Reincarnated Ice-Cold Young Lady, Don’t Let Them Stick to You V1C5

CHAPTER 5 A BIT ODD!

“Ah~~ um… it’s kinda… tasty.”

“Hehe, sister, if it tastes good, have a bit more. Here, open up~”

“Ah~~”

Suddenly, Ye Zhìbái found herself in the midst of what she had once dreamt of—a beautiful girl feeding her playfully! Ye Zhìyún was holding a bowl of hot, nutritious oatmeal porridge, and before each spoonful reached Ye Zhìbái’s cherry lips, she would carefully and patiently blow on it to cool it down.

It was incredibly considerate.

The maids had already withdrawn. After confirming that Ye Zhìbái’s health was no longer in danger, they saw no need to stay and interrupt the reunion of the two sisters.

As her body felt increasingly lighter, Ye Zhìbái could distinctly feel her condition improving.

And with the return of her physical strength…

Came the pangs of hunger and an increasingly unbearable thirst.

It felt like she hadn’t drunk water in ages, desperately craving the flow of liquid to moisten her throat.

The porridge was too dry and lacked sufficient moisture.

So, despite having many questions, what Ye Zhìbái wanted most now was to ask for some water.

Her voice was still weak, but it was becoming clearer.

“Could I get some water… I’m thirsty.”

“Oh, wait a moment, sister, I’ll get you some water right now!”

From the beginning, this Second Miss of the Ye family had been responsive to every request from Ye Zhìbái.

Ye Zhìbái couldn’t yet understand why she was being treated so kindly… but it certainly warmed her heart.

In her previous life… no one had ever taken care of her like this.

Instead of cold stares, scolding, or disdain due to her background, she had suffered much.

Ah no, thinking about this starts bringing back negative energy.

Ye Zhìbái patted her soft cheeks, pushing those painful memories to the back of her mind.

Things are different now… rather than wallowing in self-pity, she thought about how she would live from now on.

How would she go on living as a girl?

Just thinking about this turned her usually stern face a shade paler.

Damn it… if I ever see that orb again, I must stomp on it! No, two stomps!

Well… although it’s likely I’ll never see it again, probably?

“Here’s the water! Sorry, sister, this place only had this type of mineral water available. Do you think you can drink it?”

Ye Zhìbái stared in awe at the elegant small mineral water bottle in Ye Zhìyún’s hands. The presence of such luxury, a bottle of Qiansuishan—the “king of bottled water”—made her acutely aware of the power of money. Not the most expensive, perhaps, but certainly a brand that was beyond her reach in her previous life, considered by her to be the epitome of high-end mineral water.

Such luxury…!

With trembling hands, Ye Zhìbái took the bottle, clutching it to her chest as if it were a priceless treasure, unable to let go. Qiansuishan… I’ve finally got you.

Ye Zhìyún looked down at her sister holding onto the water bottle as if it was a cherished possession, feeling a mix of amusement and sadness. Just awakened… she must still be bewildered. She must think the bottle is me, hugging it so dearly… ha, oh dear, oh dear…

But sister, you should drink water if you’re thirsty, right?

“Sister, let’s have some water, shall we?”

What?

Open the bottle cap?! Isn’t this water meant for display only? Once drunk, it’s gone!

While Ye Zhìbái was pondering this, a maid outside the door gently pushed in a cart.

“Second Miss, here are the rest. Do we need to restock?”

“That’s enough, leave it there. That should be plenty to drink.”

“Okay.”

The maid set down the cart in the room and then closed the door behind her as she left.

What’s in that cart?

Curiosity getting the better of her, Ye Zhìbái craned her neck to get a better look.

Wow…

An entire cart of Qiansuishan!

She glanced down at the pitifully small bottle in her arms and swallowed hard. I’m so thirsty…

Well then… Life is really about making compromises at times. Just like being thirsty means you should drink water. It’s just the natural order of things.

She placed her delicate palm on top of the bottle’s cap.

Due to the inertia of thinking like a boy in her past life, Ye Zhibai believed unscrewing a bottle cap to drink mineral water would be effortlessly simple.

But…

“Huh?!”

She twisted it a few times.

The cap wouldn’t budge.

Could it be…

Was the urban legend that girls couldn’t unscrew bottle caps actually true?

Or was this body really that weak?

Just as Ye Zhibai was struggling with the cap, Ye Zhiyun happened to go to the door to get another bottle of water and didn’t see Ye Zhibai’s frustrated attempts to open it, her painful struggle.

Ye Zhibai hurriedly tried again, rubbing her hands sore, but the cap remained as immovable as a mountain.

“……”

Ye Zhiyun was already heading back.

This was bad.

Really bad!

Even though she had become a girl, Ye Zhibai still had the pride of a boy deep down and didn’t want to appear unable to open a bottle cap in front of a girl, especially in front of her sister in this life!

But…

She was so thirsty, really thirsty.

Already parched, now seeing the clear water sloshing around inside the bottle was torture for Ye Zhibai.

She couldn’t bear it anymore.

Ye Zhiyun also had a bottle of water and sat back down in the chair in front of the sickbed.

Just as she sat down, a bottle was thrust in front of her.

Ye Zhibai stretched out her arm to hand over the intact bottle to Ye Zhiyun, her gaze drifting to the side, unwilling to make eye contact.

How could I look her in the eyes when I can’t even open a bottle cap, do I have any face left?

Ye Zhibai spoke.

“You… open this.”

“!”

It just got even worse!!

Ye Zhibai had intended to ask for help in a polite tone—how could she not be courteous when asking for assistance?

But, overwhelmed by embarrassment and nervousness, she wanted to express her request as succinctly as possible. Moreover, her speech wasn’t very fluent, so she ended up omitting too many words.

Her last statement sounded almost like a command!

Coupled with this body’s overly cold tone, it was practically asking for trouble!

Ye Zhibai painfully squinted her eyes, bracing herself for a possible reprimand.

But then… she thought she heard a slightly heavy panting?

The breathing was pleasing yet hurried.

However, by the time Ye Zhibai opened her eyes, the sound had vanished without a trace.

“…..”

What was that all about?

When Ye Zhibai looked up again,

Ye Zhiyun’s usually elegant face still retained a hint of blush.

Her voice… now carried an uncontrollable tremble.

“Alright… alright! Sister, I’ll… I’ll help you!”

You?

Did she just address me as “you”?

Before Ye Zhibai could ponder further, Ye Zhiyun had already carefully taken the bottle from her hand.

With just a little effort, she unscrewed the cap—clearly it was easy for her, yet some water still spilled out, splattering onto the floor.

Such a waste!

By then, the strange blush on Ye Zhiyun’s cheeks had faded.

Ye Zhibai took back the water bottle, and the sound of the water sloshing back and forth, along with the ripples, made it impossible for her to suppress her thirst any longer.

She had never been this thirsty in either of her lives!

Holding the bottle with both hands, she pressed the rim against her lips, slightly tilted the bottle upward, and the clear water flowed into her mouth with the help of gravity.

Glug, glug…

Ye Zhibai felt her entire body rejoicing, every cell cheering for the long-awaited rain of freshness!

She had never realized how delicious water could taste…

Ye Zhiyun swallowed hard, watching her sister drink—it was a beautiful sight!

However, after downing half the bottle, Ye Zhibai’s current body still couldn’t manage to gulp down a whole bottle at once.

The feeling of thirst had significantly eased, and just as Ye Zhibai was about to lower the bottle from her lips…

Her grip faltered, her coordination off, and the water bottle… suddenly slipped from her grasp.

“Ah…!”

“Sister!”

Splash!!

In an instant, the bottle tipped over, and Ye Zhibai felt a sudden chill.

Her pajama top and bottoms… soaked…

The empty bottle rolled off the bed’s edge and spun around twice on the floor.

Ye Zhibai looked down at her pajamas.

The wet fabric clung tightly to her body, subtly outlining the skin tone of her abdomen and thighs, the delicate hue perfectly natural.

Hmm… but it’s sticky… uncomfortable.

I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to waste it, really.

Ye Zhiyun had been silent since the incident began.

Ye Zhibai hardly dared to lift her head, feeling her clumsy mistake must have upset her sister.

But at least I need a towel…

Just as Ye Zhibai was about to speak,

Ye Zhiyun suddenly grabbed the hem of her shirt!

The cool fabric swiftly parted from her skin, but Ye Zhibai’s pale abdomen was completely exposed!

Accompanied by Ye Zhiyun’s voice, which couldn’t be discerned as either excitement or concern, it echoed in her ears.

“Don’t move, Sister! Be careful not to catch a cold, I… I-I-I! I’ll clean you up right now!”

Eh?

Is it my imagination…

Why does Ye Zhibai feel like…

Ye Zhiyun is really excited right now?!