Chapter 6 Comfort, Mistakes
Then I should hurry back too. If I go back too late, Lianbing might get angry.
Her angry expression is… super terrifying.
Thinking of this, I quickened my pace. But the moment I took a step, my wrist was grabbed.
What is it? Again?
Who is it this time?
“Juncheng.”
“Wow!”
Suddenly calling my name startled me!
This delicate voice, which sounds very unfamiliar but I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere, should be… I turned around to look.
As expected, it was Jiang Xueqing, with a blank expression.
Then, when I remembered where this place was, black lines crawled all over my forehead.
Reflexively, I picked her up and quickly rushed out of the men’s restroom.
As I ran out of the restroom, two girls were also coming out of the women’s restroom. They looked at me and Jiang Xueqing in my arms, and their expressions instantly became incredibly complicated…
Damn it!
And so, I ran away again.
I ran straight down the stairs to the end of the left side of the first floor, to the door of the nurse’s office, where no one usually came, and put her down from my arms.
“Hey, hey, hey, why were you in there!”
Why is it that whether it’s Lianbing or you, can you girls just walk into the men’s restroom with a blank expression?
Does this mean I can also casually enter the women’s restroom?! (No, you’d be mistaken for a pervert.)
Jiang Xueqing indifferently took out a handkerchief from her shirt pocket and held it out to me.
“Yours.”
It was the handkerchief I was looking for earlier. So, she had collected it.
“Ah, did you pick it up for me? Thank you.”
After taking the handkerchief and thanking her, I still couldn’t help but ask.
“But I still want to ask, why were you in the men’s restroom?”
Could it be that Jiang Xueqing is actually a “three-no” girl on the surface, but a secretly repressed person inside? Is that why she would do something like sneaking into the men’s restroom…
No… that’s not right.
If she were actually interested in male genitalia, she wouldn’t be able to maintain a blank expression. But she showed no reaction at all.
Just as I thought, Jiang Xueqing revealed the true purpose of her lurking in the men’s restroom.
“Investigating.”
“Huh? Investigating what?”
“…”
“Ah, if you don’t want to say it, then don’t. I was just asking casually.”
Jiang Xueqing shook her head, then suddenly came very close to me and beckoned me to lower my head.
I slightly bent down, placing my hands on my knees and half-crouching, so that my head was level with hers.
Speaking of which, Jiang Xueqing is quite short. She’s so small. If she took off this high school uniform and put on other clothes, she might even be mistaken for an elementary school student.
“…Commission… investigate… male…”
“…”
I still couldn’t hear what she was saying.
Her voice was too quiet.
Even though I was listening intently, I could only catch a few scattered words.
In summary, someone commissioned her to investigate a man, which is why she was in the men’s restroom.
“Are you investigating Mengfa?”
Nod.
“Alright…”
I originally wanted to ask why she was investigating him, but if she continued to answer in such a quiet voice, asking would be pointless. So I gave up on that idea.
“In any case, don’t go into the men’s restroom anymore.”
Jiang Xueqing nodded again. This action seemed to be her signature move, just like Lianbing’s smile.
However, she nodded too frequently, making me unsure if she truly understood.
“Juncheng.”
“Oh, what is it?”
“Payment.”
She extended her small hand to me, looking at me eagerly, like a puppy waiting to be fed.
“Again… You don’t want my hair, do you?”
She silently nodded.
“Really nothing else?”
Jiang Xueqing tilted her head and thought for a moment before stating her additional request.
“Eyelashes.”
She looked serious, not like she was joking… because her expression was completely unchanged, I had no idea what her mood was when she made such a request.
“Eyelashes… I can’t take those out myself.”
I don’t have a mirror or any tools on hand right now. If I mess it up, I might poke my eye.
“I will.”
“Okay, I’ll leave it to you then.”
Girls usually carry makeup cases. If that’s the case, Jiang Xueqing should also have tweezers.
“Close your eyes.”
“No problem.”
I didn’t waste any more time. I took off my glasses, put them in my pocket, closed my eyes, and waited for her to pluck my eyelashes.
I was ready for it to hurt a little, but after three or four seconds, I didn’t feel any eyelashes being pinched. Just as I was about to open my eyes to see what was going on.
A sharp whistling sound entered my ears. The slit of my slightly opened eye suddenly turned black for a moment, and a cool breeze passed by my forehead, scattering my bangs.
My eyelids twitched fiercely. I felt like something very dangerous had just zipped past my eyes.
It didn’t seem like she was using tweezers to pluck my eyelashes…
Although it didn’t hurt at all, I always felt like I had just narrowly escaped danger…
“Done.”
“Is that so…”
I blinked a couple of times and opened my eyes, curiously looking at Jiang Xueqing’s hand, wanting to see what tool she used to take my eyelashes. But she was much faster than I expected and had already put the tool away.
I suppressed my curiosity and didn’t ask her about it. I just tore off a few strands of hair, stuffed them haphazardly into her hand, and said.
“Here’s the hair… I’m going back now.”
“Wait.”
“Hmm?”
I was about to turn and leave, but she skillfully tripped me. She grabbed my wrist with her right hand and reached into my collar with her left hand, pulling it down to make me lower my head again.
Her movements were so smooth and natural that I had no time to react.
Then, our foreheads touched, our noses met, and our cheeks pressed together.
Jiang Xueqing’s exquisite, doll-like cheeks, although they didn’t seem to have any excess flesh, felt surprisingly soft when her small, round face touched my cheek. It could rival Lianbing’s bust.
It must feel good to pinch. Maybe it could be stretched very long.
I didn’t know when my glasses were taken off. Looking at her sapphire-blue pupils at such close range, I felt like I was being sucked in.
I could clearly feel her breathing. The hot air hitting my face formed a mist, which then dissipated as our cheeks rubbed against each other. It was a distance that was too intimate even for lovers.
I lowered my voice, trying my best not to exhale onto her face, and said.
“Um, Miss Xueqing? This is a bit too close…”
Not just close, we were practically pressed together!
My heart panicked, and I even used polite language.
Does she have something to tell me that requires her to be this close? She was close before, but I still couldn’t hear her clearly. So, is she trying zero-distance contact this time to make sure I can hear her?
“Call me by name.”
“Er… Okay, um, Xueqing…”
“Mm.”
Before I could finish what I wanted to say, I immediately got a response just by saying her name, faster than any time before.
“Do you have something you want to say?”
“Mm.”
“I’m listening, say it quickly.”
“Close your eyes.”
She wants me to close my eyes again. Oh well, I’ll just agree to her request. After she’s done, she should leave. Although hardly anyone comes to the nurse’s office, it’s still better to be cautious.
The incident of me carrying her out of the men’s restroom has already been seen. If this situation is witnessed again, I won’t be able to clear my name even if I jump into the Yellow River.
I’d probably inherit the name of a certain man with the same name as mine and be called scum for dating two girls, nicknamed Scum Cheng.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xueqing finally made a move. The face that had been pressed against mine moved upwards, and the hand that had been in my collar withdrew, moving to the side of my head.
My head was cradled, my eyes were covered by something soft, and then they were moistened.
“Pain, pain, fly away.”
Whaaat?!
I’m being comforted by a loli the other way around?!
This feels so… embarrassing!
Wow, what’s with the “pain, pain, fly away”? I’m not a child! And I don’t feel any pain anywhere! Instead, your technique is too good. Even when you plucked my eyelashes, I didn’t feel the slightest bit of pain!
But pushing her away now doesn’t seem right, so I continued to maintain this pose.
However… she didn’t let go for a long time.
My waist and legs were already starting to ache. Maintaining a half-squatting position is surprisingly tiring.
And my eyes were licked so much that I couldn’t open them. There was a slight stinging sensation, probably because saliva had seeped through the gaps in my eyelids.
“Xueqing?”
“…”
She licked my eyes one last time before slowly pulling away from my cheek. As she moved away, I could still feel her breath fanning my face, which was more rapid than usual. And I even noticed a slight change in her expression!
Was that… reluctance?
“Let’s go back.”
“…Mm.”
Her reply was delayed compared to usual. I suddenly felt a little relieved because I realized that Jiang Xueqing also had feelings, she was just not good at expressing them.
By the time we returned to the classroom, the lunch break was almost over.
And as I had expected, the red component in Lianbing’s name had intensified…
The entire afternoon passed under immense pressure. To put it simply, it felt like having a gun held to my head.
And for some reason, I felt like it wasn’t just Lianbing staring at me, but also particularly sharp gazes coming from my back.
And… Classmate Li Nai next to me, please don’t stare at me so brazenly… at least try to hide it…
I won’t even mention being subjected to various gazes recently due to various things. I often feel uncomfortable being stared at.
I’m not SCP-173. Even if you don’t stare at me, I won’t teleport behind you and break your neck…
And as soon as break time arrived, Xueqing, who sat in front of me, would turn to face me, and then Lianbing would activate her venomous tongue skill and launch veiled sarcastic remarks. Xueqing would completely ignore them.
Huh? Could this be the legendary Shura Field?
It must be an illusion. How could I possibly be caught in a Shura Field?
Hahahaha…
Suddenly remembering what Mengfa said to me in the restroom made me unable to laugh.
“They say everyone has three peaks of romantic luck in their lifetime. You must have entered your first peak of romantic luck!”
…Could that be true?
I remember that good romantic luck usually means meeting a woman you like, or about to meet your destined soulmate.
So, what is this I’m experiencing now…
If sudden popularity with the opposite sex counts as romantic luck, and it’s like a sticky candy that can’t be shaken off, severely affecting my life, even threatening my life, and making me completely unable to laugh, what does that count as…
① Meeting the right person at the wrong time.
② Meeting the wrong person at the right time.
However, I should belong to ③ Meeting the wrong person at the wrong time…
That’s right…
There must be… something wrong.
