CHAPTER 18 KNOCKING ON THE WINDOW, RIGHT!
“Sister, I’ve folded your pajamas and placed them here for you. Umm… although I have a lot more I want to talk about, you should rest first. You must be tired after just getting home. Oh right, remember to change into your pajamas before bed!”
“Okay… got it.”
Ye Zhiyun brought over a silky smooth, pure white cotton nightgown, folded it neatly, and placed it on Ye Zhibai’s bedside table.
After giving her instructions, she left the room with a satisfied smile, closing the door behind her.
Left alone in the room, Ye Zhibai’s thoughts were a bit scattered.
I’m still not used to talking to a beautiful girl…
Sigh! How pathetic!
Although Zhiyun is very approachable, it’s not like Ye Zhibai can become close to her immediately…
It definitely requires time to get to know each other.
Get to know…?
Ye Zhibai had a persistent feeling of being watched from behind.
She slowly turned around, and when their eyes met…
She was startled!
Ye Zhiyun hadn’t left.
She was peeking through the slightly ajar door, her black hair cascading down like a waterfall, her eyes sparkling, as if expecting something.
Alright, now Ye Zhibai was no longer as nervous.
“Zhiyun… what are you doing?”
“Ah, Sister, don’t mind me. I’m waiting for you to change clothes!”
You pervert!!!
Although Ye Zhibai was “afraid,” her words came out quite cold: “Can you… leave?”
“Okay! I’ll crawl… cough, I mean, I’ll go!”
But before she left, she added hopefully,
“Ehehe, Sister, if you find that you can’t put on the pajamas, please come to my room and call me! I’ll help you put them on!”
“I can do it myself… don’t worry.”
“Alright then…”
Somewhat disappointed, Ye Zhiyun gently closed the door frame.
Ye Zhibai quickly ran to the door, pressing her ear lightly against it.
Her room was on the first floor, and Zhiyun’s room was on the second floor, so she could hear her climbing the wooden stairs.
It seems that the big pervert… no, my sister, this time really went back to her room obediently.
Ye Zhibai turned around, leaned against the door frame, and slid down until she was sitting on the floor, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Phew… dealing with people is really hard.
Especially dealing with Zhiyun, who seems to be watching her every move, is downright chilling…
Earlier, Ye Zhibai had asked Zhiyun if she needed to go to school.
Zhiyun’s answer was that even though she was in her final year of high school and nearing the college entrance exam, her grades were top-notch, so it didn’t matter if she went or not.
In simple terms, it’s a double assurance. First, she has the grades, so she can be willful. Second, she has the money, so she can be even more willful.
To this… Ye Zhibai, who previously had neither money nor grades, had nothing to say.
Zhiyun also said that more importantly, rather than going to school, she wanted to stay at home with Ye Zhibai, as she had just been discharged from the hospital and she wasn’t reassured yet.
Actually, what’s there to be worried about…
Ye Zhibai’s heart was actually very strong!
The new home… is nice.
But to get used to it, it might take some time.
Sitting on the ground, Ye Zhibai curled up her legs and slowly wrapped her arms around her knees.
In the new environment… the only warmth was from hugging herself.
It’s a bit cold…
The central air conditioner in the room was still blowing cold air.
Oh, so that’s why it’s cold.
Ye Zhibai got up and, following what Zhiyun had just taught her, turned the fan speed knob on the air conditioner from level three to level one and raised the temperature by two degrees.
After adjusting it, Ye Zhibai paused.
She suddenly looked cautiously from side to side.
There’s only me here…
Then…
Ye Zhibai changed the trajectory of her hand and turned the knob back to level three!
She adjusted the air conditioner temperature back!
And then adjusted it again!
Accompanied by the beeping sounds, Ye Zhibai fiddled with the air conditioner settings three or four times before stopping.
Then…
Ye Zhibai felt like she was being childish.
Sob, but this is the first time having her own air conditioner, so playing with it a few more times isn’t too much, right?
That’s how novelty works. After experiencing the air conditioning a few more times, it’ll be fine.
Satisfied with her operation of the air conditioner, adjusting it to the appropriate temperature, Ye Zhibai sat back down on the edge of the bed.
She picked up the phone from the bedside table and swiped open the QQ interface again.
There was no particular purpose in opening QQ.
It’s just a habit for modern people to instinctively swipe open QQ to take a look.
But Ye Zhibai discovered a problem.
The number of friends on QQ seemed to have halved compared to when she first checked at noon.
The chat list displays the number of friends… so it’s noticeable when the number drops significantly.
Ye Zhibai thought back carefully, swiping through the friends list, and roughly summarized the situation.
—The friends who deleted her were mostly her college classmates.
It’s likely that the news of Ye Zhibai’s death in a car accident spread to the school.
Those who had her QQ friends, classmates from the same major, probably thought to delete her immediately.
After all… it’s bad luck to keep it, so why not delete it.
Although this is understandable and quite normal…
Ye Zhibai, holding her phone, her bangs falling down and covering her expressionless beautiful face, still felt an indescribable sadness.
Those classmates were mostly her university peers. There were also the various subject teachers of the professional courses.
Ye Zhibai hadn’t even spoken to these classmates and teachers much in her previous life.
She was planning to start paying attention to socializing, living a normal life after saving some money from her part-time jobs.
But who knew… before the plan could begin, she was already gone.
This is how unpredictable life is…
Sigh, no more talking about it. The more you talk about it, the more it hurts.
Unwillingly, she glanced at QQ again.
Apart from the already small friends list reducing by a few more while Ye Zhibai was lost in thought, there wasn’t anything special.
Sigh… not receiving any messages is good too. Although Ye Zhibai was miserable in her past life, she couldn’t say that no one cared about her.
Ye Zhibai deliberately glanced at a QQ account marked “Cool Sister.”
Besides the message in the morning asking if there were any classes, there were no new messages.
Alright.
Hopefully, if there are truly kind-hearted people who care about her past life, they would keep her on their friends list and not find it unlucky.
Sob sob…! The more she thought about it, the sadder it became!
No, this QQ is off-limits!
Ye Zhibai quickly locked her phone and placed it face down on the bed!
Accidentally looking up.
“Huh?”
After the air conditioner, Ye Zhibai discovered another “treasure.”
Opposite the large soft bed, in the corner of the room, next to the desk.
—A huge full-length mirror stood there.
From her sitting position, Ye Zhibai could see her entire body reflected.
For Ye Zhibai, this… this is a great thing.
Although she had already used a small mirror to see herself in the hospital, using a full-length mirror seemed to provide a more comprehensive view.
Ye Zhibai kicked off her slippers, slowly moved from the edge of the bed, and sat on the bed, finding the right angle to position herself fully within the range of the full-length mirror.
She found the right angle.
Then… Ye Zhibai was once again amazed.
While sitting, her shining waist-length silver hair spread across the bed sheets like a sea of silver flowers—radiant and blooming.
Ye Zhibai couldn’t help but slide off the bed, barefoot, stepping on the wooden floor, and walked with soft thuds to the front of the full-length mirror.
Right now, wearing this dress, along with her figure and silhouette, Ye Zhibai looked truly pleasing to the eye, a natural beauty.
Slim, but not sickly thin.
The beautiful, slightly raised curve of her chest gave her an irresistible urge to touch it!
No… In fact, it wasn’t just an urge.
Out of pure curiosity—completely out of curiosity—Ye Zhibai’s trembling hand gently grasped her left breast.
“……!”
An electric sensation.
Just like at noon in the hospital… still that peculiar feeling.
No, no, no… What am I doing to myself!
Ye Zhibai quickly let go and shook her head to clear her thoughts.
She looked at the full-length mirror again, observing herself anew.
More importantly, this face…
Purple pupils… cold enough to freeze the room, even Ye Zhibai herself felt a chill looking at them.
Can’t I smile?
Ye Zhibai tried to push up the corners of her mouth with her fingers, attempting to make a… awkward smiling expression.
Forget it…
Even more unnatural.
No rush, according to the light orb, once her soul fully integrates with her body, she should be able to control her expressions freely.
Hopefully, that will be soon.
Meeting people with a cold face all the time, as if the world owes me a billion dollars, isn’t good.
But…
Before that, I need to get to know myself better!
If I don’t understand myself, how can I re-understand the world?
Ye Zhibai propped her face up with her fingers again, trying to make various funny faces. However, with the natural coldness in her eyes, it made her look silly, amusing herself in the process.
No one understands self-entertainment better than Ye Zhibai.
Suddenly…
Thud!
“?”
A sound like a knock, but much lighter, was heard.
This made Ye Zhibai’s fingers move away from her face as if electrocuted.
Phew… That silly look just now can’t be seen by anyone, or I’d look like a fool again.
Thud!
Another “knocking” sound was heard.
Ye Zhibai instinctively turned her head towards the door.
No, wait…
Didn’t Zhiyun just go back?
And… that knocking sound didn’t seem to come from that direction.
Thud!
This time, the sound was clearer.
Ye Zhibai pinpointed the source, turning her head towards the large window leading to the courtyard.
The curtains were still drawn.
The knocking hadn’t stopped, occasionally making a light sound.
Now it’s confirmed… the sound is coming from there.
Someone’s knocking on the window?! What the heck, who is it, this is absurd!
Uh… no, wait…
Knocking on the window?!
