“Zhu Zhu, what on earth is wrong with you? Ever since we watched the movie yesterday, you’ve been so out of it. Is something the matter?”
Evening was approaching, and the day was almost over. Seeing that Bai Baozhu still had no energy—she had even forgotten about the pig trotters, pig tails, and pig ears she had marinated yesterday, which she had planned to cook today—Xia Tiantian grew anxious.
“Huh? No, nothing…”
Bai Baozhu shook her head gently. She sat by the floor-to-ceiling window in the girls’ lounge, her gaze distant as she looked at the scenery outside.
Seeing Bai Baozhu in this listless state, Xia Tiantian was truly worried.
She didn’t understand. Bai Baozhu had been perfectly fine yesterday. How could she suddenly become… so depressed!
Yes, depressed. The whole person was listless, as if she had suffered some kind of shock.
Wait… shock!
Xia Tiantian suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if possessed by the spirit of Detective Conan. Her mind began to race.
What had happened to Bai Baozhu yesterday? Yesterday… yesterday…
Could it be!
Xia Tiantian suddenly remembered that yesterday was the day of Su Han and Bo Shenyu’s Sun Date!
Could it be that Bai Baozhu was shocked because of Bo Shenyu and Su Han’s Sun Date?
Suddenly, Xia Tiantian also recalled the meaningful “Oh~” Su Han had uttered yesterday when she learned Bai Baozhu wasn’t feeling well and had gone to bed early.
Could it really be because of Bo Shenyu???
Just as Xia Tiantian was pondering whether Bai Baozhu’s sudden change was related to Bo Shenyu…
Her gaze, following Bai Baozhu’s line of sight, inadvertently drifted out the window. There, on the lawn downstairs, stood Bo Shenyu, his posture tall and straight, talking to Su Han.
Instantly! Xia Tiantian felt she had solved the case!
So Bai Baozhu really was like this because Bo Shenyu went on a date with Su Han!
She clearly cared, but pretended not to, even acting like she didn’t like Bo Shenyu…
What an awkward and tsundere little thing!
However… this side of Bai Baozhu gave Xia Tiantian a sense of reality, a down-to-earth humanity. It also made Xia Tiantian feel that she was similar to her.
The previous Bai Baozhu was beautiful, but also quite aloof. When she first arrived, all the male guests had sent their love text messages to her.
This made Xia Tiantian feel they were simply not from the same world. There was a deep sense of distance between her and Bai Baozhu.
Even later, when Bai Baozhu suddenly changed, becoming kind and cute…
The attitude she displayed—one of utter disdain towards the male guests—still created a slight distance for Xia Tiantian, an ordinary girl “troubled by love.”
But now it was different!
Now Bai Baozhu’s situation was the same as hers! The boys they liked didn’t like them back. This shared plight instantly made Xia Tiantian project herself onto Bai Baozhu and empathize deeply.
Originally, their relationship hadn’t reached that of the closest, best-friend level. But because of this matter, their bond sublimated in an instant!
This… was probably the magical friendship between girls.
“Zhu Zhu, your recent strange behavior is all because of Bo Shenyu, right?”
Bai Baozhu’s brain was currently in repeater mode, endlessly looping the phrase “women give birth… women give birth…” She looked blankly towards the excited Xia Tiantian.
“Huh…???”
She completely didn’t understand what Xia Tiantian was saying. What ‘because of Bo Shenyu’? Who was Bo Shenyu???
“Zhu Zhu, you don’t need to pretend with me. I already know everything.”
Hearing Xia Tiantian’s words, Bai Baozhu’s eyes widened instantly. She became much more alert, out of sheer fright!
“…”
Eek?! Had someone discovered that she wasn’t the real Bai Baozhu, but had crossed over from another world?!
Would she be captured as a monster? QAQ
“You’ve been distracted since yesterday, isn’t it because Bo Shenyu didn’t refuse Su Han’s Sun Date invitation, and they spent the whole day together? I’m telling you, is it worth it?! It’s just one man! You need to pull yourself together properly!”
Seeing Bai Baozhu’s wide eyes and much more alert demeanor, Xia Tiantian became even more convinced her guess was correct! This silly girl Bai Baozhu really was so listless and spiritless because of Bo Shenyu.
However, Bai Baozhu was—
“Huh? Huh huh huh?!”
Bai Baozhu was completely bewildered, her head full of question marks. For a moment, she felt she and Xia Tiantian were completely different species. Because she couldn’t understand a word Xia Tiantian was saying!
What Bo Shenyu? What Su Han? What ‘because of a man’? What was all this nonsense???
“I understand how you feel, because I feel the same way right now. I like Lin Dong, but he doesn’t like me. Last night, he didn’t send me a text message anymore. I think… I probably won’t receive any more messages from him…”
Xia Tiantian let out a light laugh, a faint sadness in her eyes. But quickly, that sadness was swept away.
“But maybe that’s for the best. I don’t have to keep obsessing over him. Although I did come on this show to find love, who says you have to fall in love? Who says you have to successfully pair up?! It’s 2020, there are tons of single dogs out there! The world doesn’t mandate that you have to be in a relationship. Let’s just treat this as coming on the show to experience life!
Zhu Zhu, you have to remember, a three-legged toad is hard to find, but two-legged men are a dime a dozen. We don’t need to let our mood be affected by a few male guests on a show and make ourselves sad.
If they don’t like us, we don’t need them either! With your looks, there would be plenty of guys chasing you outside. Let’s not waste our energy being sad over a man who doesn’t like you. It’s not worth it…”
Perhaps because Xia Tiantian had empathized too deeply with Bai Baozhu’s situation, she grew more and more agitated as she spoke.
Her words became a bit disjointed.
But, Bai Baozhu snapped out of her daze because of Xia Tiantian’s impassioned speech!
She didn’t register most of what was said. The only part Bai Baozhu remembered was—
“It’s 2020, there are tons of single dogs out there! The world doesn’t mandate that you have to be in a relationship…”
That’s right! She was so stupid!
If she didn’t want to have children, then she just wouldn’t fall in love or get married!
That way, even if this was a world where women gave birth, if she didn’t fall in love or marry a man, where would a child come from?!
The moment this realization dawned on her, Bai Baozhu felt the whole world brighten again! This world had once again become a paradise! Even the air seemed fresher.
“Thank you! Sister Tian Tian! Thank you so much!”
Bai Baozhu tightly grasped Xia Tiantian’s hand, looking at her with shining eyes.
The sudden, firm grip startled Xia Tiantian, and—
“Ouch—! It hurts, it hurts! Zhu Zhu, be gentler, your grip is too strong.”
Xia Tiantian felt as if her hand was being clamped in a vice. It really hurt!
Bai Baozhu’s hand was clearly delicate, soft, smooth, and tender… but the strength…
Seemed to be ‘a bit’ excessive.
Hearing Xia Tiantian’s cry of pain, Bai Baozhu finally reacted. She hurriedly let go of her hand.
Upon letting go, she saw the pale skin of Xia Tiantian’s hand was now bruised where she had gripped it…
“…”
“…”
Looking at the dark, purplish finger marks, both Bai Baozhu and Xia Tiantian fell silent instantly.
However, Xia Tiantian was silent from shock, while Bai Baozhu was… silent from fright.
The sudden quiet made the air in the entire room a bit awkward.
“Sister Tian Tian, w-was my strength this great before…?”
Bai Baozhu blinked, asking somewhat incredulously.
Although in her heart she was already certain—from the memories she inherited, the original Bai Baozhu definitely did not have such great strength. In fact… the girl couldn’t even twist open a mineral water bottle cap! That showed how weak her strength was…
“Uh… your strength used to be very small… Not only could you not open a bottle cap, you even complained that a plate of food was too heavy to carry…”
Shocked by the bruise on the back of her own hand, Xia Tiantian inadvertently voiced out the criticism she had previously kept to herself about Bai Baozhu.
Hearing Xia Tiantian’s words, Bai Baozhu immediately burst into tears!
Only then did Xia Tiantian’s brain clear up. Seeing the tears instantly fall from Bai Baozhu’s eyes, Xia Tiantian thought it was because of her own words that Bai Baozhu was crying. Her heart panicked.
She kept apologizing to Bai Baozhu.
“Zhu Zhu, did I say something wrong? Don’t cry, I didn’t mean you were bad. I misspoke, please don’t cry.”
“Sister Tian Tian, I’m not crying because of you. I just want to cry because my strength has gotten so big.”
“Huh? Your strength got bigger? And that makes you want to cry???”
Facing Xia Tiantian’s utterly bewildered expression, Bai Baozhu cried even more sorrowfully.
Waaah—!
Why was it that even after crossing over to another world, and even changing into a body completely different from her original one…
The superhuman divine strength she was born with had still followed her here!!!
She only wanted to be a delicate, soft, sweet, fragrant little woman!
Why did this damnable, herculean-strength physique have to tag along and inhabit this body too?!
What had she done wrong for heaven to treat her like this!
After the distress of ‘women giving birth,’ Bai Baozhu plunged into a new sorrow, which was…
Although her appearance now fulfilled her dream…
In reality… she was still that immensely strong, innately divine, one-punch-can-kill-a-tiger—Bai Baozhu. O(∩_∩)O
Wuwuwu, scram, you annoying, super-strong physique! QAQ