DDT - Chapter 26
Chapter 26: School Tyrant × The Pushover (3)
"S-Sister Chi…" The leader, Wang Yun, moved her lips, her face pale with fright. "Sister Chi, we… we'll leave right now…"
Seeing that things had gone south, the girls behind her quietly shuffled away from Yi Shuhan, who was curled up in the corner, and the mop sink nearby.
Chi Junluo had a huge reputation at school; everyone knew she was a person of her word. Now that this fearsome figure wanted them to take a "cold shower," it probably wasn't just a joke.
Seeing the girls on the scene secretly shifting their feet, Chi Junluo raised an eyebrow in amusement and said in a slow, unhurried tone, "Nobody move."
The girls' bodies stiffened, and they didn't dare to move again.
"Do you know what month it is?" Chi Junluo glanced at Wang Yun.
"M-March," Wang Yun mumbled quietly.
"It's early spring. You must know how cold the weather is and how chilly the water is. Cut the crap. All of you, line up and give yourselves a good rinse under that faucet." Chi Junluo lifted her chin, gesturing toward the mop sink.
Fear and resentment filled the girls' eyes as they lingered in place, refusing to move.
Seeing this, Chi Junluo's face darkened. Her sinister gaze swept over Wang Yun and the other girls. "Do you need me to do it for you? If I have to get involved, don't blame me for not being polite."
The girls shuddered, as if imagining the scene of the School Tyrant, Sister Chi, beating someone up with her bare hands. The fear in their eyes intensified, and Wang Yun and the others had no choice but to shove each other toward the mop sink.
Seeing Yi Shuhan soaked to the bone, still sitting foolishly on the cold floor, a genuine pang of heartache flashed through Chi Junluo's heart.
This version of Yi Shuhan was too weak, too lonely.
Chi Junluo moved away from the door and walked toward the corner where Yi Shuhan was huddled.
When Chi Junluo moved, the girls jumped in fright, thinking she was about to attack. They hurriedly turned the mop sink faucet on full blast. The girl holding the washbasin was trembling so much she could barely hold on to it.
As she walked, Chi Junluo took off her own jacket. When she reached Yi Shuhan, she bent down slightly and extended her hand.
From the moment Chi Junluo had entered, Yi Shuhan's eyes had never left her. Now, seeing her walk over, Yi Shuhan's heart leaped into her throat. She was still a little afraid of this legendary School Tyrant, even though everything that was happening seemed to suggest the School Tyrant was on her side?
Watching this tall figure bend down slightly and offer her a hand, Yi Shuhan looked at it. It was fair, delicate, and slender—very beautiful.
"Get up. Don't be afraid," the hand's owner said.
The voice was as warm and gentle as jade, completely different from the mocking, forceful tone she had used with Wang Yun and the other girls.
Yi Shuhan inexplicably felt that this tall School Tyrant was being… a little gentle with her?
After a moment's hesitation, Yi Shuhan reached out her right hand and gently, cautiously, placed it in Chi Junluo's. In an instant, a warm sensation spread from where their hands were clasped up both their arms. Yi Shuhan's eyes widened slightly. At that moment, she was covered in cold, wet patches, shivering in the drafty, empty bathroom. The warmth from this girl's palm was so sudden that it actually made her stop feeling the cold.
Seeing the heroine huddled on the floor, her right hand resting limply in her own palm, sitting there in a daze, Chi Junluo just assumed she'd been stunned by the cold water.
Sighing softly, Chi Junluo applied some force and pulled Yi Shuhan up from the ground. Feeling the pull on her hand, Yi Shuhan finally snapped back to reality. She had been mesmerized just by looking at another girl's hand!
School Tyrant Chi Junluo: Little girl???
She had been curled up on the floor in an awkward position for a while. Standing up so suddenly, her legs had gone completely numb. Yi Shuhan lost her balance and pitched forward. Fortunately, Chi Junluo was close and caught her steadily.
Yi Shuhan was a good half a head shorter than Chi Junluo and quite thin. With her legs giving out, before she could even react, she had fallen into a warm, soft embrace.
Chi Junluo steadily supported the recovering Yi Shuhan with her body. At the same time, out of Yi Shuhan's sight, she shot a cold glare at the girls who were still dawdling and filling the washbasin with water.
While draping the jacket over Yi Shuhan's shoulders, Chi Junluo said sharply, "What are you dawdling for? Get right under it."
One girl's face went white, and she burst into tears with a "wah."
Seeing Chi Junluo's terrifyingly dark expression, the girl behind her gritted her teeth and pushed the crying girl into the mop sink. The water immediately soaked the lower half of her body.
"Squat down. Get soaked from head to toe. Hurry up. Once you're wet, switch to the next one. I'll give you two minutes," Chi Junluo said, displeased.
Wang Yun saw that Chi Junluo was genuinely angry and feared she would kick her in the stomach the next second. She quickly reached out and pushed the girl's head under the faucet. In an instant, the girl was completely drenched.
Following this method, the girls quickly gave themselves a bone-chilling shower. Two of them felt so wronged they couldn't stop wiping their tears with the backs of their hands.
Meanwhile, the numbness in Yi Shuhan's legs finally subsided. As she stepped away from Chi Junluo's embrace, Yi Shuhan immediately felt as if she had lost some warmth. Remembering the heat from her hand and the uniquely soft embrace of a girl, Yi Shuhan's ears quietly turned red.
Ignoring the shivering girls, Chi Junluo took Yi Shuhan's right hand, opened the door, and left the bathroom.
Only then did Wang Yun dare to turn off the faucet in the bathroom. The girls looked like a flock of drowned chickens, an absolute mess. Two of them had been wearing heavy makeup, which was now smeared all over their faces, their eyes ringed with black. They looked just like two female ghosts.
"That little bitch Yi Shuhan, she got lucky today running into Sister Chi. Next time, I'll make her pay!" Wang Yun said, clenching her fists viciously.
A malicious glint appeared in the other girls' eyes.
Once outside the bathroom, Yi Shuhan started walking toward her classroom. "Thank you, classmate." Because they weren't familiar with each other, and Chi Junluo was the campus tyrant, Yi Shuhan didn't dare to use her name directly. "I'll have Auntie Wang wash and dry your jacket tonight when I get home. I can return it to you tomorrow," Yi Shuhan said, a little embarrassed.
Auntie Wang… Combined with the heroine's designer clothes and the casual mention of what sounded like a housekeeper's name, it was easy to imagine an extremely wealthy family. This silly child didn't even know to be more discreet. Just a few sentences were enough for people to guess her family background. No wonder Wang Yun and her little gang had been so vicious to the heroine; her family and her clothes were practically begging for the hatred of these unworldly little delinquents.
Chi Junluo held onto Yi Shuhan's hand and didn't let go. "The jacket isn't urgent. Where are you planning to go now?" Chi Junluo asked with concern.
Yi Shuhan secretly glanced at their joined hands, feeling a little shy. After all, she had never had a friend close enough to hold hands with. For her, holding hands was a novel concept. And a novel experience.
A part of her was actually reluctant to let go. She found she didn't want to release this warm, soft hand.
Feeling the continuous stream of warmth from their hands, Yi Shuhan blushed slightly and said, "Class is in session. I have to go back. I've already missed a lot. Thank you for your help today."
Chi Junluo took out her phone from her pocket and glanced at it. "It's already this late, and you're soaked like this. How can you go back to class? You want to get scolded by the teacher and be stared at like a gorilla?"
Chi Junluo shook her head disapprovingly, holding Yi Shuhan's hand tightly. "Come with me. I'll take you somewhere."
Yi Shuhan was a little resistant. She was, after all, one of the few good students at Qingshui High. A good girl. When had she ever skipped class or played hooky?
But deep down, a voice was urging her to listen to this beautiful School Tyrant, to go with her, that it wouldn't be a mistake.
Yi Shuhan didn't clearly recognize that this urge from the depths of her heart was called reliance.
At this moment, Yi Shuhan hadn't yet realized that she was developing a feeling called reliance on this person who had saved her from dire straits for the very first time.
Yi Shuhan only resisted in her heart for two or three seconds before she followed Chi Junluo toward the school gate without stopping.
"…Classmate Chi, it's still class time. Are you taking me out of school?" After awkwardly saying the words "Classmate Chi," Yi Shuhan's heart inexplicably pounded twice, and her face flushed a little more. She asked with some confusion.
"You really are a good student. You've never skipped class before, have you?" Chi Junluo tilted her head slightly, looking at the somewhat petite heroine, and chuckled softly. "Qingshui High is such trash. Besides a few nagging teachers, no one cares about you."
"You can call me Chi Junluo. 'Classmate Chi' feels a bit weird." Chi Junluo scratched her head. "I still don't know your name. Is it okay to tell me?"
"Of course. My name is Yi Shuhan. The 'Yi' from 'easy,' and the 'shu' and 'han' from the phrase 'a lingering wind faces the sparse, cold moon.'" Yi Shuhan introduced her name concisely. "Um, you can also call me Shuhan."
The two of them reached the main gate, which was tightly shut. Chi Junluo reached out and knocked on the guard's window. The window opened, and a young face poked out, saying matter-of-factly, "Sister Chi? Going out on business again? Wait, I'll open the gate for you."
Then, a young man in a security guard uniform walked out of the guardhouse, yawning. He opened the gate for them and even waved goodbye.
Yi Shuhan was completely shocked. It was the first time she knew that someone could skip school so openly, having the security guard open the main gate for them to leave!
Chi Junluo led Yi Shuhan out of the school, turned two corners on the street, and brought her to a large public bathhouse. Chi Junluo greeted the owner, paid, and pushed Yi Shuhan inside. "Shuhan, hurry up and take off your clothes. Take a hot shower. You've been freezing for so long on such a cold day. The last thing you need is to catch a cold."
Yi Shuhan was still in a state of utter confusion when she was pushed into the warm, steamy bathhouse.
Chi Junluo didn't stay idle. She went to a nearby clothing store, gritted her teeth, and bought a T-shirt and a pair of small-sized sweatpants. After paying, she tore off the tags and headed back to the bathhouse to deliver the clothes to Yi Shuhan, telling her to make do with them until she got home to change.
Chi Junluo: Heavenly Dao, look! Look how poor I am, and I'm still treating your heroine so well!
Heavenly Dao: As you should! ╯^╰! She's your heroine now!
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