I Am More Paranoid Than The Villainess

Gentle Older Sister

Shen Man quickly adapted to her new campus life.
As a class monitor, she now knows all her classmates and their names.

It was after the end of the last lesson.
Shen Man buried herself in organizing notes taken during class.
Lin Shu came over, knocked Shen Man’s table and said, “I won’t go back for dinner tonight.”

“Are you going to invite them to dinner again?” Shen Man raised her head and asked with a smile.
During this period, Lin Shu often hung around with her fox-like friends instead of coming back for dinner.

“It has nothing to do with you.” Lin Shu said arrogantly as she dumped her backpack on Shen Man’s desk. “Help me bring this home.”
“Okay.” Shen Man answered, then bowed her head to continue sorting out her notes.
“Nerd.” Lin Shu muttered in a low voice, before turning around and walking out.

Shen Man stayed for ten more minutes and finally finished organizing her notes.
She carried both Lin Shu’s and her own backpack, walking out without struggle.

The scenery at school is very good.
It was full of green, with beautifully trimmed bushes and hedges everywhere. Especially the sweet osmanthus blooming at the end of September. Its faint, small golden yellow flowers bloom among the broad green leaves, releasing a refreshingly light sweet fragrance.

The evening breeze blew pass, lifting the sweet osmanthus petals one after another in a golden rain.
Shen Man placed the wind-blown strands of hair behind her ears and took out her phone to take pictures.

She took a picture and opened the editor to adjust the filter color, and set the photo as her wallpaper.
Suddenly, a girl’s fearful came from a distance.

“What do you want to do? Let me go!” The sound came from behind the osmanthus bush.
“Shameless slut, you dare to seduce my boyfriend! I’m going to teach you a lesson today.” An angry female voice responded.

“I don’t know you, much less who your boyfriend is!” The girl sobbed for mercy in her soft, weak voice.
“He has a picture of you on his phone, are you still going to lie?!” said the other girl, even angrier.

Slap!
The next second, a pitiful and delicate cry followed.

Shen Man narrowed her eyes and while facing the bushes, she coldly said, “Bullying a classmate in school, I can report you to your head teacher.”

As soon as she said this, the girl immediately became afraid and whispered harshly to the crying girl, “If you report me, I’ll never let you go.”
After that, she ran away in panic.

Shen Man walked over and saw a girl with long hair curled up in the bushes.

She covered her cheek with one hand, and her long hair covered the rest of her face, so Shen Man couldn’t see clearly.
Her small white skirt was dirtied by broken leaves and soil. The white shoes on her feet was also stained with dirt.

The girl heard the footsteps and looked up, with tears flowing down her cheeks.
Her eyes were sad and helpless. When she saw Shen Man, she gave a desperate, forced smile.

Shen Man froze in shock.
In front of her, the sad and teary face with a smile coincided with a blurred figure in her memory.

When Shen Man was a child, there was a gentle older sister who lived next next door. She always spoke softly and smiled gently.
This sister often patted her head and said, “Manman will definitely be a beauty after growing up. Marry a man you love and don’t be like me.”

At that time, Shen Man was still young and didn’t understand what she meant. Nor did she notice the despair and sorrow in the older sister’s eyes when she told her that.

One silent night, the gentle older sister jumped off a building and committed suicide.
The last person she saw before she died was Shen Man.
Since then, those sad and desperate eyes filled with tears were deeply engrained in her mind.

Many years later, when Shen Man realized that she liked women, she finally understood the meaning behind that look.
There would be countless nights when she was full of regret.
If she had noticed something wrong at that time and persuaded the older sister, maybe the girl would not have ended everything in desperation.

“Thank you, classmate.” The girl stood up, looking weak and pitiful.
She resembles older sister so much…

Shen Man quickly recovered and walked over, asking, “Are you okay? Should I take you to the nurse?”
“No, thank you.” The girl shook her head gently and she lowered her head, stroking her cheek.

Shen Man’s eyes fell on that face, feeling more and more familiar. She paused and said, “My name is Shen Man. I’m a freshman from Class 1, majoring in design…”

“Nice to meet you.” Shen Man added, saying this with a faint trace of regret, like she was making up for something.

The girl obediently looked up and smiled gently, “My name is Yin Ruxu and I major in art. I’m also a freshman.”
“Let me buy you some milk tea. I hope you won’t mention the embarrassing thing that happened just now.” After saying that, Yin Ruxu bit her lip and tried covering half of her flushed face with her hair.

Shen Man looked away and laughed, “Okay.”

*
There is a well known milk tea store near the school called ‘Language From The Heart’, and many students love the milk tea from there.

Shen Man and Yin Ruxu entered.
There were already a lot of people sitting inside. They all got together in groups of two and three to chat, so there was only one vacant spot in the corner wall.

Shen Man walked over and sat down. She took the drink menu and asked, “What do you want to drink?”
“I was the one who invited you, so I should be the one asking.” Yin Ruxu laughed softly, her eyebrows bent in a playful arc.

Shen Man chuckled and said, “A cup of fruit tea.”
“Do you want it hot, room temperature, or with less ice?” Yin Ruxu considerately asked.
“Then, less ice.” Shen Man answered.
Yin Ruxu got up and went to the counter to order.

Sitting there, Shen Man stared at Yin Ruxu’s thin back and the appearance of the older sister next door kept emerging in her mind.
The blurry face gradually became clear and became exactly like Yin Ruxu, who turned around.

Shen Man was shocked. She lowered her head, and reached out to massage her temples.
“What happened? You look really tired.” Yin Ruxu put the fruit tea in front of Shen Man and asked with concern.

“It’s nothing. Maybe I just didn’t sleep well yesterday.” Shen Man answered. She picked up her drink and inserted the straw before bringing it to her lips.
The sweet fruity taste stimulated her taste buds, pulling her back from her memories to reality.

“I’ve heard of you before.” Yin Ruxu laughed gently and continued to say under Shen Man’s confused gaze, “You are the beautiful school flower in school. It feels fateful to actually see you today, you’re really so stunning.”
“Thanks for your compliment, but I think you’re even better looking.” Shen Man laughed, her eyes sincere.
Yin Ruxu blushed in shyness and quickly lowered her head to drink milk tea.

Shen Man then looked out the window, inadvertently meeting a familiar face.
Lin Shu stood outside, with an angry look on her face, which had carefully done makeup.
Shen Man withdrew her eyes and looked elsewhere.

Furious, Lin Shu strode into the store and stood in front of Shen Man, demanding in a cold voice, “Why are you here? Who is she?”
“Are you Shen Man’s friend?” Yin Ruxu asked, standing up to introduce herself with a smile, “My name is Yin Ruxu. I just met Shen Man today.”

Lin Shu didn’t answer her. She frowned and stared at Shen Man, “You drank milk tea together as soon as you two met? And didn’t you say you wanted to go back home?”
Shen Man listened to the undisguised anger and questioning in Lin Shu tone and laughed, “Oh my eldest miss, why’d you leave your appointment with friends and come over to care about me.”

“I…” Lin Shu choked and blushed, arrogantly retorting, “Who cares about you? I was just here to invite them for milk tea.”
After saying that, she looked back at the two people behind her and said, “Ding Qian, Yan Jie. Pick whatever you want, it’s my treat.”

“I just ate, I don’t need anything else.” Ding Qian waved her hands in a hurry, trying not cross eyes with Shen Man.
Yan Jie, on the other hand, took the drink menu and ordered the most expensive drink.

Lin Shu sneered and looked at the milk tea in Shen Man’s hand, disdainfully saying, “Only you would drink this cheap milk tea.”
Shen Man smiled and replied leisurely, “Since it’s others’ treat, it’s natural to order cheaper ones. We shouldn’t think of others as idiots and take advantage of them to save money.”

Her words had a double meaning.

Lin Shu flushed with anger and she glared at Shen Man, with nothing to counter.
The smile on Yan Jie’s face disappeared. She glanced at Shen Man and hurriedly explained to Lin Shu, “I only ordered this because I overheard others say it was really good.”

“I’m not a fool.” Lin Shu became even angrier.

Shen Man happily hooked her lips in an arc. She stood up, threw a backpack into Lin Shu’s arms, and said while laughing, “Here’s your bag.”
She turned to Yin Ruxu and said, “Thanks for the milk tea. I’ll treat you another day.”
“No need, I’m just glad to meet you and be friends.” Yin Ruxu smiled softly.

Shen Man nodded and put on her own bag. She then picked up her milk tea and walked out with a smile lingering on the corners of her mouth.

Lin Shu sat in Shen Man’s previous seat, staring at the person opposite her with apricot eyes. Arrogantly, she demanded, “How did you meet Shen Man?”

Yin Ruxu’s smile fluctuated. She lowered her head to touch her injured cheek, and replied in a weak voice, “I’m sorry, I can’t tell you.”

“You can’t tell me?” Lin Shu glared and gritted her teeth angrily. “Then I’ll ask Shen Man myself.”
“This is a secret between me and Shen Man. She promised me not to tell.” Yin Ruxu looked up with tears in her eyes.

Lin Shu’s eyes narrowed and she threw her backpack over her shoulder, walking out with an ice cold expression.

The author has something to say:

I want to recommend my finished novel Paranoid Girlfriend [Transmigration Into Novel] :

Dai Shiyuan has a girlfriend who is very beautiful, with gentle eyebrows and an affectionate smile.
When her girlfriend gently calls her Xiaoyuan, she can’t help blushing with a thumping heartbeat.
Her girlfriend’s identity is not simple. She is the heroine in a novel, and Dai Shiyuan herself came from the future.
She worries every day about how she should tell her girlfriend that she is a time traveler.
“Xiaoyuan, why are you in a daze again? Do you regret being with me?” A beautiful woman held Dai Shiyuan’s thin waist from behind, her eyes filled with terrifying emotions.
Dai Shiyuan blushed and shook her head. She turned around and hugged the woman tightly.
Her girlfriend is too suspicious, always thinking that she would run away.
It makes her annoyed, but feel sweet at the same time.
——
Shan Yaxin found that her baby always wanted to escape from her, just like how they were in the beginning.
At first, Dai Shiyuan was her sister-in-law, whom she hated.
But as she got along with her, she found that her baby became more and more cute, making her fall in love.
It took some special means for her to finally have this person completely.
She won’t let her go for the rest of her life.
——
“Xiaoyuan, don’t think about running away. If you do, I’ll buy the Dai Family trade and let them all live on the street.” Shan Yaxin held the person in her arms tightly, with a crazy look in her eyes.
Dai Shiyuan quickly rushed over and kissed her.

(Note: This novel has not been translated yet)

A-chan: Hi guys, I just want to apologize for the two weeks of inactivity. I needed sometime to sort up my schedule and adapt to school life. Right now, I’ve found something that works best and updates should be normal– 1 chapter a week by Saturday or Sunday at the latest. Thank you all for your support and understanding.