After Transmigrating Into A Cannon Fodder Character, I Only Want To Survive (GL) - Chapter 17
Hearing the desired form of address, Fang Bai shifted her gaze away from Ji Yuning. She glanced around and, seeing that many people were looking at them, the smile on the corners of Fang Bai’s lips slowly faded.
Currently, since arriving in this world, Fang Bai had rarely shown a genuine smile to anyone other than Wu Mei and Ji Yuning.
Of course, it was also possible that, apart from them, Fang Bai hadn’t had much contact with anyone else.
Fang Bai turned to look at Ji Yuning, raising her eyebrows in the direction of the parked car, “Let’s go.”
Ji Yuning walked behind Fang Bai, her hands hanging by her sides.
After chatting with Fang Bai on Wednesday night, Fang Bai sent her a few messages yesterday, even saying “see you tomorrow.”
Ji Yuning thought Fang Bai meant she was going home… but she didn’t expect Fang Bai to come to school.
—”If you go to school, I’ll pick you up and drop you off every day.”
Ji Yuning couldn’t help but think of what Fang Bai said.
A cold smile flashed in her eyes, wondering what pretense Fang Bai was putting on. But since the “family affection” game started two weeks ago, she could only cooperate and let the game continue.
“Yuning!”
Fang Bai and Ji Yuning hadn’t walked far when a shout came from the noisy crowd.
They both stopped simultaneously. Fang Bai turned around and first glanced at Ji Yuning, meeting Ji Yuning’s eyes. After their eyes met, they looked at the person running towards them.
She had short, ear-length hair, and her bangs bounced up and down as she ran.
Mu Xuerou stopped breathlessly in front of Ji Yuning and handed her the notebook she was holding, saying, “Yuning, you forgot to take your notebook.”
Ji Yuning looked down. It was a notebook she didn’t need, intentionally taken out of her schoolbag before leaving.
Ji Yuning didn’t explain much, reached out to take it, and said softly, “Thank you.”
Mu Xuerou panted and shook her head, “It’s okay.”
“Ahem.”
A light cough made Mu Xuerou notice the person next to Ji Yuning.
She was a very beautiful woman with long, flowing hair and fair, delicate skin.
Mu Xuerou was a little stunned for a few seconds.
She just wondered what kind of relationship Ji Yuning had with this beautiful woman.
Fang Bai felt that as a parent, she needed to greet Ji Yuning’s classmate loudly. But Ji Yuning definitely wouldn’t introduce her, so she could only ask proactively.
Fang Bai turned to look at Ji Yuning, “Xiao Ning, is this your classmate?”
Before Ji Yuning could answer, Mu Xuerou bowed slightly and greeted politely, “Hello, I’m Yuning’s deskmate. My name is Mu Xuerou.”
Looking at the top of Mu Xuerou’s head, Fang Bai raised an eyebrow, her eyes full of interest.
Wow~
Another female lead.
Fang Bai glanced at Ji Yuning unobtrusively and then reached out, “Hello, Fang Bai.”
Fang… Fang Bai?!
Mu Xuerou was stunned. She looked at Ji Yuning, unsure what to do, but saw that Ji Yuning’s eyes were fixed on Fang Bai, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if thinking about something.
Noticing Mu Xuerou looking at her, Ji Yuning shifted her gaze to Mu Xuerou and nodded slightly.
Having received confirmation from Ji Yuning, Mu Xuerou swallowed.
Although Mu Xuerou didn’t know the specifics of what Fang Bai had done to Ji Yuning, she knew that the constant injuries on Ji Yuning during her first year of high school all came from the person in front of her.
Mu Xuerou was afraid.
Mu Xuerou raised her hand and touched Fang Bai’s fingertips, saying, “Ms. Fang… hello.”
Retracting her hand, Fang Bai sized up Mu Xuerou while saying, “Just call me Auntie like Xiao Ning does.”
Fang Bai’s voice was very gentle, reminding Mu Xuerou of the older sister next door, and the fear in her heart suddenly decreased a lot.
Ji Yuning glanced at Fang Bai.
Fang Bai noticed and winked at Ji Yuning, her eyes filled with an unreadable meaning.
Their interaction was seen by Mu Xuerou. Looking at the gentle smile on Fang Bai’s lips, Mu Xuerou couldn’t imagine that this person would commit domestic violence.
Fang Bai thought about the timeline of the original story, wondering what the relationship between Ji Yuning and Mu Xuerou was like now, but she couldn’t remember anything for a moment.
Fang Bai temporarily put these thoughts aside and, for Ji Yuning’s sake, took the initiative to speak, “How are you getting home, Student Mu? Let Auntie give you a ride.”
“No need, I… I’ll take the bus…”
Before Mu Xuerou could finish speaking, another voice rang in their ears:
“Can you give me a ride home?”
Following the voice, they saw He Ziyan standing aside, staring straight at Fang Bai.
Fang Bai didn’t have a good impression of He Ziyan, but she didn’t show any dislike on her face. She just asked in return, “You?”
Then she asked, “Where’s your mom?”
He Ziyan snorted, “She never picks me up from school.”
“I don’t care.” Fang Bai refused directly, “Call your driver.”
“Fang—” He Ziyan wanted to call Fang Bai, but when she saw Ji Yuning, she suddenly changed her address, “Aunt Fang.”
Fang Bai was about to say that even calling her “mom” wouldn’t work, but then she suddenly thought that if she could get He Ziyan to have a good relationship with Ji Yuning, then Ji Yuning wouldn’t have to experience campus violence, right?
Fang Bai thought that if the child wasn’t inherently bad, she could correct their mindset.
The idea was naive, but at this moment, wasn’t she trying to change Ji Yuning’s perception of her?
But Fang Bai still couldn’t get over her anger, a cold smile on her lips, “You’re calling me ‘aunt’ now? Why didn’t you think about the fact that your mom and I know each other when you were bullying Xiao Ning?”
He Ziyan: “…”
Because my mom said you didn’t like Ji Yuning!
He Ziyan’s words stopped at her lips, unspoken.
Although He Ziyan didn’t want to admit it, she couldn’t deny that Fang Bai’s attitude towards Ji Yuning had changed a lot. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come to pick Ji Yuning up from school.
After saying that, Fang Bai looked at Mu Xuerou and changed to her usual tone, “Let’s go. Consider it my way of thanking you for running over to give Xiao Ning her notebook.”
More and more people were leaving the school gate, and the number of people watching them increased.
Fang Bai wasn’t used to being watched by so many people, so she turned and walked towards the car.
He Ziyan followed closely behind Fang Bai.
Only Ji Yuning and Mu Xuerou were left standing there.
Mu Xuerou looked at the person next to her, “Yuning, she…”
Seeing Ji Yuning looking at her, Mu Xuerou lowered her voice and asked softly, “Is she pretending?”
Ji Yuning’s expression turned stern. Even Mu Xuerou could tell.
Fang Bai, are you going to keep playing this game?
Ji Yuning put her hands in her pockets and didn’t answer Mu Xuerou’s question, saying, “Let’s go.”
Ji Yuning misunderstood Mu Xuerou’s meaning. Mu Xuerou didn’t see if Fang Bai was pretending. She just asked Ji Yuning, full of doubt, wanting an answer.
Because from Mu Xuerou’s perspective, she couldn’t see that Fang Bai would commit domestic violence against Ji Yuning.
When they reached the car, they happened to see He Ziyan getting out of the passenger seat and moving to the back seat.
When opening the door, He Ziyan gave Ji Yuning an ambiguous look.
The driver’s side window rolled down, and Fang Bai turned to the two outside, “Xiao Ning, you get carsick. Sit in the passenger seat.”
“Carsick” was just an excuse Fang Bai made up to get He Ziyan out of the passenger seat.
Ji Yuning, who had no idea she got carsick, was taken aback at first. Then, she turned to Mu Xuerou and asked, “Can you sit in the back seat?”
Only then did Mu Xuerou realize Ji Yuning got carsick and immediately nodded, “Sure.”
Fang Bai watched their interaction, observing Ji Yuning and Mu Xuerou as if watching a TV show.
So when Ji Yuning turned around, she happened to meet Fang Bai’s clear eyes, bright and sparkling like summer stars.
“…”
There were too many cars at the school gate, and it took nearly fifteen minutes for the car to leave the school area.
Fang Bai knew where He Ziyan lived. After asking for Mu Xuerou’s address, she found that all three of them lived in the same direction.
The car drove on the road, and the car was quiet, with no one speaking.
While waiting for the red light, Fang Bai glanced at the person sitting next to her and asked, “What do you want for dinner?”
Ji Yuning’s voice was a little hoarse, “Anything is fine.”
Hearing Ji Yuning’s lukewarm response, Fang Bai thought to herself, “I forgot this person isn’t interested in food. I can’t even find a good topic to talk about.”
Just as Fang Bai was thinking about what to talk about next, she heard the person in the back seat ask her, “Can I eat at your house?”
The green light came on.
Fang Bai drove without responding.
He Ziyan waited for a while and, not getting a response from Fang Bai, cleared her throat and said, “I promised Teacher He that I would get along with Ji… Yuning. Eating at your house might deepen my friendship with Yuning.”
Hearing He Ziyan’s words, Mu Xuerou, remembering what she heard on Wednesday night, couldn’t help but say, “He Ziyan, how can you be so…”
Shameless.
The last one word were swallowed back when Mu Xuerou saw Fang Bai driving.
He Ziyan looked at Mu Xuerou and smiled, “How am I?”
She knew Mu Xuerou wouldn’t say it.
As for Ji Yuning… He Ziyan looked at the passenger seat and only saw the back of her head. Ji Yuning turned her head to look out the window, not moving at all, seemingly uninterested in the question.
He Ziyan’s words hit Fang Bai’s heart, as that was exactly what she was thinking.
Fang Bai tapped her index finger on the steering wheel, “You can eat at my house, but first tell me why you framed Xiao Ning for stealing your phone.”
He Ziyan didn’t expect Fang Bai to ask her this question.
She subconsciously looked at Ji Yuning, still only seeing the back of her head. Ji Yuning looked out the window, not moving at all, seemingly uninterested in the question.
“I…”
He Ziyan fell silent.
A few minutes passed, and Fang Bai didn’t say a word, quietly waiting for He Ziyan’s answer.
He Ziyan waited for a while, then closed her eyes tightly, saying with a resigned expression, “She gets first place, and I don’t like it.”
Fang Bai was surprised, “That’s it?”
There was another reason, but He Ziyan didn’t want to say it.
She opened her eyes and nodded with a straight face, “That’s it.”
Fang Bai was speechless. She looked at Ji Yuning, but the other person didn’t react.
Fang Bai glanced at He Ziyan in the rearview mirror and then moved to Mu Xuerou, who hadn’t spoken, “Student Mu, why don’t you come too?”
“I…”
Mu Xuerou wanted to refuse. She was only familiar with Ji Yuning in this car, and eating at someone else’s house made her feel awkward.
But she was also curious about Ji Yuning’s living environment.
After hesitating for a while, she couldn’t resist her desire to know more about Ji Yuning and said softly, “…I need to ask my mom.”
When the car reached the intersection, Fang Bai, hearing Mu Xuerou’s words, pulled over and said, “Ask her. We’ll wait until you’re done.”
“Thank you, Ms… Aunt Fang,” Mu Xuerou hesitated before saying.
The car stopped, and the scenery outside the window stopped as well. Ji Yuning, who had been looking at the scenery, looked away, her eyes instinctively glancing at Fang Bai.
She saw the woman put her hands down from the steering wheel, pick up her bag, and rummage through it with her fair fingers, finally pulling out a few…
Lollipops?
The original owner smoked, but Fang Bai disliked the smell of cigarettes.
She hadn’t smoked since transmigrating, but the original owner’s body had memories, and Fang Bai had mild withdrawal symptoms these past few days. She had tried several substitutes and found that lollipops had some effect.
Ji Yuning turned her head, her eyes flashing with doubt, and then heard Fang Bai murmur, “Peach?”
Looking up, she found Fang Bai looking at her, as if asking her that question.
The next second, Fang Bai’s words confirmed Ji Yuning’s guess.
Fang Bai blinked her bright eyes and said softly, “If I remember correctly, you like peach flavor.”
Saying that, Fang Bai tossed the peach-flavored lollipop to Ji Yuning. The lollipop collided with the schoolbag, making a soft sound, and then landed in Ji Yuning’s arms.
While Ji Yuning looked down at the candy, Fang Bai gave a lollipop to each of the two people in the back seat, saying, “There are many more. Tell me when you’re done.”
Like a child trafficker, Ji Yuning thought.
As Fang Bai unwrapped her own lollipop and put it in her mouth, Mu Xuerou said to her, “Aunt Fang, my mom said yes.”
Fang Bai, with the lollipop in her mouth, said, “Okay.”
The candy had a strong flavor, and Ji Yuning immediately smelled the sweet scent of lychee.
The car started moving again. Ji Yuning lowered her eyes. The peach lollipop in her hand reminded her of the bags of candy in the locker, many of which were peach-flavored.
“Remembered,” as Fang Bai said, referred to her childhood?
Author’s Note:
Ji Yuning’s relationship with Mu Xuerou is just friendship~
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