Green Tea Beauty

      Lin Shi Cha: "En?" She turned to look at Gu Yin.

     Gu Yin asked again: "I mean, Bian Heng, Chi Xing, Shen Mo and Huo Yi Nan. Which one do you like?"

     Lin Shi Cha blinked her eyes as her action slowed and she said slowly: "Like… …" This was not a hesitation for thinking, but rather a hesitation that seems to be at a loss and absurdness.

     "I like them all… …" Lin Shi Cha hesitated for a split second before answering, "Will you be angry if I say that?"

     Gu Yin shook her head, then looked at Lin Shi Cha again and again: "Instead, with you saying that, I’m not mad… … I don’t think you like anyone."

     "Can you tell me what you think? We’re friends now, right?" Gu Yin asked.

     Lin Shi Cha thought for a bit before nodding. The two walked and talked to a milk tea shop. When they found a place to sit down, Lin Shi Cha said: "In fact at the beginning, I didn't have any special feelings about Chi Xing and them."

     "What I mean is, even after being together, I still don’t feel anything special towards them."

     Lin Shi Cha sometimes speaks too frankly, not knowing how to be the slightest subtle.

     She held her chin, "I only thought, the four of them seem to be the four most outstanding boys in Shui Lu Town. If they like me, then everyone will envy me." She paused from time to time as if she was recalling what she thought then.

     Gu Yin: … … I'm sorry, even though she's ill, I still think she's a b*tch.

     "Later when they found out that I had lied to them, I simply proposed to break up. I thought it was nothing, but the more time went on, the more I felt uncomfortable… …" Lin Shi Cha said in a low tone, "Actually, they have accompanied me all this time, to play and mess around. I feel like with them around, life becomes very interesting."

     Gu Yin didn't speak anymore.

     She thought of something else. Lin Shi Cha's parents divorced, so she was thrown to Grandma Lin since she was a child. Because of her many illnesses, Grandma Lin was also extremely nervous about her. In her childhood, some of the kids thought she was a freak and wouldn’t play with her. After growing up, her personality became distorted and she turned into the so-called "b*tch" in the eyes of some girls. Therefore, they naturally didn't like staying near her.

     Because she will take away everything they love.

     If one said Lin Shi Cha didn't do this on purpose, she did indeed snatch it on purpose. However, if one said she did it on purpose, it was because she lacked love since she was a child and unconsciously developed this habit. She only wanted others to pay more attention to her and like her. She didn't mean to hurt others, she just didn't realize the consequences of her doing so.

     "Do you know what people like you are described on the Internet?" Gu Yin asked.

     "What?" Lin Shi Cha asked.

     "B*tchy without knowing it." Gu Yin also wasn’t polite and directly said it.

     Lin Shi Cha didn't quite understand, "Ah… …"

     Gu Yin knew Lin Shi Cha, this person, didn’t take anything anyone said to her heart. Therefore, she wouldn’t even really mind if she cursed her, so she said with confidence: "Actually, you also know it’s wrong to string along four boys. Otherwise you wouldn’t have hid it from them, right?”

     "After you finish talking to me, I think I understand you a little bit. Knowing your background, you’re just this way because you are lonely and have no one to accompany you. You want others to play with you, like you and love you more. That kind of feeling is not necessarily love, but you probably don't understand the difference between love and friendship."

     Gu Yin sighed.

     Lin Shi Cha didn't know what to say and appeared a little at a loss.

     "However, if Huo Yi Nan and the others all like you, it means you are a girl with a good personality. Otherwise Huo Yi Nan would have dumped you long ago." Gu Yin cracked herself up by saying this: "I'm sorry, Lin Shi Cha. When I first saw you, I misunderstood you a lot and even cussed you."

     "It's okay." Sure enough, Lin Shi Cha's expression was normal. She really didn't make a fuss about this.

     "Then can you also transfer to our school?" Lin Shi Cha tilted her head and asked this question naturally.

     Gu Yin: "??"

     "I can't!" She just can’t fix this attitude where she takes everything and everyone’s goodwill towards her for granted, can she? In the end she understands her own faults, yet just doesn't want to change it, right?

     "But I want to be with Yinyin every day. I see everyone else going to the bathroom together after class." Lin Shi Cha's expression was a little bit aggrieved.

     Gu Yin roared: "Every time you go to the bathroom, you have four peerless handsome guys protecting you, don't even mention how impressive that is, okay!!!"

     "Don’t you know the front page of the joint school forum is all filled with your business?" Gu Yin's head throbbed.

     Lin Shi Cha was taken aback and asked, "What joint school forum?"

     "It’s just this, sigh, let me show you. Why don't you know anything?" Gu Yin took out her phone and moved over to watch it with Lin Shi Cha.

     "In fact, this forum has been around for a long time, only there’s not many people posting or communicating. Since the last time you had an accident at the venue, this forum has gradually become popular, especially with those three people transferring to your school. The forum seems to have blown up with excessive traffic."

     Gu Yin grumbled while talking: "Hey, hey, look at this post: [While Lin Shi Cha is in PE class, Senior Bian Heng keeps his head out of the window and watches her like a treasured darling, like a husky] Look at the title, hahahaha. You probably haven’t seen Bian Heng's reply."

     Scrolling down, sure enough, they saw a reply from someone that might be Bian Heng: You’re the husky, your whole family are huskies!

     Lin Shi Cha also smiled brilliantly as if she was amused, "He has always been like this." He was a cheerful and outgoing, but also a silly and cute boy.

     "None of them told me about this forum." Lin Shi Cha was a little unhappy, "It seems pretty fun."

     Gu Yin said: "Them not telling you is normal, because there are also many people scolding you there. They’re probably afraid that you’ll be sad when you see it."

     “I won’t ah." Lin Shi Cha asked: "I also want to download this, where do I download it?"

     "This registration is based on the student number. Once I share a link with you, you will have the right to register and download the forum after filling it out." Gu Yin was considerate.

     The two sat in the milk tea shop and played around with the forum for a long time. When it was getting dark, they went to eat hot pot together before parting ways.

     Chi Xing could clearly feel that Lin Shi Cha was particularly happy today, because when she replied to his text, there would be a cute tilde at the end of the sentence.

     "Haaa, it's so cute ah. ChaCha is the most invincible cutie in the world," Chi Xing lay on the bed holding his phone as he spoke to himself, "Could it be that I've been infected by Shen Mo? Why else would I also have such a sweet mouth?"

     "But I am telling the truth." Chi Xing nodded, very sure of himself.

     As soon as the words were finished, there was a 'dong' sound outside the door. It was Chi Xing's mother kicking the door: "Sleep for Lao Niang! Don't be lazy and sleep in the tutoring class tomorrow!"

     Chi Xing was startled by this: "Hey, hey, okay." Now he is in Year Two of high school...  …the school began to have tutoring lessons. Naturally, only Saturdays were off on weekends as Sundays were handed over to the school.

     Lin Shi Cha took a shower before finally sitting down comfortably in front of her desk. With the warm light shining on the desk, she stood up and tore off a page of notebook paper. After taking a pen to ponder for a moment, she wrote the first word.

     Half an hour later, Lin Shi Cha took out her bank card. She folded the paper to wrap around the bank card and put it inside a yellow envelope.

     There were three large characters written on the outside of the envelope: Confidential for Grandma.

     Her life passed day by day just like this until it was time for the monthly exam. Chi Xing made rapid progress, from the bottom of the train at 200th in the grade, to the 85th in the grade.

     In reality, Chi Xing was pretty smart, but he doesn't like to study the boring things in books and prefers to be clever in other areas. After straightening himself, the effect was rather good.

     Chi Xing's mother almost came to the door to thank Lin Shi Cha with a fruit basket.

     Lin Shi Cha's health has become even worse. It was the kind of fragility visible to the naked eye. It was still a hot summer, but she often had to suppress her coughing during class, which quickly attracted everyone's attention.

     At first, some people speculated whether there was something wrong with her body, but because of Chi Xing, no one dared to ask.

     After all, none of them want to die.

     During PE class this afternoon, Lin Shi Cha sat in a cool place as usual while Chi Xing was next to her to make her happy. Funny jokes and deeds followed one after another, making Lin Shi Cha laugh so much that her stomach hurts.

     Huo Yi Nan was also more reticent. What he did more was silently being considerate and caring.

     By this point, Lin Shi Cha was eating medicine like candy.

     Finally, one afternoon, the medicine bottle was found and snatched by a group of busybodies. A boy, who usually likes to joke around and laugh loudly, stood on the podium and held up the medicine bottle to show to everyone: "Is Lin Shi Cha suffering from some kind of disease or what? Her face has been getting paler and paler these days, even I'm afraid she might cough up blood. Since the four of you care so much about her, why don't you guys send her to the hospital ah? Why bother coming to class?"

     This was some irresponsible and carping comment.

     As soon as he finished speaking, Chi Xing swung his fist without waiting for anyone’s reaction. Although his body doesn't look strong, his strength was surprisingly powerful. If he had landed the punch and the boy hadn't subconsciously leaned against the blackboard, he would have been knocked to the ground by him.

     His mouth was filled with the taste of blood as girls screamed in the classroom.

     That boy felt his pride was threatened and immediately got annoyed, wanting to retaliate, but Chi Xing didn't give him a chance. He kicked him in the stomach before his fist struck again. The boy managed to dodge and Chi Xing's fist only hit the blackboard with a bang.

     The blackboard made from unknown material cracked with two seams.

     Chi Xing's hands were dripping with blood, but he didn't seem to care at all. He pulled his hair with his gaze as cold as ice, "Apologize."

     Being pulled up, the boy continued to taunt him: "I'm sorry your mother. How about you call your mother here and I'll apologize to her, okay?"

     Chi Xing's gaze changed. He gritted his teeth and punched him again, directly knocking him off the podium, "I dare you to say it again." Every word was filled with anger.

     "Ha," the boy laughed, while his teeth were stained in red blood. "Hey, say what disease do you guys think Lin Shi Cha has? It can't be STD, can it!" As he spoke he burst out laughing again, as cocky as he can.

     Chi Xing's pupils shrank. Everything in front of him was covered in a bloody red and his sanity fell apart in an instant. Losing control, he picked up the knife on the desks of the two girls in the row in front of him and walked over.

     The girls held each other and shrieked. That  was the knife they usually used at mealtimes to cut apples and share it with a few friends. It was foldable, so no one normally noticed it, but at this time… …

     When the boy saw the knife, he finally became scared. The smile on his face disappeared as he crawled back a little.

     Everyone in the classroom was terrified; those who called for the teacher and those who backed away, all huddled together so as not to provoke Chi Xing.

     At this time, a faint voice sounded.

     "Chi Xing, don’t be like this."

     It was Lin Shi Cha who was speaking, her face pale, in her seat.

     As expected, Chi Xing didn't continue to approach the boy with a knife. However, when he turned his head to look at everyone, his eyes were bloodshot and the corner of his eyes were all red.





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Notes:
Lao Niang (老娘): the female equivalent version of Lao Zi, which is an arrogant/superior way to refer to oneself