Mingling, thank you.” Ji Xun sat upright in the car, her gaze on her.

Just like in the … Tang Mingling, thinking about the in front of the person involved, her suddenly . “It’s . .” She turned around and in .

“Ji Xun… . me… … Are you to ?” Tang Mingling on her lap. The was between them.

“Who was yesterday saying ?” Ji Xun looked up at her enjoying it, yet still her. She opened her mouth and bit the in front of her, hard.

Tang Mingling tilted her head back, gripping Ji Xun’s shoulders. Her hard, her . “… .”

“…” Tang Mingling woke up and sat on the bed, looking . She, an , was enduring too much. She rubbed her face, then silently went to .

After arriving in the classroom, she was still . During class, she kept looking at Ji Xun’s back . She couldn’t help but think of her , her – , and… She took a deep softly, herself for being a for giving the other person .

She finally it to lunch break. She declined her classmate’s lunch invitation, planning to find a place to rest. Having such for two consecutive days had left her feeling very . She didn’t understand how they could every night in the dream.

“Tang Mingling?”

She was originally looking down for her when she was suddenly called out. She habitually looked up and said, “What is it, Ji Xun?” Then, she her shut. She looked at the person standing by her desk. She had accidentally brought out a from the .

In the , they always each other’s .

Ji Xun’s was , showing no signs of class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true">oddness. “Are you at ? I wanted to you to . To thank you for yesterday.”

If it were in the past, Tang Mingling would have without thinking. But the Ji Xun of the past would not have her to lunch. Tang Mingling wanted to , but she also kind of wanted to … After hesitating for a while, she stood up and leaned back against the chair, telling Ji Xun, “Let’s . Let’s .”

Ji Xun seemed very . Her were on her cheeks, but when Tang Mingling tried to see clearly, she reverted to her usual .

“…” Ji Xun sat in the chair, holding Tang Mingling’s head with both hands, gently her into her .

Tang Mingling was already her , out the , her over the , all the way down to the soft .

Ji Xun uncontrollably. The stained Tang Mingling’s .

“.” It was the . Tang Mingling woke up, completely convinced that she was a . Why else would she have such ? Fantasizing about her growing a and her—what was with her?

Because she woke up too , she bumped into Ji Xun just entering the school gate.

Perhaps because their relationship had over the past two days, Ji Xun reached out to her.

Tang Mingling felt about about with her every day, which made her attitude much , and she responded to the other woman’s .

Ji Xun received the response, looked down, and . She slowly walked over to her side.

“Your isn’t healed yet, is it? Walk slower.” Tang Mingling her to her.

The two walked slowly in the early morning campus, speaking softly.

“That first-year student has already ,” Ji Xun said.

“If he to another school, there might be another . That’s letting him too ,” Tang Mingling said, still about the from that day.

“My family had a with his . We gave him some ,” Ji Xun looked at her and .

From years of being to her, Tang Mingling knew that Ji Xun was quite . So, she didn’t after hearing what she said, and in .

She originally thought that the other woman greeting her was the , but she never expected to be able to walk and . Ji Xun breathed a , and then wondered if Tang Mingling would be this with her if her didn’t .

When she woke up on the , Tang Mingling was already . If she a , she could become a . And was she really that ?

In her , she had to to Ji Xun every day to , whether in the , the , or even in the today.

She had to that Ji Xun in a in the was a little . That look of mixed with when she was her…

“ .” Tang Mingling covered her face.

with the other person in her every day made it impossible for Tang Mingling to be to her in real life anymore. Also, due to her , she would to every word Ji Xun said, and her voice was always and when she spoke.

Her was very , as she knew how much Tang Mingling Ji Xun. She even specifically asked her what was wrong.

“Actually… she’s pretty too.” Tang Mingling thought of her – and , and that … She shook her head. “I was too before. I didn’t know how to everyone’s class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true">strengths.” Especially the of the , Tang Mingling added in her heart.

“Okay.” Her . “Although Ji Xun always seems , she’s especially to you. It would be good if you could with her.”

“?” Tang Mingling looked at her . “What do you mean by ‘especially ’?”

“The I gave you when you weren’t feeling well was to me by her to to you,” her . “And every time you said you were , you might have said it a little and she you, so she would me .”

Tang Mingling looked . “That ?”

“I thought you her, so I you.”

“…You .” If her had told her, she certainly wouldn’t have .

After her on people changed, when she heard Ji Xun, she no longer felt , but her emotions were .

After class, her had , so she from Tang Mingling.

After Tang Mingling packed her backpack, she realized that only she and Ji Xun were left in the classroom, and the other person was looking at her. She suddenly felt a little . Not wanting her to be seen, she could only to be .

As Ji Xun walked towards her, her in the .

Tang Mingling was for a moment, letting her mind to what was under the …

“Mingling, are you in a moment? I have a few I don’t understand. Can you me?” Ji Xun seemed a little , afraid of being but unwilling to give up asking.

“Y-yes, I’m . .” Tang Mingling took a deep . She felt her was , but didn’t dare to it. She as she to the other person.

Then, she was by the that suddenly on Ji Xun’s .

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