Life-Saving Days by the Husky’s Side

Seeing them express their excitement in beautiful Dongbeihua, Zhou Li immediately pulled out his phone to check the internet. He didn’t realize that his accent was greatly exaggerated* and suddenly felt a little guilty.

[T/N: 被带偏/biased: once someone points something out it becomes much more obvious/exaggerated than it is (being led astray). Basically, his classmates now have the wrong idea of a ‘normal’ dongbei dialect since his cursing/anger made the accent come out more heavily. Made a translation error in the previous chapter; the fans basically yelled “F*ck yeah!” in dongbeihua since they’ve been influenced by Zhou Li]

He repented silently, making a mental promise to himself that at the end of the three days, they will no longer have to be poisoned by him.

The morning class teacher came in at this time and the class quickly became orderly.

However, there was only a small fraction of students who actually paid attention to bookwork. Majority of the class were engrossed in the new hot topic that was Ji Shaoyan, all because someone had shared a photo. Ji Shaoyan came to school in a wheelchair today and no one knew how serious his injury was. 

Zhou Li heard the girl in the row in front of him fret over whether he will forever be disabled, and helplessly interrupted, “He won’t.”

The two girls immediately whipped their heads back at him in unison. “Really?”

Zhou Li said, “En, I met up with him in the during the holiday. His ankle’s just dislocated, it’ll heal if he takes care of it.” 

Stars shone in the girls’ eyes.

Although their families were also wealthy, they were still too far behind the top giants. Those people had their own small circle and in their class, only Tang Zixin belonged to said circle. On top of that, their relationship with the other girl was average at best so they felt too embarrassed to ask. But now, things were looking very optimistic for them, because they had an extra Zhou Li! From what they’ve seen, he had a pretty good personality and was even seated so close to them! 

It was now or never*!

[T/N: or, ‘when will they ever get a better opportunity!]

Their questions immediately barraged him like an avalanche, with questions such as whether Ji Shaoyou had any other injuries, whether the coma they heard from the rumour-mills was true or not, what exactly did his doctor say, etc, etc, etc. 

Zhou Li didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and in the back of his mind was reminded by fellow Ji Shaoyan brain-dead fangirl, Tao Shanshan. 

Tao Shanshan had already known about his true identity through Song Yingshi a long time ago. With that little friendship between colleagues, she had also made a series of calls on the first day of school, with the call content being almost exactly the same as these fangirls. He answered what he could and gave up holding back his curiosity, asking, “What do you like about him?”

The girls answered with a slight ‘it goes without saying’ undertone, “He’s good-looking ah!”

Zhou Li: “But other people’s looks aren’t too bad either ah, there are even some who’re better-looking than him.”

“But in our everyday life, we can’t see or touch those people. At least with Ji-shao, we can look at him every single day.” 

“On top of that, he has a good family background but doesn’t act all ‘holier-than-thou’, he’s our divine school grass!”

“And! It’s not only girls who like him, I’ve heard that several boys have tried chasing him before.”

“He really isn’t stuck-up! I asked him a question in the office once and he explained his answer so kindly!”

“……” Zhou Li listened to them blast compliments one after another like a machine gun, then began picking out the key points. “You asked him a question in the office, why did the teachers turn into bystanders*?”

[T/N: ‘how could the teachers withstand such a blow?’]

After a pause, he followed up with, “How did things end with the boys who chased him?”

“They just got rejected bei, our Ji-shao has a very good temper. Even with so many suitors, I’ve never seen him get angry with one.”

The other girl boasted loudly, “Back then, someone was already asking the teacher questions. I saw that Ji-shao was right next to me, so I told him I was in a hurry and asked him to help me, and I profited *he he he he…”

[T/N: an evil laugh]

It really was a magical sounding laugh. Even the teacher couldn’t help but look over.

The three of them hurriedly ended the conversation and buried their heads in their books. In Zhou Li’s mind, the image of Ji Shaoyan’s appearance briefly flashed by, and he truly believed that the description written in the novel was absolutely correct. That young master really had what it takes to endure and to pretend*. What a total con-man. He’s said it once and he’ll say it again*, only his family’s Eggy is cute.

[T/N: 能忍能装/can bear (everything]

‘Con-man’ Ji Shaoyan was sitting in his seat, facing the concerned gaze of his entire class while patiently sorting out all kinds of small gifts stuffed in his desk hole. He divided the food and other gifts into categories and placed these decoratively around the classroom. Here, those who liked them can feel free to take it home.

He had a kind personality, but he didn’t accept anything. This was his way of dealing with gifts all the time.

Young Master Ji did not need to worry about the food and drinks put on his table and won’t even take a second look at the gifts he receives. As long as someone gives him something, he will immediately reject it and put it in the pile to distribute to others. This method has successfully warded off a large number of devotees. After all, no one wanted to see the present they carefully selected or personally made for their male god appear in some random person’s hands.

But there will always be girls who think of themselves as the shining star among everyone else and dream of becoming The One*, so occasionally one or two gifts will show up on his desk. Unfortunately, he keeps constant track of every gift, and so far, not one has been accepted by him. 

[T/N: 心意可以一鸣惊人，成为最独特的那一个: think they can amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (an overnight celebrity) and become the ‘unique one’]

His desk mate was from an ordinary family and was admitted to Mingying through his own strengths.

It has only been one year into his high school career and he was still dumbfounded by the fortunes he’s made through Young Master Ji. 

This time, Ji Shaoyan was injured in a car accident and the amount of gifts on top of his desk skyrocketed. It took him a long time to finish sorting the presents and handed the rest of the small handmade crafts over to his desk mate, asking him to leave them on the windowsill before he left class. 

His desk mate took the goods and asked concernedly, “Is your body alright?”

Ji Shaoyan said, “Only my ankles are injured now.”

The desk mate nodded and watched as the other carefully slide a cardboard box his table hole. He smelled a deliciously sweet scent and was taken aback, never thinking there would come a day where this young master would bring desserts to school.

But soon he found out he was completely wrong. As soon as the bell rung for the end of classes, Ji Shaoyan took out the cardboard box and placed it on his lap before heading out.

He anxiously ran over to help push the wheelchair. Under the watchful crowd, he pushed the young master all the way from their classroom to the last room in the corridor. Only then did he guess that Ji Shaoyan didn’t want to find a place to eat by himself, but wanted to give it away, which was an even more mystifying thought——even Jing-shao and Yan-shao didn’t receive such treatment! Who was he giving it to? Tang Zixin, the second lady of the Tang family?

Tang Zixin’s nickname was Tian Tian, so she used the ID name Tang Xin Tian in the game.

[T/N: tang = sugar, tian = sweet]

When Ji-shao was discharged from the hospital, they were determined to see how his condition was, so she she appeared in front of Zhou Li’s face the moment class ended. The two chatted briefly and started walking out together, but when they looked up, they found that the subject of their conversation had already come in person.

He was wearing Mingying’s school uniform and sitting in a wheelchair. Although he was  now a little shorter, he still looked steady and gentle, with no hint of weakness at all. The morning sun shone into the corridor and his whole body was glowing.

Tang Zixin’s eyes lit up instantly and she stepped forward with a smile. “Ji-shao, knowing how everyone is so worried about you, you came to deliver desserts in person?”

Ji Shaoyan smiled faintly. “It’s not for you.”

He ignored the sounds of protest and looked at Zhou Li. “The desserts last time were delicious and my nurse loved them very much. She specially made you a batch this morning and made me promise to send them to you.”

Zhou Li glanced at him and accepted the box with a smile. “Please thank her for me.”

Ji Shaoyan said, “Just her?”

Zhou Li readily compromised*, “And thank you for running errands.”

[T/N: 从善如流: willing to accept other people’s views]

Liang Jingxiu and Yan Yunhui were in the same class. When they learned that Ji Shaoyan had come, they prepared to go over and take a look. After stepping out of their classroom, they quickly tracked down the whereabouts of the other boy through the students’ gossip and saw their friend.

Liang Jingxiu smiled and nudged Yan Yunhui with his arm, raising his chin over towards the young master. “See that?”

Yan Yunhui: “See what?”

Liang Jingxiu: “Peacock, male.”

Can’t wait to start courting the second he arrives.

Yan Yunhui suddenly laughed. Seeing that Zheng San and the others had also left their classrooms, they all headed over together.

Ji Shaoyan was not the least bit happy to have so many light bulbs around them, but he also knew that having just been discharged from the hospital, these people would definitely come to say hello, so he could only endure his temper and deal with them.

Zheng San: “Ji-shao, you’re so fake ah, you only give him things, what about ours?”

Ji Shaoyan: “I’m giving on behalf of someone else.”

Liu Xiaowei chirped out a ‘ooh’ of understanding. “They can even ask you to give something to someone else. Who is it ya, could it be that someone has taken a fancy towards our Zhou-shao?”

Liang Jingxiu followed up with a smile: “Right ya? Who has such good taste to have taken a fancy to our Zhou-shao?”

Ji Shaoyan pretended not to hear the implication behind a certain someone’s tone, and simply explained to them how Zhou Li had previously paid him a visit with gifts.

The second generations gave up*. They had also wanted to see him, but had they not been turned down? What the hell was ‘paid him a visit’ ah! Ji Shaoyan was very unperturbed, saying with a smile, “He’s my teammate, of course I should meet with him.”

[T/N: like (╯°Д°)╯]

Zhou Li didn’t want to turn into the conversational subject, so he opened the box and divided the desserts for everyone.

Judging by Ji Shaoyan character, if he made it by himself, would never hide the fact he did so, therefore someone else must’ve made these treats. As for the reason, it didn’t matter at all, because the young master probably just wanted the excuse of delivering desserts to see him.

Sure enough, Ji Shaoyan showed no signs of dissatisfaction and even took a piece for himself.

The second generations were all like-minded* and stayed to chat with them for a while. Seeing how Ji Shaoyan mostly paid attention to Zhou Li, they guessed that he had something to say to the other young master so they quickly dispersed.

[T/N: 人精: clever (not easy to fool)]

Ji Shaoyan’s deskmate was also smart enough to know when to run off. In the end, only the two of them were left. 

Zhou Li lazily leaned against the wall and tilted his head down to look at his companion. “Didn’t you say you were being locked up? How did you get out?”

This appearance of his was somewhat unruly and pleasing. It was very attractive.

Ji Shaoyan silently appraised his looks from head to toe, saying, “Grandpa is soft-hearted, so he let me go.”

Of course, his grandfather wouldn’t be soft-hearted for no reason.

He realised that nurse of his was prone to overflowing sympathy, so he confessed to her about his true feelings for Zhou Li, saying how the road for them would be more difficult and that he hoped she could keep it a secret.

Then, starting from the four days before the school’s opening ceremony that was held yesterday, he refused to go outside. After every meal, he would sit in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, either reading a book or staring at his phone in a daze. His nurse couldn’t bear to watch, so she made a call to his grandpa.

She promised to keep it a secret and didn’t sell Zhou Li out, only telling his grandfather that the young master may have someone he likes, leading to his preoccupied behaviour recently. No matter how angry his grandfather was, the old man would rather believe that things were true than not* and wouldn’t obstruct him from falling in love. With this, he was finally let out.

[T/N: ‘宁可信其有不可信其无’: quote from anonymous in the Ming Dynasty, meaning ‘I would rather believe that this event did happen, that it existed, rather than believe that it did not’ (from Baidu)]

By the time his grandfather finds out that his ‘love’ was Zhou Li and discovers the truth about his fall in the hospital, his injury would probably be fully healed already.

Besides, his plans have already been implemented. Lin Ye and his men will soon be met with endless bouts of misfortune and at most he will just be scolded by grandpa, which he wasn’t all that worried about.

He asked, “Are you used to it yet?”

Zhou Li: “Quite used to it. These classmates are also very cute.”

Ji Shaoyan knew that with his character, he definitely won’t have a hard time in this new environment. He smiled. “If you get into some trouble in the future, feel free to come find me.”

Zhou Li simply accepted his offer and looked at the time. Realising that class was about to start, he pushed the other party back to the door of his classroom and handed him over to his classmates before turning away and leaving.

There were two periods of classes in the morning, one being Chinese and the other Mathematics, followed by Physical Education and Chemistry.

Zhou Li fell ill in his second year of high school but didn’t abandon all hope. He wanted to experience the cruelty of the university entrance examinations, so he took the exam despite his worsening illness and managed to jump over the passing score. It was unfortunate that he ultimately ended up kicking the bucket before he was able to attend university.

He was now essentially re-learning the entirely of his second year in high school after a summer vacation, so he didn’t feel exhausted at all. He finished the first two classes with plenty of energy leftover and wandered into the teachers’ office.

The head teacher has already heard of his ‘great achievements’ and was fully prepared for this young master to start fighting.

But after three days, not only did he not have any conflicts with his classmates, he was also very well-behaved in class, which she found to be quite moving. At this moment, seeing him come find her, she looked at him with a kind gaze.

Zhou Li said, “Teacher, I want to ask for a leave.”

The head teacher worriedly asked, “What for?”

Zhou Li: “A classmate from my old school came to the city for something, they encountered some slight difficulties and needs help. Everyone is a classmate, I can’t just stand by and do nothing, so I want to go over to sort things out. I’ll come back in the afternoon, it’ll only take up the other two morning classes. Is that fine?”

The head teacher was even more moved.

It was said that this young master had skipped so many classes in the past that no one could even keep track of the exact number. However, he now knew to take the initiative to ask for a proper leave, which was beyond praise-worthy. She happily stood up to personally open the door for him and even asked, “Can you handle it by yourself? Do you need teacher to help?”

Zhou Li paused for a second and sincerely replied, “Thank you, teacher. I can do it myself.”

The head teacher said, “That’s good. Go ahead ba, pay attention on the roads and stay safe.”

Zhou Li thanked her again and accepted the leaver’s note with satisfaction, heading towards the exit.

Ji Shaoyan was also in the office at this time and took this scene into his eyes, his perceptive brain recognising the insignificant and almost too-quick-to-notice discomfort he somehow felt. He thought to himself that this silly fool must be spouting utter nonsense. What on earth was he doing, leaving in the middle of the day?

Without thinking, he also asked for a leave of absence under the excuse of ‘applying new medicine’. He went out and took the elevator downstairs. Seeing that Zhou Li had just walked out of the school grounds, he made a call.

Zhou Li reached out and answered, “Wei?“

Ji Shaoyan smiled and said, “Look back.”

Zhou Li turned around and found Mingying’s divine school grass.

Ji Shaoyan moved towards him in the wheelchair and asked, “What a coincidence, you’re also heading out. Something wrong?”

Zhou Li nodded.

Ji Shaoyan showed an expression of concern. “What’s the matter?”

Zhou Li originally didn’t want to say anything, but since he asked, he could only pull out that short story that had fooled the teacher.

Ji Shaoyan was now even more concerned. Another call was made and very soon after, a luxury car stopped in front of them.

No matter how many cars there were at home, it was impossible for one to wait around in the area the whole day. This was his first day of school and his grandpa was worried his injury might be inconvenient for him, so he left a car in the case of emergencies. If today goes well, he won’t get this type of treatment tomorrow, but he didn’t expect it to actually come in handy.

He watched the driver open the car doors and thoughtfully suggested to Zhou Li, “Since it’s an emergency, I will send you ba. Let’s go.”

Zhou Li: “……”

He calmly seated himself in the car and pretended to check his phone, reporting the name of a hospital and hoping he’ll get across the message that his classmate was waiting for him there.

Ji Shaoyan startled before smiling as usual. “What a coincidence, I happen to have an acquaintance in that hospital. Let me help you get in touch ba, is your classmate in the emergency room now?”

Zhou Li: “……”

He stared at the person before him in dead-silence.

Ji Shaoyan and him had a stare-off. After hesitating for a few seconds, he said with pretended disappointment*, “You…are you actually skipping?”

[T/N: 装得特别像一回事]

Zhou Li was convinced. Very convinced.

Don’t think that he didn’t see the other boy in the office just now, because he absolutely did. He just didn’t take it to heart. But, who knew that in such a short time, this young master could see the flaws and chase after him, even having the audacity to act as the innocent party.

While instructing the driver to drive out to the main road, Ji Shaoyan looked at Zhou Li with a hint of disapproval, asking, “What did you skip class for?”

Zhou Li stared at the white-shelled, black-souled person in front of him, acknowledging that it would be more difficult to get rid of him, so he finally gave the truth, “Go to Qinglian University.”

He still hadn’t dreamed of anything related to jade these days, but because of the three-day coma, he decided to reach a final consensus with the jade.

However, he had to wait more than a month’s time to see the old man in the Wei family. He didn’t know if he had this much time to spare, and based on his principle of ‘even if I die, I must die knowing why’, he decided to research things himself.

On the first day of school, he walked around the school’s library once.

In the following two days, he took advantage of the lunch break to visit the largest library in the city and also explored the contents once in its entirety. It was no different to looking for a needle in a haystack. He didn’t even have an idea of what to research. There were some documents about various jades in the library, but there was no record of the jade petal.

Fortunately, Heaven never bars one’s way*.

[T/N: ‘天无绝人之路’/don’t despair and you will find a way through]

Through his research, he found out that a well-known archaeology professor will be giving lectures at Qinglian University today, starting at half-past ten in the morning and ending at 12 o’clock, so he wanted to attend a class and find an opportunity to consult the expert. If the expert also has no idea, he planned to find a master in metaphysics next and see if they can find some answers in the spiritual realm.

Ji Shaoyan didn’t know of his plans and was naturally very surprised by his answer. However, none of this showed on his face in the very slightest. “What are you going there for?”

Zhou Li: “Listen to a lecture.”

He didn’t wait for the other to ask more questions and took the initiative to say, “I’m very interested in archaeology and want to become a cultured man*. What about you, Ji-shao?”

[T/N: 文化人/intellectuals in art]

“I forgot to reapply medicine and have to go back to change it.” Ji Shaoyan smiled faintly. “But I’m not in a hurry. Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’m also rather interested. I’ll come to listen in on the lecture with you ba, we can keep each other company.”

Zhou Li glanced at him, then turned his head back and acquiesced.

So melancholy. He missed his family’s vegetable-like Eggy.

Upon seeing his reaction, Ji Shaoyan updated the driver on their new destination and drove over with Silly Fool.

As soon as they left school grounds, word started spreading behind their backs.

Most people didn’t know about the existence of Zhou Li but they heard Ji-shao only attended two classes before leaving. They guessed that his body must not be fully healed yet and he was feeling unwell. They couldn’t help but feel distressed.

On the other hand, the second generations knew that Zhou Li was also not present at school but couldn’t think of what these two guys could be up to once they left.

Liang Jingxiu was surprised and deeply felt that A-Yan’s character setting* was on the verge of falling apart. In order to chase that person, he actually skipped class and used every means to get his little lover out of school*.

[T/N: 人设: outwards appearance/personality]
[T/N: LJX thinks JSY pulled ZL out of school to seduce him lol]

He looked at his desk mate and said in a low voice, “Say, where do you think he can take that person when he’s disabled? It’s not convenient to do anything ah.”

Yan Yunhui thought for a while but was equally clueless, kindly suggesting, “Why don’t you send a WeChat to ask?”

Liang Jingxiu shrugged. “Forget it, he won’t tell me anyway.”

Having said that, he couldn’t resist his strong curiosity after all and still sent a message to A-Yan. When he received a reply of ‘cultivating feelings’, he dissatisfiedly clicked his tongue.

The two boys who skipped class arrived at Qinglian University by car and rushed into the hall with less than ten minutes before the lecture began.

The professor was very famous, and the university publicized his appearance in advance, therefore many people had come.

At this moment, the lecture hall was almost filled to the brim. When everyone suddenly saw a wheelchair being pushed in, they all looked over and even the professor who was in the middle of setting things up was touched.

Immediately afterwards, people nearby found that these two little brothers both had very high-quality looks, and they gradually became excited*. A staff member immediately came forward to help.

[T/N: 狼血沸腾/wolf’s blood boiled: not really sure what this means, probably something like ‘hungry eyes’]

The two were currently looking around the lecture hall.

The classroom was designed like an amphitheater, with every two steps leading to a lower level. The chairs were screwed in and can’t be move so Ji Shaoyan could only sit by the sides to listen in.

The slope of the steps were not high and it was easy to access areas with the wheelchair, but he was not willing to let Zhou Li push him. In addition, he also wanted to sit with Zhou Li, so he grabbed the other person and at the same time declined the kindness of the staff that came to help lift the wheelchair. He said to Zhou Li, “Put the wheelchair against the wall, I’ll jump over.”

Zhou Li had no objections. Seeing the other stretch out his hand to himself, he pulled his companion up and placed his other hand around him, lest the boy missed a jump and gets injured in a nasty fall.

Ji Shaoyan startled and quickly returned to his senses.

He was not at all polite and immediately leaned his body against the other’s. They were stuck very closely, his warm breath almost blowing on the boy’s ear.

Zhou Li: “……”

Endure it.

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